Chapter 169 - Unexpected Situation.

In that weird circumstances, Sky regained his consciousness. The moment he opened his eyes, he is greeted by Ben who looks a bit fatigued.

"You awake? How do you feel right now? Can you feel all of your body parts?" Ben asked and Sky is a bit confused with Ben's questions.

"How about trying to move your hands and legs." Ben asked again.

Sky did as he instructed, and it seems like everything is alright, which relieved the doctor.

"It seems like the operation went well, that's really a relief." said Ben.

Then, Sky turned to Chris who is not far from him, only to found that he is currently sniffing a big cat plushie while playing games on a portable console.

"Don't worry, he is alright." said Ben, Sky nodded. Suddenly, Sky received a *special video call from Itsuki.

*In Kapis Dimension, there is no such thing as radio waves, cell towers, or and anything related to that, so they are using a special device that can connect them to the network that enables them to do video calls despite in different dimensions.

"Sorry to bother you, but we are having some issues here." said Itsuki.

"Anything wrong?" Sky is a bit confused, and the video call had drawn the attention of the other two.

"Have a look." said Itsuki before turning the camera to the other side.

Seito and Bob are doing some prayers with the other residents around the dining table, both of them looks so lifeless, as if they are losing their control and domination towards their own body.

"What happened to them?" Sky asked.

"I don't know, we were summoned by the high priest a moment ago and they start acting weird not long after we reached the cathedral." said Itsuki.

"You were summoned by the high priest?" Chris asked after he found out it's related to Dominic.

"Yes."

Then Itsuki explained everything to them, including how they were confronted by Dan, Dominic's personal assistant. Chris frowned and starts analyzing the situations in his mind.

"Could it be the incense?" said Chris after a short thought.

"Maybe we should get back to the homestay and have a look at them?" Ben suggested.

"I agree with Ben." said Sky, Chris nodded in agreement.

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A while later, they went back to the homestay, Seito and Bob are about to join the other residents in another cleansing ceremony that included some 'mysterious' rituals that required a person to stay underwater for a whole five minutes, fortunately Chris stopped them with paralyzing magic and dragged them back into their room without getting noticed by the caretaker.

Ben pricked Seito's fingertip a bit and touch the blood that oozes out from the tiny cut.

"I do indeed felt some contamination in his blood, but I'm not sure what is it, what I can confirm is that, this substance can cause an effect that is similar to brainwash." said Ben.

"Hmm... He didn't light up the incense burner that day, so it must be the incense." said Chris.

"But Junior and I were with them that time, why are we not affected?" Itsuki asked, a bit curious and confused.

"Probably it's because of the special genes of you two, that incense might be only working on normal human." said Ben.

"What should we do now? We can't just let them stay in this condition?" Itsuki asked, a bit worried, same for Junior.

"Let them try the capsules I gave you that day, I'll try to look for another cure if that doesn't work." said Ben.

Itsuki nodded, and took out a bottle of capsules that is same as the one Ben gave to Chris, he took out two capsules and let Seito and Bob consume it. Then Sky noticed the trackers that been collected by them.

"So, these are the trackers... Hmm... I remembered you told me that you were confronted by the clergy that day when you were trying to catch another trackers. I wonder did he found out what you guys were doing through the trackers? If yes, why did the high priest doesn't seem to be interested in what you did, based on what you told us, which doesn't make sense as he cares about those 'rules' so much." said Sky after carefully analyzed the situation.

"Says, could it be possible that Dominic doesn't know about the existence of the trackers, and thus he shows absolutely no reaction towards what they did?" said Chris.

"Possibly, but if he doesn't know about the trackers, then, who's the one that sets the trackers up?" said Sky.

"Well, we will have to investigate about that." said Chris.

"Another issue is that... Chris, why is Dominic so interested in your information?" Sky asked with a pair of suspecting eyes.

"That's a good question..." Chris is a bit awkward again with that question.

"Shh... Someone is coming." said Ben, then, they hid Itsuki and the others into the mini dimension since they were not supposed to be in Sky's (and the other two's) room.

After a short while, someone knocked on the door, Ben opened the door, it's that clergy boy again.

"Good day." said the boy.

"Can you three follow me to the cathedral?" The boy asked.

"Before we give you an exact answer, could you please tell us the reason?" Chris asked in a rather gentle tone, yes, he has a weakness towards kids.

"We need help, emergency situation." said the clergy boy.

"Emergency situation?" Chris asked again. The boy nodded but refused to tell the whole details. Chris then turned to Ben, he nodded at him.

"Alright, Ben and I will go with you." said Chris.

"Wait! How about me?" Sky asked.

"For someone who almost permanently disabled a moment ago, you better stay here until we are back." said Ben with a stern look.

"Oh... Okay..."

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*Something out of the story

Sky: "Dear readers."

Chris: "Hmm?"

Sky: "This chapter is meant to be released for webnovel.com."

Chris: "Oh! This matter. Yes, if you're reading this chapter on another platform than webnovel.com, know that it's an illegal copy diffused without the Writer's authorization."

Sky: "As what Chris said. Right now, this story is free on the authorized platform, so please read it from authorized platforms as mental support for the writer."

Chris: "Mhm... There are two authorized platforms. One is webnovel.com. And another one is that messy and half-dead Weebly site that she uses for draft and backup... But not recommended."

Sky: "Ah... Haha. Yes, as Chris said."

Chris: "But look out, those scums might change this note to their own website link. So, be cautious.

Sky : "By the way, if the cover page is the old cover page that shows  two stickmen, stop reading it, it's cursed and might caused the writer to stop writing."

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