The Life Of Normal Taro - Chapter 205

“I don’t get this story you’re talking about.” Kunjan replied to what Thankappan said.

“Me neither.” Gibli shook his head.

“We’re gonna head to the waterfalls in the morning?” Taro asked.

“Okay, I get the other two not getting what I mean, but Taro, how the hell did you even decipher that from what I said, huh?” Thankappan asked.

“I don’t know. I thought that’s the story that writes by itself. I mean, we were gonna go there in the morning, right? Isn’t that the story?” Taro asked.

“I guess I kinda understand why you thought of it like that. Nah, scratch that. I don’t understand and I won’t try understanding it. Anyhow, the story I was talking about was going out right now and checking out what this evil spirit is. None of us believe in spirits, right? So, that’s what I meant.” Thankappan explained his statement.

“Oh, you could’ve just said that straight up. We aren’t well versed with the riddles on Earth.” Taro replied.

“That wasn’t a—you know what? My bad! I ain’t gonna do that again. And back to our initial point we go. So, anyone up for this night time adventure?” Thankappan asked.

“You see, we’re all totally fine with it, but the thing is that you’ll be left out, wouldn’t you? I mean, my condolences for your bad sight, but-” Taro patted on the MIB agent’s shoulder only to get swatted away.

“Hey! My eyesight isn’t that bad! Hell, it’s normal human eyesight!” Thankappan argued.

“Again, my condolences to you for being human.” Taro replied.

“Screw you!” Thankappan flipped out his middle finger before regaining his composure. “So, it seems you’re all fine with it. Don’t worry about me though. The flashlight on my phone would be more than enough for me to see.” Thankappan spoke.

“You know, I’ve been hooked up with the horror genre recently, although I don’t actually like that shit. But you know what I’ve noticed? The first one to go down is the one who had the light source. So, good luck, I guess.” Taro shrugged as he said those words ominously.

“Why the hell do you have to be like this to me, huh?” Thankappan sighed at Taro’s words.

“I’m simply the harbinger of truth. Oh, and add justice to that as well. Light too. Both of those sound cool with harbinger just like truth.” Taro spoke.

“I have nothing to say anymore. You do you, man. No one’s stopping you, I guess.” Thankappan patted Taro’s shoulder before turning towards the others. “So, if all of the shenanigans are over, then shall we go?” Thankappan asked, to which everyone else nodded their heads.

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“You do know that this light of yours is gonna shoo away whatever the creature is that we’re looking for, right?” Taro asked to Thankappan, who was twirling his mobile flashlight around.

“No kidding. When I heard him say flashlight from his mobile, I thought it would be of low power. But this shit is way more brighter than a normal freaking torch and this is making me angry.” Kunjan spoke next.

“No kidding, times two. I thought he meant fleshlight when he talked about it.” Gibli said and followed up with a cackle, but no one responded.

“Try a little better next time, dude!” Thankappan darted a disappointed look at the Arkian’s face once he heard that incredible joke.

“That was the best joke I could do with a flashlight, so don’t blame me for that.” Gibli shrugged.

“Ah, don’t worry, man. I got the joke. It wasn’t half bad.” Taro consoled the Arkian.

“Oh, dude! Don’t do that! You’re gonna bring out more lame jokes from him. You gotta pull out the weed early on, you know?” Thankappan sounded frustrated after hearing his fair share of jokes during his life.

“Well, who knows? Maybe you’re gonna enjoy or miss listening this same lame jokes. So, let’s enjoy this when we got the chance to do so.” Taro replied.

Thankappan sighed once he learned that there’s no way to argue with Taro. “Sure, if that’s what you wanna do, who am I to stop you?” He asked.

“Aww, that’s nice of you to be so understanding.” Taro looked proudly at the MIB agent as if he was his own son.

“Well, that’s what being a team player is all about, right?” Thankappan asked.

“Exactly. Glad that you understand that.” Taro said as he gave out some hard pat to Thankappan’s shoulder to the point that it pained the MIB agent quite a bit.

“Fucking great. Shall we go back to our monster hunt then?” Thankappan asked as he clenched his shoulders.

