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Bab 20: Masked blur

It had been 2 weeks since Verlin arrived on the planet, Nothing much had happened since the airplane incident. The military still hasn't found the traces of the culprit. Although the culprit hasn't attacked him again, they must have had information from his phone, including his contacts, so he has been keeping a close eye on Chloe throughout the past 17 days. Although he felt bad for breaching her privacy, it's much better to be safe.

Another thing that Verlin noticed was that the stronger he got, the faster his strength increased, to the point that he is currently twice as strong as he was when he had landed, in speed, strength and durability along with his other abilities. Even he doesn't know how strong he was when he arrived on the planet, less so now. He had even awakened his electromagnetic spectrum vision.

Verlin had tried to find traces from the plane but couldn't find any leads. So, his daily life has just consisted of going around the city with a mask stopping crimes or helping with fires and even catching people falling off buildings.

He had even accumulated a reputation for himself,the news outlet calling him the masked blur. Although he was still more like an urban legend since most people didn't believe it, as more and more witnesses sprouted out, more people started believing in his existence. Especially after the airplane incident, although they didn't capture his figure, there were footage of the airplane being dropped at the airport at an impossible speed, not to mention the footage in the airplane.

Verlin at this time was in Chloe's house watching some news channel. Verlin and Chloe listened to the reporter talking to some pope, saying, " This incident is the biggest proof we are going to get. All this is the work of God. Such miracles only occur once in a lifetime. Only those who have received the guidance of the Lord can be blessed with a second chance of life in the face of death." The pope went on and on, only to bring out a book he wanted to sell on how to receive blessings and the favor of the God.

Verlin shook his head, and Chloe didn't seem to be buying it either. She said, " Do you think it was an Enhanced human? I mean, the footage is quite clear, There is no sign of it being edited."

"Im not too sure about that, I mean, it could fly as well as lift the plane. It might have just been a good edit. You've spent the past week trying to find some link to enhanced humans. I'll tell you right now, you won't find it on the news."

Chloe's eyes seemed to light when he said this and stood up, saying, " You're right. If we want to figure it out, we're gonna have to find it ourselves."

Verlin raised his eyebrows and said, "We?"

Chloe nodded her head and said, "Yes we, aren't you curious to find another Enhanced human?"

Verlin was silent, If it was an Enhanced human that lifted a plane like that, he would be curious. But that was him. "Sure, we can investigate, but we can do that tomorrow. It's already late at night. In fact, I gotta go home."

Chloe looked outside to see it was already night she turned to Verlin and said, " Alright then, we shall investigate tomorrow."

Verlin walked to the window and said, "Goodnight, say goodbye to your mom for me."

Verlin flew out the window and was about to head home. He heard someone scream, Verlin was a little suprised because although he had only been stopping criminal activity for about 2 weeks, the crime rate had dropped to almost nothing, The city didn't have much crime to begin with. When he looked at the direction of the scream, he saw 4 people standing in an isolated alley. The problem was that none of them seemed to be in trouble. They were all just standing there, and only one of them was shouting for help.

Verlin could tell they were trying to get his attention, Verlin put on his mask, and shortly after appeared in the alley. Verlin took some time to analyze them. They were all wearing masks that looked like helmets and tight suits. Verlin could tell there were 2 men and 2 women in their bunch. When they saw Verlin, they didn't speak and immediately attacked him. Verlin was a bit surprised to see one of the women took the lead and ran more than 10 times faster than the others and appeared in front of him with some sort of injection in her hand. Verlin grabbed her arm and seized the injection away, and threw her towards the others. But she regained her sense of balance mid-air and landed on the ground with a flip.

Verlin no longer wasted anytime and rushed the 4 of them, intending to knock them out. It was obvious one of them was an enhanced human, so he went after her first, but to his suprise when he was about to hit her, she dodged his attack, although Verlin wasn't going too fast even Rachel wouldn't be able to react to this level of speed. Verlin moved back and took another look at the 4 of them with his microscopic vision. And he couldn't help but pause at what he saw. All of them were enhanced humans.

And it wasn't like a Rachel or Chloe type of enhanced human. Their body density was more than 20 times that of a human. This was leagues above Chloe and Rachel. While Verlin was thinking, all 4 of them attacked him at the same time, one had a fire ability, another with wind, and the last one didn't use any ability.

