July 3rd, Year 714 A.G.

Around 12:30pm, the massacre finally ended.

The terrorists were all dead and yet Compton District felt the lingering echoes of the attack, a trauma that would stay for a long time.

Before he was called in for questioning, Leon walked away from the police to observe the aftermath.

It was a disaster.

WOM! WOM! WOM!

Siren sounds blared loudly as multiple ambulance drove into the scene of the massacre, carrying out injured civilians and rushing them to the hospital even as mortuary workers arrived at the scene, boxing the dead in dead body bags.

Those that died in the public air transports could not be identified due to the explosion, but more civilians died when the terrorists shot with their machine guns.

It was truly a massacre.

30 minutes earlier, if anybody told these people that they would be dead in less than 30 minutes, they would have never believed.

And yet here they were, lying cold and lifeless, claimed by an idiotic Holy War being fought by terrorists.

Leon walked and observed it all, taking it in.

Among the dead, he saw the elderly, he saw middle-aged civilians, he saw young and vibrant Geneforms in the prime of their youth, and he also saw children, some as little as 3 to 5 years old.

Now they all laid dead inside body bags.

The survivors cried, wailing, too traumatized to deal with what just happened even as the police officers helped the doctors and nurses to bring back calm.

Among the survivors being carried into an ambulance, Leon saw a little girl that looked just about 5 years old being carried in.

Her left leg from the knee down was gone, her whole body was marred with injuries and blood. Her face was already white from the blood loss yet she was conscious, her eyes wide in terror and trauma as the doctors carried her away.

Leon winced at the sight.

He took it all in.

'All this, for what?'

'For a goddamn Holy War? Fighting for humanity?'

Despite his fragmented memories, if this was truly Earth and he truly came from the past, Leon believed that worshipping his era and humanity was ridiculous, but going as far as killing and causing massacres due to it?

That was pure evil.

He clenched his fists tightly.

F*ck Parasite, f*ck the Zmer gang, Leon had never felt as much rage and hatred towards any entity since awakening in this world like he felt now.

In that moment, he made his decision.

His black eyes filled with ruptured blood vessels gleamed with murder in his mind. 'I will hunt you, every single one of you!'

'I won't stop, I'll never stop, not till every single one of you is wiped off the face of this planet!'

'I will kill the Demon of Ozempic!'

In that moment, the System lit up with new notifications but Leon was too enraged to immediately pay attention to them.

…

Around 3:05pm.

A popular news channel of Leviathan Quay broadcasted the trending news.

["The Massacre of Compton District!"]

["The Terrorists strike again after a failed attempt to attack a maglev train going to Leviathan Quay just yesterday, and today, they struck at the very heart of Leviathan Quay."]

["In a devastating terror attack at the heart of Compton District, the terrorists of the Extremist Movement attacked innocent civilians, resulting in a massacre that reportedly claimed 343 lives with hundreds more hospitalized."]

["It's clear now that the Extremist Movement is no longer a problem that can be postponed for the future, it is an immediate problem that has to be tackled now!"]

["The government must take action, the army must hunt these terrorists down and kill them. They have to answer for their crimes."]

["The curious question is… how did the terrorists get into the city?"]

["There is outrage in the city, citizens of Leviathan Quay are incensed and they are demanding justice and answers from the government."]

["The government must act!"]

…

Around an hour later, 4:00pm on the dot.

BZZZT!

Static sounds echoed, then a video came to life.

[LIVE VIDEO=]

On the live video, a white cloth was used to frame the background, creating a solemn ambience for the only person in the video.

On the video was a face that after today would begin to haunt a lot of Leviathan Quay citizens' sleep.

The Demon of Ozempic wore white priest robes with no mask.

He faced the camera with a calm look on his face, then he said. "Good evening citizens of Leviathan Quay".

"What happened this afternoon is just the beginning". He said with a calm look on his face that was eerily unnerving.

"We won't stop, we're just starting".

"The divine mandate admonishes us to return to the divine blueprint and yet you're too stubborn to embrace the truth and return to your roots".

"Just like the rest of the world, Leviathan Quay has sinned".

"This city has deviated from the original algorithm".

"This city was supposed to be a pure Geneform City but in recent years, it's become infected by heretics, Synths and even A.I Lifeforms who have no place in God's kingdom".

"It is our Holy Mission to cleanse this city".

"We'll cleanse the whole world but we'll start with Leviathan Quay to make it a sanctuary fit for God's divine presence".

"This is God's will". He declared solemnly. "Geneforms, you have 5 days to repent. Repent of your sinful ways, remove any additional element that takes you away from the divine blueprint, do anything to draw closer to the blueprint".

"After that, hunt the heretics. Kill the Synths and A.I Constructs in this city, they have no place in God's kingdom".

"After 5 days and you comply to God's divine mandate, then God's holy presence will finally grace this city once again".

"But if not," he paused, letting the gravity of the moment to sink in. "Then get ready to see worse from us". He declared in a solemn voice.

"What happened today is just the prelude".

His eyes gleamed with religious zeal. "We don't care about our lives, we fear no one, we only care about the divine blueprint".

"If you refuse to follow God's plan, your only fate is to be wiped off the face of the world, so choose wisely".

