Alluring Mask - ENGLISH VERSION

CHAPTER 31

CHAPTER 31

My head was still hot when I arrived at Atlas' warehouse. I took a quick peek at the first floor of the basement before going down to the second floor, where our rooms are there. The first floor of the basement, which has a lobby, is only for laboratories because that's where they make the drugs.

The reason we were always there was because Atlas' office was located there, but now it's been moved to the second floor because he's finished renovating it. The first floor of the basement is all laboratories. This second floor of the basement is like his home. It has a living room, kitchen, bedroom, and even a gym. Everything here is complete. I just left my groceries on the kitchen island because I dragged Oceanus from his room to the gym area, which is also like our training area.

"Hey, chill. What's wrong? You look really angry," Oceanus asked.

I just stared at the gym ceiling, my chest rising and falling rapidly as I was out of breath. I could barely hear anything over the loud pounding of my heart. My whole body was sweating because we had just been sparring and didn't even take a break. That's why I was really tired, but I ignored it.

Helios' words kept replaying in my mind. I was getting annoyed again. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath to calm myself down, but it didn't work. I was even more annoyed because even with my eyes closed, I could see him smirking at me.

"I saw him again," I blurted out to Oceanus as I opened my eyes.

He was sitting on the interlocking mat when I looked at him. He was now putting a bandage on his knuckles and putting on his boxing gloves.

"Who?" he asked and stood up to go to the punching bag.

"Helios," I stood up and went to a punching bag to punch it.

I should be resting right now, but it didn't happen because of Helios. Why can't I accept what he said!? I don't always forget to train here so that the self-defense skills I've learned don't get wasted.

I admit, I was offended.

He stopped punching when he heard what I said and turned to me with a furrowed brow.

"Helios? Perses' right-hand man, am I right?"

I nodded. "Yes."

I adjusted my body position and took a deep breath before punching the punching bag. I released all the pent-up strength and anger through punching. I threw a heavy punches as if Helios were in front of me. My chest almost hurt from the rapid beating of my heart, it felt like it was about to burst out of my chest.

"What happened?" Oceanus asked suddenly while punching his own punching bag.

"We tried to kill each other," I replied, panting. "We both have the same thing for each other besides the fact that he wants to know Atlas' real name."

"They'll never know Atlas' real name," Oceanus laughed. "Even I, who has worked for him for so long, don't know—how much more would you?"

I stopped punching the punching bag and held it to stop before turning to Oceanus.

"All I know is that his code name is just Atlas, right?"

"Yes."

We cleaned up the weapons we used in the gym before heading to our rooms. After that, he helped me store the meat in Atlas' large refrigerator. There are two double-door refrigerators here—one is solely for meat, while the other holds a mix of everything else.

"Atlas' code name is almost becoming his real name. That's why so many people, even from other factions, are chasing him because of his potential. They can use whatever is in Atlas' past against him," he said suddenly while displaying the juices in the box and the soft drinks.