The portal opened into a dark alley since it was already night time and Jeremy fell on the floor with a thump.
"Gahh! What even was that?"
Jeremy grunted and supported himself in palms to gasp some breath.
[Axela: The portal gateway successfully helped you to escape.]
"I know that already but how did you even create that? Aren't you just a digital guiding system?"
As expected from a detective who was supposed to focus on details.
[I'm not supposed to disclose the details, I was built by the master to help Jeremy Grayson throughout his life.]
"Fine. So, what should I do now?"
Jeremy questioned like a blank teen boy who just cheated in an exam and was afraid now.
"Will I get caught? Did you delete the footage...and what about records?"
He panicked in the alley with a floating AI girl, one would have definitely not seen a digital person moving like that.
He raked through hair and sweat heavily on forehead while wandering in the alley. Jeremy knew that the station cells had cameras and secretive bots to control the security.
[I have cleared the cell footage, they would not find out my identity.]
"But...but, what about me?"
Jeremy panicked even more after seeing the indifferent AI who didn't think about him.
But suddenly his brain clicked upon something and the useless system proved to be a good help.
'Yes! Identity.'
He immediately turned towards the AI girl who seemed to be a woman made up of energy waves.
"Hey, Axela?"
Jeremy excitedly faced the AI woman expecting that she might be able to help him. After all she had opened a portal it wouldn't be difficult for her to do something like that.
[Yes, Jeremy?]
"Can you change my identity? I mean anything like my face or some portion of my facial features, which can make me appear different."
[Yes, I can. But it would be hurtful.]
"Do you think at this point I care about suffering from any pain? I gotta save my life first."
He rebuked and Axela rolled her eyes before she flew closer to him.
No one knew what happened in that alley which seemed to be near the outskirts of the city.
Axela put her finger a few inches away from his face and a painful wave circulated in Jeremy's body. He wanted to scream but the detective had to bite his lip to bear the suffering.
It was hard to explain how the blend of technology and supernatural was working!
Something was still hidden from the escalating world, which no one was able to find out yet.
Jeremy walked out of the alley while panting and somehow managed to get a ride back home.
[Would you seriously go back home even after knowing that cops will haunt you?]
Axela questioned his stupidity because no one sane would go back home after escaping the prison.
'Yes, I want to because there are questionable things for which I want answers.'
Jeremy looked into the window of the cab only to see a man in thirties with a scar on forehead.
He had been talking in his head with Axela who had dissipated in the air.
The cab halted in front of the resident and Jeremy asked the AI to examine any danger. And after finding that the cops left the building waiting for Jeremy, he headed towards the apartment.
'I have to figure out who the assassin was and why Connor betrayed me. Everything is absurd.'
The lights lit upon his footsteps and the system in the house when the automatic announcement stunned him.
"What? It's...11th October?"
Jeremy couldn't swallow it and rushed towards the LED only to see the news showing the same date.
"But how?"
He switched off the screen haphazardly when Axela appeared out of nowhere.
[You didn't let me tell you the consequences of using a forbidden act. You're one month ahead now and no one remembers you, your case has been closed.]
"Really? That means I'm free to live my life as a new person?"
He looked with anticipation towards the AI who nodded at him.
[You can continue living with multiple identities now.]
"What do you mean?"
The detective became utterly confused due to the shocking things happening to him.
[You have unlocked the chameleon command and your face will undergo multiple identities after every 24 hours.]
"WHAT!?"
Jeremy rose from the sofa and his shocking shout was the only audible in the apartment.
As a month was passed and the course had been changed thus the secret agency and the Death guy were unable to find Jeremy.
Although they searched for him and tried to track down his location, Axela had cleverly blocked every kind of device within him.
It seemed that now Jeremy was trapped between two tasks, hiding from the world and to cope with Axela.
But the cunning AI girl was really a good mentor or guide? Why did she suddenly pop up in the prison?
Jeremy failed to comprehend what exactly she was because the AI didn't seem solely a miracle of technology.
"That means I can live my whole life now without getting caught because I would be a new person each day."
A grin appeared on his lips and nothing good was now expected from him.
Axela secretly sent a message to some computer far away somewhere unknown to notify her master.
[First step is achieved and chameleon command has been unlocked.]
The game of identity crisis and hunt for the truth was about to begin. Will a famous detective become a genius criminal?