The six-eyed spider scurried toward its target after finally getting out of the illusion. The Jinn was in Maria's body, having full control over her weak soul. He was busy reading her memories at a blazing speed.
Aaron, on the other hand, didn't know how to respond to the enemy's treacherous move. She's his partner in crime but a family member too. And she's also his weakness.
Through the memories of Maria, the jinn found out that Maria and Aaron are indeed blood-related siblings, born to the leader of a dark organization 'Assad'.
Assad carried out numerous terrorist activities during the past couple of centuries but the WAMO eventually caught their leader in a trap and put him into prison with maximum security about a few years ago. The remaining key members were either dead or went missing. One of them was their mother too.
The plan is to use the kids of influential backgrounds as a bargaining chip to stop his execution and probably even free him. After all, the WAMO is not under anyone's jurisdiction and is powerful enough to defy any nation's military. Hence, it needed a bunch of countries to put forth a request for the release.
Well, the story is quite straightforward but Azzy felt like the story might not be complete. If Aaron is the mastermind behind this plan, then, he would likely keep a few important details to himself and it is even more likely considering Maria is his family.
To further support this theory, Azzy also found out that Maria never knew the hideouts of her dad's organization, and neither did she meet with any other member.
As a girl born with a rare poison attribute, she is key to this hostage plan. She was supposed to inject a kind of poison into the bodies of the students so as to force their parents to use their influence.
As for why they have yet to proceed with their plan, it is because of the lack of an event where they could gather everyone at one spot without the supervision of the principal or any other troublesome expert.
And in the upcoming weeks, they would find more than one instance to put their plan into action.
Regarding her brother's eye abilities, her knowledge is quite limited and hence it was of no use.
As Azzy was processing all the information he was receiving from the jinn, Aaron meanwhile wondered about how to free his sister, ignoring the jinn's threats and dodging the undead spider's attacks with his transparent form.
Seeing that the enemy was only using words and not really hurting his sister, Aaron also wondered whether the enemy has no plans of killing either of them. Perhaps, he is from WAMO?
But the biggest question troubling him is why in the hell the enemy just floating in the sky far away and not taking action. Was he underestimating him or was it something else?
"Kid, you should stop resisting if you don't want to regret it later on. My patience is waning every second." The Jinn threatened him to stop dodging and surrender.
As Aaron refused to comply, Azzy gave his instruction to the jinn to proceed to the next step.
Under the jinn's possession, Maria suddenly raised her hand and poured her soul energy before sharpening it like a sword.
"Hmm?" Aaron spotted it and glanced at her.
Without any warning, Maria stabbed her own stomach and took it out without a grin on her face. Blood started to ooze out of her body and she started to laugh in a sadistic way as Aaron panicked, "Maria…"
"Kuahahaha… good very good. Now, check this out." Maria then stabbed her left thigh and let the blood ooze out once again.
Aaron hurriedly took out a healing skill card and threw it nearby his sister's feet. Her injuries healed up instantly while his soul energy plummeted to less than 10%.
Raising her hand once again, Maria said, "So, what it's gonna be? I can hurt her continuously. I can take out her limbs one after another before grabbing the heart and plucking it out if that's what it takes to surrender."
Aaron gritted his teeth in frustration and raised up his hands, "Fine, you win. You can do whatever you want with me. Just let her go."
The undead spider reached him and raised two of its front limb to pierce his body. Aaron was also ready to get attacked. However, at the last moment, it stopped just a couple of inches away from his chest and backed away.
The Jinn then spoke, "My master says that you will face your punishment for all the evil acts you have done, but when the time is ripe. Until then…"
The jinn left Maria and both of them were dismissed at the same time. Grabbing his sister who fell unconscious, Aaron raised his head to look at the sky.
Azzy looked down and mumbled, "Let's just leave. Beating him by taking a hostage like this would only hurt my soul instead, not worth it. At the very least, I learned something new. It can be considered a mixed victory."
After dismissing the jinn and Taslan, Azzy used his hourglass to travel back to his timeline, ending up in a level-1 region located far away from Emerald City. By the time he returned to the dorm, it was already past 4 a.m., giving him little time to sleep.
Collapsing on the couch, Azzy quickly fell into dreamland.
Meanwhile, in his neighboring room, Aaron was seen awake despite there being no lighting in his flat. His senses were hovering all over Azzy's room while he was in thought.
"Earlier, I thought that this 'Gary' fellow went out to bring back Flora as she was too drunk as usual but then he disappeared for a couple of hours once again. Strong enough to defeat someone like Snivy with ease, bold enough to offend those rich brats, a sealing master of atleast advanced grade, and suspected to be in a legendary realm when he isn't even 50 years old. He is suspicious from all angles. Gary is not some general-ranked officer of WAMO, is he?
Nah! Why would they send such an expert to investigate the death of someone like Alder? Or maybe, he is that fellow? Hmm… possible. For some reason, I don't remember a thing but I have this faint feeling that the one who attacked us a few days ago was a necromancer.
And Gary showcased one of his skills that involved a skull and corrupted energy. It is the sign of a necromancer. But, it is also possible that I was unnecessarily thinking too much. Skill cards are available at every card store."
Aaron had several thoughts disturbing him because of the appearance of a troublesome expert of mysterious origins.
"Should I probe his origins through the dreams?" Aaron wondered before negating the idea as he didn't think it isn't an appropriate time to do that.
Maybe, when his neighbor slept before midnight, he will be in a deep sleep state around 3-4 in the morning. Then, he could use his eye ability to find out something. The vice principal of the academy wondered.
Slowly, the time ticked away and two hours passed away just like a snap of a finger.
"Hmmm…"
Flora woke up with a low moan and stretched her body before suddenly realizing that she was in an unfamiliar bedroom.
"Eh? This isn't mine…"
As she hurriedly checked her body to see if her underwear at the top and bottom are there or not, a memory from the previous night struck her. Her face turned pale and she covered her face with the pillow in shame. "You idiot."
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