Episdoses 137. Do Anything with Power

I took a deep breath and let the overflowing emotions pour out until there was nothing left.

This couldn't continue... I had to stay true to myself.

"No... I won't kill both of you." I declared reluctantly, wearing a look of frustration.

I couldn't look directly at them. Annoyance and disappointment mingled within me.

If I followed his desire, I would only fall into his scenario. I didn't want that; I wasn't someone who would fall for such a cheap trap.

"Wow, I didn't expect you to choose to let us both live." Widodo sneered at me, raising both his shoulders. "What made you change your mind so quickly?"

"I've changed... I won't get involved in any scenario."

All this time, I had been trapped in scenarios crafted by others without realizing it. And the result only brought misery to both sides.

I didn't want to see my wretched self of the past again.

I also didn't want to see the suffering that had happened to Xander and his lover happen again.

If a new scenario formed around me, then I just had to turn it around.

"Changed, huh?" He began to smile, ready to spew a million bitter facts at me. "Do you think, by killing everyone here, you can call yourself changed?" Widodo spread his arms, showcasing the chaos I had caused.

"Especially what happened to those three, is this what you call change? You used the power of CODE just to lure women!" He pointed at Sophia, Haran, and Dahlia, who had all fallen.

What he said was unexpected; I didn't even know that the power of CODE had a charmer in it before.

This person would only worsen the situation if this continued. I had to find a way to shut him up.

Unintentionally, as I began to think of a plan to shut his mouth, I made a grimace all over my face.

"What are you going to do? Are you fed up with my mouth?" Widodo wasn't scared at all by that face; he instead grinned at it.

He looked both terrifying and foolish at the same time.

I started approaching him slowly, my steps moving gently and slowly.

The more I stepped, the closer I got to Widodo and Tesi.

Tesi, who was beside him, began to get into a ready position, gripping his giant chakram tightly, preparing for an incoming attack.

"Coming close? Do you want to behead me with that sword of yours?!" Widodo spread his arms wide, exposing his neck.

"I want to ask something else..." There was still something bothering me.

Widodo, who had been mocking me with his odd poses, suddenly fell silent and glanced at me slowly but sharply.

On the other hand, Tesi began to relax his grip on the chakram he wielded.

"Ask?" Tesi looked confused.

But unlike him, Widodo seemed disappointed.

Did he really want me to kill him so badly that he made such a face?

"When you both first came here, didn't you shoot one of the women who tried to kill me, right?"

I still didn't understand how he knew that Widya was a bad person. When seeing Widya, who wanted me dead so badly, Widodo could have allied with her instead.

"Yes, so what?" (Widodo)

"Didn't you know that woman was Widya, Xander's ex-girlfriend?"

"No..." Tesi answered honestly.

But on the other hand, Widodo just smiled faintly and glanced at the frozen corpse with the bullet hole in the head from a distance.

"So you knew, huh?"

From his expression, I could conclude that Widodo not only knew that Widya was Xander's ex-girlfriend but also the SANGKUNI that Nova and the government were looking for.

How did his information surpass that of the government?

Again, he didn't answer my question and just smiled foolishly.

"I'll take your dumb look as a yes!"

His demeanor changed 180° after I asked about Widya; he didn't speak at all now.

"Tch, enough! I'm sick of your stupid face!" I turned, trying to leave them, and walked directly to where my brother was.

But it didn't seem that easy...

"You still can't run, Rasyid," Widodo warned me with a terrifying voice.

But I ignored him and kept walking. To protect myself from their pursuit, I asked Sophia and Haran to block their path.

Both Haran and Sophia heeded my request and prepared their weapons, ready to face them. Sophia with her fan, Haran with her chakram; they agreed without arguing.

Before truly leaving them all, I took a moment to glance at them and said, "I just want to reach my destination. If you hadn't tried to block me from the start, maybe everything would be different."

After saying that, I continued my steps.

...

"Is he gone?" Widodo put back on his sunglasses.

"Yes, he left his two slaves to block us." (Tesi)

They both couldn't advance until they managed to take down those two slaves.

Pity and mercy were not an issue now; if they didn't fight, they would die, and it seemed Haran and Sophia wouldn't stop fighting until their lives were taken.

"So, do you want to fight Haran?" Widodo joked.

"Hmm (grimacing), are you crazy? She's not someone I can handle alone. You fight her! You're the one who knows her weakness."

"Me? No, not me... But Nova knows; I just stole the information from her."

"You... I don't know whether to call you crazy or reckless. If I find you in Nova's test tube tomorrow, I don't want to take responsibility!"

"Hahaha, maybe..."

With that conversation ending, they tightened their grip on their weapons and prepared to fight the two slaves.

...

"Ha... Ha... ha...(Panting)! We've run quite far; is it still far?!" Moka panted, unable to run much further.

"No, we're close..." As she said that, Tasya gave a worried smile. "...Only..."

She kept looking back and forth between the road and the sky.

"Are the vehicles going the other way bothering you?" Samuel noticed the short woman's concern.

"Hmm (nodding), why are they retreating?!" Tasya was cold sweating seeing the vehicles leave.

That convoy of vehicles didn't even notice the familiar faces of the two teachers.

"What's the big deal?" Stevent asked cluelessly.

Actually, not only the prince didn't know, but Hakam and Moka also didn't realize that the vehicles moving in the opposite direction belonged to the ruined school.

With a different status, Gita understood the meaning behind those vehicles.

"It's nothing, let's continue our journey!" Not wanting to dwell on it further, Tasya redirected their confusion elsewhere. "We just need to see for ourselves, right?"

Their path was close, but they didn't know what awaited them ahead.

Was it a hell?

Or something more terrifying than that?

They could only find out by stepping further and seeing it for themselves.