Under the Veil of Night

Lima School

Ferdinand was staying in his work room calmly. He didn't even pay any attention to the matter of the school as he had handed them all to his subordinates. For the past few weeks, he had collected every single talented student in this school, leaving only the rich to stay.

The result from the experiment that Professor Taren had done so far has been extremely lacking. There were no more rats for him to do his experiment, so he has been focusing on the strongest and purer medicine.

For this medicine, only a handful of people would be suitable.

"Aria, have you gotten her?" Ferdinand asked through his phone to his most trusted subordinate.

"Yes, Sir."

"Bring her back to the lab. I'll be with Professor Taren."

"Yes, Sir!"

Ferdinand put down his phone as he stood up. Originally, he planned on taking Kevin because Kevin's ability was clearly the strongest. However, when he saw how high Kirei's adaptability was, he was faced with the second option. As Kevin was simply too strong, the next target should be Kirei.

The Kalin Family's strongest ability was the 'perfect soldier' as it would allow the person to have ability far surpassing normal humans. He had guessed that Kevin must have gotten this special ability that only rarely appeared. This was the reason why he wanted to try taking that young man to their lab, but unfortunately he managed to get away.

After that, there was no other chance for him to kidnap him anymore.

On the other hand, the Servo strongest ability was the 'adaptability' and this ability would allow the user to adapt at the shortest time possible. People with this ability would be able to fight against those far stronger than them and still survived. This was precisely the ability that he saw on Kirei.

Because of the report of one of his men, he reviewed the footage of her every appearance. Her occasional performance might miss other people's eyes but not him. From each fight he managed to find, he found out how great her adaptability ability was. He became certain that she was truly Kirei Servo, the little girl who escaped years ago.

Making his way to the lab, he saw Professor Taren was busy with a tube in his hand.

"Oh, Ferdinand, do you come for the medicine again? I have managed to find one that's extremely compatible with your body," Professor Taren excitedly moved to the refrigerator. His action was similar to that of a kid if not for the fact that Ferdinand knew that this was how this old man acted when it was regarding his research.

Inside the refrigerator were numerous kinds of bottles, tubes, and vials. Professor Taren picked up one bottle gingerly and handed it to Ferdinand. His eyes were sparkling as if he was a little child that was waiting for his parent's compliment.

"This will enhance your ability to the fullest, but you can only consume once or your body will break. Also, please take note that you've to let your body adapt to your newfound strength first."

Ferdinand nodded his head and kept the bottle away. "Professor Taren, are you still researching to make the perfect puppet?"

"Of course, I do! These people are mostly too weak, they all transform the moment they come into the contact with the diluted medicine. What I want is the one who can stand against the purest form of medicine that the government manages to find decades ago," Professor Taren puffed his chest.

"Just like you, Sir Ferdinand."

"I'm afraid that it's impossible to find one that's as strong as me," Ferdinand replied calmly. "However, I'll bring you the replacement that may be able to survive the potent medicine too."

"Oh?" Professor Taren arched his eyebrows. "Who?"

"Kirei Servo."

The moment he heard the name, Professor Taren's eyes sparkled in excitement. There were only three kinds of bloodline lineage aside from Ferdinand that might be suitable for his experiment. One of them was Servo's bloodline.

"This is perfect!" Professor Taren exclaimed happily. It was his dream to create someone who could match Ferdinand, but not above Ferdinand. He had been wanting to find people who have better potential, but it was so hard to find them.

After all, just birth alone was not enough to make sure that they have the potential. Even siblings could be different in ability, this would be even more so. However, this person has to be on their side, so he has been working to create the perfect controller. He wouldn't want to make another puppet that didn't follow after his wishes again.

"What is her ability? I only recall that she has the golden letter based on the record that we kept."

"From my observation, it should be 'adaptability,' which is the strongest ability the family had," Ferdinand replied proudly. Finding one of their successors who managed to awaken this ability was not easy. With the number of talented people dwindling furiously, it was hard to obtain the rarest one.

Professor Taren rubbed both of his hands together. He was already feeling impatient to meet with the young lady.

"You're truly the best, Ferdinand."

"I was lucky to find her," Ferdinand replied. He thought for a moment. "Do you plan on giving her the variant or the raw one?"

"I'll decide after meeting her," Professor Taren replied. He would be careful when deciding to give them the pure one because he understood how powerful it was. With the stock had been reduced overtime because there was no one who knew how they were produced in the first place, there was no way he would want to waste them.

He had to use every drop of the medicine efficiently.

Not long after that, Aria came in while dragging Kanae on his shoulder. The girl had woken up not long ago, but he didn't bother trying to make her sleep again. He had tied her hand and feet plus her sword was in his hand. There was no way she could run away.

"So this is Kirei Servo?"

Kanae's mind nearly stopped working when she heard her second name. It was already long ago that she decided to stop calling herself using the name 'Kirei' but the past came back to her.

'They must have planned for this.'

She twisted her body, attempting to escape, but Aria didn't let her. He flung her to the chair violently, sending course of pain to her back. Before she could react, Ferdinand had tied her to the chair firmly. Her arms and legs were strapped to the bed with another one at her abdomen.

"Let me go!" Kanae twisted her body, but she found out that it was impossible to get away. The rope they used was much firmer than what she imagined.

"I'll be waiting for your result," Ferdinand said indifferently and walked out of the lab.

"Of course. I won't disappoint you."

Kanae could practically feel chills run down her spine when she heard their tone and words. Her eyes scanned her surroundings as her heart dropped to the bottom.

Whatever they planned to do to her, she knew that it was anything but good.