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Chapter 4 - CHAPTER 04 - THE MEMORY OF THE DISTANT DEPARTED

A ROOM FULL OF DEMONS PILED UP ON ONE ANOTHER

AS ON TOP OF THEM A MAN IS SITTING IN WARRIOR ATTIRE

HE GETS DOWN, PICKING UP A DEMON

GRABBING IT BY THE THROAT HE ASKS

"WHERE THE HELL IS KRISSHO???"

AS HERE ON OUR ANOTHER SCENARIO

"WHAT???

I WAS ACTING LIKE A DIFFERENT PERSON????

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN???"

"I DON'T KNOW

MAYBE IF YOU TRY TO CALL HIM AGAIN

WE'LL GET SOME CLUE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU BACK THEN, HEYYYYYY SRISARASWA!!!! COMEE OUTTTTT!!!!"

"OWWWWWW, YOU'RE HURTING MY EAR!!!

I TOLD YOU I ONLY AM KRISSHO!

THERE'S NO OTHER PERSON LIVING INSIDE ME!!

HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE?!????"

"DON'T ASK ME!!!!

I'VE NEVER SEEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS

YOU WERE SUDDENLY ACTING SMART AND ALL

CATHING UP TO THINGS A LOT FASTER

SO WE WERE SO CONFUSED

HEY GRANDPA, WHAT'RE YOU THINKING?"

"I'M TRYING TO RECALL SOMETHING"

"WHA--"

"TELL ME MORE" KRISSHO INTERRUPTED

"HUH? AGAIN??? ALRIGHT" SHE SIGHED

"SO, YOU SAID YOUR NAME WAS SRISARASWA

AND YOU ALSO SAID THAT YOU DON'T KNOW

WHO KRISSHO IS, SO WE WERE CONFUSED

BUT AS SOON AS YOU TOLD US

WHAT YOU DO IN THE LOST ISLAND

YOU CAME BACK TO YOUR NORMAL SELF

"HOW DID HE KNEW WHAT I DO???"

"GEEZ, TO YOU'RE SO SLOW!

SRISARASWA IS BETTER !

HE CATCHES UP THINGS

WAY MORE FASTER!!!!"

"EEEHHH???"

"BUT YOU ALSO SAID SOMETHING ABOUT MEMORIES

YOU TOLD ME THAT YOU CAN'T RECALL ANYTHING

ONE NIGHT YOU WENT TO BED AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNEW THAT YOU WERE HERE WITH US"

FROWNING HE REPLIED-

"THAT'S STRANGE

BECAUSE THE FIRST EVER MEMORY, I CAN RECALL

IS WAKING UP FROM THE BED AS A KID

I DON'T REMEMBER ANYTHING BEFORE THAT

BUT I REMEMBER EVERYTHING AFTER THAT

BUT WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN THAT TIME

AFTER I GOT DOWN, I DON'T REMEMBER

AND YOU GUYS ARE SAYING

I WAS ACTING LIKE SOMEONE ELSE

DID A GHOST TOOK OVER MY BODY???

SOMETHING LIKE ANCIENT SOUL??"

"EEEHHH? 😒" QAYOMI GAVE HIM SIDE EYES

RASOV JOINED THE CONVERSATION -

"OKAY, LET'S BREAK IT DOWN, SO KRISSHO

YOU SAYING YOU DON'T REMEMBER ANYTHING

WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU BEFORE THE AGE OF 7

AND THAT OTHER PERSON WHO RESIDES WITHIN YOU

SAYING THAT HE CAN'T REMEMBER ANYTHING

AFTER THE AGE OF 7, SO I BELIEVE THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT PERSON RESIDING WITHIN YOU"

"WHAAAAAAAAATTTTTT???!?????"

"HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE? GRANDPA???"

"I DONNO, BUT THIS IS THE ONLY POSSIBLE EXPLANATION I CAN COME UP WITH FOR NOW

THE THING I WAS TRYING TO RECALL WAS

THIS GIRL NAMED 'APARI'

A FEW YEARS AGO

SHE WAS ACTING SIMILAR TO YOU

PEOPLE ARE ADDLEBRAINED SO

THEY THOUGHT A GHOST TOOK OVER HER BODY

SO THEY PERFORMED AN EXORCISM

BUT NOTHING CHANGED

SO THEY BURNED HER ALIVE IN FRONT OF EVERYONE"

"EEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHH 🙂

HOW ARE YOU SAYING SUCH HORRIFYING

AND CHILLING THINGS SO CASUALLY????"

"BECAUSE I'VE SEEN WORSE

SO YEAH, IF PEOPLE FOUND THIS ABOUT YOU

THEY'LL PROBABLY THINK YOU HAVE A PROBLEM OR

SOME KIND OF SICKNESS OR A GHOST JUST LIKE HER

THAT SOME EVIL SOUL TOOK OVER YOU

AND BURN YOU ALIVE TOO, SO

"SO WHAT???" ASKED FEARFULLY

"SO YOU MIGHT KEEP IT IN CHECK"

"HOW THE HELL I'M SUPPOSED TO KEEP IT IN CHECK

WHEN I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IT IS???

