THE DUALISM

That night, after the Special Investigation Division's inauguration, Zhao YunLan and Shen Wei visited the hospital to see Zhao MingAn. In the ICU they only can find Shen YeZun sitting beside the hospital bed. Somehow, Shen YeZun seems more broken than Zhao MingAn. His face is so pale and those sad eyes are glistening because of the tears that almost fall.

'The wound is too deep...' Shen YeZun says even before Zhao YunLan or Shen Wei could say something, 'Even the Offee's serum can't heal him...' He proceeds as the glittering water dripped from his eyes.

'YeZun...' Shen Wei reaches his brother.

'This is my fault...It's all my fault...' Shen YeZun refused the comfort offered by his elder brother, 'Uncle Zhang chased after me and other people became the victims...'

'It's not your fault!' Shen Wei pulls his younger brother, tried to convince the man. 'That incident was purely an accident...Even though it didn't, Zhang Tian brought it to himself!' He shouted under his breath, forces Shen YeZun to calm down.

Zhao YunLan steps to his brother's bed, the young man looks to sleep peacefully. 'Even the Offee serum can not heal him, but it helps to save his life and ease the injury...' Zhao YunLan said, turning his face to the miserable man. 'Professor Shen...Have you eaten anything?' Zhao YunLan asked. Shen YeZun shakes his head as the answer. Zhao YunLan sighs softly, 'You better find something to eat now...'

'But...'

'Professor Shen...' Zhao YunLan cuts the man's word, 'My little brother always considers you as the very important person for him...If you don't take good care of yourself, he will be very sad...' He proceeds.

'YeZun...Zhao YunLan and I will stay here to watch him...' Shen Wei tried to convince his little brother. Really, just with his family, Shen Wei looks like the old Shen Wei that Zhao YunLan knows.

'Alright...' Shen YeZun finally agreed.

'Chu ShuZhi!' Shen Wei called out his right-hand man that awaiting on the door, 'Take YeZun to the cafeteria to eat...'

'Yes...' Chu ShuZhi nodded, 'Professor Shen...Please...' The man escorts Shen YeZun out of the chamber.

'Who is Zhang Tian?' Zhao YunLan asked after Shen YeZun leaves.

'Zhang JiKeng's only son...' Shen Wei replied.

'What happened with him?'

'He was dead...'

'Was YeZun the one who killed him?'

'Indirectly...'

Zhao YunLan sighs then sits near his brother, 'I'm listening...' He said.

'Everything happened when we both were still so young...' Shen Wei sits opposite Zhao YunLan as he started his story, 'Different from me, YeZun is so weak...In DiXing society, someone who is born in a high social status without any power is equally disabled...YeZun is one of the oddities...' Shen Wei takes a deep breath, 'Just like any other children, they started to bully YeZun...'

'They?'

'Zhang Tian and his gang...' Shen Wei answered. 'They just did it every time I'm not around...At first, my parents want to let it slide until one day, they went too far and hurt YeZun...I can't hold myself and beat them all...'

'You did what!?' Zhao YunLan almost can't believe his ears.

'Can you keep quiet when someone makes your brother gets hurt?' Shen Wei asked back.

'No...' Zhao YunLan replied, 'Of course not...' He lifts his eyebrows, so this is the real Shen Wei. 'Then...What happened?'

'I was punished for beating them up...' Shen Wei says, 'Locked in the top of the lighthouse that belongs to the Zhang family...'

'And your parents agreed?'

'They didn't think that Zhang Tian planned a payback to me...Locked in the top of the lighthouse alone is already scary for a twelve-year-old boy...' Shen Wei said.

'Then...'

'Do you ever heard the story about siren?'

'Siren!? The demon-beast that looks like half human and half bird? All I know they live in the seashores...' Zhao YunLan asked but then his eyes squinted, 'Don't tell me...'

'Zhang Tian killed a seagull, smeared its blood on the lighthouse windows to provoke the sirens...'

'Was he out of his mind!?' Zhao YunLan shouted, totally forgetting that they are in the hospital. Shen Wei glances at Zhao MingAn, reminds the man silently. Realizing what he did, Zhao YunLan leans back to his chair and lifts his hand as he is sorry.

'However, there is always something that goes wrong with a half-hearted plan...That night, the creatures that came to the lighthouse weren't sirens but boobries...'

'Boobrie...' Zhao YunLan frowned, 'You meant that demon-beast that resembles cormorants?'

Shen Wei nods, 'They are not as dangerous as sirens...However, I was totally terrified by those creatures and hiding under the bed...What I didn't know is that YeZun was outside...He felt guilty so that he decided to accompany me...When the boobries attacked, he called our parents and told them about the boobries...That was the time when Zhang Tian found out and assaulted him...' Shen Wei takes a deep breath, lowers his gaze. Everyone could tell that he has a deep regret.

'Then...'

