Chapter 4: Tunnels Crawling
Aeter stared at the vast sky.
He didn't know since when the sky change from black to a bright blue color. His mind was in a daze the whole night and the heaven has already change it's clothes.
"Huh…", Aeter then realized what has happened and let out a small sound of surprise.
"It guess it's now morning huh, time sure go by fast", six hours has pass before he know it.
'I wonder if Kaula wake up yet…', Aeter wonder, even though he already know when will she wake up.
He is her brother after all. And he will make sure she wake up on time.
A small devilish fringe appear on his face.
It was quite repulsive.
'3'
He started a countdown in his mind.
'2'
A long pause then ensue. He was waiting for something.
'And 1.'
"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING AETER!" A shout broke come out of the scrap car where Kaula was sleeping last night.
*SLAM*
A loud sound broke the tranquility of the morning sky and with an inhuman speed, Kaula appeared before him and tried to hit him in the head.
"Kahahah, do you like my present dear sister?", but before her hit connected Aeter dodge it by rolling to the side.
In Kaula's hand his hand a struggle in vain trying to escape the predator claw.
'Bye bye, my hand you may be missed'
Looking up at his sister face, Aeter snickered, a red palm like red area can be seen on Kaula's porcelain like face. But then he realized an odd thing.
'Huh… did she wash her face, that quite bold of her.'
When living as rats, the more you stand out among the mass the more dangerous it become. That was a fact that both Aeter and Kaula knew.
"Oi, Kaula did you wash your face?", Aeter asked in worried. He didn't want his sister to be molested after all.
"Yes, what about it? The mud was itching so I have to clean it. You know infection is more deadly right?", Kaula explained with less irritation since she has partly calm down.
If she get rape at least she would still alive, given that they can even rape her in the first place. But an infection is indeed more deadly since they don't have anything to treat such thing, most of medication is in the government hand after all.
So she isn't really wrong, but he hadn't has an infection since he gained his Mark so for him that the least of his worried, so kinda forget it's existence.
"Tsk, here come on, let me reapply those mud on you beautiful face."
Aeter said while standing up and go to the place where mud is abundant. The sewer.
"Hey! You hasn't being punished for slapping me yet", Kaula yelled as she see Aeter slowly increasing the distance between them.
Hearing this, Aeter walk faster and faster until he was sprinting.
"Oi, come back here bastard!", Kaula yell again and chase after Aeter.
Like that the morning of this pair of brother and sister continue in pandemonium
***
With my back against the wall, I let out a satisfied smile.
'Keheheh, all according to plan'
Using my right arm and touching my left arm. A cool sensation can be felt on the spot I'm touching.
Yes, I get my left arm back from that little imp. You think you can outsmart me? Even I can't outsmarted myself!
That also sound weird… maybe I need to learn more interesting word than just 101 ways to curse your enemies from some gangsters.
Well, that isn't very relevant right now, it not like I can afford education or even a book for my sister for that's matter. When living only to survive to see the next day there aren't much money you can save.
I myself is a proud owner of only roughly 10 pence almost a shilling. And that can not even get me a single piece of bread in this economy.
What? You wonder where I am and what I'm leaning my back against? No? I'll tell you anyway.
This is my favorite place in the entire city! The sewer system! And it has tunnels, perfect place to hide from someone extremely mad at you.
Heheheh, I can still remember her face when I snatched my arm back it was very amusing.
It much more fun to take something that people think is their. And also "dust in your face" is a good tactic, noted.
Regardless, my main objective here isn't mainly to hide but also find high quality mud for my sister beautiful face. What can't you possibly get in the sewer anyway, it has everything. Food, water, sometimes clothes and even fertilizer. Though I don't know if any of that is edible since I don't need to eat.
But the clothes is usable, since I'm wearing one right now. Though the size is quite small.
Back on track.
Using my enhanced senses, my perception range expand at a fast rate. From 100 meters to 500 meters.
I can increased it more but I will have a headache afterwards so it simply not worth the pain. And 500 meters is still a good perception range, though it will rapidly consume all my energy if not turn off quickly enough.
From my left 276 meters, a group's of rats. What did I expect
My right in a 400 meters range, a cockroach, wonder what it's doing here, shouldn't they come with a colony are something?
