The Geared Immortal

The Escape Part 2

/*unedited*/

A golden glow suddenly envelops the plant on Shin Jiao's hand as he began to absorb the essence of the mutant Devil's snare plant. He was too engrossed in this situation that he began to smile.

This is because he found two pea-size objects in his dantian which greedily absorbs two vital essences which the plant produces, the plant essence and poison essence.

Shin Jiao's memory then recalled what those two are, which made him feel a bit happy.

"I never expected that I have at least four essences in my dantian. If I am able to utilize these essences, then there is a chance that I will be able to overcome the limits on this world…" Shin Jiao suddenly thought.

He turns his gaze to the woman and decided to learn from her. If she can make plants out of nowhere then there is a possibility that he can learn from her.

"Thank you." Shin Jiao said after the plant has been fully absorbed in his body.

Owl showed disbelief in his eyes upon seeing what happened.

"I think the fight has just ended." Shin Jiao's words woke the two from their stupor as they turn their gaze towards Boomer's location.

Now they can see a few people on the ground along with the fat figure of boomer.

"Haha… it worked! This is amazing!" Slick said in excitement as he turns behind him.

However, he could not see the man as if there was no one in that place from the start.

"Who is he?" Owl muttered.

"Let's not think about it. Let's just go and take care of the rest." Slick said dragging Owl with him.

The police began to but cuffs on the mutants that fell on consciousness, while the other who is already dead on the ground was taken by the rest to be put in body bags. The number of casualties in this incident was far too many to count that it causes too much headache for the police.

Suddenly, their attention was caught by a loud explosion coming from a few blocks away from them.

"Let's hurry everyone… we still have to help our teammates in that place," shouted Slick as he assisted cuffing their unconscious enemies.

"Sir, we… we can take care of this. It's better that you help them there." A policeman said seeing the anxiousness in Slick's expression.

"No, I'll help here. Owl, you go!" Slick said looking at Owl, who is helping the wounded.

Since she has already made the Devil's snare, she once again created another plant with a numbing effect for those who are wounded by the battle.

"They need me here the most, Slick…"

Seeing that Owl is the most helpful in the area, Slick decided to go. But before that, he grabs Boomer and suddenly vanished.

After a few seconds, he reappears once again and ran towards the location of Captain James and Dozer.

Meanwhile, the fight between Captain James' group and Bloodrain has already intensified. The destruction of the area is too intense that one of the buildings has a few of its floors already on fire.

"Damn this vampire! She is causing too us to miss," shouted Captain James in frustration and anger.

"Let's defeat her two minions first, and then deal with her," said Mary as she began to cast something which made the body of Dozer and Captain James glow.

"What's this?" Captain James asked in confusion.

"Enhancement… just be careful in using your power." She said with a smile.

With a nod, Captain James once again began attacking one of the minions of Bloodrain. This time, his and Dozer's eyes met and the two suddenly had a tacit understanding.

Dozer, suddenly grab his opponent and body-slammed him on the floor. Then with a swift move, he grabs the man's hand and swings him to the air like doing a hammer throw.

The man is like a rag doll that flew in the air.

In this fight, Dozer realized something.

These two guys are actually not alive. They are like puppets, a corpse puppet. And maybe Bloodrain is the one controlling them.

As one of the minions of Bloodrain was thrown to the air, Captain James dodges the attack of his current opponent and suddenly pointed his finger to another target.

Bam!!!

A loud explosion reverberated through the air blowing the corpse puppet of Bloodrain into pieces.

Ahhh!!!

A piercing shriek coming from Bloodrain stopped everyone on their tracks.

The destruction of one of her minions seems to have hurt her as she suddenly began rolling on the ground seeming in pain.

Mary didn't fail to grab this opportunity and suddenly sent a frost strike towards Bloodrain. The water dew from the ground suddenly turned solid in a blink of an eye as many spikes suddenly grew. The ice spikes immediately impaled Bloodrain rendering her immobile.

The situation immediately reversed as Bloorain's defeat is already imminent. Mary heaves a sigh of relief upon seeing that the situation seems to be under control. But she didn't expect that it was only a bluff. This is because Bloodrain suddenly disappears from her location on the ice spike.

Then she appears behind Mary, who had her guard down. With her fangs already out, Bloodrain had a crazed look on her expression, and then she suddenly plunges her fangs towards Mary's neck.

Puchi!

Before she can bite Mary, a sharp object suddenly inserted itself on her head making her fall to the ground while twitching involuntarily.

Mary immediately realized the trouble she was in and coated herself with magic. But in the long fight, her mana is almost depleted so she is barely holding on.

Suddenly finding the twitching girl behind her made her feel scared.

Then she saw a man standing in the corner. When their eyes met, she already knew who saved her as she gave him a grateful bow.

