Things happened just as BaoBao had predicted.
Angie shifted her position to monitor the situation, prompting Elias to hold onto Angie's hand again. Angie glanced at Elias, and Elias shook his head resolutely. Elias was afraid of what Angie could be considering.
Angie looked at him sadly, then down at the Infected. /If only they would just pass us./
Angie only had half of the duration of the boost left. She had no idea how long the battle with the Infected would last. The weapons effective against the Infected were back at the vehicles. Angie would have to make up her mind soon.
Just then, the Infected pounded near the base of the tree, hard enough to cause a tremor. The leaves rustled. Angie and Elias grabbed onto the tree for their dear lives, out of reflex. Two punches later, part of the ground caved in, and the creature that resembled a mole po
When Angie opened her eyes again, it was all dark before her. [Angie! You’re finally awake!] /Where am I? How long was I out?/ Angie wondered as she moved her stiff and weak limbs. [You didn’t move an inch from where you collapsed. Elias and Miryam didn’t dare to move you, which was good! If they could diagnose the damage done to your body, your recovery would be regarded as a miracle! You had broken bones, multiple fractures, internal bleeding, and damaged muscles. Now, you even have a blood disorder…] BaoBao rambled on huffily. [And you’ve been out for a month.] /That’s shorter than I thought. With all the injuries you told me about./ [You've got to thank Elias for that. He insisted on using valuable resources on you. And of course Miryam backed him up.] Angie spotted Elias, who was asleep in the corner of the shabby but workable makeshift room. She made her way to Elias as quietly as she could. Blueprints and plans that they had looted from the base were strewn aro
The next morning, Conrad insisted on reassigning the teams. “Angie will be fine with just us two. We can’t have all the strong fighters leave.” Conrad blandly stated the obvious. When Angie’s boys’ sulked and looked unsettled, Conrad raised an eyebrow and commented, “I understand why Miryam and Elias would be concerned. But why are the three of you making such a fuss? Angie is still Angie even if she’s a girl.” Angie froze. /They know?/ [Oh, ya. Of course, they would. They had to treat you immediately and Elias was in no mind to hide your sex from them. Now that I think about it, their faces were priceless. The shock from your physical prowess, then the extent of your wounds, then the reveal of your sex... You were like a jack in the box inside a jack in the box. Actually, besides Miryam and Elias, Conrad also didn’t show any reaction to your sex.] /Conrad?/ [Yeah, he was not that fazed by it. Did he already suspect something?] /If Conrad is as smart as the book made him
Each and every one of those involved in the incident had a scar to remember this day. The one with the most striking and ugly scar, unsurprisingly, belonged to Angie. She had the hardest time recovering from her injuries too, due to an infection. When she was finally well enough to join everyone else for meals, Conrad properly apologised to her and offered to relinquish his leadership to her. “I’m fine staying as the advisor.” Angie politely rejected. BaoBao grumbled incoherently
Elias thrusted himself deep inside her. Angie gasped, “Elias?!” She was still sensitive from having just climaxed. “Yes?” Elias drawled, as he moved very slowly, in and out of her. “Mmph…!” Angie could feel the entire length of his rod. He was teasing her, successfully. She started craving for more. “Elias…”
It did not take long for Elias to suspect that Angie was pregnant. Angie experienced almost every symptom of pregnancy that one could possibly have. Elias freaked out just like Angie expected, but he managed it a lot better than she thought he would. His face was like an open book, while his actions spoke of his priority. Only after she was well taken care of, did Elias let her provide the same comfort back. “I’m scared...” Elias admitted with his voice a mere shaky whisper, as he rested his forehead against hers. “How’re you going to get past 9 months like this?” Angie smiled and patted his head. “I’m still here, aren’t I?”
