Ch. 13 - What Is Going On?

Susan ignored my question after hearing the warning just now. Instead, she immediately got up from her seat and started bustling around and said.

"Novia, let's get your 'evacuation bag' from your room for the supplies in the bunker." Novia obeyed her mother and said.

"Okay mom." she immediately got off her seat and ran to her bedroom.

While Susan went into her room for a while, then she came out with a big bag on her back and wearing a coat. She walked hurriedly towards me who was at the dining room.

"We'd better evacuate to the Bunker immediately, I'm afraid this 'disaster rating' crack, could collapse the Apartment building." she said as she handed me a cell phone.

"Is this...my cell phone?" I asked Susan and took the cell phone from her hand.

"Yes...I charged the phone, re-registered the sim card and subscribed to the internet package." Susan said as she walked to Novia's room.

While in Novia's room, Susan saw Novia who was getting ready with her bag on her back. Susan told her to come out immediately and after Novia left her room, Susan checked what was left behind.

When Susan looked around in Novia's room, there were so many packages lying on the bed and she happened to see a mysterious 30x30cm black cube-shaped object on the chest of drawers beside Novia's bed.

When Susan wanted to hold the mysterious Black Cube, suddenly the object emitted a Dark Aura that blinded her vision instantly for a few moments, then disappeared to restore her vision in an instant.

She though in her mind when you realize something is wrong.

'Was it just a blackout? wait!? where was that black thing just now?! am I hallucinating?' thinking that, she didn't want to bother and walked towards the door. because the most important thing right now was to save herself. Susan walked out of the room and closed the door.

Susan and Novia appeared in front of me carrying a bag that looked very heavy, and made me feel quite uncomfortable staying still. I approached the two of them and took both bags from their backs, then carried them to the exit of the apartment.

When I was about to open the door, Luna suddenly informed me in Mind Transmission, and time instantly stops because I had inevitably activated the 'Tesseract'. It had been synchronized with Mind Transmission a moment ago when I was in the Autarky Sphere.

[Master. The dimensional rift crack has been successfully scanned. it originated from the 2nd Altar 'Altar Divine Creature' and inside the crack there are a large number of 'Enchanted Shadows' troops under the control of Licht Phantom Infection which is a half Immortal creature."]

"Enchanted Shadows? how bad is it? did that creature really come from the Subliminal Verse? and what is its dimension level?" I asked curiously.

In my memory, everything in the Subliminal Verse has never been fully touched by me. the creatures living in the Seven Altars were created & governed by "The Seven Rainbow Deities", whereas Luna & I only authorized them originally. so I don't really know everything in the Subliminal Verse. because of the limited memory in my memory which is sometimes eroded by wounds that make me forget.

[That's right, it's one of the creatures inhabiting the Divine Creatures Altar and it can endanger the lives of these third-dimensional humans, unless there are Immortals among them who fight it.]

[Because this creature can infect people who are hit by its attack and make the attacked person become a zombie ghost and enter into the control of the Licht Phantom Infection].

"What caused that creature to come here?"

[There are too many possibilities, I still need to investigate further.]

'Too many possibilities? Even you are an AI also a part of creating this creature, you didn't had a conclusion? then how about me? a human who even had a lecture interrupted by a coma?' After thinking, I asked for the solution.

"Then what's the practical advice?" I asked optimizing the solution, a shortcut to solve the problem is the best.

[By defeating the Licht Zombie hiding in the void.]

'Do I need to bother?'

"Okay, so what are you waiting for?"

[Do you want me to take care of that half-immortal creature?]

"What else could it be?"

[O..kay, Master.]

Returning to reality, I escorted Susan and Novia to the bunker for evacuation. Hearing what Luna explained just now, if the creature from the crack was indeed dangerous, I had to ensure Susan and Novia's safety so that nothing bad happened to the two of them.

The three of us went down to the basement and there were many evacuation officers herding the residents of Apartment Building A into a downhill passage. we all walked a little crowded but still organized.

After arriving in front of the bunker, the view was slightly different from the bunker in the Ziudith Interprise building. This bunker in Apartment Boulevard was not too big and not too high between the surface and the ceiling.

When I was Placing two bags in front of them, I asked both of them for permission to go out for a while.

"Dad, where do you want to go? Wouldn't it be dangerous to be outside?" Novia said worriedly.

"I have to take care of something. don't worry, I won't jeopardize my safety. I'll see you after everything is done, okay?" I replied smiling and calming her down.

"Okay, promise dad...promise 100 lashes if you don't come back safe and sound..." Novia said with a sad face.

"Yes I promise, take it easy! I'll be fine," *cup* I kissed Novia's cheek to erase her sadness.

Novia smiled after getting a kiss from me on her cheek, she immediately turned to Susan.

"Mom...I was kissed by dad, are you jealous of me? hehe..." Novia teased her mom. Susan smiled and replied.

