Again, Arifin is puzzled by that man’s words. But he admits that his sword is not a normal one.At least, he once witnessed that the sword turned so black and thick when he was trapped in that ancient ruin, before he was dragged back to the past.“You seem to know something about this sword?” asks Arifin.For this one, Mike turns silent for a moment. He then tells Tony to leave them, and threatens him not to try to eavesdrop.After making sure that Tony is away from the room, only then does Mike respond to the issues raised by Arifin.“I was always by your grandpa’s side during the great war,” says Mike nonchalantly.“Bullshit! The great war had ended even long before I was born. Are you saying you joined war while you are still in your mom’s uterus?”“How old do you think I am? Just saying, I was born six years earlier than your grandpa.”Arifin scrunches his face. But Mike immediately ceases his curiosity, because there’s something more important that he needs to confirm first.“So
Parjo’s face really looks so clueless. Now he feels so stupid to disguise as a soldier from the national army. It gives him the impression of an amateur for not knowing that situation.Prof. Irwan also looks confused with Mike’s joke. But he admits that the possibility for a coup could just arise given the current circumstance.Mike unbuttons his suit, and pulls the left part of the lapel while putting his left hand into his cross pocket. He deliberately shows off the gun in his waistcoat.“You really have no idea what is happening out there, huh? The one who hired you must be stupid.”Parjo can identify the gun under Mike’s suit could be a micro Uzi, the type of full automatic pistol in the size of a handgun.It’s the type of gun which is able to launch 15 bullets per second. And it's rare for someone to carry such a gun around, unless he intends to have a war. That kind of gun is not simply for safety.“You’re correct!” says Parjo. “We are not soldiers from the national army. So, wh
Irwan tries to persuade Arifin. But after he sees Tony rushing to Arifin to support him walking, that’s when he realizes that Arifin might have been badly injured.“He broke some tissues in his calf muscle,” Mike informs as he takes a seat on the sofa. “I don’t think there’s any hospital that can fix such an injury at the moment.”That’s when Prof. Irwan remembers about Grace’s unique ability. He immediately tells Arifin that he still can be healed.“Arifin! Didn’t you say that Grace’s blood can fix even an injured muscle tissue?”“Hey! What are you talking about?” asks Mike.“Please, Professor!” Tony interferes. “He will be completely healed by late afternoon. But his injury has nothing to do with this. You should know how bad they’ve treated him so far.”“Oi, oi!” Mike interrupts again. “What are you guys talking about? How are you so sure such kind of injury could be healed by late afternoon?”Arifin stops for a moment at the door of his room. “I know the people in the evacuation c
One of the guards opens a room next door, and puts Grace in there. The room is hermetically sealed, with only one vent and one exhaust fan.Grace examines her surroundings and finds one camera on one corner of the room.“Is there any reason to detain me here?” she asks.“We just can’t let you join the others for now, at least until we know for sure about your situation.“You know I’m normal. Why don’t you just let me go?”“Don’t think we are stupid. We know you are hiding something from us,” says that female officer before she leaves and locks the door.Grace stays quiet for a while. After believing those people are already leaving her quite far, she tries to start a communication with the girl next door.“Hello! How long have you been there?”But Andini doesn’t answer her.There are rats placed in several cages near the door where Andini is detained. Most of the rats look dead.Meanwhile, there is one rat that was just put in the room this morning. It looks like it is in a drunk stat
She pulls the man away from her bed, and then talks toward the surveillance camera, telling them to take that body out of that room.Meanwhile, Grace is still trying to understand what’s happening in the next door. It’s already more than 10 minutes, but she hasn’t heard that man’s voice anymore.“Hello! Are you okay?”She tries to invite Andini to talk once more, but doesn’t get any answer. Not long after that, she notices the coming of two men walking toward the next door.She rushes to the door and starts knocking on it to attract those two men’s attention. But soon she finds those two men dragging a dead body.She is aghast, and falls to the back. After waiting for a few moments for those two men to leave, she tries to talk to Andini again.“Hey, are you okay?”….“What has happened? Please, answer me! What are they trying to do to you?”“He’s dead!” replies Andini.“What?”“She tried to rape me, so I killed him. You better stop talking before I kill you too!”Elsewhere, the other
Watrijon, and all the people that came from Andalas University, know quite well about this. They have witnessed it themselves, how the society treated Arifin so far. Now they really start thinking about their option of going back to society where they come from. “Are you believing his words?” asks Jaka. “He might have just said the truth,” replies Watt. “Remember again, Arifin never had any concern when those people tried to take us yesterday.” “What do you mean? Need me to remind you how he massacred those fake soldiers?” “He only did it when they tried to take his friend, that girl who can control her blood. But before that incident, he didn’t show any concern at all.” Watrijon turns around for a moment to take a better look at all the people in that gym. He almost forgot about Grace. He believes that Grace came with him and the others to this concentration camp this morning. A moment later, four people come to them, including Rizal and Bayu. Of all the people brought from And
Twenty four hours have passed since the last time Arifin consumed a blood crystal. He immediately consumes another one to treat his injury. It leaves him with only two blood crystals left.There will only be less than two hours before the sunset, and he hasn't done his daily quests at all. But that kind of training regime isn’t an issue for him anymore. He just leaves the house and starts running slowly as a warm up.It shocks Mike a bit, to find Arifin has really been recovered just like what Tony said. Another five minutes or so, Mike sees Arifin coming back from the other direction after he has done one lap of running around the housing complex.“Hey, what about your injury?” he asks as Arifin passes him.“All healed,” replies Arifin shortly.“Damn!” Mike rubs his head as he keeps looking at Arifin from behind. “Does that mean he also has a high healing factor?”“Nope!” Tony suddenly appears from behind, and starts doing some stretching. “He is still a normal human in that aspect.”
Tony stops for a moment to hear Arifin’s last words. But then he just smiles with a silly expression, and waves his hand once before turning away.He heads to the front yard to find something that he can do. That’s when he finds Minda coming over to Arifin’s house. And he knows so sure, she is here to look for Arifin.“Um, hello!” Minda greets him by bowing his head slightly.“Hey, you don’t need to greet me this way anymore. I’m no longer the senior who is going to bully you. If you are looking for Arifin, he is in the backyard.”Minda replies to him with a smile, still nodding his head a bit as she walks past him. But then she suddenly stops and turns back, because she feels like she hears Tony saying something albeit not clearly.“Yes?” she asks.“What? Did I say something?” asks Tony with his ignorant face.“Ah, no! It’s nothing,” replies Minda.She looks down again as a way to hide her face, and immediately takes her leaves. She believes she heard Tony saying something just now.