Eric was in so much pain. But as soon as he exited the school, his pain subsided leaving behind a numb feeling.
While he was in a daze, his brother dragged him to the hospital and made the doctors do an extensive check again.
Only when the doctors gave him, the okay did Haolei let out a breath of relief.
On the way back Eric silently gazed out the window. In the silence, his mind wandered to what had happened today.
’what am I going to do if the n in black really ca for my life.’
His worried eyes peered at his brother. Poor Haolei’s had deep black circles around his eyes.
Eric’s heart clenched. ’My brother might be in danger too....’
’Should I leave... should I run away from everything...’
Eric closed his eyes tightly.
He could still rember the way the n shot his co-systems down. it was brutal. They all disappeared into nothing in just as a few milliseconds. He did not wish to be like that. he did not wish for his loved ones to see him like that as well.
’What must I do... I can’t... I can’t die.... I refuse to die like that.’
’I have to think of a way to escape these n... but how...’ he bit his lips anxiously. He couldn’t co up with anything. Sighing, he leaned back, hitting his head on the seat rest. ’Okay let’s think of why this happened. This cyber-attack might not be random. I didn’t face any issues before but after so long they found . how? It’s definitely related to that stupid system.’
’System! Co on out here!
{’host you called for ?’}
’Will you tell the truth or should I beat it out of you?’
{’host, the system has always been truthful with you. How can you treat so...’}
’Shut up! tell the truth now!’
{’I can only tell you what the higher authority allows to.’}
Eric bit his lips hard until he tasted the sweetness of his own blood. ’how did they find ? Did sothing happen in the system hub? Did you get attacked or sothing?’
he started to feel a strange sense of panic. he had seen the system getting annihilated by the n in black. he did not want anything to happen to his system. after all this guy had accompanied him through all his life.
{’no, there was no fault on our side. At 2.35 pm there was an influx of energy from you ********************The attackers took the chance to bring the system walls down.’}
’Did you lose your vocabulary skills?’ Eric clenched his fist. He really wanted to throw a fist at this system.
{’the higher authority is moderating this chat....shit I’m in trouble. I shouldn’t have said that...... ......’}
’I don’t care about that. just... just tell why?’
{’w-we don’t know for sure.... You are the one who created that energy. you know why.... host please don’t ask more I don’t want to be caught by the higher power,’}
Eric anxiously tapped on his thigh. He closed his eyes and thought about the mont he lost consciousness.
’I was in class and the teacher was teaching sothing. I had no clue what it was... then I opened my physics book and I... I saw a vision. No, it was a mory!
Eric’s eyes widened. ’it’s related to that mory!’
He hurriedly pulled the bag from the back seat and pulled out his physics book. He flipped through.
blood drained from his face.
Every single topic in that book was sothing he knew by heart. He knew them all!
’I swear I’ve never learned anything about these topics. then how....’
’Those mories were related to my real identity.’
Eric bit his lips again. after he was caught by the organization his mory and his consciousness were wiped. but lately, he had been getting a few flashes of his actual life.
’Those n in black are finding because I’m getting back my mories?’
His trembling hand tightly clenched the textbook. ’What if I see another book and my mory gets triggered which in turn will attract those n?! What then... the n in black will find so easily... fuck.......’
"Eric!" a loud voice snapped him back to reality.
"Huh. Yeah..." he glanced at his brother.
Haolei imdiately parked the car in a random corner and glanced at him with a deep frown. "Fuck you look pale... here, drink water." He held out a bottle of water.
With trembling hands, Eric took it from him and gulped it down.
"Jung, no Eric, what is going on? Is it sothing related to your cultivation? yin yang sothing? I just don’t understand! you have to explain it to clearly. I can’t watch you getting sick like this."
Eric peered at him, unblinking. "No, it’s not related to that. It’s nothing actually..."
"I’m worried." Haolei sighed. "I don’t understand any of this. I know I’m trying to adapt but it’s... it’s hard to do so when you are hiding things from . I told you earlier, Eric, you can trust with all your heart."
Eric reached over and hugged him tightly. "I’m sorry.... I’m so sorry. I trust you and I will tell you... but there are so things I can’t tell you. I’m so sorry,"
"Why?"
"I fear sothing might happen to you if I tell you...."
Haolei’s grip on him suddenly tightened. "Is anyone threatening you?" he growled softly
"no one is threatening ... its... its sothing out of this world." he silently nuzzled against his warm shoulder. ’System can I tell him the truth, please.’
{’this is a lower realm...... revealing too much information about your existence might cause fluctuations in his lifeline......’} the system paused. the chanical voice continued, {’shit I can’t believe I going to tell you this, the upper managent is already on my back. if you reveal anything about systems you might be killed...’}
Eric froze. ’That bad?’
{’yeah, that bad. so don’t ever reveal your information as you did in your last life.’}
"Brother... I’m sorry," Eric looked up at him apologetically.
"it’s okay kid," Haolei gently patted the top of his head. "Sit tight let’s get ho." He started to drive away.
On the way, Haolei cast a small smile at him. "Right on your first day, you managed to pull a cute girl your way"
"Oh please. She was sticking to ... and you know . I’m not interested in girls. Only my Yuri is my significant other,"
Haolei raised his brows. "Sotis you act like a fanatic fan of that guy."
"I am... he is a person who is very significant to . just like you. you are my brother and he is my one and only husband in this and all my lives..."
Just after hearing this Haolei’s expression beca stiff.
Eric did not notice this, he sat there with a small smile on his face
the thought of Aaron’s face and Yuri’s face brought him imnse joy. Every single worry that had plagued his mind disappeared at that instant.
The car reached their ho in no ti but as Eric was about to open the car door Haolei stopped him.
"um... we got a lead on your friend Yuri’s location."
Eric imdiately sat back down. he excitedly grabbed his hand. "Where is he? Is he close by? Can we go and visit him now... I miss him so much!~ Haolei co on tell ~ you must not keep it suspense for long~ I’m so excited."
Haolei finally held his hand and peered into his eyes. "its..."
Seeing his serious expression Eric cald down. "What is it? is there sothing wrong with him? is... is he okay? is Yuri okay!"
"He is okay...."
"Then tell where he is!"
"He has been transferred to united states."
"w-what now?" Eric stamred in shock. "United states... united states!!!! It’s so far!!!!"
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