As I took another sip of my coffee, I look at the collar in Carly's neck.
If only I had meet Sati before… the end of Leonard and the other 7 would have been much more… satisfying…
"Mr… Ivan?"
"Ah, yes, tell me"
"I still don't understand what we are doing here…"
"We… are going to enter you high school"
"Ah? Ah, I… I don't think that's a good idea…"
"Why not?"
"The security is pretty tight and only students can enter so…"
"What about guardians?"
"Guardians? Ah, but my designated guardian is already in the database of the school so…"
"Who is it?"
"My dad"
"Do you have a picture of him?"
"Here" Said Carly while taking a picture of him.
It was a middle-aged man, not to too old, he had a bit of grey hair and had brown eyes, just like Carly. He was tall and had a few wrinkles near his eyes.
'Perfect, almost the same size as me'
"Come with me" I said.
"Where are we going?"
"To my warehouse, thankfully, we are near the beach"
My warehouse was only 10 minutes away from heard in taxi. We took a taxi until it drove us to a nearby containers. Thankfully, the police didn't manage to find this place, as I never told them about it.
"Number 312… here" I murmured.
I open the container and let Carly come in, while I closed it after making sure no one was seeing us. I turned out the lights.
"What… what the hell is this?" Said Carly.
Wigs.
Suits.
Contact lenses.
Make-up.
Etc..
I walked towards a table like those who use in beauty salons.
"Put your phone there, so I can see it, also, if you have a video where he talks, put it on"
"What are you doing?" Asked Carly.
"Do you, have it?"
"Yes… here…" Said Carly while playing a video where his father was speaking with a woman, I assume its Carly's mother
"Good"
"Uhmm… what you do need that for…?"
"Just be quiet, I need to focus"
As I looked at the picture, I grabbed the blush and the masquerade to simulate the wrinkles.
The year after the trial of Leonardo, I submerged myself in the word of cosmetics, I knew that if I wanted to infiltrate in their houses, I couldn't do it with rough power only, I needed to camouflage myself, so I dedicated every single second I didn't spend sleeping to cosmetics… as well as training and hacking.
'The only problem is that this takes too long'
I looked at the hour, it was 8:00 o' clock in the morning.
'I will finish around 10:00… enough time…'
An hour passed, I looked myself at the mirror and then at the photo on the phone.
'Close enough'
"Carly"
"Yes?"
"Pass me, the wig, the black one at the end… number 182"
"Yes!"
As Carly came close, she couldn't help but take a long breath after seeing me.
"Dad?"
"What do you think? Close enough?"
"Close enough is not even near… I-I am sorry, I am stupid, so I was stunned, here is the wig"
"Not close enough, put it back and bring me number 173"
"Yes!"
"Too dark, put it back and bring me number 180"
"Yes!"
Like that we spend another hour until I finally managed to secure a wig and a suit that fits the image.
..................…..
[Guard's POV]
Alexander's high school had three guardians, each guarded with a teaser. They were tall and robust, of course they would, they were ex-sergeants who retired for a better salary. Like every day, they were firmly guarding the entrance.
"John"
"Yes?"
"It seems that someone is coming"
Walking out from a cab, a young girl with brown eyes and brown hair that was tied in two braids appeared. Behind her, a middle-aged old man, maybe on his early forties appeared behind her. He had a silly smile while they came close.
"Halt" I said.
"Yes?" Said the supposed student.
"Please, show us your id card"
The girl took out her phone and showed me an app, when I click it, I scanned the QR that was there. This app update itself every minute, it was a token that students used to identify themselves.
"Carly Thorson, welcome, as you might know, you are late and this will be reflected in your monthly report, we will inform your homeroom teacher that you are here"
"Yes… I understand…" Said Carly.
I could saw her trembling, it was obvious.
I have saw this Carly girl before, she was one of the… preys. Like in the militia… and life in general, there are hunters and prey, she was the latter, and at the bottom of the chain food…
'I mean, students have only one job and she is a prey… and comes late? No wonder everyone calls her stupid'
"You might come in, and this gentleman…"
"Is my father… my guardian"
"Hello sir, I a pleasure to meet ya! I am Carly's father, Reynold Thorson" Said the with a smile.
Haaaaa… I haven seeing that smile before.
Prey trying to hug a big leg…
'What a trash… well, I am not so different…'
"Please look at the camera"
The man smiled back at me and looked at the camera.
[VERIFICATION COMPLETE]
I took out a pass from a nearby box and hang it to the man.
"You might come in, please remember that guardians can enter school grounds without this pass, if you lose it… well, I am sure I don't have to tell you what will happen" I said, while lifting my gun.
"Okay, sir, thank you sir~!" Said the man.
When the man passed me, I shook his shoulder. Although I didn't have anything personal against the man
'Sorry man… orders from the lady… if anything, you will only trip…'
However, something unexpected happened…
"Ouch…" I couldn't help but say.
As the man passed me, I feel a pain on my shoulder.
'But how… is not possible… I am at least ten centimeters bigger than him!'
I turned around. And the man turned his head a bit, smiling.
How strange… why did that smile seemed so… twisted?
I feel a chill on my back.