Wanara Project

Chapters 28. Windhi Ayundari (Last Part) - The Story Behind a Smile

Ayu strives to continue to maintain her focus and concentration in doing breathing exercises. It's just that, the harder it is to stay focused, the harder it is to do so.

Cold temperatures continue to hit. His body is getting harder to control. Just to do ordinary breathing feels very difficult. Ayu lost consciousness and fell lying on the floor.

“Darma, stop training fourth area!” Shouted Julia surprise Darma.

Darma who was not paying attention to the fourth area was surprised by Julia's shout, “What happened?”.

“Do not ask much, just stop!” Julia screamed again as she ran out of the surveillance room very quickly. He ran towards the fourth area to save Ayu's life.

Upon arrival at the training room of the fourth area, Julia immediately took out her energy cocoon to save Ayu's life. By then Ayu's entire body had stiffened and frozen. His breathing was heavy and felt very difficult. His heart rate is also a mess.

“Julia, is Ayu okay?” ask Darma from behind the loudspeaker.

“A few seconds we are late, Ayu's life can no longer be saved.” Answer Julia.

“What?!!” Shouted Darma who was very surprised by Julia's answer.

“When extreme temperature changes occur, Ayu gets first phase hypothermia symptoms. He experienced orthostatic hypotension and disorientation which made his brain abilities weaken and failed to control his own body. His body shivered in the cold and his breathing must have been very fast back then.” Julia gave an explanation.

“Forstbite or frostbite is a sign of complications in Ayu's body. By then she had entered the second phase of hypothermia. I thought he would be able to overcome the problem with the breathing exercises he did. So I let him continue this exercise. But it turns out I was wrong, Ayu failed to stabilize her body condition and instead made things worse. Ayu enters the third phase of hypothermia.”

“If we were late, Ayu would have pulmonary edema and heart failure that would have made her life disappear instantly.” Julia ended the explanation.

Darma was silent and speechless. He was very surprised by what Julia said. Darma did not expect that Ayu's life would be threatened at the training this time.

“Not to worry, I have used the energy cocoon and now Ayu has gone through her critical period. We still have to keep an eye on the other team members. Do not lose focus. It can harm them.” Julia tried to calm Darma down.

“You're right Julia. Sorry I got a little emotional. I'm handing Ayu over to you. Let me keep an eye on the rest of the team.” Darma responds to Julia and returns to supervise the training progress of the other team members.

Then Julia left the training room of the fourth area along with a cocoon of energy that floated following her. Julia was about to take Ayu to the medical room to do further treatment.

Upon arrival in the medical room, Julia removes the energy cocoon and puts Ayu in the bed of the room. Julia put an infusion to stabilize Ayu's condition with the help of the medical team who stood guard there.

Julia took a chair and sat down beside Ayu just in case and made sure that nothing happened again that could endanger Ayu's life.

Actually Julia's energy cocoon has helped Ayu through the crisis and there is nothing more to worry about. It's just that Julia is the type of person who does not want to take risks if it is related to the lives of others who are innocent. Long enough Julia accompanied Ayu. But Julia did not complain at all.

Less than 2 hours have passed. Finally Ayu was conscious.

Ngiiii……

When Ayu opened her eyes, her ears were ringing violently, her vision blurred and her head hurt.

“Aagh…. What happened?” Ayu asked while holding her head.

“Call Miss Ayu, you will be fine.” Julia tried to calm Ayu down.

“What happened to Julia?” Ayu again asked Julia a similar question.

“You experienced phase three hypothermia and almost lost your life. But you do not need to worry, your current condition has been much better.” Julia responded to Ayu's question.

“Thank you very much Brother. You saved my life.” Ayu.

“No need to hesitate, Miss. This is already my obligation.” Yakap

Julia.

“I think the exercise this time will be very easy. I didn't prepare well and ended up troubling you, Sister Julia.” Ayu bowed sadly.

“Have nothing to think about.” Julia responded with a beautiful smile on her face.

“So, the exercise this time I failed huh?” asked Ayu with still bowed sadly.

“You did not fail, Miss. You just haven't successfully completed this training until the end.” Julia.

“Today I may fail, but training tomorrow I will definitely succeed.” Saying with optimism.

“I'm sorry. It seems like tomorrow you can't continue training either. You still have to rest to recover your body condition, Miss.” Julia spoke her words carefully.

Ayu flinched and did not accept the statement delivered by Julia. He felt able to continue training.

“Why Brother?!” Sentak Ayu's.

“Now I do look pathetic. But with a short break I would have been quite ready to continue training!” Ayu continued her words.

