Somewhere In The Hospital.
"Hey! Where are you going again. We just came from the security office."
The young blonde-haired police officer said to his partner, troubled by him.
"Evan, we just saw a man came out from the elevator on the VIP floor. And that elevator was empty from the first floor up to the floor before the VIP floor. It's uncanny if you think about it." The police officer, who looks like in his early 30's, spoke with his partner with a subtle expression.
"Argh... This again. What if the CCTV had a bug at that time. Hais. Okay. Is it your mystery time now? Should I call you Detective? Or should I call you the one and only and the great... Inspector Wright?"
"Stop it. Let's just go to the VIP floor... and let's investigate that guy,"
Inspector Wright or Derek Wright continued wandering around the building with his partner. He wasn't bothered a single bit from the mysterious spectacle they watched.
Looking back, he have been a police officer for almost a decade. He became an inspector when the higher ranks saw his great potential at investigation. He was the youngest yet one of the greatest inspectors there was in the country.
He used to be into crime investigation, but unexpectedly, he requested to change it into the most strange one when he witnessed an unimaginable scene. A criminal broke free from a handcuff and jumped incredibly high to the other side of a tall wall. The higher rank officers would definitely not believe it if he doesn't have solid proof or evidence, but luckily, a random citizen managed to film the scene entirely.
That was just one of the dozens of evidence of strange happenings that he got from most of his investigation. The entire police department in the country, in fact, in the whole world, did not dare to state it to the public as it will create chaos throughout the world.
"...This time we will just ask some questions about the 'Strange Things' that is happening everywhere." Inspector Wright declared.
"What!? Why don't we ask him in prison? Oh right. He didn't commit a crime. We just came to talk to him. You're so kind, that's nice." The other guy named Evan decided to just follow his partner's unusual decision.
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Inside the VIP room.
CREAK
"I'm here Liam. How are you today-" After closing the door, the guy who went in cut off his words and paused for a moment.
"WHAT THE HELL! Why are you already wearing casual attire! Where are the bandages in your body you stupid little–!" Ian was the one who suddenly came inside and he was already angry when he saw Liam with no bandages.
"Hey! Calm down! Okay. I'm fine, I'm fine." Liam blurted.
"How can I calm down!? You have critical injuries in your body...! Where's the doctor and nurses!? I'll complain about this right away."
Liam looked at him confusedly.
'There's a sign in the door... Aren't you the one who came in without permission?'
Liam was already tired of hearing his best friend's continuous whimper so he stood up, slid down the shoulder part of his shirt, let him see the soft scar on his shoulder.
"Wha–? How? It's... healed. How Liam? It's not even a day since your operation? How is it that your injury is... " Ian just saw it for a second but he already have a lot of questions to ask.
Liam finally made Ian calm down from his yelling, but what's next were his questions that needed to have an immediate answer.
"Don't you know that there is a treatment where the wounds heal many times faster than the ordinary?"
Fortunately, After waking up he already made an excuse to say to Ian, in case of an emergency. Of course, it was just a lie.
"Eh? Of course, I know that but we are one of the minor countries in Asia. It costs a fortune. How can we have that treatment in this country? Even so, that treatment will heal a severe injury in half a day to two days time. You had so many injuries but all of it is already healed..." Ian said confusingly.
A century ago, the great scientists from a major country in North America have discovered something and found a way to fully heal a person's major injuries and completely cure a person's disease.
When all the people around the world from that time heard about the incredible news they were hopeful and thought that it was a heaven-sent thing, but unfortunately, the injuries treatment costs from $1,000,000 to $10,000,000 and the godly cure to diseases cost $5,000,000,000 to $50,000,000,000 depending on how severe the wound or disease was, or how long the treatment would take, and it was only available in the major countries of a continent so apparently, only the wealthiest of the wealthy people can have it and the poor ones can only feel despair in their heart.
In Liam's country, one of the minor ones, most people were not very wealthy but were also not so poor. The richest people in the country can surely go to the major countries on the continent and get the cheapest treatment or so but the rest of the citizens could only hope that the price of the treatment would go down.
"I... Didn't know about that."
"Argh-! Forget it. I can't think of anything right now. As long as you're alright." Ian exclaimed.
