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The Illicitor's Code #1 042: Back to School
"Have fun at school, Dim-Dim," Damian said before dropping off Dim-Dim in front of his school gate."Okay, see you later tonight, Damian," Dim-Dim said, squinting as the sun shone directly into his eyes, making his face appear twice as bright and his brown hair shimmer.Dim-Dim then turned and walked towards the school gate. He saw Amma, looking beautiful as usual, walking with her friends and chatting loudly about cute 8th-grade boys.Dim-Dim rolled his eyes, annoyed. But his annoyance disappeared when he suddenly heard Edel's voice from behind and turned to see Edel grinning widely at him. "Hey," he greeted Edel.Edel stopped just in time before bumping into Dim-Dim and chuckled. "Hey," she replied, slightly out of breath."Your hair," Dim-Dim said, grinning. "It's all messy.""Oh, really?" Edel quickly touched her hair and pulled out her phone from her pocket to check her reflection."I'm kidding," Dim-Dim added, his grin widening.Edel playfully punched Dim-Dim's shoulder and the
The Illicitor's Code #1 043: Disappointment that leads to Anger
In the evening, after school, taking a short nap, and having lunch, Dim-Dim went to the Venator training building and took an empty room to try transforming into animals he saw in books. He tried everything, from laughing kookaburras, several types of snakes, to quolls. Then he noted some interesting facts about them in the notes app on his phone.He was typing, "quolls shouldn't eat cane toads (even though they might look tasty)," while sitting cross-legged on the floor, when suddenly the door to his training room opened, and Clarinassa and Damian walked in. Each with a disgruntled expression."What's your problem? Stop reporting on the performance of my team members—" Damian started, but then his eyes found Dim-Dim, and he instantly shut his mouth."Oh, turns out there's someone here," Clarinassa said, somehow looking embarrassed.Dim-Dim immediately stood up. "That's okay, I'm done here," he said. He quickly grabbed his book from the floor and glanced back at Clarinassa and Damian.
The Illicitor's Code #1 044: The Consequence of Anger
"My brother would never hurt other kids!" Damian shouted as he ran into the police station."But that's the reality," said the tall, slender male officer sitting behind the computer. "He destroyed the park and threw stones at the other kids."Honestly, Dim-Dim didn't remember that incident. He was just so lost in his anger. He remembered that the kids in the park were scared of his presence and threw pebbles at him, but he didn't remember what happened afterward."Look, we have CCTV footage as evidence," the police officer said. Then he gestured for Damian to sit in the empty chair next to him and played a video.Dim-Dim couldn't see the video because the computer was facing away from him, but he didn't care. Even so, he was somewhat taken aback when he saw Damian's facial expression.A few moments later, Oriyan entered the police station, along with Clarinassa and Charlotte."Hey, listen, he's superpowered people," Oriyan said. "He's still a kid, it's normal if he sometimes can't con
The Illicitor's Code #1 045: Chlorine for the Dirty Water
"Mr. Miller refused to grant us permission to go to the festival," said Justin, as they all gathered in Edel's apartment the next morning before heading to school. "The man outright rejected our proposal even before finishing reading it, and that's because you messed up the city park!""I think blaming Dim-Dim only worsens the situation," Valir said firmly."But I don't understand why you did that, Dim-Dim," Velicia said. "Why did you turn into a bear and—""Good question," Justin interjected. "Yeah, why didn't you just turn into a rhino and demolish the city hall?""Justin, that's enough. What's gotten into you?" Edel asked Justin, with a gentle tone."I'm angry because I thought I could go to the festival outside Safe City, like other normal kids, but everything's messed up because of you!" Justin exclaimed."Listen, I'm sick of hearing your complaints," Dim-Dim snapped. Then, before the others could react, he turned around and left."I'm sick of you too!" Justin shouted back, and t
The Illicitor's Code #1 046: Five Years Later
In Safe City Pine Barrens, New Jersey, February 15, 2095.Five years had passed since Dim-Dim landed his first job as an Illicitor and made many friends in Safe City.*****At midnight, 00:01, Dim-Dim was awakened by the wailing monster alarm from his phone, along with rapid knocks on the door. He knew who it was, or at least he thought he did, and quickly got up to put on his bright blue illuminated Illicitor uniform in the dark room, and his comfortable, perfectly fitting boots."Wait a sec, Velicia!" he yelled. He tightened his belt and hurriedly stuffed various types of smoke bombs into his pockets, as well as some pain relief salve, anchors, ropes, super strong glue to mend the damaged parts of his boots, a pair of sickles that could be attached to his jacket sleeve for cutting branches when needed, and much more.And when he was done, he slung his bag over his shoulder containing clean t-shirts and shorts for changing clothes, and stepped to open the door. Only to find himself am
The Illicitor's Code #1 047: Things between us
"Maybe you're right, I might be masochistic," Dim-Dim said. And for a moment, Dim-Dim looked into Amma's eyes, knowing that the girl wanted to kiss his lips so bad. But Dim-Dim stepped back, pulling her hand to sit with the others and eat pizza and pie.Justin immediately handed them both two glasses of cola. "Come on, let's finish the food and drinks and then we'll go to sleep as usual." Justin became a popular guy in high school, but he was dating the school radio announcer, while Velicia had just broken up with a bookworm guy. Both Justin and Valir agreed that Velicia won't match with any bookworm guy, and the girl seemed to trust them this time after regretting dating the last one.Suddenly, Damian approached Dim-Dim and bowed low beside him. "Dim-Dim, I almost forgot to tell you, Dad and Cendana invited us for dinner at home."And Dim-Dim immediately choked on the cola. Edel handed him a napkin, simultaneously with Amma handing him a tissue, and the two girls exchanged surprised l
The Illicitor's Code #1 048: A Mission on Dim-Dim's Birthday
Oriyan left Amma's room, and Amma kissed Dim-Dim's lips once again. "Listen," she said. "Don't let my jerk brother ruin our relationship.""What relationship do we have anyway?" Dim-Dim asked.Amma shrugged, then smiled. "Who knows. You're the boyfriend I've never had."*****Traveling by jet was quite enjoyable. But as he lounged on the plush sofa, examining the map of Vermont and trying to trace his fingers over its surface, he realized that the luxury he was enjoying was directly proportional to the hard work he had to put in.Now, almost every day there was a mission. Even with the Venator numbers increasing by almost a thousand percent (now they had two thousand Venators worldwide), monsters were still attacking settlements like crazy. The fewer humans outside the Safe City, the fewer cities to be attacked. And since last month's incident, when monsters attacked nuclear power plants in various countries and caused power outages, human civilization has been increasingly threatened
The Illicitor's Code #1 049: The Disaster in Vermont
In the form of an owl, Dim-Dim maneuvered through the air. He flapped his wings soundlessly, his movements graceful, beautiful. With feathers of deep black, he blended seamlessly with the night sky. Despite the pitch-black Vermont night, he didn't need infrared glasses. The monsters hurried on their many legs, darting from one building to another, leaping from tree to tree, towards him.The creatures were chased by deadly bullets from the Venators. Three at the front fell, leaving twelve monsters remaining."Seriously, guys, where is the last one?" Damian asked, his voice coming through the earpiece nestled in Dim-Dim's ear."Two," Oriyan corrected, his voice trembling as he pressed the trigger. "According to the app, there should have been seventeen monsters.""Could the locals have killed two of them?" Charlotte wondered. "Type A monsters?""Well, if so, we needed to recruit them—watch out, Dim-Dim!"Suddenly, unexpectedly, Dim-Dim was attacked from the side by a monster out of his
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