After gulping the whole thing down his throat, Jack waited for the reaction that was supposed to come.r
After waiting for a long time, he felt nothing that would make his expression turn just like the ones that had taken the solution before him. He really was puzzled. Could it be that the solution wasn't effective on him?r
But how was that possible? Angel had stated that it would work, how comes there was no reaction at all?r
Just as he was about to ask about it, he suddenly felt that there was an increase in his strength. But, the amount of increase was nothing big. Instead, like how he was four times stronger than an adult, he felt that he had become six times stronger.r
Currently, he could be said to be able to exert the strength of seven adult men combined. But, what puzzled Jack the most was the fact that there was no reaction in his body other than feeling the increase in his strength.r
[You shouldn't be expecting something like that. When you received the professional combat ability, your foundation was made stable in all areas. In other words, your speed, defense, attack power and so on are at the professional combatant level.]r
[The increase of your strength now can only be equal to 1/3 of your current foundation. So, it doesn't make your body react intensely.]r
Jack finally understood. It was also at this moment that he suddenly noticed that he didn't have the impulse to suddenly vent out. And for some reason, he got disappointed. After all, he had just wasted much of his time to drive all the way to the gym. And now they were saying that it was no longer useful?r
Taking a deep breath, Jack decided that it was time for him to deal with something else. Since the two, GVSL and BMRI were currently stable and had someone to take care of them, Jack thought that it was finally time for him to take a look at the Glaze hotel.r
He had ignored it long enough after the system helped him in completing the procedures that had to be completed.r
The main hotel was present here in Kartu city as well. And since that was the case, it would be easier for him to take a look before heading to the Eden Residential Building.r
With that thought, Jack drove towards the Glaze hotel. When he got there, fifty minutes had already gone past. For some reason, traffic had suddenly shot up at this time. It was already eleven, close to twelve. At this moment, people were always at their working places, not moving around.r
What was even more strange was the fact that the cars were moving opposite him. And, they really used the wrong side of the road. It was as if they were running from something dangerous.r
Completely ignoring that for the time being, Jack parked the car at the parking lot before he strode towards the hotel's entrance. And, the place seemed to be empty for some reason.r
Although there were a few cars here, they were too few according to what Jack could tell. The streets were completely empty of any pedestrian, it was as if this part of the city had been abandoned.r
Jack frowned. This was completely against the norm of a city like this. That was especially so when this was the most developed city with the highest population in the country.r
At this point, even a fool could tell that there was something wrong with this part of the city. A popular street in a busy city without people? Was that normally possible?r
Jack stopped moving and decided to try and detect if there were any abnormalities in the area. With his strength being as strong as seven men combined, so were his senses.r
Jack paid attention to anything that could be detected with his hearing, smell and his sight. As for touch, he believed that he would hear something approaching him before it touched him.r
And true to his expectations, Jack managed to find something that was wrong. There was a faint metallic smell. That was the smell of blood!r
And, there were faint wailing and muffled screams that were filled with fear and anger at the same time.r
This made Jack's expression turn strange. Could there actually be someone that was killing another? Or could there be an accident?r
Jack focused further and noticed that the sound and the smell all came from the direction of the hotel. Now, Jack's expression shifted further. After all, this was his own hotel. Could there be someone that was causing trouble here?r
Thinking of this, Jack took his phone and texted Denali. 'Can you come to Glaze Hotel? No, can you hack into their CCTV footage from there and see what's going on inside there?'r
After that, Jack wanted to wait to know the situation inside before going in. But it seemed that somebody wasn't going to allow that to happen.r
"Hey you! What are you doing there?!" An arrogant voice reached Jack's ears accompanied by the sound of footsteps heading his way.r
Jack turned around and looked at the person that had called him. This person was wearing all black. Even his face was covered by a mask that only revealed his eyes.r
In his hands, there was an AR-15. Jack could immediately recognize the gun due to the fact that he was a professional combatant. So, the gun skills and so on were already merged in his memories. All that he needed to do was to think about it and he would be able to get the information that he wanted.r
From the way that he could see it, Jack realized that the gun was loaded and the guy was holding the trigger, aiming towards him, he was ready to shoot.r
Seeing that Jack hadn't responded, the guy asked again, "I asked, what are you doing here?"r
Jack finally noticed something. This guy's accent was definitely not like the ones that he had met before. In other words, this guy was definitely a foreigner.r
But, what was an armed foreigner doing in his hotel? That was a question that Jack was asking himself.r
The guy got angry that Jack was not replying to him. "It seems that you are dumb. If so, it won't be bad for me to increase the number of hostages here."r
As he spoke, he looked at Jack and said in a domineering manner. "Put your hands in front and walk towards me."r
Jack frown deepened further. It seemed that this guy wasn't here with good intentions. And what was even more irritating was the fact that this guy had actually targeted his hotel.r
Did this guy think that he, Jack, was so easy to bully? Humph, it seemed that he had some work that he would have to do. As for where the police were at such a moment, Jack didn't think much of it as it wouldn't be helpful.r
He followed the instructions that he was given. He didn't want to test this guy any further as he might as well shoot at him. He himself wasn't sure if he was able to dodge a bullet or not. And, he wasn't willing to use his life to try it out at all.r
Seeing that Jack was cooperating, the guy nodded. "Now, move ahead of me and put your hands behind you."r
Jack followed and the two of them entered the hotel. But, what Jack saw the moment that he stepped into the lobby area of the hotel made anger begin boiling in his heart.r
The reason being that, the smell of blood had suddenly gotten thicker. And, there was a person's corpse that was lying at the door.r
This corpse's dressing code indicated that before he died, he was a waiter here. That meant that this was one of his staff members that had been killed.r
How could Jack not be furious considering that he was supposed to be responsible for all those that were working for him? And now, there was a person that had been killed here while on duty.r
And although it was true that he couldn't prevent some things from happening because he wasn't omnipotent, there were some that could be stopped. Even though he didn't know why they had targeted his hotel, Jack thought that if the security here was higher, perhaps these guys might have selected another place.r
As he looked ahead, Jack's expression turned colder. He could see that there was yet another corpse. And, the blood was actually still pouring from where he'd been shot. It was obvious that he had been killed not long ago.r
Jack listened to the movements behind him and realized that the guy was about two meters from him. It was obvious that he was cautious although he didn't think that Jack was dangerous.r
This person had to be trained for him to be like that. Had he been some hooligan, he might have had the mouth of the gun on Jack's head at this moment.r
"You brought another person in? I thought that there would be nobody else around this area by now?" A guy who had just come out of the elevator looked at Jack as surprise shone in his exposed eyes as he asked.r
"I'm very careful. From his movements, I can tell that he's not trained at all. In other words, this is an ignorant fool that was so curious about what was happening here and decided to come here and take a look." The guy that had brought Jack in stated.
