The Red Game's

[S2] Chapter 4 Part 2

Vany and I continued walking on the sidelines of this long-dead city. There is no sign of anyone but us here. Leisurely passing through the various alleys to reach the border, we were now right in a small alley while monitoring the many soldiers who were on standby with rifles in their hands.

“So, do we need to break through them quietly, or maybe ...”

No need to continue, I already understand what Vany will say. I sighed for a moment, then held Vany's right hand tightly. My eyes met her, and in an instant, we were already in a wilderness.

This place is a forest that connects the North City with the village of Rose. Once we got here, we just needed to walk straight north, and then arrive safely to a destination village.

Previously, I had also passed this road when I first came to the North City, so I could easily move here. In the silence of the forest, we continued walking hand in hand towards Rose village. No one wants to start a small talk just to pass the time.

Yeah, I don't really care about that either. If he doesn't want to talk, then I'll just follow his wish. We still continued to walk among the shady trees that spanned the entire length of the forest. Moments later, Vany started a conversation.

“Hei!”

Without even turning towards her, I replied nonchalantly. “What?”

“Em ... the.”

For a moment I glanced at her, the girl's face turned a little red, and I just took my hand off her hand. “Ah, sorry. I didn't mean.”

“I-it's okay.”

Strange, what's wrong with this girl? Is he still ashamed to go along with a jerk like me? If that was the case, why didn't he just part with me?

It's better that I don't think about it. Too many riddles about this girl beside me, there's no way I can answer the question myself. Kacuali he wants to tell you all about himself, maybe I can answer these questions alone.

Suddenly, I stopped my steps, glaring around because I felt something was wrong. Vany also stopped beside me, maybe she also felt what I felt. Although only a little, but still feel the presence of someone.

“Be careful,” I said quietly to Vany.

The girl just nodded small, then looked around. So far, nothing suspicious. Was my feeling wrong?

The existence of someone earlier, suddenly disappeared, maybe I should have used the Tracking Technique earlier on to do so. Ah, shit, why is my brain so dead-end lately? Is it because you haven't eaten anything?

After the chaos of thought, I also walked to the north to get to Rose village soon. Maybe by the time I get there, there will be a kind person to give a mouthful of rice for me to enjoy. Yeah, I hope so.

The distance between the North City and the village of Rose was very far, so when evening came, Vany and I decided to rest under a shady tree. In addition, we have also eaten some of the fruits present in this forest, so our lives are not only dependent on the energy contained within our power core.

We sat next to each other looking at the beautiful night sky decorated with stars. My body felt very tired, because it walked all day long through this vast forest. It reminded me of the first time I went from Rose village to North City. However, the difference was, at that time I carried the supplies in the bag I carried, but now this self runs without carrying anything.

“Hei, Vany!”

“If we had not been separated,” I bowed, reminiscing about our past, “did you stop me from doing the slaughter back then?”

“How new are you now to mention it?”

Suddenly I turned towards Vany who was looking at the night sky. This self is shaking, the mouth feels unable to throw any sentences. He then turned, staring intently at my eyes. “Maybe you who used to not want to bring up the past, but you who are now are really different,” Vany smiled before continuing her sentence, “I will borrow your most cruel words: The past is no longer repeatable, so why bring it up?”

Immediately I turned my face away, unwilling to look at her any longer, because I felt ashamed of myself. A word spoken by my mouth, suddenly used as a tool against me, is it good? Sure didn't.

I sighed for a moment, fatigue now enveloping the body. Since there was no need to worry about a surprise attack, having put up protective gear around, I immediately closed my eyes.

***

The morning was clear, starting our steps to immediately move from the place of Isthirahat to the village of Rose. Along the way I just kept walking in silence, without any intention of speaking.

Vany was like that, he kept his head down the whole way for whatever reason. The atmosphere is really boring, it just feels like time is going so slowly. I stopped my steps, looked around to find something. What I'm looking for is nothing but edible wild animals, because it's not good to just fill my stomach with fruits.

“What are you looking for?” ask Vany while tilting her head.

“Only snacks that may satiate the stomach for a while,” I replied indifferently.

“Terussle.”

It seems that he is not frowned upon by what I want to do, naturally, because this is indeed unattractive. I closed my eyes, then activated the Tracking Technique. Within a radius of several tens of meters around, I could tell anything, whether it was animals, humans, or plants.

Immediately I canceled the Tracking Technique and started walking forward. There I tracked down a forest bhabi.

“Come go!”

A moment after I said that sentence, Vany immediately followed behind me. Maybe I don't need to explain anymore, we met the forest bhabi, then I roasted it to fill the stomach.

***

We walked for three days until we finally arrived at the border between the forest and the village of Rose. Without waiting any longer, I immediately ran through the bushes to reach the place I had long left.

Such a spectacular sight was immediately visible to the eye, where so many flying drones watched every corner of the village. It might be very degrading to call this place a village, but they were unwilling to name this place with such a conspicuous name as a city.

Before it could go any further, a drone directly examined my body by emitting a blue-colored light. It can easily identify whether we are an intruder or not. Therefore, no one would infiltrate here, for fear of its safety.