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The road was still the same, and still deserted as well. Arthur*******-****** his finger restlessly.

She left home with Yeye, Nainai and Papinya Suryo. They went to Anywhere first. Where there are Aunt Yesha, Uncle Hugh, Hazel and a few more people waiting.

At Anywhere, Aunt Yesha had just stated their purpose of asking Arthur to come. Apparently, since they listened to Arthur's story, they immediately moved to track the existence of the compound, in accordance with the picture that Arthur told.

Unfortunately, to date, they have not managed to find him. Therefore, they intended to ask Arthur to show him the way.

Actually from the Wijaya family, strongly disagree to involve Arthur. But firmly Aunt Yesha said the importance of finding the existence of compounds, which can help be a bright spot eradicating daemon networks. Before meeting Arthur, TLC had heard rumors about the compound, but they thought it was bird news.

Aunt Yesha has repeatedly asked for further investigation, but the TLC center is not concerned. Therefore, Aunt Yesha asked with great help Arthur, so that he could provide evidence that the daemons had grown stronger until they even reached a small town like Solo, they could have some kind of hidden base.

It said the headquarters were hidden, because none of them including Arthur himself knew what exactly this compound was.

"Are we not supposed to wait for tomorrow? When the sun hasn't sunk?"nainai said anxiously.

"can't. They had to start their education. There's no time."

"But wouldn't it be dangerous for Arthur?"

Nainai looked at Arthur softly, yet it did not hide the anxious tone in his question. How Arthur felt moved, a warm feeling filled his heart.

"We're just looking for the existence of the compound, after which Arthur can return. Nothing will happen to him. No...no...." Aunt Yesha was a little stifled, "I won't let the mistake be repeated."

Nainai approached her and hugged Aunt Yesha.

"It wasn't your fault. It will never be your fault."

Aunt Yesha only smiled sadly, while Uncle Hugh just stared blankly and smiled wryly.

"Uhm..." Arthur hesitated to say it.

"Yes Arthur?"

"Uhm. by the time I escaped from the compound, I was not consciously transformed as a cat. Perhaps if it were now transformed again, I could remember it better."

Yeye walked up to him and patted him on the shoulder.

"Arthur's? Are you sure you want to go back there and show me the way?"

"Uhm...Yep. Arthur wants to help. Arthur wants to save Arthur's friend."

He remembered R1, even though the girl had betrayed him, but Arthur had to save her, he had promised. And more than that, he wants R1 to also feel, how the warmth of the love of a family as he feels.

Everyone in the room looked at him. Arthur was feeling very nervous. His face was hot.

"Arthurian. You're gonna be an incredible warrior of light, son!" Uncle Hugh raised his thumb. Arthur doesn't know what Uncle Hugh means. So he replied to Uncle Hugh by giving his thumbs up as well.

"In the meantime, we'll have to modify your alchemy, so that you can keep it, while it's transformed."

Arthur handed his alchemy to Papi. Then Papi seemed to be fiddling with it, it took him fifteen minutes to modify it. Then Papi handed it back to Arthur.

"Use it on your neck. Because it would be safer. The rope has been replaced with an elastic rope that will follow the shape of your neck if it will shrink when becoming a cat. Don't wear it on your wrist again, fear of falling. By using this alkome, we can monitor your whereabouts."

Arthur complies and wears his alkome around the neck.

"Okay, let's go. You three wait here." Before Yeye protested, Uncle Hugh quickly continued." You are still not fully recovered. It would be easier for us to take care of one person rather than three."

"If you don't agree, you can go home." Aunt Yesha continued with a mischievous smile.

"Yeshaa...." Nainai sighed, he knew if they had already made up their mind, no one would be able to change him.

"Come on Arthur!"

Arthur looked at Yeye and Nainai. Papi seemed to have been busy sitting behind some computers. Yeye and Nainai nodded and gestured to follow Aunt Yesha.

