Chapter 58
HOTU we finally found you
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The heavy rain falls endlessly on Kim Sungta.
~tell you what, let’s make a deal, I will do what you want if and only if you let me do the ritual to extend your life span ~
Saiko lets out a sigh and looks at Ken.
_ alright, I will need more life for my plan anyway _
~great,…~
Ken pauses for a moment then looks puzzled.
~plan?! Since when do you plan for stuff? Also a plan for what? ~
_ I will tell you but first _
ROOOOAAAR
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_What was that? _
Saiko hears distant Roars echoing in the heavens above.
~oh, that, the voices of some massive creatures like whales can travel for thousands of miles, if I had to guess these were dragons communicating with each other~
_ oh interesting, what are they saying?_
Ken raises an eyebrow at Saiko.
~why are you assuming I can speak dragon? ~
She shrugs her shoulders.
_ I don’t know, it looks like you know everything sometimes _
Ken’s lips curl up in a smile.
~I am flattered but sadly no, I don’t know the dragon language, I can translate it for you though ~
Ken swipes the air to open the aether net but Saiko stops him.
_No, it’s fine, we have important things to discuss _
Saiko uses her watch to call Rin and knocks on a tree.
_Rin and Vioarr, the two of you need to listen to this too _
A holographic screen opens and then displays Rin in his shop and the lyrebird wakes up and
flies to where Ken and Saiko are.
Saiko proceeds to tell the three guys about the conversation she had with the souls trapped inside her and the incoming war.
~hmm~
Ken strokes his chin while carefully thinking about what Saiko just told them.
~then what’s your plan how do you intend to be in multiple different places at once~
Saiko’s lips curl up and she raises her arm up then a black slime tentacle comes out of her hand.
_ Argus _
-Argus??-
Rin asks and raises an eyebrow at Saiko.
_I will use Argus to control the bodies of other people and as a vessel for my magic _
-how are you going to do that?-
_it’s easier for me to show you than to explain _
Saiko extends her arm and a portion of Argus flows out of her hand and covers Ken’s body.
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She turns to look at the lyrebird.
_Vioarr, can you put me to sleep_
A small plant root grows from the ground and stings Saiko with one of its spins causing her to feel drowsy and fall down as she falls asleep but before she hits the ground, black tentacles grow out of her body stopping her fall.
She then gets up but her face looks motionless and her eyes are closed showing that she is in deep sleep.
Two tentacles grow from her shoulders and their tips turn into artificial eyes.
Saiko’s sleeping body opens its mouth.
_This is a weird sensation, it will take a while to get used to_
-what the heck is happening? -
Rin asks, getting creeped out by his own creation.
_ at the moment, I am dreaming and Argus is acting as my eyes and ears and transmitting information from reality to me in my dream, then when I do an action in the dream, Argus can read my nerve impulses and make Ken act them out in reality like this. _
In her dream, Saiko raises her arm and waves causing Ken to raise his arm in reality.
~wow ~
Ken goes wide eyed and stares at his arm as it waves.
~this is kind of creepy ~
Rin stares at Ken’s arm for a moment then looks at Saiko.
-I don’t understand, why do you need to be asleep to do this? –
_well, if I was awake, I could make Ken copy my movements but I would have to do those movements as well, but when you sleep your brain releases chemicals to prevent you from acting out your dream _
~oh, Glycine and Gamma-aminobutyric acid~
Ken shouts and extends his arm forward.
_ Ahh _
Saiko looks at Eun Woo inside her dream but the Royal Guard shrugs his shoulders, he could never memories those weird scientific terms.
_ I guess so _
Ken looks at his arm which he had extended.
~I can still move on my own?~
Saiko's eye tentacles turn to look at Ken.
_of course, I wouldn’t take away your free will, even though I could if I wanted to, I would just have to make Argus make your brain release those exact same chemicals but that would be too cruel _
~ah, I see ~
Ken immediately starts to think of all the other ways they can use Argus.