306 meters on the left, clawing noise could be heard, beastial growls is everywhere in that direction. Hope the club of rats can survive.
457, backward,…
…
After scouting the area with my senses, I turned off my skill. Beads of sweat fall down from my skin and intertwine with the sewer water.
'Phew, 10 seconds that a new record.' Last time was 8.
Look like I do get stronger and stronger as time passes, beware for the Great Aeter will rise from the Sewer!
That doesn't sound that grandiose, in any cases, the area is quite safe with only some Mutated creatures to be aware of, other than that a straight line it's perfect, since he smelled the scent of dirt and water just in front of him 467 meters which is the most likely smell to indicate mud. Cause you need water and dirt to make mud right?
Well in any cases, I will just need to move forward like I always did, and everything would be ok. Oh, I think I just jinxed it.
Oops.
'Should I turn on danger sense? Yeah, just to be sure. Let's make it range 100 meters to save some
energy.'
A red hue ring become visible on the rim of my iris, my head become more active and alert. Tingling sensation fill my body, when that tingling sensation intensified in a specific spot, that will be danger.
And depend on how dangerous it is I will started feeling pain on different levels.
*Tak*
*Tak*
*Tak*
An eerie silent encompassed the sewer as my heart started beating faster. It is my illusion or something bad going to happened.
My intuition is screaming me to stop, but my rational brain feel no pain despite turning on danger sense. It has always been reliable up until now but why does it feel so unreliable now?
I don't understand, I'm falling in confusion what the fuck is happening. My head feel it was twisted and turned 180 degrees, it giving nausea… why?
Some sort of green gas leak out of a pipe, I think this is normal… yeah some gas leak is normal. The condition of these pipe wasn't that good anyway.
'Let's move… on… why can't… I… m… o…v…e?'
My thoughts became sluggish, and random mumbling started to take place in my mind.
')%@*'
'$&v%'
'L&v÷'
Suddenly, my will to live intensified. Look like my Mark do not like me dead.
I can't die… not here… not now.
"Gasp"
With a big gasp I escaped the hallucinations, I think.
But.
My body is in pain, it is everywhere on my body from top to bottom.
"Aaaaggggghhh"
TURN OFF DANGER SENSE, RIGHT NOW!
The red hue in my eyes disappeared in a flash and stop the excruciating agony, I was very relived when the pain end to said the least…
"Hah, hah, hah,…"
Breathing in and out at a rhythmic pace, I started to scout my surroundings.
Let see, flesh, acid juice, my feet is melting and regenerated at about the same rate. Look like found my source of pain.
Yep, I have been eaten, that why I felt pain everywhere since I'm in danger in all directions. On the bright side I'm not dead
Still this is bad… very bad.
I don't think I can't write a will here can I? It's not like I have anything valuable for my sister to inherit.
Hm… first, I will have to dig my way out. I can't let my sister poking at me for being eaten by some weird thing.
A grin formed on my face.
"Sorry mister what ever the fuck you are, I'm gonna have to crawling thorough you tunnels."
Hope your anal will be well, if you still have it after I am done with you. Kahahahahah.
Like that I madly dig toward the creature anal from the intestines.
***
"Phew, look like it was wrong, it not a Mutated beast but a plant instead." Blood can be seen everywhere on the wall.
Sewer water dye in red as the Mutated plant's blood dripping from it's bowel.
(A/N: I just imagine a plant with bowel I'm sure you can!)
It's seem like it used some hallucination gases to masked it dead. Not very gentleman of you dear Mutated monster plant.
After trying to dig out through the tunnels where anal should be, I discover there was no anal hole. Which mean that I have to change direction and dig out the foul creatures bowel.
Not a pleasant experience, 1/5 star would do it again if given the chance.
Looked down at my hand, it already completely regenerated. The fingers I used to dig earlier was quite mess up after I done so I've to wait a little for it to fix itself.
Wiping my face with my sleeve and wash my hand with the sewer water a frown appeared on my face.
'Haiz, I was hoping today going to be less eventful but everything never going according to what I had hoped.'
Looks like the journey to get some mud not going to be worth it after all.
Chapter 4: Tunnels Crawling