Chapter 122: Choices
Choices
Shortly before the Mole died.
As the group addressed Emma, the eyes of the creature turned black and shifted to them. More specifically, they shifted to Osho and Gale.
’Found you.’ The creature controlling it thought. However, just before the Mole fully lost consciousness, the eyes of Gale and Osho simultaneously shifted to look right at the creature as well, both of them holding a biting coldness within them.
’Interesting...’ It trailed off as the Mole died.
’Osho...’ Gale started, and Osho nodded imperceptibly
’Yeah, I noticed. We’ve been spotted.’ He replied calmly through their bond. He took note of how he was the one being stared at. Well, he and Gale, with the others barely being noted.
’Am I truly the target of this entire thing?’ He mused, not at all panicking.
He glanced at the others and saw them asking Emma, who looked more than a little bit enthusiastic to talk with them, and he rubbed his chin thoughtfully.
’Trying to fully understand the abilities of who or whatever is the cause of this thing is a waste of time. There should be some form of mind control, though. But guessing their intentions should be easy enough,’ He looked at Emma. ’They will probably figure out that I’m only after students from our school. In that case, there’s a high chance they will intentionally seek out Bright Spark students to use them as hostages and draw me out, now that they know that they are the ones I’m trying to save.’ He exhaled as he considered his options.
’On one hand, that could indeed force my hand. And revealing myself will subsequently put the others in danger. Also, if they truly try a hostage situation, there is no guarantee that they will let them go if I turn up. Chances are that they will just kill everyone. Hm...’ He sighed and stared up at the barrier, his thoughts spinning as he started to make up a plan.
"Osho," He was snapped out of his thoughts when Ellie patted his shoulder, her face holding a bit of worry. "Is everything alright?"