Meanwhile, Minda is already preparing to go to college. But she is still worrying about Arifin. She rides the scooter uphill towards the furthest corner of that housing estate on the edge of the forest, only to check on Arifin’s house. However, she finds the house so quiet, with all the lights off. “Could it be that he has already left for college?” She just decides to leave and heads to the campus. Unbeknownst to her, Arifin just didn’t turn on the lights at all yesterday. And just like the previous morning, she has to attend that “Polonco” activity at the laboratory building. Just as she leaves the stairs on the second floor leading to the corridor, she finds a few of her seniors already waiting near The Student Association secretariat office. She also finds the other new chemistry students in her generation already there too. All of them immediately avert their attention to her. But Minda doesn’t find Arifin to be amongst them. “No way!” she mumbles in awry, thinking that somet

Arifin only shakes his head because of her awkwardness. Despite the fact that they are the same age, Arifin sees her like a kid. He then goes to the bedroom, and takes a look at his appearance in the mirror. He touches his hair and starts thinking about that oddity. A moment later, he remembers about something else. “Oh, right! I need to buy a skipping rope.” He takes out his scooter and leaves the house to visit a sports store in a mall downtown. Before purchasing a skipping rope, he happens to see a stadiometer. He can’t help but to be curious by what Minda had said before. “Excuse me, Sir! Can I use this for a moment?” “Oh, sure!” answers the shopkeeper. “It seems like you are a sports enthusiast. At your age, you need to keep monitoring your growth. It’s important to avoid injury in training.” Arifin just smiles awkwardly. From what he knows from his previous life, he stayed at 162-163 cm since he was 17 until he reached 28. He thinks that he doesn’t need to worry about that,

The rest of them look so alert despite the fact they outnumber Arifin. Amongst them, there are still six boys with holograms above their heads, which only Arifin can see. While the other seniors who are not marked as the targets have already distanced themselves away. Arifin still isn’t giving any response to that optional quest. He simply tries to calm his mind, and holds that small pipe like he is holding a kodachi. “One meter!” he says. It makes those seniors a bit confused with his words. “That’s my reach with this pipe,” Arifin continues. “If you want to take this wig off, feel free to enter my territory.” That warning only provokes their anger. They look annoyed, to see Arifin acting so arrogant in giving them a threat. “Don’t get so full of yourself, kid!” One guy from the right approaches Arifin recklessly. As soon as he steps on Arifin’s territory, the pipe already hits his head. Another dude comes from Arifin’s left side, intending to kick him. “Let’s see if you can r

Tony averts his attention, and sees a peaceful face that is always able to sooth his soul and makes him calm. She is a biology student, his girlfriend since high school. “Cindy? It’s because of you, I accidentally swallowed something.” “Haaah?” The girl immediately becomes panicked. “I’m sorry! I didn’t mean to surprise you. What did you swallow?” Tony’s face looks so blank. That crystal has been immediately melted as it entered his esophagus. Right now, it already makes his chest a bit warm. He ceases that girl’s worry, yet he is still looking confused and clueless about that crystal. “Anyway, what about tomorrow?” asks the girl. “My friends and I have a plan to see your next game.” “I’m sorry, Cindy!” replies Tony with a gloomy face. “I won’t be able to join the competition tomorrow. My leg…” He suddenly becomes silent, noticing something wrong with him. But the girl is already looking so worried because of his words. “What? What happened to your leg?” She takes a look, and

Because of this, they are back to their previous assumption, that Arifin is wrong, and there won’t be any other similar occurrence that will happen in their city. But a few of them keep talking about it, speculating that this kind of phenomenon hasn’t ended yet, and another meteor could just hit their city next week. At least, they only talk about it on their private social media groups, which prevents it from being a trending topic on a wider scale. And Arifin, he spends most of his time sleeping the whole day. He knows how important that blood crystal is, and intends to collect it tonight. “I better save my stamina for now, and let this fucking system give me a penalty.” That afternoon, he prepares himself with some isotonic drinks and snacks. He even put his first aid kit into the backpack. There is also a headband with an LED flashlight, to help him to see in the dark. The plan is to get into the jungle before the system gives him the penalty. That way, he won’t harm other peo