The blood test for, what was called, the Unlimited virus, turned out to be positive. Like Angie had predicted, Elias swiftly tested Angie as well. When it turned out positive, he made everyone else test themselves too. Valerie being infected as well came as a surprise to everyone. Suspecting that the virus had mutated after so many years, and that people would be infectious far earlier than initially thought, everyone played safe. Those that had to be quarantined, were quarantined. They wore masks even though they were indoors. They maintained a safe distance from each other despite sterilising everything all over again. After three days, when
The sight that greeted Luna when she opened her eyes told her all that she needed to know. “I didn’t make it.” BaoBao shook his head sadly with tears rolling down his chubby cheeks. “It was mere seconds… He was so close… Elias was miserable…” Luna took a deep breath as tears gathered in her eyes. She could picture how devastated Elias must have been. She could only hope that her early goodbye would help ease his guilt somewhat.
Luna woke up shivering on cold hard ground. As she pushed herself up lethargically, the coarse grains dug into her palms. After looking around, she realised that she was in a large cylindrical tube. Dim light glowed at both ends. The pin-drop silence was occasionally broken by the sound of cars in the distance. Luna looked down and found herself dressed in a dark blue sailor uniform. There was also a small label on it. XX high school. /This uniform… It’s the same as Hina’s, right?/ [Matches the description!] /What was the original soul doing? Sleeping out here in the cold, and in her uniform…/ With that signal, BaoBao triggered the memories of the original soul, who was a girl called Nozomi Kuro. Her only clear memory of her father was when she was five. It was of him leaving through the rundown main door of their small house with her m
RenRan began napping. A lot. Souls did not need sleep, but they could choose to do so. FanHai was one of those who seemed to never catch a wink of sleep. While RenRan slept, he stayed by her side, always keeping himself busy with something. This carried on for a good time before she began to catch him with his guard lowered after waking up. ‘A while more.’ RenRan did not believe that a man like him could keep himself entertained this long and resist a cat nap with her. At this point, BaoBao cried out in frustration. There were a few times she could have slipped away because he had already fallen asleep with her! He even dared to cuddle with her. That spot was only reserved for two people! Him and the familiar soul! “Is it really too much to assist by waking her up?” He challenged the elder one. “Is it so hard for her to stay awake in a world that doesn’t need sleep?” He challenged BaoBao back. “...That’s easy for you to say.” Then, BaoBao puffed his cheeks and returned to gl
RenRan’s eyes opened wide. No matter how hard she pushed against him or how much she pounded his chest, shoulders, or head, he persisted on. She tried to bite him, but he avoided using his tongue and skillfully moved his mouth in tandem with her attempts. With his hand cupping the back of her head, she could not break the kiss either. She was at his complete mercy. ‘I should have dropped the act earlier. This isn’t worth it!’ Fear slowly gripped her heart as she wondered how far he would take it. Then, he stopped, just as suddenly as he started. “Enough?” He grinned and meaningfully applied greater pressure on her lower back. His move made RenRan conscious of the rock hard member against her abdomen. Immediately recognising what it was, she fiercely pushed against his chest and demanded, “Okay, let me go! I’ll properly spend some time with you first!” He smiled with satisfaction. “Like I thought.” Then, he let her go. “You wouldn’t have to waste so much time and energy if you jus
RenRan’s heart jumped but she poised herself promptly, ready to grapple with whoever had manhandled her. “Why’d you run away from me? Didn't we have deal?” The somewhat familiar deep voice cleared up the situation. “I’m not running from you.” RenRan explained as she attempted to pull her arm out of his strong grip. “You know you can’t lie with this within us.” He pointed at his chest and kept on his tight smile. “You got to try harder than that to convince me.” RenRan frowned. “And I was precisely following that to find you, as agreed.” His smile gradually disappeared as his gaze dropped to study her entire body. “…You’re weaker than the last time I saw you.” RenRan had nothing to say in response. Instead, she attempted to twist her arm free again. “Even so, I’ve never heard of a compass malfunctioning because of this before.” Annoyed with his accusations, RenRan tuned in
