Bleeding Brilliance Chapter 4: The Suspect And The Upgrades

Chapter 4: The Suspect and the Upgrades

Beep! Beep!

Hearing the sound, Cyril opened his eyes. He found himself lying in a bed. He inhaled a nauseating smell which almost forced him to vomit, but when he suddenly felt a sharp pain around his chest, he somehow controlled himself.

Ah!

Cyril tried to get up but he could not. An intense pain spread throughout his body when he tried to move.

Unable to get up or move, Cyril helplessly could only look around. Cyril found himself covered in white bandages from neck to lower half. He could hear the 'Beep-Beep' sound. He figured it was from some device.

'Looks like I am in a hospital. Thank G.o.d! I am still alive.' Cyril heaved a sigh of relief. 'Mother should be here too. I don't want her to be worried.'

"You woke up."

Hearing the unknown voice, Cyril got frightened for a moment. Collecting himself, he slowly looked at the source of the sound. He saw a middle-aged man in a police uniform. The police officer was sitting on the right side of the bed.

Curiously, Cyril glared at him for some time, but what he was expecting didn't happen. Cyril was obviously waiting for Screen to pop out in front of him, but that didn't happen. 'Did I lost the Screen? But why?'

Cyril didn't have the chance to ponder about the Screen as something then attracted his attention. Cyril saw a newspaper in the officer's hand. Looking at a piece of news there gave him a huge shock. Though he could only read the t.i.tle, it still made him stunned.

The t.i.tle of the news was "Ma.s.sacre caused by five terrorists."

Cyril was sure that this news was most likely of that train which he rode.

"Five terrorists? I.. remember..that's right!.. seeing only one… and her name was… Allen and she was an a.s.sa.s.sin. I am sure she was the only was who murdered all the people. But… the news..said..5..maybe..everything I saw was just an illusion..maybe.."

Ignoring the officer, Cyril muttered slowly showing a hint of confusion on his face. If it weren't for the picture of the train below the t.i.tle, Cyril would have believed this news was some other news.

Finding Cyril's gaze on the news, that officer smiled and started to read the news.

"12th Feb today is the saddest day in the history of Lanrobi nation….. three days ago, on 8th Feb... In the 17th compartment of that train..20 people were brutally murdered by five terrorists. The terrorists first used sleeping gas….. and started shooting...killing many people….. When they started to flee, infighting happened, and one of the terrorists named Cyril Silver got injured… other four fled before police could catch them…"

"What? That's not it...that's not true... I am not a terrorist." Listening to the news, Cyril freaked out.

'What the h.e.l.l!! How come I became a terrorist? I tried to save those people.'

He hurriedly intercepted the officer and tried to speak up and started explaining his innocence.

"Relax! You are injured and can't move carelessly. Listen calmly and answer without any agitation."

The officer looked at him and said with a tone of pacifying, "..and these are not my words."

The officer didn't give any chance to speak to Cyril and continued in a calm voice, "Many people found you suspicious. They said you were wandering around the train while wearing gla.s.ses to hide your face and acted extremely unusual..."

However, this calm voice sounded like an explosion in Cyril's ears. 's.h.i.+t! What the f.u.c.k!' He didn't know how to explain the reason behind his unusual actions.

"..There are many who suspect you are related to those terrorists. If not you being unconsciousness for three days, the police would have arrested you for further investigation."

Cyril went silent for a moment. The officer also didn't say anything, only waited for Cyril to speak.

'No, I can't possibly say I knew about the incident before it was going to happen and that's why started roaming for information and acted suspiciously. Even if I said that it would only increase the likelihood of me being related to the crime.'

'..And I can't also say I got the information from the Screen which displays the target's information. If I try to explain myself, then I would need to lie to hide the existence of Screen. The lies will create many loopholes, and I will at last surely made related to the crime. There are also many perplexing pieces of information which don't make sense. But something smells fishy...something's odd. I am sure. But what?'

Cyril took a deep breath and closed his eyes. "An a.s.sa.s.sin girl named Allen killed all the people. I remember she only had 4 or 5 knives, and there wasn't anything about the gun. Even if... let's say "target's information" was miscalculated. The headless bodies can't lie… I clearly saw it. It was purely because of a knife. But the news said people were killed with guns… This doesn't add up…or.. I was delusional at that time?... I am sure that wasn't the case.. "

While Cyril was putting together the pieces of information, he didn't know that his mind was working at an unbelievably fast speed.

'That girl… clearly wasn't a… ordinary human. She murdered all the people of the compartment in a few moments... That kind of speed..so that is level 2.. unbelievable.'

'...Another thing that doesn't add is the police investigation and this officer... They seem like they are purposely covering up the information..and making me the suspect... What are they trying to do?'

Opening his eyes, Cyril looked at the white ceiling and said with a confident tone, "Why make me a criminal? Police can easily do take out my information and also can come in the outcome that I am not related to the crime in any way.."

