CAT WARLOCK: This Darklord Feasts Upon Horror-Chapter 135: Leslie
Dust’s lips trembled, "But... I am saving you."
"Look at me, Castellanos. Do I look like I need saving to you?" Even when she was mad, Aurora’s voice remained calm and soft, just like her appearance.
Dust clenched his fist tightly then he let go, "You’re right. I was wrong."
Selina looked down upon Dust, "She’s changed. She’s not the Alice you know anymore. Her name is now Aurora. She is not a human. Forget about her."
The dark knight turned and left with Aurora.
Mater gave her a thumbs up, "That’s my girl!"
"Can’t let others take away our servant," Selina smiled softly under the mask.
Aurora didn’t turn back. She kept walking with Selina.
She had no feelings for that man anymore. She had the soul of Alice Rosenberg. But she wasn’t her. She was Aurora, the Glacial Wight that was reborn thanks to Mater’s Chaos. And she would only live and die for him.
They entered the final room.
Selina pushed the door open.
It was a staircase leading up to the highest floor of this building. The group went up.
This run-down filthy building was a shithole. But its top floor was made to represent a luxurious penthouse. It didn’t have the structure or the expensive decorations like what a penthouse should have.
But the owner did their best to copy. The entire floor was one giant apartment with open space and glass panels that overlooked the poor slum area below.
From the appearance of this floor alone, Mater could already guess what kind of person was running this gang. It was a greedy, selfish, and pretentious jerk. Kinda like him.
Sitting in the far corner of the open floor was a man in long loose orange pants and a colorful shirt that didn’t button in. He flaunted his six pack abs while stretching his arms to the length of the couch.
On his sides were two naked women with not even a piece of clothing on them.
The man was smoking when Selina arrived. He stood up and clapped slowly.
"A very impressive performance, whoever you are." The man said sarcastically. He had a squeaky high-pitched voice.
Selina tilted her head and looked around. She wondered where this thug drew his confidence from.
"Do you know why no PI follows this bounty, Hunter?" The man said.
"So you know about it," Selina said, "Where is the NCE?"
"Tch. Tch. Tch. I’m the one asking the question here. Do you know why..."
Selina turned into a blur and dashed at the man. She punched his head off. Blood shot upward like a water fountain.
"You talk too fucking much." Selina said. With the influence of the helmet, Selina had much less than before.
The naked girls screamed in horror as they scattered away from Selina. Their bodies were soaked with blood.
Selina gestured with her head, "Get out of here."
The girls grabbed their clothes and ran off.
Mater’s mouth twitched a little, "That was cool... But we need him to know what the red pills were."
Selina froze in place.
Then she turned back and scratched her head while looking extremely feminine in that cool-looking armor.
"I completely forgot about that."
Mater rolled his eyes. "It’s fine. I’ll figure out something else. But I better get a good massage tonight."
"Deal," Selina nodded without hesitation.
"While you’re naked. I want something nice to look at."
Selina blushed under the helmet. The influence of the Abomination couldn’t even extinguish her embarrassment.
"Okay..." She said softly.
The group walked past the headless corpse. They could see a vault at the end of the room so they approached it.
"Oh? What do we have here?" Mater heard something. His cat ears perked up.
He jumped on a couch near the wall and looked behind it. Inside was a trembling skinny man. It was another thug, not a prisoner.
The black cat meowed.
The man screamed out in fear.
Selina appeared right beside Mater.
"Please! Please! Spare me!"
"Hmm..."
Selina grabbed his collar and lifted him up. "Who are you? There must be a reason why he kept you around."
The thug saw the headless corpse. All the colors withdrew from his face then he fainted.
"Faint already? What a coward." Aurora said.
"Let’s throw him out the window!" The black cat’s deep voice echoed.
The man woke up immediately, "No! Please! I’m awake!"
He looked around but didn’t see any man, "Who said that?"
"It’s your new master." Mater smirked.
The man looked down in surprise.
"Start speaking or I’ll throw you out the window for real," Selina said.
"Alright! Alright! Jeez! You bloodlust psychos.
My name is Leslie. That guy right here is Marcus. Marcus runs... ran this place. I’m just his bookkeeper, and also his engineer, and also his architect."
"You’re one useful little guy, huh?" Mater stroked his whiskers, "Tell me. What are those red pills?"
"The red pills? You meant the H.A.S.?
They are Hemoglobin Adrenal Synthesizers. It is basically a drug to overdrive your blood and make you stronger."
"How does it make use of the Psycho Force?" Mater asked.
"So you know about it. The HAS digs into your Psycho Force." Leslie pointed to his brain. "The Psycho Force is right here. In everyone’s head. It’s a real physical thing but very hard to interact with except for a few methods.
The pills draw the power of the Psycho Force and fuse it to the blood, temporarily boosting the strength of whoever takes it."
"You sure know a lot for a bookkeeper, engineer, and architect."
Leslie swiped the sweat off his forehead, "I’m also his chemist. Haha..."
"You made the HAS?"
Leslie nodded hesitantly.
"This one is rather useful," Selina said, "He’s better alive to us than dead."
"That’s right! I’m very useful! Keep me alive!" Leslie immediately said in response.
Selina grabbed his mouth with her other hand, "Don’t talk unless we talk to you."
She then looked to Mater, "What should we do with this guy?"
"You’re right about his usefulness. Let’s keep him around. But we do need to hide him from the ACPD." The black cat meowed.
"Shouldn’t be too hard." Selina said.
Then she turned to Leslie again, letting go of his mouth. "Do the Haland Boys have an NCE?"
Selina still needed to take care of the bounty.
Leslie nodded hesitantly and pointed to the vault on the wall.
