The Hidden World's

Chapter 12 Scipion and His Memory

I sat back on the floor of the room, listening to the story carefully. I looked at him for goals. If someone sees it, they will be scared. When I first saw her, I also felt that she was a dangerous creature. But now, I am slowly getting used to it.

I exhaled a heavy breath. He stopped for so long. I wasn't too worried or scared when there were monsters coming. I'm sure Aryek will deal with it soon. But what I'm worried about is my friends, Layla, Nana, and Arthur. I'm afraid one of them met Arf-ak. But wait! If Aryek can be this good, maybe Arf-ak will also be like him.

'If you think he'll be like me, you're wrong. He's like a killing machine that never looks at you. Whatever stands in his way, whatever is in front of him will be removed.'

“A-What?” I looked at him in disbelief. The spy looked back at me.

“I don't mngerti. Aren't you the same kind of creature? You're in the same tube, even if it's separate. How can he be inversely proportional to you? Even the shape alone is more human than your body shape!” Suarau slightly raised. I jerked slowly.

“Sorry. I didn't mean to hurt or offend you.” I'm breaking down my body, trying to relax a little more.

'Are you willing to enter my world?'

“Your world?” I looked up, asking for an explanation.

'Well, I'll show you the truth. I want you to see it for yourself.'

“Why do you want me to see that?”

'Because I'm sure you're the one who was predicted by him a decade ago. When we're in my world, it's just our souls coming in. We can't be seen and we can't touch each other. We only go to the dream world, not back in time.'

“Only our soul? Does that mean our bodies stay here? What if there are monsters? We'll just be an easy target for them.

'Just relax. I've made a thin, invisible bubble that wraps around this room. This bubble acts as a shield. As long as Arf-ak isn't here, we'll stay safe. This bubble also serves to hide the air of our existence. You ready?'

“Yah, start anytime.”

'Then, now close your eyes.'

I closed my eyes slowly. The more Aryek spoke to me, the more I got used to his voice echoing in my head.

“Open your eyes!” Someone is talking to me. The voice did not come from inside my head which meant that it was not Aryek who was talking to me. Is there anyone else besides us in this room? And I don't recognize this vocal cords.

Slowly I opened my eyes. The room that had been dark turned into a very bright light. My eyes blinked, adjusting to the light. Where'sisthis? What is this place? Why is the light here so dazzling? My eyes haven't even adjusted yet.

“This was a building sighting decades ago. Very beautiful, isn't it?” The voice that spoke to me was heard again. I looked towards the direction the voice came from. There I found the figure of a young man who was around twenty years old. It looks so good to see. Her hair is reddish black. It reaches two meters high. I looked up, looking at him in admiration.

He looked back at me, tilting his head. I stared at him, not blinking.

“Who are you? Where's Aryek? I mean the monster I was with?” I scrunched my forehead. He glued for a moment, then laughed lightly.

“Sorry in advance because I didn't introduce myself. I'm Scipion. I was the monster you were with since. Ah, yes. People call me by the name of Aryek after my body shape changes.” She smiles. His handsome streak and graceful smile, as well as his shady gaze made me want to embrace him. I think he needs a hug.

“You Aryek?” My eyes are in disbelief. He nodded slowly.

“It's hard to believe, but I am Aryek. Now let me show you a nightmare.” He pulled my wrist. I tried to match her wide footsteps.

My eyeballs couldn't stop moving around this room. My breath is hunting. Scipion who was beside me remained calm looking at me. Is this what he calls a nightmare? It's even worse than just a nightmare.

“This is one of the hidden rooms inside this building. In the past, people called this building a tower. The building has a hundred floors, it is appropriate if they call it a tower.” He walked closer to one of the tubes.

This place, I don't know what to call it. But this place is definitely a research laboratory. There are so many tubes that contain the human body. I didn't know they were alive or dead. Their bodies were floating in a clear liquid filled with bubbles. Nose until their mouth is given a tool such as a breathing apparatus.

What kind of nightmare will he show me? What will happen in this nightmare? And what exactly happened to him?

“Are you ready? It's almost time to go explore.” Scipion held my shoulder, smiling. I'm just shaking. I don't know what to respond to. More precisely, I was unable to give any response.

Not long after, there were a few people in all-white clothes entering the room with thin notebooks in their hands. They approached one of the tubes containing the man. Then, one of them put a deep red liquid through an injection directly into the hose connected to his body. They were silent, just watching. Maybe they're waiting for the reaction from the liquid they injected.

“AAAAAHHHH!!!! OHHAHAAAH!!!! AAARRGGGHH!!!” The person in the tube was struggling in pain. His screaming voice was faintly heard. I don't know why, but hearing him yell like that made me want to cry.

I looked at Aryek beside me who was just silently watching the incident.

“Why do you only see?” I snapped. He shook his head slowly while painting a smile on his beautiful face.

“There is nothing we can do.”

“What do you mean? If you really just want to be quiet like a coward, let me face them.” I kicked his shins. He whimpers in pain. Well, I'll do it myself. I already have the power. There's nothing I need to be afraid of. I'm gonna beat them up.

When I was ready for my blow, I fell. The punch I fired at one of them couldn't hit him. I can't touch them. I turned my head, looking at Scipion who was behind me, asking for an explanation.

“Don't I tell you there's nothing we can do? We only go to see nightmares, not to go back in time. They cannot see us and we cannot touch them. We are in a dream world. Nothing will change in the past. So don't waste your energy just for nothing.” Scipion finger-picking. The room around me is spinning. We moved to another room.

I saw so many mutants in this place. The human modifications made by these mad scientists. They have a slightly different shape than humans in general. However, they have not lost their nature as human beings.

Some scientists came back to the room. This time they were carrying a fairly large iron tube. They attached a hose to one of their guinea pigs to the tube. The tube contained a gas that was slightly blue in color. The mutants gradually inhaled the gas from the iron tube. What gas is that? Oxygen? It is impossible for oxygen to have such a color.

They then checked into the machine next to the mutant, smiling.

“This is your memory, right?” I harden my jaw.

“Ya!” Scipion answered me briefly.

“Lantas what did you do during this crazy experiment? If you know this, doesn't that mean you're here too?” I growled, clenching my hands. Scipion glanced at me, then looked back at the researchers.

“When this research takes place? I guess I just lay asleep on the bed.” Scipion said something like that. I don't understand what he really wants anymore. Wasn't she also a victim?

“What do you really want to show me? Do you want to show the karma that befell you because you just kept quiet and watched this, so? Karma came to you and turned you into a monster, then you dragged me here for what?” I slapped Scipion hard. He just took a deep breath, not caring about me.

“Yeah, maybe this is a story about karma that greets me and feels comfortable living together with me. Maybe this is karma because I can't do anything when all these crazy things happen.” He shed tears.

“Hah?! Whatisthis? Are you crying because you are sorry? Don't make me laugh. Should a person like you be given a greater reward by karma.”

“Is that?” Scipion looked up, sighing. He returned his finger. Our room turned around again, changing into another room.