[3] EXTRA ARTERY.
The two scientists and professors who had pointy black ears like wolves walked in large steps and left the place. As soon as they left, the lights went off one by one and the place became less lit.
'Phew~...' Even before she could finish her sigh, the ground shook slightly and then became normal. 'Earthquake?'
[Two mechas have just left this planet. The ground shook because of the impact.]
'Oh… No, that's not the point! I can't stay here to die! System, help me to leave!' Kayra remembered the lewd smirk on that wolfman's face. Her whole body shook with disgust.
Even though their faces were extremely handsome, she felt nuisance by that. At that moment, she wanted the nutrient solution to be thick, blurry, and non-see-through!
[Finally, you mentioned this… I thought you love the nutrient solution and would love to stay here longer...] Phiphi's pearly body shook from side to side as it teased her in a childish voice.
'Don't joke! Help me get out of this tube.' Kayra spoke as she tried to swim up but couldn't as she slipped down, 'It's like slime…'
[Listen to my instructions carefully and you can leave without any hiccups.]
Thus, Kayra followed its instructions and gently used force against her legs. Her body felt weightless as she shot to the top. Then, she gently touched the lid and pushed it out.
"Huh!" She took a deep breath as soon as her head got out of the solution. "It feels good to breathe~"
She murmured and inhaled large amounts of air. To her surprise, the air was slightly cold but as soon as it went inside, she felt like her lungs were being cleansed.
"Oh~" Kayra felt a weird kind of pleasure as her whole body relaxed. She slothed down beside the opening and dangled her arms outside as her body remained inside.
[ ... ] The system again doubted the intelligence of its host.
Kayra soon got back her senses and exclaimed, "Oh no! I was supposed to leave."
[You remembered? I thought you were enjoying the air a lot?]
"..." Again, she was stumped by the sarcastic voice. "Phiphi, I will cut your pipi if you continue to talk like that!"
[My host, for that, I have to have one in the first place, no?] Phiphi said with a greater amount of sarcasm.
"..." Kayra nearly slipped down when she heard it. But contrary to becoming angry, she was glad that in that unfamiliar place, there was at least someone with whom she could communicate.
The system naturally sensed the brain waves of Kayra and stopped being sarcastic. It became emotional and shook its shiny body while saying.
[I am also happy to be able to communicate with someone. After I was made, I had to stay in a little black room for 10000 years, all alone...]
Kayra felt unending sympathy for the latter. "Phiphi, you have me now."
[ ... ] The last line went straight to the underdeveloped heart of the system. It shuddered slightly and then bobbed its pointy part towards Kayra, [You have me too, host.]
…
Kayra went out of the cylinder-shaped tube. As soon as she jumped to the ground, she fell to the ground on her naked butt.
"Ouch! Ouch! I am dead!" She hissed in pain and tried to stand up. But her wet and clumsy legs couldn't stand straight no matter what she did.
"Why are my legs so weak?!" She pondered.
[Your first time leaving the tube, that's why?] The system reminded her meticulously.
"Ah! What will I do then? I can't stand..." Kayra spoke and crawled ahead like a lizard and tried to stand on the dry ground while clutching another tube that had a giant octopus.
Failed!
Failed!
Failed!
Her body had slime like things and it made it difficult to grab something. Not to say she slipped countless times to stand because of the liquid. Also, the clone had never walked in its life so it was impossible to succeed soon even with Kayra's instinct.
[Why didn't you ask for my help this time?!]
"Ah, you can help me? Why didn't you say that before?" Kayra added with suspicious eyes.
The system shook its head and then jumped towards her brain waves. It gently nudged against the white matter and whispered.
[Close your eyes and concentrate on your heart...]
Kayra stopped struggling to stand up. She took in a large breath and did as the system said. This time, she felt she knew what to do.
As soon as she thought of standing up, her body gently began to float. Her long silver hair began to flutter in the air as her whole body floated in the standing stance.
Her beautiful feet were barely one inch away from touching the ground. She wanted to open her eyes but the system called out again.
[Manipulate your heart's shiny blood throughout your whole body.]
Kayra was puzzled at first. But after she carefully tried to examine her heart, she noticed that she could see it!
Not only that, she discovered an extra atrium that had shiny blood in it. Two valves prevented the blood from mixing into the normal blood.
The atrium was the bag to store the highly condensed pure blood which was full of energy and the valves worked like a lid.
'Do I have to control this blood and do that?' Kayra thought in her mind.
[Be careful. If you can't distinguish this blood and store it back in your artery later, you'll be in trouble after one hour passes!]
'... Now I am kinda worried!' Kayra hardened her heart for the next event. She willed and slowly the valves blocking the path of that artery moved.
Then, carefully, she controlled the little amount of shiny blood and manipulated it throughout her whole body. Her skin, which was as smooth as an infant's, sweated because of the special blood circulation. The greenish liquid disappeared from her body as well.
In the process, she felt the heavy feeling leaving her body and felt her body had turned as light as a feather. The frown on her face resided a lot as she gently descended to the ground.
After a while, Kayra opened her eyes and tried to walk a few times. When she didn't lose the center of gravity and was able to walk on clear ground, she exclaimed, "Success!"