"Do you know them?" I asked Sarin.
"Just know their boss maybe." Upon observing them, I discovered that their ages range from 20 to 30 years old.
"So, what should we do with them?"
"How about turning them into a zombie?"
"Seriously! You are really a zombie maniac."
"But, I really don't know what to do with them. They might be a bad person. But in this undercity, bad is counted as normal. Cause this is what we do for a living. Selling a drug, asking for a ransom, killing to sell the organ, and more."
"Yuck, that kind of dark thing I hear from you with your explanation face."
"Yeah, how about giving them to the villager? They might get punished there."
"Are you sure that you can believe them, who knows what the villagers will do to them?"
"Hmm... How about I just brainwash them and turn them to be kind people."
"That makes sense."
"Then, I just have to wait until they are awake."
"Sure." We just wait in front of them until they are awake. After waiting for a while and they did not wake, Sarin cannot keep her patience for too long. She took a bucket of water and pour out on them. They wake up as they are drenched with water.
"Huh! What happened to us?" The leader of the gang, as well as all of his followers, were taken aback by the surprise.
"Hahaha. Now the table has been turned." Sarin said to them.
"But, how could you still be alive? Spider-Punk?" I wear back my face mask when they were awake.
"Does not matter whether he is still alive or not. Now you will follow me. Hahaha." Looks like Sarin really becomes a great villain.
"Hahaha. You really do not scare death. If you harm us, our boss will find you and kill you."
"I know that death is scary. But I am not scared of you guys. Now, Spider-Punk. Do your job." I used Mia in pawn mode to brainwash all of them.
"Huh, what do you want to do to us? At least spare us."
"Yeah, we will spare you all." Why did I think that we have become a villain? After brainwashing all of them, Sarin continued to give the talk to them. "Now, listen to me you fool."
"Yes, ma'am can we do anything for you?"
"Tell me what kind of organization are you all?"
"We're the organization that spreads the disease and sells the drug to people across this country. For the drug, we also provide to the children in the orphanage. It's a profitable business, and we have been doing it for years."
"Disgusting! How could you do such a thing? You are ruining the lives of innocent people, and you are selling drugs to children! Don't you have any shame?" Sarin was furious and disgusted by their actions.
"I'm sorry, ma'am. We didn't mean to hurt anyone. We were just trying to survive in this harsh world," the leader of the gang pleaded.
"I want to ask something. How come selling the drug to the orphanage gets a lot of profit?"
"It is because we provide something that make sure their house parent decided to buy our drug. When children get sick, they gave it to them." Now I see what did they do.
"That's no excuse for your actions. You need to take responsibility for what you have done and make amends. From now on, you will work for us, and we will make sure that you help the people you have harmed. If you don't agree, we will hand you over to the authorities."
Since the gang members get hypnotized, they agreed with what we said to them. Sarin and I gave them a new purpose in life, and they became our loyal followers. I whispered to Sarin. "Hey, do you think only these people that were in an organization that they talked?"
"There might be more since their leader said that their boss or leader something like that will come after us."
"So, what is the plan?"
"How about let them tell us where those places are? Maybe we can attack that place too." Sarin tried to tell me her plan.
"I'm not quite sure I can follow that. That plan is kind of dangerous. Also, my power is still not completed yet."
"Hey, listen here. Whether you want to do it or not, the underground people will be the victims of this organization. Who knows what kind of disease they will spread after this?" She sounds like she is kind of mad at me.
"Then, do what you think is right."
Then, Sarin started to ask those gang members that still being tied. She asked them to give her a location to go to the organization's HQ. All of the gang members answered at the same time. But, when the location was just about to hear, their head suddenly exploded. I was shocked at the moment, at what kind of bizarre situation I am in. The blood from those gang members spread throughout this entire space. I and Sarin get drenched with blood spreads.
"Why you did not tell to me that your head will blown apart when you all trying to tell us the secret?" Sarin is the one person who is the most mad at that time. She is the only one who gets hit by the blood more than us. But, she cannot see clearly that all of them are dead at the same time.
"Sarin, I think you should see around first. All of them are dead."
