THE GRAVITATION

This time, Zhao YunLan found himself in the interrogation chamber of the local police station. Sigh so many times, he doesn't know where his fate will go to, that is the time when he heard two police officers chit-chatting at each other.

'What happens with the guy inside?'

'I don't know but I heard that Director-General of XingDu Bureau wants to investigate that man himself...'

'Huh? Chief Shen will interrogate that man himself...Who the hell is that man?'

'How do I suppose to know?'

Zhao YunLan sigh once more, 'Zhao YunLan...Zhao YunLan...Dream for meeting Shen Wei...Why should you end up being someone on his black list?' Zhao YunLan can't help but feel so helpless.

After a wait for a few moments, Shen Wei's figure appears. The man walks inside but there is an irritated expression on his face. Throws the binder he holds to the table, he sits in front of Zhao YunLan. Somehow, Zhao YunLan is so familiar with that expression. A manner of desperation. When you think that you are so close with a clue but then the path is blocked somehow. Shen Wei may be so happy to catch Zhao YunLan at the crime scene but he can't prove the man's involvement in the crime. Zhao YunLan doesn't know what to do in front of a keep-quiet man unless lifts his smile, although it's not looking good.

'Who are you?' Shen Wei asked, 'What are you doing to the real Zhao YunLan?' He proceeds as he squints his eyes.

Zhao YunLan sighs once more, 'I wish I could satisfy you by reply to that question, Chief Shen. But I am Zhao YunLan...' He replied, 'I don't know how to make you feel better but I also don't want you to always suspect me...'

'You are there in two crime scenes, always involving the same perpetrator, and always you who handle the situation...' Shen Wei returns the statement, 'You want to make me feel better and stop suspecting you? Then give me another suspect!'

Zhao YunLan scratches his head, 'I can't do that. I also don't know what happens. Everything is a mere coincidence...' Zhao YunLan halted himself as he heard his words. A long time ago, he also can't accept when Shen Wei convinced him about that word.

'Coincidence?' Shen Wei snorted, 'Once...Perhaps...But twice...' Shen Wei not even can complete his statement, he looks beyond upset.

'Look...I also don't know when everything is begun. All I know is just that snake threatening my dear one's life and I respond to it...' Zhao YunLan replied desperately. 'Everyone will do the same...'

'If everyone will do the same, do you think I will suspect you?' Shen Wei retorted, 'Do you know why we, DiXing people, responsible for the safety in this entire planet?' Shen Wei asked, 'Because HaiXing people are all passive so that we have to protect those who have no power like us...'

Zhao YunLan lowers his gaze, never crossing in his mind that peace in HaiXing planet will lead to this situation where HaiXing people tend to depend on DiXing people's powers. Snorts softly, he replied. 'Chief Shen, not every HaiXing people are helpless...' Zhao YunLan lifts his eyes, meets Shen Wei's. 'True, we have no power as DiXing's but about the capability to survive, you can't underestimate us...'

'Did you want to say that without special power you can manage to take care of your safety on this planet? In the place where you have to deal with Yashou tribes or another DiXing?' Shen Wei asked, there is a doubtful expression in his voice mixed with a little mocking tone.

Listen to the tone, Zhao YunLan's adrenalin rushing along with his bloodstream and pushes the tension towards the center of his sinciput. Zhao YunLan takes a deep breath. Now he knows that Shen Wei used to be very patient to deal with him, that man was never angry even when he found out that Zhao YunLan broke into his house.

'Chief Shen...Humans always need each other, humans are social creatures nonetheless but it doesn't mean that HaiXing people are that helpless...' Zhao YunLan tried to convey his point of view calmly, 'When the obstacle comes, humans will act accordingly...'

'The problem is...Not every human does it...' Shen Wei said, 'You are one of a hundred million...' He proceeds, 'The question is whether you are a courageous HaiXing or an epiphyte DiXing that needs a host to survive...'

Zhao YunLan sigh deeply, 'Then...To prove my sincerity allow me to help you to deal with this case...'

'What?' Shen Wei can't believe his ears.

'Allow me to help you to deal with this case...' Zhao YunLan repeated, 'Along with the time, you can see whether I'm a pure HaiXing man or a DiXing who just needs a host...'

