Genetic Ascension novel Chapter 276

Chapter 276: Extremes

"Yes, yes. Legacy has been around for thousands of years, at least that's what I've cobbled together. It has to have been at least that long considering the kind of foundation they have. But they don't have any solid documents about that sort of time, so I'm just spitballing honestly."

Alex didn't seem to have any intention of holding anything back, but the more he was like this, the more cautious Sylas was.

If he wasn't lying, then the file he had shown Sylas should have been a top-secret matter. How could just anyone access Sylas' file like that? And why was Alex being so bold with the information he was handing out?

Legacy didn't seem like such a flimsy organization. Sylas had had a handler follow him around for more than a decade and he wasn't even aware of it. Such an organization wouldn't have such obvious, leaking holes.

Alex wasn't the first Legacy member that Sylas had interrogated, but he was the only one with so much information. Something about that was fishy.

However, Sylas didn't choose to press on it. Instead, he wanted to see just how far Alex was willing to go.

Sylas didn't believe that anyone could lie so perfectly. One way or another, they'd either make a mistake or let something real slip. The only way to assess if Alex was truly telling the truth or not was to ask him so many questions that he either stumbled over his words, or it was obvious that he was actually telling the truth.

"You didn't answer my first question," Sylas suddenly said. "You and Lauren. Also, how do you have access to such information? What is your ranking?"

"Little 'ol me?" Alex chuckled. "I'm a Bronze."

Sylas' eyes narrowed. Alex was so strong and only designated as a Bronze by the organization? His clone alone could have killed Sylas back then had he not acted first. And his current self was capable of fighting against Sylas fused with the Basilisk King. That was truly...

'No... according to these rankings and the evaluations done, they're not based on strength, but rather something like potential. Alex might be a Bronze, but that doesn't necessarily mean that he's not their strongest.'

"As for Lauren, I don't actually know much about her. When you're in Legacy for a while, you'll realize that they're very... peculiar with how they do things. Sometimes they'll give you a full slate of information, and at other times they'll just send you a location and you won't even know who the leader is supposed to be.

"All I know about that woman is that she's a Gold. She's very dangerous, and she's also part of a much larger plan the organization has brewing. However, as for what that plan is, I have no idea."

"So you didn't know that she had come to steal Cassarae's necklace?"

"That's what she came to do? Damn, that treasure must have been something quite amazing."

"Is she the informant?" Sylas asked.

"Informant?" Alex tilted his head in confusion.

Sylas' eyes narrowed. While he was in the Amazonian Wilds, he had suffered several times at the hands of people who seemed to have more information than him.