Plundering in the Apocalypse



With a hypocritical smile on his face, he announced loudly.

"Your other friends haven't arrived yet. So we will wait for them here and start traveling tonight."

"Mister, are they also orphans like us?" A little kid asked tentatively.

"Yes, they are. But even if that's the case. I promise you guys will truly live a good life in the future."

Hearing this, a sweet smile appeared on that kid's face.

*Clap*

The man clapped his hands and while pointing towards his colleagues he said. "Okay, now that the questions are over, everyone with follow these brothers and sisters and take some rest."

"Okay!" Loud cheers broke out as the children continued their meal imagining their 'wonderous' future ahead.

***

In a remote location in the village of Kulhard. Shin's invisible silhouette landed on the ground with a small thud.

'Oops, my control is still not good.'

Fortunately, it was just a remote place and no one was there to witness the small dent appearing on the ground out of nowhere.

'My Mana is almost exhausted.'

He had been flying nonstop without any breaks and barely some mana was left by the time he reached here. Fortunately, his Mana Absorption recovers his mana very fast. Otherwise, he would have difficulty maintaining the Shadow Veil and remain invisible.

After taking a break for a few minutes. Shin's eyes became serious.

'Now let's start the infiltration.'

Activating his Magic Eyes with his Enhanced Senses it didn't take long for him to find the location of the said charity organization.

'There are already dozens of kids. Just how many orphans are they going to take?'

Thinking so, without wasting any time. Shin who was invisible directly walked inside the building.

Even if he passed by many people no one found him or felt anything wrong. Completely oblivious to Shin's infiltration they were focused on their respective tasks.

'These people are too weak.'

Shaking his head Shin fell on a man with thin eyebrows who was giving commands to everyone.

'Is this guy their leader?'

'His strength is too weak.'

'Why are there only low-grade martial artists here?'

'Is it some scheme or are they just disposable pawns?'

Shin didn't understand the current situation of the Wolner Clan. So he couldn't conclude.

He saw that the man he thought was a leader started walking separately in a certain direction.

Shin secretly followed after him. And as soon as the man was out of everyone's sight. Shin immediately strangled him and used Mind Control.

"Wha-mmph?!!"

There was a slight resistance but broke it forcibly. Shin didn't care if he suffered brain damage or not. To him the life and death of that man was irrelevant.

Reading his memories Shin got the location of the facility where the research is being conducted.

'Kenshun City, huh!' A cruel smile appeared on Shin's face. Because he is extremely familiar with this city from Leonard's memory.

But this also made him puzzled because, in Leonard's memory, there is no such incident.

'Is it?' A thought appeared in Shin's mind. The demon outbreak of Polaris City never happened in Leonard's memory.

Also, there are a lot of changes in the future that he experienced in Leonard's memories.

'Just why is this? Is it my existence that is bringing the change or is there some other cause?'

Whether it may be it doesn't matter to Shin. Because the future in Leonard's memory was bound to change. If it doesn't then he will work hard to change it.

'I don't want to see this world in such a state again.'

Looking at the man he was strangling whose eyes have already rolled back Shin shook his head sideways and erased some of his memories.

As soon as Shin loosened his control the men regained his consciousness and looked around puzzled.

"Did something happen? Why is my head hurting so much?"

The scalding pain in his head made him even more irritated.

"Aaah, so annoying."

"I want to kill those brats."

This small incident didn't raise his suspicions as he blamed everything on those kids.

***

Coming out of the building Shin made a call to Alfred.

"Sent I have sent the location to that underground facility. You can prepare according to the information."

[So it's in Kenshun City. The Tarragon Family seems to be giving a lot of importance to this project that they are safeguarding it in their territory.]

"That means your speculation was right."

[Yeah.] Alfred agreed solemnly and continued. [That means we are going to be facing the entire Tarragon family.]

"..."

Shin didn't say anything and kept his silence. He understood his father's thoughts at the moment. He also knew things will get a lot bloody and dangerous soon.

Not getting any answer from Shin's side Alfred asked.

[... How do you plan to deal with this Shin?]

"Dad, let Elena prepare everyone and arrive at Kenshun city secretly. These people are going to transport the kids tonight."

When he heard this, Alfred was surprised for a moment but he answered seriously while regaining his composure.

[I see. So we need to act fast.]

From their speculation, these people should have acted tomorrow but now that the actual timing is known they also need to act fast.

"Yeah," Shin agreed and then continued. "I am still going according to the plan. I'll infiltrate, check the situation inside the research lab and try to save all the victims before the fight starts."

Alfred wasn't surprised by Shin's decision. But he still asked.

[Are you sure you can do it?]

Though Alfred was confident in Shin's strength and knew nothing would happen to him, he didn't know how would Shin perform when it comes to saving a lot of people.

"I am sure Dad."

Hearing his confident tone Alfred was relieved.

[Okay, then you handle those things on your side and we will prepare on our side.]

[Be safe Shin.]

When he heard this a small smile appeared on his face.

"Okay Dad, see you."

With that, he ended the call.

Shin went inside the building once again completely invisible to everyone.

'Now I need to choose a kid to transform into.'

He looked around for a bit and randomly choose a 12-year-old boy who had a silly smile on his face.

'This boy shouldn't attract much attention.'

Thinking of this Shin got close to that and slowly raised his invisible hands atop that boy's head and muttered inwardly.

'Mind Control.'

There was no resistance and Shin easily got control over that boy.

'So his name is Noah!? Well good. Let's switch with him.'

Shin controlled that boy and he walked towards the washroom. As soon as Noah was out of everyone's sight. Shin immediately hypnotized him and made him fall asleep.

'Soul Space.'

The next moment Shin carrying the little boy appeared in Alice's Soul Space.

"Aunty!" Shin called out.

Mia's white silhouette appeared in front of him.

"What is it son in law?"

"Can you take care of him for a while?"

"Is this kid you are shape-shifting into?"

"Yes."

Shin had already explained everything to Mia and Robin while he was on his way to Kulhard.

"I see, then you leave. I'll take care of him."

Getting Mia's assurance Shin didn't waste any time and left the Soul Space. He knew leaving that kid in Mia's care he can rest assured.

As soon as Shin came out of the Soul Space. He immediately activated his ability.

"Shape Shifter."

And the next moment Shin's body started shrinking. His muscular hands became smaller. His angular face gained some baby fat. His clothes changed and within a few seconds, he had transformed into Noah.

'Well, the transformation is perfect. Now I just have to rely on my 'Oscar' acting skills.'

With enough confidence in his heart, Shin acted as Noah came out of the washroom.

'I just have to keep up a silly smile.'

'As expected no one found anything suspicious.'

"Noah~"

Shin heard a voice calling out to him. It took a few moments for him to register his current identity.

"Hey, Noah, are you listening?"

The girl holding a rabbit plushie asked with a small frown.

"What is it, Lily?"

'Fortunately, I read his memories otherwise it would have been troublesome.'

Lily didn't know why she was feeling weird looking at Noah in front of her. But she shook her head thinking it might be her imagination.

"Come with me. There's a small garden in the back. Let's go there."

With one hand holding her plushie and with another hand, she grabbed Noah's hands urging him.

Shin didn't resist and let her lead him. From Noah's memory, he also knew the situation of the little girl in front of him. In the end, he could only feel pity for both of them.

'Though I don't know how it will turn out for you in the future. I promise at least very least I won't let you two become experimental subjects.'

He thought while letting the little girl in front of him, drag him.