Without a doubt Arthur followed Aunt Yesha. And before leaving the room, he waved his hand, Yeye and Nainai returned a wave of his hand then they also sat on the left and right side of the papi, staring at the computer monitor screen seriously

Aunt Yesha walked quickly, with Arthur hurriedly trying to catch up with her. They're in a multi-storey building. From the window Arthur can see many similar buildings in front and side of the building where he is now. Vines, and potted plants cover part of the facade of the building. It seems that this is the other side of Anywhere that they had never seen before.

"Arthur, come!"

He turned his back, and saw that Aunt Yesha, Uncle Hugh, Hazel and one other person whom Arthur did not know were waiting for him, they joined hands in pairs. Aunt Yesha with Uncle Hugh, while Hazel with the other man.

Aunt Yesha stretched out her other hand, without hesitation Arthur grabbed it.

"Okay, Hazel! We meet on the circuit."

Arthur saw Hazel nodding next everything started to spin quickly.

And he went back to the forest next to the park again.

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"Okay, Arthur wants to transform now?"

Suddenly Arthur was nervous. What if he can't find the compound anymore? Or what if the compound no longer exists? Given that it has been two weeks since he escaped from there, given the confidentiality of the compound itself which until now, the TLC has never proven it.

He began to doubt....

"Arthurian...It's ok, don't worry. If we can't find it, it doesn't matter." Uncle calmed him.

Looking back at Uncle Hugh, Arthur could see how his eyes were very friendly and sincere. If Aunt Yesha made her feel groggy, though she was blind, but as if her blind eyes could see her weaknesses. While Uncle Hugh is the opposite, he is like a sedative, the effect of each word often makes Arthur feel comfortable, calm and confident.

With a long sigh, Arthur slowly began to transform.

Suddenly....

EVERYTHING GETS DARK

No. gabe....

What the hell's going on?

Tolooo....

He can't see anything.

Something locked him up....

Oh..No..no...He must break away.

"Here..here...calm Arthur."

He could see again, even more clearly.

Uncle Hugh looks folded his clothes.

Err....... Arthur was so embarrassed, why panic. He has often been transformed. And every time he did he knew the clothes he wore would not change. The clothes that had covered him, Many times he always reminded himself before changing, many times he always panicked when he finished transforming.

The alkyne on his neck rang.

"okay...Alpha one, bravo one here. All your alkyns are functioning well. All your vital organs are also connected, we can monitor you well from here."

Papi's voice.

" Copy bravo one. We're leaving"

Then he saw, all those with him were wearing special glasses, which could make them see in the dark. Hazel had shown them when they were training together in the cottage of Aunt Yesha.

Arthur started running, he remembered everything, lucky that his memory was strong. Arthur does not know that he has photographic memory or photographic memory where he can remember everything he sees in detail even though he only sees once.

He walked through the forest, occasionally looking back to see if they followed him. He wondered why he could not hear their footsteps. Usually when becoming a cat, the sense of hearing is sharper, the sound of running Suryo, Wulan, Rara, especially the dogs are noisy. He can even distinguish which step Wulan, where Suryo steps, where Rara steps.

Indeed, the ability of bright fighters that have been proven with those who are still ignorant.....

He reached the door leading to the underground tunnel. The door was covered with dirt and dry leaves. Hidden from the eye. But he knew the door was there. He can smell it.

Now how to tell those who follow him to open the door. Confused, he swirled over the door. With his front legs he scavenged the ground beneath him.

"What's wrong? Is there something down here?"

Miaow.

Arthur excitedly nodded his head.

Uncle Hugh moved swiftly. Assisted by Hazel, the two of them quickly shook off the dried leaves and dug up the ground that covered the door. Arthur saw they had to dig a little. Looks like the door wasn't buried this deep. With his cat's eyes he could see that the door was starting to look little by little as less land covered it. The iron bracelet of the doorknob was already visible. But Uncle Hugh and Hazel looked confused.

"What's wrong?" ask Aunt Yesha.

"Arthur, are you sure that door's here? Remembering your story you opened the door easily. This we've been digging the ground almost half a meter deep. Unless you're a super-strong human like this Khaleed I'm not sure you can lift this much land so easily."

