Chapter 6: Chapter 4: Objective To Kill (Part 1)
Kais: "Kill … the dragon?"
She didn't reply, but from her silence I can tell that I didn't hear it wrong.
Kais: "Are you … serious?"
Sona: "Why? Of course I am."
Her response comes instantly. She is acting like it's the most natural thing in the world to do. Does she even understand what she is saying right now?
Kais: "Why would you want to do that?"
Sona: "Well, I have my own reasons."
Kais: "And you are not going to say what they are?"
Sona: "I have no obligation to tell you. I told you why I'm here only out of courtesy. Don't expect any more answers."
She folds her arms as she says that. True enough, I shouldn't expect to be getting answer to every single one of my questions, but this is just ridiculous. Why would she try to kill the dragon?
It's not that I can't think of any reason why she would want to do it, in fact I know there would be a lot who would have heard this story and wanted to kill him. But that's like a pipe dream. Nobody would have enough guts to actually try to go through with it. No, this isn't about guts. Nobody would actually want to die doing something so stupid.
Sona: "Is it really that surprising?"
Kais: "Of course it is. You basically dropped a bombshell on me."
She sighs hearing me say that. I take a look at the little girl, or the big mass of energy acting like a little girl, lying near the tree trunk. The dragon is the one controlling her and so he would know anything she would know. That means he knows Sona attacked her, but I can't say if he's able to hear anything now that the girl has fallen unconscious. Though, by this point, her arms have returned to normal.
Kais: "How exactly, do you intend to fight him?"
Sona: "Well, I can't really risk letting my secrets get known."
Kais: "So you say."
Even though you are willing to openly say you're here to kill him.
Sona: "Well, that's about me. What's your predicament?"
As she asks that question, I realize the fact that I have only been asking questions and answering none by this point. I guess its fare I should tell her what I am here for, except I don't know it myself.
Kais: "I can't say."
Sona: "'Can't say'?"
She picked that up fast.
Kais: "I don't know exactly what I'm here for. I know people have come to this island before and I think their reasons could be kind of similar to why I am here, but I have no idea what they could have been."
Sona: "Is that so?"
She makes a face of dismay at hearing those words. However, her expressions don't show a tinge of surprise.
Kais: "You don't look much surprised by it."
Sona: "Oh?"
If anything, I would say she already expected the answer, but was still disappointed when she got it.
Sona: "Well, I guess you want to go to the tomb now?"
Kais: "Yeah, that's what I was trying to do before you showed up."
Sona: "I'd say this once – forget it."
Kais: "Huh?"
What's that supposed to mean? I have no idea what's going on and going to the tomb is the only thing I can think of that might give me some clues. So how am I supposed to just forget about it?
Sona: "There's no point in you going there."
Kais: "Why's that?"
Sona: "I assume you are a psychic."
I nod. I'm not surprised she managed to figure that out, but if she did, she should know it's not an easy situation I'm in – near a legend yet not knowing why I am here. I have anxiety building up inside of me every moment. This is going to do nothing but hinder my abilities.
Sona: "Even if you go there, all it will do is shorten your lifespan."
What? That statement doesn't sound like a joke. No, from what her expressions say, it's anything but a joke.
Kais: "Are you telling me the dragon …"
Sona: "I'm telling you your life will end sooner than it should, nothing more nothing less."
What the hell? Why is she dragging the conversation like this? You can't just tell someone they'll die if they do something and then shut up.
Kais: "Damn! At least explain why?"
Sona: "You are a psychic, aren't you? Why don't you just read my mind and find out?"
I click my tongue. Reading minds – that will take up too much of my focus. It's very risky. But from how the conversation seems to be going, there might not be any other choice if I want answers.
Sona: "I see. You are one of those cautious types."
Kais: "What?"
Sona: "Don't try to hide it. It's clear from your face how worried you are about anything going wrong."
My face, you say? My expression right now is that of an idiot. Some might even call me coward for always thinking of what's about to come whenever it comes to taking the initiative. But that's fine with me. Being a coward is far better than being dead.
Kais: "I suppose I can't deny it."
Sona: "Well anyway, we got that out of the way, so I don't think I have any more questions that you could answer."
That sounds like she is going to declare our conversation is over. That could turn out to be a problem. While I have no qualms with us parting even though most of my questions haven't been answered, the main reason is that she is someone who intends to defeat the dragon.
Sona: "What? There's something you wanna say?"
It looks like she noticed the anxiety of my face.
I sigh and collect my thoughts. I don't know if she understands the situation I'm in, but it looks like she doesn't.
Kais: "Let's say you defeat the dragon, what then? Do you know how that could affect the island?"
Sona: "I do. The tomb might break apart. The island, in response, will divide into pieces and each piece will get separated."
This was something of a premonition in the story. From how she said it, it looks like it will actually happen.
Kais: "And you're telling me you are going to try to kill him in-spite of that?"
Sona: "I am."
She doesn't even flinch in giving that answer; just how important is killing the dragon for her?
Kais: "Well, that would mean I'll have no way of finding out the answers to any of my questions or to get back. So, I can't really let you do whatever the hell you want."
Her eyes widen a bit at hearing my proclamation.
