Chapter 21: Suspicious Hal
There was a commotion at the South Emerald High School. Two students were attacked by an unknown assailant. One of them was the son of a politician. It was a mess as the students' parents were pressuring the school.
Looking at the recent post on his phone, Cail couldn't help but marvel at fate. First, it was the victims' parents and now it's Diran's parents who were seeking justice from the school.
"He's dead." Cail was sure of it. On the post, it was said that he was a vegetable, but Cail couldn't be even more clear that he was dead because he saw the glow that represents life in Diran dim.
He's now lying in the hospital. It was a narrow escape, but he managed to pull it off by inflicting damage on himself.
Three broken ribs and a concussion.
"That was worse than I expected." The Sinner was slow. It couldn't seem to attack using the body that it parasitized. Its main body was stuck, but its long hands could smash anyone that dared provoke it. Cail dared. It was slow but strong.
"I shouldn't know anything about what happened." He felt a bit helpless when he remembered a strange man visited him and pulled out that weird pendant and swung it in front of his eyes. It was supposed to erase his memory, but it did not work for some reason.
"Diran is gone." One scourge out, but still a lot remaining. Cail knew that he's probably one of those.
Looking back at what happened, Cail thought, "I should probably equip myself with something offensive..." Like a gun? He could put it in his space and pull it out once he needed it. But would a normal bullet really affect those monstrosities?
Cail touched his stomach. When wearing his eyeglasses, he could see a small glowing ball inside. He had never seen this with anyone before, but Cail could sense it was void energy.
"I'm a void user now... But I have no idea how this works." He learned this fact yesterday. But the book was pretty unreliable. It just let Cail know that every void user has a different innate ability. Cail planned to experiment with his ability after he was discharged from the hospital.