Chapter 85 - Discussion

Nick walked through the grass and the woods and the water flowing there, or just pretend it was a river. Nick's gaze now looked at a woman who was cleaning her body from the mud that at that time polluted her entire body, not only the body but all corners from head to toe. "Hey ..." Nick called to the woman, who now turned her gaze to Nick quite calmly and she then smiled after knowing that someone was greeting her.

"Oh, hi! Sorry… my hair is dirty because I dirty my body with mud!" the woman said to Nick, which made Nick now frown at the words.

"Dirt?? did you do it on purpose? Eum… are you a mud woman?" Nick asked the woman who now turned to look at him and laughed at the words, which of course made Nick feel very confused at that time.

"Khkh… you think that I am the woman who controls the Mud??" the woman asked Nick who was shrugging his shoulders to the side now to answer if he felt sure or not sure about this one question. But now the woman smiled and shook her head,

"It's fine… I won't mind too much about it! I did it on purpose to avoid the enemy's attack! And in the end, I survived and those who didn't!" said the woman to Nick who was now frowning and then turned his gaze to the surroundings, where the bodies were now lying.

"Is that towel for me?" a question asked by the woman, making the now dreamy Nick nod his head and then give the towel to the woman.

"Eum…from now on, you are my member, and they said that you will be named 002!" said Nick to the woman who at that time wiped the mud with a towel brought by Nick, which of course made Nick now exhale in response to the woman who had just said,

"002? ah… so you are 001?" asked the woman, and made Nick nod his head and slowly control the water to clean the remaining mud on the woman's body who now turned to look at Nick and then smiled.

"What a sweet thing you did, thank you!" said the woman to Nick who now nodded his head in response to the woman's words,

"Come on… it would be better if we got out of here!" said Nick taking the woman named 002, which made the 002 woman smile and nod her head to follow Nick's footsteps.

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"Nick!" A call from Queen at that moment made Nick who was daydreaming now turn his gaze quickly to Queen, and not even only Queen who was staring at him right now, but there were Lucas, Aidan, Wilson, Marla, Vernon, and also Kendrick. who also stared at him, which of course made Nick now exhale as he regained another random memory.

"Well… beforehand… there is something I want to tell you all, regarding the past and what has happened." said Nick to all of them who were sitting at a fairly large table at that time, all eyes were on Nick which of course made Nick have to be able to start a conversation that had to be done at that time.

"First of all… I want to apologize to all of you because what I've done in the past caused a lot of trouble and even some of you were injured to the point of trauma, and that shouldn't have happened if I…-

"Stop talking about the past, I don't want to remember it anymore, Nick!" Nick's words were interrupted by Kendrick who had just cut off his conversation which made Nick now turn his head to look at Marla, Queen, and Vernon who nodded in response to that, which of course made Nick now chuckle at the remark and then nodded his head in response,

"So… what do we want to talk about besides the past?" asked Vernon added and that made even Nick now turn to look at him and say,

"Looking for others who are just like us!" said Nick to Vernon who was now frowning at that,

"You used to say that looking like us is pointless right, Nick… then why now do you want us to look for him?" Vernon's question at that time made Marla turn to look at him and then say,

"Didn't Kendrick tell you not to talk about the past, Vernon?" Marla explained to Vernon who was now scratching his neck and then nodded his head and said,

"Yep… you're right!" Vernon added and then Lucas started saying,

"Actually I asked Nick to bring us all back together, and it turns out that Nick also has the same view as me, but we have different ways and ways out!" Lucas said to all of them, which now made Nick nod his head in response,

"Yeah… you're right, Lucas… I let us back apart because I was afraid that we would actually carry out the task he gave us, but you chose to gather together to jointly guard and abort the mission! And because I felt that Lucas' plan was the best, that's why I agreed and started looking for you guys again!" Nick explained to those who were now frowning at this,

"Task?? what is our job?" Kendrick asked Nick and the others, which now made Wilson who was beside Kendrick turned to look at Kendrick and said,

"Annihilating all of humanity and taking the earth for us to live in!" Wilson replied to Kendrick who was now frowning at this,

"What?" asked Vernon and Nick nodded his head in response,

"So... we came down to earth to get that mission?" Vernon asked again, and this time Lucas nodded his head in response,

"That's why I asked Nick to gather us back together because it would be very dangerous if you remember the task and carry it out!" Lucas explained to Vernon and also Kendrick who were now both silent in response to that,

Seeing the Vernon residence and Kendrick looking surprised to hear that, Aidan frowned and then said,

"Wait a moment!" Aidan said to them, which made even those who were silent now turn their eyes towards Aidan who had just said that,

"What is it, Aidan?" Marla asked Aidan who was now looking at Vernon and Kendrick,

"Why are you surprised and silent as if you don't know the task??" Aidan asked the two of them, which made everyone there frown,

"Of course we didn't know that!" Vernon protests to Aidan,

"Then why did you burn the forest and attack us back then?!" Aidan asked again, and now Aidan's question at that time made the other's eyes turn back to looking at Kendrick and Vernon who are now both breathing in response to that.

"We did it because we were ordered by the other party so they could get the land because they said this village would be expanded and they have to burn half the forest here!" Vernon explained to Them, which made Nick frown and then nod his head as the answer still worked out in his mind,

"Then why did you guys attack us back then?!" Now it was Wilson's turn to ask the two of them, and Kendrick immediately turned to look at Wilson and then said,

"Because we were surprised! We thought you were our enemy!" Kendrick said to Wilson who was now frowning again at those words,

"Enemy?" Lucas and Wilson asked at the same time and that made both Lucas and Kendrick nod their heads in response to the question,

"You guys found people like us before, Kendrick, Vernon?" Nick asked them after hearing and summing up their answer at that time,

"Yeah… we found a water bender like you, Nick… and he said things we didn't understand!" said Vernon explaining and that made Nick now turn his gaze to Lucas who was also looking at him questioningly,

"Then… where is that person now?" Queen asked Vernon who was now looking at him,

"We killed him because he attacked us blindly!" Vernon explained to Queen, and that made Marla turn to look at Lucas as well as Nick,

"What really happened? Have there been any other shooting stars lately? Or is he one of us too, Nick… Lucas??" Marla asked the two of them, and that made Lucas shake his head as he said,

"I don't know about this either, but obviously we have to go back to look for the others and after that, we will definitely find out what really happened and find a way to solve this mystery!" Lucas explained to all of them who were now listening and nodded their heads,

"Then… where are we going to look and what should we look for?" asked Aidan added, and that made Nick now turn his gaze to Kendrick as he said,

"Do you still have that dagger, Kendrick?" a question that was asked by Nick to Kendrick at that time made Kendrick shake his head as he said,

"I gave the dagger to its owner, Nick!" said Kendrick to Nick, which of course made Nick, Lucas, Wilson, Aidan, and Marla now turn their eyes to Kendrick, and then Lucas asked him.