Meanwhile, at the same time, in a cemetery, Layla and Hans stood flanking Vincent, who was standing in the middle, using a cane. In front of them were two gravestones belonging to Mark and Viola. Hans stepped forward slightly, then his hand gently brushed the top of Mark's gravestone.

"Finally, all that's left is me and Layla," Hans muttered.

"Yes, but there's no way we can back down now," Layla replied.

"How is your human trafficking business, Hans?" Vincent asked.

"I've put a stop to it for now. The police and the Feds are starting to sniff out my business because of that savage murder at the lakeside camp up in the mountains," Hans answered, sounding slightly annoyed.

"All of your men were victims... but not one of those teenagers was hurt, and they all ended up testifying to the police," Layla added.

"Right. Such a hassle," Hans replied, irritated.

"The lakeside camp in the mountains, huh," Vincent muttered.

[All of that was KATS's doing.]

A voice sounded in the heads of Layla, Hans, and Vincent. All three looked startled to hear CROWS state that the perpetrator of the murders in the mountains was KATS. The three immediately paused, then turned to look at Mark and Viola's graves in front of them.

"Don't tell me KATS also killed Mark and Viola..."

[That is correct. KATS killed them.]

CROWS's statement cut off Hans's sentence. The three then fell silent again, seemingly thinking hard. They became certain that KATS was in the city where they had previously been.

"Mike is there, right?" Hans asked, turning to look at Layla.

"Yes. Let him take care of everything in that city. He's living there now, back in his father's house, because he inherited it with his wife," Layla replied.

"Good. Send our men to him. Let him organize things. It's time we make a move and fight back against them," Vincent said, tapping his cane on the ground.

"Yes, Boss," Hans and Layla replied in unison.

"CROWS, go to Mike and stay with him. My time won't last much longer. Let Mike be my successor. I don't trust these two beside me," Vincent said in his head.

[Very well, Master. I will enter Mike and make him my heir.]

"Good. Give Mike the order to find the Red Blood gem so you can evolve, and explain our plan to him," Vincent replied in his head, smiling.

[I will be pleased to do so, Master.]

After that, Hans and Layla led Vincent back to the car parked far in the distance, leaving Mark and Viola's graves behind them.

***

The next day, to cheer up his four wives, who had been angry the previous night about Noah now occupying the kitchen in the bunker, Dylan took all four of them to the zoo on the edge of the city, along with Aaron, Clara, Fiona, and Iris for an outing. After helping his four wives get out and closing the door,

"Let's go inside," Dylan suggested.

"Why the zoo, though?" Lena asked grumbling, crossing her arms.

"Yeah, why not an amusement park?" Maya asked.

"We were going to spend the whole day out, right? Why just look at animals? We can watch that on a documentary channel," Ellie added.

"Hmm... hmm, right, it would be better to stay home and watch TV," Amy added.

"Hey... didn't the four of you suggest going to the zoo and the aquarium next door? Besides, here we can walk around casually, and rest if we get tired, while an amusement park is too intense; you shouldn't get too exhausted," Dylan asked, rubbing Ellie, Maya, Lena, and Amy's bellies in turn, making all four of them smile again.

"Oh, well, fine, it doesn't matter," Lena said.

"Yeah, I wanted to come here too... we can do the amusement park another time," Maya added.

"The zoo is good for introducing the babies to the animals," Ellie said, rubbing her stomach.

"Agreed, no more protesting," Amy added, kissing Dylan's cheek.

Fiona and Iris kept staring at the zoo entrance. They looked impatient to get inside. Finally, they broke free from Aaron and Clara's hold and ran in front of Dylan.

"Come on, Big Brother, let's go in," Fiona said, pulling Dylan's hand.

"Yeah, Big Brother, why are we standing here?" Iris added, also pulling Dylan's other hand.

"Haha, come on, come on. Is this your first time at the zoo?" Dylan asked.

"Yeah, there's no zoo in the city where our old school was," Iris answered.

"Hmm... that's right," Dylan replied. "Besides, I didn't have the money to take them out back then," Dylan muttered in his head.

