"He still has a pulse."
One of the police officers stared at Navi's body in disbelief.
"What the fuck is this…?"
Another officer leaned closer and looked at the wounds.
"…His injuries are healing."
The bullet wounds on Navi's body were closing slowly, but visibly. The blood had almost stopped flowing.
"That's not normal," the officer muttered.
Another one spoke in a lower voice.
"It looks like he might be a higher Likha threat."
There was a short silence between them.
"…Should we bring this monster to the Hades Initiative Department?" one of them asked.
Navi was unconscious.
But somewhere in the darkness of his mind, he could still hear them.
Their voices sounded distant, like echoes underwater.
He tried to move.
Tried to open his eyes.
But he couldn't move.
He couldn't feel anything.
His body felt completely numb.
After a while, the voices faded.
And Navi finally lost consciousness again.
Two days later.
Navi slowly opened his eyes.
He found himself lying on a hospital bed.
The room was quiet, filled with the faint sound of machines monitoring his condition.
His body felt extremely weak.
He tried to move his arm, but his muscles barely responded.
"…Where am I…?"
His voice was weak.
His mind was blank.
He couldn't understand why he was in a hospital.
For a moment, he couldn't remember anything.
Then suddenly—
his memories came flooding back.
The forest.
Jake.
The gunshots.
Ulap.
Gab.
Shiela.
The police.
Everything.
Navi's breathing became uneven as the weight of it all crashed into him again.
Tears filled his eyes.
He cried.
And cried.
His chest trembled as he struggled to breathe.
After a moment, he looked around the room.
Something was missing.
His sword.
His eyes searched the room again, but it wasn't there.
Panic slowly began to rise inside him.
He forced his body to move.
Trying to sit up.
But he was still too weak.
His body barely lifted before falling back against the bed.
Then—
the hospital door slowly opened.
A mysterious man stepped inside the room.
He walked calmly toward the bed.
Then he spoke.
"Good morning, Navi, im isagani"