Bloodrain's figure began to return to normal as what Shin Jiao hit was a crucial point in her brain for her transformation. It was actually a small bug which latches itself in her brain.

Although Shin Jiao's spirit sense and absolute sense is unable to reach a far distance, it didn't mean that he could not use other ways.

In this battle, his mind recalled a gadget that looks like a visor in his memory. He remembers that in the past he would almost always use that gear in fighting against powerful foes. So he decided to make one after this fight. But of course, he could not make one, but something similar.

With a piece of glass, he began writing runes as fast as he could and form a small lens that looks like a magnifying glass.

And with it, he began to scan Bloodrain's body from the shadows.

Hence he found the small insect in her brain.

What amazed Shin Jiao is the healing rate of Bloodrain. Vampires are truly a wondrous creature as they can almost instantly heal themselves after getting hurt.

And so the wound on her head healed in just 2 minutes.

But within the span of two minutes, her minion has already escaped the combined attacks of Captain James and Dozer, and then suddenly took his master.

"Don't let them escape!" shouted Captain James.

But he could not shot because right behind where the corpse puppet is running to is the crowd of people. With some quick moves, the corpse puppet was able to escape and disappear.

Captain James felt a bit helpless upon seeing this, but a voice on his communication device suddenly made him smile.

Then he turns towards Mary and Dozer.

"Are the both of you alright?" he asked with concern.

"Yes, I'm good." Dozer said although he looks disheveled with his shirt already torn into tatters.

"I'm also okay. I just lost a lot of energy." Mary said as she took something out of her pocket and secretly absorbed the mana from it.

As the battle had ended, Captain James and Dozer walked to the police on stand by and let them take care of the aftermath.

Meanwhile, Shin Jiao and the rest walked towards Mary.

Susan Tang and Shi Anne Li ran towards Mary and excitedly held her hand.

"Are you okay? That was awesome…"

"I didn't know that you were that strong… I'm going to practice harder and be like you."

"Yeah, Mary! You are really awesome out there."

The two women ogled at Mary along with Park Jiyong which made Shin Jiao felt a bit helpless.

"Thank you, guys… Thank you." She said as she smiled at the warm welcome she received from the group.

Then she looks at Shin Jiao who silently stood to the side. She didn't know why but she is seeing him in a new light. She didn't know why Shin Jiao is very strong and seems like an expert, but she is grateful for him for saving her at that time.

"I think we should leave this place." Shin Jiao said.

Then suddenly Susan Tang felt her phone vibrates. Shi Anne Li had the same reaction as her phone also began to vibrate. The two were too engrossed and anxious in watching the battle that they never felt the vibration of their phones which were set into silent mode because of the supposed meeting.

"Geez, I didn't think that I would miss a lot of calls."

"Me too, Hihi…"

The two women giggled as they began calling back.

After a while, Shin Jiao and his group were once again escorted by Captain James and his team to the meeting.

Although they faced a dangerous situation just now, it didn't distract them from their goal. They needed to finish this project as soon as possible so that they can get out of the city.

Soon another day has passed and Shin Jiao already has the data needed for the said program that he would create.

After what had happened today, the news erupted with reports of the said terrorist activity in New York and the participation of the Omega Squad who did their best to stop the terrorist. The news was full-blown by the media that Captain James and his squad immediately receive a call from the headquarters telling them to take Shin Jiao and his group to safety ASAP.

So they didn't have a choice but to take a military transport plane to a hidden base.

After a few hours, Shin Jiao's group arrives in a desert. Luckily the internet is still available in that place as Susan Tang and Shi Anne Li still need to finish their work for that day.

"Captain James, thank you for helping us." Shin Jiao said in his neutral English accent.

"No worries Doctor Jiao… It's my job to keep you safe. I was advised to keep you safe for a few days until we figure out if there are still enemy forces lurking around…" Captain James said but suddenly his expression changed.

"Hello! Slick! Slick! What's your situation?" he suddenly said in his communication device.

At that time he suddenly received a long-distance call from Slick which was routed to their base. The base connected the call to Captain James as he heard the voice of Slick which seems to have faced trouble.

"Captain… enemies… bombs… need to find… New York… bridge. I'm wounded… I… think…" the voice of Slick seems like he was in pain while making the call.

The anxiety in Captain James' heart in losing a member of his team made him feel anger raising deep within him.

"Captain, relax… we can still save Slick." Owl on the side seeing that their captain seems muddle-headed tried to wake him from his stupor.

Captain James shook his head and look at Owl and Dozer. Then he nods his head.

"I will go and save Slick. Owl, stay here… I know you have already spent too much of your energy. You have to recover first… I will take another member from the Omega Squad.." He said as he turns around and left with Dozer.