[BREAKING NEWS!]

["Bourdillon Hotel survives a gang attack with 0 casualties!"]

["Earlier this evening, a gang of thugs managed to briefly evade the Omnicore Eye’s surveillance and launched an armed robbery against a customer of the popular hotel in Egghead District."]

["Despite the fact that the thugs were prepared, even as far as knowing the room number of their target and coming prepared to take on the hotel’s security, their efforts were thwarted by the heroics of a single guard named Raye."]

["Despite the fact that the thugs were heavily armed and were shooting, Mr. Raye who has been identified as an F Rank Ascended valiantly braved the gunfire to engage the thugs, singlehandedly killing 4 of them in the process!"]

["Due to his heroics, the gang attack failed and the hotel security suffered 0 casualties despite how fatal it initially looked. Of the 11 thugs who came for the attack, 8 died on the spot right there in the hotel, while the police took care of the other 3 after a valiant pursuit."]

["The details of the police efforts are not clear, but it’s been disclosed that only 1 member of the gang managed to escape and the suitcase of money was retrieved. As we speak, the police force is still looking for the last gang member."]

["On the bright side of things, what should have been a big blow for the hotel’s reputation ended up becoming a reputation boost for them."]

["Despite such a violent gang attack, not only did they manage to survive it unscathed with 0 casualties, even the suitcase of money which attracted the thugs was recovered successfully."]

["The merchant who caused the attack, Mr. Sapphire has agreed to compensate the hotel for all their losses and to also reward the valiant Mr. Raye with a sum of 50,000 Neo Credits."]

["Below is the official interview with Mr. Raye..."]

...

BZZZT!

The camera footage panned to the hero of the night, Mr. Raye, the man who singlehandedly saved Bourdillon Hotel from a possibly reputation-damaging incident while taking 2 bullets for his troubles.

The footage showed him shirtless as he took treatment from Doctors who already removed the 2 bullets from his body.

Unlike the real Daren, with the CH Mask, Mr. Raye had wine-colored hair with thick black beards.

A Synth reporter stood before him with a microphone.

"Good evening Mr. Raye, according to information from the hotel, you were employed just yesterday and they didn’t even know that you were an Ascended. Why did you hide your Ascended status and what made you put your life on the line to fight for the hotel so valiantly?"

"Isn’t that the role of a guard?" Mr. Raye shrugged and smiled.

"There’s nothing deep about it. I’m being paid to work as a guard to protect the customers of Bourdillon Hotel, this is why I reacted when I realized what was happening".

"I couldn’t even think in that moment, I reacted instinctively. All I knew was that a crime was happening and I couldn’t let it".

"Thankfully, I survived". He scratched the back of his head and laughed in a cheeky manner.

"Thankfully, you did". The female Synth reporter nodded.

"You didn’t answer my first question," she reminded. "Why did you hide your Ascended status from your employers?"

Mr. Raye shrugged again. "I didn’t think it would matter. From what I know, so long I’m not the head of security, both Ascended and non-Ascended are paid the same right?"

"That’s why I didn’t see the need to reveal that I’m an Ascended".

The female Synth reporter nodded again, then she asked. "What of the last thug who’s still missing and at large? What do you have to say about him?"

The moment the question was asked, Daren’s face hardened as he looked straight at the camera. "If you’re watching this, the only thing I can say to you is run. You can run and hide, but you can’t hide forever".

"One day, the police will catch you and you’ll be brought to justice!" He said passionately. "This, I promise you".

After that, he answered a few more questions before the Bourdillon Hotel executives dragged their new celebrity guard away.

Daren was not yet in the clear though.

After making sure that he was stable and didn’t have any lingering effects from the gunshot wounds, that same night, Daren was told by the head of security that he was going to meet the CEO of Bourdillon Hotel.

’Finally!’ Daren almost danced in celebration.

If after all this effort and he still failed to get access to the core business being done here, it would have affected the team’s core operation immensely.

But thankfully, everything worked out.

The moment he got the news, Daren did well to show an appropriate amount of surprise, shock, and excitement, then he said.

"I need a moment. Ah, I think I need to use the toilet!"

Daren went to the toilet where he retrieved the two Mosquito i7 3060 that were hidden in the guest toilet since.

With them, he was finally led underground to the true enterprise called Bourdillon Entertainment.

Walking through the large underground enterprise, Daren reacted like this was his first time knowing about this as he ohhed and ahhed in appropriate fashion, then he was finally led into the room where he met the CEO of Bourdillon Hotel, Mr. Hwang Luo. The man was a Synth.

That night, Daren got his identity card checked again to confirm his background, and the I.D card provided by Lt. Colonel Umar Farouq passed all the tests with flying colors.

That night, Daren finally got introduced to the true Bourdillon Entertainment where Earl Joe was due to meet his mistress in a few days.

That night, he was introduced to the core of the entertainment company and was employed officially by the CEO as a Senior Guard, increasing his salary by 8 times just to entice him to do the job properly.

Daren literally kowtowed before the CEO to show his gratitude after seeing his new salary figure, he played his part to perfection.

...

At the same time that night, within a local hotel room where Leon stayed, he received a notification from his A.I.

DING!

["Connection to Underground Bourdillon Entertainment active and stable!"]

’Mission success!’ Leon thought and sat up immediately.

His surveillance of Bourdillon Entertainment started alongside his still ongoing surveillance of Earl Joe’s mansion.

That same night, Leon finally opened the file titled- [The Earl].