Chapter 2 - The Predator Serpent Awakens

'Boom!'

'Chirrrrr' 'Chirrr'

With a 'Fuhhh' gushing out of his mouth Kiri wakes up in shock.

'What was that now' he muffled in a high-pitched tone.

He gazed through the window blind and found that the preparation was on peak. It was for the New Day.

He scratched his neck rashly. It was quite itchy for some time then. He checked it in the mirror and found weird patterned lines on the side of it. Assuming this to be some kind of rash he ignored it like other things that were going on in his life. He was in melancholy. There was a constant growing hollow in not-so-special life of his. And he was just striving, the only thing a common man like him could do.

He checked the time. It was three o'clock at night. It was already late and he couldn't find any reason to sleep for another two hours.

Distressed from all these he wore his mechanical legs and jumps off his bed to look for some fresh air. The charge of his prostheses is at fifteen per cent, so he have get back soon and charge it for work tomorrow. He was passing by the kitchen when he felt something. To have a quick check he enters the kitchen and finds his father lying on the ground in a state of shock.

'Paaaaa' he exclaimed.

He ran to him and founds his legs burnt and warm water spilling all around. He understood that his father might have mishandled the boiling water from the raucous sound just now. He pulls him up and places him in the chair.

'It's the Paradise bastards.'

'Celebrating like mad dogs.'

'New Day my ass.'

'I am telling u that New Day Incident was no accident. It's all planned. They intentionally bombed that place with nuclear weapons to melt the poles putting most of the earth go underwater.'

Kiri was having flashbacks of the past when they all had electricity in their homes and had a comfortable life. It was also the moment when he felt bad as all the bills goes on him, charging his legs and updating his prostheses. If he was not a problem they could afford the lights in their home and his father don't have to burn his leg like this. Kiri was stock-still. Overthinking his life choices. It is the state he can be found most of the time then. He was not always like this. He was a cheerful guy laughing, rapping and fighting all the time. A neighbourhood clown, on whom people screamed a times but never despised. He used to have long dreadlocks with a snapback on them. He was someone always wearing baggy clothes be it any informal or formal occasions. But now all that has changed. A tanned body with brawny muscles like an island boy and army cut with clean shaved beard. That playful side was lost in him.

He was sitting on the large window hanging his legs down. It was at the level of 400m from the new sea level. He was gazing at the sky when suddenly his phone rang. It was from an unknown number.

He picked up but didn't say a single word. It was a moment of silence from both sides. Kiri assumes this to be the wrong number and was about to cut the line when he hears.

'Wassuuup dog'

'Still clinging to the shitty life of yours.'

The voice was familiar. It was of someone younger than him. It immediately pissed him off.

'Who the heck are you man he yelled.'

'Kkkaa',

'Just call me Ryu' the person said from the other side.

'Listen brat, I don't, ooooooooooooo'

'Aaaaaahhh' Kiri screamed.

He was facing extreme irritation in his neck with blood spilling from it. It was spreading throughout his body. It was irresistible as if his skin was burning hell's fire.

'Ohh, I see'

'The Scales must be blooming'

'You must be in utter pain now'

'My CONDOLENCES to you'

'Haaaaa haaaaaa' he cackled

Kiri founds that his skin was changing. With an ample amount of blood spilling, he found prominent scales. The top part of his arms, knees back and shoulders, it was all over. It was after some time when it finally down. Kiri's body has partially changed. He was sensing many things. He was sensing a thousand smells.

'Welcome to the party, my friend'

'You have reincarnated yourself as "𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙁𝙚𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙔𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙖-𝙉𝙤-𝙊𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙝𝙞"

the second son and the predator serpent of the holy water' the person said.

Kiri was hallucinating. Puzzled from all this he bursts out.

'Listen brat, this ain't no video game, so shut all the crap. Just use your damn mouth and answer me who are you and how you know about my condition.'

'I would be happy to explain it to you. But you see one should be deserving of what he earns.'

'My friend, can you see the Aero-vehicle of Tokuji Wakasa?'

Kiri remains silent.

He says 'I am assuming you seeing it.'

'Your mission is to murder him and now itself.'

'You do not have the time and any option to say no. Remember, this is the only way you could change your life completely.'

'Either you do it or you die.'