“Hmm, how do you know that it’s a monster though?” Thankappan asked.

“Again with the most useless questions in the most crutch time. What’s wrong with you?” Thankappan asked as he looked towards the Wadorian in disbelief.

“Nah, man. It ain’t useless as long as it quenches my curiosity. So, you willing to answer me?” Taro asked.

Thankappan sighed. “Fine. What makes you think that it isn’t a monster then?” He asked.

“Naw, dawg! You ain’t throwing that question around. Answer me first and I’ll answer you. That’s the way to have a talk, isn’t it?” Taro asked as he indicated Thankappan to talk.

“Ha, whatever. Look, you heard what Sasi said, right?” Thankappan asked.

“What did he say other than that it is an evil spirit and it has a designated area?” Taro asked.

“Oh, didn’t he tell you that this creature only lurks around in the forest at night?” Thankappan asked back.

“And? That makes it a creature? I know a species of Aliens who does the exact same thing? You know what they’re called? Not creatures!” Thankappan spoke.

“Wow, that’s like the least convincing name for a species trying to make people believe that they aren’t creatures. Like, literally any other name would have been fine! Even if you named them Bob, it would’ve been fine!” Thankappan argued.

“Oh, no no… They’re not actually named not creatures, I just said that they are not named creatures. You know what I mean?” Taro asked.

“Oh, I see. Then what’s the name of their species?” Thankappan asked.

“Lamians. Cool, right?” Taro asked.

“I guess? I’m not good with names.” Thankappan shrugged.

“Ah, it’s fine.” Taro replied. “So, what were we talking about? Oh yea, what made you absolutely believe that it is a creature?” He asked.

“Didn’t you talk about this creature having it’s own territory? That’s so creature thing to do!” Thankappan spoke.

“Hmm, wouldn’t that make humans creatures as well? After all, you lot are the ones building walls and stuff to solidify your territory, right?” Taro asked.

“Of course we are creatures! I mean, is there any doubt about that? And why is that a surprise? You lot have boundaries as well, right?” Thankappan asked.

“Yup, we are creatures too. I just wanted to make sure of your derivation of the word creature. Anyway, what you mean is that there’s a good chance that the creature in there could vary from a small rat to a huge ass human to a freaking alien, right?” The Wadorian asked.

“Yup.” Thankappan nodded his head upon that.

“Great! It would be freaking amazing playing guess who with you, huh?” Taro sighed.

“Yup, every single person hated playing that with me.” Thankappan replied.

“Glad that you’re self aware.” Taro spoke.

“Meh, not that big of a deal. Self aware people are the ones who crack the lamest jokes. No kidding.” Thankappan replied.

“Personal experience doing so, huh?” Taro asked.

“Exactly.” Thankappan replied. “So, how about we look around for this creature now?” Thankappan asked.

“Do we have any clues though? I mean, you guys find something yet? We’re near the south of the falls, right?” Taro asked back.

“Nothing as of yet… is what I thought of saying, but what the hell is that?” Kunjan pointed to the near distance and asked.

A dark figure was out there. It was quickly approaching them and they were struck with a conundrum of putting up a defensive stand or offensive one.

The pace of the creature’s approach was way too fast that Gibli was caught off guard. He swung a fist towards the creature on instinct and that was the beginning of the downfall.

The creature slammed Gibli on the ground with one swift punch and everyone else was caught off guard as well this time around.

Kunjan was the next to fall victim to this creature as it covered the distance between them with an unbelievable speed and knocked him out, or at least it appeared so. The thick exoskeleton actually saved the plankton’s ass, however he decided to lay low for a while and hit back on the creature at the opportune time.

While that happened, the creature got involved in a close quarters combat with Thankappan. What was expected to be a close fight turned out to be a lukewarm affair as the creature managed to overpower Thankappan with ease. Although, the creature defeated Thankappan, it couldn’t knock him out. However, the mental scar was cut too deep that it couldn’t be recovered anymore.

And in the end, there were only two people left—Taro and the creature. The Wadorian took in a deep breath and taunted the creature.

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