37 : The First Year II Pt. 3 (2/2)
”Shouldn't the all mighty leader be, you know… leading by example.”
”The good thing about being a leader is that I can give orders and not work as hard.”
Freya rolled her eyes at him, what kind of leader was this? She wished the students could see his real face.
Inside the denser part of the forest, Nick was leading Katherine away from the rest of the students. She suddenly snapped her arm back from him and gave him a cold glare.
”What do you think you are doing?”
She questioned him.
”Obviously getting us away from the crowd, what does it look like?”
”Smartass. Why?”
”I'm interested in you. You are not human are you?”
He asked her in a pressing manner.
Katherine did not take kindly to his question.
”Of course I'm human. Do I not look like one?”
”Looking like one and being one are two different things. A human cannot do what you did; they cannot regrow a whole new body part.”
From the look on her face, he knew he hit something. She bit her lip and clenched her fist together.
”How?”
”On the bus, I saw you. My EXO ability lets me see the flow inside a person's body, you are a control type, but you used a healing type of ability. That ability was one that far surpassed anything a normal EXO user can do, so what are you?”
Katherine leaned against the tree.
”I guess you were not trained by Furuta-sensei for nothing. I happen also to be interested in you as well, why did she train you who seems to be ordinary? What makes you so special?”
Nick gave her a gentle smile.
”Nothing, we just happened upon each other by chance. That is all. Now answer my question, what are you?”
”I heard you the first time, no need to repeat yourself. Since you are her disciple, I think it is fine to inform you. Just to be clear, I am human. My mother is Dania Wells, as for my father… I do not have one.”
She could tell by the look on Nick's face that he did not understand what she truly meant.
”Do you know what a modified human is?”
”Yes, but they go through body modification to enhance their strength. You do not have anybody modifications, not from what I can see.”
”My mother experimented on herself, or should I say the egg that was inside of her. It was a project the government deemed too dangerous, and they would not fund, or allow her to test it on any other human being. Since they would not let her experiment on others, she was left with no choice but to use her own body.
She is a genius beyond anything the world has ever known. She manipulated my DNA, giving me a one hundred percent chance to become an EXO. However, that is not what makes me so unique. In my genetic code, I've been given various abilities of demon lord ranked beasts. One of which is regrowing my body parts, as you have seen.”
Nick was stunned by what he heard. How was that even possible, changing the genetic code? Manipulating it so that it will mix with a demon lord ranked beast?
There was no way he could believe such a thing was possible. There were reasons as to why he thought that way as well.
”There is no way that is even possible; a person is only capable of handling one EXO ability. Having two is the maximum limit, but the amount of people who have two are barely pushing the thousands. A person with one can go unstable if they are not careful, a person with two is like a walking bomb. I cannot imagine anything more than that.”
Katherine removed her black jacket and unbuttoned her blue top. Nick did not turn away from her; he could see her black colored bra and her smooth skin.
What caught his eye was not her full breasts. Instead, it was the various markings on her slim stomach.
”A seal?”
Katherine nodded.
”I'm sure you are aware that there are two types of locks that can be placed on a person. One type is a limiter, which limits the person's power they can use. This limiter can be unlocked and locked again at any time, as the person who has the limiter has complete control over it. The second kind of lock is a seal, which seals away a person's full power. The only way to undo the seal is to have the person who put it on you take it away.
I have one seal for every ability I have. Besides my natural ability which does not have a seal, there are four seals all over my body. However, as time goes on they slowly weaken. The seal here on my stomach is the one that seals the ability you saw earlier. It is called 'Rebirth' as long as I'm not dead I'll heal from any wound. The more damage I take, the weaker the seal becomes.”
Katherine explained to Nick.
”A genetically modified human, you would be very valuable.”
When Nick said that he meant it. If humans could be sold for money, Katherine would be worth billions. Considering the power of those abilities sealed within her, they will more than likely pass on to her children as well.
”Not valuable to everyone it would seem.”
She said in a low voice, but it caught Nick's ear.
”That attack earlier, it was not a declaration of war. It was an attempt to end your life wasn't it?”
He asked her.
Given what she just said, he was sure that they were after her.
”If I am not mistaken, it should be. Before I can control each ability, I am the definition of a walking time bomb. If I overflow, there would be hardly anything that would be able to kill me.”
Nick could not refute her words. Rebirth alone would make her difficult to kill if her other abilities were on the same level… he could not even imagine such a scene.
”Wh-”
”Nick!”
Freya shouted out causing Nick to turn around. Freya's face was flushed red, and her finger was shaking as she pointed at Nick. Matthew who was next to her took a glance at Katherine.
”Damn. I'll take her and leave, sorry for interrupting.”
Matthew grabbed on Freya and turned the opposite way.
They came to find Nick and Katherine, but what they caught was Katherine with her top almost off and Nick looking at her almost naked body. This was not something two people would do unless something were going on in between them.
”As much as I like gazing at your breasts you should put your top back on before it causes others to misunderstand. Now that I know, you can bet that once they find out you are still alive, they will return.”