Unknown to Brick, there was yet another problem that could be a hinderance to him in the future.
From the words of the old man, it seemed like they were able to detect any strangeness or use of their own families use of an ability some time after it became effective but they were unable to detect the person themselves.
There would always be people from the main or branch families that would integrate with the normal world or would be lost track of for various reasons.
Even their vast resources was not enough to make up for every possible situation that was far out of the reach of their eyes and ears.
Accidents happened all the time resulting in missing children and deaths that they did not look into properly due to them not being on their list of high priorities.
If there were some among their bloodline that were left alive then it was very likely that they would have brought them back into the family before their plans had begun.
No matter what the wish of their family really was, it seemed like Brick could be among them while the other was Lucy which had resulted in their current states.
Whatever the ability or wish was, it was something important enough to their bloodline that they revered and feared at the same time.
It was something that was recorded in their family documents as something they needed to keep control over if it appeared among their bloodline since it could be used to elevate their power or to strike a fatal blow to them.
The decision of the old man had already sealed the fate for those that used their wish or special ability.
The old man sat alone with his son who he talked to in the meeting. "How is the gathering of resources?"
The son shook his head. "It is to be expected. We cannot expect results yet since the rate of growth in the infected cannot be accelerated. We can only make use of the remaining resources that we have been able to nurture over the many years."
The old man sat in contemplation for some time as he thought. 'This plan should have been moved up sooner. The world had become far out of our control and our powers were growing weaker with each generation.
Practicing from a young age with the powers is still not enough.. more crystals are needed but the higher the grade needed or more needed, the more difficult it is to secure such resources so they need to be used carefully between the families.
With the spread of the virus, all we need to do now is wait for the growth of many high grade resources that can be used by the families. By the time we have grown our power and gained control of the world from the shadows again then our goal shall be achieved.'
He let put a sigh. "Such trash should be enough to please the branch families and lower trash but it will not quell the voices of those with higher power. Since the world has already been thrown into chaos, we have already partly achieved our goal so far."
From the way he was talking, it was like all the lived plunged into death and despair were worthless and an annoyance to him and many that shared the same thoughts.
It was like he thought of himself as much higher like some kind if higher being above the ordinary mortals.
All the masses were just cattle to be controlled and the time had come to harvest the cattle which were beginning to become difficult to control.
It was like power users had existed for a very long time in the shadows of the world and perhaps what had happened to the world may have happened more than once.
In order to raise up their powers they could practice enough to grow them but that was not enough to reach higher stages.
Resources were needed so they needed to nurture their own to gain a supply.
It was very likely that they had been taking people from the world and were infecting and raising them into containers for the crystals which would be used once they reached the needed stage.
Once the control of the world was slipping and it was more difficult to remain in the shadows while carrying out such acts, they would have had to be far more careful to raise their powers in secret or they would have had to go ahead with their big plan.
The world was going to be filled with zombies, evolved humans and all kinds of other things that would grow within the environment they had made until they were ready to be harvested.
Once there was more than enough, they could begin the next stage of the plan which would allow them to build upon the ruins and gain enough resources to last their families and very long time.
Everything was going perfectly according to plan until two anomalies were detected.