Capítulo 13: Chapter 7: The End Of The Night (Part 2)
Ethan: "You are afraid of meeting those you have killed."
He strikes the heart of the matter. He isn't in the mood to play around or taunt. He has lost the smile on his face. His face is serious, not happy, not sad, but just serious.
Ethan: "Well, that wouldn't change the fact that ghosts exist. I don't know about those people you are afraid of meeting as ghosts, but I do know Barry is a ghost."
That is another big concern for the both of them. Barry was one of the most powerful psychics in the world. But 12 years ago, he died. The events surrounding his death are said to be an accident, but the truth was clear to anyone who wants to find out. He had committed a crime, the likes of which shook the world, and had been killed.
Ethan: "From that day 12 years ago, he had been a ghost. By now he would have gained a lot of power as a ghost too."
Ro: "So you are telling me he is now even more powerful than before?"
Ethan: "I am. He might be the most powerful existence in the world right now."
Sneha: "But then …"
Ethan: "Yeah, now that the war is drawing near, he would be coming for his brother. I wonder what his reaction will be … when he finds out the truth."
Ethan Kales is fairly more interested in seeing Kais in shock than the two people present there. He really wants to be there when Kais finds out about it for the first time.
Ethan: "Yeah, I really wanna know."
Ro: "What the hell are you on about?"
Ethan looks at Ro.
Ethan: "You know I have noticed something."
Ro: "What?"
Ethan: "You have had quite a foul mouth for a while now. But I am sure you didn't talk like this before."
Ro: "That's it?"
Ethan: "Well, that's just an observation."
Ro: "Who gives a damn about that?"
Ethan narrows his eyes to look at the half-psychic in front of him.
Ethan: "Maybe this is how you truly are."
Ro looks at Ethan with hostile intent. He doesn't plan on saying anything to that comment by his target.
Ethan: "Have you been putting up a façade so you could act like a well-mannered person in front of your superiors?"
Ro: "Who cares? Maybe I was."
Ro doesn't deny it. There is no reason to put up such a façade in this situation in front of the man he has started to despise.
Ro: "I can see now why people want you dead."
Ro puts a hand in his pocket to take out a knife.
Ethan: "Are you telling me these 'people' are afraid of me?"
Ethan asks with a smile on his face. This is the same smile that he had till some moments ago and the smile that would annoy anyone who didn't like him; which basically means pretty much everybody he has ever met.
Ro: "I don't think so. They are probably just disgusted by you."
Ethan: "Now that really hurts."
He still has the smile. It is hard to tell whether he is truly hurt by that comment or just making fun of Ro.
Ro: "I'm taking you down, right now."
Ro puts up his hand holding his knife and threatens Ethan. Ethan takes a glance at Sneha.
Ethan: "Would I get bailed out of this?"
Sneha doesn't answer. Her face is covered by her hair and it is hard to tell what her response would be. Ethan isn't sure he would get her help at that point.
Ethan: "Well, I guess I'll try taking care of this one myself."
Ro: "You think a mere human like you …"
Ethan: "See, that's the problem."
Ro: "What?"
Ethan: "You guys like your clichés too much."
Ro gets annoyed by hearing that as Ethan says it with the same smile.
Ro: "Enough is enough."
Ro charges at Ethan, knife in his hand.
Ethan: "Good grief."
Ethan puts his hand in the safari and takes out a gun.
Ro: "You think that would work?"
Ethan: "Probably not on you."
As a half-psychic whose ability didn't have any offensive applications, Ro has been given special devices that he could activate and de-activate on will to protect himself against things like guns. One of them was a barrier that could reflect the bullet. In short, even if he is technically only as strong as a normal human, he wouldn't lose to one. But Ethan had never planned to use it on him anyway.
Ethan: "Here we go."
He puts the gun to his head. This stops Ro in his tracks and brings Sneha's attention back to what was going on.
Sneha: "What are you doing?"
Ethan: "There's someone who wants something they can't get by themselves. They need my help to get it. So if I try to kill myself, they would definitely try to stop me. That's what I am assuming anyway."
