Chapter 79: Betrayal
In the morning in Igwinter, in the basement of the Cypress Tree Building in the bustling neighborhood.
In the Security Bureau, busy people were coming and going, and in a corner of the hall, a thick iron door was standing there, with no one sitting on the seat above the door.
People were coming and going in the underground space of the Security Bureau, and no one paid much attention to the vacant seat. But inadvertently, the thick iron door that was tightly closed began to open slowly, and a sneaky figure walked out of it.
Brandon, a man wearing glasses and carrying a suitcase, walked out from behind the iron gate. He first closed the iron gate behind him, then glanced around.
"It went smoothly. No one has noticed anything unusual yet. We have taken out as many things as possible. Now comes the most critical moment."
Holding the heavy suitcase in his hand, Brandon thought that he had already taken with him as many precious items as he could touch from the Security Bureau's sealed vault. There were secret materials, spiritual storage items, and extraordinary items in it... These would become his important achievements and qualifications for gaining a foothold in the society in the future.
Taking advantage of the absence of the director of the Security Bureau and the hunter team, steal as much as possible from the sealed vault of the Security Bureau. This is the important task assigned to Brandon by Buck. Now, this task has been almost half completed. The next step is to successfully take the contents of this suitcase out of the Security Bureau, and this step is the most important.
Because every entrance and exit is illuminated by a bright lamp, the light of the bright lamp can penetrate objects and illuminate any extraordinary traces. If it illuminates a trace that has not been registered in advance, the mechanism connected to the alarm of the bright lamp will be triggered, and an alarm will be sounded globally.
Because of the existence of Huijiandeng, it is difficult for external extraordinary forces to penetrate into Anyin Bureau, and it is also difficult for extraordinary items in Anyin Bureau to be taken out.
The "cup" medicine that Brandon usually carries with him cannot be directly detected as long as he is not too close to the shining lamp because the extraordinary traces are too slight, and there is a test tube with a slight "shadow" meaning as a barrier. Brandon is familiar with the locations of all the shining lamps in the bureau, so he usually just needs to walk around them. But now it is different. The extraordinary traces of the box of things in his hand are hundreds of times stronger than that little bit of "cup" medicine. As long as he steps into the detection range of the shining lamp, he will definitely be detected.
Brandon already has a plan to deal with this.
Taking a deep breath, Brandon reached out his hand and groped in his pouch and took out something. It was a small section of a human finger. This was what Brandon found in the sealed vault. It was the spiritual storage of the "cup" that he had confiscated in Burton's base. Now he stole it, but he did not put it in the box, but put it on his body. This would be the key to his successful escape from here in a while.
Glancing at his former colleagues again, Brandon took the opportunity when no one noticed to throw a small section of the severed finger into his mouth, chewed and swallowed it calmly, then picked up the suitcase and walked towards one of the exits.
This entrance and exit is the farthest from the bright light. Although it is still inevitable to enter the detection range when passing through the entrance, it is possible to compress this moment to the last second to buy more time for Brandon.
Walking towards the entrance and exit that had been selected long ago, Brandon's pace became faster and faster. When he was about to step into the detection area, he took out a raw eating seal from his purse, which was previously seized by the hunters and put it directly on his head. As the seal burned, a "cup" symbol appeared on Brandon's forehead.
"Please protect me here, great blood cup."
Along with the low murmurs, the "cup" spirit in Brandon was suddenly aroused at this moment. His body suddenly became strong and powerful, and he stepped forward with the suitcase and crossed the detection area.
At this moment, the bright light closest to Brandon flickered, and then the entire security bureau began to be on alert, which made everyone startled. People in the hall immediately looked in the direction of the flickering bright light.
Then they saw that Brandon had rushed into the entrance and disappeared.
"Someone is illegally taking items away from the control room! Go after them immediately!"
