Chapter 180 CHAPTER 180: ANTICLIMATIC V
*BOOM!!!*
Loud explosions rocked the top two floors of the Imperium Tower, sending blasts of heat, smoke, and destruction all around the place.
Davies had barely jumped over the railings of the stairs when the bomb went off behind him. The force of the blast sent him off balance and out of control as he jumped over the railings, sending his body into intimate and painful contact with other parts of the stairs as he fell.
*Bang* *Bang*
His body made ugly sounds as they constantly collided with the iron railings of the stairs until he finally fell on the inside of the stairs and came to the ground with a loud crash.
For a few seconds, he couldn't even move because his whole body hurt due to his fall, but after catching his breath for a few seconds, he turned over and pulled his pain-wracked body up.
'Something's probably broken,' he thought as he pushed his body up against the wall and sat upright, making no effort to stand up and go check the damage that the explosion caused as he could already estimate the situation in his head.
An explosion of that level wouldn't be enough to heavily damage the building since the building was made with materials that could take a few hits... But he could pretty much guess that there would be no one alive or even a body that was intact enough for him to investigate and find any clues.
"Bummer..." he sighed. This chapter is updated by nov(e)(l)biin.com
He hadn't expected this turn of events... I mean, who would have expected thieves to blow themselves up when they found out that escape was impossible?
'You're a thief, shouldn't you value your life a bit more?' he thought with an aching head.
"How anticlimactic..." he sighed.
Of these two options though, Davies was more inclined to believe the first one because he knew that there was no way the law enforcement officers wouldn't get on their feet immediately the mention of his company having an issue sounded in the ears, though there was also the possibility of someone with a high amount of power restricting the cops from responding to an emergency call from his employees about what was happening in the company... Or maybe they were stretched too thin due to the sudden blackout in the city, but all this was just speculation, and to be honest, he didn't really care what had happened, and even preferred that he didn't have to deal with annoyances that could hinder him.
With this thought, he continued walking up the stairs and a few minutes of climbing later, he was back in front of the doorway that led to the 139th floor, only this time there was annoying heat and fuming smoke flowing heavily out of it as compared to the silence he had met when he had been here earlier.
He didn't waste any time and walked in but as expected everything was charred and the white interior of this building that was worth boasting about had now been stained and damaged by the last from the explosion and further damaged by the flames and smoke that resulted from the explosion.
"As expected, there was nothing to find," Davies murmured when he saw the barely remaining remains of the invaders that he had killed in here previously.
There was almost nothing left of them that indicated that they were once humans, just black everywhere, and the sickening stench of burnt human flesh in the air indicated that they were what he was looking for.
Davies gave a glance over the room before turning and beginning to walk back out of the room as there was nothing to be found there. Everything that could be qualified as evidence had been destroyed and burnt beyond recognition so there was no point in remaining here.
'The next floor is probably the same thing,' he thought as he inched closer to the doorway with every step, but then suddenly stopped after feeling a vibration in his pocket.
He stopped and pulled out his phone which was shockingly undamaged considering what had happened to the body of the owner of the phone.
The reason why Davies had quickly brought out his phone was because he was expecting a call from Daniella who should have dealt with whoever was obstructing her way previously, but instead of the call that he was expecting, what he was seeing on the screen of the phone was a notification of a voice message sent to him from a number that wasn't saved into his contact list.
For a few seconds, Davies stood there wondering who it could be that managed to acquire his phone number and then send him a voice message because he hadn't been expecting an impromptu voice message from an unknown contact.
Suddenly a sudden thought arose in his mind as he looked at the notification that showed the voice message while muttering,
"It couldn't be, right?"
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