Sona: "So you are telling me you don't know how to get back?"
Kais: "I did already say I didn't exactly know the reasons why I'm here, didn't I? It's because I was brought were against my will and without giving any knowledge of the place."
Sona: "I … I see."
She looks down, shocked after hearing what I just said. It's hard to understand why she is so shocked. Unless, does it mean …
Kais: "Don't tell me you know how to get out of here?"
She doesn't reply but keeps looking down. One second passes. Two seconds pass. Five seconds pass. She doesn't answer.
Kais: "… What's wrong?"
She closes her eyes. I'm guessing she is trying to compose herself. On hearing that I can't get out of here, she lost her composure like that's a very big problem for her. But why would that be? There's no reason for her to be this concerned about me since we basically just met. Then, what else could she be worried about that needs me to get out of here?
Sona: "No, it's nothing. And I don't know how you can get out of here."
I realize the choice of words in her sentence indicate something.
Kais: "Does that mean you know how you can get out?"
Sona: "That doesn't matter to you. You can't use the method I do."
Kais: "That's fine as long as it gives me some hints."
Sona: "Just … forget it."
How am I supposed to do that? Forget I am stuck on an island with no way out. How am I supposed to forget that?
Kais: "I don't know what your problem is, but I think it should be obvious I can't just forget about it."
Sona: "I suppose so."
Kais: "So, are you going to help or not?"
Sona: "Can't say."
Damn! This is irritating. I understand she might have her reasons, but it's still irritating to be treated like this, especially after it started to look like she would be willing to give me some hints.
Sona: "Well, that changes nothing."
Kais: "What?"
Sona: "I'm going to kill the dragon. Try to stop me and you'll become a target too."
Threatening me is one way to keep a potential problem in check. But it won't work here. While I won't try to act foolishly and put myself in danger, I am not going to sit around and do nothing either.
Sona: "If that's clear, I'll be going now."
With that declaration, she starts walking. I stand there doing nothing, nothing but thinking. Yes, I can't act foolishly here. If I have to do something, it should be trying to figure out what I can do to stop her without putting myself in much danger. While I'm fairly certain I can take on that rabbit and defeat it, I am not certain how much damage I will take before I finally defeat it.
She suddenly stops about 20 meters away from me and looks back, her eyes showing a glint of dismay, but says nothing, turns around, and continues walking again.
Kais: "I'm sorry, but I can't let you do as you please."
I mutter those words quietly enough so no one can hear them and then turn to look at the little girl resting with her back to a tree's trunk.
Kais: "Well, she's just energy, so she should be fine but …"
Her arm getting ripped off was a pretty brutal sight to see. While she has regenerated, or maybe I should say all the dispersed energy has returned to its initial state, it doesn't change the fact that I saw her get hurt and couldn't do anything. I do feel bad about it. There's no way I can't feel bad about a little girl getting hurt like this. If anything, I'm surprised why I was able to ignore this feeling for this much time.
Kais: "Well, I can't waste my time like this though. There's something far more important to think about."
How to get that stubborn woman to talk? If that's not possible, I'll have to find a way to read her mind. In either case, I'll need a solid defense. There are two situations where I'd be completely open to be attacked. In first case, if she makes that rabbit attack me then due to its ridiculous speed, I'd not be able to defend in time. In the second case, someone else might attack me while I'm not ready. So, I need to be ready to teleport at any moment.
Kais: "I do feel like I'm relying too much on teleportation. Maybe I should try to take a little risk once in a while."
The thought is refreshing. I think it's a good thing my mind can have such thoughts. But, there's no way I can risk it in such a serious situation. If I screw up, I'll never get a second chance. So while I'm glad the thought came to mind, I can't follow up on it.
Kais: "Okay, so how am I going to deal with this?"
Pushing these thoughts out of my mind, I try to focus on the question of 'how to deal with the situation'. First of all, why does that rabbit-like spirit follow her commands? It's because it has made a contract with her. Or at least that's how it should be, but in reality there's no contract between the two. This won't do. I am not getting anywhere like this. Okay, let's say they actually do have a contract that I was not able to detect, then how does the situation play out?
This means that she is capable of making contracts with spirits, so there might be other cards up her sleeve I haven't seen yet. There's a distinguishing feature of Spirit-Users. It is the fact that the affects of psychic energy, whether harmful or beneficial, are very weak on them. When I fought Ro and Mohammed, I used energy manipulation. It allows me to concentrate the psychic energy in my body into a particular point and release it with a high velocity to do a considerable amount of damage. Of course there are other uses of it. I just used it to attack, but it can be used in many other ways. But to do so, I would need to be safe from any danger. Last time, while we were talking, I readied myself for photokinesis. By the time the fight started, I was ready to turn myself invisible. That gave me the edge I needed to use energy manipulation, but this time won't be that easy.
Though I do have an arsenal of really powerful psychic abilities, I don't have enough psychic energy to devote a little to all of them. At best, I can use two abilities together at their full potential. And even for that, I need to prepare myself.
Just from numbers of abilities I can use, I may look to be really powerful, but I am not in the least. At least, I'm nothing compared to Barry.
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