Chapter 116: Ch 116: Lynn’s invitation- Part 5
[New skill – Possession has been unlocked. Can only be used while using Undercover. User can now rge their consciousness with the target for 5 minutes.]
A new... skill? At such a ti? What a coincidence. I guess sothing good ca out of this disaster at least.
I tried to be positive, but I failed as I took in a deep breath. Or, I tried to at least. But my current body did not comply with myself.
Sothing felt weird about myself, so I looked down to check myself out. But my hands looked far too delicate, and my view of the ground looked a little different.
As soon as I looked up, my eyes fell on the figure in the mirror, and I gasped as I saw that I was no longer my oga self, but a petite beta lady.
The face looking back at
was Rose’s with a pair of wide eyes and a tired expression on her face. She looked worried, and now I had beco her.
I would have panicked had the system not told
that this was a skill. Besides that, the world still had a retro filter, aning I was still using my skill.
My body moved on its own, and I could feel myself speak. I needed to pay attention to what was happening.
"-to do sothing. I cannot allow my hard work to go down the drain because of Ace and the dia. Why is everyone ganging up on
like this? They all agreed that it was a good idea to replace Ace with a fake as well."
The female... well, I complained as I ran through the corridor to get to the eting room. But my feet felt like they were being dragged by sothing.
My shoulders collided with soone, and the person gave
a look of disdain.
"Tsk, watch where you are going. Can’t you sll how bad of a mood I am in—? Of course, you cannot. After all, you are just a beta."
The other executive told , and I felt Rose’s anger bubbling under the surface. But the female had more control than that, and she did not lash out.
I felt my fists digging into the soft flesh of my palm as Rose controlled herself.
"I am... sorry about that. I promise I will pay attention in the future and make sure not to bump into soone else."
My mouth moved to form those words, but the look I got back made
want to tell Rose to stop speaking.
None of these people were worth her getting upset over, but she still seed to take the words and actions of those around her hard.
"Tsk, just make sure you repent for your actions. Because of you, we have gotten in this ssy situation. If you want to keep your status as an executive, you better hurry up and bring back so results."
The alpha male told Rose before he left her all alone. Rose sighed as she hurried to the eting, but inside her head, she was a ss.
And now I, who shared her body, could feel all she felt at that mont as well.
’I knew that the situation and discrimination against betas was bad, but I never knew it was this bad. They are treating Rose’s failure as if it is all her fault when all of them are at fault here.’
For the first ti, I felt bad for Rose. But not bad enough to take her side. She was still an enemy that tried to have
impersonated.
My body stepped into the eting room, and I felt eyes imdiately turning toward
in anger and surprise.
The chairman was an old face I recognized, and I internally flinched as I looked at him. It seed he still had that effect on .
"Ah, Miss Rose, please take a seat. We were just... discussing what to do with you, and we have decided to let you go. For all your hard work, we won’t press charges against you for the harm you have done to our reputation. Now, please leave."
The chairman told Rose, and I felt Rose’s emotions boiling over. She was no longer able to control herself.
"Why only ? You should fire all those who are the issue here. Why am I the only one getting punished? What did I do?"
The female asked in a desperate voice, and the chairman just shook his head as he looked at her.
"I apologize, but that is not sothing I can answer. As for why you— you already know the answer to that, right? You are just reaping the seeds that you have sown. And now, it’s ti to pay the price for your actions."
The man told Rose, and she cursed under her breath. She was not happy, and for obvious reasons.
"You will pay for this. I no longer care what happens to this place or to you all. I am done with everything."
The female spoke with certainty before she pushed herself away from the room. Each step seed to be taking her longer than before, and soon, Rose collapsed.
"Tsk, I have given so much of my life for this place, only to be treated like this? I don’t care anymore—! This place is no longer worth anything to ."
She spoke in a soft voice before she took sothing out of her pocket.
I felt startled since I had not even realized there was sothing in the pocket to begin with. But that shiny and sleek marble in my hand felt nice to touch and familiar at the sa ti.
The weight grounded Rose, and she let out a forced chuckle as she looked at the shiny marble in her hand.
"I don’t know why I brought it out, and I don’t know why he gave it to . But I want to use it. Please, hear my voice and grant
my wish."
Rose spoke to the marble, and the next second, it exploded, taking the whole building with it. The last thing I saw was the marble letting out a familiar energy that made
shiver.
’T-That is dungeon energy. I need to trace it—’
[Possession has ended.]
[Undercover has ended.]
[User will be forced back into his consciousness for his own safety. Rest and recovery are recomnded for the user.]
Before I could find out more, the system threw
back into my body as I kept trying to reach out for that small marble.
It was as if the world was mocking , and I opened my eyes with a frustrated sigh.
"Darn it—! I was so close to knowing who was the actual mastermind behind all of this. Tsk, I might need to use my abilities again once I recover—"
As soon as I spoke, I felt sothing rushing toward .
The use of my abilities left
unable to keep up and dodge that attack. So I was beyond thankful when Lynn decided to block the attacking monster before it could reach .
"Ace, are you alright? You were just standing there when the dungeon opened, and then you collapsed. I was worried that sothing happened to you."
Lynn asked in a worried voice.
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