"You are the drug master?"
"Yes. I am Sarin, the drug master. I can enhance, heal, and modify someone into a supernatural being." I hope that I did not become her lab rat.
"Okay, I don't want to stay here too long. I have to do something."
"What is it? Is it about my ancestor's wish?" I nodded. "Seriously! Do you want to sacrifice yourself just to help someone you don't know?"
"Well, I didn't say that I wanted to help. It is because I did not have something to do. I am just by myself here. Also, I want to find a way to return to my world."
"I think I see your problem. Where do you want to go?"
"Maybe I want to learn about this country first."
"Make sure you learn it from the correct person." She smiled.
"Who?"
"Duh, who is the genius person in front of you?" I think she means she is the one I should learn from.
"Maybe it's correct. But, I don't want you to get hurt."
"Why? You don't trust my instincts and geniuses?" She sounds a bit mad.
"You are adorable, and that's why I don't want you to get hurt."
"Hey! No flirting with me, okay."
"Hahaha. Sorry, my bad."
As we discussed what to do, I suddenly heard someone call. "Hey, doc! I think it's time you gave us your secret formula. We are going to attack the upper city. If you don't get out of there and give me what we want, we will take control of these zombies and destroy your shelter."
"Hey! Who the heck are they?" The two of us looked out the window of this shelter and found out there was a gang of punks outside.
"Ugh, he is Ashkara, my first lab rat that achieves full control of all my drugs."
"Who the heck is he?" I am a bit shocked.
"Yeah, that is why he came. He was addicted to my drug after overdosing; that's why I make a zombie wall around my shelter." That explained everything but was quite brutal. "Should I turn him into a zombie? I don't think I can do that to him anymore."
"That sounds rough."
"I know that. What should I do to him?"
Then, we hear Ashkara continue to talk. "Doc, if you're going to ignore my warning, then I have no choice other than to take over your zombies and destroy your shelter." I looked out the window, and that guy brought out something that looked like a speaker. Then he turned on the speaker. The sound from the speaker automatically makes the zombies berserk.
I looked at Sarin, what she will do now. "Ah, let's go to sleep."
"Hah! Are you insane? Those zombies might destroy your shelter."
"Hmm. Then, let it be. I will follow you after this." Suddenly, the pawn crest just appeared on my screen. I taped it, but nothing happened. I looked outside; it appeared his plan had backfired. Those zombies were attacking that guy.
"Why are your zombies not under his control?" I am a bit shocked. I want to help but can't. I am weak around that kind of creature.
"Did not I say to you? I am a drug master. If I make a drug, only I can control that drug. Let it be a zombie or other than that."
"Then, you are letting them get eaten by those zombies?"
"Hah! If the zombies bite them, they will get the zombie's power," she thought for a moment. Maybe she realized something. "Then I am not going to make it happen."
"What are you going to do?"
"What else? I am trying to convince my zombie to stop biting that guy." She walked to the entrance and opened it. She said that to me. "I put the zombie's pill on the table; if you want to be a zombie, you can take it." She moved to one of her zombies as she tried to talk. That zombie tried to attack her. Fortunately, I pulled her back.
"Are you out of your mind?" I shout at him.
"Hey, do you know what makes me angry?" She swallowed one pill and tied her hair back.
"No. Why?"
"Number one, when my lab rats attacked me." She got back to that zombie that tried to attack her and punched that zombie in the face. "Number two, when they become rebels." She continued to attack the nearby zombie that came and attacked her. It was a crowd. But I can see her trying to fight them in hand-to-hand combat. What a brawling woman! " Number three is when they forget about their own master." It seems like she does not need help.
"Hulaif, I think I don't want to be her lab rat." Mia suddenly talked to me.
"Yeah, I know about it." I looked at Sarin. "Hey! You want me to help with your zombies or not?"
"Do what you want to do with them; I have become fed up with it."
"Okay. Mia, if you can." Mia becomes a bow, and I shoot the web from it at the zombies. After a while, capturing all the zombies on the web, I sit for a moment. Sarin has calmed down. I can see that her hand was regenerated from killing those zombies.
"Why do you look too shocked?"
