I Kill to Get All SSS Abilities: From Outcast to Awakened-Chapter 88: Party Time!

"Now let’s welcome back our participants. And a round of applause to our winner, Team Riley!" The host said enthusiastically.

Spectators in the studio clapped and gave cheers when Lukas and his teammates walked up the stage.

The host proceeded to introduce the other awakened teams next.

An awkward pause ensued when Zak and his teammates were introduced.

"Er... Zak might have been under the weather but look at him. He has given his best, losing with such a close race."

The host tried to make it better for Zak, but it didn’t help.

The spectators and audience watching the live stream weren’t taken in by those words.

It was not even a close race.

Lukas had even killed off a Mid Tiered demonic beast without much effort.

Zak lowered his head, which was in bandages, and walked onto the stage, ignoring the silence that he was receiving.

It was like a death sentence for him.

All his endorsements and gravy train were going to be ended.

"Congratulations to the winning team again. And here are the prizes you’ve won."

The host then handed Lukas and the team a huge cheque with the amount $200,000 written on it.

"Oh, not to forget, you’ll be able to attend the most important event in the city soon. That is none other than our favorite tycoon, Peter Lim’s birthday."

Lukas was glad that things were moving along.

They were one step closer to the investigation of Dr. Uwe’s whereabouts.

"Thank you everyone for tuning in. See you next week at the same time." The host said and the screen transitioned to a commercial with Zak promoting an oven.

The cameras stopped filming, and the spectators were ushered out of the studio.

The host then briefed Lukas and the team where and when to go for the birthday party.

He also handed them an invitation card each.

When the host was done, Helen came running towards Lukas with a huge smile.

"Lukas, wait. I’ve got a proposal for you. A chance to stardom." She waved at him and said.

Plop.

Suddenly, she fell and tumbled across the ground.

"Argh, my ankle." She cried out in pain and held onto her now swollen ankle.

Her assistant quickly came over and helped her up.

Lukas glanced over at Riley and said, "I think it’s time to go. We got what we wanted."

Riley nodded and they left the studio.

Helen yelled and tried to stop them.

She desperately needed Lukas to take over the place of Zak.

But her heart sank as she saw them getting further away.

She could already hear her boss screaming at her for messing it up.

"Quick, go and stop him!" She yelled at her assistant and her assistant ran after Lukas.

But when her assistant got near, Lukas turned his head and stared at her assistant.

Chills went down the spine of the assistant and the assistant stopped in her tracks.

This was someone who had easily killed off a Mid Tiered demonic beast.

"What are you doing!" Helen shouted but her assistant didn’t dare make any move.

She tried to stand up, but the pain made her cry out in tears, and she could only wail as she saw them disappearing into the distance. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

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Center Battle Administration Area.

The Leader’s residence.

A man sat in a soft red sofa with a wine glass in his hand.

He sniffed the aroma from the wine in the glass and then swirled the wine inside.

The leader looked young, like someone in his twenties.

His short hair was cropped like a student’s, but his stern look and eyes that stared like an eagle made him exude an aura of someone in authority.

He picked up a photo that looked like it would crumble into pieces at any moment.

Inside the photo was a group of young men and women.

One of them looked like the leader, giving out a huge smile.

There wasn’t an air of authority on him yet.

At the furthest end of the group was a familiar face.

It was Athena.

She was young in the photo, and she too had a smile on her.

The leader took a sip of the wine and gave out a long sigh.

"Athena, still fiery and never giving up without a fight as always."

He shook his head, and he put down the photo.

Memories came flooding into his mind, how they were innocent young folks until the incident happened.

And after that, they were no longer the same.

He gritted his teeth as anger rose within him, and he stood up.

Shadow Lotus had destroyed his plan of making a final push, making use of the other four pillars, to kill the Abyssal Level demonic beast.

The Abyssal Level demonic beast, which was a level higher than a Apex Level demonic beast, was the root cause for all the demonic beasts lurking in the country.

The leader picked up the phone and made a call.

After a ring, the chairman of the council picked up the call.

"Change of plan.

"We need someone to harvest the blood and core of an Apex demonic beast.

"It would be crucial for the research of the demonic beast genotoxin."

The head of the council hesitated for a moment and replied, "I... will get to it as soon as possible."

The Leader ended the call and sipped a mouthful of the wine.

It was time for him to do some cleanup of these corrupted officials.

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Next day.

Lukas and the team made their way to the venue of the birthday party, Peter Lim’s lavish mansion on the hilltop.

"Lukas and Harianto will search for Dr. Uwe on the east side of the mansion.

"Emma, stay in the main dining hall and alert us if there are any changes.

"Rex and I will search for Dr. Uwe on the west side of the mansion.

"Keep in contact with these."

Riley briefed his plan and handed out small earbuds to the others.

They put the earbuds on, and they could speak and hear each other.

With everything in place, they alighted from the car they’d rented and walked over to the gate of the mansion.

Everything went smoothly with their invitation cards.

Once they got in, they saw how big the place was.

The garden out in the front was as big as two football fields.

Music was playing loudly with many tents providing entertainment for the guests.

Kids and even adults played games common in a circus fair and were enjoying themselves.

Lukas pretended to be in awe and glanced around at the surroundings.

He tried to memorize the whole area as much as possible.

Finally, they got to the main building and when they entered the main hall, all the guests stopped and glanced over at them.