Chapter 167

Max's mirror image walked slowly toward Varek, holding a pistol in one hand. The real Max remained in the mirror world, barely controlling both bodies.

Varek, his body broken and bleeding, glared at the approaching figure. His blood-red eyes burned with rage, but there was something else there now, pain, regret, and a flicker of doubt.

.....

Inside the mirror world, Max sat cross-legged, his super phone glowing faintly in his hand.

"AI, identify this man and his daughter," Max said, his voice low.

The screen flickered, displaying images of Varek and a young woman with similar features. Max's eyes widened as he read the details.

"So, I didn't kill her," Max muttered, his tone a mix of confusion and frustration. "The hotel did. And this idiot blames me?"

In the real world, Max's mirror image paused, its expression cold and calculating.

"You're an idiot, even I thought I was guilty for a moment, but I am actually innocent. " the image said, its voice dripping with sarcasm. "I didn't kill your daughter. At least, not personally."

Varek's eyes narrowed, but he didn't respond.

The mirror image continued, walking slowly as it spoke. "I do recognize your features, though. Your daughter tried to break into my hotel room once. I jumped out the window and let the hotel handle it. They killed her, not me."

Varek's hands clenched, his claws digging into the ground.

"But you know what?" the image said, stopping a few steps away. "It doesn't matter. The one who really killed her was you. If you'd been a better father, taught her right from wrong, she wouldn't have been breaking into people's rooms with bad intentions. I'm just a consequence of your failures, no wait I have nothing to do with this, the ugle dog who ate he is."

Varek's expression shifted, the rage in his eyes giving way to something deeper, pain, regret, and the crushing weight of guilt, he could tell that there was some truth in Max's words.

" You can die knowing that you failed yourself! Your daughter, and most probably many more!". said Max as he raised the pistol, but suddenly Varek pulled out a small black object from his ring and threw it to the ground.

The grenade exploded, not with fire or shrapnel, but with a dark, shimmering barrier that surrounded Max's image. The air crackled with energy as the barrier solidified, blocking space and teleportation.

Max's image paused, tilting its head as it examined the barrier. It reached out, its hand passing through the black wall effortlessly.

"Huh,"after a quick check with his super phone Max smirked. "Looks like this only works on people. Too bad for you." mocked the image.

Varek's eyes widened in horror as Max's image stepped through the barrier, unharmed.

"You really thought that would work?" the image said, its voice cold. "Pathetic. But jokes aside that's actually an A-rank grenade! pretty impressive!... can you hook me up with the seller. "

Before Varek could react, the mirror image fired, the bullets tearing through his mouth and silencing him forever.

Max's mirror image stood over Varek's lifeless body, its expression unreadable.

" Now that was a huge unnecessary waste of brain cells... ."

Looking at the black sphere that disappeared not long after Max felt it was a huge waste.

that's a grenade that will block the target from escaping and vaporize every organic creature within the sphere within three seconds.

Max took the space ring and walked out of the radiation zone, and checked what the ring contain just for his face to darken immediately.

"nothing!".. other than the compass from earlier there were absolutely nothing, apparently this guy came prepared to die.

The image took the compass and threw the ring away since it was Radioactive.

.....

Sigh!...

With a sigh Max came out of the mirror world with Lucy and mok, as the mirror image collapsed.

First Max sent Lucy and mok back to the pet space.

' great job you two.'

Next he took the compass, and flew away from the scene, afraid any more nonsense would be attracted to him.

While flying he check the information of the compass.

[Lost Man's Compass :

Grade : A-rank.

Ability ' sea Scout' :

Can lock to a target of your choosing under the condition it has the slightest link to yourself.

The lock success chance is 1%. And the ability will enter cooldown whether it fails or succeed.

cooldown is one day and the lock duration is only 30min.

Max stopped flying petrified. "he found me.... With this. "

Finding someone in this world was already hard enough because of how big it is, forgot about the fact that Max wasn't the only one involved in the matter, and him constantly moving, and the low success chance of this item, and even if it succeeds it would only work for 30 minutes which isn't enough to cover much distance.

But after a moment Max recollected himself and kept flying ignoring the matter completely, but in his mind one idea was running. 'you piece of **** just wait for me to get stronger.'.

Max was feeling bitter, not only did get involved in this random nonsense, but his gains were almost nothing.

Still Max wasn't someone who'd give up easily..

."first let find a place to rest, AI locat the closest mountain." said Max as he felt the strong headache hitting his head accompanied by the pain and discomfort from his injuries that were healing.