Chapter 796 Getting Ready For Testing

Chapter 796 Getting Ready For Testing

The elevator took a minute to reach the scientific part of the compound, where the testing was being held, and Alex exited it alone.

"You know where to go, kid. I need to go report."

Alex nodded at him, waving his hand at the merc as the doors closed.

He looked around at the dull white walls and sighed heavily.

"I hate places like these... So sanitized, it feels dead..."

He walked directly toward the testing rooms and met with the doctors.

"Mr. Leduc! What a pleasure to see you again! It's been a while since your last checkup. Has Mr. Boudreau finally cleared you for your next round of testing?"

Alex looked at the man with a questioning gaze. But it made sense that Jack wouldn't tell anyone what was truly going on.

The risk of the new spreading only rose as more people knew.

"Yes. And it'll be a special one, too. I found new powers that I need to test. But I think you will need to revise the security of your testing facilities," Alex replied, deciding to go with it.

The man chuckled, thinking this was a joke.

But his phone rang.

Raising his hand, he apologized to Alex.

"I'm sorry. I need to take this. It's the boss."

Alex waved at him dismissively.

"Yes, Mr. Gu. What can I do for you today?"

"..."

"Yes, Mr. Gu... Are you su—"

"..."

"Yes, sir. Right away, sir."

He hung up the call, looking flummoxed. He glanced at Alexander before taking a step back.

The only other alternative, he thought impossible.

"It's a reading tool, not an assessment tool. It can't get overloaded, can it?" he mumbled, scratching his stubbled chin.

The last month had been terribly busy for him. Mr. Boudreau had upped his time within New Eden, and many of the company's responsibilities fell on his shoulders.

This had led him to neglect his upkeep a bit, and a stubble had grown on his face. But he didn't dislike the seniority look it gave him, in the end, and decided to have his barber groom it into a proper goatee.

He was still a ways away from a proper one, though. But it would come.

Returning to the matter at hand, Mr. Gu berated himself.

'How tired am I to drift on stray thoughts? I need rest. Maybe now that the kid is back, Mr. Boudreau will take a break from New Eden for a while...'

For now, though, they needed to test Mr. Leduc. They couldn't even release him until this was done, by fear that he rampaged.

Mr. Gu doubted they could hold him here, but the orders were nonetheless those.

When a person was due for testing, they couldn't leave the compound until the tests were done and they were deemed stable.

A beeping sound caught his attention, bringing his eyes back to the tablet.

The display had switched from Alex's containment cell to a camera outside the compound aimed at the sky.

On this camera, a clear fire trail was approaching the hospital by air, and he already knew who it was.

"She's getting better at using this mode of transportation. I wonder how many awakened will use these methods in the near future..."

As the flames hit the ground, they morphed into a slender woman with sunken eyes and dull-coloured hair.

Kary ran into the hospital, heading directly toward the service elevator, where an attendant who recognized her let her in.

On the way down, she bit her nails nervously.

'Did he come back complete? Is he going to be missing a limb? Or maybe his mind will be broken. I hope he's okay...'

When the elevator doors dinged open, Mr. Gu was already standing before them, ready to take her to Alex.

"Follow me, young lady."

She nodded, keeping silent.