SCOPOPHOBIA

Chapter 7

"What are we technically doing inside an empty cellar-- AAAAAAH!"

"Shhh! why? what happened?"

"it's a- afdhskl- cobweb-don't-fushausg-cover my-afsghdj-mouth!"

"stop it, Jade. Damn it."

"Okay but why are you whispering? Is there someone els-"

"Shut up."

The girl went silent, after having a super close up eye contact-- supposed to be face to face but his handsome face was covered by a black mask. She can feel his hot breath behind that cover, his eyes as mesmerizing as the galaxy made her heart beat irregularly.

But not too long, the guy went to face the same direction as she is.

"I guess you haven't even checked them until now."

At that time, she knew what he was referring to. It was his messages and other notifications since this morning, KEIOS in general.

While obediently following Kane to where he's heading, Jade took her phone and opened it for the second time this day. She hoped that if she turned her phone off, nothing bad will happen. But hope gone wrong.

The only black notification among the other white ones caught her attention so she pressed it. She opened the highlight of the day.

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KEIOS

Secret Task: rescue the hostage.
》defuse the bomb located in the abandoned building--- specifically at the basement. Finish this task before 11 in the morning, Good luck fighters! :)

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"What the actual f-" she was about to swear and ask if that thing's serious when something crashed in front of them!

A cabinet that was pushed by enormous number of unknown people, blocked their way to move forward. One, two, three, four, five... they just keep on showing up!

Kane got a tight grip of her arms while hiding her behind him. He pulled her slowly, not obvious for the others to see.

"Listen to me." he secretly whispered. "You take care of the hostage while I take care of the bomb. Your cellphone can track the location of where the hostage is. Run in the opposite direction. I'll count to three. If I say three, you run."

"One.."

"Tw-"

"AAAAAAAAH!" Jade shouted and ran, to the opposite direction just as Kane said, as fast as she could while looking at her cellphone to track the hostage.

"Shit." Kane cursed and eventually followed Jade. He thought she was so stubborn and maybe if he'd leave her alone, something more stubborn would happen so he decided to run with her.

They were chased by a total of 15 men, all are puppets--- a fighter's slaves. They're group of robots that act and look like a normal-sized human being. Controlled by one deadly game, KEIOS.