Double Moon - Chapter 48

Just as I was about to enter the house, a lazy voice mixed with indifference spoke out.

“We want to avoid a fight with you not because we are afraid of you dragging us to death. After all, death is nothing for those that actually welcomes it.”

The spokesperson was Qiquiang Sueh-yen. His lazy expression gradually changed to a severe one.

I peer at him with my back eyes while still facing forward. Of course, I couldn’t see like before. However, the light was not totally obliterated. In a way, I could still see, but just slightly.

“I don’t really understand what you mean by the philosophy, those who welcome death. But I tell you, everyone fears it at one point in time. Well, I don’t want to talk with you guys anymore.” I said as I walked in.

Inside the house, I saw the messed-up corpses of Mr. Li and Mrs. Tan. I was aggrieved.

I balled my fist and gritted my teeth. Anger was welling up inside of me uncontrollably.

I pushed the table in front of me with a defeating roar. I wanted a place to unleash most of this anger and hatred.

“I will never forgive the wolves and hunters. I will hunt those that declare war on my destiny till all of them are annihilated. I will make sure they don’t rise the second time.” I wailed with tears and hatred. I was sorrowed deep inside. I realized that they had taken everything from me.

I went to the old wine cellar and brought an old alcoholic drink. My parent used to like those. After taking the liquor, I picked their corpses and buried them in the rear yard. I poured a glass for their souls for a farewell.

I came back to the house and poured a few cups for myself, and drank. Suddenly, I remember the lines my parents used to say.

‘Don’t ever enter my room. So you shouldn’t see what you are not meant to. When you are ready, all will be availed to you.’

My foster parents never missed saying this statement to my stubborn self whenever I plan to storm into their house.

As I entered their room, it was serene and cheerless. The internal décor looked ancient. Also, the room has a feeling of fear. It was as though there were many people wearing masks inside the house. In addition, the feeling of dead ghosts with a humming sound was apparent. Needless to say, now was not the time to appreciate fear or its subordinates. So, I began to search the whole room. From drawer to drawer, I scanned every damn thing that was searchable. However, I could not find anything worth taking note of. I stood with my hand on my chin, musing.

My eyes caught the bed. I have not searched below the mattress ever since I began this rigorous search. I lifted the bed, and there was one of the wood floors that looked different. I poked it, but it did not bulge. Then, I pushed it forward then it shifted.

“What?” I was surprised by what I saw. It was an underground base.

I walked in through the staircase with a cautious step. Soon the area widened. In the place, there were projection weapons like different kinds of semi-heavy guns. There was an old bow that had almost rotted because of dust and water vapor. However, there were pictures of a man and woman, a scroll containing manual and history, three precious stones. One silver stone and two larger gold color rocks.

There was a book that was unrelated to the manual and history present on the table. I picked up the book and saw familiar handwriting. This handwriting was the old lady’s writing.

I flipped the pages of the book and began to capture the content of the book. It said my father, Jun Rui, was an outstanding personality in the hunter family. He was one of the elder ranks. My mother, Yan Wen, on the other hand, was an S-rank hunter level. However, when they gave birth to me, the sign of golden crown appeared in the nine heavens.

This in itself caused dissatisfaction and fear, and the hunters suggested for them to kill me. However, my parents disagreed.

The same morning I was born, in the night, my parent moved.

The two of them handed me over to the people who owed them their lives. It was kind of a favor. These two people journey out of the southern blood zone by night. They were Mr. Li and Mrs. Tan. They were omicrons who served my parents. In the morning, an alarm was raised that the immortal manipulator had disappeared.

My parents fought the whole hunter race. From Elder rank, S-rank, and A-rank hunter to make sure that the child survived.

“Why is my story looking like that of Chi An?” I muttered as lines of tears dropped from my eyes.

“So you old things were hunters. I have always suspected as much. That I mean, that you are not normal.” I heaved a deep sigh. I picked up the scroll that contained the manual and history. The history was just similar to what Chi An had told me. There was not much difference.

Having said that, as I flipped through the scrolls, I suddenly discovered the enigma that had got me thinking for a long time. Chi An never knew everything about the hunters. So, when I asked him about the follow-up hunters that had the same ranking as the omega armies of the wolves. He would say he does not know about them. So the reason for this was because they don’t come out at all. The hunters see this stage as a critical one. So, they would groom them thoroughly to step into the A-rank before they could leave the community. The reason why I had never seen them around was that they were in intense training. Like an academy.

My eyes went to the manual on how to cultivate the pearl stones.

The first one was the golden stone. I memorized the instruction and began at once. Instantly, the stone jumped and sank into my glabella. A golden crown was immediately inscribed there as golden light shot out from my forehead. In a flash, memories upon memories flooded into my head. I began to understand the very core control of my operator powers. The light faded, and instantly my eyes came alive again.

I controlled the silver stone, and silver light baptized me anew. My mental powers accelerated to a new level, and my physical prowess shot to an elevated scale. The control of techniques became magnificent. I controlled the smaller golden pearl stone, and quickly it flew into my mind. In my soul, another layer of strength covered me like a clothe, and my connection to heaven and earth became sharp and deep. It was as though I was alone in the middle of the world, and everything answered to my command.

I stretched out my hands, and my bag appeared again. I took my parent’s picture and the manual and every other valuable thing and placed them inside.

Five heavy guns were hanging on the old wall. I put four of them inside the bag. I control the bag to disappear again. Moreover, I saw smooth leather fabric trousers and a jacket that was hung on the wall. The color was deep black. So, I changed my set of clothing to the newfound clothes.. I attached the remaining gun to my back and took a look around again.