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Chapter 91: The Predator Of A Predator... And Beyond
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Before he did anything though, a sniper rifle appeared beside him with a portal appearing to his right, one small enough for a bullet to pass through... He aimed and shot... then sent a message, 'The job is done...'
Only then did he turn his attention to the monkey floating next to him and manipulated the Zobae organism to the inside of its mouth and waited for about a minute before injecting the red liquid into the monkey with the latter being frozen in the air not being able to offer any resistance.
Then he started observing the monkey at an atomic level with his amplification domain, "Another organism programmed exactly to my liking, to do what I programmed it to do.
A predator of another predator that'll put a leash on the Zobae organism as they clung to them just like Zobae organism clung to cells and whats better option is there that's equally as safe and useful than bacteriophage as in bacteria eater."
Bacteriophage or simply phages, a type of virus that infects bacteria. its form consists of an icosahedral (20-sided) head with a tail, an icosahedral head without a tail, and a filamentous form.
Yasuo observed as the Zobae organisms spread with the mother organism birthing more and more who by themself started producing more spreading through the monkey's body and Yasuo just watched patiently as the light of the bright moon shoon upon the building.
He watched as several bacteriophages clung to a Zobae organism starting to infect it which lead them to reproduce since the necessary conditions were met.
That is strange considering it needs to introduce its genome into the host cell cytoplasm, and utilizes the ribosomes of the host to manufacture its proteins which in return allows it to reproduce yet it still can do the same thing with the difference being that the host is the Zobae organism.
This is a result of Yasuo's modification, the Zobae organisms can produce stem cells so it's only natural it has similar functions to cells though that's not the main function of the phages.
After his modification, their main function is removing certain genetic sequences from the Zobae organisms and adding new ones if needed to make sure the genome of the mother Zobae organism remains intact just like Yasuo wants it to be.
And he continued watching as the gears of fate turned, gears he created, gears he controlled... a future of his design.
He created a wall using some spare glass walls in the lab isolating the monkey from the other infected people allowing nature to take its course, well it can't be called nature anymore since the process he orchestrated is anything but natural.
He continued on his research journey locked in his lab with Morena coming by once in a while and staying with him in his lab or in hers which is close by.
He was absorbed in his research as if not aware of the secrets going around the city, the events taking place, the names being uttered with his name being one of those as Pariston looked through all the information he got.
"The bullet came from the sky exactly above the target going through the center of his head and it was found that it's a sniper rifle bullet so just as I thought, he can fly or he can teleport and he probably doesn't have a long-range ability.
He also didn't use the ability of the purple lines so either it's solely a close-ranged ability or he just didn't use it for some reason."
Pariston closed the document with a still bright smile on his face not allowing anyone to see what's behind the curtain, 'In the end, I got nothing I don't already know but this makes it much more interesting.'
"And that helps us how exactly? that only makes things worse and much harder to do anything against him,"
That is the sound of Hinrigh who is sitting at the other side of the table, and next to him is Onior who seems to be in contemplation.
"That just tells us that he can probably escape... but the others can't specifically the Heil-Ly family's boss and... his sister. We just have to stall him for a bit and we win,"
Onior questioned, "How do you know his sister is in the city?"
"Well, I happen to have a few useful pawns... birds that chirp music to my ear so I know quite a lot."
Mysteriously answered Pariston making both of them frown uncomfortable with the situation, with the number of variables spurting all around them.
Onior questioned further, "The only one that should be weak is his sister while Morena should also be on our level so I don't see what cornering them would do since we don't know her ability which is a huge risk so even if we stall him, it will be useless.
And that's assuming we can stall him since you can't help or you will break the hunter's rules so yeah the plan is useless.."
As Onior finished talking, he noticed the bright smile never leaving Pariston's face as if he knows something he doesn't, "You're not planning on using explosives, right?"
Pariston nodded no hiding it from them, "Don't worry, I used my connections to get just a little bit of explosives... just enough to destroy a few buildings so it should do the job, and well, no one will know who is responsible so you guys should be safe... And don't worry, I will just use it to threaten him and only pull the trigger if he failed to meet my demands..."
Onior narrowed his eyes and exchanged a glance with Hinrigh before saying, "You demands huh... you know the risks of using explosives as if the empire found out we're responsible we'll simply get exterminated.
This is one of the hidden rules so whatever it is you want to do from now on, we don't want to know about it and we won't have any contact from now on since you seem to have everything ready."
Pariston didn't disagree, instead, he demanded knowing how much they need this.
"Almost... almost everything. I just need you to talk to your family's benefactor and tell the Heil-Ly family's benefactor not to interfere no matter the result, of course, tell them this only after I'm done, and you also can't interfere until 24 hours passed after the incident."
They nodded not objecting as Pariston left leaving them in silence until Hinrigh broke it, "Either he is a psycho or he has a vendetta against the Zoldycks, he seems to really want to break him and not as interested in the Heil-Ly family as the Zoldyck.
His goal from coming here since he is so desperate to such a degree risking his life, after all, if his actions were to go public even a 3-Star hunter like him won't escape the consequences."
Onior agreed, "We'll wait the 24 hours and meet his demands as it's too dangerous to betray him, let the royal family have their suspicions but that's just it.
As long as it benefits him I'm sure the third prince won't mind... but keep an eye on the surroundings and have everyone search the entire building just in case..."
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The sound of footsteps sounded through the hallway as the leather shoes made contact with the solid ground beneath them repeatedly.
The sound of multiple footsteps as Cashew leads him towards a certain room, a room where Yasuo is waiting.
Alone with a peaceful expression on his face not smiling nor can it be said to be emotionless, simply an unreadable expression as he took a sip of coffee while also gently stroking his earring and only he knows what's on his mind.
Until the door to the room opened with Pariston entering and Cashew closing the door leaving them alone, "Pariston Hill, It's an honor to meet you. I'm sorry for not congratulating you for becoming a 3-Star hunter earlier, I had a lot of things to do..."
Pariston introduced himself with a smile as he observed Yasuo carefully.
Yasuo nodded not changing his expression, "Yasuo Zoldyck, please have a seat and don't worry about it,"
Pariston sat down as silence enveloped the room with none of the two saying anything, he just looked at Yasuo with sparkles in his eyes as if trying to see what's beyond the curtain or if there is any.
Yasuo arched his brows before getting back to his contemplating not paying Pariston any more attention, he just took a sip of coffee before saying.
"I have some free time so I'll wait for a bit. when you're done with your childish game let me know, just don't take too long."
Pariston's smiled brightened not offended at all, instead, he started talking with what could be said to be a complaining tone.
"I really wanted the game to go on for longer but it really got ruined. That feeling where I want the game to be longer but I also know if it's too long it will become too boring... but well, ending the game a few minutes after it started with fireworks sounds interesting... Don't you think?"