Truth Beyond the Veil Chapter 11: Chapter 10: [Connection established…]

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Summer, 13:45; Location: Theo’s Villa. Cut… tak…tak… “Tsk, when will Leo come? It’s nearly 2, I am starving…”, Theo grumbled. “Keep stirring, it’s going to get burned,” Victor added some water to the pot. A moment later, he glanced up from his phone. “I just received a message. He said public transport is limited because it’s the weekend.” “Uh… yeah, there’s that too…” “Say, Victor, do you think that once the energy in the air gets more concentrated, will ‘gates’ open, like the ones in webtoons and animes?” “Nah, everything is not a webtoon… but I hope so, maybe animals will mutate to become—” Victor looked up at the ceiling, deep in thought. Suddenly, his nose twitched. “Oi, it’s burning.” “Shit…” Ping… “Hmm… I got a message… Leo is here, but he seems to have lost the way to the villa…” Theo laughed out loud. “I’m surprised someone with enhanced senses can get lost...” Victor was speechless. “Okay… the curry is ready. Let’s close the lid and let it simmer…” Theo said, closing the lid. “Hyah… Now all that’s left is the rice… well, Leo will cook that”, Victor groaned, stretching a little. “Hmm… it seems Leo finally came…” Theo glanced at his mobile. Click… tak… tak… “Yo! Guys”, Leo entered with the same cheerful expression as ever. “Well… at last you came…” “This place is damn messy… It's like a scattered forest… I saw some foxes, even jackals and whatnot… how the hell do you even live here?” Leo’s voice was filled with exasperation. Victor shot him a withering look. “You… I am speechless… you circled two villas before coming… just go and make the rice… let’s eat…” “Oh yeah, I am hungry too…” Leo mumbled. “I just have to cook the rice, right?” “Yes!” *** “So, how is it going? Victor, I heard you came on Thursday?” Leo asked as he put a glass on the table. “By the way, the chicken curry was good…” “Ah! Well, they did a mass bunk on theory classes, and I just felt three days didn’t matter.” Victor said, slouching on the couch. “Even after your work, there were a lot of configurations that needed to be done, so I just came.” “Hmm… Leo, let me ask you the same question I asked Victor earlier.” “Oh… ask away,” Leo replied as he looked at Theo curiously. “You know about the energy in the air, right? Now, when the energy concentration increases, what do you think will happen? Will ‘gates’ pop out or animals mutate into monsters?” Theo asked Leo with a mischievous expression on his face. “Uh…” Leo trailed off. “I don’t know what ‘gates’ thingy you are talking about, but animals mutating to become monsters can happen… our furball princess is a living example after all.” He looked at Noir, who was eating an apple peeled by Victor. As if noticing a gaze, Noir looked at Leo with a nasty look and shook her tail to provoke him. “Meow (wanna go?).” “Uh… I will be the bigger person this time and will forget this junior.” Leo said, retracting his eyes. Theo took an apple from the coffee table and passed one to Leo. “Last night, I was thinking deeply about our future, and I realised we need a lot of money; the current income we have is not enough, especially if there is an apocalypse in the future.” “If there is an apocalypse, what are we gonna do with money anyway?” Leo replied as he took a bite from the apple. “Why is this sour like lemon?” “We need money to prepare for the apocalypse… guys, look at the projector…” Leo suddenly thought of something and brought a projector. “Here we go again!” Both Leo and Victor looked at each other in exasperation. “I have made a plan for the apocalypse,” Theo declared. “We’ll buy most of the land in this area… it will be cheaper… then we are going to move our families here. We’ll divide this land into two zones: residential and industrial… In the industrial zone, we are going to build some facilities for ourselves, like farms, gyms, labs, and most importantly, a powerplant.” After explaining the plan, Theo looked at them with a proud expression. “Wow, that’s some great and obvious plans you have there…” Vic