'When humans are cornered, their dormant ability stimulated...So that YeZun...His ability to absorb people's energy was awakened...Unknowingly, he pulled out Zhang Tian's ability to fly...So when one of the boobries smacked the boy, Zhang Tian dropped down from a hundred meters in height...His skull hits the rocks below and he died on the spot...'

Zhao YunLan lowering his gaze, 'Then...Was YeZun blamed for that incident?'

'How come he didn't? Even he can't forgive himself...Luckily, there are surveillance cameras installed almost in every spot...They found out what really happened...YeZun crying for days and by his request...Madame Gwang helped us to seal half of YeZun's ability...' Shen Wei lifts his eyes, 'It's wasn't YeZun's fault...Its mine...I was not supposed to hide...I should have protected YeZun at that time...'

'You just twelve years old...What you can do at that time?' Zhao YunLan asked, 'Remember that you were framed...If someone should be blamed then that would be that Zhang Tian boy himself...'

Sighs, Zhao YunLan leans his head to the chair, and soon, both of them are drowned in their own thoughts.

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The following day, Zhao YunLan sits in his office, checking the reports he got in the early morning when Shen Wei, along with Chu ShuZhi, entering Zhao YunLan's office without knocking makes Lin Jing and Da Qing who inside the room startled.

Zhao YunLan lifts his eyes, sighs softly. Truly understand his sins in his past life so that he deserves to be treated like this by this man, 'Chief Shen...With all of my respect...Can you please knock on the door first?' He asked.

'Do I need to?' Shen Wei asked nonchalantly, 'Remember that you've...'

'Alright...Alright...' Zhao YunLan half-shouted to stop Shen Wei. 'Chief Shen...Please, sit down...However, my office is your office too...You are free to come and go anytime you like...' Zhao YunLan said, forcing a sweet smile. 'So...What can I do for you?' He asked. Da Qing who already understands only snorts, even though he has to endure the kick from Zhao YunLan but Lin Jing confusedly glances at Zhao YunLan and Shen Wei in turns.

Chu ShuZhi passes a binder to Zhao YunLan, 'Everything about Zhang JiKeng and the reason why he could escape from the previous jail are inside the binder...' He said.

'Thank you...' Zhao YunLan said as he received the binder and starts to read it, 'Someone with a mind control ability?' Zhao YunLan asked.

'No one else who can enter the facility, makes the guard do what they want, talks to the prisoner freely, and leave so easily without any trace if not someone with a strong mind control ability...' Shen Wei said.

'Then who is the one that has that such of tremendous power?' Zhao YunLan asked.

'I've been talking with my father about it and he suggested I see DiJun Regent...' Shen Wei said.

Zhao YunLan nods understandingly, 'That a good idea...' Zhao YunLan said.

'How about you? Is there any progress?'

'Lin Jing...Can you explain what you just told me?' Zhao YunLan asked.

'Alright...' Lin Jing who still can't comprehend the strange situation replied awkwardly. 'The serum effect that I found inside the snake man's body and Mr. Zhang's are the same kind...' Lin Jing states his researches, 'The difference is that the serum inside Mr. Zhang's is the improved version...'

'Improved?' Shen Wei asked.

'The serum inside the snake man just is temporary...It's mean that the host must inject themselves with the serum to mutate every time...Besides, with the old serum, need around one hour to be completely mutated...' Lin Jing explained.

'One hour...' Shen Wei repeated.

'Mhm...' Zhao YunLan nodded, 'That explains why the snake was always late...'

'I see...' Shen Wei lowered his gaze, 'So basically, they entered the crime scene as a human but then injected the serum to finally mutate into the snake...'

'More and less...Just like the man who kidnap Xiao Guo last time...' Zhao YunLan replied.

'Then what the difference?' Chu ShuZhi asked.

'The new serum that merged inside Mr. Zhang's body is more complex...' Lin Jing said.

'Complex?'

'Yes...' Lin Jing replied to Shen Wei's question, 'The new serum does not just come from one animal's DNA but three, and this time all of them are Mammals and Aves' DNA...'

'Aves?'

'Birds...' Lin Jing explains to Chu ShuZhi, 'It combines bat's, eagle's, chicken's and one other unknown creature's DNA...'

'What!?' Shen Wei's eyebrows are twitching.

'I also don't know what kind of creature this DNA came from...' Lin Jing replied, 'I can't find it inside the confiscated goods database that comes from Professor Ouyang's lab either...' He said.

Shen Wei lowered his gaze, his mind drifted to the time when he talked with Shen YeZun about his plan to close Ouyang Zhen's lab. 'YeZun told me once that he found an unusual DNA mutation inside Ouyang Zhen's research report...Is it possible that the data is what you looking for?' He asked Lin Jing.

'I should see that first...' Lin Jing said.

'Chu ShuZhi...Go with Lin Jing and find the data that we have about Professor Ouyang...' Shen Wei said.

'Yes, Sir...' Chu ShuZhi lowers his head.