Dylan immediately led Fiona and Iris toward the entrance, followed by Ellie, Maya, Lena, and Amy. Aaron and Clara, meanwhile, walked at the very back with sulking faces.

"My friends are all online today, though. We planned to fight a boss," Aaron muttered, holding Clara's hand.

"Yeah, I'm kind of bummed about coming here too," Clara added, gripping Aaron's hand.

They stood at the ticket booth to buy entrance tickets. When Dylan saw the ticket booth attendant, his eyes widened slightly because he recognized the girl behind the counter, even though she didn't recognize him. After buying tickets for everyone and saying goodbye,

"Oi KATS, that girl at the ticket booth, wasn't she the theater star from that time?" Dylan asked.

[That is correct, sir. Her name is Sandy.]

"Oh yeah, I remember her name. She was the one who drugged her friend because the friend got the part, right? What happened to her? Why is she a ticket attendant at a zoo in another city?" Dylan asked.

[If you are curious, just check her profile using your hacking skill.]

Dylan turned back to look at the ticket booth, which was now a little distance from his current position. After checking Sandy's face using the All Seeing Eye skill, which looked tired but genuinely smiled, unlike when she was at the theater, Dylan turned back to look ahead.

"Just leave it. She seems happier here than at the theater," Dylan said.

[That is correct, sir. It is better not to interfere with her business.]

Dylan continued walking, holding hands with Fiona and Iris, who looked cheerful and kept chatting. They began seeing animals in real life that they had only seen on television. At every animal enclosure, Fiona and Iris asked to stop and look at animals like gorillas, lions, elephants, monkeys, and many others. Ellie, Maya, Lena, and Amy, who couldn't walk continuously, finally got tired.

They sat down on a long bench right in front of the tiger enclosure. Seeing this, Dylan approached the four of them while Aaron and Clara took over holding Fiona and Iris's hands.

"Are you guys okay?" Dylan asked.

"We're fine, just a little tired from walking. We'll be fine after a rest," Ellie said.

"Same, I'm tired too," Lena added, fanning her shirt and neck with her hand.

"I'm gonna eat something first. You want any, babe?" Maya asked, pulling a lunch box out of her tote bag.

"I'm good, still full," Dylan replied with a smile.

"Please grab mine too," Amy muttered.

"I'm gonna eat something too," Lena added, holding out her hand to Maya.

Maya pulled two other lunch box out of her tote bag and handed it to Amy. Dylan stayed with the four of them as they sat on the bench to rest, but his eyes darted left and right because many passersby, especially men, turned to look at Ellie, Maya, Lena, and Amy.

Some even stared at the four of them with strange, sharp gazes that made them all shiver, but when Dylan stared back at them, almost everyone who had been looking strangely immediately turned away and kept walking without daring to look back.

[Sir.]

"What is it?" Dylan asked.

[Use your All Seeing Eye skill and look inside the tiger enclosure in front of us.]

Dylan immediately used his skill and was shocked to see the ghost of a tiger inside the enclosure, sleeping soundly on the ground, even as other tigers walked past the ghost tiger's body with their paws.

"Whoa, so there's a ghost tiger too, huh," Dylan muttered in his head.

[Hmm... interesting.]

"What's interesting about it?" Dylan asked.

[That ghost tiger is looking for its master. Before it entered the zoo and died here, it seems it was someone's pet.]

"Oh, really? So it's asking for our help too?" Dylan asked in his head.

[No, sir, but he asks if we are willing to take him in as a pet because he's bored here. He promises that he will be loyal and won't cause any trouble for you or your family, that's what he said.]

"Hmm... let me think about it first. Ellie, Maya, Lena, and Amy are still traumatized from seeing Noah, right? At the very least, wait for them to adjust to Noah first. Personally, I'm okay with it. Please just relay that to him," Dylan replied.

[Very well, sir... it says it will wait.]

The ghost tiger, which appeared to be sleeping, suddenly lifted its head and turned to look at Dylan, who was openly staring at it.

"Wait, can it see me?" Dylan asked.

[That is due to its instinct, Master. It doesn't see you, but it can sense that someone is observing it.]

"I see. Just tell it we'll come back here later," Dylan replied.

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