It is unclear who he is talking about. But it is clear he isn't just joking around. He really would shoot himself. Provided his assumptions are right, he would get what he wants. If he is wrong, he'll die and that'll be the end of it. It is such a simple way to deal with the situation. Ro frowns at the twisted logic that makes Ethan do something like that.
Sneha: "Stop!"
Ethan: "Well, I don't see how stopping will help me."
Ro: "You … don't do this."
Ro tries to get near him, this time without the intent to kill.
Ethan: "Why?"
Ro: "Who the hell are you talking about?"
Ro needs to know. He has no problem with Ethan dying there. But he needs to know who may need his help and would try to stop him. There is a chance that person could become their next enemy.
In the next instant, a gunshot rings out. Blood splatters everywhere. It is no miracle where the bullet is stopped midair. It is no uncanny spectacle where the bullet hits but the person doesn't get hurt. The bullet hits a completely normal human, so how could it not pierce through the body and fatally wound the person? And that's exactly what happens.
Sneha: "W-what?"
And then the answer to Ro's question came.
Ethan: "No one."
Ro has a hole in his stomach. He looks at Ethan – at his other hand where a second gun is held. The only difference is that this gun points at Ro and not himself.
Ethan: "You dropped the barrier thinking no attack is coming at you."
Ro: "You … bastard!"
Ethan: "Don't blame me."
Ro falls on the ground as the blood flows from the hole in his chest.
Ethan: "It's okay. You are not going to die. Not yet, anyway."
Ro: "What … you … mean?"
Ethan: "I mean you are going to die after you give me all those devices that you use to protect yourself."
Ro: "Asshole!"
Ethan: "You are not getting any prizes for abusing me, you know. Anyway, I am going to take on a horde of monsters with this completely human body of mine. I can't afford to not take any help I can get."
Ro: "You … won't make it."
Ethan's smile vanishes upon hearing that.
Ro: "You don't … have … what … it takes to … beat … the psychics."
Ethan: "Whether, I win or not,"
He bends over to look Ro in his eyes.
Ethan: "I'll decide that."
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Sneha looks at Ro's dead body with a complicated emotion.
Ethan: "Don't tell me you actually cared about him."
Sneha: "Compassion is a thing you know?"
Ethan: "Well, I have heard of it, never knew what it meant though."
Sneha doesn't take that as a joke. After all, she knows it isn't.
Sneha: "That's truly pitiful."
Ethan: "No thanks, I don't need your pity."
Ethan gets into the safari while Sneha still stands near Ro's body. Ethan shows no reaction to it and just focuses on starting the vehicle.
Ethan: "Well, do whatever you want for now. You know when and where to meet next?"
Sneha: "Yeah, I do."
She turns to look at Ethan sitting inside the vehicle.
Sneha: "Its tomorrow night at the airport."
Ethan: "Well, I'm glad you remember."
He waves to Sneha and starts driving to leave the place.
While in the car, reminiscing how everything more or less went according to his plan, he thought about their reason for meeting at the airport the next day.
Ethan: "Well, I hope you are having much fun there, Kais. We are coming to join you in a day."
He laughs, unable to control his excitement.
Ethan: "Well I guess, for you, more than a day would have passed by now. So it will be approximately two more days for you there – two more days to prepare before the real game begins."
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Ro, in his last moments, sees the man who shot him and thinks to himself if this man could really manage to defeat the people on top.
Ro himself had once thought of doing so but couldn't. But this man has played Ro for a fool. So maybe he could be able to.
That is, if he could also manage to get out of the upcoming storm. Before coming here, Ro had messaged his friend that he needs help. When his friend comes there and finds Ro dead, will Ethan be able to take care of that too? This 'friend' is not a half-psychic like Ro or Mohammed. He was a real psychic. He is someone capable of overpowering Kais and Sneha. Will Ethan be able to defeat him? Ro is sure he wouldn't be. That man could even rival Barry. There's no way Ethan would win against him.
'There's someone else you have made an enemy out of'
And just then, the true meaning of Ethan's words became apparent to him.
Ro: "You … bastard."
He understands now. The realization finally hits him. He is dying right now and he thinks that would be his end. But he just came to know that ghosts exist. He has come to know that souls of the dead continue their existence. Then that means,
Ro: "You … telling me … I'm going to … meet … that bastard … now."
