Max Stats in the Apocalypse

Roger continued to ask another one, the last one in the room that had not been asked since earlier. There were still two of them that he hadn't asked about, but they were out of the room.

Clara, a silent lady who had no family name as she was just an orphan, or even an outcast in an orphanage, had an ability that could catch, immobilize, hurt, or any effects from veins. She could create veins out of her hands, and with her will, she could create any effect that she wanted the veins to have.

'That was amazing... It was as if it were a form of unique cultivation. But too bad, I didn't have any talent for it, to learn something like that.' Roger exhaled a deep breath and then rested on the couch after learning some of their abilities.

After a few minutes, Daniel and Emilia arrived with a suspicious-looking device on their hands. It seemed to be just a box, but it was covered with different colors of small wires, and above it was a small hole that a finger could fit into.

"What is that?" Roger unconsciously asked, looking confused at the device while the two of them placed it on a table.

Emilia looked at Roger and answered him. "This is the pact machine. It basically creates small microchips that blend with your blood."

Roger raised an eyebrow after hearing something he deemed to be absurd. "A microchip blended with blood? Are you crazy? That is dangerous."

"More dangerous than being an experimental subject by the Supreme Council?" Daniel suddenly cut off, with a smile.

Roger took it into account and nodded afterward. "You are right about it. But, why the hell would you create something like that just to create a pact?"

"Do you have any ideas for another method to create a solid pact where betraying is inevitable?" Daniel sarcastically asked, raising an eyebrow at Roger.

Roger shrugged as he had no answer to it. "I was thinking that you might have some magical tool to use. A treasure might be."

"What is a treasure?" Emilia asked.

"Ah, nothing."

"What you are thinking is something impossible, Roger. There is no such thing as that. Even in the records, or logic, there is not something like that." Daniel said, sounding forceful in his tone.

"You don't have to take that seriously. I was only sharing my perspective. Anyway, when should we start?"

"Right now," Emilia said.

Roger complied with the instructions given to him and inserted his fingers into the hole on the device. Emilia then started clicking some buttons that Roger didn't know existed on the box, and after a few seconds, he started feeling some piercing sensation. It was tingling him a little bit, and the box made a 'ting' sound, indicating that it was already done.

"Are you okay? Was that painful?" Luis asked, confused about what had just happened. She was intently looking at the box, with her eyes still on it, and others did it too.

"Was that supposed to be painful?" Roger asked.

"Yes," Everyone answered. 

Roger shrugged with a smirk on his face and said, "Well, it turned out to be not painful for me. So, what is the condition of the pact?"

"In case you betray the group, or disclose any information about the group, you will die. The microchips will instantly locate your brain and send electric shocks to it, and you will immediately die."

Roger awkwardly smiled. "Okay..."

"So what is your unique ability?" James asked.

"I have strong endurance, I can sense auras, I can fly without any device, and I can beam a laser."

That was what Roger told them, but he didn't have any thoughts of disclosing his real capabilities, as it was complex and unneeded. That was also the reason why he asked their unique abilities, to see what the best description he could give of his unique ability was.

And thinking back on that sudden idea, he held onto it, hoping that they would believe him. And surprisingly, they believed him with flickering eyes due to amusement. It was their first time seeing plenty of abilities in one person.

'He has plenty of abilities. It was not even an effect of a particular ability like weapon creation, but it was in different categories.' Emilia thought, her eyes widening.

'It is crazy. This kid is amazing! Who in the world could have those amazing abilities? It might be his final ability, but just under one specialty that I couldn't think of.' Daniel thought.

Meanwhile, James, who was eager to learn Roger's ability, was shocked into silence in disbelief. Who would have thought that the person he was underestimating would have such an amazing group of abilities? It was not even the final assessment of his unique ability, as Roger said to him that he didn't know. It might be just the effects or what he had discovered.

Everyone was talking about it, which Roger couldn't believe would happen. He could see in their faces the emotions they were feeling, as their expressions were too obvious for him. And taking it into account, it could even be a good result.

'They believed it. There is no way they would think that it was not real since their eyes were showing a surprised expression. Even if they don't believe me, or use a lie detector, I was not specifically lying since it was real though.'

Roger couldn't help but be inwardly happy about it. He easily gained their trust, or should he say familiarity with him? But, it was not the time to be happy about taking their trust; he must have their information in time so that he could search for his family.

***

Roger had finally asked Emilia about the information. And surprisingly, there were useful ones, but not enough for him to see some hints about his family. It was reasonable since they hadn't yet found their family. But at least Roger already knew where to start.

From the information he got, Emilia could only hack into the surface of the government but not into the deep parts where the Supreme Council's database was. However, Emilia managed to look at their traces and their missions were reported to the government.

The government consists of three hero families. They were Awakens who had a dynasty of S Rankers and had also been holding the country under them for decades. And yet such a thing still managed to be organized since those three families had a fathomless close relationship with each other.

And as the government was divided by the three families, under them was their specialized intelligence and action agency, the Supreme Council, which basically had power over a government official since they were directly under the three families.

But, what Roger needed to know was how Emilia would find some hints. There was no available information, but there was one useful hint, and it was the public building of the Supreme Council, which Roger wanted to enter. 

He was hesitant at first, but since he still didn't know what was inside the building, visiting would be appropriate. 

'I might get caught, or something like that. I still don't know if there are extraordinary things this world could offer, but I am willing to risk what I have right now. Even if I have to completely unleash my power.'

Roger's face was serious, having profound yet bored eyes. He was thinking of the best method to gain more information, but there was another problem. What if he gets discovered? In any case, if the Supreme Council was able to send him a message, it would be his last day of searching for information.

If Roger could get contacted by the Supreme Council, they would be able to taunt him and threaten to hurt his family, which he thought that he would not be able to ignore since they had already sent him the message. And things like this commonly had to be done in an operation that needed to infiltrate a place.

'Disguise... How would I disguise myself without getting caught in the detectors?' Roger had speculated that since Emilia was able to hack, there might be methods to easily search for someone, for example, cameras. And things like that were possible.

Roger was definitely thinking about where to get his disguise, but after remembering something from his past in Kluma, a smirk appeared on his face. He then stood up and left the base using a device that they gave him.

Since he was free to leave at any time and return because of the assurance of the pact, he went to commence his plan.

'The best way to find a way of disguising is to disguise my consciousness.'

Roger had thought of hypnotizing people to earn their will and follow him wherever his orders were. And just as he arrived at one city in the District Wish, he instantly went to the estate of the mayor.

'In any world, information is important. Hence, to learn the complex systems of the government and also the best way to infiltrate the building without getting caught, I should have my own dummy.'

In this case, Roger would look for a device that would change his outer appearance.. A fake skin, if ever there was something similar to it in this world.