Saksham was sitting on the sofa, rubbing his temples with a constipated look on his face. In front of him was a bickering couple. As for why they were bickering, for that, we have to go back 5 minutes ago.
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5 Minutes Ago
Saksham sat on the sofa with a cheeky smile on his face. Arjun and Savitri were sitting in front of him and looking at him with a suspicious look. Arjun took the lead in asking, "What happened to your bed and door?"
"Nothing really happened at all, dad. They both were quite old so maybe they had gotten weaker. So, they broke pretty easily." Saksham lied without even blinking once.
Savitri looked at him and said, "I can accept this for the door but, you know, the bed was bought just 3 years ago. Its wood should not have decayed to this degree so soon."
"Mom, I am growing day-by-day so the strength of my hands are also growing. Maybe I accidently pressed the weak part of the bed and it collapsed." Saksham explained in a hurry.
Arjun nodded a bit and the room fell silent. Before long, Arjun's eyes suddenly lit up as he looked at Saksham with an 'I understand. Don't worry' gaze. Seeing this gaze, Saksham knew that his father had misunderstood something. Before he could even speak, Arjun looked at Savitri and said, "He's right. He is indeed growing day-by-day. Being at this age, boys usually exercise one particular arm to its limit. Don't look at his skinny arms now, they contain endless potential. Son, although I won't stop you from exercise, you have to control that strength of yours or else our small home won't be standin-"
Before Arjun could continue any longer, he howled in pain as Savitri pulled his left ear with an annoyed expression on her face.
"Argh! Woman, leave my ear!" Arjun shouted.
But Savitri showed no signs of loosening instead, she increased the strength by 2-points more. Poor Arjun heard a 'click' sound coming from his ear and started begging, "I am sorry! Don't pull anymore, please! I was just kidding! I was really just kidding! I won't do it again! Please, just leave my ear!"
Hearing Arjun beg, Savitri finally loosened her grip and Arjun immediately jumped a few meters apart from her. Although she left his ear, Savitri was still feeling angry as she said, "Old man, you have gone crazy or something?! Is this something you should talk in front of your own child?! Did you sell your brain or something? I can't believe this old man!"
After standing a few meters apart from Savitri, Arjun once again got his courage back and yelled, "What do you know, woman! I was just having a father-son joke with him. His exam just got finished yesterday, and we both know how stressful it is for children. I thought a joke would lighten up his mood! Who knew that a certain woman wouldn't understand my good intention and instead, would try to pull her husband's ear apart!"
Saksham was smiling wryly at this. After 18 years, he has gotten used to these small bickering of his parents. But he was really moved seeing his father try to lighten his mood by small jokes. He looked at the scene unfolding in front of him warmly and snickered silently. His parents and Anitha were his whole heart and soul. He couldn't live without either of them. And he couldn't be himself if either of these 2 were taken away from him. That's why he once again resolved firmly in his heart that he needs to increase his forces and his strength so that no one would be able to even touch his parents or Anitha.
In fact, Saksham had been feeling a sense of urgency in his heart for some reason. For the past few days, he would get goosebumps all of a sudden without any reason. Along with the goosebumps came a few cold sweats. This thing was really making Saksham feel more and more uncomfortable as the days went by. After returning to his room, Saksham's face grew tense as the familiar feeling of goosebump once again rose from the depth of his heart. His breathing became rushed as he felt a tingling sensation on his skin. This feeling lasted for only a few seconds before disappearing as if nothing happened. But this was enough to give Saksham a warning. He immediately took out his notebook and sat down on the study table, pretending to study while he muttered under his breath, "Why am I having these goosebumps daily?"
"Are you sure you want to consume 1 EP?"
"Yes"
"You have used 4 EP twice to get a reminder if there is something dangerous for you. Using those 4 EP had made some changes to your latent sixth sense, your brain processing capacity, and your reflexes till the time of the reminder of danger. During that time, your body had somehow memorized the subconscious feeling of that sixth sense and after using that twice, it has become a kind of memory for the body. And because of that, you have permanently activated your mutated sixth sense but it is much, much weaker state that what you got after using 4 EP. All the symptoms you are having are actually reminders of your weak sixth sense. Normally, your weak sixth sense should not be showing any signs of movement for ordinary dangers because you have not fully mastered it yet. But for it to be giving such strong response means that there is a very big danger around you."
As Saksham saw this, his face became as white as sheet. A big danger around him?! What does that mean? Was his position became known to some country? Or is it the IOEA? No, it can't be IOEA. It has to be someone else. But who is it? And where are they? I can't let them get close to my parents. I have to do something now! Before Saksham could speak, the system once again sent more information.
"After a detailed analysis, it is a mutated Sixth sense which can sense the dangers for the future. Which means that there is something big going to happen to either you or around you. You have to keep this in mind as you prepare for the danger."
Although Saksham was slightly relieved as he heard he was not in danger right now, that didn't negate the fact that danger was still looming on his head. He nodded gravely and asked, " Who is behind this?"
But as he read the words written on the new pop-up window from the system, Saksham tried his best to swallow hard but wasn't able to feel even a bit of wet feeling in his mouth. He found his whole mouth had gone dry as few drops of cold sweat dripped from his head.
"Not Enough EP!"