89 Episode 12: The mystery of the ?Leaping zombie?~A

Jo was a robot who had the task to drive the black-truck to Feng Mei house. But the freeway only has a single passage. He could only drive straight as the right and left paths were blocked by destroyed buildings and other infrastructure such as transportation systems etc. That's why Jo and the other truck drivers had no other choice but to head straight to the TCC highway.

The engines of the black-trucks roared and soon it reached two meters away from the TCC highway. It didn't even take three minutes before it left the hot freeway and entered the TCC highways.

Arnold was sitting in the passenger seat. He had received a message from Darci that they were standing somewhere in the TCC highways. Darci told Arnold that their position is illuminated by moonlight. Hence, Arnold had been looking outside at the darkness outside through the window. He was trying to locate them.

Arnold was a modified human. Hence, he was able to see through the darkness. His vision easily gored through the darkness. 

Soon, Arnold noticed an area illuminated by pale white light. He focused there and noticed Chandni, who was excluding the moonlight from within herself and his kids, who were excitedly jumping and waving their hands towards him.

While, Darci and Jody stood still, marveled at the sight of the four big black trucks. Jody and Darci thought that they were bringing normal-sized trucks, not four big black and huge eighteen-wheelers.

"Jo, stop the truck," Arnold said to the truck driver but the robot didn't stop the truck. Jo had deactivated his sound receptors and he could not hear anything.

The trucks were trekking the land at a high speed, they passed by Arnold's kid and Feng's companion in mere seconds. 

The land near the group of five vibrated as the trucks, for which they were excitedly waiting for, passed by them. The truck's engine roars resonated in their ears. Their bodies shivered, their heart trembled, and wind brushed their face when the truck passed by them.

"That just happened, right? Or are my eyes playing tricks on me" Jody said. He was hyped at seeing these trucks but now he was disappointed because the trucks were going far away from them.

"That really happened" Darci replied weakly.

"Did they not saw us or are they abandoning us?" Jody weakly muttered. His legs shivered. He was not fine at all. The very thought of having to transverse zombie filled land without his overpowered leader and Arnold shattered his manly will.

"Master is not like that, he will never abandon me," Chandni announced in her melting-honey like voice. Her moonlight eyes glowed in the darkness. The mechanical eyes clear as white-jade only held truth and innocence within.

"Talking won't help. Let's not give up. Maybe they really didn't notice us" Darci replied as she ran ahead trying to chase after the truck.

"Let's chase after the truck" she shouted while running ahead.

"let's go, Sylva," Stella said, as she took her brother's arm and chased after Miss. Darci.

Chandni also picked up the pace and began to chase after the truck.

While Jody shrugged his shoulder 'Are you retarded or what? Do you seriously think that we can catch up to the trucks by running on our feet? Its already dozen meters away!' Jody thought as he saw them going away.

He was standing all alone, right now. In this place covered in absolute darkness. He looked behind himself, only darkness shrouded his vision, chills crept up his spine. He looked ahead and his vision was illuminated by Chandni moonlight. He sighed and also ran after them. After all, chasing after them like a fool was better than standing alone in the darkness which was creeping him out.

Arnold saw the trucks passing by his kids. He was confused at first because a robot will always follow a human order, even if they are unregistered owners. But Jo wasn't. Jo couldn't be malfunctioning as he was still driving normally. Arnold understood at once that Jo had turned off his sound receptors.

Arnold had to physically alert Jo, only then did Jo activated his sound receptors.

"Jo, stop the black-trucks," Arnold repeated his words fastly.

"I can't, unless you command me to abort the current task," Jo told him as he kept on driving, trying to locate a turn or a path that will take him to Feng Mei house(his current task) ao that he will complete his task and won't be shut down.

Arnold was a rich man since he was a high-ranking personnel of the UWG, a general so to say. He knew that low intelligence robots like Jo had programs that followed certain rules. They would shut down immediately if they took action contrary to their task.

"Abort current task. New task, stop the black-trucks immediately." Arnold commanded in a sharp and forthright manner. He was serious since the current issue was related to his kids, jokes were put aside.

"Affirmative," Jo replied as his program aborted the current task and a new task was activated.

Jo pressed on the acceleration pedal to stop his truck. The other drivers also did the same because their task was to follow whatever Jo does". 

Each of the truck drivers pressed on the deceleration pedal on their truck like real maniacs. Their actions caused the truck to almost flip over. The robots Jo, Joh, John and johnny were driving for the first time in their life. They didn't have a driving license. Furthermore, Dracula only installed basic driving instruction in their programs. Which led to such insane driving.

The black-trucks stopped abruptly. Nothing happened to the driver Jo and Arnold as they both were wearing a seatbelt. Dracula was also fine since he was sitting down on the truck floor near a corner.

Only Feng faced a diverse situation.

Feng who was sitting atop the bed and training his physical body while beatboxing was flung forward by a mysterious force called 'gravity' or is it?. His head almost crashed into the truck wall. But Feng had learned his lessons from the previous misfortune events. He did a somersault on one finger, right when his head was gonna the head. His finger didn't break as he was physically strong.

Feng stood up straight. He lowered his head to smirk. The smirk only decorated his face for a millisecond.

Than an aghast expression enchanted his face and he angrily shouted to the air.

"I don't know 'who' 'what' and 'where' you are... But do know that I am aware of your existence, now" Feng said to the air in his cool voice which was tinged with anger and horror.

Dracula was once again shaken up from his sleep mode. "Master, what are you doing?" Dracula asked him.

Feng waved his hand telling him to keep quiet.

Feng noted that he would be facing a misfortunate event every once in a while. It all began right after the day he went out to beat the shit out of zombies for the very first time. Almost as if someone was targeting him. As if the entire world was against him and trying to put him down. As if the entire world was trying to destroy his dignity.

Feng concluded that he had been targeted by an evil apparition that was birthed due to death aura.

Death Aura is a special substance created after two requirements are met.

A: It is created in places where a very large number of living dies in a very short time.

B: The dead bodies are not giving respect (buried).

Feng had many experiences with ghosts and beings alike. He knew that he had been targeted by an evil ghost. After all, there was a 99.99% chance of an evil ghost to be birthed in Muffin city. Since Muffin city was full of deceased humans and zombies.

As per Feng's knowledge, the only evil ghost that feeds upon someone's negative emotion caused by misfortune was referred to as 'The Lost Nightwatch'.

'The Lost Nightwatch' was a spectral type being. It is typically formed from a mixture of negative energy. It has no physical body and its soul is immaterial. It cannot be killed by physical and materialistic means.

Feng eyes glanced left and right striving to find a clue to the presence that had been kicking him in the butt. Though, the evil ghost was an expert in hiding. It didn't give a single clue about its existence.

"Come out by yourself. Show yourself right now you bastard or else I guarantee that I will shove multiple chains up your ass!" Feng shouted in anger. It's all thanks to an evil ghost 'The Lost Nightwatch' that his ass got punctured. Feng was seething with anger!

"Foolish mortal, I don't know how you become so powerful or how you became aware of my existence. But I am never gonna leave you! I will become powerful by causing you more misfortune. You will never find me. I don't exist in nature. You will eternally be my source of power, till your death. Gechecheche." 'The Lost Nightwatch' shrill laughers resonated in Feng Mei ears. 

"Idiot, you fell for it," Feng said as his angry yet aghast expression faded away and his lips curled up into a thin smile full of disdain.