One step at a time…..

Inside his research room, Thomson had finally decided that it was best to see what Solace had left behind, picking up the flash drive, he inserted it into his system, they were a series of files in the flash drive, and one had been saved as 'important file' opening the file he could only see one video and he played it.

"Thomson if you are by any chance watching this video it probably means that I am dead" Solace's voice resounded in the room "To be sincere, I have no idea who is behind all this I could only make speculations after I talked with Alicia, Claven's assistant, we worked hand in hand to find out, how to stop the game, she wanted to prove that Claven was innocent at all cost, to save the dignity and hard work he had put into making the game, although somewhere deep down I doubted this, I made no mention of it, so our partnership would last longer, she informed me of a certain man who had come to meet Claven saying something about the 'void' that we made, saying that he had a way to bring both him and Claven back to the top, as they both contributed the most in the research that the team led by Solace to create the void, that at least gave me a hint, it's one of us that's doing all these things, and yes Thomson I am talking about the group I led.

"But what was confusing me about everything, 'How did all their plans relate with a game?' I asked myself this question series of times and then decided to do a little digging I managed to find out that the game is an updated version of the game Peter made before he died and he coded a lot of information from our research and more into the game, so now I know that they are trying to find this information, which I most highly doubt will be of any help to them, it will only cause more trouble, please do not allow whoever is doing this to get their hands on that information, it was something both me and peter worked together to do and it didn't turn out as we both expected, so we decided it was best to toss away the idea, it's not something we can work with,

But then thinking about it a game like that should have a main sever, right?

But whoever made the game made sure to hide it well enough so no one would find it, but I don't think Claven knew of the bug that was planted into the system, so the person who had brought up the offer purposefully asked for the chip to be implanted into the ear, knowing exactly what would happen if the game was launched, am not too sure about this, it's only just mere speculation and instincts and I trust my instinct, I don't know about you, there's actually more to it but I couldn't figure out much.

In a way this is all my fault, my selfish intent to become the world best researcher led to this, because I know that whoever is doing this only wants to prove that he is better than me, he has a good intention, but is using the wrong approach to walk towards it, and even if I did find the person there is nothing I can do to convince him to stop, I can only watch from the side and do my best to help, I know you will be able to deal with this madness, and that's why I don't want you to be hot headed when making your decision, I want you to walk towards the truth one step at a time bearing in mind that the person you're about to face can be a friend or a foe, I recorded all my conversations with Alicia just in case, that's the little I could do to help, once again I hope both you and the others find a place in your hearts to forgive me, this was my only regret leaving this world and I can only ask that you relief me of the guilt of stealing the research of my precious students" After watching the video clip, Thomson was quite amazed that Solace had really put much efforts into finding out the truth, and now it was his turn to keep turning the wheels but the question was how?

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"What's the meaning of this, I have been avoiding the big guns for a reason who knows if they have their trump cards," Alex said

"Well you see they can become a potential problem for our set goal, and I don't want that to happen, so I'll have to start adding names of the top players" Jake replied calmly

"Just to be sure, how is this a problem, with our plan?" Alex asked

"The goal of the game is hard, but not impossible to achieve, you see if these guys are allowed to stay in the game, they become stronger and they will also influence those around them to do so too, and if it continues that way, they will eventually kill all the bosses and everyone comes back, now do you understand," he said blatantly

"That means it's an advantage for me too, I'll be able to leave the game without having to shed more blood for your useless purpose," Alex said with a grin, hearing what he said Jake's expression turned sinister "Mind your word, I'll only overlook them this time because you're ignorant of the importance of the fulcrum tube, and besides have you forgotten that you have also become a boss in the game"

"Of course I know this and I also know how to reverse this" Alex revealed, shocking Jake who didn't expect such an outcome as he had only informed him on how to become one and not how to reverse, but then his lips curled into a smirk "But then don't forget about your sister, I stumbled upon a nice little girl in the streets looking for someone to help her poor brother who slumped and fell in the house and she didn't know what to do" hearing Jake mention his sister, made him boil in anger as he stood up and dashed towards him with a frightening speed but then the punch hit something but it wasn't what he expected, his hand stuck in the air hitting what can only be described as a force field blocking him from punching the smug off the idiots face "I created this space so we can interact a lot better without any distractions, there's no way I wouldn't put up measures like this, although I still don't have full control of the game framework sever I can still put up little things like this, now do you want to talk like a gentle man or would you prefer I do things my own way starting from that beautiful sister of yours?" Alex gritted his teeth in anger and frustration.