“I'm sorry, Miss. Your condition is not stable. At least you still need a full rest another day to recover your body at this time.” Julia.

Ayu whipped out the infusion needle in her hand and shouted, “Then let out your strength. Heal me and restore me with that power of yours, Sister Julia.”

Julia took a deep breath and gave Ayu an explanation.

“You are too dependent on my healing power. ‘Just calm down, there's Julia who will heal ku’. That must be what you think. Am I wrong, Miss?”

“Maybe you are not aware of it, but it is one of the factors that make you unable to complete the exercise this time and also makes you unable to follow the exercise tomorrow.”

Ayu was silent.

“You cannot continuously rely on others, Miss. There was a time when you had to fight alone. This project not only trains potential and teaches you how to become physically stronger. But we also train your thinking maturity. That is the most important.”

“The incredible strength you have if it is not matched by the maturity of thinking, then it will be the most terrifying weapon in this world. The people who destroy this world are smart people with great potential. But they have no maturity of thought. Ego,***** and greed control themselves. We don't want you to be like them. We want to create people who can protect the world, at least protect the people closest to you.”

“I'm sorry Sister Julia.” Ayu apologizes and responds to Julia. He also told me about his past. The thing that made him become like this.

“Both of my parents are very protective people. Since childhood, I have not lived freely. Everything they always set. They're worried I'll get hurt if I don't follow the rules they set. At first I accepted and followed all their rules. Until one day I felt that they were already very excessive and outrageous.”

“I was in elementary school and wanted to play with my friends. I was educated in a very elite and famous place. There was absolutely no time for me to play in school. After school I was only given about 1 hour to play outside the house, it was just around the house. The rest I can only play at home. Indeed they provide a lot of game facilities for me, but obviously it is different. So that I take advantage of the time I have and invite my friends to play.”

“When I was playing, I accidentally fell and my knees were bleeding. It was my fault for not being careful. I was brought home by one of my friends. But who would have thought both my parents

angry when I see my condition. They assume that the wound I got was my friend's fault. Though obviously it was my own fault, my friend was kind enough to help and take me home.”

“Then my parents rebuked and berated my friend. Not stopping there, they also hit and slapped him several times. I screamed and cried. I tried to stop the treatment of my parents. But I can't do much. My friend fell and fainted with many bruises on his body.”

“Then some guards came and took my friend away. Looks like they brought my friend home. Not long after that my friend's parents came to our house and cried roaring. They said his son had died as a result of the treatment he received. But both of my men don't care. They called the guards to expel him.”

“Both of my parents were distinguished and wealthy people. No one dared to go against their will. The police who investigated the case stopped the investigation and made a statement that my friend was injured and died from a hit-and-run accident. My two friends' parents couldn't do much, they were only able to cry and scream for justice. But justice is never on the side of the little guy. No one cared about their screams and cries. Until finally the mother went crazy because of frustration and the father decided to end his own life.”

“That incident really took me by storm. I also feel guilty for my friend's death.”

“After that happened, I no longer attended school at my previous place. I learned from home. My parents brought in the best teachers to improve my academic skills.”

“Since then I no longer have any friends. Besides because both my parents did not let me leave the house without their permission, until now I still can not forget the death of my friend. It scares me to make new friends.”

“However one day I got an invitation to participate in this Project. At the time, I had no idea who sent it. But I understand one thing, the organizers of this Project are people who have more power than my parents and make them have no choice but to give me permission.”

“This project is the beginning of my new life. I have a lot of friends who care about me. When my leg was injured on the climb to Mandalawangi Peak, Kak Rama seemed to care deeply about

my circumstances. Brother Yuna also always accompanied me at that time and Mr. Darma with all his might carried me to the top.” I tried so hard not to cry.

“At the time of energy manipulation fight, Galih who from the beginning turned out to have mastered it well, did not do any attack on me. He was worried that I would get hurt if he attacked me. He is also very concerned about the development that I experienced.”

“Particularly you Sister Julia. I don't know how many times you helped me. When my leg was injured, when I failed to defend and when I almost lost my life like now. You are always there to help me, so that I can continue to fight and become stronger.”

“I don't want to give up, Sister Julia. I want to continue my training to become stronger. I want to have greater power to be able to protect my friends.” Ayu's tears were no longer contained.

Likewise with Julia who had listened to Ayu's story. Her tears flowed. Julia also felt the sadness and suffering that Ayu had been experiencing. But Julia immediately wiped her tears and hugged Ayu tightly to help ease the burden that Ayu was feeling.

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