After being satisfied seeing Lisa's past, Nic finally returned to his real world and lay weak… he kept thinking about the pitiful Lisa and the cunning Philix.
Nic used the skill God of Hacker and God of Tracker to trace the whereabouts of Philix's old friends to get more information from them.
After fiddling on the internet for a while, he finally found the addresses of all Philix's friends, including Vina.
"Zeta… Fusion Death Raven mode."
[ Active! ]
Nic immediately decided to use Death Raven mode again and now didn't care if people saw him. He wanted to head straight to where they all were.
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Nic easily found them one by one… first he met a guy friend of Philix, the one who was always ordered by Philix to be bait.
The guy was shocked when he wanted to relax in his backyard, but suddenly Death Raven was already there, sitting calmly and staring sharply at him.
The guy immediately tried to run, but Death Raven swiftly dashed toward him and silenced his mouth before he could scream.
"Quiet… I only want info from you, nothing more. If you cooperate, I won't hurt you," said Death Raven.
The guy nodded in fear and obeyed Death Raven's command.
"Tell me everything you know about Philix, and what he has been hiding until now," asked Death Raven.
Silence… the guy stayed quiet, unwilling to answer because the subject was Philix. He knew Philix's power was huge now, and he was afraid something would happen to him.
Death Raven grew irritated, "So you're more afraid of Philix than of me, huh? Fine then."
Nic activated God of Dictator and the effect immediately worked on the guy since he was weaker than Nic.
"Now… tell me everything you know."
With a blank expression as if under mind control, he told Nic everything he knew, and eventually Nic got an interesting fact.
Philix didn't store his data in files or anything digital since he knew it was prone to hackers. Instead, he stored documents and important data elsewhere and it turned out he kept them in a laundry place.
"Interesting… thanks for the info." After getting it, Death Raven went to the next target.
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Death Raven went to Vina's residence on the outskirts of Sportonia… she only lived in a small house, which confused Nic. Wasn't she Philix's secret lover? Why was her house like that? Did Philix not give money to his mistress?
Then Death Raven saw Vina coming out with an old man in a suit. Out of curiosity, Death Raven observed first.
After a while the old man left and Vina went back inside. Death Raven immediately knocked on the door.
Vina, who had just entered, was confused, "Eh? Why are you back agai- …."
She thought it was the man returning, but in front of her was Death Raven. "Hello, Miss Vina."
Knowing Vina's house was quiet, Nic pushed her inside and locked the door, making Vina panic, "WHO ARE YOU, HUH!? WHAT DO YOU WANT!?" She trembled in fear.
Death Raven stared sharply, then activated God of Dictator. Instantly Vina froze with a blank gaze.
"Who was that old man and what were you doing just now?" asked Death Raven.
Vina replied with an empty look, "He is the man who always gives me money."
Nic was confused and asked, wasn't it Philix? "No… he's just a dirty old man who keeps forcing himself on me."
Nic was puzzled by her meaning. He thought Philix and this woman were the same in nature… well, they were, but Philix was worse.
Nic finally ordered Vina to explain in detail why she wanted to be with Philix and became his secret lover until now and also why she was close to other men too.
Vina explained everything: that she was actually as cunning as Philix. She only wanted to use him for his power, and now that Philix was rich, it was easier for her to exploit him. But eventually Philix realized and threatened to terrorize her.
And in truth, Vina wasn't afraid she could threaten Philix back to Lisa about his slyness but since she was materialistic and didn't want trouble, she chose to stay silent.
Nic finally understood. He released control from God of Dictator and was about to leave, but suddenly Vina spoke again…
"Mister mysterious raven… if you really want to know things about Philix, I'll tell you a very cruel fact he did to his wife."
Nic stopped and turned, with his Death Raven form he glared at Vina, seriously wanting to know.
"Felix… is not Philix's wife's biological child. He is an adopted child, deliberately switched by Philix… and the real child of his wife… was deliberately aborted by Philix himself… that's all. For more info, you should look for the doctor who handled it, but I don't know where he is." Said Vina.
Boom… hearing that, Nic was immediately shocked… and furious. He went outside and punched a tree near Vina's house until it fell down.
Vina was utterly terrified… the figure before her was truly terrifying, "Monster…"
Nic quickly left for Philix's place.
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Death Raven headed straight to Philix's building and stood in front of it, drawing the attention of the workers there.
"Oh my God, look!! That's Death Raven! What is he doing here!?"
Death Raven immediately approached one of the workers, choked him, and ordered him to call Philix to face him.
Frightened, the worker quickly called Philix in a panic, and after a while, Philix appeared with a blank face, showing clear hatred toward Death Raven, surrounded by bodyguards.
"What the hell do you want with me, bastard?"
Then Death Raven spoke: "Bar, Vina, Lies, Cunning."
Hearing those words, Philix realized everything Death Raven mentioned was what he had been doing all this time, and the name Vina was the mistress he currently had.
Inside Philix's mind, "Damn it… how does he know all this… what does he want?"
Death Raven said with an intimidating tone, "If you don't want to lose everything… meet me at midnight, alone. If there's even one person with you, I will kill you right away."
Death Raven immediately left, not caring if others overheard besides Philix.
Frustrated, Philix went back inside and quickly contacted his old school friends, calling them directly in a group to make them all appear.
"Hey bastards! Which one of you leaked about me to that mysterious Death Raven, huh!? ANSWER!!"
They got mad because of the sudden accusation, especially since they hadn't been in contact for a long time.
"What do you mean, Philix? Damn it, suddenly accusing us like that! Go find out yourself!"
"That's right, why the hell would we tell anyone about you, you useless bastard."
They all answered that it wasn't them, but in fact, one of them was lying the one Death Raven had met. That made Philix even more confused, and like it or not, he had to obey and come to Death Raven later that night… but if he went alone, he was terrified. Yet if he brought people, he was also scared Death Raven would really kill him.
"DAMN YOU, RAVEN MAN!! AGHHH, BASTARD!!"
Philix could only rage nonstop, yelling while wrecking his stuff.
Then Philix called Vina, "Hey bitch… tell me the truth… YOU'RE THE ONE WHO TOLD THAT DEATH RAVEN ABOUT ME, AREN'T YOU!?"
But Vina only replied, "fuck you," and immediately hung up.
Philix grew even more frustrated and furious at Vina, "You damn bitch… I'll destroy you along with that damn raven!!!"
To be continued…