Chapter 215 - 211: Tranquelized

Ryder kept an eye on the road as he waited for Pasher. He didn't want to miss him when he came.

Since he was getting bored, he brought out his phone and started to go through the news while he regularly kept looking at the meeting point.

While he was going through the news, he came across something that talked about the raid of the feds near his area in which a businessman called Jameson was found dead. 

He didn't read anything unusual, and the article said that it was ruled out as a suicide. There was other news related to the Dream Corporation. It was said that the Dream Corporation was in talks with the government for a bug militarisation deal. They were en route to become the biggest profiteer if the deal succeeded.

There was also news about murders of prominent celebrities. The report stated that in the last Twenty-Four hours, three celebrities were killed.

After he finished the article, he closed it and searched his username on the internet to see what people were talking about him nowadays, and if the cheating claim was still going on or not.

The top result was about the reply of Necrosis Corporation against the claims of cheating.

"So they did reply," Ryder muttered as he saw the headline.

With great interest, he clicked on the article and started reading it.

The Article talked about the whole backlash and the claims of cheating, and then it mentioned the reply from Necrosis Corporation.

The Spokesperson outright dismissed the concerns and claimed that it was impossible to cheat in the game and how far a person could reach was totally dependent on the tasks and the missions that the player got. They said that there were thousands of special quests hidden in the world of Divinity and that it was up to the players about how far they could reach. 

"The reply is what I expected. That's how Necrosis had always been. They pride themselves on the creation of Divinity, and they would dismiss any claims of cheating. That's good too since I'm not cheating, technically," Ryder muttered as he shook his head.

Only Twenty minutes had passed since Ryder got here when he saw a luxurious car stop before the nearby abandoned building that Ryder had invited Pasher to.

A man dressed in black stepped out of the car. Ryder recognized that man as Pasher Stan, who was the son of the spirit that was residing in Ryder's building.

Pasher got out of the car and couldn't help but glance towards Ryder's building that used to be his father's. He still remembered the day when he had to kill his father for his love. 

He thought that it would be the end of it as he gave the property papers to the father of the girl that he loved. Shockingly, After a few days, he was informed that the girl's father had died in that building mysteriously. The girl also died mysteriously inside the building.

That's when people started calling that building a haunted building. He swore to himself that he would never step in that building ever again.

He was quite surprised when he was sent the coordinates by Ryder since the place he invited Pasher to was near that haunted building.

He glanced at the building once before he stopped looking, and he entered the second abandoned building where he was invited to. He had already inquired about this building, and after making sure that no mishaps had happened here, he agreed to come here to meet Jameson since, after the previous incident, he had started to believe in ghosts and stuff.

The man did bring two guards that were carrying assault rifles for his Security.

They entered the building with Pasher.

Ryder looked around, and after finding that no one was here, he started walking towards the building as well.

This region mostly contained abandoned buildings, so there were no cameras here, which gave him an additional sense of security, but he still wore a mask. The mask he wore this time was once again different.

He didn't repeat the masks since he didn't want anyone to link him with previous incidents. The mask he wore this time was once again of a famous comic book character, which has become even more popular after the movies were made on it.

It was the mask of Stainless-steel Man. His character was supposed to be a billionaire that created amazing tech, which included a stainless-steel suit that made him a superhero.

Ryder entered the building after Pasher.

He had told Pasher to meet him on the third floor, so he knew where to find that guy.

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"Jameson, where are you?" Pasher called out as he stepped on the third floor, but he didn't get a response.

"Are you here?" He asked again.

"I'm here," Ryder let out in Pasher's voice as he stood behind him.

Pasher's guards turned back and aimed their guns at Ryder.

"You're not him. Who are you? How dare you fool me with his voice!" Pasher let out in anger as he glared at Ryder.

"Can't you recognize me?" Ryder inquired as he chuckled.

"I'm Man, Stainless-Steel Man," Ryder replied with a joke as he raised his hand. 

"Don't shoot me if you don't want to die. I'm giving the both of you a chance to leave. You will survive," Ryder told the guards, but the guards didn't budge.

Ryder shook his head in disappointment.

"I was joking with my name, but I didn't joke about your deaths. Since you've already decided, then so be it," Ryder let out as he sighed. He was about to bring his guns out when he heard the sound of footsteps.

He and Pasher looked towards the stairs and saw people dressed in bulletproof vests running up with guns in their hand, which they aimed at Ryder and the others. Ryder could see the FBI written on their vests.

"Why do you guys always appear whenever I try to do something. Can't you let me do God's work of wiping the sinners?" Ryder let out in annoyance.

Just as Ryder finished speaking, he saw another two men come up the stairs. They were Ray and Jacob, the guys that he had met and helped before.

"We apologize, but that's our duty. We need to make sure that the people are brought to justice," Ray told Ryder.

"Don't worry; we won't harm you. Just don't move and let us do our jobs. Also, I promise that we won't put any charges on you. We will just ask some questions about the things that you know which can help us get to the bio-terrorists," he added as he especially told Ryder.

"I'm sorry, but just like other times, I'm in a hurry. Let me get Pasher. If you try to interfere, then you know what can happen," Ryder told them as he refused to stay back.

Pasher, on the other hand, was ready to surrender. He knew that he would be free since the feds hadn't found him doing anything illegal, and Jameson was probably actually dead before they got to him. So he wasn't in any danger.

"We hope that you have the same ability as them, and you won't die even after anyone shoots you. Also, you have helped us on many occasions, so I won't try to kill you either, but I need you to cooperate with us. If you don't, then we will be forced to shoot you," Ray told Ryder. 

" You can heal yourself against bullets, but some of our guys have tranquilizers instead of bullets. You won't die, but you won't heal either when you go to sleep. It's on you if you want to come with us unconscious or while you're still fully conscious," he warned against.

'Tranquilizers? I didn't think about this, but he might be right. Tranquilizers aren't deadly poisons that will kill me. The Healing might only heal the external wound and poisons. I might actually be in danger here,' Ryder thought as he frowned behind his mask.

"What made you think that tranquilizers work on us when even bullets can't? Do you think that the creepy scientists that he experimented on us wouldn't have thought about this? I'll tell you right away. You can try attacking me, and I won't be the good guy anymore. All of you will be wiped out right here and right now. Let me leave with Pasher. It's for the better of the world," Ryder let out as he bluffed.

He tried to fool them. Even though the chances of them leaving were less, he was trying.

The plan didn't work as a tranquilizer was shot and his Ryder's legs.

"I'm sorry, but thousands of lives depend on it. We can't let anything go wrong. Catching those guys is really important, and we need your help with that. We're ready to put our lives on the line for that," Ray muttered as he sighed.

"You bastards," Ryder exclaimed weakly as he fell down on the ground.