Shen Wei leans to his chair, 'Alright...It's fine with me...'

'Then...We have a deal...' Zhao YunLan said.

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Zhao YunLan and Zhao MingAn lose their interest to chat on their way home. Zhao MingAn glance at his elder brother, there is a deep regret in his eyes. If only he is not too selfish, his elder brother will not be involved in unwanted conditions. Zhao YunLan himself regrets his thoughtlessness, why should he decide something important on a spur of the moment? Leans his head, Zhao YunLan reminiscing the past.

'Ge...'

'Hmmm...'

'I'm sorry...'

Zhao YunLan glances at his keep lowering gaze little brother, smiles and sighs again. 'Ah Ming...That was not your fault. Seems like my path and Shen Wei's keep crossing at each other for some reason...'

'But, Ge...You told him that you'll finish the case...' Zhao MingAn who now driving looks so worried, 'How could you fulfill your words?'

Zhao YunLan takes a deep breath, 'Don't know...Do what I used to do...' Zhao YunLan said literally, but of course, the perception of the words is different between him and Zhao MingAn.

'What!?' Zhao MingAn almost shouted, 'Ge...This is serious...'

Zhao YunLan snorts then laughs after he realized his mistake, 'Ah Ming...Do you want to help me?' Zhao YunLan asked.

'Sure, Ge...Everything...' Zhao MingAn replied while parking the car as they already arrived at their home.

Zhao YunLan takes a deep breath then pats his younger brother's back, 'Don't let Papa and Mama know about this...' He pats his younger brother's shoulder then walks outside the car.

'Ge...' Zhao MingAn only can see his elder brother's back when the man walks towards their house.

That night, Zhao YunLan not sleeping. He waits until the house is quiet then silently strides outside after taking some tools that he knows he will need but when he opens the truck door, he is surprised.

'Damn it, Ah Ming!' He shouted under his breath, 'What are you doing here!?'

'I want to help you...'

Zhao YunLan lost his words due to irritation, he used to work with a solid team that always followed his order but now, a green young man who refuses to listen then how can he works in this situation.

'Fine...But if you annoy me, I'll kick you out...' Zhao YunLan said, giving up the idea to push the young man away.

'Deal!' Zhao MingAn said happily.

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At the early night crime scene, Zhao YunLan took his flashlight then see around. Everything seems so messy, no one cleans it up yet, luckily.

'Ge...What are we looking for here?' Zhao MingAn asked confusedly.

'Some clues...' Zhao YunLan replied, 'So that we can find the culprit...'

'Isn't the culprit is the snake?' Zhao MingAn asked stupidly.

Zhao YunLan opens his mouth as he is about to say something but then sighs heavily and decided to not say anything.

'Ge...If you sneak out from the house just to return to the crime scene...Why do you bother to go home?' Zhao MingAn asked.

'If I don't show up with you, can you explain the reason to our parents?' Zhao YunLan returns the question.

'Zhao YunLan...What are you doing here?' Suddenly, Zhu Jiu's voice is heard from the dark corner.

'Ahh...Zhu Ge...' Zhao YunLan entering his friendly mode, 'I just curious about many things so I come back to see around...'

'Ohh...' Zhu Jiu smiles, 'Well, the snake indeed very strong...We don't have any option but to ask Chief Shen to help us...'

'Ahh...' Zhao YunLan nodded, 'Ah, Zhu Ge...May I ask you a question?'

'Sure...'

'How usually do you guys deal with a crime?' Zhao YunLan asked.

'Well...We deal with them directly...'

'Excuse me...' Zhao YunLan was stunned.

'Just like this evening...' Zhu Jiu said, 'We wait for the back-up, keep the civilian as safe as possible, then fight the snake together...'

Zhao YunLan lifts his forehead, 'No investigation?'

'We do the prevention first then when the situation calms down, we'll investigate further...'

'So if you guys couldn't get the snake yet, it means no investigation?' Zhao YunLan confirmed.

'Nope...We will focus on the snake first...' Zhu Jiu replied certainly. Zhao YunLan lifts his forehead, kind of speechless. Slowly lifts his flashlight arbitrarily but then halted as he sees something.

'Ge...What is it?' Zhao MingAn asked.

'Did you see that?' Zhao YunLan highlights the undamaged building behind the bookstore.

