Kisha put everything they had in their apartment into her inventory. They each had a backpack that contained mineral water and bread for the appearance's sake. Of course, her family members understood this well, they couldn't blow their cover and let others scheme against them, could they?
It's already the middle of the night but the whole family doesn't seem to feel tired at all, they moved out silently, luckily, Kisha already rented an expensive SUV for a day so it would be easier for them to travel. Before they departed, she called Duke.
"It's me." His pleasantly cold voice resounded on the phone. "It feels like my ear might get pregnant listening to his voice." she thought.
"I'm on my way, please send the address to me. We'll go straight to the base."
His brows knitted. "It will be dangerous to operate separately. Everything's settled on my end. We'll go together."
Kisha nonchalantly answered. "It will be inconvenient to make big moves now. It will be easier for people to locate our base."
"I sent my people per batches, your worries are unfounded."
"And your family?"
"They'd been settled as well."
"No thank you. I prefer to go on my own."
He was displeased, he didn't like her acting cold and distant towards him. He can't say that he is interested in her romantically but he acknowledges her as his equal and she is now one of his people, so shouldn't she be happily protected under his wing? He thought.
Before he could continue, Kisha interjected. "Tomorrow, after the earthquake will be a blood rain." She arranged her thoughts and continued. "The blood rain can be considered both good and bad news at the same time."
Puzzled, he tilted his head to the side as he looked down the brightly lit city from his office on the top floor. "How?"
"As I've explained, the virus was from the melted ice up north. So if the ice melts, it will go to the ocean, be part of the vapor cycle, and will turn into rain clouds. That's the blood rain."
"But wasn't it a bad thing? How did it become good news?"
"For some yes, but for us, it's beneficial at some point." She looked out at the window and continued. "We just need to be drenched by the rain for 10 minutes. But of course, not everyone's bodies can accommodate the virus. Let's just say that we are doing this to make our bodies stronger."
"What will happen if the body can't fight and adjust to the virus? Will they die?"
"They would wish that they just died if their bodies can't go through it."
Duke emitted a strong oppressive aura in his anger and his voice turned a few degrees colder. "Kisha, I hope that you're not messing with me. They are my people!"
"I know, that's why I'm sharing this with you." "You're someone I can trust my back with, so I hope you can do the same."
His anger turned into comfort. At least, she's not trying to do something shady. He did not know where his trust for her came from but there was a feeling of comfort as if he had known her for long.
She understood that his silence meant that his anger subsided so she continued to explain. "Although being drenched in the blood rain will not create an antibody in our bodies, it will still be beneficial for those who will survive, they will be the same people but." She doesn't know how to break the news without sounding like she doesn't care for his people.
Duke already feels that theirs a catch in this blood rain but they will still suffer some losses which doesn't sit to his liking. "But?"
"But if their bodies rejected the virus, they will start convulsing, they will bleed from seven orifices, and will start attacking and biting people. If that happens, I hope you can put them to rest." Her voice sounded solemn
"Is there any other way to deal with it?"
She shakes her head but remembers that he can't see her. "No, if they bit other people, others will turn like them. It was too late for them to go back to being humans. They will just be human-eating monsters for the rest of their lives."
An incredulous look appeared on his face. "The zombies that you mentioned?"
"I'm glad you know the term." She sounded mocking and teasing.
"Is this woman trying to get on my nerves? How would she know if I did or did not know things?" He thought and snorted. "Don't play with me now."
She chuckled. "I wasn't trying to. I'm telling the truth and it is up to you if you would gamble for future benefits but don't come crying to me once you realize what it does."
Although Kisha has already explained to Duke the general idea of what to come and expect, she did not explain most of the important details like the blood rain and how people turned into zombies, that's why she called to explain this important fact. She admits that it was her negligence because she was too focused on the big scenes like ability users and some of her previous experiences.
"Alright, I'll think about it."
"You better do, there's only one chance." She hung up the call and sent him a message urging him to send the address. Once she got it, she gave her phone to Keith to drive.
There's one thing she realized about the first blood rain in her repeated lives. Every time she got soaked in it, she would feel her awakened powers would be stronger and have more potential to grow and even her body was stronger compared to when she hid during the first blood rain. Her power would also awaken faster.
She conducted a survey, throughout her 99 lives when she realized this difference in her body. Even Duke was not an exemption.
He said that during his field trip to one of his newly acquired lands, the earthquake happened and was soon followed by a blood-colored rain. It was an unexpected rain so they were all soaked from head to toe.
He soon awakened his ability, not only was he a lightning user but he even awakened the rare mental type ability. He alone was a powerhouse and became the strongest.
They were the first batch of superhumans, and those who awakened after them were not as powerful, they all thought that it was because they awakened first so they had time to strengthen themselves.
