Chapter 107: What changed.
Startled, Mark almost jumped away on reflex and he would’ve done so if he hadn’t recognized the object at first glance.
A 14x7 rectangle with round corners, black in color with a greyish reflective surface. It was an ordinary-looking smartphone, no different from the ones he had been checking a couple of minutes ago. If he hadn’t seen it manifest and fall into the box right in front of him he would’ve thought someone placed it there by mistake.
’Wait...’ Squinting his eyes at it, Mark noticed something else about the device. ’Isn’t this...’
Mark quickly opened his inventory and checked something. Though it had gotten a little messy after he filled it with all the stuff he looted, it wasn’t too difficult for him to find what he had been looking for. Even if he didn’t, the confusion he felt at that moment wouldn’t have been any less severe.
His mind raced to find an explanation, but no matter how much he squeezed his brain nothing seemed to make sense.
He saw Lara walking toward him with brisk steps, her gaze telling him that she had noticed his sudden alertness. At that moment the phone’s screen lit up with a notification.
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"Master, did something happen?"
Lara scanned the surroundings and found nothing out of the ordinary. The storage room was quite cramped with barely enough space for one person to move. It was far from the most optimal place to launch an attack so she was confused as to why her master would suddenly be on edge.
"Ah, I thought I saw a mouse." The young man heaved a long sigh, seemingly relieved to have been mistaken.
"A mouse?"