Chapter 11 - Acting At Its Best (1/2)

The two guards moved aside immediately and one of them even opened the door for Hecathe.

The man who had brought him here gestured for Hecathe to go in first and since it wasn't Hecathe's first time dealing with guards and bodyguards, he would naturally know exactly how to act.

If they wanted to mistake him for someone else, why would he be nice enough to correct them?

He would rather just go along with it and play the role of this guy who was supposed to be their Captain.

Since this was an office, there ought to be a phone somewhere inside and with a phone, he could contact the police to come here and save him from these weird people who lived underground.

However, if he could get a signal inside here or not was still a question that he was yet to figure out the answer to.

As soon as he entered the building, Hecathe's eyes widened ever so slightly. The inside was a lot more eye-catching than the outside.

The ground had beautiful white tiles with a hint of golden mixed along with it to make it more appealing.

The ceiling was high up and for a second there, Hecathe wondered if he had really entered someone's office or a shopping mall.

Why the hell was the ceiling so high up?!

Did they need to fit in a giant Godzilla in here or something?!

He sighed as he looked around. He could see an elevator but where it was leading to was still a question that had not been answered.

The inside wasn't as crowded as the outside, however, it wasn't empty either.

If Hecathe had to compare the outside of the building with the inside, he would definitely explain it within a single sentence: The outside looked like a weird sci-fi comic convention and the inside looked like a normal billionaire's mansion.

When people saw him enter, they immediately stopped what they were doing and rushed up to him. Forming a line as they bowed in respect together.

”Captain Alphius, we are glad to see you come back,” He didn't know who spoke first, but after this one person had spoken, the rest also opened their mouths to speak up.

Hecathe nodded as he looked down at them and responded, ”Well... It's good to be back I guess.”

Among the people who had rushed up to him and formed a line, there was a woman whose back looked particularly familiar for some unknown reason.

Hecathe squinted at her curiously and when someone else noticed him looking at her, the person nudged her and she immediately jolted up, straightening her back as she looked at Hecathe and asked, ”Captain, is there anything I can do for you?”

”You?!” Hecathe cried out, losing his cool as he saw her face.

The girl faltered back a step as she saw this reaction, ”Umm... Captain, did I somehow offend you?”

”What?!” Another man cried out as he heard this, ”Captain, she offended you?! Shall we throw her in the chamber?”

The girl shuddered in fear as she heard this, but the man didn't seem to be joking as he turned to Hecathe and looked to be waiting for Hecathe's answer.

Hecathe's eyebrows creased together as he felt tongue-tied at this moment.

This girl... He certainly knew her!

Even though he didn't exactly know her name, he could still recognize her as one of his company workers.

She was the one who gave him the report that morning in the meeting!

The girl gulped in fear as her eyes trailed towards the man who had suggested throwing her into the chamber before she turned back to look at Hecathe, ”Captain, did I do something wrong?”

This time, Hecathe shook his head as he heard this question, ”You... Have you ever worked for Zuex?”

The girl tilted her head in confusion as she heard such an unexpected question, ”Zuex... What...??”

Hecathe gulped as he shook his head, ”Forget it.”

The girl seemed to be a bit curious now, but since Hecathe clearly stated that he didn't want to continue this topic, she would naturally listen to him.

”But...” Hecathe spoke up as he looked down at his tummy, ”I'm hungry. I would appreciate it if someone can feed me first.”

He heard someone gasp and in the next second, it was complete panic as people started running here and there.

Hecathe could hear one of them yell at another, ”How could you be so careless?!”

The one being scolded immediately bowed his head multiple times as he apologized in a manner that made Hecathe wonder if this man had committed some kind of serious crime or something.

The woman who looked a lot like the worker from his company immediately walked up to him and bowed as she apologized, ”It's our fault, Captain. We should have been more attentive!”

Hecathe's pupils contracted as he saw this, but he said nothing as a response.

Another man rushed up and stood beside the girl as he suggested, ”Captain, why don't we get your injuries treated first?”

Now that the man had reminded Hecathe of the shoulder wound, the pain came back to him as he nodded, ”Then let's have it like that.”

He was immediately escorted to a room that was filled with medical supplies and there were two people waiting inside for him.

He laid down on a table and suddenly wondered if he was supposed to trust these people enough to have them operate on him.

They injected something on his shoulder and when the effects of the substance kicked in, the pain he felt slowly faded away into a small sting that could hardly be noticed. They used a gauze to clean out the wound before stitching it up and wrapping it tightly.