"Your hand..."
"You mean my regeneration." I nodded. "I use the drug that I just created. It is a superhuman's drug. Unfortunately, it is not permanent."
"You can even do that. I am impressive."
"Hah! Don't praise me like that. Praise me more." I thought she had become insane.
"Okay, so what should we do with your first lab rat?" I looked at Ashkara and his friends. From a distance, he looked like a kid at 13 years old. "Hey, Sarin! What drug did you give him before?"
"Oh, he has a cough problem. So I tried my cough drug on him. It works well. But I have warned him not to overuse it. Maybe it is the side effect of that drug too."
"Hah! Doc, what happened to us?" It seems like he is waking up after becoming a zombie.
"You attacked me." Sarin talked to him like she was being attacked. Meanwhile, she beat him to a pulp, even though he is still a child.
"Ugh, Doc. I am so sorry for my mistake. I did not realize after I listened to him." What did he mean by him? "Can I make up for the mistakes that we made?"
"Sure, but first could you tell me who this man is that you mentioned earlier?" It seems that Sarin already realized that this kid is innocent.
"Can. It was before..."
"Wait up. How about you help me clean up this mess?" Just when I wanted to hear that story, Sarin interrupted.
"Okay, Doc."
"Why do you interrupt that kid from telling the story?"
"I cannot sacrifice one life for all these zombies. That guy must have put something in this kid's brain. If they tell who that man is, they will die."
"Actually can I know, if this zombie has already died or lived?"
"What do you talk about? Oh, of course, it is from a corpse. I am not cruel enough to do this on a living person." It seems I've started to know her nature.
Then, I helped her with cleaning up the corpse. We collected all of them in one place and started to burn the corpses. It will take too much time to dig up a hole. After that, Sarin comes towards me with a large bag on her back. "Where are you going right now?"
"I cannot afford to live in this place anymore. It is not safe right now. So, I will follow you."
"Okay."
"So, where should we go? And what is this crest?" She just realized the pawn crest on her neck and felt excited.
"That's a Chesscrest. It shows that we have a bond."
"What kind of bonding do we have? You mean a romantic relationship?"
"I'm not quite sure which relationships But the Chesscrest just appeared when you said you wanted to follow me earlier. Maybe that kind of relationship."
"Not a romantic relationship?" I nodded. "Ah, but why?"
"Let's not think about that right now. The children are staring at us." Ashkara and his friends stared at us.
"Ugh, sorry for the wait, kid. Let's go to the village." She put something on my hand. It is folded paper. Is it a message?
"Open it when the kid is not around."
It seems that we will send the kid back home. On our way to the village, the road is calm, and no one is there. We just walked to the village, as we don't have any transportation. Not long after that, we arrived at a village. It looked like this village is in a kind of dire state. Before entering the village, Sarin gave me a face mask to cover my nose and mouth. I can see the kid also wearing their face mask.
"What happened here?" I asked.
"It seems like influenza or the plague is occurring again."
"What did you mean by that again?"
"This is the undercity. Of course, this will happen. But I am quite shocked when it happens this quickly. Someone might spread the disease."
"By having it again. Do you mean you have helped them before?"
"Yeah, it was a drug I created with a 50-50 chance of success. Although that, the number of sacrificed has decreased a lot since that day."
"Oh, the Saviour! You have come. Please help us." One of the villagers came towards Sarin. Then the others came towards us.
"Relax. Okay, one by one. Please make a line for a check-up. And please wear your face mask too." Then, we borrow one of the huts nearby and stay there. "Hulaif, you are going to be my assistant."
"But, I did not know about this kind of procedure."
"Don't worry; you just need to be by my side. Sometimes people talk about something that I do not understand. Maybe you can translate for me."
"You want me to translate?" "I don't even know this country's language."
"Don't worry about language. This world talks in two languages only. One for human language and one for monster language. I think even your little friend talks in human language."
"Okay. I try."
"That's what I want to hear. Okay." After setting the place, Sarin called the villager to check up one by one. I was by her side at that time. I can see that she does her job properly. "Okay. Next patient." One man came to me with his daughter. It seems her daughter is in bad condition. If I have Skid right now, maybe she can heal this village in a blink. Maybe Sarin will be mad at me.
