The eyes of almost all cluster members were glued on the screens of their communication devices.
"What's this?" a man asked his friends.
"Where are these two fighting from?""Is this on this cluster?"
They were all thrown into confusion by the live stream they were all viewing. Soon they started getting the content of the talk between the two characters on display.
"Why are these guys hiding their faces? We can't tell who is who!" someone lamented alone in his room.
From where Linda and Claire were watching they could feel butterflies in their stomach. This was because the two people were basically talking about the GPF stuff which they had so madly rushed to buy. Not only them, most of the cluster members who could afford some few task points for redemption had at least bought a bottle.
After all, so many wished to get a chance at the contest where only ten out of the ten thousand residents would be selected.Nobody wanted to miss out on the envied list of the top ten! No doubt it would be a great feat if one got his name there! Such would be considered the best of the best of the cluster.
Even if one wouldn't make to be the final winner, but beating all the nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety people of the cluster to enter the best ten all in one round of the contest was no small matter.
But there had been a catch! And it is this catch that had sent them into the frenzy of buying the Green Power Fire. They all needed to be at Primary 3 Evolution to participate.
Then here was someone streaming it live to them that the redeemer they had all run to was a deadly trap! The people were shocked.
At first they were in agreement with the hooded guy.
"Yes! We need to be strong!" they agreed.
"Wait! Did he say there is a cost? What did he mean?" the hooded guy struck their nerves.
"Have I heard the name Muro?" someone else asked.
At the mention of the name Muro, everyone gasped! This was a proof that the incident was taking place right there in the cluster. That also meant that the people were the real target of the Livestream.
People started coming to this realization one after the other. This guy with the simple jacket was no doubt warning them against using the Green Power Fire.
Somewhere in a drinking joint someone shouted.
"Who the hell is this guy whose back is on the camera? Why is he warning us just now?"
"Isn't it obvious?" his fellow joined in. "He's obviously against the GPF!"
"But why? Do you trust his words, that this stuff makes us slaves to the dark Lord?"
"I think the Muro guy just confessed that to be the case!" another man who had joined the talk said soberly.
His words struck all the listeners and there was a dead silence for some minutes. Nobody knew what else to say. The unspoken question that was going on in all their minds was, what next for those who had already consumed the GPF?
"Linda, if this is Muro, I am almost certain the other guy is Frank!" Claire said.
"Yes!" Linda agreed, "Their heights match! I think he's in league with the SOP guy on the internet because the two are pursuing the same course!" she added, sounding enlightened.
"You know what I think?" Claire began again and gave Linda a curious look. Linda raised an eyebrow, coercing Claire to speak out her thoughts. But Claire continued giving Linda the same look.
"Are you intending to say they are no two guys, that the SOP guy is still this jacket guy and that both guys are Frank?" Linda finally spoke up Claire's thoughts in a questioning manner.
"Do you think otherwise? Is there any other explanation?" Claire countered her doubts.
After a while Linda shook her head.
"No! There's no other theory apart from yours, and I think you are right!" she said.
"What should we do then?" Claire asked.
Ding!
All their communication devices rang again at the same time! Similarly, all cluster residents received the same notification. Quickly the two girls tapped on their devices to read the information they had just received.
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{SOP TO ALL CLUSTER MEMBERS}
{ASSEMBLE IMMEDIATELY AT TOWN SQUARE}{MISSION: TO RID GPF FROM OUR MIDST}
(You have all heard from the Dark Lord's agent himself, GPF is a trap! But there's a way out! Join me before it is too late!)
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Everybody read the same message.It had a tone of urgency to it. To many it answered one of the questions they each had, that was, what next?
"You were right, Claire!" Linda exclaimed.
The SOP guy was indeed the same as the man they had seen a few minutes ago in the Livestream. The two were able to ascertain that it was Frank because they all had belonged to the same team during the first government mission.
"I knew it from the first moment! Linda, I think we should make haste and get to the town square before others do so that we talk to Frank first. What do you say?"
" I will immediately summon the Falcon8 vehicle!" Linda responded.
Back in the den the revellers were in a heated discussion when the notification arrived.
"This guy definitely knows something we don't!" one of the men said.
"Is this guy really able to fight against the Dark Lord. I hear the Dark Lord is so powerful already and has no match!"
"Yeah! Now I remember, this Muro guy was the same one in recent reports that had been abducted by the Dark Lord!"
"So that justifies the claim that he's the Dark Lord's agent! We really need to get ourselves rid of this GPF!"
"But how?"
"There's only one way to find out! Let us all go to the town square!" one other guy pointed out.
All the rest agreed with him.Since they were all in Primary 2 Evolution, they were all capable of summoning falcon vehicles to their destination at a cost.
The pub was left vacant immediately.
From his home, Muro witnessed all the aftermath of his Livestream with the SOP guy. He bit his tongue in rage.
"This cunning rat!" he said.
He had not known that he was being filmed and televised directly to all the clusters. Now his secret was revealed due to his recklessness.
"I must stop them! I must stop them!"
Whatever Frank was intending to do, Muro vowed to counter his moves.
Using the magic he had been given by the lady agent of the Dark Lord, Muro decided to awaken the Dark Lord's Army that was among the general population.
"It is time!" he roared as he rose!