'Da Qing...Go with them...See if they need some help...' Zhao YunLan said.

'Alright...' Da Qing stands up.

'That Lin Jing...Is kind of suspicious...' Shen Wei said soon after they are leaving.

'Huh?' Zhao YunLan lifts his eyes and looks at Shen Wei.

'In front of you, he does his job seriously but without you around, he acts very precariously...'

Zhao YunLan snorts, can't even hold his laughter. 'Well, Lin Jing is precarious every time...' Zhao YunLan stands as he wants to take something from the filing cabinet. 'But he is talented...That what I know...' Zhao YunLan turned back only to find Shen Wei's face not even an inch distance from his.

'Seems like you know him very well...' Shen Wei said, once more a scary smile lifted on his face.

'We...Well...Just say I know him quite a while...'

'Zhao YunLan...Should I remind you that I hate someone who takes me lightly?' Shen Wei steps forwards, pushes Zhao YunLan backward, lifts his both hands to give them a little distance.

'No...Of course not...' Zhao YunLan replied, smiling confusedly.

'Lao Zhao...We have a situation!!!' Da Qing opens the door abruptly, don't give Zhao YunLan a chance to take a distance from Shen Wei.

'What?' Shen Wei asked calmly, not even taking his eyes from Zhao YunLan.

'The DNA belongs to a prehistoric creature...' While Lin Jing is stunned to the point he is speechless, Da Qing who used to the view replied as if nothing is happening.

'And?' Zhao YunLan asked.

'The DNA is the connector between those animals DNA with the hosts...The connection is not solid if the host is HaiXing but if the host is DiXing man, that will be another thing...Once the serum entered their body, the fusion is forever...' Lin Jing who gains consciousness proceeds.

'Shen Wei...Where is Zhang JiKeng now?' Zhao YunLan asked, his voice turning deadly serious.

'In the safest facility...According to the guards, he is still there until now...' Chu ShuZhi replied.

'He is a DiXing man...What is his ability?' Zhao YunLan asked once more.

'Copycat...' Shen Wei said, 'To make someone looks like someone else...'

'So there is no guarantee that he is still inside...' Zhao YunLan reminded.

Now Zhao YunLan and Shen Wei stare at each other, a revelation hits their understanding at the same time, 'YeZun!' They shouted in unison.

'We don't have much time to drive, use the teleportation!' Zhao YunLan said.

'Sure!' Shen Wei replied but then he is halted, 'How do you know that I can do it?' He asked.

'Are you seriously asking me now!?' Zhao YunLan can't believe the man.

Shen Wei lifts his hands to collect his energy, soon after the wormhole was created, he pulls Zhao YunLan's waist, and both of them disappear.

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'So this is all the lesson today...See you again tomorrow...' Shen YeZun closes the class.

Shen YeZun and the students just pack their things when suddenly there is a cracking voice from the window's glass that makes them all stop. The small crack widens steadily and likes commonly humans, they all frown stupidly. Just when the glasses are broken into pieces, they are all shrieking in panic.

Slowly, the creature that was familiar to him flapped its wings downward. Shen YeZun lifts his hands and creates the shields to give his students a chance to run away but the creature doesn't care, attacking the shield mercilessly until it breaks.

And when the creature is about to attack randomly, Shen YeZun shouted. 'Uncle Zhang!!! It's me who you looking for...Don't involve the innocent!'

The creature halted, tilts its head, and grins as it lifts the sharp claws to attack Shen YeZun who just stands and closes his eyes. But suddenly, huge energy slashes it as Shen Wei gets out from the wormhole while Zhao YunLan jumps and pulls YeZun aside.

'Zhang JiKeng...Stop this!' Shen Wei said, 'You know that Zhang Tian was brought his death upon himself...Why do you chase my brother!?'

'Ah Tian is my son!' The creature replied, 'And he is the cause of my son's death!'

'So you will be alright if YeZun died and your son alive!? Even though your son was the guilty one!?' Zhao YunLan snorted, 'Are you forget!? YeZun is also someone else's son! Can you imagine if your son is in his position!?'

'He is a monster!!!' Zhang JiKeng screams.

'Why don't you look at the mirror? Who the one is the monster?' Zhao YunLan snickered.

'Aaaarrrrggghhhh!!!' The creature comes to Zhao YunLan but Shen Wei smacks it hard and it flies away to escape.

Dualism, in common sense, means the division of something conceptually into two opposed or contrasted aspects, or the state of being so divided but ironically always walking together, side by side just like the opposite side of a coin. Yin and Yang, morning and night, angel and demon...

In philosophy, it's talk about the theory where the mental and the physical – or mind and body or mind and brain – are, in some sense, radically different kinds of things...

Sometimes people know in their minds that what they do is wrong, but their self-righteous convince their brain that they have a strong reason to do that. People's paradigm about right or wrong will be influenced by their way of thinking, the choice is always in human hands...

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