He couldn't control someone's body without a spirit as a medium, so this shell was useless.
After all, the Devouring Spirit of Nightmare wasn't really focused on "control", but on invading and devouring.
Ringo simply left, he felt full, he could feel Joseph's soul still being digested within him.
He didn't feel bad about it. Joseph was a truly patriotic man, willing to kill millions for his country, including women and children. He himself ordered and participated in a series of "exterminations", none for pleasure, but the deaths at his hands didn't become any less.
So, Ringo wouldn't let him go because he was loyal.
Leaving his body, Ringo returned to human form, opened his mouth, and began using destroy on his brain. The target bled from his ear, and Ringo stopped when his brain turned to jelly.
This could point to his "sound" Esper ability killing him.
Satisfied, he took out his cell phone and sent a mission complete message, then returned to his spirit state and began sinking into the ground, toward where the radioactive material was.
Ringo soon arrived. The room was sealed, probably no experiments were being performed. The water was calm, but down below, it was still possible to see the material glowing faintly.
He first stored his clothes and belongings in an empty room, then sank naked into what he assumed was a reactor.
He walked to a series of light blue tubes at the bottom. He knew from Joseph that there was no monitoring here, so he simply appeared in his naked human form. His red eyes turned purple with blue light. He approached, entering the hybrid state. He became incorporeal as he entered the reactor's primary circuit.
At that moment, his health began to drop rapidly, using evolutionary energy to help him heal and evolve.
It was a tug-of-war, he didn't even dare to exit his hybrid form, which has 50% energy resistance.
He stayed there for the next two hours, only leaving when he felt his energy was reaching a dangerous level.
He emerged from the internal circuit without any radiation leaking.
First, his energy body wouldn't accept this "foreign" energy, second, his evolution had removed any remaining energy, so he wasn't worried about being a walking cancer generator.
Floating in his spirit form in the room where he'd left his things, he put them on, returned to energy form, and left.
He didn't really understand how he could transform his clothes and belongings into spirit energy and reassemble them perfectly, but he wasn't asking.
By this point, the base was in turmoil, it seemed they'd discovered the "incident." Ringo wasn't worried and left quickly. Joseph's reward wasn't for his capture, but for his death. So, once the target was confirmed dead, he would receive the full reward.
He soon left the base and flew away. It was currently daylight, but his form seemed a bit too flashy, so he transformed into a large black eagle.
Flying away carrying his backpack, he felt it was a productive task. He also knew where to find Emerald Grass and Black Spider now. Should he go after them?
It was a good question.
But for now, he just wanted a large pizza, churros and sushi.
Yes, he'd mixed cuisine from three different places, but hey, who cares?(NT: Maybe a traditional Italian, hehe.)
He flew for several hours. It was already night when he arrived. He first picked up Jack and Will from Antonio, who were thankfully fine. Then, he returned to the hotel and ordered a large amount of food, including a large smoked ham for the two gluttons, who were increasingly fond of cooked food.
While eating, he checked his bill and noticed the addition of the bounty and the oil profits. He didn't care. He saw the order confirmation. It was a simple message, nothing major. He thought someone would talk to him about it, so he just shrugged.
But after eating and going to sleep, he received a call again in the morning.
-Sir, I'd like to inform you that there's a twenty million bounty on your head. - The woman said carefully.
Ringo didn't care. He'd expected it. I mean, he'd killed a general inside a heavily guarded secret military base, unseen and unheard.
It was to be expected.
But Ringo raised an eyebrow too. He commented. - I remember I wasn't seen or heard. How did Hesla know about that?
The operator was silent for a while, unsure how to respond.
Ringo narrowed his eyes and said. - I see. - Then he hung up.
He sighed as he lifted Will off him and stretched.
The Dark Net doesn't have just one head, moreover, there are connections everywhere. If someone wants to sell their information, it's very difficult to track who it was. Even if they are, nothing will be done about it.
The fact is, even if he did complete some assassinations, they were all carried out through the blood pact society, so only the Dark Net had complete information about him.
Of course, he doesn't rule out the possibility of a leak through other channels, but it was unlikely.
Ringo laughed lightly. He didn't even want revenge. He'd expected it, so it didn't really anger him. But he wouldn't forgive him. If Han Xiao could see it, he'd see that his relationship with the Dark Net had dropped a few notches.
Shrugging, he began to feel his body. He'd been tired the night before, but now he could feel his genes, which had been severely damaged before, were back in good shape. Not only that, but his cellular energy had increased slightly.
This pleased him greatly, as he planned to return to that base a few more times to help with his progress.
He ordered room service while he showered. When it arrived, he picked it up from the waiter. He had ordered a pastrami sandwich. He took a bite, and the next moment, he stopped Will and Jack from eating anything.
Looking at the sandwich, he sighed, picked up the phone, and called. It was Borges's number, the one he'd spoken to last time.
-Death Scream? What can I do for you? - The man sounded busy and a little impatient.
-Do you want to die? - Ringo asked calmly.
-...what? - The man asked, confused, his tone sounding somewhere between shock and confusion.
-I was eating my sandwich I ordered from room service inside the Victoria Hotel, but guess what I felt inside? - Ringo's voice was monotonous, low, but that made his anger even clearer.
Borges didn't comment, the gears in his brain turning. - What do you mean? Why would someone try to kill you in...
-See the latest news. You have an hour to give me an explanation, after that, I'll start killing everyone. - Ringo commented lightly before hanging up.
Ringo tossed the sandwich aside and stopped the pair from eating. They whimpered as they looked at the delicious piece of food, but they heard Ringo and didn't approach the food.
The poison in the food wouldn't kill him, with his ability, he could even use temporary evolution to quickly digest the poison in the food, but he lost his hunger, his anger giving way to it.
Half an hour later, it wasn't Borges who called, but someone else. - Are you Death Scream?
The somewhat elderly voice rang out, neither indifferent nor frightened, but calm, like talking to a acquaintance.
-What's your explanation? - Ringo was direct, he didn't like to beat around the bush.
-...this involves a factional struggle within the Dark Net. This was done by the other side. We can compensate them, but we're currently in a complicated internal situation. - The man sighed.
-Yeah? I don't care, this has nothing to do with me. I just want compensation. Besides, I want to know who did this. Other than that, I don't care. - Ringo continued.
The man was silent for a moment before saying. - We will compensate you with 20 million for the... incident. The information will be sent to you.
-Okay. - Ringo commented calmly.
Hanging up, he changed his clothes, grabbed Jack and Will, and left the hotel. There were many eyes on him, but he didn't care. He chose a restaurant at random and entered with Will and Jack.
The waiter approached and said, swallowing hard, seeing the pair's fierce gaze. -Sir, we don't allow animals.
Ringo took out 10,000 and placed it on the table. -Now, you allow it. That's the tip. Now, bring me a dozen hot dogs and a large soda. Also, grill some meat for my... dogs, don't add any seasoning.
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