Chapter 346 The Eleventh Code

Keng dropped to his knees, holding Lee Seng as the now blonde Lee Seng continued to scream in pain. He watched his human counterpart squirm in his arms as his hands claws and gripped whatever it could grab.

"Lee Seng, hold on alright?" Keng pulled his left hand out from underneath Lee Seng and lifted his hand to Lee Seng's chest. "You'll be fine, alright? Just hold on."

A warm silver light started to glow around Keng's hand as he slowly moved his hand over Lee Seng's chest.

"Argh! No!" Lee Seng hovered his hand where the pain was coming from. He couldn't think straight and the pain seemed to be growing.

"Let me heal you." Keng grabbed Lee Seng's hand and set him on top of his. The silver energy poured into Lee Seng. Lee Seng howled, pushing his chest upwards as he started to peel away from Keng.

Keng quickly grabbed him and pulled him in with a tighter grip. Lee Seng tried to push Keng away, but Keng continued to pull him back each time.

"It'll hurt only for a little bit." Keng told him. "Don't fight it. I'm not gonna kill you." Lee Seng squirmed while Keng continued. "Just a little longer…" The colorscape grew darker. Blacks, orange, gold, wisps of silver and purple started to cover the skies of the Spirit world.

'What the hell happened while I was recovering?' Keng wondered. The skies grew dark as thunder rumbled across the Spirit world. Lee Seng's cries were slowly dying. 'Why is it reacting this way?'

The strange identical man hovered over Lee Seng as he finally got a grip of the pain. The white with gold streak haired young man looked at him like he was genuinely worried.

'Do I know someone like this?' Lee Seng asked himself. He moved to push himself up. Keng allowed Lee Seng to scoot off to the side. The two stared at each other for a while, letting the rumble of the turbulent skies fill the space.

"Who are you? Why do you look like me?" Lee Seng asked. Keng gave Lee Seng a confused face.

"Y-you don't remember me?" Keng asked. Lee Seng shook his head. Keng sighed and looked up when a purple lightning bolt streaked across the sky. "I'm Keng. Your Keng."

"My Keng?" Lee Seng shook his head. "I would remember someone with that name. There isn't anyone by that name that I know. Especially one that looks like me." Keng watched Lee Seng stand. Another crack of lightning as the Spirit world shook.

"You named me yourself. In this very place." Keng looked around. "It used to be so black but it has all these colors now."

"This is colorful? It's so dark." Lee Seng glanced around. He could see the pool of water not too far from them. "Does this place have any significance? What does it even represent?"

"It represents you." Keng stood up. Lee Seng gave Keng his full attention. He watched the three-tailed Fox Spirit look at him with pained eyes.

"Why do you look at me like that? Were we really close?" Another bolt of lightning cracked behind Lee Seng. In that one moment, Keng watched Lee Seng's form flicker.

The strange aura went just as quick as the flash of lightning. Lee Seng seemed to have horns where his fox ears used to be. He shook his head and rubbed his eyes.

'Did I see that right?' Keng asked himself. The rumbling grew louder and Lee Seng looked down at his chest. His Number Mark was starting to glow.

"Not again." Lee Seng whispered. He looked up at the storm and noticed the black clouds were charged with the different colors of the strange place he was in. "Look, I don't know you but get me out of here! If this goes on any longer, my mark will cause problems for the both of us!"

"Your mark?" Keng raised an eyebrow. A lightning bolt arced and hit in between the both of them. Keng and Lee Seng leapt backwards, creating more distance between them.

'What's wrong with this place?' Keng asked himself.

"How do I get outta here? Tell me!" Lee Seng asked, again, a bit louder. Keng sighed and looked at the oasis water. He pointed towards it and Lee Seng followed his arm.

"Through that? Are you sure?" Lee Seng asked. "You're not tryna bullshit me are you? I don't have time for– Argh!" He clutched his chest as he bent forwards.

"Lee?" Keng moved forward as a bolt of lightning lit up Lee Seng. Lee Seng's echoed all around his Spirit world.

"Strange entity has been fully detected." An automated voice spoke. "Attaching W4TCH PR1SM." A bolt of lightning flew straight at Keng. Keng leapt out of the way, rolling into his feet as Lee Seng's Spirit world started to grow pitch black.

"Not again… Don't tell me…" Keng muttered.

"You're too late, little one." A familiar female voice chuckled. "While you were out, I grew stronger with the help of the Creator. Now he'll be under my total control."

"Initializing W4TCH PR1SM Protocol." The automated voice spoke. Keng felt a hand grab him and pulled him into the person. He could feel breasts pushing against his back.

"You!" Keng growled. "What happened to him?"

"W4TCH PR1SM initiated. Starting cleanse sequence." The automated voice spoke. A black haired Asian woman covered in Dark Matter smiled at Keng as she held him tight. Her eyes glowed a bright rainbow prism color.

