My NTR Harem

[ I told you only that he is going there alone. Of course, he was using a vehicle; it happened at such a bad time. ]

Rubbing his head, Lucian thought: ' Yeah right, my head is not working right now. For some reason, I am feeling more tired than I should; I wonder why.'

Now the distance was less than one kilometre. They had finally entered the area of the forest and had traveled away from all the buildings.

The ride here was even more dangerous since wild animals might run onto the road.

After seeing the distance in his head from the protagonist, Lucian decided to stop the ride here and continue on foot.

That would be much safer under all these conditions, so he began to speak:

"Let's walk from here—" but he was interrupted, as an urgent text appeared inside his head.

[ Duck down now. ]

Before Lucian could even process those words, his body moved instinctively, as he ducked downwards and black flames burst out of his body.

BANG

Among the sound of rain and thunder, the loud sound of a gunshot rang out. It was quite loud, and even under such weather conditions, the bullet moved accurately towards its target inside the moving car.

It shattered the glass and moved in at an extremely fast speed. Even as it entered the black flames and its speed decreased, it was still moving at such a fast pace.

Lucian was barely able to follow it with his gaze as it hit the part of the seat just beside him.

Seeing that the bullet missed, the assassin clicked her tongue. She felt that Lucian was extremely lucky to have ducked down at the last second.

Putting her gun over her shoulder, she jumped away from the branch of the tree and began to move along the car.

While keeping her gaze fixed on the vehicle, shooting the second shot would be even harder, but she wasn't planning on going back without completing the task.

"Sir, was that a gunshot?" Peter asked as he almost lost control of the car. It sounded quite different from all the thunder in the sky.

"Yeah, don't slow down. Just keep driving like this for a little longer. Fuck, why does it have to be now?" Lucian said.

He kept his body down as the black flames disappeared. Then he took his mobile out and hastily typed a message before sending it.

The assassin's speed was much faster than the car's. She went ahead and sat on the branch of a tree, ready to take the second shot.

But soon, she noticed that Lucian was no longer revealing himself, so killing him would be very difficult like that. After thinking for a moment, she decided to use explosive ammo; she would just make the entire car explode.

Even if someone else died during the process, it wouldn't matter as long as she could kill her target. So the assassin changed the round and aimed her gun at the approaching car.

"You are dead this time," the assassin mumbled as she placed her finger on the trigger, ready to blow the car up.

Lucian held his mobile, his heart beating wildly. He knew hiding like this was no use; the assassin would still be able to kill him.

Now he could only put his faith in the message he had sent. Otherwise, he would have to jump off the car.

The assassin's breathing was almost still, her gaze focused on the car.

Just as she began to pull the trigger, her mobile vibrated. After contemplating for a moment, she took her phone out and read the newly received message.

'What?!! This message is directly from the leader? Hmmm, abort all the missions for today?' the assassin read the message.

She was feeling confused; after all, the target was just in front of her, but she couldn't go against those orders. So she picked her gun up and got ready to leave.

'They sure are lucky,' the assassin thought as she glanced towards the car that drove away from her. Then she disappeared into the forest.

"…" Lucian sat in the car, staring at the mobile screen. Since the attack hadn't come yet, there was a high chance that his plan had succeeded.

He had sent a message to the leader to stop all of Pendulum's missions for a day. Even though it would cost Pendulum quite a lot of money and respect, it appears the leader followed Lucian's order.

DING

-Done-

Soon, Lucian received the message of confirmation from the other side, but he had no time to relax as he felt the car slipping over the wet road. Peter was barely managing it.

"Stop the car, we will walk from here," Lucian said, as he patted Peter's shoulder.

Peter was drenched in cold sweat—first the threat of the weather, then an assassin. This was going to be a really adventurous day for him.

"Y-Yes sir, huff huff." Peter nodded and then began to slow the car as it finally came to a stop.

Several trees had broken all over the road, so it would have been impossible to continue by car anyway.

'Now he is only six hundred or so meters away and still moving,' Lucian thought as he saw the protagonist's location.

"Let's go." Lucian began to walk forward with hurried steps. After locking the car, Peter followed behind him.

After walking for a few hundred meters, Lucian glanced towards Peter and spoke:

"Soon you will meet a man. You have to stall him here for as long as you can. Do whatever you want, but if it seems dangerous, then you should run away. Also, call some cops for backup. Continue straight, and you will see him soon in a white robe."

After saying that, Lucian changed his path and began to approach the same destination through a different way, as he ran under the heavy rain.

Peter was feeling afraid as he saw Lucian disappearing into the trees. After taking a deep breath, Peter continued to walk on the road. He even pulled his gun out, just in case.

Then, remembering Lucian's words, he called for backup as soon as possible.

He walked for over a dozen minutes but saw no one. Because of the obstacles, his speed had significantly decreased, and being surrounded by such tall trees was making him shiver.

Soon, he saw a person dressed in white clothes. He was drenched in the rain. With his back to Peter, he continued to walk forward without a care in the world, as if his surroundings didn't scare him one bit.

Clara was discussing some matters with the leaders and the Shards when she received Lucian's message, so she immediately showed it to her leader.

"Abort all missions for one day." The leader read the message and after thinking for a second, she picked up her mobile and sent the message.

All the Shards were surprised when they received this message. The first one remained silent, while the third Shard continued to contemplate.

Only the second Shard had a problem with it. With a frown on her face, which was covered by a mask, she asked:

" Leader, we are shutting the entire Pendulum for an entire day? "

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