Chapter 316: The Ash-gray Girl (8)
A little past noon, at James Tower.
Although the scorching midday sun was pouring in through the windows, the atmosphere in the ‘Temporary Situation Room’ where James was currently located was quite different.
On the ceiling of the situation room, a state-of-the-art air conditioner was installed, emitting a quiet operating sound like white noise as it drove away the heat.
The cool air from the air conditioner spread to every corner of the room, making it feel almost a bit chilly.
The temporary situation room was quite a spacious area.
Large monitors were lined up densely on the walls, with several computers placed nearby.
On the large screens covering the walls, a map of the Korean Peninsula was shining brightly.
Red dots were blinking on the map, all representing cities that had recently become ruins due to inexplicable disasters.
James, with a face worn out from fatigue, sat in a chair, carefully examining the collected information.
‘There are no clues.’
What James held in his hand was a report of the investigation results compiled so far, but all of them stated that no suspicious points could be found.
The fact that there were no clues to this extent meant it must be an Object beyond human comprehension.
It seems I have no choice but to inform the Gray Reaper about the existence of that apartment complex.
‘Should we organize a joint picnic with Sehee Research Institute and James Research Institute?’
‘Or should we plan to leak information about the suspicious apartment complex on TV again this time?’
Just as he had made up his mind and was about to call in the agents who had gone out for field investigation, the phones in the situation room started ringing frantically.
A James Research Institute employee who answered the phone reported in a loud voice.
“Abnormal phenomena have been detected at the target apartment complex right now!”
And photos taken by field agents started to be displayed on the monitor.
They were photos of apartments that could hardly be called completed, with only skeletal frames remaining, and unidentified black dust scattering about.
Starting with that phone call, all sorts of reports began pouring in.
“Mass migration of Mini Reapers observed!”
“Residents of the target apartments have turned into Objects, all stopping their actions and starting to crumble!”
And finally.
“Massive rift crossing the sky discovered! Appears to be the Gray Reaper’s ability!”
Even before hearing that report, James had been looking up at the sky through the wide windows of the situation room.
From one end of the horizon to the other.
Five streaks of rifts were tearing across the sky.
The scale of those rifts was considerably larger than before.
Strangely, their trajectory looked rough and violent, as if extremely angry.
“Instruct the field agents to evacuate from that location immediately at the fastest possible speed. The Gray Reaper has appeared.”
James turned his eyes away from the violently torn sky and issued orders to his staff.
And when he turned on the TV, the news was just beginning to broadcast breaking news.
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