THE AWAKENING: BIO-GENETICS
Chapter 69: Surgery

Chapter 69: Surgery

"Which is why I said I will stick by you" Yuki began, her tone laced with seriousness.

His crying halts, as he faces her, did he just hear her right? Or was she perhaps just saying things, but he could feel the sincerity coming from it, she meant every word.

"I will be your eyes" she states, facing him with an unreadable expression.

He stiffened by her words.

"I will be your anchor," she adds.

His teeth clenched tightly. ’Why?’

"Don’t look at me like that! I can sense it" he hissed.

"Sense what?!"

"Like I’m someone you pity" he adds shaky.

"Idiot!".

He froze at her outburst as he faced her, he froze when he sensed her smile?... and it was the most beautiful thing, it only made her strange aura illuminate more and it gave him comfort. He gulps hard, he must be crazy for thinking that way right now.

"Even if you can sense things... you can’t tell everything specifically," she said, and then her looks turned serious, her smile gone like it was never even there to begin with.

"Kimura Hiro... go through with the operation"

His body trembled at her words, he faced forward as his head hung down, his expression darkens.

"Go through with it and live".

His eyes shook at her words, he held his head tightly, his body shocking but then the action ceased.

"If I go through with this... everything will be gone," he said sadly, and he didn’t want that... But this was the only way for him to live, so he made a choice that would either save him or take everything away.

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*Heart Beat Slowly*

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*Footstep Approaching*

Touka and Hachiro turn correspondingly at the sound, their bodies stiffen when they saw Hiro and Yuki beside him.

His fist clenched hard.

"I would like to go through with the operation!" He states boldly, although he was trembling like hell and couldn’t contain his fear, the worse was about to happen anyway, he might just have to see through it.

Touka smiled knowing he made the right decision.

Hachiro adjusted his glasses, nodding his head, the kid made the right choice after all.

"Let’s get right to it shall we?"

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Level 20: Prime Minister Level

"I see," Prime Minister Kiyoshi said, sighing in relief, it was Kashi who relayed the news. He bows slightly before walking away, the door sliding shut.

"Well this is good news," Kiyoshi said, facing Anzai, seated opposite of him.

Anzai shoved a cigar in his mouth.

"Let’s hope for the best," Anzai said.

"The operation is 50:50 after all" he adds, lighting up the tip of his cigar with his small case lighter.

"Yes it is and it’s also his best chance of survival, we are all hoping for the best" he states.

"Yes we all are," Anzai said with a heavy sigh, smoke blew off his lips. ’Don’t die... Hiro!’

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Level 11: Special Facility

Yuki was seated on an iron bench in front of the metal door, the top lights lit, writing on it, ’Operation In Progress’.

Her gaze drifts to it. ’Hiro’ she thought, a feeling of worry flashed through her, but she ignored it.

Inside

Touka and Hachiro were the ones perfecting the surgery, they were both dressed in scrubs, surgical caps, masks, and gloves, ready to carry out the surgery.

Hiro was before them, unconscious on the high table bed, a breather on his nose and mouth giving him oxygen, his eyes still covered.

"Let’s get this started," Hachiro said.

Touka nods, reaching for the leather material that covers Hiro’s eyes, her heart slamming loudly in her chest as she takes it off... When she did, both of them paled at the sight.

"What is this..." Touka said sternly.

"It’s like" Hachiro’s eyes shake. "The virus is eating up his eyes!"

In the scene before them, Hiro’s closed eyes were embodied with blue pulsing veins, along with the corner spreading to his ear lines, it was like a web of veins clustered around.

"No this is different" Touka states certainly.

"It’s like it’s protecting his eyes, Hiro from the start didn’t want to go through with the surgery.... it could be... it could be his inner will is doing this without him knowing" she adds with shaky eyes.

"That’s impossible Touka-san, in the past years of studying the virus no one... not even the bio-genetics can manipulate the virus to their will, the virus simply just runs its cost!" he reasoned before staring back down at the kid, there was no way in hell, he lifted his gaze back to her. "It’s impossible" he added, this time with more defiance.

"Look before you Hachiro... it’s happening before our eyes" she hissed back.

His body stiffens as his gaze lands on Hiro.

"This is... impossible... why," he said shakily.

"Let’s not just stay still, we have to scan his brain, that cluster of the vein will cause more complications if we try to even touch it," Touka said, quickly rushing to bring the equipment.

"This is insane, If we don’t run the surgery, he will die" he reasoned.

"And if we cut through that vein he most certainly will!" she hissed, before carefully placing the wires around Hiro’s head.

"Scanning his brain won’t do anything right now, Touka-san, we have checked it a number of times, the virus is flowing to his brain already" he states.

"Maybe we were looking at this from a different perspective, seeing the virus as an agent eating away his eyes and... what if... what if it was the opposite," she said sternly, her hand touching the transparent computer fast.

"The opposite?" He said, puzzled as his gaze drifted back to Hiro on the bed.

He froze and then his eyes widened in realization.

"Don’t tell me..."

"Yes, Hachiro... exactly what you are thinking" she states zooming in on his brain activity.

She turns to him with serious eyes.

"Hiro is still on the Sp2 stage!" she announced.

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