The Devil’s Cage

Transcendence [Undercover]’s [Shadow Cloak] covered everything within a 10 meter radius.

It didn’t only block sight, even hearing was disturbed.

For others, it was a terrifying experience. Kieran, who had triggered the skill, was like a fish swimming in water, looking down at the possessed ‘J. Pearlman’.

“So this is what you can do? It’s nothing to be honest. Unless I leave this body willingly, nothing or no one can expel me! Not even the doctor you brought with you!”

Despite being blind, ‘J. Pearlman laughed in a weird way.

It seemed like things were exactly as Kieran had said. The person behind J. Pearlman was conceited but had lots of tricks under his sleeve; even though he was hiding in some corner, he knew what was going on.

“Oh? Who said that I am going to expel you?” Kieran laughed softly.

His calm words, in addition to the soft laughter, stunned the man, but he quickly showed contempt.

“You are just barely hanging in there! I know I have absolute advantage! You can’t expel me from J. Pearlman and this body will be my best shield! Aren’t you so desperate to save him? I think we can…”

“I think you misunderstood me. What makes you think that I will save J. Pearlman? What does his life or death have anything to do with me? He is just a vague acquenaticne to me.”

Kieran interrupted the man before he even finished.

“Hahahaha, are you threatening me with your words?Let me tell you, It’s USELESS! I’ve seen through everything! Otherwise, given how cold your character is, you wouldn’t have spared another second for me—I did quite the research on you, you know! Besides, what can you do with me? Until now, you couldn’t even find me!”

The more the man said, the prouder he became, unable to hold back his laughter, laughing through J. Pearlman’s body.

“I can’t find you? You really think too highly of yourself. Do you really think that you are hidden?” Kieran asked.

Before the man could answer, he continued, “Your targets are quite clear, aren’t they? The Guardians and Freedom Alliance? The reason why you chose Freedom Alliance is because they are a loose organization with high value, easy for you to strike; the reason you chose the Guardians is because you are one of them! How good is the Witch’s Gift?”

The man who possessed J. Pearlman had gone silent, but Kieran didn’t stop.

“I don’t know if you are a new Guardian or a veteran, or which dungeon you got your possession powers, which fueled your ambition to the point that it went out of control, hence your current plan, but I know how to lock you down and as a matter of fact, I already did something. My friend Rachel has contacted the high ranks of the Guardians and told them what happened here. Although they were both once enemies, my friend’s reputation speaks for herself, and the high ranks of the Guardians will surely take her words into consideration. They will also take my suggestion: every single member of the Guardians had to sign a contract to prevent internal conflict or harming another Guardian.”

“Impossible! How did you find out?!” the man shouted loudly through J. Pearlman’s mouth.

The Guardians were a special bunch, not minding if the members affiliated themselves with other organizations or had internal conflict with each other; they’d sometime promote death conflict amongst themselves too.

However, everything was built on one word: sometimes, not always.

As one of the Guardians, the man who possessed J. Pearlman had obviously broken the rules.

Anyone who dared to defy the rules would be punished by the ones who set the rules. Kieran had no idea who set the rules in the Guardians, but he knew the man before his eyes was scared of the high ranks.

Just look at his frantic shouts!

Kieran wasn’t a bit concerned at all, continuing at his own pace.

“You said I can’t do anything to you now? I don’t know how delusional are you, maybe the successful kill back there gave you the wrong idea. You think you can do whatever you want? Or you think you are the protagonist of the world and everything has to circulate around you? Well, I hate to break it to you, but I have a friend who loves to taste people like you. He is quite eager and hungry right now.”

Kieran stepped aside as he spoke.

Gluttony, who had been hiding in the shadows, jumped out like a tiger coming down from the mountains. He jumped on J. Pearlman and fused himself with the man.

Gluttony was one of the cardinal sins, so consuming a real object and soul had little difference, because everything was food to him.

The only difference was the taste between two different things!

No doubt the ‘food’ before his eyes was very delicious.

“GET OUT! GET OUT YOU MONSTER! Aaaaaargh!”

Cries of agony came out of J. Pearlman’s body, then followed by noises of flesh being torn apart.

J. Pearlman kept twitching furiously, the person inside the body wished to get away from the shackles of the body but he couldn’t do so at the moment.

All the person inside J. Pearlman could do was scream, cry, and get consumed by Gluttony.

Of course, it was just the beginning.

Kieran didn’t deny what the man had said before.

If there wasn’t anything else, Kieran wouldn’t spare a single word to the man!

He had wasted many words on him, so there must be something Kieran sought after.

Not only did Kieran seek the man’s real location, he also wanted to know who was behind this man.

Could it be Kieran’s ‘old friend’?

The slurping noise faded soon enough, Gluttony coming out from the body looking unhappy.

All he did was take two bites and the soul was gone.

It wasn’t a satisfying meal at all. Did the man think he was an ice-cream? Shouldn’t an ice-cream be bigger?

“Got the taste?” Kieran asked.

“G-Got it,” Gluttony nodded.

“Lead the way.”

Kieran grabbed J. Pearlman and turned outside the alley.

Rachel was always waiting for him there.

“I wonder, a dubious guy like you sleeps with your eyes open?”

Rachel couldn’t hold back her question, as she knew what Kieran wanted to do.

Kieran then passed the unconscious J. Pearlman over.

“Are you sure he is fine now?” Rachel had to make sure again.

“You can test him with your methods,” Kieran then walked past Rachel.

He had no time to stay around and chat. The man who Gluttony ate part of his soul should had fallen into panic, he would not just sit back and wait for Kieran to appear.