Until now, Ro had not realized how big of a thing it was for ghosts to exist. If souls of the dead continue to exist as ghosts, then that means whenever anyone dies as a human or a psychic, they could come back later as a ghost.
Ro: "This … is … a …"
What word could best describe this truly saddening fact?
Ro: "Purgatory"
At that moment, all of Ro's emotions come out in those words – the words that might become his last as a living being … would be an accursed description of life.
At that moment, Ro understood why Ethan is such a dangerous force. Everybody has goals, everybody makes plans and everybody works on them. But they all include the restrictions of life. Ethan Kales does not. His goals, his plans and his approach to anything constituted the knowledge that life continues after death.
Ro's consciousness is almost out, so he doesn't know if he hears someone else say it or it was his own thought, but a description very true to the nature of the world comes to him.
'This is a hell that you can't escape, not even by dying.'
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Capítulo 14: Chapter 8: Premonition (Part 1)
Dragon: "Well, congratulations. Now you know you can never kill me."
The dragon says with a smile. To be honest, it really annoys me to know that if we ever fight each other, he'll have this big of an advantage on me. But as long as I can sort things out without any need for violence, there's not all that much I need to worry about.
Dragon: "You look awfully at ease right now."
Kais: "I'm hardly at ease. It's just that I'm just not losing my mind."
Dragon: "Is that so?"
He asks as if he's really curious. He's hard to read sometimes, and sometimes I can understand exactly what he must be thinking. That is what I expect of someone who isn't human, but it's still troublesome to deal with.
Kais: "Tell me; you are really the dragon who befriended Ozyllus?"
Dragon: "I thought that was obvious."
Kais: "I suppose."
There's a reason I'm asking the question even though I already know the answer.
Kais: "Then did you gain this ability to transform into human form from him?"
Dragon: "Well, something like that."
Meaning – not exactly true.
Kais: "So, why are you looking like Ozyllus?"
Dragon: "That's the big mystery for you, isn't it?"
He looks at me with a similar gaze as before but his aura tells me he is actually troubled by this question and is trying to think of how to answer.
Kais: "Well, I guess."
There's one theory that comes to mind for this. That's that he is trying to hide something. He is trying to choose his words carefully so he could not divulge any information on what he doesn't want me to find out.
Dragon: "You know …"
Kais: "What is it? Finally prepared an answer in your mind?"
The dragon clicks his tongue as I say so.
Dragon: "Well, even if you know that, it won't make a difference if I don't tell you anything."
Kais: "That might be true."
That might be true … for the time being.
Dragon: "So what about her?"
So instead of answering, the dragon throws a question back at me turning his attention to Sona. I turn to look at Sona who has suffered from the shock of defeat and loss of her probably most powerful spirit.
Kais: "I'm not so sure what she would do now."
Dragon: "Aren't you going to help her or something?"
Kais: "Do you think I'm some kind of noble knight or something?"
Dragon: "Well then, what are you?"
Kais: "Well, considering I didn't even flinch in holding a normal conversation with someone who almost killed a little girl, I must be a demon."
The dragon's eyes widen upon hearing my little joke. The expression of surprise was obvious on his face.
Dragon: "You know Kais; you shouldn't be throwing the word 'demon' around like that. It has more significance than you think."
Kais: "Oh yeah – how? Why don't you start answering some questions for me already?"
The dragon sighs – closing his eyes, then opens them and looks at me firmly.
Dragon: "Well, even if I tell you, it won't be of much use now."
Kais: "I should be the one to decide that."
Dragon: "I guess that's right."
In the conversation so far, I have managed to not waver and hold my ground against this monstrous creature. But I can't guarantee I'll be able to do the same if the conversation keeps going like this. I'm already getting nervous by him constantly stalling instead of answering my questions.
Dragon: "Well, for starters, why don't you go inside the tomb?"
Kais: "Ah-"
I didn't think he'd say that. Sure I want to and probably would need to go in at some point. But shouldn't I try to gather some answers before I do that.
Dragon: "You nervous about what would happen there?"
Kais: "Isn't that the normal way to react in this situation?"
