Host, Please Be Honest! What Exactly Are You?

Chapter 528  The Truth And Nothing But The Truth

In the tent, the duo men had stayed quiet all this while listening to the faint noises from their surroundings. Both opened and closed their mouths, still not sharing a thing. Ashaku calmly took out his handkerchief with trembling hands to wipe the thick layer of sweat on his forehead. "Lieu--Lieutenant Harvey, what we feared for has now come to pass." "Yeah," Harvey replied, with a heavy voice. They thought that even if they said it was a giant worm, with all of their modern-day weapons, the collection of so many people bombarding the monster at once would kill it.

But now, they knew they were naïve. Ashaku hasn't taken a single cigarette in 10 years.

Yet, he now had a cigarette in his hands when thinking of the many lives sacrificed during this time. He felt their blood was partially on his hands, and the gully was indeed eating him up inside. As a man belonging to the army, he prided himself in watching over his comrade's backs and even those belonging to other countries. Bottom line provided they were civilians or good people, he had a duty to keep them safe, even if they were also military people. Ashaku was feeling even more devastated. With many forces across the world here, the monster should have been killed by now. Sadly, the reality was more gruesome than they imagined. Harvey puffed out a whiff of smoke, looking at his feet. "I thought that time for sure, it was dead." "Yes," Ashaku replied, fear evident in his voice. There was one time, when the creature didn't attack immediately, which gave them the feeling that perhaps the last team that died had died, succeeding in eradicating it. They were so thrilled and relieved, only to have the creature attack a few minutes later than it typically did. Why did it suddenly change its strategy? To toy with them? .

Harvey and Ashaku felt like they had fallen to their lowest point when bad news kept ringing in. .

Harvey and Ashaku felt like they had fallen to their lowest point when bad news kept ringing in. But what they didn't know was that the lethal hand grenade thrown at the creature did scatter its body parts for a bit, so it had to regenerate itself again. No mortal weapons can destroy these beings. So there was nothing someone like them could do. Those who died during that time, died thinking their grenade had saved humanity. Sadly, they died for nothing. The creature regenerated in no time. "Ashaku, do you also feel it?"

Ashaku nodded stiffly, not saying anything immediately. "I feel something. I feel something dark and ominous heading my way"

"Me too… I've felt that ever since we escaped that day."

They knew it sounded crazy, but it was the truth. And if they go see a psychiatrist, they will probably say they are feeling stressed and guilty about the deaths they witnessed, saying they were overthinking things. And if they force the matter then it's off to the Looney Bin for them. Sigh~

It's troublesome to be a good person these days. So you think they like the fact that they witnessed what they saw last time? If possible, they wished they never saw it at all! Now, they were starting to believe that the few people in history who swore to see monsters, might have been telling the truth all along. But how do you convince the masses? How do you make them believe something so unacceptable and unscientific? That's like trying to pass a camel through the eye of a needle. They are screwed, aren't they?

"Monsters, aye?"

-Silence-

That voice...

The General appeared in the tent, alongside Hitchcoff and Miguel, making the duo stiffen.

Did they hear everything they just said? Wait! Have they been suspicious about them this whole time?

Miguel stared at Ashaku, "Sorry, old friend, but even I was getting too worried about you ever since that day." "You-- What is this, Miguel?" "Think of it as help. Old friend, something is eating you up… something you are very afraid of sharing." Hitchcoff added, "That goes for you too, Lieutenant Harvey."

"Monster?" The General wasn't even co Vince's with where they were staying. Could it be because they found them to be sneaking around earlier, they decided to make up such a ridiculous reason to blame it on monsters? Are you kidding him? Unless he was insane, crazy or on the brink of expiring, he would never believe such a crazy thing. Or could it be that he was wrong about them? Could it be the trauma of losing so many people while being helplessly knowing you cannot save them has made these two start going crazy? Ashaku and Harvey looked at the disbelieving trio before staring at each other, as though saying: See? I told you no one would believe it. Who would believe in something so crazy like monsters? These 3 had listened in on their conversation and still didn't believe them. For a moment, Harvey wanted to laugh at his pitiful predicament. Was there anyone in this world who would believe him? Closing his eyes momentarily, he seemed to see his entire career flash through his eyes in a second. It was over. After this, he might never serve in the military again, with his mind reported as 'unstable.' Hah. Harvey suddenly wished he had a bottle of his favorite alcohol with him. With a sigh, he felt he was tired of all the hiding. Since they wanted to know everything so badly in detail, he would tell them. Despite Ashaku's warning eyes. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

At this point, he didn't care anymore if they locked him up for all sorts of mentally unstable reasons. Suddenly, airing out the truth didn't seem so bad, after all. He has made his peace with the matter, and that was that. "Everyone, please sit down. And Shaku, and know what you're about to say, but don't bother." Oh?

Hitchcoff raised his brow in interest. "Okay, Lieutenant Harvey, we'll take a seat. However, do you promise to say the truth, and not hide a single thing from us?"

Harvey nodded, with a relaxed but truthful demeanor, "I will."