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Chapter 17: Three Cursed Choices
Adam POV
I couldn't believe what I saw. I thought this situation was impossible. Eve would never wake up if I didn't open the tank. Well, even the genius like me could make a mistake.
The nano-slicer in my hand and the black wings on my back slowly faded. I cursed silently, realizing that I reached my limit. I fell backwards, lying on the floor and panting. At this moment, I didn't care about myself. If Black Cat still had much energy to kill me, I would not fight against. I felt so tired. I needed to have a rest, wanting to end this game badly.
I turned my head, seeing the condition of my opponent. He was panting too, hugging his bleeding stomach and bending forward. Obviously, he tried hard to endure the pain, restraining himself not to scream as his blood started to wet the floor that he stood. Being cut by nano-slicer was not a nice experience. Even though I never knew how sharp the nano-slicer was, I felt the pain that he felt was unbearable. Yet, I still saw the determination in his golden eyes.
What a stubborn cat!
Sephiria POV
From the helicopter, I saw the base started flying down. But strangely, the way it landed was odd. It moved so fast, uncontrolled. It looked like it was falling.
I swallowed hard, felt something wrong. Was the machine still ok?
"What's going on? Is it normal?" asked Eve's adopted father, looking the flying base anxiously.
"I don't know. I just set the coordinate to land. Maybe the system itself was set to land like that. Or … else," I replied.
"Else?" He frowned, catching my uneasiness.
"The machine was broken."
Adam POV
I felt a weird pressure in my stomach while the base started grumbling. Was that because of the bad weather?
Train sat on the floor, looking hurt and confused as the quake got worse. Even Eve looked concerned and frightened, feeling the tank shook.
I didn't know what happened out there as there was no window in this floor. But I was sure something was wrong with this place. I felt like … it was flying down. But then again, how come? I didn't set it to land!
I gave Train a suspicious look.
Don't tell me one of his friends did this!
Then I felt this base bumped into something big and solid, making a harsh sound of crash.
It lands!
The base automatically activated the protection system as it landed ungracefully. Then the walls, the ceiling, and the door changed into the black metal walls, protecting the core of nano-server in this room. Now there was no door. No way out. This was completely protected room with three of us inside.
Still lying on the floor, suddenly I saw Hades was pointed on my chest. I chuckled. I knew this would happen, especially when my opponent was a never-give-up person.
Train was standing and straddling me. He bent down. His right hand hugged his wound while his left hand pointed Hades at me, looking ready to kill.
"Now you will help me to break the tank," he hissed.
This made me wonder: Is he enduring his pain? Or restraining his rage?
I remained silent.
"Use your nano-slicer to cut the tank!" He ordered.
"I have no energy left."
"Liar!"
I shook my head weakly.
He looked so worried, glancing at Eve's tank. I didn't know what came over me, but I spoke, "It's better for not asking her to transform her hands or hair into nano-slicers."
He glared at me, as if asking 'Why?'.
"In the tank, she transforms her respiration system. She needs much nano-energy for doing that. If you asked her to make nano-slicer too, I'm afraid that she wouldn't be able to hold the great transformations in her body. She would die of exhaustion."
He gritted his teeth.
I chuckled. It was nice to see Black Cat was in a pinch. "How about-"
"Shut up! This is my last bullet!" He cut off. His hatred eyes looked into me, like saying 'I would never have mercy on you anymore'.
"Is it orihalcum one?"
He didn't say anything. So it meant I was right.
I continued, "Well, I can offer you three choices, Train. Are you interested?"
No answer. It meant 'yes' again.
So I elaborated, "First, your orihalcum bullet can destroy the metal wall in this room. You can escape, but you can't save Eve. This is no ordinary wall. When it's destroyed, there will be another wall that comes down to replace it. Thus, once you're outside, you can never enter again. Well, maybe you can ask for another orihalcum bullet outside there. But from my prediction, the base landed in the secluded area, faraway from Chonos base. Before you can get it, Eve and I die here."
He narrowed his eyes, as if asking, 'What's next?'.
"Second, you shoot me."
"That's what I want!" He growled.
"But you and Eve can't escape. The communication system in this base is broken. Besides, slowly you two will die here, lack of air. This is a perfectly closed chamber."
"At least you'd die in my hand. What's the third choice?"
I heard some hopes in his voice to know the last choice. If only he knew all my offers were the cursed ones.
Train POV
I gritted my teeth, holding my breath.
It's so painful and hot! It hurt a lot, like hell.
My clothes were getting wet with sweat and blood.
I wanted to shoot him. I really wanted to shoot him, wiping his smirk out from his face. This was the worst situation that I ever faced all this time. What I could do now was listening to his unpleasant alternatives helplessly. I felt like being a loser, and I extremely hated it.
He uttered, "The last choice, you can destroy the tank, using your orihalcum bullet."
I was amazed. It seemed like a good offer. However, I tried making myself uninterested about it. Don't ever let your guard down though your enemy looks helpful. That was I learned from Zaguine. It was a good lesson after all, especially when you were facing a sly enemy like Adam.
He continued, "Although the detonator can't destroy the tank, an orihalcum thing that has super speed can overcome it. You can get Eve out from it, but three of us would be trapped in this room and slowly die, lack of air."
I grunted. Like I thought. Finally he showed his unreability. He had predicted all the opportunities and closed them perfectly. What a genius, yet a jerk!
He laughed, seeing my annoyance. "So, what will you choose, Black cat?"
I narrowed my eyes, full with hostility, seeing his carefree expression.
What should I do now? What should I choose?
A/N: To Be Continued. ^^