Dragon: "So you say."
He looks as if what I said just now was joke. But in all honesty, I don't think anyone with a normally working mind would just go in there when he asks them to without questioning it first.
Dragon: "Let me think – 'most people would act the same way so why does he act like it's something strange?'"
Kais: "What- You!"
He guessed my thoughts from my face. In return, he is keeping his thoughts concealed under that façade on his face.
Kais: "Tch! don't act so smug."
Dragon: "Well, that wasn't my intention."
A hint of smile begins to surface on his face. I wonder since when in this conversation would he have started smiling he wasn't doing his all to suppress his emotions.
Dragon: "Anyway though, you should definitely go in the tomb if you want to find out any answers. I guess being cautious or nervous is a valid reaction to my words, but it won't be necessary here."
He puts up a hand to draw my attention to it and then points at the tomb entrance.
Kais: "You expect me to believe whatever you say just like that?"
Dragon: "Of course I don't. I have a few things to back me up."
Kais: "And they are?"
Dragon: "Well, the first – this woman."
He points at Sona.
Sona: "What!?"
I'm surprised too. How is she supposed to know about this? She does seem to know a few things more than me, but it didn't seem to me that she knew things about the tomb and it's interior. I hope he's not trying to confuse me with some random bullshit here.
Sona: "What do you …?"
Dragon: "Don't be so surprised."
Sona: "But how am I supposed to …"
Dragon: "It's obvious, isn't it? You came here to fight me knowing I would come out of the tomb whence you reach close to the tomb."
Sona: "I did know that."
Dragon: "Didn't you know the reason why I'd do that."
The dragon looks at Sona fully expecting the answer. So what did she know?
Sona: "You would do that to see who has come near the tomb."
That's strange.
Kais: "Shouldn't he be able to know by other means?"
He's quite capable after all.
Sona: "Generally he should. And that means would be the little girl."
I see. So that is why Sona …
Dragon: "And hence you attacked and destroyed her."
Sona: "It's not like she's dead or anything."
Sona shows irritation at the dragon accusing her of 'destroying her', but it is a fact that she did attack her really brutally.
Dragon: "She's made of energy so that just isn't possible."
Sona: "So? Get to the point."
Kais: "Please accept that request."
Dragon: "Well, the point is – what's the reason for me coming to see you?"
Sona: "Isn't it to protect the tomb?"
Dragon: "You think I need to?"
He looks back and forth between the two of us. I can see that Sona is surprised; I am probably the same.
Dragon: "The tomb belongs to Ozyllus. No one can dare step foot in if his soul does not allow them to."
I can now sense admiration for Ozyllus among his hidden emotions.
Kais: "So you mean there's a different reason?"
Dragon: "Well, duh."
I click my tongue.
Kais: "Okay, that was annoying."
Sona: "Just spill it already."
She gets on her feet. She has regained some composure ever since the dragon brought her in this conversation. It may be because she has been distracted for now … or it may be because she also wants to find some answers.
Dragon: "Well, the reason is to see if that person meets my standards. If they do, I welcome them into the tomb."
Kais: "And I suppose this means that I meet those standards, even though I don't know what they are?"
Dragon: "It's simple – they have to be a competent enough psychic."
I did think of that possibility. The fact that psychics get dropped off on the island only makes sense if the standard are something like that.
Dragon: "Not surprised?"
Kais: "Being a fairly competent psychic is all I am, so if it had to be anything, that's it."
Dragon: "You seem to think too low of yourself."
Sona: "His self-esteem is not the issue here."
I turn my attention to Sona. Does she have something else she wants to ask? I don't know all that much about this tomb and can't think of any appropriate questions to ask this dragon.
Sona: "Can you tell me what you're standards for deciding who's a competent psychic and who's not are?"
Fair question I guess. Psychic abilities are not all offensive so it's not like one can just put an estimate on how much damage a psychic deals and judge how competent they are. They are not all defensive either. I myself rarely use an offensive or defensive ability. So I am getting curious to hear his answer.
Dragon: "Well, there's a simple way to judge a psychic's competency."
Kais: "And that is?"
He raises his right hand and puts up his index finger pointing at me.
Dragon: "Fear."
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