Max Stats in the Apocalypse

In a small house just near the Blue Neighborhood, Mayquelle, Ian, and Baron were contemplating having themselves finalize the first phase of their report.

They had decided to create a report and send it to the headquarters through different routes on the internet. However, the problem was that the Demonyo Clan had succeeded in making the public tangle their information.

In other words, even though people had similar views of the Demonyo Clan, useful information was still scarce.

"It has been a week since we started observing the Demonyo Clan, yet we still don't have any clue how to get inside," Mayquelle said with grumbling while laying on her bed, rolling with frustration.

Baron raised his eyebrow and then tapped a few slides on his holographic phone. He then said, "Should we think of expanding the time we need to investigate it? It is not that we need to rush or anything. "

Ian just nodded but had some arguments with him.

"It is not impossible, but we still need to continue to learn how to enter the gang. And from the information we got, there was no possible way. "

"There is, but the recruitment's requirements are to have lived in the city for about 2 years. We cannot fake our way in without the help of the Information Agency Branch. And noting it, that branch might be under the Demonyo Clan." Baron stated.

"Well, that is the reason why we can't get into that gang." Mayquelle cut him off, still with her grumbling included.

"You know, it is getting more confusing. Let's start stabilizing our information." Mayquelle added and stood up.

Mayquelle then approached the wall where they posted their hints and looked at it intently. She opened her mouth afterward and started announcing what they got.

"The Demonyo Clan's boss was still unknown to us. However, we got a clue about where to start to draw the lines. The person who accepted the award was a young man." Mayquelle said with a beaming face.

"He might have been paid for it." Baron cut off.

"Paid or not, he still should have information, right?" Mayquelle raised an intonation and then smiled.

"Yes, that is right. I have a piece of information and you might need it." Out of nowhere, a voice of a young man loomed that made them alarmed.

They took out their guns and pointed them in the direction where the voice was coming from. At the same time, Ian dashed and then approached the source of the voice with vigilance. He didn't sense any fluctuation of mana that could indicate that a Skill was being used.

Everyone looked at the person, and as they intently looked at him, they realized who this person was.

"You are the kid who accepted the award!" Ian stated, which made the other two raise an eyebrow and look at Roger again. And with that, they recognized him.

"Yup."

"What are you doing here? And wait, have you heard what we were talking about? How come you knew any of it?" Ian sent a barrage of questions that just made Roger scoff a little bit.

It was insulting, but by the looks of it, Roger seemed to be calm, even though guns were pointed at him.

Mayquelle and Baron intently glared at Roger and observed every small movement he made. They decided that if he made a small suspicious movement, they would pull the trigger.

And as things continued, Roger let out a sigh and then answered Ian with a smirk.

"I don't know what you are talking about. I am just here out of curiosity."

"Curiosity of what?"

"Well, you are investigators from District Overdrive, right?" They all tightened their grips on their guns, and that made Roger just raise his hands.

"Easy. You might accidentally pull those triggers." Roger said in a playful tone voice and added, "Even if you pull those triggers, I would still be alive. But, I would be disappointed since you destroyed one of my properties and broke the peace in the city."

They clenched their teeth at what he said, and Ian retorted.

"What are you talking about? Dare to speak to us like that, for a kid like you. You didn't even have proper academic training, but you are confident."

"Oh... so that's the standard. You will ignore the fact that I said that I won't be dead if you pull those triggers," Roger jokingly uttered, with his smug face. He then let out another mocking sigh.

With those kinds of actions, the three of them made a sour face. Their lips trembled in frustration that they couldn't even have the guts to attack Roger. Not only because they didn't have any acceptable intention, but also because they didn't know why Roger was confident.

Roger was nonchalant, to be precise. No one would be brave enough to jump into someone's den without any precaution.

With such an event, Mayquelle looked at their surroundings. And as she assessed things and concluded something, she whispered it to Baron by her side.

Baron heard it and had his eyes widened in surprise.

"Cut the bullcrap. Who are you? How come you were able to locate us? You are from the Demonyo Clan, right."

Roger made his lips curl down and raised an eyebrow. "How did you know?"

Baron approached Ian and whispered, "No one's with him."

Mayquelle then gripped tightly to her gun and uttered, "Should we kill him?"

Roger acted as if he was surprised and retracted a small step backward. Ian tightly focused his attention on Roger and then shook his head.

"No. We should get some information from him. He must be doing this for a reason." Ian stated.

"But he must have been sent by the Demonyo Clan," Mayquelle argued.

"Even still, we need him."

Ian tilted his head to see something behind Roger, and just when he saw nothing, he gave an order.

"Rope him."

When the three of them roped him and tied him to a chair, he didn't struggle himself out of the tie. He just let them catch him as if he had been caught on the field. But the reality was that Roger was just playing with them. For his purpose, it was vague.

"Stupid. Don't you see that it is careless of me if I let myself get caught? Can't you even think of something? I thought you were investigators."

Roger still didn't know their capabilities. And so, it could be his reason for getting here was to check if they were good at their job.

"No... But you are stupid. Why would we be vigilant in front of a kid? You don't have any reinforcements, right? It is just an easy task to watch a kid." Mayquelle had her face solemn while looking at Roger, who was still nonchalant even after the events.

"No, Mayquelle. We don't know him. It is only natural that we should be vigilant about him." Baron uttered and looked intently at Roger.

Roger then let out a sigh and smiled at each of them. He shook his head and then grinned.

"Don't you think that this is illegal? You are civil servants, yet you are doing this to a normal citizen." 

"So, you are going to use the citizen card now, huh? Too bad for you, we don't abide by those rules since we are in a shitty District Wish city." Mayquelle retorted, which made Ian's face ugly.

Ian glared at Mayquelle and shook his head, an indication that she should stop talking.

Talking would just make Roger more nonchalant, and most probably, he was trying to read them.

"So, why did you come here?" Ian asked and then pointed the gun again.

Roger shook his head and then answered, "I just said earlier that I was curious. Why don't you try to ask what I am curious about?"

Ian took a pause and laid his heavy eyes on the surroundings. He didn't sense any possible impending fluctuation. And with that, he looked at Roger again.

"You do have guts. Did your gang snitch on you or something that you betrayed them?"

Roger snickered.

"Why would you think of that? Just because I came here doesn't mean that I was betraying them or that they betrayed me."

"So what are you curious about, smart head?" Ian pinned the gun to Roger's forehead to try to scare him, but Roger was just viciously smiling.

Roger seemed as if he was not afraid of them. And watching it over and over again irritated him.

Baron snapped out and then took his gun and pointed it at Roger.

"Why did you come here?"

"Sorry. I was about to tell that blonde guy, but you stepped forward. Now I have lost my interest."

Baron's face turned ugly, and out of consciousness, he pulled the trigger.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Mayquelle's eyes widened as well as Ian's. They all turned to look at Baron, who still had his enraged expression on his face. Then, they looked at Roger, who was just silent and slightly tilted his head to dodge the bullets.

"You know that you should be careful with guns."