“F*ck! We’re done for!!!” The leader slowly stepped backwards as he felt the extreme danger coming from Zaki. The bloodlust was suffocating and everyone instinctively raised their guns and pointed them at Zaki. Their survival instinct forced them act subconsciously.
“Everyone, don’t you dare shoot or else that will be the end for all of us!” The leader said as he kept on walking away even though he knew that the moment Zaki moved, his men would surely fire at him as a response to the extreme feeling of danger.
At that moment, Zaki was already losing his rationality. There seemed to be a switch inside him that was suddenly flipped on and his senses sharpened drastically. His system completely turned into killing machine mode. It seemed like it was too late… It was as if the faint glow of humanity that Zaki was trying so hard to keep alive was being taken over by the darkness that lurked within him. But the moment those guns all pointed at him, a demon’s smile carved on his lips. It was the horrifying smile of death and everyone visibly trembled, from their toes to their fingers that were holding the trigger.
Zaki breathed in deeply and his eyes blazed, a visible sign indicating the complete transformation into his other self, his killing machine self.
The tension was so thick in the air, with everyone waiting for Zaki to make a move, that it felt as though even just a twitch of Zaki’s finger would trigger the soldiers’ reactions. The feeling was akin to seeing someone pull the pin off a grenade and throwing it the air in slow motion, with everyone holding their breath waiting for it to land and go boom! Just as the grenade was about to touch the ground and just before all hell broke loose between Zaki and the soldiers, a dark figure fell from above and landed in front of Zaki.
“Zaki! Stop right there!” Sei’s voice boomed as he put both hands on his brother’s shoulders, stopping him from moving forward. The soldiers were so shocked to see this figure suddenly appear before them, confronting the monster that was about to attack them all. Everyone of course heard the approaching chopper since a while ago but due to the life and death situation at that moment, nobody cared about whatever was coming anymore since all their senses were focused to the monster before them.
As everyone else was still trying to get their wits together, Sei’s words seemed to have broken through to Zaki’s consciousness, although the deadly aura and blazing fire in his eyes didn’t dissipate. He didn’t snap back to his usual self. He didn’t even paid attention to the dramatic entrance of the King descending from the sky, appearing as though he was the hero who was about to save humanity. Well, Zaki didn’t do anything to the man who suddenly appeared because he already sensed that the man was Sei even before he landed on the ground.
After some moments, the killer smile returned on Zaki’s face, eyes seeing past Sei, locked onto his prey, but before he could charge again Sei suddenly chopped the horrifying monster’s head with his hand.
Everyone except Sei: “…”
As all this was happening, the chopper that brought Sei and Davi over already landed not too far away from the gathering. Davi, who had just arrived at the scene, saw what Sei did to his brother. She just blinked as she suddenly imagined the two as their chibi self. Why did her husband chop his brother’s head like he was disciplining his delinquent little brother? He was supposed to praise Zaki for being there, wasn’t he?
“Didn’t I tell you to stop?” Sei said and Zaki, the machine, looked like his system was suddenly bugged.
Seeing that Zaki was still not able to snap back, Sei suddenly put a chain akin to a dog’s collar on his neck before he called Davi over.
“Hold this guy for now. Don’t let him go anywhere.” He said as he put the end of the chain in Davi’s hand before he nonchalantly left as if what he had done was just a normal every day activity.
Davi: “…”
As Sei turned around and walked towards Zhao’s army, who were already captured by Sei’s men who arrived just after them by car, Davi looked at the quiet Zaki and she was suddenly curious at why he looked like a broken mannequin.
“Uhm… Zaki, are you alright?! What happened to you? Did my husband use too much strength when he hit you?” Davi said as she waved her hand in front of Zaki’s face but Zaki did not react at all.
The next moment, Davi heard her son’s voice and when she turned, she saw Little Shin stepping out of the cabin.
Davi immediately got emotional that she almost let Zaki’s chain go. Gladly, she saw that Hinari was already walking towards her so she waited for her to get to them.
“Hinari, hold this. Sei said don’t let him go.” Davi said and upon putting the end of the chain into the hand of the confused Hinari, Davi ran away like flash and ran towards her Little Shin.
“Mommy!” Little Shin shouted as he ran towards Davi and in no time, the two collided and Davi began to cry.
“Baby… my baby, are you okay? Did anyone hurt you?” Davi cried and Little Shin was surprised. M-mommy is crying again…
The little guy then immediately coaxed his mother as he spoke.
“Mommy, I’m alright. Nothing happened to me. Don’t cry anymore.” He said as he lovingly caressed his mother’s head while the old Mr. and Mrs. Chen were shocked.
Did you here that? Our Little Shin called that woman, ’mommy?’
“Stop crying now, mommy. Everything is alright. Look, dad is so cool today.” He said as he pointed his little finger at his dad’s direction and Davi couldn’t help but raise her head.
They both looked at Sei and Little Shin was right. He was there, standing like a king while his men was beating up Zhao’s private army to pulp until they all fell on their knees in front of the formidable king, Sei, begging for their poor litrle lives.
“Mm. Your father has always been cool, Little Shin.” Davi said as she wiped her tears and Little Shin’s eyes twinkled.
“Mm. I thought mommy was the only one who was cool but when I saw daddy suddenly appearing like that, he is my new hero now, too! He saved uncle Zaki in the nick of time and us too!” The little guy proudly said and Davi embraced him again as she nodded at him.
“That’s right, your dad is the coolest dad in the world.” Davi said and Little Shin smiled.
Meanwhile, Hinari who was holding the chain, slowly raised her hand. She looked hesitant about touching Zaki. Well, Hinari wasn’t ignorant about Zaki since she once witnessed how he fought like a beast before. She also felt that intense bloodlust and horrifying aura coming from him even when she was still up there in the cabin, causing her heart to wreck havoc inside as she watched her dearest beauty being surrounded as everyone were pointing their guns at him.
At that moment, Hinari couldn’t deny that she was still afraid. However, looking at Zaki’s blank expression and his reddened eyes, Hinari couldn’t help but want to touch him. She didn’t want Zaki to be in this state because he looked like he wasn’t the Zaki she knew.
“B-beauty? My beauty… are you okay?” Hinari finally manage to speak but Zaki still didn’t react. Instead, he looked he’s blood is returning again maybe because the sound of men being beaten up reached his consciousness.
Feeling the surge of bloodlust coming from him, Hinari’s heart began to go wild. An intense chill crawled in every part of Hinari’s body and something seemed whispering her to run away from him in that very instant or she will lose her life. However, what Hinari did next was moved closer to him and she hastily held his face with her trembling hands.
“H-hey, Zaki! Can you hear me? If you don’t answer I- I will kiss you. After all, we’re not alone at the moment!” She threatened and when there was still no reaction from him, Hinari closed her eyes as she holds her breath and then she pulled his face to hers and without wasting anymore second, she kissed him hard.
