Although it hasn't been much longer since the matrix joined the zombie hunters, however, they have spent quite a lot of time before they were officially made a member of the association.
Nonetheless, Mia still recognizes the man before him. It was the same man that assigned them to the particular mission they are currently on.
Mia didn't have any good impression of the man. His presence alone was intimidating and Mia at this point couldn't speak.
However, Mia still noticed one thing, the man was not looking good at all. Mia didn't know if it was because of the storm or something else.
'Perhaps, I can take this as an opportunity, but I have to play my odds well,' Mia thought.
"What...do you want?" Mia eventually muster the courage to ask.
"Am here to meet Tel, I have something to inquire from him, now where is he?" the man asked nonchalantly.
Mia was afraid that he might be killed and decided to act. Quickly, he entered the matrix space where he would connect to others.
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Elsewhere on the same ship, Kai and Chris were currently moving in the shadow. Kai has a black bag filled with food on his back and then Chris was following behind him.
The two jobs were practically to sneak food out of the kitchen of the ship and share it among themselves.
As slaves, the food they were being given was not something someone as arrogant as Kai could take and because of this have been stealing from the kitchen and as well forcing some of the ship guards to wear the matrix ring.
Today happens to be one of the days Kai and Chris were going out for their job as usual.
Chris's job mainly was to protect Kai, while Kai himself do all kinds of stuff. But right now, they happen to have run into a problem as the normal root they will usually take was being blocked by five guards who were smoking.
Kai knows if he was to be spotted, he will be shot on sight. He has witnessed this fate occur to many of the captured people who have tried on multiple occasions to escape.
However, it was at this moment a voice resounded in his mind.
'What is going on... The flying old man... Isn't that the hunter we met back them,' Kai was confused and his body started to shiver.
"What is wrong with you?" Chris's deep voice sounded. Kai for some reason was visibly shaking.
"Mia needs you back at the cell, the flying old man is here," Kai explained.
On healing this Chris cracked his knuckles before leaping off from his position.
He landed in the middle of the guards before throwing a punch at each of them knocking them out. However, one of them was quick enough to press the alarm button before he passed out.
"You do your thing while I head back," Chris said to Kai and start to run down the hallway knocking down anything that is blocking his way.
"Stupid... That power serum seems to be affecting your brain functioning ...!" Kai shouted angrily but it was of no use, Chris was already out of sight.
Kai then looked at the five guards that wear lying on the ground.
"You guys will be my guards then," he muttered as he approaches them.
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Meanwhile also, on the ship, Tel was in one of the cells when the door suddenly opened automatically.
Ever since the matrix joined the hunter's organization, Tel was the only person they have not convinced to wear the ring. Speed and Cain was already been controlled by the matrix and with the two, Mia have been making his move on how to get Tel to wear the ring.
The reason Mia was being extremely careful with Tel was because of his ability.
Tel's power has some sort of teleporter capabilities, but the thing is that Tel only swaps position.
His power is called swap and it allows him to swap position with any object no matter the distance, as long as he could see it, he can swap position with it.
Because of this, Mia was being careful with the latter afraid that he could swap his position with anything in sight.
Right now, as the door to his cell opened, Tel stepped out to see not just only his cell, but also that of others.
'What is going on,' he quickly reaches out to the ring on his finger. It was a storage ring that allows him to keep any none living things in it. Of course, it has a limit but Tel didn't actually carry much on him.
He pulled out two guns and readied himself. 'From the looks of things, we haven't reached but why would they open up the cell?' Tel wondered.
Soon, others started to run out of their cells while heading for the exit. The alarm of course went off as multiple guards started to rush in to stop them.
Their guns were tasers and they quickly zapped through their bodies. Some of the captured were able to put up a slight resistance but will soon fall to the ground.
At this point, Tel was lost, he didn't know what to do. 'Should I fight, it's not yet time but why is this happening now?' Tel wondered.
Just as he was thinking about this, one of the guards seems to have noticed him and aimed his gun at him.
Before the man could even pull the trigger, he found himself in a position he was not at. Tel was already standing behind him and aimed.
'I will fight till I figure out what is happening,' Tel concluded as he pulled the trigger.
With that, he started swapping positions with the guards while slowly approaching the exit.
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The old man and Mia were still looking at each other. It was strange that the old man noticed Mia looking at him in a daze.
But it didn't last since he quickly snapped out of it, and then he answered.
"He...is in his cell..!" Mia answered with a shaking voice.
Upon hearing this, the old man's eye was dense as he stared Mia deep into the eyes.
"You are hiding something from me?" he said and stretched his hand out.
For the first time, Mia was losing his cool and it was all because of the person before him. Even in front of Sin, Mia didn't feel this way.
The hands were moving fast, however, Mia managed to duck under it and then sneak back behind the man. He then spun his body and kicked the old man's shin causing the man to fall slightly.
Meanwhile, Mia was already at the door, he quickly jumped into the hallway and started running.
'That man is truly creepy to look at...!' he thought to himself as he started running down. By this time, multiple cells in the hallway have opened with those inside rushing out.
The old man managed to bust out of the room, then with so many people blocking his view, he gathered air into his and throw it out down towards the hallway Mia was running through.
The airball knocks those blocking his path away and eventually hit Mia from behind.
This pushed his body further as he clash to the wall at the end of the hallway.
The old man quickly covered their distance and grabbed Mia by the head.
"Your action has just concluded my suspicion, now what are you up to? What are you hiding...!" the old man shouted as he got ready to punch Mia.
However, Mia only smiled at him before giving the man a middle finger. This angered the man as he got ready to finish Mia up, but his arms were grabbed by someone.
Upon looking back, he noticed Chris holding his arm.
"Hello old man.." he said smiling.