The SSS-rank Guide Doesn't Need Saving novel Chapter 123

Chapter 123: Zenick’s True Whereabouts

What Nykos meant by breaking him apart wasn’t just a figure of speech. But the true breaking down of physical matter, turning his shadows into a force of entropy brought into real time by accelerating natural disintegration.

This was the ability that brought fear to all star systems and empires!

Yet the same power was now being used to forcibly obtain information from a man he never met before. All because Nykos did not want her hands to get dirty from handling him.

The dark shadows isolating Marlon also absorbed the sound of his painful screams. So, even as his fingers and skin were starting to crumble little by little, no one would know what kind of pain he was going to be under.

Aisha watched in fascination. If she had been a Sentinel with that kind of power, things would have been a lot easier for her to live in this world. No one would come looking for trouble with her. It was the most effective human repellent that has existed in both her two lives.

A minute passed.

Like what Nykos promised, Marlon had spilled everything he knew. Though the moment he came out of that dark mist, he was reduced to a full-body muscular manikin. His skin was stripped of him, not even leaving a bit of it to cover his private part or his heels.

He had died knowing what true pain was like.

She shuddered unconsciously.

Nykos shifted beside her, hand indifferently waving toward the swirling dark mist before they returned to him. He looked more like a devil than the devil himself. At least, the devil would hand you a tempting offer before claiming a life. But Nykos did none of that.

"This is surprising," Nykos said.

"What?"

"That man said something interesting. Even I find it hard to believe."

Frowning, she stared at him. If he didn’t tell her what he discovered, she’d storm off here and swear to never talk to him again.

As if he could read her mind through the glare she shot him, Nykos helplessly smiled. He thought he could get a bargain from her using the information he got from the man he had just killed, but it seemed he’d end up being hated if he did that instead.

"Your brother’s being held at the Association." Nykos finally revealed what Marlon had spewed before his death while pleading for mercy. "Specifically, he’s inside one of the smallest controlled contaminated zones that a merchant company bought off from the Association. It’s located within the island."

"Did he say anything else?" Aisha knew what merchant company it was. It was none other than Susa Merchant Corp! "But why a contaminated zone?"

Nykos stared at her for a moment. Then, he answered her question, "To avoid the law and hide what they’re doing."

Aisha nodded, fully understanding what his words could mean. A contaminated zone was where anything could happen, and no one would be held accountable. Unless it was owned by the Association, Federation, or the Empire, anyone could do whatever they wanted inside.

Zenick must have been placed there to avoid being found. No wonder even after Theon mobilized men to search for him, they found nothing.

Of course, they wouldn’t. No one would think Zenick would be inside a contaminated zone!

Standing up from her chair, Aisha said, "Thank you."

"You’re going to look for him even after hearing that he’s inside a contaminated zone?" Nykos asked, surprised.

He knew how unsightly and unsettling a contamination zone could be. No Guide or Sentinel could enter it alone without stepping their foot deep into their own death. That was why it was common sense to go in with a group and advanced equipment to avoid any mishaps. This was something Aisha should’ve already learned from the academy.

Even Nykos had to be careful when he entered a contaminated zone. Only after entering the zone with his men would he wander off alone on his own to make full use of his power to achieve their goal inside.

"Yes."

"Entering the contaminated zone can be deadly," Nykos warned her. "You’d best contact that stubborn admiral at the Association and report what happened to him."

Nykos had never seen him show an expression like that before. And to make his point, Zeke kicked him out while telling him, "Don’t act so recklessly next time. Or I’ll kill you myself."

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