OTHER WORLD CHILD SYSTEM
Chapter 27: The Ganas Bacteria

Isander's head turned to look towards a flowing river to the left of them walking.

The direction of this river flow passes to the north before finally turning east, more precisely to the northeast.

Only visible when the river flow one way with the direction of the path they traveled. The source of this flow is from the south, or precisely the direction of Mount Salak, then slightly turn at the point where the four of them are located.

“If not wrong, this river water flows to our residential place. The river water that we always take water to cook and use for bathing comes from here.“

Hearing this made Isander very surprised. He looked at Nina in disbelief. “Air river in the east of the settlement that is hundreds of meters away?“

Nina confirmed Isander's guess and nodded.

Isander lowered his head while walking and held the sleeping Meisya in his arms. Something thought was sitting in his head.

Soon enough, Isander realized that the river water near the Rain Settlement did not pass straight north, but slightly east to northeast. Apparently the water is still included with the flow of this river, but the flow of the river in the settlement is not wide.

Something confused Isander. As soon as he thought of this, he looked to the side and asked Giya who was walking next to him, “Monster legged fish attacked me here. The monster emerged from this river. I wonder why we are not infected by drinking and consuming water from this river? Monster stay here.“

“Wait! You said this river gave rise to fish monsters?!“ Giya asks in response to Isander's question.

“True, big fish monster that has four legs.“

“You're not lying, are you?“ Giya looked at Isander seriously.

Isander nodded his head. “Yes, I'm not lying.“

Giya and Nina looked at each other so confidently with Isander's words. The two of them seemed to signal each other through the gaze of an eye about a thing.

“Then, we will stay in the wooden tree house for one day, tomorrow the day after we will leave again to Mount Salak,”, Giya told Isander and Nina. His voice was very firm and serious without any lies.

The decision that Giya made was approved by Isander and Nina, they did not mind at all. They instead became curious about the flow of the river that appeared suddenly. There must be something behind it.

“I'll answer your question, Isander. The virus that makes living creatures into monsters is called Agro. Agro-inu is a kind of bacteria, but it can't just infect like a virus. Bacteria must be spread by hitting the blood on the wounds of a living thing directly, meaning these bacteria will not infect us through water,” explained Giya honestly and in accordance with what he knew.

“True. This infectious bacteria can only contaminate through the wound of the victim and it must also be transmitted in the form of a bite. Basically, this bacteria can not be long in its host,” Nina added Giya statement.

Nina's speech was strengthened by Giya's head nod.

“Isn't this bacterium similar to a parasite? In desperate need of the host body or its victim?“ Isander looked at the faces of the two of them and waited for an answer.

These two women nodded their heads almost simultaneously. Isander's speculations and opinions could be considered correct. In fact, they both do not know much about these bacteria.

“Can be called that kind. These bacteria need a host to survive. If they stay in cold or hot water they can actually disappear. Not only in the water, in the air they can lose and die.“ Giya looks similar to a teacher now. A teacher who is explaining the subject matter. “But ... if he has already found a host and taken over the body of a living thing, they will become more resistant to such extreme temperatures.“

“They are resistant to rifle bullets because they have a troublesome recovery factor for the humans trying to eradicate them all. For information, why humans lose in defending territory, one of the biggest reasons is because humans do not have weapons capable of slowing down the recovery power of those monsters.“ Nina did not want to lose, she also provided a basic information about the bacteria that cause monsters in this world.

“Oh, I understand now.“ Isander showed his understanding of the explanation of the two of them.

“People from out of town mostly don't know about this fact, huh?“

“Yes, the information they get is minimal. Village people are busy saving themselves and hiding, unlike you city people, have a lot of time and life is not always stressful like outsiders, like city people,” said Isander who told a fact about the person who was expelled by the city lord. “There is time for them to know that information, whereas they are busy looking for ways to survive unshielded by the protectors of favoritism.“

“Sorry ...“ Both of them bowed their heads with guilty faces.

Isander's eyebrows shot up as soon as he heard the two of them.

“For what to apologize?“

The two of them simultaneously stared at Isander's face, their bead eyes showing guilt and there was a slight complicated feeling.

“We both asked if the place we came from had made you and Meisya miserable. Nina and I are very much against this policy, but what power if inside the city has a leader. I can't do anything to change them. Only by following this mission can I do for those who are not welcome into the city by helping them survive.“

Giya's statement was justified by Nina. All of his statements were almost the same as the sentence he wanted to put out.

“It's okay, no need to apologize. This is not your fault, but the important people of the city who make this absurd policy.“ Isander shook his hand indicating that it was nothing to worry about.

“Iya,” Giya said in an awkward tone.

The three of them continued walking down the stream while chatting casually.

Their direction goes to where the tree house is, a few more kilometers for them to go through in order to get there.

It took them more than 2 hours to walk towards the part of the forest where the tree house was set up.

Supposedly, they could have arrived sooner. It was because the three of them were looking around where Giya was found by Isander and Meisya.

Inside the tree house, under the dimming sky, they were all sitting together in a circle while staring at each other. Their mouths were all moving, they were talking about something.

“So, that riverbank where you were lying unconscious? To be honest, you should say that as a lucky person. It's a good thing the monster that attacked Isander didn't come to you. Don't know how your fate will be after.“ Nina turned towards Giya. He smiled as he picked up a small piece of roasted chicken that he held in his left hand.

“Then from that, I am very grateful to Isander and Meisya who found me. True what you say, maybe I've become the meat of the monsters.“ Giya looked down and bit the roasted chicken breast in her hand.

Isander smiled in response, he fed the chicken meat to Meisya who was sitting on her lap.

They were all chatting inside the tree house with calm and happy hearts.

But they do not know that they are known by something. This thing was lurking around the tree house to look for the existence of the noise that had been heard since.

Lots of red light around the tree house, it's moving to and fro looking for the source of the sound.

A chishh!

This monster is a monster that Isander had met on the riverbank. On this occasion, they came with a large amount.

Isander who finished feeding Meisya instantly changed his face. Seeing this sudden change in Isander's face caught Giya and Nina's attention.

“What's up, Isander?“

“Sutt! Lower your voice. They are here.“