New Eden: Live to Play, Play to Live

Chapter 811 Confronting Mr. Gu

It was a fight of attrition, as far as everyone was concerned.

Who would tire first, the demon's regeneration or their Qi?

In the meantime, Kary reached the hospital, even calling David on the way there, to confront Mr. Gu.

He arrived around the same time she did, being much closer, and they both entered the hospital in a rush.

Once in the service elevator, David turned to look at her.

"Did they really come into your home to taunt him into action?"

"I… I don't know why they were there. I found them in the living room when I went down to make breakfast. And they lunged at me too fast for me to react."

"And Alex turned into the demon without losing control?"

"He didn't seem out of control, at least. He still looked at me protectively. It was almost like it was still him in there, but his demeanour had changed, along with his body."

"Yeah, I figure. I met that demon. He's like Alex's worst side, but a thousandfold exacerbated. At least, if it's still Alex in control, he won't fight like an idiot. That gives us time."

"What do you mean? Time for what?"

David looked at her with a glare.

"What do you think for? To stop them from killing each other."

Kary's mind lurched to a stop. She had imagined coming here to scream after Mr. Gu for sending hitmen on them.

She couldn't say why, but her mind had immediately assumed Alex would make quick work of them.

"I know what you're thinking. Alex should have torn them to shreds. But I don't think so. He was still fighting without any powers when I fought him. Which means he isn't fully awakened yet. This demon is still an infant. And we can't underestimate them either."

Kary looked at David with questions in her eyes.

After sighing deeply, David explained his thoughts to her.

"I did some digging after we first fought alongside Mr. Gu. The organization he's from, it's old. I'm talking millennia-old. And the power it wields in China is nothing to scoff at. That attests to the power of their members. They won't be dying to him so fast."

Kary didn't understand the depth of his words, as she hadn't read up on what he did, but he no longer had time to explain.

The elevator doors dinged open and Mr. Gu stood before them.

"Before either of you say something, I—" Mr. Gu started saying before a fist smacked into his jaw.

"You sent people into our home! Are you insane?!"

Mr. Gu stumbled two steps back before clenching his jaw and low-growling.

"As I was about to say, Ms. Deveille. I didn't know they would go into your home. I only contacted them to keep an eye on him. Surveillance, nothing more. But it seems I do not deserve the trust or respect of my previous organization anymore, and they sent a kill team…"

David chuckled at the scene.

"You should have assumed as much, man. You know old Chinese men are often stubborn and traditionalist. The moment you said you had info on a demon, you should have assumed they would send a kill team."

Mr. Gu glared at David, wondering how he found out anything about the organization. But now wasn't the time to speak about this matter.

"Listen. I can talk them down. But we need to leave now. The more time we waste here, the higher the risk either side loses someone, and the blood debt becomes too much to gloss over," the Chinese man said.

David laughed again.

"I only came here because she asked me to. If it were up to me, I would have gone directly there and helped Alex out. I couldn't give a shit less about the Zhong Kui. They have no use to me, nor now, nor never."

Mr. Gu frowned at the statement but discarded his stray thoughts for now.

"Then let's go," he said, pointing at the elevator.

Kary sneered at him before looking toward the corridor to her left. That was the direction of the testing area.

"The elevator is too slow. Meet me there," she said before sprinting down the hall.

"Ms. Deveille, wait! The defences are still on!" Mr. Gu shouted.

But David grabbed his shoulder.

"Don't waste your time. I doubt your defences can get through her flames, anyway. Not in the emotional state she is right now. I think she might have a second breakthrough today."

Mr. Gu looked at David, worried, glancing back toward the hallway and shaking his head.

'I warned her. My part is done,' he said to himself.

He climbed into the elevator with David as he pressed the ground floor button. As the doors closed. He heard the mini-

guns start discharging in the distance and a loud scream as he winced.

He could only hope David was right.

When Kary reached the testing area, she ran into the room only to find it in shambles. There were holes in the walls, glass on the floor, and the testing room was wide open. It was like a bomb had erupted from inside it and blown it from the inside out.

She had no time to question anything, though, as the four turrets descended from the ceiling and locked onto her as the barrels whirred to life.

"I don't have time for this," she shouted angrily.

Her body caught fire instantly, the flames teetering on a blueish glow instead of a bright yellowish orange. The second the bullet barrage started, she shouted in anger.

It was a good thing there was no one else in the room with her, because there would have been nothing left of them only seconds later.

The same could be said about the room itself.

When Kary felt nothing impacting her fire anymore, she stopped the eruption around her and looked at the results.

The glass shards had melted and become glass puddles, still red and sizzling, and the metal walls were sagging into slag toward the floor.

The four turrets were no more than melted lumps, and the bullets had formed a perfect ring of boiling metal around her feet. She smiled.

"Alright, enough wasted time," she mumbled before taking off.

She dove into the hole already in the ceiling and flew out of the compound, heading back home.

'Just be safe. And please make it so no one is dead yet…'