"Huh! How can it be like that?"
"Sorry, this might be my mistake since I brainwashed them."
"I don't know you can be this cruel." She shocked.
"I just lower their IQ. Does not know that it will make them kill themselves. I am sorry."
"Ah, don't worry. Just a small matter. It's late already. How about we return back to the village." What a drastic change of emotion she has.
We leave those corpses and returned to the village. Before that, we get to the water supply near the factory. We washed our bodies that were hit by the blood. "It's all your fault that we happened to be like this. And don't you dare sneak me from behind?"
"I thought the case is closed already. Also, I really did not know about the bomb in their head."
"Sorry, I just feel stressed when I get hit the most by their blood."
"So, do you have any extra clothes to wear?" Since her clothes were drenched with blood that is why I asked.
"Of course not, I don't bring any. I will have to wait for my cloth to dry."
"How about I give you this?" I gave her the cloth that Mia make from her web.
"Thanks, is this a cloth made from a web?" It seems she guess it right.
"Wow, you guess it right." After taking a bath, we went back to the village and slept at the clinic as it is the place that we got. The next morning, I found that people here start to recover. It seems the drug that Sarin gave to them is effective. I look everywhere and found Sarin with a villager. I went to them and listened to what they told her.
"Thank you very much, doctor. Without you, don't know what happens to us." Villager A said.
"Ah, it is thanks to those children (she refers to Ashkara) that I came here. Without them, I would not come here in time."
"Ah, don't be sentimental right now. We should celebrate this day." Another villager said that.
"But, make sure don't overdo it. You are all still in the recovery process."
"Okay, doc." Then, the villager started preparing to celebrate their recovery from the pandemic. They prepare various food and some drink. I cannot drink. Maybe I should drink tap water only. After a few hours of preparing a party. The villagers started to celebrate their party at night.
After an exhausting party that night, I went back to the clinic and rested. I am here early and Sarin still didn't back yet. I opened my phone and looked at the egg feature. It seems like Skid is gonna going out sooner. This feature. While the other two are going to wait until Skid hatches.
"Are you miss them all?" Mia suddenly asked. I nodded.
"Yeah, it seems we're back at zero."
"Hey, at least you start to step into one."
"You are right, I have to think positively. But, something on my mind that I still think."
"What is it?"
"It is this undercity and that organization. I found that there is something suspicious with that group. They can make a drug from my world. Also, how they make the disease spread in this village. I guess I am overthinking. Good night."
"Good night." Mia enters back into my watch. Then, I closed my eyes and tried to sleep. As for tomorrow, I found that Sarin still has not returned. Maybe I should ask the villager around if they saw Sarin around. As soon as I get out of the clinic, it was silent. No one outside. Just a few children outside of their house. Maybe looking for someone. I tried to approach the children I saw.
"Hey, kid. What are you doing right now?"
"Huh, kidnapper?" The boy that I asked was suddenly afraid. One of his friends was also afraid.
"He is not a kidnapper Alan. He is the doctor's assistant." The girl clears the misunderstanding.
"Tell me what happened?"
"Actually, our parents were missing. They did not get home from last night's party. We are quite worried about them." The girl answers me.
"Did you know where they might go?" The children shake their heads. "Thank you for the information and please be careful. Also, I want you all to stay together in one house until I get back here." The children nodded. As the children entered their houses, I used the web feature on my phone. I tried to search for this area if there is a clue I can get. I search for the keyword 'disappear, people'.
The screen of the phone becomes a map. Does this is the map of this place? On the map, there is a mark on it. It is not far from me. I went to that place in person. I asked Mia to make a backup plan if someone knock me down.
I went to that place and found there is someone there, it seems he is unconscious. How come he can be here? Before I tried to touch him, Mia warned me. "Wait, you should wear a protection thing first. What Sarin said?"
"Face mask?"
"Yes, it is." I wore a face mask and a protective glove to touch him. Who knows, maybe he was infected by some virus or something like that. I checked on his forehead, and suddenly he awake and told me.
That man told me something. "Please rescue them before it is too late."
"Huh! What do you mean, mister." I asked him.