'Oh shit.' Keng thought. Her grip tightened as.her face began to twitch.

"You shouldn't have fallen asleep, Fox. Now we all lose." XI struggled to tell him.

"What do you mean? What happened to Lee Seng!"

"Begone before they get you, Fox. Save–" XI's eyes engulfed in a sea of rainbows as she pushed him forward. Keng stumbled forward, the sound of lightning catching his attention. Lightning bolts continuously hit Lee Seng as Keng turned for him.

"Lee!" Keng shouted. He was scared of what was going to happen to Lee Seng.

'What did I miss in those three months?' He asked.himself. He glanced at the oasis. 'If I can get to his memories, I could figure it out!' Keng looked back at Lee Seng and then to the oasis.

"GO!" XI's distorted voice screamed.. The prism colors engulfed her as she immediately stood up and pointed at Keng. "Kill the virus!" She launched herself straight for Keng.

"Dammit!" Keng shouted. "I'm sorry, Lee Seng! I can't stay here!" Keng's body lit up in silver energy, popping in his spot as XI slammed down in the area.

"W4TCH PR1SM doesn't detect any entities nearby Eleventh Code activating. Forcibly removing the host back into his body." The automated voice announced. XI huffed as she turned to look at the oasis.

'Save… Him…' She thought as she turned to liquid. She flew straight into Lee Seng's chest as the energy warped around him.

"PR1SM shall search elsewhere for signs."

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Keng screamed as his body warped and sent him free falling. He cursed as he tried to stop himself with gravity.

"What the hell? It's not working!" Keng shouted. He screamed as a forest grew closer and closer. Keng's body started just past the treeline when a set of arms grabbed him and lifted him up from the trees.

"Oh my god!" He shouted. He instinctively shut his eyes as the air suddenly shifted around him. He could hear the wind whipping but he didn't feel like he was falling anymore. Keng peeked and noticed someone was holding him while he flew into the clouds.

He turned to look and realized some had stopped his descent.

"It's been awhile, foxling." Chrono spoke. "Luckily I was nearby or else you would've been a pancake. Let's get to somewhere safe first before you explain yourself to me."

"Chro-Chrono?" Keng uttered her name. Her silver hair whipped in her face. She had human ears. Chrono quickly pulled Keng into another Realm and descended. She landed, warping the Realm around them back to normal. They were in a forest and Keng was even more confused.

"Why did I feel your spiritual signature all of a sudden?" Chrono asked as she dropped him onto his feet. Keng stood up, wobbling around as he quickly held himself up with the help of a tree.

Chrono was wearing a winter coat, blue jeans, and boots. She looked at Keng, waiting for his answer.

"Well…" Keng's brain was racking to make sense of what happened. A whistle caught their attention. Chrono quickly slammed her hand into Keng's chest, pushing him into the tree and fusing him with it.

"Damn hunters." Chrono cursed.

'Stay quiet. I temporarily melded you with the tree.' Chrono told him. A group of hunters wandered out of the treeline and noticed Chrono. A couple hunters pointed their guns at her as she raised her hands.

"Friendly, hunters." Chrono announced.

"What're you doing in our part of the forest? You aren't permitted here. Identity. Now!" A hunter barked. She sighed and nodded.

"My ID is in my coat pocket. Do you want me to grab it?" Chrono asked.

"You,.fish for her ID." The hunter rbarked. A female hunter moved over to Chrono.

"Your left. Pocket near the bottom of the coat." Chrono told her. The hunter found the ID and read it.

"Christy Anderson. She's with the Astro Guild." The hunter announced.

"What's an Astro member doing all the way out here by herself?" The head hunter asked.

"I'm searching for something." Chrono lied. "I heard hunters are good at finding things and wanted to know if you guys came across this creature before." She slowly moved her right hand into her back jean pocket and pulled out her phone.

She turned it on and clicked on a random creature photo she had saved and handed it to the female hunter. The female hunter looked at it and then moved to her group. She showed them the picture and the head hunter immediately shook his head at her.

"A wendigo? Why would a wendigo be roaming these parts?" The head hunter asked.

"This is the perfect spot for a wendigo to hunt. Just think about it. Human civilization is not too far. They could feast on humans all they wanted to if they played it right." Chrono explained. "I just heard a rumor and wanted to check. That's all."

"No, we haven't even seen one of those around here. Give her phone back to her and escort her out." The head hunter commanded. The female hunter moved back as Chrono watched. The woman handed her phone back and Chrono tucked.it back into place.

"Follow us." The head hunter shouted. "Everyone watch her. If she does anything funny, blow her up." The female hunter moved around Chrono and nudged her forward. Chrono acted like she was pushed too hard and flew into the tree she put Keng in.

She tapped the tree, pulling Keng's essence into one of her rings and quickly fixed herself and followed the group.