Chapter 35

Secrets of the evil eyes(1)

Location: Kapsan hospital, Hyesan province, Kim Sungta

A few minutes ago

A car stops some yards away from the hospital.

Ken gets out of the car followed by Daxia and Saiko.

~ a hospital? Is the one you wanted us to meet sick or something? ~

Ken asks while glancing at the fiery entity floating next to him.

-no, however, she is in the hospital to steal some files, also, she uses invisibility magic a lot, so it might be tricky for you to find her-

_well, Daxia can probably see her, so it’s fine _

Saiko says with a smile as she sets the lyrebird free.

The lyrebird flies and sits on top of Ken’s head.

~ why does it like to sit on my head so much? also, no, Daxia probably can’t see her, she probably could if she was outside but she probably can’t see her inside the hospital.~

Saiko looks at Ken with surprise.

_why? Her eyes seemed to be able to see almost anything _

~well, think about it, when light reflects from an object and falls on our eyes, we are able to see that object, and different light waves can pass through and get reflected by different objects, for example, X rays can travel through skin and gets reflected by bones that’s why we can use it to see bones~

_okay? _

Saiko raises an eyebrow at Ken unsure of how that’s related to the question but expects him to explain.

~well, Daxia’s eyes work in the same way, she just can see a much wider range of light waves, she can see pretty much all of them, but the mechanism remains the same, so if I place a piece of wood between Daxia and me, she would have to tune her eyes to the X ray light waves to be able to see past the wood but those light rays would also pass through my skin and she would see only my bones, in this case, she would be able to know someone is there but not who they are, now what if instead of the wood, we placed a metal wall between us?~

Ken says as he points at the metal walls of the hospital.

Saiko’s eyebrows rise up as she figures out the issue.

_She won’t be able to see anyone, since the light waves that pass through the metal would also pass through even the bones _

Ken smiles at her with a hint of satisfaction and pride.

During their time together, Saiko has been slowly absorbing a lot of knowledge from Ken.

She has a child like curiosity toward the world and has been slowly getting better and faster at picking up information.

‘maybe that’s because she didn’t get to experience most of her actual childhood but let’s not think about that’

Daxia looks at Ken with shock.

She didn’t expect him to figure out the weakness of her eyes, after all, that weakness is one of the most guarded secrets of the Xia family and she is certain none of her family members would leak it.

But her shock only lasts for a moment, as she remembers who she is dealing with.

She realizes Ken was probably able to figure it out on his own and didn’t need anyone to leak the information to him, she realizes how arrogant she was to try and hunt him down when he became a wanted criminal.

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She truly would have died if it wasn’t for Saiko.

‘What a terrifying intelligence’

Although Saiko has terrifying power and magic, Ken is arguably more terrifying albeit in a very different way.

‘but I can’t lose to the two of them’

Daxia looks at her two companions with a confident gaze.

-it’s true that I can’t see her but that doesn’t mean I can’t find her-

Now it was Ken’s turn to be surprised.

~oh! How? ~

Daxia smiles taking joy in his surprise.

- I am not going to tell you. I don’t know how long it will take you to figure it out but I want to enjoy it while I can –

Daxia glances at the invisible dokkaebi and sends her intentions to him using the link between them.

The dokkaebi chuckles then runs inside the hospital and shares his vision with her.

Ken looks at Daxia confused and extremely curious but she ignores him.

Saiko thinks for a moment then asks.

_ I have a question, if Daxia can see all waves of light why can’t she see Noai? _

Daxia slumps her head down in defeat.

-that’s what I want to know-

She then hears a voice she heard once before.

That mysterious voice that seems to come from nowhere.

-I can answer that.-

The fiery entity speaks.

-I am invisible by nature, I have to make myself visible to be seen and I usually do that by projecting my image inside the minds of people I wish to let see me, however, my default nature is to be invisible, to try to see me is like trying to see air, although that’s not the most accurate example since you can see air in certain conditions but it’s the closest I can give you –

Daxia looks toward the empty air pleads.

