My Werewolf System Chapter 128 (Patreon)

After Blake deliberated whether he should try to go via the vent he had at his disposal to try and listen in to what was happening, in the end the young Altered Hunter decided to go with his original idea. He looked outside to make sure there were no students out there, but luckily the teachers’ lounge, as well as the printer room, were facing away from the main road. He was worried people would think he was falling and shout out towards him, revealing his location or worse creating a scene.

Blake opened the window and dropped down to the window sill. He held on with his fingers, making use of his strong grip strength.

‘This reminds me of my training back in the day…but I don’t know why I would need to know this to deal with Altreds, still it's come in handy now.’ Blake thought as he started to move along the edge slowly, with his body dropped down.

He then could see that there was a gap between the window sill he was on, and the one that Gary was patiently in. There was no trouble on Blake's face as he swung his body from side to side, and at the right moment let go of the edge.

Reaching out, he quickly grabbed onto it, and held on tightly. His strong fingers that had calluses on top of calluses had done him well and were holding out. Now that he was in the right place, all he needed to do was listen to what they were saying.

The problem was, even from his current position he had trouble making out the words clearly, so the only thing he could do was lift one hand up slowly, reaching for the window from the outside. He had to be careful, after all they were on the third floor. Nevertheless, the young Altered Hunter didn’t hesitate, as he managed to hold himself with one hand and quickly pushed the window ever so slightly open, finally he could hear everything that was going on.

‘Billy? That’s that the murderer on the news! Dad told me that he was most likely the Altered he fought in the park. Did they somehow link him and Gary? … Come to think of it, I guess I never did ask him, but the two of them… they were fighting yet both of them were the same type of Altered.

Usually the Kings and corporations have a hold on specific types of Altered DNA, so the two of them must have had a close relationship. Why didn’t I think of it before? Gary and Billy had to know each other. I should have…’ Now that Blake thought of it, he also wondered why he had chosen not to ask Gary about how he had become an Altered.

He wasn’t some rich kid, nor did he seem special enough for someone to sponsor him, yet there was something stopping him from learning more about that side of Gary, and here he was now hanging on the side of the school wall.

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“Two Altered killers? Are you serious? They didn’t report anything like that in the news.” Gary had gone back to his nervous self after Sadie had made it clear by pointing at him, that she was suspecting him.

“You see, on the night of the full moon we actually had a little run in with Billy and were able to get some traces of his blood. According to the guys in the lab it coincided with what we found in the case of the Bruntin family, the high school and university student, yet there were a few other deaths that had no traces of him, but someone else.” Sadie continued to explain.

It seemed like she had more photos on her, as she placed them out on the table. The first one was what was left of three men at the construction site. From there she showed a picture of Barry out in the alleyway and later in the hospital and then she went on to pull out a few more photos.

Looking at them all, Gary could see that at least there were no scenes of the karaoke place, they weren't following his trail, just the trail of murderers.

“At each of these scenes the same blood was found. Now after watching your little performance yesterday, we have reason to believe that just like Billy you’re actually an unregistered Altered. However, fortunately that’s really easy to clear up, all you have to do is agree to a voluntary blood test.” Sadie smiled, as if she had caught her suspect right where she wanted him.

‘What do I do? I can’t give them my blood! I have no idea if I will be recognised as an Altered or not, but if they take my blood, then they will be able to link me to Barry, the construction site, as well as the karaoke club! I'll be locked up, they can’t lock me up.’ Gary started to look around to make sure there was nobody else in the room.

‘I’ve already killed before….if I use Full Transformation now while they're still off guard… maybe it will be enough to get rid of them, and then…maybe no one will know…but…but….can I kill…again….if it's for my family..’

At the same time, Blake who was still hanging down the window sill had heard everything and was wondering what to do himself. In the end, he came to the conclusion that there was absolutely nothing he could do. He had already done more than enough by not revealing Gary’s secret and if the other had failed to hide his tracks that was on him.

At that moment, the door slid open, and a bleach blond haired teenager confidently walked in.

“Sorry, but if you’re looking for a teacher, try somewhere else. This room is currently in use.” Frank lectured the newcomer, assuming that he had merely entered by mistake.

“Oh I know, I’m here for him.” Kai claimed.

Seeing his upperclassman at this moment gave Gary hope. He was especially thankful that it would save him from having take a suicidal gamble against two White Rose agents.

“I heard what you did.” Kai confidently spoke as if he was telling the police off. “Gary, you don’t have to say anything, you know that, right? I guess you agreed to talk just so that these guys would leave you alone.

“It’s not called a voluntary blood test for nothing. They can’t force you to take a blood test, for that they would need a warrant from a judge. My guess is, they don’t even have anything that puts you as the suspect, which was why they came here and asked you to ‘volunteer’ your blood over to them, since a judge would never grant their request with what little they have.”

Kai walked over to where Gary was and stayed by his side, assuming a position as if he was his legal guardian. He then looked at the photos on the table. He hadn’t heard the whole conversation, merely just the tail end of it.

“What the hell are these photos? Are you trying to traumatise my buddy here? Has White Rose stooped so low that they’re trying to create a scapegoat to pin all the blame on? Tell me what grounds do you have to ask for a blood test?”

The two looked a bit startled but they soon regained their exposure, as Sadie started to laugh.

“You really think yourself so clever, don’t you? I didn’t know that they were teaching law here at Westbridge, but I have met enough male Karens like you before who thought they knew everything.” Sadie stated.

“You're right, we aren’t able to force him into a blood test without a warrant from a judge. However, as members of White Rose we enjoy certain privileges. According to section 5 of the Altered Investigation Force Act, Agents are permitted to enforce a test. It might not be a blood test but in special circumstances whenever we think there is an unregistered Altered, we can do a special test to see if they are one or not.”

When Gary looked at Kai by his side, it was the first time he saw the other with a worried look on his face.

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