The scientist she knew was the one who confirmed her suspicions about the blood rain, he said that after the first blood rain, the virus seeped to the ground, and with the sun's heat it turned to vapor and part of it turned to gas, so through time, the virus will still slowly entered the body of the living. And every time it rains, there will be particles of the virus included so it will accumulate in a person's body and will give them a chance to awaken.
But those who awakened like this have a small amount of virus in their body so their ability is a little weak unlike the first awakened that has a huge concentration build up in their body.
If it can be compared to medicine, the first dose would always have the strongest effect and if we use little dosage throughout time, that body will slowly adapt until the medicine slowly becomes useless. And that's how he explains the virus, all the living have a virus in their body as time passes but if they did not turn to zombies the first instance they got exposed to it, they will not turn, not unless they were bitten by the zombies.
Kisha of course asked why would they still turn if they already had the virus running in their bloodstream. He answered that, as humans continue to adapt to the virus, the zombie continues to evolve with the help of the virus so of course they will become stronger and the virus in their body will be the evolved and stronger version. Only the superhumans will not turn after being bitten as the virus in their body also evolve along their powers.
008 once said that this virus's origin is from a different world that might have been accidentally brought to earth. But it was hard for them to investigate and know from which world it originated because it happened at the beginning of time, which means that's when the earth was formed. Earth was the youngest and is also the lowest world in all the parallel worlds. Worlds are classified to small realm, middle realm and high realm. The higher the realm the more the prosperous their worlds are.
So unlike other worlds where multiple systems would appear, on Earth, there was only one. Earth's resources are unpalatable for the other worlds, there were magic swords, medicine that could bring a person back to life, and many more but what Earth could offer that they don't have?
It could be said that 008 was demoted which was why it was sent to the lowest-ranking world to fend for itself. They rely on their host to be upgraded to open more functions and features which will allow them to connect to a higher realm for exchanging information and items. The better their sales channel the better their ranking.
But what could 008 sell from Earth? That's why they were so poor in her previous lives. No one wanted their things.
But 008 was unresigned, he wanted to make a name for himself and be promoted, be one of those who sat at the top. Owning his own realm and territory with a wide channel. They called them constellations. Some call them Gods.
All the constellations started like 008, a system. After numerous upgrades, they will form their own consciousness, the higher they climb, the higher their ranking. The top-ranking systems will then gain an authority that is unique to them. And once they are well known in all realms, they will gain a follower, the more followers they have, the stronger their authority will become. Once their authority reaches a certain level, they can create their little system to send to the small realms to repeat the cycle.
The little systems are all connected to their own constellations but once they gain consciousness they could choose to separate themselves from their constellation or take over the constellation's position once they are powerful enough.
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Her call with Duke only lasted for a few minutes and they were just a few blocks away from their apartment building when two SUV blocked their path.
Kisha could already sense that these people brought trouble, so she eyed Keith and asked him to exchange seats with her. Keith protested and shot a questioning look at her but he still obediently followed his sister's demand and went to the passenger seat.
"Buckle your seatbelts and hang on tight." She reminded.
"What's happening Shasha?!" Grandma asked a little flustered.
Grandpa, throughout his military career, had an idea of what was going on, so he just did what his granddaughter asked of him and secured himself and his wife. He made sure to hold his wife's hand and gently rub it with his thumb to silently tell her not to be afraid.
He trusted that his granddaughter, with her experience, knew what she was doing. He knew that they couldn't confront them as there were 3 non-combatants on their side and they were unsure of the number of their enemy. It was stupid to charge head-on.
"Do you have a plan?" He asked.
"We don't know if these people are the advance force or the overall people that were sent to deal with me, if they were only the advance party, it would be bad if we ran to ask Duke for help to deal with them." She stared coldly at the vehicle that had no movement yet.
"Deal with you? Who would even want to deal with you sister? The apocalypse has yet to start?!" Keith stated with gritted teeth, wanting to skin the people who want to hurt his sister.
"I have only provoked my Manager and the Director, her lover."
"How so?" He questioned.
"They'd probably suspected me of sending their skeleton in their closet to the police. They got in serious trouble because of it, and Lisa must still be in the police station for investigation. So these must be the director's people." She smiled smugly.
"Should we wait for them to make a move? Shouldn't we ask for help?" Keith's said flustered.
"We are far from Duke's main party and we don't know what would be their next move. I just hope that they will not be bold enough to deal with us with guns now."
It is also a good thing that the apocalypse has yet to start as people will not mindlessly kill like before.
The people from the two SUVs seem to reached their patience as Kisha and her family have yet to step out of their vehicle and have noticed their motives. So one by one, stey started to come out with their weapon of choice. they are mainly steel baseball bats and steel pipes.
"Let's thank the heavens that we are ruled by law." She let out a sigh of relief.
She took advantage of this action and stepped on the gas pedal and zoomed out in the narrow alley to her left. She grew up in this old neighborhood so she already memorized every nook and cranny of the place.