YOU SAYING I SUDDENLY STARTED ACT LIKE A DIFFERENT PERSON AND I DON'T REMEMBER ANYTHING ABOUT IT

IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE 😭😭😭!! WAIT!!

WHY SHOULD I BELIEVE YOU IN THE FIRST PLACE??"

"THAT'S TRUE, YOU'RE RIGHT, BUT RIGHT NOW,

YOU DON'T HAVE ANYONE ELSE TO BELIEVE, DO YOU???"

"UM....NO...."

"SO IT'S JUST MY HYPOTHESIS, IT'LL HAPPEN AGAIN

THAT SRISARASWA WILL TAKE OVER YOU AGAIN

AND THE MORE IT HAPPENS

THE MORE WE'LL UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS

AS FOR NOW, LET'S JUST ASSUME THAT

THERE ARE TWO PEOPLE LIVING IN YOUR BODY

ONE IS DUMB AND ONE IS SMART

YOU'RE LUCKY THAT, I'M A DOCTOR

I UNDERSTAND THESE THINGS

OTHERWISE IF OTHER PEOPLE

FOUND ABOUT THIS

YOU'D BE A VICTIM OF EXORCISM

SO, I'LL DO MY RESEARCH ON YOU

SO KEEP COMING ONCE A WEEK

AFTER SYKON TAKES YOU TO LOKARA"

"HUH? SYKON??" HE ASKED

"OW I HAVEN'T MENTIONED HIM YET

HE'S THE KING OF LOKARA

HE'S THE ONE WHO BROUGHT YOU HERE

AND HE'LL LIKELY TO COME BACK WITHIN 2 DAYS

SO TAKE THIS TIME AND GO MEET RAMAYUKI"

"RAMA WHO?"

"RAMAYUKI"

"YOU GOTTA MEET HIM BEFORE YOU MEET SYKON

THAT'S NECESSARY"

"WHY SO??"

"BECAUSE SYKON IS NOT A GOOD PERSON AS THEY SAY

AND THE ONE WHO CAN TELL YOU ABOUT HIM THE BEST

IS HIM... IT'S BETTER TO MEET HIM IN PERSON

ALSO I WANT HIM TO MEET YOU

I DON'T WANT ANOTHER TRAGEDY LIKE HIM"

KRISSHO COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT HE WAS SAYING

BUT SINCE HE'S DUMB HE JUST WENT WITH IT

AS THEY'RE THE ONLY PERSON THEY KNOW

SO HE AGREED....BUT REMEMBERED SOMETHING -

AS KRISSHO SAYS WAIT -

"WHAT HAPPENED TO THE LOST ISLAND?

LIKE WHEN CAN I GO HOME?

I SAW IT WASN'T THERE AND AFTER THAT

I DON'T REMEMBER ANYTHING "

"9 YEARS

AFTER 9 YEARS ON THE DAY YOU FELL

SOMEONE WILL FELL AGAIN

THAT'S THE ONLY TIME WE CAN FIND IT

NOW STOP QUESTING LIKE DIP AND JUST GET GOING!"

"DIP WHO??"

"UUUUGGGGHHH!! QAYOMI I'M GONNA KILL HIM 🙂!"

"OW NO! GRANDPA GOT ANGRY! HURRY UP!!!"

"BUT I DON'T KNOW WHERE HE LIVES"

"I DO!!! YOU MORON!!! HOP ON!!" QAYOMI REPLIED

"WE'RE GOING ON THIS???"

"YEAH OF COURSE!!! I'D RATHER AVOID ANY KIND OF CONFRONTATION WITH THOSE LOW LEVEL PIRATES"

"WHAT'RE THOSE???" KRISSHO' WONDERS

"I'LL TELL YOU ON THE WAY.... NOW GET ON KULFI"

THEY BOTH GOT ON KULFI

AS THEY WERE TAKING OFF

RASOV THOUGHT AGAIN

IT'S NOT HIS FAULT, HE'S NEW HERE

SO EVEN THE COMMONEST THINGS FOR US

IS A NYE INFORMATION TO HIM

HE GAVE ONE LAST ADVICE

BEFORE THEIR DEPARTURE -

"REMEMBER ONE THING KRISSHO

DON'T MENTION THAT NAME OUTSIDE, EVER!!!

IF YOU WANT TO LIVE THAT IS"

AS THEY TOOK OFF

FLYING SMOOTHLY

KRISSHO THINKING

WHO IS THAT PERSON

THAT HE'S GOING TO MEET

WHO EXACTLY IS HE?

THAT JUST MENTIONING HIS NAME

WOULD GET ME KILLED ???

I DO TRUST THEM BUT

I GOTTA REMEMBER THAT

I ONLY KNOW THEM FOR A FEW HOURS

BUT IF THEY WANTED TO HARM ME

THEY WOULDN'T SAVE ME IN THE FIRST PLACE

SO, IT'S FINE, I GUESS, HEHE!!

AS RASOV SAID TO HIMSELF

"- I'M SORRY KID

TO GIVE YOU FALSE HOPE

BUT THE TRUTH IS

- YOU CAN NEVER GO HOME!!"

NARRATOR - WHAT??? OUR HERO... CANNOT GO BACK???

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