part 21 ||strength
Logan'sstared at Alice and Xander who hadn't made the slightest sound since he came to his senses a few minutes ago. He approached Alice who was sitting next to him with a reddened face. Did he miss something while he was unconscious? "What's the matter with you two? Did something happen to you two? Or did I miss something?"
Alice glanced slightly at Xander who looked normal, "It's nothing, what's the matter?" cried Alice while snorting in annoyance making Logan even more convinced of his opinion seeing Alice's expression.
"No, it's just. I'm feeling there's something strange here! Never mind, forget it. We'd better focus on the matter this time! First, I want to apologize to Xander. Sorry that I often can't control my emotions, because if I'm being honest. I feel like the more we come here, the bigger our
Part 22 || Teleportation ||******Alice walked behind Xander in a dark corridor that was getting longer, every carving they passed there were carvings that looked more and more complicated. Despite the lack of light, Alice really made an effort to stare at the engraving. Many images of white and black wings, Alice frowned "You've explored this before?" cried Alice, still staring at the engraving in amazement.Xander turned his body, he looked at the girl in front of him who was still focused on the carvings on the walls which if he was honest, he also just knew that the carvings in his house had wings like this. "This is my first time here, of course I will be in trouble if I go beyond the distance my father has given me!"Alice turned her attention, she looked at the man in front of her with a furrow
Part 23 || The DoorReality opens the door for imagination (John Lennon)***Xander opens page after page of the book that is now in his hands, the start of school after the Christmas holidays makes them have to refocus with their school as well. Since last night, there have been no incidents at their school or terror cases like a few days ago. Even so, Xander's feelings couldn't calm down since earlier. It was as if someone had been stalking them since they first started school. Xander looked at Alice who was not far from him, the girl seemed lost in thought since starting the first lesson. He sighed, the events that continued to terrorize them really made them in an uncertain state.Logan looked at Xander who seemed to have briefly noticed Alice who was next to him. "Alice!" said Logan, shaking the g
Part 23 || The Door Reality opens the door for imagination (John Lennon) *** Xander opens page after page of the book that is now in his hands, the start of school after the Christmas holidays makes them have to refocus with their school as well. Since last night, there have been no incidents at their school or terror cases like a few days ago. Even so, Xander's feelings couldn't calm down since earlier. It was as if someone had been stalking them since they first started school. Xander looked at Alice who was not far from him, the girl seemed lost in thought since starting the first lesson. He sighed, the events that continued to terrorize them really made them in an uncertain state. Logan looked at Xander who seemed to have briefly noticed Alice who was next to him. "Alice!" said Logan, shaking t
Because humans are only humans, who do not know when death will come.***Alice looked at Logan and Xander who were busy with books in their hands, he sighed and then got up from his seat, "where are you going?". The question stopped Alice in her tracks, she looked at Xander and Logan who were also staring at her. "I just want to go out for a while, I'm tired of sitting around!" Alice replied making Logan stare at the girl closely but not with Xander, he instead returned to focus on his bo
Part 25 ||Diverse creation||Xander waited for Alice who still hadn't entered his room and he was still standing in front of the girl's door. Meanwhile, from a distance, laughter started to sound, making Xander realize that Alice was walking towards him along with Logan, who was still teasing the girl "Yeah!! Xander? What's wrong?" said Alice and Logan when they found the man standing in the doorway of their room."Why don't you come in? You're afraid to be alone?" said Logan, teasing Xander a little.Because they had decided to sleep in the same room with separate beds, Xander could have entered first. Xander rolled his eyes lazily then looked at Alice "I want to talk to you, just the two of you!" Xander exclaimed making Logan suddenly realize"Ahhh, I'll go
Xander immediately got into Logan's car which was parked in front of the school, after he gave the license and handed over the three of them. Xander rushed out of the school gate "Xander, come in soon!"After Xander got in, the Hummer After that hurriedly left the school location, Alice who was sitting in the back stared at the screen of her cell phone that was in her hand. Xander glanced at the girl from the rearview mirror and immediately looked at Logan because the man was talking to him. "Did the principal allow us?"Xander looked at Logan "I took a long time because of class matters, not because of dealing with the principal!""Ahhh, that's right. I was starting to get suspicious since you took too lon
Part 27 || Blocked||Alice was already in the middle of the room and her feet stepped on a symbol she didn't even know what it was. The masked figure took his place in one of the blanks of the symbol. Not only one masked figure, but from a distance there were already several masked people approaching Alice. They also stand on each symbol in the middle. It made Alice instantly feel suffocated because she could no longer see Xander who was in front of her."Are you sure Alice will be alright?" muttered Logan who was standing next to Xander"I'm sure, after all this is just a memory restoration ritual. Nothing else, Alice will only be brought back into her past!" Xander said calmly. As Logan stared into the room, Xander took a seat and read his book again.
