(At the empty board room.)
GUWON
Where did the Directors go? Did they become too lazy to show up for work?
(He looks around.)
GUWON
Kate. Do you know where they are?
KAITLYN
No, I don't know. But the Corruptors who were here were once the Employees.
GUWON
I see. So I killed my own employees.
KAITLYN
…
GUWON
Well, it can't be helped since there was no way I could bring them back to normal. Unless they were Awakeners or Ascenders. But they were just ordinary Otherworlders who wanted to make a living. Rest in peace.
KAITLYN
Yeah.
(He takes out his phone.)
GUWON
Hello, Victoria. Where are you?
VICTORIA
That's my line! Where are you?!
GUWON
I'm in the boardroom on the topmost floor. But it's empty…
KAITLYN
Chief… I've found some clothes on the seats.
GUWON
Let me see.
(He notices the suits.)
GUWON
The Board room is empty but with empty suits that belong to the Directors. Any idea what happened here?
VICTORIA
Empty suits?
(She turns to Feeler, who has been chained up.)
VICTORIA
What did you do to the Directors, Feeler?
FEELER
Do I look like I'm going to te—
(Sophia freezes his hand.)
FEELER
Ack! So cold!
SOPHIA
Answer the question.
GUWON
Who are you torturing?
VICTORIA
We captured a Director named Feeler. I'm sure he'll tell you right away. Zoyia, hold those chains tight. Make sure he doesn't escape.
ZOYIA
Yes, Lady Victoria.
(She tightens the chains.)
FEELER
Ack! Do you know who I am fucking Ascender! I can easily sue you…
(Victoria kicks his groin.)
FEELER
Oof!
VICTORIA
After everything you've done, you're in no position to make such demands.
(She kicks his face.)
FEELER
Ack!
(Guwon hangs up.)
GUWON
Let's go, Kate. Show me where the office is.
KAITLYN
Sure.
(They head down using the lift.)
KAITLYN
Um… Chief. When I was being interviewed here. The Directors were all here.
GUWON
Really? Did you notice anything suspicious?
KAITLYN
It was after I got the job, Sir Brutus and Dir. Feeler came in with some shady people who were dressed in white robes and had a board meeting.
GUWON
And then…
KAITLYN
After the Board meeting, only Brutus and Feeler were the only ones who left the room with those men in white robes.
GUWON
White robes? [So, Brutus must have been dealing with the Voodoos cult.]
(The lift opens as Guwon and Kaitlyn enter the office where Sophia, Victoria, and Zoyia are. Feeler is being chained up.)
GUWON
It's been a while, Feeler.
VICTORIA
[Guwon came in with another girl. Did he have sex with her?]
SOPHIA
[Always with women, even though Legion is under a crisis. Tch!]
ZOYIA
[As expected of Master.]
FEELER
Guwon. What are you doing here? Should you be in a cryo stasis slumber? We told you that we'll have everything under control in your absence. [And why didn't Kaitlyn turn into a Corruptor? I thought the water bottles that the Voodoos cult provided would have the drug that turns ordinary people into Corruptors. Unless…]
GUWON
And you're doing a terrible job at it. Now, tell me where the Directors are.
FEELER
Do I look like I'm going to open…?
GUWON
I wasn't asking you. I was ordering you.
(He activates his Emperor's Eye on his left eye. The sigil flies over to Feeler's eyes and locks his nerve system.)
GUWON
Now, where are the Directors?
FEELER
Brutus and I brought in the Voodoos Cult to Legion. The Directors were against it, and we killed them off by dissolving their bodies to nothing.
GUWON
Who did it?
FEELER
Someone from the Voodoos Cult.
GUWON
I need a name.
FEELER
I don't know. She was wearing a mask.
KAITLYN
[So this is the power of the Emperor's Eye. The moment Guwon issued a command, Feeler obeyed without question. And started spilling information that I, an employee, had no idea about.]
GUWON
What deal did you and the Voodoos Cult make?
FEELER
The Voodoos Cult were planning on using Legion as their experimentation ground.
GUWON
What experiment?
FEELER
An experiment to artificially turn ordinary humans into Corruptors.
VICTORIA
What?!
SOPHIA
My god…
ZOYIA
…!
KAITLYN
Eek!
GUWON
Why would they use Legion as their experimentation ground?
FEELER
Legion was a base where ordinary Otherworlders who were not Ascenders were employed and earned a living. And it was sickening to us. So we made a deal with the Voodoos Cult to turn Legion into an experimentation ground for 3 billion Gold.
(Guwon gets pissed and punches Feeler in the face. Feeler falls to the ground. Then he conjures a blood spear and stabs Feeler in the leg and shoulder and deciphers his arm.)
FEELER
Ah!
GUWON
You have no right to toy with people's lives!
WOMAN'S VOICE
You have done well… Feeler. I have now seen the Chief of Legion, the one with the Emperor's Eye, the one nicknamed the Demonic Emperor, Kim Guwon.
(Feeler's body explodes.)
[To be continued]