He Became A Monstrous Genius After Obtaining A Time Dilation Artifact-Chapter 461. Something is wrong

Cyco and Nuel woke up in a dimly lit room.

The place was filled with the stench of rotten corpses and the strange scent of alchemical products.

Their groggy eyesight grew clearer by the moment.

Finally, they were able to see clearly.

" Oh, finally awake."

The voice was soft, feminine.

But strangely, it bore extreme maliciousness.

The sound of deliberate footsteps and clanking of heels echoed softly across the place.

The person looked at them. She had an extremely innocent face and eyes.

Their eyes widened suddenly. She was the one who captured them.

They had been sent as scouts to spy on a vimodial contractor spaceship and report intelligence gathered back to the unit.

However, the last thing they saw was the face looking at them from their hiding and scouting spot. After that, they felt an extremely pungent smell around them, and they collapsed.

And finally, they woke up to see this face.

" Pretty nice place right?"

The woman retraced her steps, and sat in a chair facing them.

The duo scanned their environs.

Corpses lay here and there, shriveled.

Signs of feeding, they thought.

However, this place was definitely a lab.

"I suppose your silence means you agree. Thanks for the compliment." She chuckled, her smile was strangely... unsettling. The duo noticed.

She pointed in the direction of the shriveled corpses.

" Would have said some cliche shit like you will end up like those corpses and whatnot, but in pretty much satisfied from feeding this evening, so there’s no need to scare you guys to spill what you know." Her voice became cuter.

" But, can you do me the honors and tell me what you know about the last living member of the Bloodfallen Clan?"

Cyco and Nuel, completely paralysed, widened their eyes in surprise.

Bloodfallen Clan?

Wait... was Jackson not called Bloodfallen?

Bloodfallen Clan?

Was Jackson not an orphan who grew up in one of the slums of the Astral Empire, according to what he had told them about his background?

What was this woman talking about?

None of this was making sense?

There was no existing vampire clan called the BloodFallen clan, right?

Not that they were aware of.

She sighed, on noticing their puzzled expressions. It seemed she didn’t have to deactivate the paralysis poison for them to talk.

"It seems you don’t know anything. A pity. I thought since you were close to him, you will know something."

She sighed.

She had intelligence that they were close to Jackson Bloodfallen.

Not surprising. Their unit was quite popular.

"Anyway, I’m letting you off because I’m in a good mood tonight. Oh and, if possible, tell Kailen Darkhaven that I look forward to meeting him very soon."

A look of anticipation and cruelty flashed through her eyes, betraying her bubbly voice.

" It’s not everyday that you get to anticipate meeting a fellow Black Flask alchemist. I look forward to repaying him for neutralizing my poisons at x69"

Cyco and Nuel, completely paralysed and unable to speak, lost consciousness completely after her words and were carried out of the lab.

Several moments later, the Black Flask Alchemist’s subordinate came to her, staring at her with a puzzled expression.

"My lady, why did you let them go?"

She chuckled lightly. "Because I wanted to?"

The subordinate sighed.

This woman was simply too unrestrained.

She always did whatever she wanted.

At least, that’s what she led others to think, but she was always plotting something.

***

A figure with chestnut hair and crimson eyes could be seen struggling with an unpleasant expression on his face on a bed.

Clearly, he was having an unpleasant dream.

" No... no... please... no... don’t... no..."

Suddenly, he woke up from the dream as he painted heavily.

He sighed deeply as beads of sweat trickled down his forehead, some drowned his clothes and the bedsheets.

The lights of the moons overlapped, swept through the windows, and fell on his melancholic face.

" Same old memory huh." Jackson Bloodfallen sighed. How could he forget?

This was a secret no one knew. Not even Saul was aware of this when he was alive.

He clenched his fists lightly as rage flashed through his eyes.

He pushed the memory to the back of his head.

" Cyco, Nuel, where the hell are you?"

He could only hope they were alive.

As for the information he had gotten from the fanatic monologue of the Vimodial contractor, he had already transferred it to the major he reported to.

It was the work of the higher ups to do as they saw fit with it.

Someone suddenly knocked on the door.

With his perception, Jackson realized who it was.

" Bianca, come in."

Jackson was clothed, so he didn’t have to change into something appropriate before she came in.

" Can’t sleep?" She asked as she sat down comfortably at the side of his bed.

" Yeah. You?" He asked.

" Would I be here if I could? Worried about those two." Bianca said.

" Yeah, I know. I just hope—"

Beep beep.

Jackson’s eyes widened suddenly.

Bianca noticed the change in his expression.

" What?"

" Their comms are working now. I mean their id slots."

" Does that mean..."

" Yeah, those two bastards are alive."

Jackson and Bianca both bolted out of the room.

After this, they went out of the base and saw Cyco and Nuel both standing in front of Jackson’s apartment.

The moment Cyco and Nuel saw them finally, Bianca and Jackson went close to them to embrace them.

" You guys scared us."

" What the hell happened to you too?"

" Long story."

" Let’s go inside." 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

The group of four returned to inside Jackson’s apartment.

Currently, they were seated in Jackson’s living room.

" We were captured by a Black Flask vimodial contractor."

Jackson and Bianca listened in stunned silence.

How were they still alive?

Cyco and Nuel sighed at the expressions on their faces.

" We are both as confused as you are. She didn’t torment us, or do anything to us. She just asked us to tell her about the last survivor of the Bloodfallen Clan."

Cyco said.

Nuel turned to Jackson.

" Should we say anything further?"

Jackson sighed. " You finish first."

He sighed and confirmed their suspicions. There was more to this guy’s past than he told them.

Even Bianca couldn’t help but realise where this was going.

" She just let us off.

She didn’t even question us on why we were spying on her spaceship. She simply captured us because she knew we’re connected to you, and wanted information on you." Cyco said.

" Also, she said we should greet Kailen for her. Turns out she’s the alchemist who’s poisons Kailen neutralised at x69. Said she looks forward to meeting him."

" From what you’ve said, this woman seems very dangerous." Bianca sighed.

" And unpredictable," Jackson added. " I don’t believe she just let you guys off.

Before we say anything further, I think Kailen should come and inspect your bodies. I have a bad feeling about this."