Sue gave the faintest nod, tears gathering in the corners of her eyes as exhaustion claimed her once more. She drifted back into unconsciousness, her breathing now calm.
Alex stood slowly and turned to Colleen, who was already kneeling beside Sue, checking her temperature and vitals.
"Keep her safe," Alex said softly. "She's in your care now."
Colleen looked up, sensing the shift in Alex's tone.
"Where are you going?" she asked quietly.
A red glint flared in his eyes.
"What else?" he said coldly. "I'm going to kill Bakuto. The longer he lives, the more danger we're in."
Colleen opened her mouth, as if to protest—but then sighed and nodded.
"Just… be careful," she murmured. "Bakuto is powerful. He won't go down easy."
Alex gave a firm nod. He turned once more toward Sue, who now rested peacefully in Colleen's arms.
Without another word, Cypher appeared beside him, cloak swirling like shadow. He wrapped one arm around Alex, and with a sharp hum of compressed space, they vanished.
They reappeared moments later on a dark rooftop overlooking the warehouse where Sue had once been held.
Alex stepped to the edge, eyes glowing faintly red, gaze sharp and focused.
"This is where they kept her," he muttered. "Either Bakuto's moved on… or he's still inside, probably trying to salvage whatever data he can about Sue."
Without a word, he summoned his weapon.
Silver Devil Cane.
It appeared as a simple, elegant cane—sleek, black, and seemingly unassuming. But the moment Alex infused it with Demonic energy, a deep crimson glow rippled through its frame. The cane shifted in his hand—elongating, reshaping—transforming into a sword of gleaming onyx and bloodsteel. Shadows coiled around it, and from its edges flickered faint, ghostly phantoms of itself, like spectral echoes waiting to strike.
It was indestructible—on top of all its other powers.
This was why Alex had never bothered spending his System Gold Coins on new weapons. Why would he? The Silver Devil Cane was already perfect. A blade that could shift forms, summon phantom strikes, delay reality, and remain unbreakable even under the harshest force. It wasn't just a weapon—it was a legacy, bonded to him through his Demonic core.
And speaking of Gold Coins…
Alex had amassed quite a stash.
11,289 Gold Coins to be exact.
11,000 of those came from defeating Madam Gao, a reward scaled to her immense power and status. The remaining 289 were gathered from mopping up Hand ninjas, mobsters, and various thugs tied to the old networks.
But he hadn't spent a single coin yet.
Not on armor.
Not on artifacts.
Not even on potions or skill upgrades.
Why?
Because he was saving.
Alex didn't believe in wasting resources—not when he knew bigger threats were coming. After all this is marvel, and he is saving cause he have found a Skill, that can help him become stronger much faster than anything else.
Alex's vision shimmered as he activated his Demonic sight. His pupils faded into black and white spirals, filtering the world into shades of energy and pointed devil like eyes. Demonic energy surged lightly through his veins as he peered into the warehouse.
Red silhouettes flickered in his sight.
"Multiple heat signatures," he muttered. "But no Dark Chi. No warriors. Just scientists."
He tightened his grip on the cane-sword. "Then Bakuto's not here… but his rats are."
Below, white-coated figures moved quickly between scorched walls and ruined equipment, frantically trying to salvage damaged drives, shattered vials, and scattered research notes. The lab still smelled of smoke and charred metal. They worked in tense silence, unaware of the predator watching from above.
Alex narrowed his eyes from the rooftop.
"So… Bakuto left them here to try and recover whatever they could from Sue," he muttered.
He leapt down without a sound.
In a blur, he was behind one of the scientists, his Silver Devil Cane resting coldly against the man's neck.
The room froze.
"What are you doing here?" Alex asked, his voice low and edged with demonic force. "And what do you want from Sue?"
The man trembled, eyes darting to his colleagues. "W-we were ordered to extract the remnants of the serum… from her blood. We're only trying to preserve the research—"
Alex's eyes glowed with cold fury.
"Why?" he demanded. "Why was she even on that table? What the hell did you do to her?"
Another scientist stepped forward, nervously holding up a cracked datapad. "It wasn't us! It was Bakuto! He realized something after she took the serum. Sue didn't just absorb it… she synthesized it."
Alex blinked. "What do you mean?"
The man swallowed. "Her body didn't just adapt to the serum—it refined it. Stabilized it. And then… amplified it. Sue's regeneration isn't just from the serum anymore. It's hers now. Her cells produce a version of it naturally. The serum evolved inside her."
"She became the source," another scientist added, his voice filled with awe and fear.
Alex processed this slowly.
Now it all made sense. Why they kept her alive. Why they didn't just kill her and take her blood. Why Bakuto was so obsessed.
She wasn't just a vessel.
She was a miracle.
A living forge of perfected immortality.
And that made her dangerous.
To Bakuto.
To the Hand.
To anyone who craved power.
Alex turned his gaze back to the trembling scientists. His grip on the Silver Devil Cane tightened.
"You're not getting anything else from her."
Alex stepped back into the shadows, his voice cold and final.
"Cypher," he said, eyes glowing faintly red, "kill them all."
Cypher emerged behind him, silent as death, his face expressionless. He didn't hesitate. In a blur of movement and blade, the lab turned into a massacre.
There were no screams. Just the sound of flesh tearing, steel slicing, and bodies falling.
Alex watched it all, unmoved.
To some, it would seem ruthless. But he'd seen what these people had done—how they treated Sue like a lab rat, how they would've torn her apart just to extract a miracle. There was no mercy left to give.
"They're better off dead," he muttered. "Less mouths to pass on secrets. Less risk of the serum falling into the wrong hands."
As the last body dropped, the room fell still.
Alex turned away without a glance. "Burn it all," he said. "No trace."
Cypher nodded and moved to ignite the remains.
Alex reached into his coat and pulled out a small obsidian data shard—something he'd swiped from one of the terminals mid-confrontation. Plugging it into his comm pad, he sifted through files rapidly.
Coordinates. Shipment logs. A facility tucked into the underbelly of a so-called recycling plant just outside the city. But it wasn't a recycling plant.
It was a bio-weapons black site.
"Found you, Bakuto," Alex growled.
He glanced to the side. "And you've got one hell of a final bill coming due."
He turned, shadows curling around his body once more as he disappeared into the night—heading for the hidden factory.
Sue was safe. For now.
But this wasn't over.
Not until Bakuto was dead.
Not until the serum secret died with him.
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