novelraw Chapter 353: Surprise
Chapter 353: Surprise
Lina seemed to be thinking about it for quite a while, before she made a decision as she nodded, "That’s fine with me. Anyway, I’m quite curious about your boyfriend, who makes you miss him so much despite being away from him for just slightly over a month."
Kate glared at Lina, but she smiled nonetheless. At the same time, she said, "That’s great! After we go to my place, we will go to your place, before I go back and spend more time with my family."
"No problem with that." Lina immediately agreed.
With the decision already made, the two ladies no longer wasted any time, as they prepared themselves to leave.
When they came over, they did not have to carry much luggage. So, it did not take them long before they were ready to leave.
Since the permission had already been acquired by Alex, they just had to go to Peter, who immediately allowed them to leave.
Since they were already considered part of the organization, this time, they were not taken out of the training camp using the same bus that usually took them out.
That bus, it was quite special, to the extent that it was capable of blocking their view of outside, by displaying videos, just like how an ordinary screen would do.
But after they got to a city where they could be allowed to look around, the videos would immediately vanish, and the screen would return to becoming transparent, allowing them to view the scenery outside.
The two ladies got into a Mercedes-Benz G-Class that was already waiting for them, before the car sped away.
Along the way, the two ladies looked around, quite curious about the location of the training camp. And as they looked around, they were momentarily dumbfounded when they realized that the distance between the training camp and the city was not that big.
Seemingly, during the time that they had taken the bus, the bus would take several detours, to make sure that the group would not be able to guess the distance between the city that they would arrive to, and the training camp.
This kind of cleverness, it made people find it difficult to be able to guess the location of the training camp. On the other hand, even if someone managed to guess the location of the training camp, what would they do?
Without their view being blocked this time, Kate and Lina were able to see the security measures that were in place. Almost every 1 km, there was a checkpoint, with quite a number of people holding weapons.
Most probably, they were ordinary soldiers, not mutants. But even then, just by looking at them, Kate and Lina were able to tell that they were veterans.
Considering the distance between the training camp and the nearest city not being far from each other, it took just slightly over an hour before they arrived in the city.
Having already visited this city several times already, Kate knew this place quite well. Therefore, the moment that they got here, they were allowed to do whatever they wanted.
They were given new phones, provided by the organization. Those phones had the function that allowed them to be traceable only by devices recognized by the organization.
This would obviously prevent the location of the two being traced by anyone outside the organization.
As they watched the G-wagon speed off into the distance, Kate, impatient, quickly took out her phone to make a call.
But just as she was about to do that, she heard the rhythmic ’whop-whop’ of an approaching helicopter. She looked up, only to realize that the helicopter had gotten quite close to where they were standing.
They had not been dropped off in the middle of the city, instead, it was just the outskirts of the city. So, there was quite a huge open space in front of them.
And under Kate’s stunned gaze, the helicopter landed. In the next moment, a man disembarked from the helicopter.
Looking at the man, around 190 cm to, seeming to be in his early to late 20s, with black hair and deep blue eyes, Kate was completely stunned.
The reason behind her surprise was simply because she recognized this person. Even though they had not interacted much, but she was a little more or less familiar with him.
"Adrian, did Michael send you?" A little dazed, Kate asked subconsciously.
"Good day, miss Morgan. Yes, it was Michael who sent me to come and pick you up." Adrian responded politely.
It was only after Adrian had spoken that Kate remembered that she had not greeted Adrian. She felt a little embarrassed, but she quickly stretched her hand to shake Adrian’s.
Thereafter, she looked at Lina, who looked completely unperturbed and introduced the two, "Adrian, this here is my friend, Lina. We are both on the same thing. And Lina, this is Adrian, Michael’s friend."
Even though Kate believed that Michael already knew about the existence of Lina, she still went ahead and introduced her out of courtesy. With Michael already knowing about Lina’s existence, Adrian will definitely know it as well.
As for introducing Adrian as Michael’s friend, it was simply because Kate was unsure about the relationship between Michael and Adrian.
Even though from the way that Adrian acted around Michael, it was clear that he was Michael’s subordinate. But considering that the two of them shared the same surname, they might be from the same family.
It might just be that Michael held a high position because of maybe his uncle? Or maybe his inheritance rights were way above Adrian’s.
Regardless of anything, Kate respected Adrian. After all, just by looking at Adrian, it seemed that he was not that much older than herself and Michael.
But even then, he was incredibly capable. During the few times that she had been out of the training camp, she had of course heard about the developments of Sky Technologies.
And of course, with the news of this company, Adrian could not be forgotten. At such a young age, to be able to make such incredible achievements, that was something that Kate respected.
With Kate making the introductions, the two, Lina and Adrian shook hands with each other.
Thereafter, Adrian said, "Please, let’s depart immediately."
"Yes." Kate immediately nodded in agreement. Understanding that Adrian was in charge of Sky Technologies, it was clear that he had a lot of responsibilities to take care of.
She felt quite honored by the fact that Adrian, managed to get time out of his busy schedule, to come and pick her up personally.
At the same time, she felt sweet in her heart, as she thought about Michael. Even though he did not come personally, he sent his closest person to pick her up.
As the two ladies got into the helicopter, it was only then that Kate realized that Adrian was actually the pilot of the helicopter. This once again left her shocked.
At this point, she wondered, just what kind of genes did the Santos family possess? Or could it be possible that Adrian was also a mutant?
As soon as this question appeared in her mind, she realized that it would be unreasonable if Adrian was not a mutant. After all, since Michael could get her a high grade mutation serum, it would be impossible for someone close to him like Adrian not to get one.
Additionally, as she thought about this, she realized, there was a possibility that Michael was also a mutant.
This was the only explanation that she could get, that made her understand how Michael was so skilled in many things despite his age.
And as she thought about this, she realized, during their first meeting, Michael was just like any other boy of his age. But of course, he was being oppressed by the shadow assembly gang.
But after that incident, where he was arrested, the next time that they met, it was as if Michael had completely changed into a different person.
During their second meeting, they change was not that visible, considering that they did not interact for long. But on the third occasion, where they met at the orphanage, she felt the difference.
And at the time of dealing with the gangsters, the prowess that he demonstrated, it seemed to be the capabilities of a mutant.
At this point, she could not help but wonder, was it possible for a person to be able to possess multiple abilities? Otherwise, it would be difficult to be able to explain how Michael possessed so many skills and strength.
But as she thought about the information that Peter had revealed to them before they underwent the serum injection, she thought otherwise.
After all, quite a number of people had died during the injection of the serum. Still, as she thought about the serum that she had been injected with, probably, it was safe?
As those many questions whirled through her mind, with Lina oddly being silent, the helicopter took off, flying into the distance.