Uh...

Arthur was confused. He tried to remember how he got out the door. He escaped the compound by becoming a cat and jumped over the three-meter-high parameter wall but he found this door first. And he was sure he had opened it easily. He looked around him, but as far as he could see he could not find the compound wall he had leaped before.

He's getting nervous. Could the compound not exist? But he saw the iron bracelet of the door. Without hesitation he jumped down and scavenged the bracelet trying to pull it.

"Report Arthur..."

Uncle Hugh grabbed Arthur by his hand and put him back on the ground around the door.

"Arthur is back to being human again."

Confused Arthur looked at him but he complied and turned back into a human again. Uncle Hugh took Athur's shirt from the bag he was carrying and returned it to Arthur. Hazel's been turned around giving Arthur a little privacy. But Aunt Yesha stood still and though she was blind her eyes like a sharp blow to Arthur made Arthur growl. Soon she tried to put her clothes back on. He turned around and was surprised that he could not see the door.

"Loh.eh I clearly saw that door there. There's an iron bracelet attached...Koq now hil......ang?" his voice is getting louder. He was nervous. What if it turns out it was wrong.

"Hm. camouflage." Aunt Yesha smiled."We have to learn more from animals. It's just that we and even our detectors didn't find it."

Uncle Hugh squeezed his alchemist and directed him to an invisible door. Arthur sensed that there was a shock that made the ground around him scatter. There was the sound of a small explosion that was not loud enough to shock him.

POP!

Suddenly he could see the door back.

"electromagnetic blast. Can disable any electronic device. Not all alkynes have it, later......"

"Hugh ..then go to college." cut Aunt Yesha up.

Hazel grimaces.

Arthur remembered HAIFU.

Uncle Hugh laughed.

Then Uncle Hugh pulled the iron bracelet that was attached to the door. Arthur sees Uncle Hugh nodding towards the man beside Hazel named Khaleed. They had not yet gotten acquainted but Arthur heard Uncle Hugh and Aunt Yesha calling the man by that name.

Khaleed nodded, and got off first.

"Bravo one, we'll enter the tunnel. The door Arthur told us we found."

"Okay Alpha one. Careful. Ba..ba.nyak ga..ga. Tap.i.i ka.kam.i will try to overcome."

Papi's voice was somewhat disjointed.

Uncle Hugh extended his hand to Aunt Yesha and guided her down the iron staircase. Following Hazel, Arthur was the last.

Arthur walked in front of leading his entourage. He again felt his adrenaline pumped like the first time he went down the tunnel.

I don't know why this time it's so much faster than before. Five minutes later, he reached the end of the tunnel. The same iron stairs were waiting for him. Khaleed held him back for a ride.

"Let me first" he said with a friendly smile.

Arthur nodded and retreated to let Khaleed go first.

Arriving at the end of the stairs he saw Khaleed pushing the door over him slightly and seemed to peek. Then he pushed the door further and pulled his body out of the stairwell. Then give a signal by raising his thumb.

Arthur was so confused, actually what the heck this thumbs up meant. Before he asked, the others had already started moving up. He followed them in silence.

Once again, he found himself inside the guard tower. Khaleed walked towards the door. Open it slowly and then sneak out. A moment later, he turned his head back and gave his thumb again.

Heee.... What's wrong with the thumb?

But Arthur did not dare to ask, he just silently walked after his entourage that began to move. This time he could see their movements much more carefully.

He also stepped carefully.

"That's the guard building. The building we slept in was across the field." he whispered.

Uncle Hugh nodded, then gestured for them to follow him. He walked to the wall.

Arthur saw the compound was quiet, like there was no sign of life. They walked through the building, past the guard and around the field by making each building as protection from surveillance cameras.

When they are halfway....

NGUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

The extremely loud and deafening sound of the sirens resounded.

"Hallo R3..welcome back!"

Arthur turned. And he saw R1 smiling and walking up to him.

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