I Have A Super USB Drive

by <unknown>

  One more thing Keith was certain of was that these people were not governmental agents since there was no way governmental agents would endanger the lives of common civilians just to hunt down one person like himself.

  Keith mumbled to himself as he combed through the possibilities, "They don't look like special agents of any other continents. They can't be the FBI either so that means..."

  Another possibility came to Keith but this explanation seemed to have only brought up more questions. "Could it be just as Professor Irwin said, that it's the African company 'Blacklight Biotechnology' that harbored ill intentions when they purchased a majority of our company's shares?"

  He debunked the theory as soon as he came up with it. "How's that possible... Real life isn't a movie. How could a mere company possibly have access to such terrifying and meticulously trained private forces? This would make them capable of trumping any other elite forces of any other continents..."

  No matter how Keith juggled the facts, he could never figure out the identity of his opponents. He only kept his head down and continued running in hopes of arriving at the Osmond Biotech Headquarters as soon as possible so he could deliver the drug to the shareholder named Parker.

  Now, he was almost there...

  "Bang!"

  He heard more tremendous crashes from behind him. The heavy truck had picked up speed again and was drawing closer toward Keith's pickup truck. In a matter of seconds, it was going to catch up and crush the pickup truck.

  Keith only grew ever more determined when he looked at the bright lights across the horizon. After a full day and night of running, he arrived at the suburbs of Los Angeles. He only needed to advance another ten kilometers before arriving at the Osmond Biotech Headquarters.

  Another strange thing to note was that no matter how many vehicles on the road the heavy truck behind him had demolished, not a single police responded to the scene. This sort of efficiency was completely unprecedented in a place like Northern America. Something must have happened in Los Angeles.

  Besides, even if he were to successfully deliver the drug to its destination, were these people going to let him live?

  Or a better way to phrase it would be would this person named Parker protect him at all?

  Judging by how ruthless these enemies were, Keith found himself doubting the likelihood of his protection. Still, there was no turning back since he had come this far already.

  Either Keith delivered the drug successfully or he got killed by this mysterious force before he could pull it off.

  Keith set his heart on his goal when he thought of this and continued advancing toward the Osmond Biotech Headquarters.

  It was at this point when the situation seemed to finally turn around. Just as Keith was approaching the Osmond Biotech Headquarters, he noticed that the enemies pursuing him suddenly vanished.

  The heavy truck that had followed him down the road for several hundred kilometers had disappeared without him even noticing. Somewhere along the lines, the only vehicle that remained in the darkness was his beaten-up pickup truck that was driving down the lonesome road, blaring the sound of its engines.

  Keith started to reexamine the situation. When he passed by a gas station, he made a sudden turn and went into a desolate alleyway.

  After driving a short distance down the alley, Keith abandoned the vehicle and walked back to the previous main road.

  After he stood by the side of the road for a while, he finally spotted an old-school black car approaching. He quickly flagged the car down. Fortunately, the driver stopped by the side of the road.

  "Need a ride, young man?"

  A middle-aged man with a large patch of unkempt beard who smelled like a mixture of sweat and grease poked his head out of the car window. He smiled quite unkindly, revealing a row of yellow teeth as he said, "I'm heading to the Western region of Los Angeles, where are you heading? If it's along the way, I can give you a ride."

  "I..."

  Keith was going to tell this person his destination but decided against it. "I'm just heading to the city, Sir. Just give me a quick ride and I'll tell you when I need to get out."

  "In that case, come right in."

  The middle-aged man grinned and waved Keith in as he unlocked the door on the passenger's side.

  Keith hesitated for a moment. After he had ensured that there was no dark-colored fabric underneath this person's collar or sleeves and gave the gun he had concealed in his pocket a firm pat, he entered the car.

  An hour later, Keith parked the car on the corner of a street nearby the Osmond Biotech Headquarters with the gun in hand. His expression was grim.

  A bullet had been lodged into the forehead of the original owner of the vehicle. The body was put in the backseat with fresh blood still dripping out the dead man's forehead.

  It turned out that this man was never a good Samaritan in the first place and was planning to rob Keith. Unfortunately for him, Keith, who appeared like a gentle-hearted individual on the outside, made a swift judgment and executed him on the spot.

  Keith did not exit his vehicle right in front of the Osmond Biotech Headquarters because judging by how ruthless their methods were, they could probably ambush him when they saw him appear at the headquarters and take him away.

  He got out of the vehicle somewhere close by and went up to the rooftop of another building where he had a higher vantage point.

  The Osmond Biotech Headquarters was only several hundred meters away from his position. Right next to it was another building of nearly parallel height. There was only a distance of no more than ten meters separating the two buildings.

  Keith was delighted to see this. He immediately descended from the rooftop and found himself a hemp rope. He carried the hemp rope with him and ascended to the roof of the building next to the headquarters.

  The sky was very dark at the time but fortunately, the floors in the headquarters were illuminated with ceiling lights. Keith used the shadow projected from the building to make sure his figure could not be caught by anyone on the ground. After he tied the rope into a slipknot, he tossed it into the opposite building!