"There." Before he was unconscious, he pointed away at me with his right hand. Sorry mister, I will come back and get you back after this. For now, I have to stop something bad from happening. That's what my instinct tells me.
I went to a way that man shows. As I slowly moved and be cautious, I found an abandoned village in front of me. I feel a bad vibe from outside. I should be ready if someone attacks me. I entered through the entrance of the gate. No one was there. Also, I thought that this village was quite in bad condition. Maybe because it is abandoned. Why did my instinct keep telling me that there is people here? I should find someone here if I want to find a clue about the disappearance of the villager. Including Sarin.
As I was inside the village, I felt that there is a few eyes looking at me from a few houses there. When I look back at those eyes, I hear a sound as they felt shocked. I should ask them, but it seems like I can't get an answer if I asked them straight. I got an idea. As I sit down before a few houses, I summoned Mia to help me.
"Mia help me collect the information from this village. You can spy a few people in those houses." I said to her.
"Are you sure?"
"Don't say to me that you want to eat them?" She nodded. "Don't you dare? Maybe you can if you find a corpse. As I mean the dead people that do not belong to any family."
"Okay. You're the best." Then, she called a few of her spiderlings to spy on a few houses. I waited for a few minutes before she come back.
When she back from spying, she told me everything. "This village only has children. I can't find any adult people here. Maybe you are the only one left for adult people. But, don't worry. There is one house, and the child said that he wants to take revenge on the guy that kidnapped his parents."
"Thank you, Mia. I think that is a clue. Your feature can search something through the keywords, is it correct?" Mia nodded. "Then, it makes my work become easier."
I searched with the keyword of 'kidnap' and 'adult'. My guess is correct when the map just appeared and showed me a mark not far from here. I went to the place shown by the map. As I reached the location shown, I found one big building. I'm not quite sure what's it. It looks like a lockdown place or a prison. There is a guard at the entrance of that building. I looked from afar. Can I convince them to hear me? Who knows. Without thinking too much, I get out of the woods and met the guards.
"Intruder!" One of the guards said to me.
"Wait, I am not an intruder! Please hear me!" It seems I can't even interrogate them. There is no other way except to run. If I can't convince them then, I should persuade them. Around three men tried to attack me at once. I dodged their attack with a quick move. Meanwhile, I knocked them up as I don't want to kill any of them. For instance, all of them are unconscious in the meantime.
Then, I proceed to enter that big building and tried to search if there is a villager or Sarin there. When I entered the ground floor, there is no one. But, I can hear a scream from every corner of this place. What kind of this place? Is this a hospital? From my perspective, I think this is a hospital. If this is a hospital, this might be a place for making a drug. I must hurry to find Sarin and everyone.
When I run through the stairs, I found a few people from the village that I came with Sarin. They looked pale. I should ask them if they see Sarin or not. I hoped their emotion is stable right now. "Mister, do you know where is Doctor Sarin right now?" Those people shake their heads.
"Does not know, we are split into a few groups. Please help us get out of here."
"Sure, but I need to find a lead on what happened right now. You should rest right now, when I find Doctor Sarin and other people, we can get out of here together."
"Thanks." I quickly moved from that place and tried to find Sarin. As I ran without knowing where to go in this building. I just got an idea.
"Mia, is Sarin still wearing the undergarment cloth that you made?"
"What are you want to do with her undergarment? Are you a pervert?"
"I am not a pervert. I just thinking that maybe you can trace her through her undergarment. Who knows that you can trace your web?"
"Hmm. That's a good idea. I will check it right now." For a few seconds, Mia tried to use her ability to trace the Sarin. "I found it. Does not know it will work."
"Yeah, I know that I am a genius."
"Follow the thread through the eye that I let you borrow now. I will use a new feature which is a synchronized feature. This feature lets the wearer become one with their monster." Suddenly, my vision becomes green. Is this the vision of a spider? Also, I can see the thread that Mia said to me.
Without waiting too long, I quickly followed the thread that I could see. Does not know that this feature is pretty handy. I can run very fast, jump high and I can swing using Mia's web. I felt like I am a Spiderman. I followed the thread until it ended in one room. The synchronization effect wore off. Without thinking further, I entered that room. The door is unlocked.