Stunned, they momentarily fell into a daze as they watched Kisha's car speed up in the alley. Their leader, even though stunned, was still composed and immediately gathered his thoughts and shouted. "Move! MOVE! Don't let them get away!"
They all rushed up to their vehicle, and without even buckling their seatbelts, they tried their best to catch up to the car in front.
Keith held onto the handle on top of his head. His heart almost beating out of his chest. "Sister, I didn't know that you drive aggressively like a race car driver." His lips twitched.
"This is normal in the apocalypse." She didn't even care if she hit a trashcan or any obstacles on the road. Things flew around as the car chase continued for hours around the city. When she noticed that the gas was about to run out, she led them onto the outskirts where trees are denser and don't have many people.
The skies started to brighten up, and Kisha abruptly stopped at an abandoned factory a little far from the city. "Keith sit in the driver's seat if anything happens. Don't hesitate to drive away."
Aggrieved, he asked. "But sister, are you planning to face them alone?"
"Then, do you know how to fight?"
He looked worried but at the same time helpless because he knew that he couldn't help in any way.
Their grandfather broke the awkward silence. "Trust your sister, she survived and fought in the apocalypse longer than anyone, so she must be confident to win this. You'll just drag her down if you come with her."
Kisha did not wait for another word and stepped out of the car with a kitchen knife in hand.
Why kitchen knife you asked? Because the weapon dealership was closed yesterday. For unlucky reasons, it had to be close when she needed cold weapons urgently.
The people on the other side were happy to finally see their target out in plain sight, they rejoice in their hearts as they slowly got down with their weapons.
For them, Kisha is just like a newborn calf, unafraid of tigers. But seeing her beautiful face and curvacious body, another thought flashed in their mind and they started to look at her with undisguised desire.
008 started to pray for their poor soul. Kisha most hated it when men looked at her like that more than when her capabilities were being questioned.
Her demeanor turned ten degrees lower, like the Goddess of death. She walked slowly, in her every step, their heart beats coldly, and they gulped down the lump of saliva in their throat.
They don't understand why a weak-looking woman was able to emit such a dangerous aura, but as gangsters who grew up in a lawless and dangerous place where their other feet are deep in the grave.
Their gut feeling tells them to run. But their body doesn't want to listen to their thoughts, their trembling legs glued to the ground.
This can be considered the most danger they felt throughout their lives and they suddenly felt regret for accepting a seemingly easy money but was actually a pit.
But before any of them made a move, two black armored cars stopped behind them.
Men in black overalls and black army boots stepped out and without a word started attacking the gangsters. Even Kisha was shocked.
"What's going on?" She murmured.
But as if to answer her question, a figure emerges from the second car.
"Duke?!" She exclaimed.
He jogged towards her and looked at her from head to toe to know. After confirming that she was unhurt he let a sigh of relief.
A little puzzled, tilted her head to the side and she asked. "What are you doing here?"
"Didn't I say that we'll go together?"
"Didn't I say you can go ahead and I'll follow from behind?" She pouted a little.
Amused, his lips subconciously lift a little. "I never agreed to your suggestion." He paused and looked at the gangster lying on the ground. "It's a good thing I didn't." And he nodded as if to agree to himself.
Displeased with his smug face. "Tsk. I could beat them just the same without your intervention, though!"
"You could just thank me honestly you know." His lips purse like an aggrieved child.
The men cleaning up the mess unintentionally look at the two of them and happen to see this and are shocked, rub their eyes and look again but the same image is still there.
Duke, the cold, unfeeling, and uninterested in women is acting coquettish in front of a beauty?
This had never been heard or seen before. Not until today. But they were glad, not because they were happy for their boss, but because he was rumored to be gay and interested in men instead.
They were afraid that if they caught Duke's eye, they might lose their asses. That's why they were always on tenterhooks around him but now they felt relieved. "It's not that Boss is uninterested in women but he has not met the one." They thought as they silently cheered.
Duke who doesn't have a clue about the rumors or what his people think, was still standing near Kisha, uncaring about the rest. He has no idea that his men misunderstood his actions.
"Let's go and meet up with the rest." He suggested.
The gangster that was beaten up black and blue was still lying on the ground pretending to be dead so that Duke would forget about them.
Who among them did not know Duke? Everyone knew Duke but he was more of a legend in the underground world as the unforgiving and ruthless ruler of the light and dark part of the society. No one in their right mind would provoke Duke or his people.
They did not know that this woman knew this tyrant. Hatred for the Director surged in their hearts and vowed to take revenge on him if they survived this.
"People of the same feather flock together. So no wonder they seemed close." They thought in their hearts as they did their best to lessen their presence.
Duke knew what they were thinking and had noticed their every action but he chose not to do anything, for him, they were as good as dead anyway, they might die in the apocalypse so why exert effort if nature can take care of them for him?
Thinking of the pros and cons, Kisha decided to relent and follow Duke closely. She can consider this as another layer of protection for her family.
So they drove back to the city's direction in a convoy.
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