Could they use Argus to stop someone’s heart? Well certainly it’s possible but nah, that’s too simple. What about someone’s thoughts? How far could they take this?
Certainly, they can use Argus to control the release of hormones and those heavily affect one’s mood and thoughts-
_ I know what you are doing right now _
Saiko’s voice interrupts Ken’s trail of thoughts.
~what? ~
_we are not doing that, we are not using Argus for any of your evil ideas _
Ken feels insulted and crosses his arms.
~why are you assuming they would be bad ideas? ~
It’s now Saiko’s turn to cross her arms and one of her eye tentacles moves closer to Ken and stares at him.
_are you trying to tell me you didn’t immediately find a way to use it for mind control right now? _
Ken blinks his eyes repeatedly.
~ h,how did you know? Did you think of it too? ~
Saiko lets out and sigh.
_haaa, no, I didn’t but I can tell it’s possible, it seems like the logical next step and I knew you could figure it out, that’s why I am telling you now, no, we won’t do that _
-man, seems like I need to change Argus’s name, he looks a lot more like a parasite now than a guardian.-
Rin says looking dispirited and his lips curl up into a sad smile.
Saiko tries to comfort him.
_hey, it’s still a guardian but it will no longer be used to protect me alone but the entire planet _
-yea, I guess so-
_well, the other advantage to being asleep, is to me inside the dream, reality looks like it’s moving in slow motion since my brain’s processing speed is faster which makes it possible for me to control multiple bodies at the same time, and if we use Rin’s techno magic link as a medium for communication those bodies could also be in separate places. _
~but since Argus has to read your nerve impulses you are still limited by the speed of your nerves ~
Ken interjects.
_yes, which means technically I can’t send two orders at the same time unless it’s the same order, meaning I can make myself raise my right arm, then make Ken raise the left arm, or I can make the two of us raise our right arms at once, but I can’t make Ken raise the left while I raise the right at the same time, there has to be a fraction of second delay between the orders _
Rin raises his eyebrow in confusion.
-doesn’t sound like a drawback worth mentioning –
~no, it is, those fractions of seconds eventually add up when you are trying to control hundreds of bodies especially when you consider that fights can end in seconds, but that’s okay since the owners of the bodies keep their free will, they can act on their own when she can’t ~
ROOOOAAAR
ROOOOAAAR
_ the dragons again?_
Saiko’s eye tentacle looks up at the sky.
~oh they sound angry this time~
Saiko wakes herself up and Argus recedes back inside her body.
_anyway, Rin, if I let Argus loose, how fast can it replicate? _
-well, it can replicate really quickly, at full speed, it can double in size every ten minutes assuming you provide it with the necessary materials-
Saiko looks at the lyrebird.
_Vioarr _
-alright-
The forest rumbles and rustles as though something massive is moving with it but nothing is.
It is the forest itself that is moving, massive tree roots drag carcasses of dead and decaying animals from all over the forest and offer them to Saiko.
The silver cat extends her arm towards the remains of the animals to let Argus devour them but before she can.
ROOOOAAAR
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The roars of the dragons echo again in the heavens above.
The dragons have not missed the disturbance in the forest.
Before Saiko can open her mouth to ask about the dragons her whiskers twitch alerting her to the incoming threat and her eyes grow wide from shock.
She quickly extends her arms and all the water from the rain in the area rises up and freezes above the forest forming a massive ice shield.
BOOOOOOOM
A massive explosion erupts as multiple massive beings slam against the ice shield causing it to break apart.
Saiko looks up at the nine massive dragons and scolds them.
_ don’t you know that the surveillance unit members are hiding everywhere, you can’t act recklessly like that you could have killed three people _
The old white yong ignores her words and squints his eyes at her.
-hotu, we finally found you-
Saiko’s eyes grow wide from shock, but the shock only lasts a moment.
Her pupils dilate and emit an ominous red glow before they glare murderously at the dragons.
She growls at dragons baring her fangs and her nails extend out like claws.
_How do you know that name? _
The heavy rain turns into hail and lightning cries in the sky.
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