'Oh, he finally gave up... Mission complete.'
Liam already knew that he just needed Ian to calm down and he would just forget about his current problems.
After a while, they sat down on the bed and talked about some things and made the atmosphere good between them.
Ian decided to go home now, saying there were some things he wanted and needed to do, but it was interrupted, when a knock could be heard coming from the door.
"It must be the doctor or the nurses. I shall thank them." Ian said to Liam merrily.
"Yeah... Good. That's... That's nice." He replied.
"Eh? Why did you suddenly covered your body with a blanket?"
"Ah! The air conditioner turned really cold."
"Hm? Okay. I'm going to credit them."
"Actually! You don't need to thank them. I already did that. You just need to left this building immediately and also take them away... Okay?"
Liam didn't plan this. He would have to have the bandages on himself before the doctors or nurses came in but Ian didn't go away from his side until now him so he didn't have a chance to put the bandages on himself.
"O... Kay? You're being weird."
KNOCK KNOCK
"I'll open it now," Ian said as he walked towards the door and opened it quickly.
CREAK
The door was opened and what appeared were the police officers earlier in the morgue.
"Police?" Ian slightly tilted his head in confusion.
The blonde-haired police officer was slightly surprised when he saw a random guy opened the door for them but he soon decided to speak after he saw a familiar face behind him.
"Oh. Excuse me. I'm Officer Dole from the National Police Department. Can we just ask some important questions to that man over there."
Ian furrowed his eyebrows when he heard that Liam was being mentioned by the officer.
"What's the problem with him, officer?"
"There's none, but we need to ask him about our investigation. It's more likely that he is a witness or a subject to something important."
Ian felt that something not great would happen if he just let the police converse with his friend.
"He is currently tired and resting."
...So he made an excuse.
"Ah, but you know, this is urgent." Officer Dole also spoke it forcibly.
'What the hell is happening right now.'
Liam was still lying down in the bed while his body was covered with a blanket. He wanted to cover his head but he needed to let them know that he was asleep although he was faking it.
He didn't know if he should be happy or sad. There were no doctors or nurses outside his room but there were police officers wanting to talk to him.
"Don't you know me? I'm Ian Hanes from the Nobus Corporation."
Liam stopped thinking and was surprised after hearing what his friend said.
"Officers, you should leave peacefully right now," Ian said with an annoyed look.
"Hanes Family?" Officer Dole was a bit confused when he heard the said name, but he smiled after realizing something.
"Ah, that family. Alright, haha-! Then it's good to see–"
"I'm sorry, kid, but this is part of an important investigation of the entire police department." Inspector Wright interrupted his partner's stupid conversing with Ian.
"I just told you that he's currently resting." Ian was furious about the fact that he was still struggling to get the officers to leave.
...And he continued his threat.
"If you still didn't leave this building in a minute then I'm afraid that,"
"What? You're gonna tell your father and hide behind his back...?" Inspector Wright remarked.
"Listen here. I don't know much about you, but we know that your father is a respectable person and he is quite famous throughout the whole continent of Asia, however, don't use your father's name to scare us, officers, because we are also a person that needed to be respected, not just in this continent but also in the whole world." He shot up a cold glare towards Ian.
"We could even save your comfortable life when it's in danger so please excuse me because I will ask him about some important matter." Inspector Wright didn't like to wait so he decided to hurt him with words to stop him from talking more.
Ian was speechless. He was stunned by the inspector's word. He didn't know that a mere talk could hurt him. He was furious but he can't let it overcome him and let it out the inspector because the inspector... Was still calm even after the talk.
Inspector Wright saw Ian was stiff so he immediately walked inside the room without caring at him at all.
Ian was more furious than earlier and he can't hold it back anymore because he was ignored by the Inspector.
He followed him inside and immediately held his shoulder with tension to stop from going forward.
In a certain situation, that was a sign for an upcoming fight.
A long time ago, when he fought with a child who was the son by a millionaire, his father told him not to fight back so he respected his father's words and didn't fight back anymore since then.
Even when someone bullied him in school. Since the day that a bully pushed him to his edge, He always told them his father's name to make them shut up. But this time that his father's name has no use, what can he possibly do? Does he need to fight back? Of course, he needs to fight back.
