Mutant Nemesis

"Sentinel Robots?" Benjamin's words caught intelligence supervisor Jack off guard.

As the intelligence supervisor of the Los Angeles Branch, he knew very well what deploying Sentinel Robots meant.

At the same time, he knew exactly how terrifyingly powerful Sentinel Robots were.

Mutant nemeses! That was the best description for Sentinel Robots!

"Are you sure you want to apply to the division head for permission to use Sentinel Robots?"

"Even if Aiden and Belt are dead, you should still have quite a few people at your disposal, right?"

Jack asked Benjamin.

"I won't let my men die for nothing again!"

"I'll personally lead the Sentinel Robots to capture Richard Wesley!"

Benjamin replied with a murderous expression.

Although the Los Angeles Branch was only one of the Department of Mutant Affairs' many branches,

ever since the Los Angeles Branch had been established, the Action Department had never suffered casualties this severe.

In just a few days, fifteen Mutant Agents under his command had been killed in action.

This was not only a stain on his personal record, but also a serious provocation against the Department of Mutant Affairs.

If he remained indifferent after losing so many subordinates, then he would be far too unqualified to serve as the Action Department Director.

Seeing the intense killing intent on Benjamin's face, Jack immediately abandoned any thought of persuading him and quickly said, "Give me an hour. I'll bring you a preliminary investigation report."

After saying that, Jack left Benjamin's office.

The Los Angeles suburbs.

Sabretooth's safehouse.

Richard and the other two were enjoying lunch.

After spending more than half an hour busy in the kitchen, Clarice had prepared lunch all by herself.

Richard had not expected much from Clarice's cooking.

After all, Clarice was only seventeen or eighteen years old. She could not possibly have had much cooking experience.

But reality proved that he had underestimated Clarice.

Clarice might not have had a deep grasp of her abilities or their development, but her cooking was exceptionally good.

Not only that, but what she had prepared for lunch was Chinese food.

More precisely, it was authentic, homestyle Chinese food.

This was the first Chinese meal Richard had eaten since crossing over into this world.

Although Clarice's cooking could not compare to that of a restaurant chef, he was still extremely satisfied.

Before long, Clarice's four dishes and one soup had been completely cleaned up.

That hit the spot!

Chinese food really suited his taste buds best!

Although the original owner of the body had been a thoroughly American man, Richard, who now occupied this body, had grown up as a Chinese person eating Chinese cuisine.

Compared to American food like steak, bacon, fried eggs, hot dogs, and sandwiches, he preferred and appreciated Chinese food more.

In his opinion, American food could only fill one's stomach.

Only Chinese food could offer the experience of truly enjoying delicious food.

After eating and drinking his fill, Richard casually came up with an excuse and used Flash to leave the apartment.

A forest outside the suburbs.

After flashing into the forest and confirming that no one else was around, he took the Masamune from the System Space.

Tonight, he would attack the Department of Mutant Affairs Los Angeles Branch.

Before that, he planned to practice the Dimension Slash the system had just rewarded him with.

Gripping the Masamune's hilt in his left hand, he casually spun the blade before immediately using Dimension Slash.

The Masamune flashed out like lightning. Dozens of meters away, a spherical area nearly two meters in diameter appeared, as though space itself had been distorted, with streaks of darkness mixed within it.

At the same time, seven or eight crescent-shaped "sword energies" appeared out of thin air and instantly swept through the spherical area.

Although Richard had not locked onto any target and had merely used Dimension Slash dozens of meters away,

the moment he saw its crescent-shaped strikes, he knew that Dimension Slash was stronger than Level 2 Octaslash.

"Dimension Slash Proficiency +1"

The system's voice rang out in Richard's mind.

He ignored the system's voice and directly opened the Attribute Panel to check his mana.

Two mana per use?

Dimension Slash was only Level 1 at the moment, yet it consumed twice as much as Level 1 skills like Octaslash and Earth Shake.

Although the system had not explained why Dimension Slash, despite also being a Level 1 skill, consumed twice as much as the other skills,

Richard quickly came up with a guess.

Yamato!

Dimension Slash was Yamato's exclusive technique.

If he were using Yamato to perform Dimension Slash right now, its cost would be the same as Level 1 skills like Octaslash, Earth Shake, and Iai Slash: only one point of mana.

But unfortunately, he did not have Yamato right now.

To make up for that, he could only spend more mana to use Dimension Slash.

After closing the Attribute Panel and getting used to Dimension Slash's targeting and release in the forest, Richard used Flash to return to Sabretooth's apartment.

Time flew by.

Before he knew it, it was already eight in the evening.

After dinner in the apartment, Clarice created a Spatial Gate leading out of the apartment.

Just like in the morning, Clarice set the Spatial Gate's exit on the building rooftop a few hundred meters away from the Department of Mutant Affairs Los Angeles Branch.

Compared to the morning, the Department of Mutant Affairs Los Angeles Branch's office building looked no different.

If there was any difference, it was that there were fewer staff members inside.

After glancing at the Department of Mutant Affairs Los Angeles Branch's office building, Richard asked Sabretooth, "Did you investigate the situation inside beforehand?"

"Of course!"

"You can ignore the aboveground floors. They're all ordinary office spaces.

"The laboratories and prison cells holding criminals are underground.

"There should be three underground floors. The First Underground Floor contains ordinary laboratories, while the Second Underground Floor is our target tonight."

"If my clone and your father haven't been moved, they should both be on the Second Underground Floor right now."

Sabretooth immediately replied.

"What about the Third Underground Floor? What's down there?"

Richard continued asking.

"I don't know!"

"My informant told me that even within the Los Angeles Branch, only a small number of people have permission to enter the Third Underground Floor."

"Although my informant doesn't know exactly what is down there, he advised me not to go to the Third Underground Floor. There might be some very terrifying things there."

Although Sabretooth was not a good person in the conventional sense, he had lived for nearly two hundred years, after all.

He might not have had many people he could call friends, but he definitely knew plenty of people from all walks of life.

"The Second Underground Floor, right? No problem. Let's go."

After saying that, Richard took out the Masamune, which was more than two meters long, from the System Space.

Seeing him take out the Masamune, Clarice immediately raised her right hand, preparing to throw out purple Spatial Energy to create a Spatial Gate.

She had originally intended to create a Spatial Gate directly to the Second Underground Floor of the Los Angeles Branch.

But before she could throw out the Spatial Energy in her hand, Richard said to her, "Don't create a Spatial Gate to the Second Underground Floor. Just open it in front of the office building's main entrance."

"I don't like sneaking in. I prefer fighting my way in through the front door!"