"Doc. Please save her!" That man said it with a worried face. Sarin's face looked like she was about to give up.
"Before that, when did she start to get sick?" Her face shows a serious response.
"It was today."
"Mister, please don't lie to me."
"Okay. It was a week ago that she started to get a cough. Then she started to get a high fever. Now, she was not conscious."
Why did you not ask someone to call me? And where is your face mask?"
"I don't have a face mask." Sarin gave him a face mask. "I'm just new here. I did not know how to ask for help. All the people here are sick."
"Ah, fine! Just put her on that mattress. You can stay here for a moment. I cannot say if I can save your daughter or not. But I will try my best."
Sarin looked at the child with a worried look. I want to know what happens. "What happened to her?"
"It is influenza. She might not have much time left."
"Tell me that you have a vaccine for that."
"I have a recipe to make that vaccine. But I cannot do that in time. It needs a lot of time to prepare, and I need someone who achieves a full recovery from this influenza first."
"Is this influenza some kind of poison?"
"What kind of question is that? Of course, it is not poison. Although it is not lethal like poison, it can still kill them slowly. This kid is in a dire state."
"Please tell me what I can do."
"You want to help. This might be not a bad idea. Do you know someone that can produce a vaccine?" I shake my head. "Then you cannot help."
"Hey, I think I can produce the vaccine," Mia told me. "Just give me some of her blood."
"Hey, Mia said that she can help if you give her some of that kid's blood."
"Oh, your little friend asks The blood is not a place for viruses right now. How about the mucus in that child's mouth? Also, influenza cannot be treated with an antidote."
"Do you hear it, Mia?"
"Then I cannot help."
"If there is some time to prevent this kid from dying, Maybe I can create the vaccine in time."
"Wait, why did you not treat the fever alone?" Is there any drug like panadol or paracetamol here?"
"You mean the fever-killer drug that I just created?"
"Wait, you just created it."
"Yeah. Since I just found out that she has a fever, why not treat that symptom first? I can make a vaccine another time. Although the vaccine's chance of success is not higher," She is a genius when it comes to her profession. Then, she makes that girl eat that drug through the water. "Okay done. Let's meet with her father."
"Okay."
"Doc. What happens to my daughter? Is she okay?"
"She got influenza, and I know that you may know where she got it from."
"That's why we get to throw down here."
"Mister, please give this drug to your daughter two times per day. Let her rest, don't touch her, and let others touch her. Make sure that she has good hygiene. Also, make sure that she is quarantined for a week. By three days and above, you can see the change in her. If not, she might not eat the drug well. Please, as her father, let her eat this drug after eating. You may not share personal belongings. It might make you get influenza."
"Thank you for your help."
"I just do my job. Hulaif, please call the next patient."
"Okay." I went outside and called for the next patient. To think that she had done it in half an hour. What a genius! "Next patient, please enter." Then, we proceed with all of the patients until no one lines up. Most people here get influenza, and Sarin just gave them fever-reducing and cough medicine. It is to prevent the symptom from getting worse. It was a tiring day. I went to the bathroom for a moment, but when I got back to Sarin, she had disappeared. Where did she go? Also, I found out that her place, which acts as a clinic, got broken. Her bag is also here.
I just realized that I did not read the note that Sarin gave me before coming to this village. 'What is this note? Why not just tell me in person? As I opened and read.
'Hulaif, if you find me disappearing, please ask your little friend. I think someone might come after me when I help this village cure their disease. So, I want you to find me by asking your little companion.'
That's what she says. But how did she know that she was going to be kidnapped? I quickly tried to find her if she was around. It seems she is serious about what is going to happen to her. Then I just have to ask Mia.
"Mia, are you here?"
"Yes, what is it, Hulaif?" Mia just came out of nowhere and sat on my left shoulder.
"Can you trace where they kidnapped Sarin?"
Why did you care so much about that girl?"
"Sorry, Mia. But she is my new friend. Also, she is the first person who knows about you. I can say that she is unique. Maybe you can eat something there."