"You're so lucky, I'm so jealous...!"

Susan stroked her daughter's hair then she turned to me and said.

"Be careful, turn on your cell phone, and let us know if you have an emergency!" Susan said with a serious face.

"Alright, don't worry...I'll call you if anything happens, and vice versa. You should call me if anything goes wrong in this bunker."

"Okay. Take care...!" "See you".

After saying goodbye to Susan and Novia, they entered the bunker and the waving hands of the two of them slowly disappeared closed by the bunker gate. I rushed upstairs towards the crack.

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Inside the bunker, Susan and Novia were looking for an empty place. Both of them were very worried about Nine. Although in Nine's view, Novia looked worried than Susan, but it was Susan who was very worried about him.

"Will Nine be okay?" Murmured Susan who was currently sitting on the edge of the bunker hallway with Novia next to her. Novia who was currently in a calm state began to comfort her mother after she heard her mother worrying about her father.

"Calm down mom, dad will be fine!"

Novia stood before her mother and smiled after saying that.

"I'm sure dad won't act carelessly, even though the crack this time is 'Disaster Rating', but he'll definitely be fine and return safely!" Novia continued to reassure her mother that her father would be fine.

"Didn't I tell you everything? I was saved by you when I wanted to be kidnapped and when you appeared on TV, you also beat up those bad guys and saved a woman from danger."

After hearing what Novia said, Susan recalled the incident this afternoon. While she was watching the scene on the cross-provincial highway live, she saw the figure whose face was unknown perform a series of actions and take down several uniformed criminals with colorful star badges. while some of the criminals who escaped, were found to have an accident due to loss of control when the Ferrari car caught up with the criminals' cars even though they were on different sides of the lane.

At the same time, the MXN media helicopter that filmed the incident was unable to continue following the Red Ferrari 448 Pista because it was suddenly contacted and prohibited by its superiors.

At that time...Novia, who fell asleep beside Susan while watching, suddenly woke up and told Susan that the person who fought the criminals was 'uncle Nine', and she saw him in a dream.

Of course that didn't make Susan doubt Novia. Because every time she told her dream, it proved to be true and not just a dream. Susan also never again asked what the mechanism of the dream that Novia experienced was like, because every time she asked, Novia always covered it up.

Moreover...after Novia said that, the police officer called her and wanted to confirm whether her car was lost or on borrowed.

Susan, who increasingly believed what Novia said, then convinced the police that, "the driver who took her car was not a thief but her husband," also Susan saying to the police that's she had confirmed with her husband on the phone. so that the case of the luxury vehicle theft report was closed by the police.

Novia who heard that her mother claimed uncle Nine who had saved her life as her 'husband', she asked if uncle Nine was really her father.

This a little girl, actually knew that her mother often visited Nine's uncle who was in the hospital. Because in the past few months, she often followed her mother to the hospital in a sleeping state using her 'Dream viewer' ability.

But Novia only assumed that Nine's uncle was her mother's best friend. that's because every time Susan visited the hospital to visit Nine, she said she was going to visit her sick friend. and it was always like that until finally Novia found out the truth herself, using her Dream Viewer ability.

That was also the reason why Novia could immediately get along with Nine at her first meeting, especially since her uncle saved her from being kidnapped.

When Susan heard the words "My father" come out of Novia's mouth, she didn't seem to want to lie or make excuses like before, in order to distract Novia. because Nine was currently awake from her coma so it shouldn't be a problem to say it.

Moreover, Novia's teachers and student friends assume that Susan is a 'Widow with one child' because she was left behind by her husband abroad and has not returned. Novia is also often teased by her classmates.

Whenever Novia was asked about her father, she simply said, "My father is out of the country and busy taking care of his business. someday he will come back home." And she wasn't lying when she said that, because it was her mother who told her that her father was out of the country.

And in the end, Susan thought that it was time to tell the truth. she revealed all the facts to her son. Starting from who her friend who often visited her at the hospital, to her past with Nine before Nine fell into a coma.

Novia who heard Susan's statement if uncle nine was her father, she was very happy. Because by knowing that Nine is her father, she can now defend herself from friends who mock her, and continue the charade by telling them that her father has returned from abroad. even though the real fact is 'home from the hospital'.

Plus, Susan felt that Nine was very close to Novia's heart, and made her feel proud of her father. 'My father is the best!' and Nine was also for Susan a "reliable husband" after remembering the events in the live broadcast and also Novia who told her that Nine saved Novia from being kidnapped before and knew about it through her dream.

After waking up from her long daydream, she smiled and said to Novia.

"You're right, why worry about your father? He'll be fine, and we just need to wish him the best, okay?" Susan grabbed both of Novia's arms and smiled.

"Agreed..!" Novia felt happy when her mother smiled, and she hugged her mother.

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