"Wait! Where the hell do you think you're going!? Why are you even moving!?"
Fiona lost her cool and suddenly shouted at Mark as she noticed that he was not under her control! This was the first time that she would ever experience something like this, so she had no idea how to react! It was too shocking! She took a deep breath once she saw Mark stop moving, and she decided that she had to use a different strategy here. It was obvious that her blessing was useless against Mark.
Is it because he is of a far higher Rank than her? How was that possible?
Fiona's blessing only failed when the person she was trying to entrap was far higher than her in Rank! But even as an A Rank, Fiona was still one of the strongest A ranks in the world, and she could easily trap low-level S ranks! There were only a few S Ranks in the whole world who could withstand her power, and she knew them all, so she was certain that there shouldn't be anyone capable of resisting her. But yet, there was someone else who could resist her blessing! It fucking pissed her off!
"We need you to come with us. There are a lot of unanswered questions, and the NSA would like to have a few words with you about what happened here."
Fiona decided that she would just try to get Mark to come with them instead of trying to lure him using her ability.
The NSA? Mark was confused for a moment as he heard this before he remembered that the NSA was the governing body for superhumans in America. The National Superhuman Association was like the Superhuman Government that was separate from the actual government! Mark has never had to deal with them before because he was always working in the shadows. As a vigilante, the NSA had no idea who Mark was, so there was no way for them to try and force him under them. But now that his face was revealed, they would do anything to get him.
Mark didn't mind registering with the NSA, but he was not going to do that now. He first needed to make sure that Arit was alright, then he could go and do whatever they wanted him to do.
"Sorry, maybe you can set a different date or something. There is someone I have to look for right now, and I can't leave them alone without knowing if they are alright."
Mark was about to leap away again, but Fiona's next words froze him in place. Fiona put her palm against her cheek and turned away with a small smile.
"It's that girl. Arit, that was her name right~? You shouldn't worry about her, she is safe. I sent a few soldiers to make sure of it. You should just come with us and we'll discuss first."
Doom!
Fiona's eyes widened as a massive pressure suddenly fell upon the area! She looked at Mark, and she saw that his entire body was radiating intense anger! Mark glared at Fiona and took a threatening step forward!
"If there is even a single hair missing on her head when I see her. Talking to me will be the very least of your problems."
Fiona quickly began to surge mana through her body as she anticipated a fight from Mark! She didn't know what sort of person Mark was, and she wasn't sure if he would attack her on the spot or not, but she was not going to risk it! They managed to do a quick search into Mark's life once they saw his face on TV, and they found a weakness that they could exploit to get him to cooperate with them so he doesn't go out of control! It was the only way that they could think of to make him do what they wanted since superhumans are always unpredictable!
But Fiona realized that she should have been more careful with how she told him about them taking Arit. Fiona was not a frontline fighter, and she knew that she would not be able to withstand an attack from Mark since her blessing didn't work on him! She should have come here with Tyler!
Ring! Ring! Ring!
Fiona's comm began to ring, and Fiona grunted in annoyance as she pressed the button to answer.
"What is it? I'm not in the best position to talk since I'm a little busy right now. If you want to say something, then come here and tell me."
Fiona tried to make things even out by bringing some reinforcement, but the person on the other end of the call didn't come with any sort of good news.
[Madam Fiona, there is a problem. The girl is missing from the school!]
Fiona blinked in shock and glanced at Mark for a moment before she took another step back and asked them to explain what the fuck they meant by she was missing from the school!
Fiona only sent the men to retrieve Arit now, and she thought that she would already be in their custody since they knew exactly where Nature Academy was, but now they were saying that she wasn't there!? What kind of bullshit is that!? Arit is only a normal human, and the men that went to retrieve her were all E and F rank Superhumans! There is no way she can run away from people like that!
[We searched through the bunker and the entire school, and we couldn't find any traces of the girl. But there was something else. A fight broke out in one of the classrooms. There are scratch marks.. and blood.]
Fiona could feel her heart beating faster and faster! The thing that the man was saying was making it sound like Arit was dead! There is no way! They couldn't possibly have that much bad luck! Fiona glanced at Mark once more, and she watched her words and made sure not to say anything that would make him deduce what they were talking about! Fiona knew that Arit was the most important person to Mark, and she didn't want to risk angering Mark now since she knew that his power was almost on par with other S Ranks.
If an S rank goes on a rampage in anger, then there is nothing anyone can do to stop that S rank from destroying at least three cities! It would take another S rank to stop them, and that fight would also end badly for the regular humans since they are the ones that would be trampled on by the Superhumans! After all, when two elephants fight, only the grass beneath their feet feels it the most.
Fiona whispered into the phone.
"Find her. I don't care what method you use. I don't care how much time it takes. Find her now and take her into custody. If there is no body, then I am sure she is not dead, just find her!"
"Hey."
"!"
Fiona turned around sharply as she suddenly saw Mark standing right in front of her, and she had to crane her neck up to get a good look at his face! She had no idea that he was so tall! He had been standing far from her just a second ago, and she wasn't able to really measure their height difference, but now that they were standing chest to chest like this, she could tell that she was not even as tall as his shoulders!