Amelia stood in front of hundreds of horns that are the result of Substance 001 solidifying and merging with animals.
The Volari Company was still researching why the animals skipped the evolution and directly went to the end stage of evolution while humans need to build up enough Substance 001 before consuming one of these horns to trigger the end stage of evolution.
Every test object who consumed a horn without building up enough Substance 001 before died a horrible death.
Their bodies were literally sucked dry by Substance 001 after they consumed it...
Amelia was currently at an outpost in Austria, she was getting ready to start her final evolution when she heard loud sounds from the sky.
She saw 3 big Chinook Helicopters flying towards her position.
Her purple, dream-like pupils dilated when she saw them.
Amelia waited for them to descend on the landing strip...
Soldiers poured out from them, followed by 7 people who looked like they were in charge of them.
Amelia stayed calm, she knew these people just too well, they were some of the higher-ups of her own company and the leaders of the opposing faction...
The soldiers didn't wear any rifles like in the past, they stopped using them after realizing that they were useless at this stage.
They moved in a well trained way, forming rows of line in front of her.
The 7 higher-ups came forward with a woman in the leading position.
The leading woman was 43 years old but looked like she was in her mid twenties.
"Charlotte, what's the meaning of this?" Asked Amelia as her gaze swept across them.
Charlotte smiled at her, she eyed the hundreds of crystals behind Amelia with greed and malicious joy.
She had short brown hair and was wearing a tight black suit for women.
She shook her head like she was disappointed in Amelia.
"We are very disappointed with you Amelia, you are using the company's resources for your own gain again. We are here to take back the resources and share them with our people. I'm flabbergasted by the level of selfishness you have been showing through the years."Spoke Charlotte like an elder who was disappointed by her junior.
"You are misunderstanding the situation Charlotte..." Answered Amelia relaxed.
"Is that so?" Charlotte didn't take her serious, signaling the soldiers to take collect the horns.
They sprang into action, as they took out bags, walking past Amelia like she didn't exist.
Amelia didn't react, only keeping staring at Charlotte who was gloating at her arrogantly.
The soldiers were just about to pick up the horns when an invisible force appeared, pushing them all back.
"Who said you can take my stuff away?"
A voice echoed out from the outpost building and a tall man with brown skin who had two black horns on his forehead walked out as he threw a cookie into his mouth.
The clothes the man was wearing were black and he had some armor parts on his upper body.
Some of the higher-ups reacted strangely when they saw the unknown man as if they recognized him. It was only a second but it didn't escape from the senses of the man.
The soldiers threw the bags on the ground as they took fighting stances.
Charlotte looked back at Amelia in anger, "What is the meaning of this Amelia?"
It was now Amelia's turn to shake her head, "I told you this is a misunderstanding, these aren't mine but his resources." Answered Amelia innociently.
Charlotte stared back at the man who was eating Austrian cookies with a lazy expression. She scanned the area carefully.
"Where is your squad? Where is Gianluca?" Asked Charlotte with a toxic tone.
"They are out on a mission, this is my personal matter and has nothing to do with the company." Spoke Amelia relaxed.
Charlotte squinted her eyes, "You are colluding with an outsider? That is treason and can you cost your position!"
Amelia laughed out, "You jest, this gentleman here is Solomon, The First Pillar. Our Company has already agreed to work together with the other Pillars, so there is no treason going on that you just spoke about."
Charlotte opened her mouth to refute but her word stayed stuck in her throat as what Amelia said was the truth.
The Valori Company did really decide to not antagonize these special group of people under the pretense "We can't beat them so make them our allies o rule the world."
Benji observed their verbal fight with interest as he enjoyed the pack of delicious Austrian cookies.
His gaze wandered over Lilith's firm butt.
[Like what you see? Hahaha] Commented Adam in a good mood.
'It's a nice view, I don't like her but I'm still a man and can appreciate good things haha.'
Adam was secretly delighted, this was the Benji he knew...
[Some of these higher-ups did definitely recognize us, that's rather fishy...]
'I sensed it too. It strange, you can use your mojo on them to find it out.'
[Bruh...What about the consequences if I do that?]
'Consequences? What's that? Hahaha!'
[Haha that's nasty...And I like it!]
Benji had arrived here 15 minutes ago, meeting Lilith. They spoke a bit and she offered him some treats inside the outpost. He knew what his role was and was a bit happy to push the Wuppertal event into a corner of his mind...
A blinding red light flashed briefly from his left eye and everyone beside Lilith became like a statue with an empty expression.
Lilith was stunned, "What have you done?"
Benji signalled her with a hand motion to wait.
'And?'
[Boy! That's some juicy sh*t right here! Two of these higher-ups are actually spies!] Said Adam like a conspiracy reporter.
'Damn! For whom?'
[Hm, even they don't know. They were placed inside her organization about 10 years ago!]
'A pity, someone is being really careful here, so how did they know who we are?'
[We are stupid in that regard, there is actual footage of us. They know who we are because Lilith the time Amelia found us.]
Benji thought that made sense, nodding.
[Let's do some service here and give her the list of spies. She will owns us two favors with that!]
'Good idea like always!'
Benji went back to the outpost to pick up pen and paper, writing down the names of all the spies inside the Volari Company.
Amelia was confused by his actions, she looked back at the others who stood silently without even blinking.
Benji came back to her, handing over a paper with names on it.
"Your real name is Amelia huh? This is for you, you owe me two favors now." Said Benji while smiling evely.
Amelia took the paper, reading the names. She actually knew most of them!
"They are spies that infiltrated your organization." Spoke Benji before Amelia could ask him.
She was about to ask how he knew but she stopped as she turned around, staring at the group.
Amelia wanted to kill Charlotte right now, her name was the first on the list. Now it made all sense to her...
She calmed down, 'I will take care of them later, finishing my evolution has a higher priority right now!'
She looked back, "Thank you, Benji, I really owe you a big one now."
"I know, hold up how do you know my name?"
Amelia only shrugged.
[This woman...]
'Yep, I don't like her!'
Benji stepped back to his previous position and Adam canceled the control.
It was as if they came back to life, they didn't notice anything amiss.
Benji praised Adam for his superb control.
Amelia wasn't in the mood to continue anymore and literally sent them away.
Charlotte and the others were very unwilling but there was nothing they could do about it...
Amelia watched them fly away with a cold gaze.
She took out a tablet from her bag and gave it to Benji.
"Look at it, it's a bit of my sincere thanks." Spoke Amelia as she proceeded to consume her first horn.
What Benji and Adam saw on the tablet made them turn serious.
It was a file name "Germany"
There was informations and pictures of strange movements. A huge cloud was building up in the North Sea and was slowly heading to the south...
Mutated zombies and animals were heading towards the north in masses for a strange reason.
They read the speculations that the massive cloud was the reason for it because the same was happening in Asia!
[This aren't good news...]
'I don't like it, look this part of Asia turned into another hell on Earth after the hordes of mutated zombies and animals swept through the region as they followed the massive red cloud....'
Their focus was interrupted as they heard Amelia collapse on the ground.
He observed her consuming one horn after another like an addict...