Chapter 108: Trapped In Hospital
The Black Shepherd tilted his head, watching the person who claimed not to be Cillian carrying a sword in his hand and obviously being a Ruiner based on the fact that he had pulled the sword out of thin air.
’Cillian Sparrow is currently amongst the list we have to watch out for because of the failed mission that White Shepherd in this land had operated. That’s what we came up with after a careful search. We tried to take pictures if this was indeed the same person, but for some reason, this guy’s face is really blurred every single time.’
The Black Shepherds who were hiding in the nearby rooms couldn’t help but have doubts after hearing their conversation.
It didn’t look like the supposed Cillian was there for them. Hence, this particular Black Shepherd who was talking to him asked.
"What are you trying to do here then? You looked like in a rush. Have you not found it weird that all the people in this hospital disappeared?"
’All of the people here disappeared?’
Cillian remembered the words inside his mind before he asked another question.
’The Black Shepherds are here for me. That’s not good. Does that mean their target is my family staying here in the hospital? Obviously. They got the information that they are staying here after the bombing incident at the ball. Are they going to be taken hostage?’
What confused Cillian was the fact that the Black Shepherds didn’t know how the people inside had disappeared, as if there was some miscommunication within their current operation. Cillian carefully processed this information in his head while observing the Shepherd.
’Arthur, who didn’t look like he was rushing, was being impatient. It forced the Shepherds to move as well and made quite a haste since they weren’t sure I was indeed the person who met those White Shepherds. However, they probably have a plan of their own, and I’m probably involved in one of their plans. I see. That proves they are going to use my family as a hostage. Their true mission is Arthur, and I’m an important side quest that needed to be looked at for.’
The Black Shepherd was spitting out information that Cillian needed to hear. That also means his parents weren’t inside but somewhere outside, which he could immediately guess the person at fault.
’Arthur has my family.’
Cillian’s head thought of the things he needed to do inside his head and started answering the Black Shepherd.
He tried to appear friendly.
"Hold up now, good mister. Why did you even think that I’m Cillian Sparrow? Okay, I’m indeed a Ruiner, but there is already a rampant number of Ruiners out there. You as well. And I’m not that guy either. The name’s Raymond Shrak."
He had to respond quickly. If he were to tell them a lie, he would tell them a convincing lie that is close to the truth, which would be telling them his previous name back on Earth.
It came in handy, and the Black Shepherd looked very convinced.
There must be a lot of information going through his mind right now, so the Black Shepherd’s confused face can be felt under his robe.
"Then... do you know Cillian Sparrow?"
"I definitely don’t have a clue whatsoever."
"What are you here for then?"
"I was going to look out for my mother, Olivia Shrak, and my father, Derrick Shrak."
The Black Shepherd, who somehow was confused, suddenly started acting like a guy who found an answer before answering.
"There’s no information about those two people in the hospital."
"..."
There were indeed no names regarding his previous mother and father here because they hadn’t been transmigrated with him. What made it so confusing was the fact that this Black Shepherd was so confident about it!
’What the?’
The Black Shepherd pointed his finger at his hand.
"I have an ability that can record what I see. The people might’ve disappeared in this place, and the people we’re looking out for here are Cillian himself and his parents, who are also gone. But that doesn’t mean the documents disappeared as well. Only the people. And no, Olivia Shrak and Derrick Shrak were not recorded."
The Black Shepherd slowly pointed his sword again at Cillian.
"Who are you really?"
Instead of answering, Cillian muttered under his breath.
"Mimicry..."
[Mimicry Activated]
[Mimicry Success]
[Reserved mimicked Storage: Jack Trade’s voice, [Buddy [Two]: Buddy Hop], Eve Salme’s Voice, Cale Hentuse’s voice, Orion... Troy Kisher’s voice.]
The Black Shepherd, whose name was Troy, demanded, his suspicion growing each second.
’I guess this won’t work.’
Who would’ve thought that this shepherd would’ve already seen the records of this entire hospital, making his lie be debunked right away?
Whoosh—!
Cillian immediately threw an object nearby towards Troy before immediately conjuring a Fireball in a span of a second after the precise hand seals for it. Then, once it manifested, Cillian aimed it at one of the rooms where a Shepherd was hiding and only waiting for his chance.
Whoosh—!
Troy immediately stopped the object that was coming towards him. The Shepherd, staying in one of the rooms, got hit by the Fireball that produced enough damage upon impact.
Cillian’s Fireball had improved greatly throughout the time he had been reading books regarding sorcery and magic; at the same time, the practiced his spellcasting.
But he had no time to be proud of himself as he started to run, only to be met by the Black Shepherd that was waiting in one of the rooms.
One of the Black Shepherd’s hands mutated and transformed into a long, rocky hand. It tried to interrupt Cillian from running by intercepting his spot, which he dodged by sliding underneath it, which had a tiny bit of space.
"Shit...! Inventory."
Cillian stood up again before opening his Inventory, grabbing Mouthful Eye and putting him on his shoulder, along with the Death Coin that he tightly clenched in his fist.
Cillian glanced behind and saw the three Black Shepherds chasing him.
’Fighting them head-on is reckless without having any prior advantage! I’ll use everything in my arsenal and escape from this place! Fuck, I just want to get my family for goodness’ sake!’
The Black Shepherds started activating their Ruiner powers as Cillian couldn’t help but curl his lips upwards in a crooked way.
For a while, Cillian had to be trapped in Hensel Hospital.
"Bring it on."
Cillian then tossed his coin forward.
[Death Coin is flipping]