101 Avatars
79. Stratagem

That morning which coincided with the new year's day, the Posion Merchant looked neatly dressed as if it was going to visit an important place.  Seeing the unusual where the antisocial who mostly spends his time with lying at home if there is free time, suddenly dress up neatly and will walk out of the house, Holy data did not hold back his curiosity to ask.

“Poison Merchant, where are you going this early in the morning?”  Holy asked curiously.

But the Poison Merchant only answered him coldly, “No need to interfere in my affairs.  More important than that, please take care of Mr. Raging Fire as long as I leave home.”

Holy seemed to be unconcerned by the Poison Merchant's harsh words.  To him, it was common for the Poison Merchant to speak harshly to him.  Holy was finally only indifferent when the Poison Merchant left their residence.  Who would have thought that that day was the last day for the Holy to see the Poison Merchant's face again regarding the Merchant Potion had entered into Fog's trap.

Yes, Poison Merchant went out to meet Fog. Even after what Fog did to Volt and Metallia, Poison Merchant still could not ignore what his fellow avatar monster said.

Fog said that through the immortality serum he obtained thanks to Volt and Metallia, Fog found a way to cure the unstable Raging Fire heart problem.

Poison Merchant never cared about anything.  However, it was another case if it was related to his master, Raging Fire.  The Poison Merchant would do whatever it took for the best for Raging Fire.

Originally, the Poison Merchant was met by Raging Fire through Holy after Holy was unable to cure the unstable heart problem of Raging Fire.  Holy hoped that with the help of the Poison Merchant, the unstable Raging Fire heart problem could be treated.

But until now, even after 4 more years together, Poison Merchant had not been able to find a solution.  This certainly tarnishes his pride as the heir to the memory of the best internal disease doctors in Indonesia.

Therefore, even though it is dangerous, the Merchant Potion must still try to meet Fog as long as there is still the slightest possibility that the master can be cured because of it.

But as predicted, Fog only intended to trap the Poison Merchant into the place without ever caring about the state of Raging Fire.

Arriving at the Poison Merchant in a cafe in his human form along with Fog in the guise of Selantri, without further ado something caught the Poison Merchant from behind.  Instantly the cafe guests ran around as soon as they realized the existence of the avatar monster in that place.  However, it's all too late.  The whole door was closed.

No, the visitors of the cafe who fatefully visited that day have been trapped by the field area owned by Time.  Then immediately, the visitors of the ill-fated cafe was finished by melted by the fog Fog.  What an inhumane sight.  Dozens of lives were lost, melted like a candle that ran out of life.  It can feel the strong aroma of blood at that time in the room.

“What, what are you doing with all this, Fog?!”  Poison Merchant who still maintained his human form was also angry with Fog.

No, the Poison Merchant had instead deliberately maintained his human form, but he had been locked away by Time's time-freezing stance.

“I'm sorry, Poison Merchant.  In any case, we need your power to kill the traitor Healer.  So, see you.”

As soon as Fog finished saying the sentence, the human body of the Poison Merchant immediately softened strangely.  He's melting.  A moment later, he was transformed into green powder that was clearly different when an avatar monster was killed.  The green powder was penetrated into the form of the Avatar Fog monster and fused with the fog.

A moment later, another 2 avatar monsters came out from a pitch-black portal.  He is the Void who comes with Remote.

He is Remote, the series number 14 avatar who speaks in a rather haughty tone.  However, Time only fell silent and did not give any response.

“Only Void commented, “For the next one, I leave it to you two, Fog, Remote.”

“Take it easy.  I will definitely do my best to avenge Mr. Freeze.”

“Hmm.  Furtive attacks are my forte.  You seem to be worrying about unnecessary things, Void.”

Fog and Remote also responded to the Void request.  A moment later, Void along with Time had disappeared into the portal, leaving Fog and Remote in place.

***

Why did I forget those memories?  More than anyone, I am the one who knows the figure of Kaiser Dewantara as a friend who knows him the longest than others.

One day, thanks to the research of Kaiser's grandfather, Professor Gilbran Lasona, I, who had been buried in the cold ground, finally saw the outside world for the first time.  From then on, I stuck to Grandpa Gilbran's body without him noticing.

But one day, Grandpa Gilbran bought a robot gift for his grandson who was on his birthday at the age of 7 years.  Yes, he is the grandson of Grandpa Gilbran, my best friend, Kaiser Dewantara.

I was the first to see the figure of the robot, immediately amazed by it.  I was tempted too.  Rather than clinging to Grandpa Gilbran's body, it might be more fun if I possessed the robot.  Let me move from Grandpa Gilbran's body to the robot.  It didn't take long for me to assimilate with the robot and evolve into a virtual being made up of a set of data.

The robot was or rather I was presented the Grandpa to his beloved grandson, Kaiser Dewantara.  Kaiser Dewantara seemed to love me so much, even giving me a name.  Hero, that's the name Kaiser Dewantara gave me.

I also accompanied the journey of Kaiser Dewantara grew up to become quite large.  When she's happy, I celebrate her fun.  And when she was sad, I encouraged her.  I can feel that our connection is really intertwined until my feelings reach that lonely boy.

How can I not say the boy is lonely.  Even though he lived at home with his father and mother, they hardly had the chance to get together.  Father and mother are often preoccupied by their research until they forget that they had a son at that time.  Even when Judith was born, their attitude remained the same.

However, outside of their busy lives, they don't have time for their children, they are good parents who love Kaiser and Judith so much.

It's just that, both me and Kaiser who grew up before that time, can also feel how painful their hearts are both still confined under the curse of the shadow of the past.  They still haven't forgotten the figure of Kaiser's uncle and Judith, the father's cousin.

They both did their research so earnestly that they sacrificed almost all their time, including time for them to sleep and rest.  None other than that, in order to find a way how to return the people they care about the most are trapped in the virtual world.