  After several attempts, Keith managed to hook the knot to one of the railings. With a forceful yank, he managed to fasten the rope tightly around the railing.

  After that, Keith fastened the rope to a railing on his side as well, instantly creating a passage that connected the two buildings.

  After taking a deep breath, Keith climbed onto the railing and then wrapped his arms and legs around the rope. He took his time moving to the other side.

  After what seemed like forever, Keith managed to make it to the rooftop of the Osmond Biotech Headquarters using this unconventional method.

  Keith did not let his guard down even after making it this far. He cautiously traced down the stairs that connected to the rooftop and entered the corridor where he saw rows of offices. The signboard on the first office read "Chairman and General Manager's Office".

  Arrived at last...

  Keith sighed. He slowly approached the door. It was the height of midnight but he could still see a faint light coming from under the door, implying that someone was inside. He pushed open the door without sparing a moment of hesitation.

  The dimly lit office was immediately presented in front of Keith.

  The decoration of the office was highly distinctive of the person's personality. It was not very large and the furnishing was intricate, most of them alternated between black and white color. Only a minimal amount of light was turned on in the office at the moment.

  Positioned directly opposite the entrance was a large mahogany desk with a middle-aged man sitting on the opposite end.

  This man was none other than the founder of the Osmond that the professor once mentioned - Parker.

  "Mr. Parker."

  Keith felt a weight taken off his chest when he saw the head of the corporation. He promptly stepped inside and locked the door behind him. "Allow me to introduce myself, I'm.
.."

  "You're Rowling Keith."

  The middle-aged man was not surprised by the sudden intrusion of this guest as he displayed a slightly bitter smile. "I've heard from Irwin that you're here to deliver something to me."

  "That's right!"

  Keith immediately stepped forward. His hand reached into the pocket to present a sealed bottle wrapped in bubble wrapping along with a USB drive. He placed them on Parker's table. "These are the items. This is the AD-001 created by Professor Irwin. He wanted me to deliver them into your hands."

  "Excellent."

  Parker nodded and received the sealed bottle wrapped in bubble wrapping. His finger grazed over it gently for a brief moment before he suddenly stopped as if he just recalled something.

  Keith watched as the founder suddenly took a deep breath as if he made up his mind on something. The founder proceeded to get up with the two items in hand and stepped backward.

  Keith could not help but note the strange behavior of the founder. For some reason, even after he had delivered what was supposed to be the long-awaited drug, he did not sense the slightest note of surprise from the founder but instead an inexplicable somberness.

  It seemed like a mixture of regret and frustration.

  While Keith was filled with these puzzling thoughts, he saw that Parker had stepped in front of a window and passed the two items through the window...

  'Hold on!'

  Keith was taken by surprise. It was only now when he noticed that there was somebody else standing behind the window at the furthest end of the office!

  It took him so long to notice it!

  Due to the dim lighting inside the office, Keith could only make out a faint silhouette of this mysterious person. He saw a pair of hands reaching through the window to receive the items. Then, the person disappeared from behind the window and soon, he heard the shuttle of another door located at the back end of the office being opened. The man appeared from behind and started to slowly approach Keith.

  As the shadowy figure stepped under the light, Keith finally managed to get a closer look at this person. It was a young Chinese man.

  "Mr. Keith, thank you for your delivery."

  The corner of the young man's lips curled into a smile as he extended his hand out.

  Chapter 480: Transformation |

  Keith's eye widened like two large pearls the moment he saw the black matt gloves this mysterious young man wore. He immediately looked up and also spotted a black-colored collar strapped around the young man's neck!

  It was the uniform of the mysterious organization coming after him!

  Unlike the grunts of the mysterious organization, there was the addition of several translucent buttons on the collar that emitted a weak blue-ish glow which gave it a classier look.

  Keith immediately turned as pale as a ghost as he stumbled several paces backward until he reached the door. He glared cautiously at the young man who stood before him.

  "What is it, wasn't it you wanted to give these items to me?"

  The young man asked with a mocking smile as he took several steps toward Keith, "Why are you running, what are you afraid of? Are you worried that I might eat you?"

  "D*mn!"

  Panic washed across Keith's eyes. For some reason he could not put into words himself, this plain-looking young man carried an overbearing aura that suffocated him. He immediately reached his gun and aimed it at the young man. "Don't come any closer or else I'll open fire!"

  It was right at this moment where the sound of rotor blades coming from outside the window intruded the tranquility of the room. Both Keith and the mysterious young man looked out the window and saw a military helicopter flying outside the window, seemingly searching for something.

  Upon seeing this, Keith clenched his jaw and pulled the trigger without any hesitation!

  "Bang bang bang bang bang!"

  A ripple of gunshots tore through the air. Even Keith did not know how many shots he had fired in total. When he came to his senses and looked in front of him, his expression became twisted into wordless shock!

  What seemed like an invisible barrier held all of the fired bullets in mid-air and cut off their momentum instantaneously!

  "Fool!"