"Ugh, okay. Fine." Then Mia showed me a way to Sarin. I followed the trace that Mia put on Sarin. Now, I am in front of a big building. It seems like a factory to me. I entered this place with caution. "This is the place." I can see Sarin from afar; she is caught by some group. There is one in front of her. Trying to confront something
"Say, can you make a drug for us? We can give you a lot of money if you want to know." A guy wearing a formal suit talked to Sarin.
"Why would I do that for you? I even do not care about all of you here. Also, you all are the ones who make my master go to the dark side. I am not going to help you make a drug."
"Tch. Then you want me to spread the disease to that village again."
"So, you are the one who spread the disease. Are you the one who gave those devices to that kid?"
"Yeah. Oh, so you are afraid that we might harm that child?"
"No, because of your machine. My zombies. I have to kill all of them. Damn you."
"Ugh, that's what makes you mad?" That guy was clueless for a moment. "Wait, those are your zombies? I thought it would just stay at your house. Hahaha... Amusing."
"Why you laugh. "I am serious."
"Hahaha. So am I. Come to us; we make a drug for this country and worldwide."
"Did not I say earlier, I do not want?"
"Then you want me to disable one or two of your legs to make you join us?"
"Hahaha. "So if you can."
"Okay. Do that to her." One of his men came to Sarin and tried to chop off her leg. Now, I have to help her; if not, she will lose her leg.
"Okay. Okay. Before that, can you answer my question? Last question. What did you do to those children before they came to my house?"
"They taste our drug. It is the best kind of drug for all ages. It is called heroin."
"Is that all that you do to those children?" He nodded. "Then I don't want to join you."
"Chop her leg. Make sure that she knows who is the superior one." As one of his men went to chop Sarin's leg. I just shouted from the top of the roof.
"Wahahaha... how dare you kidnap my lady? You know that you have committed a grave mistake. Now, repent for your mistake before it is too late."
"Who's there?"
"I am a man who banishes everything from his past for defeating a drug dealer. I am a Spider Punk." Wait, why does it look like a terrible name?
"Hahaha. What a terrible name." Sarin laughed at me.
"How dare you mock me with the name that I just created?" Before I am on the top of this roof, Chesscraft just resonates with me. For now, I use the pawn ability, and I cannot create a bow from Mia right now. Thus, I create a glove for Mia. It is a glove that makes me feel like a spider. I can shoot the web through the glove. And I wear a mask to cover my face.
"Hey, come here if you want to save your lady."
"At your will." As I fell, I shot my web to make sure that I did not die from falling off that height. "Now, who are the ones that are going to get killed by me?"
"Kill that brat." "I will deal with you after this."
"Kill me if you can." Then, all of them started to attack me. There is someone who uses a knife. But I can evade and parry them. I punched all of them and made sure that they were knocked out. Then I tied them up with my web.
Suddenly, someone stabs me from behind. I did not evade. But I use this time to make him scared even more. "Huh, why did my hand become sticky, huh? A spider." A spider just came out of my body in his sight. But, in reality, he is just scared of something that does not occur. On my glove, there is a spider's eye in the palm of the glove. Those things can hypnotize people's minds. And I hypnotized him to think like that.
As no one was around right now, I cut the rope that tied Sarin to a chair. It seems she was quite shocked by what I did. "Seriously, I don't believe you can beat the ten of them." Suddenly, I hear Mia talking to me.
"Hulaif moved." I grabbed Sarin and brought her away. Then, I can hear a shot from the rifle at us. It misses.
"A sniper?"
"Might be a backup member. You can stay here. If you can, or do you want to fight also?"
"Hah! Who did you ask right now? Of course, I will fight." She took her drug and headed to the enemy. Maybe I can use a Chesscrest on her. It seems this time it works well. Her physical enhancement becomes more powerful. Does the effect of the drug triple on her body? I hoped that her body did not break.
As the sound of the rifle here reached her, she jumped and kicked at the sniper. I cannot believe it when I see that her jump is so high. She can even jump and reach the roof by herself. I am kind of scared of being violent toward someone. Then, we caught all of them without letting one escape.
"Now, what should we do with them?"