RenRan headed for a condensed group of swirling sparkles that was just a little larger than her. ‘So, my mission is to achieve my dream no matter the cost. What’s my dream? To find YingTao? No, I’ll definitely find him. It’s just a matter of time. Then, I’ll find out that YingTao doesn’t want me anymore. And I’ll want him back...’ RenRan thought of everything that had happened in RenRan’s life. ‘I can only hope that her dream’s that simple...’ She began to think of all her misdemeanors, then ways to right her wrongs. [I should stop you right there. If it wasn’t clear enough before, as long as you’re in the story scenes, you’re supposed to do and say all the things the original character did.] ‘What? You didn’t say that earlier.’ [I mentioned earlier that it's risky to provoke this world’s consciousness into doing anything. So, we can only observe this world. What do you think this mea
Luna was right. She had inhabited Luo RenRan’s body. RenRan’s family belonged to the working class, but her gripe was not their standard of living, it was her parents’ favourtism for her brothers. She was the only girl, and she was the oldest. Anything her brothers did, she was responsible for. Any wrong they committed, they were let off with a more lenient punishment, while she was supposed to forgive and forget. Their expectations for her and the restrictions they imposed on her could not be compared to the standards they held her brothers against. The only solace she had was that her siblings never directly crossed her line, even when she was old enough to start working. If only it stayed that way forever. “RenRan... Forgive your brother, okay? You know he only took it because he needed it and only you can help him. If you have someone you need to blame, blame your father.” A gentle motherly voice coaxed her. “If your father helped, none of us would be
“Wh- What am I doing here?” BaoBao looked around in shock. He recognised this place. The last time he was here, it was to defend Luna. “Why am I back here?”The elder one sighed. “Why did you do it?”“D- Do what?”Gasps were heard around him.“It lies.”“It truly deceives.”“Surely, that’s bad.”“This can’t go on.”“It’s always this one system.”“Clearly there’s something wrong with it.”All the administration looked at the elder one, waiting for the go ahead. The elder one looked at BaoBao so intensely as if BaoBao was a specimen under his microscope. BaoBao gulped. He felt exposed. What was with this elder one? Whatever the case, Luna had already been sent to the next world. He could not dilly dall
“Don’t ignore me! I know you’re awake!” Someone pushed Luna’s shoulder hard. Her eyes flew open, and a purple and black galaxy unfolded before her. Her bottom left whatever she had been sitting on, but she did not fall. There was a resistance that made her body glide instead. Luna blinked a few times, stunned. "I dare you to say it again.” The same voice challenged her. Luna turned towards the source. There it was again. The sensation when she moved was familiar. However, she had no time to make sense of it. The deep voice belonged to a burly woman, instead of a man like Luna had assumed, not that it made anything better. Her guest looked as friendly as a starving lioness. Luna straightened her neat celestial-like robes while she quickly collected her thoughts. It shimmered and shone brighter than the glow emanating from her body. The fabric was so silky to touch that it was like water. Although it was transluc
“LUNA!” BaoBao jumped onto her. Luna grunted from the impact. It reminded her of how much he had grown from the first time she met him. ‘How is he so weightless but so heavy at the same time?’ “Hi BaoBao,” she laughed lightly, “Is this your new way of sending me to the next world?” “Huh?! No, no! It’s far too soon to be sending you to the next world, isn’t it?!” Luna laughed even more. “I was just teasing.” BaoBao blinked innocently. “Oh.” Luna looked at him endearingly. “You’re still so much like a kid.” She rubbed the top of his head lovingly. “Don’t systems live for eternity, if nothing goes wrong?” “Mmhm, what about it?” “It still felt that long to you?” “YES!” BaoBao confirmed without a second thought. Luna laughed. “Let’s spend some time together before heading to the next world.” BaoBao’s heart warmed and h
Nozomi closed her eyes and thought hard about his request. It did not feel right or good to take his years, but she had no right to dictate how he should live his life.‘Since he’s really fine with it...’Nozomi pushed her hands forward to cup his cheeks. “Okay...”Hikaru’s eyes brightened up. He promptly retrieved his book and readied himself. Nozomi watched Hikaru activate his magic with interest. The way his book’s ribbon splits and transforms into a robe and staff never got old. “Thank you, for going along with my wishes.” His heartfelt gratitude was reflected in his eyes as well. Nozomi smiled in understanding and squeezed his hands that were once again holding onto hers. Hikaru closed his eyes and focused on her presence, then said the incantation that he had memorised by then.Green glowing vine marks appeared