Verlin stood in a spot and let their attacks hit him. After the smoke cleared, they saw their attacks didn't work, and Verlin could hear a voice from their earpiece telling them to retreat. Verlin wasn't going to let them escape as he attacked the one with super speed. This time, he went at a speed she couldn't react to, and this time, he hit her with a punch and sent her flying through a concrete wall. Verlin went for the one with a fire ability but kept his eye on the others. Verlin tried to hit him on the side of his head, but Verlins arm went right through his body. Verlin saw the fire dude elementalize and turn into pure fire. He noticed some movement and saw the other woman that hadn't used an ability, teleported to the other woman he knocked into the wall, and both of them disappeared.

Verlin wasn't too concerned as he had already memorized their heartbeat and DNA. Verlin tried to attack the other dude with a wind ability and encountered the same problem. Verlin could think of ways to stop them, but didn't know if it would kill them or not.The teleporting woman appeared again and took away the fire dude. Verlin decided to stop attacking and wait. When she teleported back here again, he appeared right in front of her and grabbed her by the throat, Verlin had never spoken when he wore the mask, but he had to make an exception, he changed his voice to sound neither male nor female and said, " Who are you and what do you want?"

The woman didn't reply as she teleported away from his hand and picked up the last dude and left. Verlin flew directly to the sky and tried to find their heartbeat. He listened to everything in City A but couldn't find the sound he was looking for.

He flew even higher into the sky and started flying around the entire western Federation but still couldn't find anything. Verlin figured that they must be in some sort of soundproof room. He didn't dare imagine that she could teleport over a thousand kilometers of distance multiple times.

Verlin looked at the injection he took from one of the women. It was a transparent substance, but the needle on it was much denser than steel. They probably thought he was an enhanced human and were trying to kidnap him. Although Verlin couldn't find their location, he knew that they weren't after Verlin but were after the masked blur.


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Bab 21: The Great Unity

Verlin flew back to the mansion. He didn't quite understand why these enhanced humans were so much stronger than Chloe and Rachel, but from what he saw from their DNA, their bodies seemed to be more saturated compared to Chloe or Rachel. Which means Chloe and Rachel have yet to reach maturity, and when they reach adulthood, their bodies will undergo a big change, but this is only speculation.

When Verlin got 2 kilometers away from the house, he could hear Rachel talking to someone in the house. Verlin arrived at the house and saw Rachel talking to a woman with short black and magenta coloured eyes. She was 2 inches taller than Rachel, but she looked about the same age as Rachel. The odd thing that Verlin noticed was that Rachel was very respectful towards her. Verlin had known Rachel for only 2 weeks, but he knew that she looked down upon most people.

When the 2 of them noticed he had arrived, Rachel walked up to introduce the both of them,

" Verlin, this is Commander Veronica. Commander Veronica, this is Verlin."

Veronica went up to shake Verlins hand and said, "When they told us there was an alien, I expected some sort of walking abomination. It turns out you are much more pleasing to the eye, more so than other humans."

Verlin shook her hand and said, " Uhm, thanks, it's also a pleasure meeting you, Commander."

"You can just call me Veronica."

Rachel continued after seeing both of them greet each other and said, " She is my kickboxing trainer and also one of the 10 enhanced humans in the army I told you about. She will also be staying here for a certain period of time."

Verlin replied , "Alright."

Verlin didn't really mind. He was barely in the house. Most of the time, he was outside, and he slept in space. He just comes back because it's convenient. Verlin took a look at Veronica with his microscopic vision, and he could see that her body density was 25 times of a human, slightly more than the people who had attacked him.

Verlin continued, " I ran into some enhanced humans a couple of minutes ago, I was wondering if you knew them."

Veronica and Rachel immediately seemed interested, and Veronica asked, " What abilities did they have?"

"One of them had super speed. One could control fire and also transform into fire, another could fo the same with wind. And the last one could teleport."

Veronica was shocked and said, " You fought off 4 enhanced humans by yourself? And you look untouched. That's rather impressive."

Verlin shook his head and said, " It's not actually that impressive. With my strength, Its actually quite embarrassing that they got away. Also, they tried to inject me with this thing."

"Show off," Rachel muttered under her breath.

Verlin pulled out the syringe and handed it over to Veronica. Veronica grabbed it and looked at the syringe and said, " The material is used specifically for matured enhanced humans. I could guess a single drop of this level of anesthatia could knock out a human for an entire week. This is some good stuff."