Seeing this scene, several team members who stayed behind pointed at the exit where Brandon rushed out and shouted loudly, then ran towards that direction, followed by a group of people. At this time, Brandon, with the physical strength brought by the Shengku Talisman, had already stepped up the stairs in three or two steps, opened the hidden door, and reached the first floor of the Cypress Shirt Building, and ran towards the lobby exit at an astonishing speed.
In the lobby of the Cypress Building, Ms. Ada was sitting behind her front desk, looking puzzled at the newly delivered bouquet. At this moment, a small alarm bell above her front desk suddenly rang quickly. The piercing sound startled Ada, who was admiring the flowers.
"What happened again?"
Looking at the ringing small alarm, Ada couldn't help but frowned and said, but at this moment, there was a hurried footsteps coming from his side. Ada turned his head and saw Brandon, who looked panicked, carrying a suitcase and running towards the front door of the hallway at an astonishing speed.
Seeing this scene, combined with the alarm, Ada, who had worked in the Security Bureau for most of her life, instantly assessed the situation. She stood up, pulled out a revolver from under the counter, and pointed it at the speeding Brandon with one hand.
"Where are you taking the things from the bureau? You little bastard!"
Ada shouted loudly in a sharp voice, then aimed her gun at Brandon who was running at high speed and fired continuously. The violent gunshots made the surrounding civilians scream and flee in all directions.
Brandon, who was on the run, never expected that the usually gentle Ms. Ada would suddenly do this. However, at this moment, he had no choice but to run away as fast as he could. He could only hope that his speed would prevent Ada from aiming at him.
After standing at the front desk, Ada angrily fired five shots at Brandon who was running towards the front door. Each shot missed until the last shot, when Ada hit Brandon's hand holding the suitcase. Brandon, who had just run to the door, screamed in pain, and the suitcase fell to the ground and opened. Most of the things inside scattered out and covered the ground.
“Ahh…”
Enduring the pain of his shattered palm, knowing that he could not stay here for a moment longer, Brandon immediately picked up the suitcase on the ground, ran out of the building at high speed with the remaining items in it, and ran across the street. When Ada came to the door of the Cypress Building with a gun in hand, Brandon was gone.
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In a dark and deserted alley somewhere in the upper city of Igwynt.
Panting, Brandon stumbled along the alley, looking tired and nervous as he kept looking left and right. After making sure that there were no pursuers following him, he breathed a sigh of relief and leaned against a wall.
The effect of the Shengku Talisman had long passed, and the continuous long-distance running had already exhausted him physically. He now needed to take a short rest before going to the society's meeting point.
Trembling, Brandon stretched out his hand with two fingers missing, looked at the bloody and mangled part, and murmured softly.
"Huh... Huh... That damn old bitch, one day, I will kill you with my own hands..." Brandon said angrily as he relocked the suitcase he was holding. After taking a few breaths to relax for a while, he stood up and staggered to the center of the alley.
“Hu…Hu…Just wait until I become a Beyonder. I will settle this account with you.”
"I'm afraid you won't be able to wait until this day."
At this time, a cold male voice came from behind Brandon. Brandon was startled, then looked up and saw a man wearing a gray windbreaker, a top hat, and with a thin face and a hooked nose.
"You are... um..."
Before Brandon could say anything, the man stabbed Brandon's heart with a knife. Brandon's face was filled with shock, his eyes wide open, and he fell down in disbelief.
He fell into a sewage pit on the ground in the alley.
Looking at the angry young man in front of him, Edrick took out a cigarette, lit it with a match and put it to his mouth. After exhaling two puffs of smoke, he continued speaking slowly.
"That's what a traitor deserves, isn't it, Mr. Brandon?"
Then, Brandon, who was lying in the puddle, gradually relaxed his stunned expression, and then he slowly stood up from the puddle. He pulled out the knife from his chest, returned it to Edrick in front of him, and then spoke to him.
"Of course, I deserve this."
Seeing the scene, Edric smiled slightly, put away the knife, and turned to leave, while Brandon followed closely with the box.
In a blink of an eye, the deserted alley fell into silence again, with only traces of blood in the puddle left.
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