  A biting chill flashed across the young man's eyes as he clutched Keith's neck like how one would hold a helpless hatchling. It happened so quickly that Keith barely had time to react. All he felt was something tightening around his neck and his feet being lifted off the ground.

  Sharp pain and a sense of suffocation rushed at Keith. He instinctively threw the gun with the empty magazine and tried to wring himself free from his enemy's clutches. No matter how hard he beat at the mysterious young man's arm that felt like a piece of steel bar, it refused to budge...

  Moments before he thought that he was going to die, the sound of rotor blades repeated outside the window again. This time, there was a piercing flash of light that accompanied it!

  "All inhabitants listen up. Put down your weapons. Get down on the ground and wait for the patrol officers to arrive!"

  The young man in front of Keith seemed to be unfazed by this sudden warning. On the contrary, his eyes glowed with rage!

  "No good..."

  Keith felt the clutch around his neck tightening. Just as he felt he was about to have his neck crushed, he heard the sound of gunshots immediately followed by a violent force that flung him into the door behind him!

  Somebody inside the helicopter had opened fire at the mysterious young man!

  After registering what had happened, Keith acted immediately and dashed back into the corridor and made for the stairway.

  "Is there any way to make it out of this situation?"

  After Keith got away, the mysterious young man mumbled pensively to himself. He proceeded to turn around to face the helicopter and removed a deformed bullet the size of a fingernail that was stuck to the back of his hand, then he looked at the helicopter that had its mounted guns aimed in his direction.

  "I repeat, all inhabitants are to set down your weapons and get down on the ground. Wait for our officers to arrive at the scene!"

  The helicopter issued the same warning again.

  The mysterious young man tilted his head to one side and suddenly waved his hand outward!

  "Bang!"

  There was an immediate explosion. The helicopter seemed to be hit by an invisible force and lost control. It immediately tumbled to the ground below!

  "Boom!"

  Several seconds later, a gigantic column of fire rose from the ground below. It was accompanied by a deafening explosion that tore through the silence of the night. The entire building shook!

  "Mr. Chen Chen, you..."

  Parker was baffled by everything he had witnessed in the last few seconds. He lay on the ground dumbfounded and looked at Chen Chen like he was staring at a ghost...

  Chen Chen ignored Parker as he slowly and calmly turned around and exited the office.

  Chen Chen formed a frown as he stepped out of the room. He briefly shook his head from side to side and soon felt a sharp pain invading his nose.

  A steady stream of blood poured out of his nose.

  "Sir Godfather, we've alerted the Northern American military that is here to search for the angel statues. They are advancing toward our position!"

  Little X's voice sounded across the earpiece, her tone was one of confusion. "You had a chance to kill him just now, why did you..."

  "I only wanted to see if he had any way of escaping even after being forced into a corner like this."

  Chen Chen answered before Little X could finish forming her question, "It does seem like there's something different about this Keith because the moment I saw him, my head started throbbing with pain. It's probably a symptom of my exhaustion of Field this morning added with the injuries that I haven't fully recovered yet..."

  "I advise you to retreat for now. Since he already gave away the drug and its information, there's nothing he has that can p
ossibly threaten us anymore."

  Little X advised.

  "You're still too naive, X."

  Chen Chen shook his head. "You truly believe the drug and the USB drive he delivered aren't fakes? Would someone as cautious as him meet Parker with the real drug before getting a proper read on the situation?"

  Chen Chen took the bottle of drug as he said this and opened it to give it a quick sniff. He immediately tossed it onto the ground after that.

  As expected, it was a fake.

  "Others are unable to kill him but perhaps I can. From here on, I won't be holding back anymore!"

  Chen Chen wiped the blood off his nose and approached the stairway. He decided to not exhaust whatever was left of his Field and instead put one arm on the railing and jumped over it to the opposite staircase one floor below!

  "Bang!"

  There was a tremendous crash as he planted his feet on the opposite railing. After he steadied himself, he turned around and repeated the same process!

  "Bang!"

  "Bang!"

  "Bang…"

  The loud crashes echoed across the stairway at a fixed interval. Chen Chen descended the building rapidly at a pace of one floor every three seconds and made it to the bottom floor in under two minutes!

  Just as he made it to the bottom, Little X informed again, "Sir Godfather, the target is escaping in a vehicle. The location he's headed to is... The direction of the Herrank Warehouse District, the Black Knights are in close pursuit!"

  Chen Chen frowned at this piece of news. Although Keith did not know about the ongoings in Los Angeles, he still made for the Herrank Warehouse District. This was no mere coincidence.

  This was not the time to be bothered with these details. As soon as Chen Chen stepped out of the building, he saw a Black Knight waiting for him outside in a vehicle. He entered immediately and they proceeded to speed toward the direction of the Herrank Warehouse District...

  With the rise of the killer statue cases in the city and mass casualty cases reported in the city hall, the police and military forces had evacuated from the Herrank Warehouse District. At this time, the only thing that remained in the area was a large array of police tapes that sectioned off the area.