-then can you please let me see you? –

-Although I can, my answer is no –

Daxia looks shocked and hurt.

-but why? –

-you have to earn it.-

-what? I can understand if you said Saiko earned it but how did he earn it and I didn’t? –

Daxia shouts as she points at Ken.

~I mean she does have a point there ~

_How are you so shameless? _

Ken says with a shrug causing Saiko to ask while shaking her head.

-you are mistaken children, I am not making a moral comparison, Ken and Saiko have no way to see me so there is no point in making them earn it, but you Daxia are different, although you have no way to see me directly either you can see me indirectly thanks to your eyes, do not think that you have learned everything there is to learn about your eyes, that’s why I want you to earn it, I want you to figure out how to see me on your own –

Daxia goes wide eyed with surprise at what Naoi said but she can’t remain surprised for long as the dokkaebi finds the woman they are looking for in the office of the general.

-I found her-

~you did? How? We were talking?~

Ken asks with surprise but Daxia ignores him.

Usually, she would have enjoyed his confusion but right now her own mind is a mess because of what Noai told her.

The dokkaebi hears the soldiers saluting the general and shares it with Daxia.

-also, she is about to get caught –

~can’t you just bring her to us with the dokkaebi mask?~

-it’s not teleportation it’s very fast movement so she would get flattened against the wall-

~I call bs, that would mean it moves objects at speeds close to the speed of light if not faster, yet I don’t see them blowing to bits let alone that it breaks the laws of physics~

Ken stands up straight and raises one finger imitating Noai then says in unison with the fiery entity.

-the laws of the universe are unbendable unchangeable –

~the laws of the universe are unbendable unchangeable, yeah, I know, you don’t have to tell me every time~

_pffft _

Saiko holds in her laughter as Noai raises an eyebrow at Ken.

Ken stops to think for a moment.

~hmmmm, it moves faster than light but doesn’t break the laws of physics~

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH

The sound of alarm rings loudly from the hospital behind the trio.

-I don’t think you have time to figure that out now, we need to act quickly –

Daxia exclaims.

~fine, I will leave it for now, you just need a straight path from us to her right ~

-yeah –

~great, follow me~

Ken says with a smile and walks to the side of the hospital.

He grabs the demon skull hanging from his side and points it at the hospital.

The demon skull opens its mouth revealing the plasma core inside and begins to shriek loudly.

SHRIEEEEEEK

Saiko stands in front of the skull.

_what are you doing? That thing can vaporize the people inside _

Ken scowls then sighs in annoyance.

~if you know that don’t try to block it with your body suicidal idiot, besides, I wouldn’t risk killing the one we are trying to save, Daxia will help me aim it so no one gets hurt.~

_oh! Okay _

Ken sighs more.

~now, can you move away from the deadly weapon ~

Saiko looks a bit ashamed and walks away from the skull.

_ right, my bad, I guess I should start trusting you more_

~no, I wouldn’t trust me either, that’s not what I was mad about, I am just mad that you don’t care about your own safety~

_ I care about my safety! _

~shut up, Daxia, tell me where to aim ~

Ken sighs again then aims the demon skull with Daxia’s help.

SHRIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK

The shrieking of the demon skull gets louder and louder as the plasma core spins faster.

And then it suddenly stops.

Saiko and Daxia wait with a mix of anticipation and fright whiling at the ominous demonic skull.

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Blinding white light devours the vision of the two girls.

ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR

The silence breaks as suddenly as began, as a thunder like roar shakes the ground and the brilliant white light vaporizes everything in its path metal and rock alike.

It only lasts a moment then the white light disappears revealing a hellish scene.

Burnt bruised and bleeding bodies of young soldiers are scattered on the black charred remains of what used to be the basement of the hospital a moment ago.

The smell of burnt flesh quickly rises in the air followed by the smell of blood as the blood of the young soldiers leaves their bodies and immediately starts boiling as soon as it touches the ground.

Saiko’s eyes grow wide with horror.