THE AWAKENING: BIO-GENETICS-Chapter 141: Theory, New Stage, Results, New Orders

"It means in the moment of desperation, a life and death situation... Instead of Hiro entering the normal level of stage he should be in, Sp3, he rather created a stage known as Sp0, an unidentified stage of the virus" Ten said walking in.

They turned to him in awe.

"Permit my intrusion..." he adds, adjusting his glasses as they clear, revealing his green eyes.

"...but I believe that’s the solid point you’re looking for".

"Ten," Touka said, stunned. Not just by his presence but by his deduction, it was completely accurate. He wasn’t known as a genius for nothing.

Hachiro looks hard as he rises to his feet. Sure the kid was smart but he needed to figure out how much he knew. This was bigger than all of them and someone else aside from Touka knowing, was a big risk to everything they had worked so hard to discover.

"How much do you know?" He demanded in a serious tone.

"Hachiro!" Touka hissed, not liking his tone. It was almost like he wanted to threaten him.

"Not much but enough to tell that Mosu knows... he’s the one who told me," Ten said, folding his arms. If they wanted this as a secret, they did a bad job at it. The cat’s out of the bag now.

They froze at his words.

"This is bad, if Mosu knew... then he could" Touka’s eyes shook at the outcome and the disaster it would cause, especially when the Prime Minister finds out. It will be dangerous for Hiro.

"Relax Dr. Touka... Mosu is a cunning person. He surely won’t go out and say it, rather he will play it smart and use it to his advantage" Ten said sternly. Just like he did with him. That’s Mosu’s way of always playing God when he has the chance. They shouldn’t worry about him because of how big his ego is.

"I guess this is something we can’t escape then," Hachiro said, facing Touka. This changes everything. But if Ten was right they were still on a safer route. But for how long?

Touka gulped. She could understand Hachiro perfectly. She was scared... for them and worried too.

"This was bound to happen" he turns to Ten. "Let’s hope Mosu is the kind of person you say he is," he adds. He was willing to bet everything on Ten’s words. The kid was something.

Ten adjusted his glasses with a stern look.

"Ten"

He turns to Touka.

"You didn’t confront Hiro about it, did you?" she asked with pleading eyes knowing it was already tough on him already. Hearing something like this from Ten will surely make him feel worse, especially how much he had to carry on his shoulders.

Ten sighs. "No, couldn’t bring myself to" He adds with sad eyes. At first he would admit that when Mosu told him, he was angry and wanted to confront Hiro. But just halfway there the thought dissolves, because it makes everything more clear to see.

"I see," Touka said.

"What you said earlier about Hiro entering the Sp0 stage as a result of life and death, this theory of yours, how positive it is?" Hachiro asked, knowing there was more, given the genius Ten was. His insight would be needed if they had to tackle this situation of theirs.

He didn’t like the idea of asking a kid for his input when it came to this but they aren’t kids anymore were they?

"Well because, we all gained our powers when we all experienced the situation of life and death, the first training in stimulation to be exact, so that could only explain how Hiro created a stage for himself or..."

"Or what?" Hachiro asked, intrigued. He was better at this than he thought and wanted him to say more.

Ten placed his hand under his chin. "It could be a stage that exists within the virus that we didn’t know about."

"This won’t do, we have to get back to base if we were to analyse this theory more" Touka said for certain. Even though Ten knew more, they were still at the bottom of this and it needed careful research than just throwing theories around.

"Ten"

He looks at Hachiro.

"Do us a favour and keep an eye on Hiro. Anything out of the ordinary, you let us know" he said.

"You’re asking me to spy on my friend?" Ten said not liking the sound of it.

"It’s for his own good!"

"Hachiro!" Touka hissed. She sighed.

"Enough please" she said with shaky eyes as she faced them.

"Ten, you don’t need to do anything you’re not comfortable with," she began.

"All we should be concerned about is this new stage, we know nothing about... nothing shows on the test of how we can study it and avert any incoming dangers... nothing" she said, emphasizing the word nothing clearly.

"The SPS Hiro still takes it right?" Ten asked.

"Yes he does but of a different kind" she said.

Ten blinks puzzled.

"What do you mean by a different kind?"

"A kind that was meant to make sure he gets to the Sp3 stage fast. Staying in the Sp2 stage for long could have caused complications in his body" Hachiro states firmly.

Ten’s eyes went wide.

"It was merely a way to help Hiro but rather the results we got weren’t what we expected" Hachiro explained.

"He will go back to the regular SPS, slowing down whatever stage he’s at now is the only solution" Touka said.

That moment the specimen test machine made a beeping sound, their attention averted to it instantly.

"Is that?" Ten said, certain it was a specimen test machine. ’The Kaiju’s samples... they are testing it’ Ten thought for sure gulping hard.

"Seems like the testing is done, we will lay out the results" Hachiro said.

Touka gave a slight nod.

He turns back to Ten.

"You can leave now Ten, leave Mosu to me. I know what to do." Hachiro said sternly.

Ten sweats profusely. ’Why does his look always have to be scary and moody?’ Ten thought, with a twitching eyebrow. He was thankful he didn’t have to get on his bad side.

"Um okay" Ten said, turning to leave. He was curious to know what the Kaiju samples said but he figured he would find out later.

Making sure Ten was out, he turned back to Touka, already checking the results.

"Well? What does it say? What species are these things?" He asked.

Touka turned to Hachiro with a mortified look, her eyes wide open in horror.

"It says..." Her eyes trembled vigorously.

"... human"

Hachiro’s eyes went wide in shock as his heart slammed with a loud beat.

"What?!" 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

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"I see," Prime Minister Kiyoshi said sternly, having heard everything that happened from General Anzai.

In the video, he had a stern unreadable expression, the back of his hands to his jaw, his arm resting on the glass table.

"Out of 51 bio-genetics only 30 are left" he said faintly but they heard him.

"I would like to know what our next step will be on this. There are casualties that would take days to heal, our supplies will shorten, we don’t know what we might encounter on the way again, but we have a reason to believe there might be another pack and an Alpha" Anzai said sternly.

Kazuya shivers just at the mere sound of Alpha. She could still remember the horrifying roar sound that got her body shaking.

"I see," Kiyoshi said as his lips pressed in a thin line.

"Have samples been collected of the Kaijus?" He asked.

"Yes Kiyoshi-sama," Anzai replied.

"But they are still being tested."

He closed his eyes for a brief second before opening them.

"This is my next order" he began rising to his feet, his fingers against the table.

"Continue with the mission!" He announced.

Kazuya froze as her eyes widened. This can’t be right not after what the bio-genetics have been through, not after what they have been through.

She turns to Anzai and Tori seeing the looks on their faces. It then dawns on her. ’I see’ she thought, facing forwards, her lips pressed in a thin line. ’They knew this would happen’ Her body trembled

’They are used to the fact that no matter the casualties as long as they can still move, the mission takes utmost priority. Is this what being a soldier means?’ Her eyes shake.

"Reclaiming Fukuoka is necessary and important for the sake of humanity to have a stationed base on the surface. But there will be a change of plans" he said.

"You all will no longer have to operate this base but rather be the protectors to lead the personnel who would run the base, due to the casualties you suffered" he adds.

"So this will turn out to be an escort mission then" Anzai said sternly.

Kiyoshi nodded.

"I shall dispatch 30 personnel that will run the new base in Fukuoka. This means as soon as your escort mission is over, you get to return to base".