He grabbed Inspector Wright's shoulder and pulled him with a great force.
Inspector Wright turned around and saw Ian's straight face. Though he was expressionless, his eyes were entirely different. It's like there was an unstoppable flame burning within it.
He immediately held and released the hand that was held onto his shoulder and pushed his body away.
"What do you think you're doing kid."
"Fuck you."
Ian formed a fist and aimed it directly towards Inspector Wright's face.
Inspector Wright thought that his partner would stop the kid from attacking, but he was still at the door and there was no time to catch up his fist so he decided to do a counter-attack to Ian and arrest him.
Ian was really eager to land a hit to the man in front of him. It's either because he was really angry or he just wants to hit someone.
It was a very long since he got so furious and it was also a very long time since he decided to fight someone seriously.
His fist was tightly clenched and it was moving towards it's
target at a quick speed.
Inspector Wright was already prepared to block it and gently attacked Ian.
PWHACK
His fist finally hit something but his expression was not pleased. He was shocked because what he hit was a hand.
The right hand of his best friend, Liam.
'Fast...'
He was fast. That was what the three thought.
Officer Dole, Inspector Wright, and Ian thought the same thing. They were all dumbfounded when Liam suddenly came out of nowhere and blocked his punch.
How?
A kid, who just healed his injuries, moved quickly and blocked a speeding punch. A guy, who looked like a student, blocked a punch from behind. His friend, who was just resting at the bed earlier, got up without him noticing and blocked a punch.
"You can't punch an officer Ian. Even if you have a high status so please, calm down." Liam said calmly as he brought down Ian's fist.
"Liam?" Ian was really confused.
How could his friend stay calm in this situation while he was not?
"Woah, how'd you do that?" Officer Dole who was just running to stop Ian earlier asked Liam.
'I barely notice this guy, or kid, stepped out. if I just didn't lose my composure because of this Hanes kid...'
"Excuse me but can we talk to you in private right now?" Inspector Wright cleared his thoughts and immediately asked Liam.
'Damn. This guy is calm even after what they did. I wouldn't be surprise if people admire him.'
Before Liam replied, he glanced at Ian and told him that he should go home and that he also didn't mind talking to the officers.
Ian was hesitant at first but when he saw Liam's calm behavior, he decided to go home. And also his eyes. It was like a voice that tells him everything would be just fine.
"Ah, we can talk here." Liam finally spoke to the officers.
Earlier, when Liam knew that it was the police outside his room, he was kind of scared. But when Inspector Wright talks back to his brave but naive best friend, Ian, he was in awe. A sudden respect for him formed on Liam.
The officers sat on the sofa in the corner of the room and Liam sat on a wooden chair opposite them.
"Thank you for your cooperation." Inspector Wright said.
"So what should we talk about? Inspector..."
"Inspector Derek Wright from the National Police Department. We would like to ask you about the 'Strange Things' that are currently occurring in the whole country... or you can say in the whole world."
Liam was confused after hearing that.
Strange things that were occurring in the whole world? How was he related to that?
He cleared his thoughts and asked.
"What exactly are these 'Strange Things' you're asking about?"
Inspector looked directly at Liam's eyes that say he was innocent at this kind of things so he glances at his partner and gestured something.
"Strange Things like a man breaking his handcuff and jumping into a three-meter wall. Strange Things like a man bending an extremely thick metal bar. Strange things like a man punching and breaking a 5-inch thick brick with his bare hands."
"What are you talking about?"
Liam became even more confused. He was skeptical after he heard about it but he remembered that the man he killed also had some incredible and extraordinary skills. Even so, he pretended to not know about it.
As Liam said it, a nurse came in and gave a backpack to the other officer.
Officer Dole grabbed something from inside and placed it on top of the small table in front of them. It was a military laptop.
"The 'Strange Things' is what the people do with their powers. Look here, this is one of our military laptops that contain secret information about the 'Strange Things' that I was talking about. And the people who have unbelievable and incredible powers are called "Neowight" by the people in all of the national police departments in the whole world."
'Neowight... Am I one of them?'
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