Chapter 126: Strangeness (1)

Shin eyed eerily at the suited man from the bed where he was cuffed against it so terribly that he could not even budge a little. The other two Feldan and the scowling youth were moved away to a similar bed as well, though their beds were closed by partition.

Shin has been worried about them just like he was for Ileana, but seeing the syringe the suited doctors were preparing, you can say he did not have the luxury to be worried about someone else. His mouth was blocked with duct tape, and with his four limbs being bound, he could not even up a struggle against it.

He did not know what those injections were for exactly, but he heard those crazy men say, it will make them docile like a dog. If that were it, then he was in a serious problem—not just him, but every one of them. Even though Shin barely studies and listens to the lectures, he knows a few things about the mind-controlling spells and ingredients. Yes, it could not make first-class slaves who would do everything asked, but it's seriously terrifying.

That was why anything related to psychosis was banned by the mother system.

Shin grunted heavily watching the man approach, still with the gas mask and everything on his body. He showed the injections in his arms with a wicked smile. Though Shin could not see it, he could guess it through the wrinkles in the corner of his eyes. 

"Boy, do you know what it is?" the man asked, though he did need his answer. "Originally, you aren't supposed to get this dose now, but your defiance made me think twice about it. Don't worry though, it is not the main course. It will just numb your mind, and slowly you will find it hard to even have thoughts. Rational thoughts, that is."

Shin swallowed.

"You will still keep some part of your reasoning. Don't get us wrong, we do want slaves, but what's good to have slaves who can't even have the minimal mental capacity? It would really be better to raise dogs, wouldn't it? That's why we will start with the mind-numbing drugs to slowly collapse your rational mind.

"We will not break it through drugs. We will do it another way. The old way. Since the drugs breaks the mind too violently, we will just do it the old way of beating." The doctor paused, frowning. "Tell me, boy, do you want to flee? Yes, that's right. Actually, you will have to flee a dozen times after we reach the island, but all those will be orchestrated by us. We will give you a chance to flee and make sure to catch you again, and again," the wicked smile appeared again. "And again. Even the most brilliant mind will break after failing half a dozen times, and we will let you do it at least a dozen times. Each time you get caught, you will get a hard beating for a week, and each time you flee, the punishment will get higher."

Shin let out a horrified whimper, though it did not transfer the duct tape.

The suited man seemed to like his expression and came closer just before his head. "Now you would ask me why am I telling you all these, wouldn't it be safer if you don't know anything about behind the picture?" the man broke into laughter as Shin's eyes widened, as a frown appeared on his brows. "Tell me now, boy. If you ever got the chance to flee, even after knowing it could be a trap, will you not be tempted?"

"I have to agree that is really a sick scheme."

"Right?" the doctor agreed and when he found it was not Shin who spoke with his mouth being covered, it was already too late. 

Just as he turned his head, a syringe shoved into his forehead so easily that he did not even have a blink of an eye to let out a whimper as his life fled away. Dead. The body of the doctor turned weak as the youth let go.

Shin was still with widened eyes, staring at the scowling youth, who pulled out the syringe to look at him. It was the same guy who was bound in the chamber at that time, but if he appeared like a harmless kid, then it was horrifying, like a killer.

Wiping his hands off the foul blood, he stared at Shin for a couple of seconds, before leaving as if there was nothing left to be done here.

Shin grunted loudly, struggling to let the youth know to free himself. After all his effort, he got the attention of the youth who just killed the suited man without flinching.

"Don't worry, I'll come back in a minute."

Shin struggled again, but the youth was already gone. Could he not just free him before leaving? He was wondering. Like it would only like half a minute, at best to a minute. Perhaps he did not have the intention of freeing him. Then again, why did he kill the man?

One minute passed slowly and Shin waited, hearing his breathing loud and clear. The scowling youth did not appear. Another minute passed, and nobody came. Unconsciously, Shin found himself staring at the dead body, cold on the floor. It was laid so on his fast first, that nobody could see he was dead with his head being pierced and all. It was only a small wound from the syringe, but with a good hand, a small syringe could do wonders like this.

Shin wondered how the scowling fella had managed to free himself. And if he could do it, why not earlier? But more importantly, why the fuck he did not come back yet to free him? Shin was getting anxious and then he found the corpse on the floor moving.

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His eyes narrowed as he did not know if he was seeing right or not. Was he not dead? He wondered and found the man standing up, no wound on his forehead. He looked at Shin with confusion and then his eyes gleamed with wisdom. He looked around to find the syringe with the mind-numbing drug, as a wicked smile appeared on his lips.

"Boy, do you know what it is?" That sounded very familiar to him, and Shin considered if his mind was playing tricks on him. Was he so broken that he fantasies a rescue and had this dream with open eyes?

Seriously, that explanation was far believable compared with the dead returning to life again. But acknowledging that will acknowledge that he was growing mad.

"Originally, you aren't supposed to get this dose now, but your defiance made me think twice about it. Don't worry though, it is not the main course. It will just numb your mind, and slowly you will find it hard to even have thoughts. Rational thoughts, that is."

Shin swallowed those words, and they were exactly identical. Surely, his mind could not come up with this course of dialogues. Could this mean he was still in his dream? Or something strange.

The man continued with the same conversation, though it was slightly difficult. Still, it all meant the same thing. Good lord, then the scowling guy came, right when he came before.

'I am growing mad. I am growing mad,' Shin thought and found the scowling guy's eyes gleaming with new light. It was worrying, but there was curiosity too.

"That's new," he said, not directly attacking the doctor this time. "Now I would like to know how the dead come back to life.

. . .

The little pixie flew easy and careless over his face, as Elior opened his eyes. The sun was still glaring, but the soft wind got him a bit better. If only there was no foul corruption in the air. Well, he wore the suit to ward off the corruption alright, and leaned against the deck of his boat, contemplating about something.

"Yemr," he called. "So, what do you want to bet up with?"

Yemrmix flung to a still before his eyes. "First, I thought about challenging you to come first again in this trial," she said.

"And you changed your mind?" Elior asked, eyes at the strikingly blue sky. The enormous ship was just beside him. With no collar to track him down, Elior had not bothered to move away from there. Moreover, he feels there was something left for him to do here.

"I got curious about your faith with your companion," she said, coming right before his eyes so that he could not ignore her tiny figure. "Since you have not helped them even when you can, we'll bet on them. About their survival, what do you say?"

A faint smile appeared on Elior's lips, but it was released by a frown on his brows, as he looked towards the back of the ship. Something was going on there, but he was not too high level to notice it. Heck, he did not even know how he got that feeling. With his current level, it was close to impossible.

"A submarine," Yemrmix answered for him as her eyes pierced through the heavy water. "Someone actually succeeded in fleeing with a submarine this early. It seems you will have your hands full on this occasion."

The frown never left Elior's brows as he stared at the water as if something was wrong with it, or with him.

"So about the bet—"

Before the fairly complete phrase, Elior jumped into the water to find what was making him uncomfortable.

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