Higher Being

At those words, Enzo froze for a moment, then burst out laughing.

"Doctor! It seems this Contained Anomaly isn't all that reliable!"

"Trying to stall for time by investigating me?"

"I have to say, Doctor, your idea is absolutely perfect!"

The doctor's expression was ugly.

Then Enzo patted Lu Xiao on the shoulder again.

"Sequence 292, I read your file on the flight here!"

"Would you consider transferring to our U01 Containment Facility?"

"The conditions there are far better than here!"

After hearing Enzo's words, Lu Xiao turned to the doctor, looking puzzled.

"Transfers are allowed?"

The doctor snorted coldly, but still answered.

"In principle, yes, as long as the Contained Anomaly has no strong desire to escape or tendency toward aggression!"

Lu Xiao nodded, then looked at Enzo and bared a mouthful of eerily white teeth.

Bits of lettuce from the hamburger he had eaten the day before yesterday were still stuck between them.

"Thank you for the offer, but I don't plan on moving!"

Enzo wasn't annoyed.

"No problem! If you change your mind, you can contact me!"

A strange smile appeared on Lu Xiao's face.

"I probably won't have a chance to contact you!"

At those words, the atmosphere instantly turned cold.

Everyone felt an intense killing intent radiating from Lu Xiao.

Enzo froze.

He now looked as though he were facing a formidable enemy.

Because Lu Xiao's killing intent was directed squarely at him.

The doctor noticed what was happening and hurried to stop him.

"292! If you kill someone, your classification will be set to K, and the Prison Keeper Organization will eliminate you!"

At the doctor's words, Lu Xiao shrugged indifferently.

His dead-fish eyes fixed on Enzo, and his lips spread into a smile.

"He isn't human!"

A mocking look appeared on Enzo's face.

"You're saying I'm not human? What proof do you have? You can't deny my status as a human on your word alone!"

Lu Xiao grew a little impatient and looked at the doctor.

"Doctor! Is killing an inferior life-form really this much trouble?"

The doctor quickly caught on, and his expression grew grave.

He didn't doubt Lu Xiao's words.

Because Lu Xiao had lived in the Dark Prison World for three years, dealing with anomalous creatures every day.

But he still nodded.

"That's right! If you can prove he's an anomalous creature, then of course you can kill him as you please!"

Hearing this, Lu Xiao grew somewhat irritated.

"Then what if I can't prove it and just kill him? What would the consequences be?"

The doctor spoke gravely.

"Elimination!"

"What a pain! It feels more comfortable staying in the Dark Prison!"

With that, Lu Xiao left without looking back.

As he left, he said one last thing.

"If you insist on proof, go find my friend, the Prison Doctor! He can definitely prove it!"

The doctor's eyes immediately lit up at those words.

Just then, Enzo raised his gun again and aimed at the doctor.

Bang!

A gunshot rang out.

The doctor adjusted his monocle.

He hadn't been hurt.

At that moment, Dart was pinning Enzo firmly to the floor.

Blood was gushing from his abdomen.

"Take him to the Prison Doctor! Dart, you go too. You can serve as payment for the deal!"

Dart nodded.

Only then did the members of the Dart Squad come to their senses.

They stepped forward together and firmly pinned down the still-struggling Enzo.

Liuguang was still holding the handcuffs Enzo had given him.

Click!

In the end, the handcuffs were fastened around Enzo's own wrists.

By now, Enzo's face had twisted.

He let out a series of low, beastlike growls.

Squelch!

Dart, who was pressing down on Enzo, had his body pierced through in an instant.

A stark white bone spike protruded behind him.

Yet Dart seemed not to notice, his arm locked tightly around Enzo's neck.

The doctor turned and headed out the door without hesitation.

As he walked, he said,

"C03 Containment Facility, activate the Emergency Plan!"

In an instant, alarms blared.

Steel doors dropped throughout the corridor all at once.

Not a single member of the Dart Squad resented the doctor's departure.

The doctor's importance went beyond simply leading the C03 Containment Facility.

Slick gave a bitter smile.

"Looks like our whole squad is going to bite the dust here today! That's fine, that's fine. Once we're down there together, maybe we can find a mountain and become bandits!"

There was still a hint of humor in his words.

Xiao Yu punched him from beside him.

"At a time like this, you're still being a smart-ass!"

The other squad members were ashen-faced too.

By now, Dart was in too much pain to speak.

Without Dart's command, the members of this newly formed squad were like a swarm of headless flies.

Pinned beneath them, Enzo let out a shrill laugh.

"It's all your fault! It's all your fault!"

"If it weren't for you, the plan could have gone smoothly!"

"And that Contained Anomaly! I'll definitely kill him!!!"

As he spoke, he had already broken free of Dart's hold.

A pair of bone wings spread from his back.

Blood and scraps of flesh clung to them.

There was no telling whether they were his, Dart's, or both.

Everyone immediately sank into despair.

A monster like this was beyond what their group of rookies could handle.

What's more, this was the physical training room, and there weren't any weapons.

"You want to kill me? Then come on! I can't wait!"

Just then, a mocking voice rang out.

Enzo looked up toward the source of the voice.

Lu Xiao was clinging to the ceiling in a bizarre posture.

Just like a spider.

His hands were sunk deep into the reinforced-concrete ceiling.

He stuck out his scarlet tongue and licked his lips.

He had twisted his head 540 degrees behind him and was looking at the people in the training room.

The sight made everyone's hair stand on end.

Even Enzo felt a chill.

"Does anyone else think this guy is scarier?"

Slick felt close to tears from fright, but still couldn't resist joking.

Compared with Enzo, who hovered in midair with his bone wings spread,

Lu Xiao was like Sadako crawling out of a television, while Enzo was like one of Hu Tutu's toys.

At the same time, a peculiar aura spread from Lu Xiao.

The squad members didn't feel much of anything yet.

But Enzo, hovering in midair, began trembling.

"No! Impossible!"

The bone wings behind him stopped flapping, and his hands flailed wildly in the air.

Bang!

He stayed aloft for less than three seconds before crashing to the floor with a bang.

His flesh met the floor in intimate contact.

He struggled to get up, but something seemed to be holding his body firmly down.

After landing, Lu Xiao crawled across the floor in a bizarre posture.

Crack, crack, crack!

His head snapped back into place, producing a series of hair-raising sounds.

As Enzo lay on the floor, his once azure eyes had turned completely scarlet.

His lips trembled as he uttered the words.

"A Higher Being!"