Clown Game
Chapter 277 - 264: The Return of the Dark Realm (XIX)

Chapter 277: Chapter 264: The Return of the Dark Realm (XIX)

Dos’s expression was solemn... The video in his goggles continued to play.

The gaunt field operative spoke with his hand on his chest the whole time, a subconscious act of self-protection when one is nervous. It seemed he was in fear.

The person across from him... was threatening him.

After less than a minute of terse conversation, the man appeared to be hysterically yelling at the skinny man, who turned to walk away with his back to him, while the other stood there hesitating for a few seconds before... he actually pulled out a gun!

He aimed the barrel at the center of the frame and pulled the trigger... A gunshot rang out, and the screen filled with static—there was no doubt that this person had destroyed the two trackers himself... Following this line of thought, he was the one who killed another person, and the tattered protective suit on the ground should belong to the hunched man who was being threatened.

However, the indicator on his back showed no change in color... Which meant, the muscular man had killed his own ally!!!

Why?

The angle of the camera was from above and did not show the number on the back of the strong man; otherwise, after leaving Dark Realm and contacting headquarters, they could potentially trace his profile in reverse.

But... clearly, that was no longer possible.

In any case, that strong man seemed to be sabotaging the operation!

Dos pondered this, not forgetting to raise his gun and fire off a few rounds in support... Such long-range assistance was almost as simple as eating or sleeping for him, not requiring any extra effort.

Suddenly, another data point vanished from his goggles!

"Ah!!?"

Dos couldn’t help but exclaim.

"What’s happening?"

Before he could finish, "ding," another data point disappeared, then a third, and a fourth!

"What... what’s going on?"

Dos was completely baffled; he tapped on his goggles a few times to make sure it wasn’t a machine malfunction.

And the data showed no signs of aberration attacks. This meant that, miles away, three people had knocked off the trackers they were being followed with.

"What the hell... happened?"

For a moment, Dos couldn’t help but curse at the empty streets.

At the same time, he connected to the communication of another person in charge of this mission—Abraham Ken.

The moment the communication connected, it crackled with the sound of electric currents.

Then, with panting breaths, "You little rascal, where the hell did you go?" Abraham scolded with irritation, with the sound of electrical currents continuously booming in the distance, like clouds in the sky, bringing thunder down to one’s ears.

"Uh... quite far from you, about 5 kilometers to the northwest of the city area. I’ve sent the coordinates already."

"What’s the damn point of sending your location if I can’t run over there?" Abraham roared, one could picture him puffing his beard and glaring with his eyes just from his tone.

Dos clicked his tongue, admitting to himself that it was a bit shabby to leave such a bulky old man in the central city area most swarming with aberrations, but now wasn’t the time to talk about that, so he quickly steered the conversation back.

"Alright, let’s talk about this later, I seem to have a bit of a situation here, and I need your help."

"Huh?" Abraham exhaled in frustration and surprise. It was obvious that he was the type who hated trouble the most.

"We’ll talk about the specifics when we meet... What I mean is, don’t you have access to the voice channels of all the team members? I want you to gather everyone again."

"What? Haven’t I already issued a call?"

Dos drew out a long "Hmm" and then said, "Just now... I thought it was too slow, so I split everyone up."

A second of silence.

"What did you say? How could you..."

In the earpiece, a roar erupted!

However, Dos had obviously anticipated this reaction and was prepared for it, immediately interrupting Abraham’s complaints.

"Stop yelling for a moment. I have my reasons. Put everything else aside; the most important thing is to quickly gather everyone."

As he was speaking, Dos’s goggles suddenly flashed, and two more data points disappeared.

"The situation is much more serious than we thought! There is something wrong with someone among the participants of this mission. Something’s definitely happened, but... I have no idea what it is! It’s really an awful feeling."

At this moment, Abraham also quieted down. Although he had a temper, it didn’t mean he was always blindly furious. He knew Dos’s personality, and as Dos said, something unexpected must be happening in the city enshrouded by the Dark Realm.

"Fine, I’ll connect to the communication channel now, and you better hurry over too."

His tone had become much more serious as he spoke.

...

Meanwhile, on a certain street in the city, Bai Xiong and Song Xuan put down their guns and daggers. In front of them, two spherical black detectors lay on the ground, continuously emitting electrical sparks.

...

"Honestly, even if no one mentioned it, I’ve wanted to destroy these things for a while. Having these two around always gives me the feeling of being watched," Song Xuan muttered with disdain.

Bai Xiong walked over to the two detectors that had just fallen to the ground, picked one up, fiddled with it for a bit... and then yanked a chip out of the machine. With a "snap," he crushed it to pieces.

"A storage device, huh... Heh... As always, you’re thorough," Song Xuan said, his tone ambiguous as to whether he was offering praise or mockery. "Come to think of it, someone as composed as you, even if plotting something within the Foundation, it would be hard to leave any trace."

Bai Xiong didn’t respond to Song Xuan, only picked up the other detector and similarly crushed its storage device.

"Think what you will. Even if I were really up to something, you’d be too lazy to stop me, right? So better think about the task at hand."

Only then did Bai Xiong address Song Xuan, "By the way, who started this rumor that ’Omega Squad has been infected’?"

"How would I know that... But it seems this thing has already spread among the B-level teams. More and more people are starting to believe that these detectors are monitoring us. Truth aside, let’s just use this reason to destroy the detectors. As time goes on, surely more people will do the same. Isn’t that how it is? The more rumors there are, the more people choose to believe them! And I, I simply dislike having this thing following me," Song Xuan explained nonchalantly.

Suddenly, a sound like electricity crackling passed through the helmet, immediately indicating that some signal had been connected and was transmitting noise...