I am quite shocked when looking at Sarin on the bed in that room. She looks quite pale. What happened to her exactly? "Sarin, are you okay? What happened to you exactly?" I asked her. She looked at me and said.
"Hulaif! What are you doing here? Don't get near me, you will get sick. Go away. Leave me alone." She is sick and her voice sounds slow, making it difficult for me to hear a few words.
"I can't leave you." Suddenly, I hear the voice of one man.
"Hahaha...That's what she gets after killing my minions." Suddenly, a man appeared before us. He wears a pair of glasses, has a white beard, and has a big body. He looks like a man in 50 or around that age. He's right behind a glass wall. Maybe he was in another room. At the same time, the door of this room suddenly closed. It seems like I entered his trap.
"What have you done to her?"
"What makes you think that I will answer your question?"
"Then, you leave me without a choice." I ran towards the glass wall in front of me and tried to break it with my leg. That glass wall seems quite sturdy. I cannot break it.
"You cannot break it. This is the sturdiest glass ever made. You should stay here with my disciple until become a corpse. Bye." Then, that man disappeared from my sight. It seems like I cannot see behind that glass until no one uses light and show themselves there. Maybe we were being watched from beside that wall. Then, one fume just smells inside this room. What is this fume, is this a poison? I should do something or the greatest drug master will die in this lame situation.
"Sarin, who is that man?"
"He is my master. He is the one that sided with the dark side of the drug. He has done various experiments on humans. Ugh." Sarin coughed.
"What is this smell exactly?"
"Damn, it is a high concentration of chlorine gas. If you expose too long to this gas, you will die in a minute." What should I do? I looked at the phone, it seems like just a few more minutes until I can use her skill. I should gamble my life to use this skill. "I think my time here is not long, it was fun to be with you. Even though it is just for a few days. It was fun." I can see her tears just drop into her cheek. I started to feel a bit unconscious and fell down.
"Hulaif! Wake up." I can hear Mia shouting at me.
"Thanks, Mia. Argh, what am I doing right now?" I awake faster. Make Sarin conscious too.
"Sarin, I want to ask you something. Are you happy if your life ended here?"
"Hahaha. Nonsense. Why would I should happy? Of course not, I want to stay alive."
"Then, it is decided. We will seek our revenge towards your master." At the same time, the time has come. I tap on Skid's domain ability. For a few seconds, we were in Oasis.
"Long time no see Boss. It's good to see you still well."
"If you are late for a few seconds, I think we will die."
"Sorry about that Boss. My respawn time was quite late because of the upgrade that I made." Skid shows herself in a pond at Oasis. She shows herself in the form of little squid. It looks like Mia.
"It seems like you have gained your physical form. Great. Skid, can you heal her."
"Is she your friend?" I nodded. "Then, I guess she is my Boss's girlfriend. Oasis grace." A few drops of water were sprinkled on Sarin.
"Fuah! What happened to me? Is this a paradise?" Looks like she can stand still and look well.
"Yeah, it is a paradise. Maybe you can call it the Oasis."
"Huh, Oasis! Does this mean I have been dead?"
"You are still alive. This is my friend, maybe she keeps saying that she is my underling. This is Skid. She is a guardian of this Oasis. She is the one that heals you."
"Are you telling me that this little squid is the guardian of this Oasis?" I nodded.
"Although I am in this state, I have improved something new."
"What kind of upgrade do you get?"
"Glad Boss asks me. Since you use too much of your willpower to use my power. I make an adjustment to you to exchange the Oasis water with your power. The Oasis water will be increased through my power in a week. If the Oasis water is at a low level, I am afraid I will be useless to you."
"It's all right, as long you are here it still benefits me."
"So, Hulaif. How can we be here?" Sarin asked.
"I used the feature of Skid's skill to transport us into this space. It's called a domain."
"So, that's it. How long will we stay here?"
"Are you ready to get back to that place?" Sarin nodded. "You should be ready because we're going back to that room, full of chlorine gas." She nodded.
"Then, let's go."