Part 28 || Who's right?||car hummer Logan arrived at the terraced mansion, Logan and Alice had already descended. But Xander didn't, the man was still staring at the house. A house that does have many secrets that he cannot reveal with a truth. Who should he trust? Oliver, who used to be her best friend or the man who had taken care of her for a long time.The window of the car next to him was knocked on, Xander turned his face and looked at Alice who was also staring at him from the outside. Xander took a deep breath, he then got out of the car and looked at his two friends "If you don't want to talk to us about it, that's okay Xander. The thing is, you seem to have a heavy burden after talking to them!" said Logan patting Xander on the shoulder and entering the
The ticking of the clock ticked with the sound of a figure sleeping on the bed. The tube is attached to his nose, the monitor next to him shows a steady heartbeat. The door opened, and the sleeping figure came to its senses.Slowly, he opened his heavy eyes. Then with effort, he turned his neck toward the door. Toby felt his body stiffen as he looked into Almond's eyes staring at him from the doorway. The grin on the figure's face made Toby even more panicked.His hand was trying to reach something on the table. But it was just a waste of time, because Toby couldn't move his bandaged body.The approaching footsteps forced Toby to stop trying to pick up the object. With his body shaking violently, he looked back at the Almond-eyed figure with cold sweat.
"Are you sure he's harmless, Lio?"Distracts me from the book, and the map in my hand. I turned and looked at Barbara who had entered the room without permission. Sitting across the table, watching the maps I just made.“You shouldn't have put this as bait, you know? Horses are more interesting than pawns!” Bara's hand moved the horse pin that I had placed on the north side.“No more challenging than the garuda!”Barbara sighed. “Obviously…because you are the eagle!”I raised my lips, smiling faintly as I read the arrangement I had made in my notebook. After the trouble at headquarters, I decided not to move at all. Quite simply, I need a few more people extra, and don't want anyone
Brough—Lio's body was thrown a few meters back. Half the room was destroyed due to Lio and Li Wei's intense fight.Li's grin grew wider, as he looked at Lio who was under his feet. Li's foothold is getting stronger, making Lio also show off a row of neat teeth.“Finally I have this opportunity too, do you think you can find the headquarters? That will never happen. Because you will be exterminated, you are unworthy, you are Toby's greatest failure. He should have listened to me to crush you earlier!”cough-Liovomiting blood, his gaze remained fixed straight to Li. He didn't think that Li was so much stronger. Looks like what Max said, is true. There w
Yuwen POVI'm stuck in an unknown state. With another figure, I do not recognize at all. And right now, I'm stuck in the same atmosphere as them. In a dimly lit room.“As far as I know, the headquarters is on Lamma Island. It was the new headquarters center after the chaos of the past few years. Everything is changing, everything is becoming more sophisticated, and it is becoming more dangerous.”From Barbara's brief explanation—the woman who was almost killed by Lio, I understand a little of the current situation. Though actually, I don't know what Alan is talking about. But I just sat in the most comfortable corner."How tight?" asked Emilio, he took a puff of his tobacco and stared at the center of the map that was being finished in the middle of the table. The l
The room was completely covered in blood when Emilio stepped foot in it. The window glass was broken, everything inside was like a broken ship. And, Emilio didn't find Teresa, and Barbara was everywhere. Emilio's breath was still ragged after running just now."I didn't find any trace of them either, apart from this house, there's absolutely no trace of blood outside. These dogs don't give any clues either!" Alan said, looking at me with a shake of his head.My hands clenched into fists, Yuwen who had just entered the living room also shook his head. “There are no traces in the backyard, but I did find the ground slightly scuffed. It looks like it's a used car!”I quickly headed for the gate, then stopped under a tree. The grass below seems to blend with the mud from the rain. The car marks were still im
"Lio is gone, I told you that Yuwen, that idiot is really good at distracting him."Li Wei, who was smoking his tobacco, stared at the car Emilio and Alan were riding away from his sight. Li's hand took the knife from behind the dashboard of the car.“Who owns this car? This seems quite familiar to me!”“It belongs to Emilio, there are many cars like that. Several times I saw him driving that car!” Frank replied. He took some tobacco out of his pocket and looked at Li Wei who was a little hesitant."Are you sure?"Frank nodded. “I know him better than you, he has been my subordinate for the past 10 years. How could I not know him?”Before descen
“How are you going to explain this to me, Lio? I trusted you, but you and Teresa just disappeared like this. As your friend, I'm also disappointed that you didn't involve me in that!"“Food is coming!” Teresa shouted from the living room.Hearing that, I quickly got up from the living room and headed for the dining table. No one puts food second."Join us for a meal first, if you were his friend, you shouldn't be asking why he didn't tell you, right?"Barbara, who had been listening to the conversation, did not take part, just sat and watched the development of information from her subordinates. Outside, the roar of the thunder was getting louder and louder.It didn't subside, but it just got worse.
Emilio POV“Miss!”Barbara raised her hand, then entered an unobtrusive building. Fall leaves fill the grass field. Barbara continued to walk, someone opened the door from inside the house, as soon as they saw the arrival of the young woman.“Barbara, just tell Emilio if I want to talk to him!”"Okay miss, please sit down first. I will summon Sir Emilio here!”“Wait a minute, is he with Teresa?”The maid narrowed her eyes, but still nodded politely, "That's right miss, what's wrong?""No, just call him!"Barbara didn't sit down, she stared
Alice was in a coma for three days, during which Xander continued to accompany the girl. Xander's condition was much better than before. He was able to move freely even though it was still within the allotted time. Xander is still not allowed to move more than 10 hours per day, as he is still recovering.It's different with Logan who has returned to school, Logan has also explained the reason why they haven't been to school for the past few weeks. Even if it means they will miss their midterm exams. However, according to Logan, the principal could give them a follow-up exam so they wouldn't be late in their graduation. With a condition, the three of them must participate in the international NAMO MATH competition. One of the prestigious MIPA competitions in the school world. Not wanting to get into more trouble, Logan finally agreed.Xander sat in front of Alic