Veronica continued and said, " We don't know any enhanced humans with those abilities, but seeing that they have these level of goods, then they must have done this at least a couple of time for them to know it works. You should keep an eye out for them."

Veronica looked at Rachel and said, " You should also be on edge. If one of them can teleport like Verlin said, and they were enhanced humans that had reached adulthood, you wouldn't stand a chance."

Verlin listened to this and nodded his head. It seemed his hypothesis was spot on. When enhanced humans reached adulthood at the age of 24, they got an all-around boost in their abilities.

Veronica continued and said, " Tomorrow is a big day, We should go get some rest."

Veronica walked away and went to her room. Varlun looked at Rachel and, " What's happening tomorrow?"

" The military has an announcement to make tomorrow, and Veronica is going to be there during that announcement."

Rachel also left and went to her room, Verlin shrugged and went up to his room as well. The past two weeks haven't been completely wasted. He had studied most of the advanced subjects on the planet, including their technological advancement. He had simulated trying to make an unmoving floating base in the vaccum of space above the planet, but soon realized he had a problem, he lacked an actual power source. If he wanted his base to be stationary in space, he needed some sort of energy to counterract the gravity of the planet, but all the energy sources of the planet would be inefficient or just lacked power to do so.

Verlin opened the window and flew up into space to fall asleep. He could try find those enhanced humans, but with that woman that can teleport even when in contact with a physical object, he felt it would be a waste of time, especially if he wanted to capture them.

Soon, the next day arrived, and Verlin was back at his room, but Veronica had already left, and Rachel was the only one left in the house. Rachel came up to him, knocked on the door, and said,

" Do you have any plans for today? if you don't, can we go to the headquarters?"

Verlin had made some plans with Chloe, but he could extend it by a couple of hours. It wasn't like they were going to find anything.

Verlin said, " What exactly are we going to do there? Is it anything important."

Rachel replied, " It has something to do with the announcement the army is making today."

" Alright then. "

Verlin didn't know what the announcement was about, but it seemed it had some connection with him. Rachel brought Verlin to her car as they drove to the headquarters. When they arrived, Rachel brought and took him to a room. As they entered, Verlin could see General Smith in an office like room, but Rachel didn't enter in with him. She closed the door behind him and left.

General Felix looked at Verlin and said,

" Good morning Verlin, please do take a seat. "

Verlin sat down at a chair opposite him and said, " So, what exactly do you want to tell me."

" Verlin, although you haven't been on the planet for a while, I have been told you have read up on some of the advanced fields of the West Federation."

" Indeed, I have, but what does that have to do with any of this."

" It's quite simple, The history of the West Federation is not a pleasant one. At a point in time, the West Federation was a divided nation. Each with its own rules and policies. The rulers of these nations came to a conclusion. For humanity as a whole to advance and reach to the stars and beyond, there must be unity. This was a simple concept, but it was very difficult to fulfill. Since every nation had its own agenda, they came to the conclusion that the best way to unify was through war."

Verlin was getting an idea of what General Smoth was going to say, but continued and said,

" Unity through War is foolish. There are people who will die in the war, and those people also have relatives. The hatred from those dead relatives would be taken out on the nation related to the death of their loved ones. Unity through war would will result in a United Nation but a divide with its people."

General Smith nodded his head and said, " During the war, many lives were lost, people suffered, and for a period of time after the war their was social and political divide, but given time even a planet can heal. Given a few generations, all the wounds would be patched up, and we will end with a stronger and unified country. War, in a sense, is what unified and gave birth to the West Federation. The same could be said with the North, South, and East Federation."

After taking a breath, General Smith continued, "Now, each country has decided to have one final war, the last one in the history a humankind. This may be called a war now, but the future generations would call it the Great Unity."

Verlin had a frown on his face. He could already tell what General Smith was trying to get at. He said, " So what does this have to do with me?"

General Smith looked Verlin dead in the eye and said, " Your landing incident. We are gonna use it as a way to light up a fire in the hearts of the citizens of the West Federation, along with the airplane incident."

"So, you are going to use these incidents as propaganda."

"Verlin, this war is inevitable. All this is going to do is give the soldiers a little push to get them passionate. And all I am really asking of you is to not get involved."


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