Truth Beyond the Veil Chapter 17: Chapter 16: This thing is not normal

Read chapter 17 of Truth Beyond the Veil by DarkCosmos on NovelPedia.

Summer, 5:44; Location: Theo’s villa; “Careful,” Victor said, lifting a thick plate to defend himself. “Will you stop doing that?” Theo carefully set down the trembling tweezers. “I’m really getting nervous!” “Get off! Let me do it,” Victor said, taking the tweezers from the table. He carefully picked up a capsule containing a purplish-amber-colored liquid. With deep focus, he brought it close to an empty cartridge case and was about to insert it when he heard Theo’s voice again. “Careful…” “What the hell?” Victor looked up. Theo was now standing several feet away, covered by a translucent circular barrier. “Hehe,” Theo gave a nervous laugh. “Okay, okay, continue.” “Tsk…” Victor ignored him and refocused on the capsule. He looked at it nervously, his hands tightening on the tweezers, trying to control his strength to avoid rupturing the capsule. Clack! “Shit!” Victor flinched as the sudden sound made the capsule slip from his grasp. "Fuck!" Theo muttered, immediately erecting barriers all around the room. He and Victor immediately ducked and curled their bodies, bracing for the impact. "Huh… what are you guys doing?" Leo asked, looking at his friends with a weird expression. He looked around the room, wondering what kind of prank they were trying to pull now. “Huh...” Theo looked at Leo, and confusion flashed in his eyes. He nudged Victor and slowly stood up. “What was that?” Leo asked, walking up to the table. He looked at the empty surface, then at the serious expressions on Victor’s and Theo’s faces. He looked at Victor, waiting for an answer. "Hmm..." Victor, who had been bracing for an impact that never came, slowly stood up. He stared at the empty table, a look of realization dawning on his face. “What happened?” Leo asked again, his tone more insistent. “Why are you guys acting like that?” “I think you’ve already guessed it, haven’t you?” Theo said, looking at Victor’s face. “Good job, Noir!” Victor said out loud. “Mew, meow!” Noir’s voice spread across the silent room, but no one knew where it came from. “This really creeps the hell out of me,” Leo muttered softly, afraid she would hear him. “So… what were you guys doing?” “We were making bullets,” Theo said, pointing toward the rack. Leo looked over and saw a box of neatly stacked casings. He looked at a different box, and this time, it contained only bullets. "Hmm... these aren't completed," Leo said, his voice laced with confusion as he checked a few other boxes, only to find more casings and bullets. "Check the last one," Victor said, pointing to a box on the left rack. "That's the only one we finished." "Hmm, so few? One… five… hmm… There are only enough for three magazines…" Leo frowned. "Do we even have guns?" "They're getting ready. We don't have the materials for the propellant," Theo said, shaking his head. "Will these be enough then?" Leo asked with a hint of concern in his voice. "Strictly speaking, we're not going hunting," Theo said, sitting down in a chair. "We're just going to check out what's going on and come back." "Besides," Victor added, leaning against the table, "we're not exactly normal humans anymore." "Ah, right," Leo said, nodding. "But I still don't get why making bullets would be so risky." "Well, that was no normal bullet," Victor said with a proud grin. "You could call it a 'super bullet.'" “‘Super Bullet’… what a lame name. ” Leo laughed, but the smile immediately fell from his face as a thought crossed his mind. "Don't tell me you two made it." "You guessed it!" Theo said, a sinister chuckle escaping his lips that made both Victor and Leo's skin crawl. "It was a special formula. If our calculations are right, it'll be 800% more powerful than a normal pistol round." "What the hell?" Leo said, his eyes wide as he looked at Theo, then at Victor for confirmation. Victor just nodded, a knowing smirk on his face. “How was your meditation?” Victor asked, changing the topic. “Any results?” “Nothing much,” Leo said with a shrug. “It was relaxing