"In 5 days, Leviathan Quay will be reborn anew," he paused for emphasis. "Or it will burn".

He clenched his right hand into a fist and raised it high, then he chanted.

"Gud er større!"

"Gud er større!"

Click!

The live video came to an end.

…

Megabase 025.

Inside one of the tallest megastructures in all of Leviathan Quay, a massive floating tower, the massive military Megabase 025, in a large hall inside the dome-like structure marked 025, a high-ranking intelligence officer of the Gene Army went on a rant as he berated his subordinates.

"Bunch of pussies!"

"Absolute rubbish, total nonsense!" His face was red in rage. "What the actual f*ck am I paying you bums for?"

"It's better to fire you all, a bunch of bots is better than all of you!" His veins popped out in his neck like they would explode out.

"A holographic projection was broadcasted across the whole city, right here in our turf, and yet all of you tell me that no one can pinpoint its origin?" Asking the question again made him angrier as his forehead squirmed in rage.

"ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS!" He screamed.

This man had a name badge on the left side of his chest showing his name and military rank.

[Captain Holloway]

His military rank was higher than Lieutenant Johnmark by 1 rank.

He had thick brown hair, mustache, and beard that made him look more like a Gorilla and less like a man. He stood at a staggering 7 feet tall.

Despite being the leader of intelligence in Megabase 025, this man was an E Rank Gene Augur but he had multiple subordinates that were F Rank NetRunners.

At this moment, in a stern voice that showed his conviction to kill any subordinate that dared to go against his orders, he instructed.

"I want every single one of you to dig deep, find out the origin where that holographic projection and broadcast came from! Find the origin of that live video!"

"It's your job to hack, so hack and give me some f*cking results goddammit!"

"In 12 hours, I want a name, a target, an image!" His eyes gleamed ruthlessly. "If you can't even do this, then forget about your jobs by this time tomorrow!"

With that, he stormed out of the hall.

…

Leviathan Quay was in a state of unrest.

The city-wide broadcast that the terrorists cleverly sent across the city meant that no civilian was kept in the dark. Every single person in Leviathan Quay knew about the massacre of Compton District the moment it happened.

This triggered a wave of rage, fear, and panic throughout the city.

Within less than 2 hours after the terrorist attack happened, the panic snowballed into protests in some parts of the large city as the civilians demanded explanations from the government.

Despite the unrest in the city, there was a name that now began to trend on social media platforms.

[Thomas Riley]

The city-wide broadcast of the terrorists suddenly became the platform that launched the mysterious hero into infamy and cult-hero status in the city.

The broadcast only showed the moment when he jumped in mid-air into the projection frame and directly confronted the terrorists, but media platforms sensing the hit story hidden there, they employed NetRunners and dug deep.

The hackers found more within less than an hour.

Apparently, CCTV cameras installed in the 8-story hotel captured the brave hero rapidly climbing the walls of the hotel like a spider.

He damaged the hotel in the process but after what he did, nobody cared about the damage at that point.

Even if the hotel protested, the government would foot the bills.

Through the CCTV cameras, civilians across the city got to witness the new city cult-hero scale the hotel like a spider, jump in the sky like a bird, shoot at the terrorists, and then ride a f*cking sword like some superhero!

The video blew up instantly, garnering millions of views within just an hour on the psionic network even as other cities of the Geneforge Clans heard the name that was now the rave in Leviathan Quay, Thomas Riley.

Within a few dozen minutes of the video's upload, Picasso Lifestyle Club uploaded a post claiming that Thomas Riley was a participant of the Gene Combat Sports Tournament that fought in their octagon arena.

Instantly, the followership of the Club skyrocketed in millions.

Sometime later, another video was uploaded with Thomas Riley having a conversation with the Divisional Police Officer of Compton District, Sergeant Mahmoud.

The internet sensation faced the police officer and said coldly. "My name is Thomas Riley".

The video gained tens of millions of views and millions of likes.

Going band for band, Picasso Lifestyle Club also uploaded a video of a man that looked like Thomas Riley standing in front of a receptionist desk.

The receptionist asked. "Name?"

"Thomas Riley".

"Ring name?"

"Ring Man".

The internet exploded.

Thomas Riley's cold, taciturn and direct persona gained its own separate cult in the psionic network as they called him Leviathan Quay's black knight.

While the whole city raved about his persona even as protests continued in some parts of the city, around 4:40pm, Leon finally escaped military custody after giving a recount of exactly what happened when the terrorists attacked.

With Sergeant Mahmoud sticking his head out for him, the military waived off all the damages that he did during the process of fighting the terrorists.

And just like that, Leon developed a new relationship in Leviathan Quay, a relationship that connected him to Leviathan Quay's police force.

But he didn't rejoice, this was because he could feel the unrest in the city.

He could tell that this attack would have far more repercussions than the civilians in this city ever expected. This attack was a catalyst, a catalyst that'll turn Leviathan Quay extremely hot in the next few days.

And unlike before, this was no longer a game where Leon wanted no part of.

Now, he wanted to be at the lead, he wanted to be right in the heat of the action when the Gene Army takes action against the Extremist Faction.

'I won't stop till the Extremist Faction becomes history!'

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