Chapter 238 Friendship
[Alissa''s POV]
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So, do you know that there are nts thaty traps to catch the insects despite being
immovable? It''s not just about the nts being immobile or the insects being agile, it''s
about nning the right way and doing the right way.
In essence, you can say that I function the same way. My ns are near immobile but
function perfectly. I have a way to tackle almost all and every situation, no matter how
hard it is…
''Though… what is this?'' I thought with a wry expression as I saw my rival in love,
Caroline Escarte, helping me out as if I were her best friend.
''It''s not a trick… She is doing it with the freedom of her own ability, she is helping me
with a good heart,'' I could more or less see through people who are simpleton and
despite being a high end manager genius, this girl was pretty simple to read.
"Hey!" I spoke a little loud enough to make her stop cleaning the ce and look at me.
"Can you tell me how exactly the rtion was between us in your past regression?" I
asked with a bit of curiosity as I observed her.
She was stumped a little before she began to ponder a bit more than she spoke,"It
wasn''t good in the beginning, as we were dealing with things more professionally.
Actually, we both slept with Michael on our first meeting," she said as she turned shy,
making me look at her nkly…
''Hard to believe honestly,'' I thought as I just waited for her to continue.
"After that, Michael… didn''t wake up for… forever, I guess?" She hesitated as I focused
on those words. "What do you mean by not waking up forever?" I asked
"Hmmm… it''s a little confusing, but Michael was trapped in a bubble right after the
first night. He was locked up there sleeping in a baby position and no matter what we
tried, we couldn''t break through the bubble… it was harder than anything we have
seen,"Caroline spoke, recounting each and everything they did.
"To be honest, you and I, and also M and a few others, were confused about what to
do. It certainly did not look like he was in pain. More like he was just peacefully
sleeping,"she added.
I pondered over it a little,"It could have been a protective mechanism by that system
of his? He did use the word ''Hibernate for 6 months'' when exining his story."
She nodded as she agreed with me,"this is what we concludedst time as well, and
continued doing whatever we did as we waited for him to wake up again…"
She paused in between as she looked at me before asking,"Should I continue or should
I tell you about our friendship that happened in between?"
I looked at her nkly for a few seconds before I realized the first question I asked her
before, and pondering a little, I said,"Tell me about our friendship. The way you looked
at me yesterday and the way you look at me now is quite creepy, to be honest. I would
like to know what exactly triggered our friendship to the extent where you are taking
care of me as if I were your elder sister."
She chuckled a little as she nodded before exining,"Well. After the first night, we
were worried about Michael, obviously, but in the meantime, we also tried to fulfill
our duties as part of the people there. Since my ability to see things at a rapid rate
allowed me to go for a high endbat and your ability to sense dangers allowed you
to have us a n, we started going on a duo teams more often. It was strategically
good and for some reason, our coordination was naturally good."
I could understand why the coordination was good. Most probably me being able to
read her movements… and the reason I took her with me is probably because of
Michael. Hmmm.. I seemed to have developed a pity for her during that time,
especially when I shared my first time with both Michael and Her.
"After that, even though you were a hard nut to crack, I was still able to initiate
conversation between you and me many times. There were also times where we both
had to go all out and give each other the best support, many times risking our lives on
it, which I think was one of the driving factors for our friendship. In the end, I don''t
exactly remember, but I started trusting you blindly as an elder sister,"she spoke with
a bright smile as she looked at me.
''Too bright,'' I thought as I closed my eyes before sighing deeply. Well, that answered
the first question. I guess it does make sense to partner up on a war front.
"Sad that you were kidnapped 2 monthster,"she sighed as she turned around to
further clean the floor.
"Wait! Wait! Wait! What do you mean by kidnapped?!!" I asked with a stupefied
expression as I looked at her and she stood there still before a sudden realization hit
her,"Ah! Michael left the part about you!"
Intrigued by her behavior, I further pressed her more than I spoke,"Hey! Tell me! What
do you mean by kidnapped?"
This is no joke! I should be prepared 100% for whoever was trying to kidnap me. Was
it my sister? Or father, perhaps? Who was it?
"The nts,"she turned to me and looked at me with a knowing expression. Though
that only made me more confused,"nts?"
She nodded. She pondered a little before speaking,"I don''t fully understand it either,
but supposedly like everyone had Zombie Powers; you developed a certain power that
allowed you to carry traits of both Zombies and nts. It was awesome, to be honest."
"Tell me how I was kidnapped,"the mere thought of someone or something kidnapping
me was creeping me out. For some reason, I wanted to know everything about that
incident.
"Well. Like our usual drill, we were fighting Zombies, but unlike normal days, the
zombies were quite stronger than the others and were also quite numerous. It was
hard but not impossible, so we were managing it somehow. But as the fight
progressed, we somehow ended up reaching a point where we too were cornered,"she
kept speaking as she paused in between. Her eyes closed, she tried to think as deeply
as possible.
"Then a certain light. I believed it was your ability? Anyway, that light just showed
brightly, like the brightest green out there, and started killing all the zombies left and
right. As for you, you were knocked unconscious by the same light as it killed all the
Zombies. Didn''t take even 10 seconds before all the Zombies were dead.
After that, sadly, the light started creating more and more nts around us as it
healed me, while creating vegetation, as a fairy-like ntdy made up of pure wood
and leaves, formed out of the green light. Thatdy took you up in your arms as she
moved towards a certain tree that engulfed you both as a whole, leaving the empty
trees behind."
She gave a really sad look as she narrated this part before turning at me,
"I tried my best to save you, but… I was too exhausted to fight."
Regret filled her eyes as she continued to wipe the floor again. I stood up with a slight
smile on my face, moved towards her in slightly hurried steps and hugged her as tight
as possible. Finding me close to her, she smiled as a couple of tears fell from her eyes.
She was about to break as I patted her head,
"It''s all right. It wasn''t your mistake. If I saved you, then it was my own decision and
based on the story, I probably wasn''t dead, was I?" I consoled her with a sweet voice
and even though I could feel the tears on my chest, I kept quiet as I kept patting her.
''Didn''t expect things to go this way,'' I thought as I kept patting her. Maybe I should
have waited to ask this story a bitter… or maybe not? I wonder what Michael was
thinking when he heard of this story… Was heing to save me? He probably was.
"It was hard, Alissa. I… am sorry,"she spoke with the best of her ability as she tried to
control her tears and I continued to pat her. I whispered words like ''it''s okay'' and ''it
would have been fine'' but honestly, I totally understand what it means to lose
someone you care about so much.
"After you went, I was silent for a few months before another news was dropped on us
by M,"she continued as she hugged me for a while.
"The military nned to drop an atom bomb in the area where we were… Alissa..
Sister.. You are hurting me… " she spoke as I let her go. Perhaps it was the mention of
the Military doing military shit again, I got angry beyond words right now. I kept
myself quiet for sometime before she calmed down too.
"It was devastating for many reasons. We couldn''t move Micheal. You were gone. The
ce we built so hard was about to blow into smithereens and that was too within
the next week. The fact that if M hadn''t informed us about it, we would have died
without even knowing what hit us made us suffocate a little worse than we were
already doing," she spoke as she looked at me with pure hatred for the Military.
"Tell me everything that happened,"I asked as my eyes turned real serious as well.