After saying this, Cyril turned his eyes to look at the officer. 'I forgot I couldn't see his current state.'

The officer didn't say anything, only quietly looked at him.

Having no response from the officer, Cyril removed his eyes from the officer and continued, "and this incident is not so simple. Police are definitely trying to hide something. But what? And why?"

The officer stayed silent for a moment and said, "What are you trying to say? The fact that you were acting suspiciously was witnessed by many." The officer then continued in a stern voice, "Now, tell me that's just us falsely accusing you. If not related to the other four terrorist-"

"What five terrorist?" Cyril interrupted. "I know there was only one. Why are you trying to hide this information? Because.. because.."

"She is not a normal human, Officer?" Saying this, Cyril once more glared at the officer again(out of habit). Cyril wasn't really confident when he said this. Cyril was clearly speculating. He didn't know if the scene of that time was him being delusional. He was 99% sure he was not delusional but that 1% still caused him some skepticism.

Surely a normal person won't believe even if he saw someone flying and killing around twenty people in just a few moments in front of his eyes. He would surely think there is something wrong with his eyes. And a normal person won't definitely go around and say, "I saw a person flying around and killing people. It was both amazing and horrible."

Cyril wanted to continue, but the officer waved his left hand and continued, "That's enough." Officer hesitated for a moment, "Since you have already experienced such an incident, I am allowed to tell you. That's right. She was not a normal human."

'We don't know what she was. This is already the fifth case in three months. We don't know how long we can hold on. It's getting hard to cover the news.' The police officer said in his heart with some fear.

"Then what is she, Officer?" Cyril asked filled with confusion. Even if the officer said that girl was not a normal human, Cyril still had some doubt about the fact that what he saw was some illusion. It was like someone saying, "Yes, that's right. When you saw her flying and killing, it was real. You don't need to go to a mental hospital."

"Leon, call me officer Leon. As for what is she, I am afraid I can't tell you."

"The things you said earlier... And that newspaper... why make me a suspect then?" Cyril asked confusingly.

"I wanted to verify some things. We didn't know who the criminal was nor did we had any clues. So, I wanted to see if I could get any information out of you..." Looking at Cyril, Officer Leon said.

Hearing those words, Cyril finally felt at relief. However, the next words, Cyril again became unease.

"..Of course, I was also suspicious of you and wanted to see if you were related to the incident. That's why I purposely made you a suspect. I purposely added your name in the news."

"Then what did you find?"

"You are not related to the crime."

"You believed everything I said?"

"Yes!" The officer smiled mysteriously. "Now tell me everything about the incident."

Cyril sighed, "Thank G.o.d." And then he started to tell everything about the incident. Of course, he didn't say anything about the Screen.

'This officer might not also be a normal human.' Cyril was wary of this policeman who was involved in unusual cases. Cyril felt Officer Leon could see through his lies. So he tried to tell as much truth as he could.

He started from suddenly getting a knife in his chest and ended up at the point when he lost his consciousness.

As for why he was walking around suspiciously in the train, Cyril was going to make up a good excuse saying he is an author and needed to write a plot based on the train, so he was doing some observations, but after some thinking, he avoided saying anything about that.

After finis.h.i.+ng, Cyril looked at the officer and curiously asked, "You are not a normal human, right?"

Officer Leon said, "That's right. I am not a normal human. But I am afraid I can't tell you anything."

"That's all for today. Rest well" Officer Leon added while standing up. Then he started moving to the door.

"Wait!" Looking at the departing figure of Officer, Cyril shouted, "What about my mother?"

"She doesn't know. She is doing well." Officer Leon said without turning back.

"But.."

"Don't worry. I am telling the truth. You can call your mother." Reaching the door, Officer Leon turned back and said in a stern voice, "Don't tell anyone about what you saw and what we talked about."

After officer Leon left the room, another officer came near him from the outside. That officer took out his phone and dialed a number. He put the phone near to Cyril's ear.

Cyril was confused looking at the action of the officer, however, later understood.

"h.e.l.lo, Mum-"

"h.e.l.lo, Cyril. You woke up. Are you fine? Are you crazy? I know after arriving at the new city, you got busy but you don't need to work hard. I know you are hardworking. You should eat properly on time. I got so worried when I got the phone call from the academy saying you got fainted because of exhaustion. You need to take care of yourself. You are not a child……"

Hearing his mom's unending scolding, Cyril felt joy. Cyril felt like a heavy burden got lifted from his heart.

After talking with his mom for some time, he ended the call.

The officer smiled at him then went outside without saying anything.

Cyril guessed that the officer was there to prevent him from saying anything about those "superhuman" things. But that didn't bother Cyril.

Cyril was happy that everything turned out fine at last.

Then Cyril heard a voice inside his head.

UPDATE COMPLETED!

User has gained the following abilities:

[View]: Can "see" the target information quickly. Restriction Applied.

[Prediction]: Can predict the target's next action. Restriction Applied.

[Mind Reading]: Can read the target's mind. Restriction Applied.