'What happens with that? That is just the snake's trace...'

'No...Look!' Zhao YunLan walks towards the ruins, 'The trace starts here...' He said as he pointed at the street in front of the building behinds the books store.

'Then?' Both young men asked stupidly.

'Can you both think? That giant snake could appear so suddenly behind the bookstore without anyone notice...Is that possible?' Zhao YunLan asked, 'Besides, the snake is very odd...'

'What kind of odd?' Zhao MingAn was very confused.

'It acts as if it has a good sense of hearing and sight but when it attacks, it does not pay attention to its surroundings as if it is programmed to attack a certain target...'

'Huh?' Zhao MingAn blinking as he thinking, 'But how you can say that?'

Zhao YunLan lifts his flashlight and highlights the trace of the snake, 'It just makes movements in a single line...Appears behind the bookshop, attacked me during it chases Zhang RuoNan...' Zhao YunLan frowns a little, 'Ah Ming...What did Professor Zhang do in the bookstore?'

'She said she just helped Professor Shen...' Zhao MingAn replied.

'Helps Professor Shen...' Zhao YunLan repeated but then suddenly halted, 'Ah Ming...The girl who died at the library that night...Do you know her?'

'Mhm...' Zhao MingAn replied, 'She is the class representative...She loved to stick around Professor Shen...'

'Wait!' Zhao YunLan stopped the young man's rumble, 'Zhu Ge...Do you know how everything is started?' Zhao YunLan asked Zhu Jiu who just can look back at him.

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'Ge...Do you think what we do is right?' Zhao MingAn gulped. How come he is not afraid, they both now infiltrate into the police archive chamber.

'I told you to stay out...' Zhao YunLan replied flatly, takes several binders, and starts to read. After sometimes reading, just like finding what he looking for, Zhao YunLan lifts his face. 'Ah Ming...Do you know what YeZun's ability is?'

'Professor Shen has no ability. He is the weakest...He even needs a power supply...'

'Power supply?'

'Mhm...The sun...' Zhao MingAn replied, 'Every morning he stands in the center of the greenhouse in the facility and absorbs energy from the sun. Flower tribes love to move around him to receive some of the energy too...That is why Professor Shen's scent is changing every time, depending on what flower stands around him...' Zhao MingAn looks so dreamy as he remembers, 'You don't know but he looks so beautiful that time...'

'So that is why...Damn!' Zhao YunLan suddenly said, 'Your professor is in great danger!' He said as he runs outside.

'What? But why? Ge!?' Zhao MingAn rushes to follow his elder brother.

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'What did you say!?' Shen Wei almost shouted when he heard what Zhao YunLan said.

'You heard me...The snake's target is your brother...' Zhao YunLan who drives at a high speed let his younger brother hold the phone that was put on the loudspeaker.

'How can an animal target people?'

'The first case is the University's gardeners...The snake attacked the gardeners at ten in the morning...YeZun absorbed the sun's energy around eight to nine...The second case is the bioengineering symposium three weeks ago...YeZun was there earlier but he went home due to his weakness...In my case...The girl that died at that time was YeZun's student and my younger brother was chased because he had YeZun's scent in him...' Zhao YunLan ordered the case chronology, 'It's not random attacks...It chases after YeZun but because his scent is changing every time, its victims turned out his close people...' Zhao YunLan said through the phone.

Listen to those statements, Shen Wei frowns. 'How do you know about YeZun? How do you know about those cases?' He asked.

Zhao YunLan, Zhao MingAn, and Zhu Jiu scratching their head in confusion. 'I have my source...' Zhao YunLan evaded the question, 'But the most important is YeZun is in the danger now...You gotta hurry up...'

'YeZun is in the southeast hills now...The snake will never smell him that way...The distance is...'

'Shen Wei! It's not just an animal...It's maybe a Yashou or snake that is under the control of someone...'

'What!?' Now everyone who heard Zhao YunLan shouted.

Shen Wei clenches his jaws, 'How can I trust you?' He asked.

'If the snake is a normal animal...How can it come and go without a trace? Its size is magnificent...' Zhao YunLan replied, 'Do you remember the bookstore? The bookstore is ruined but the building behind it is completely undamaged. Where did the snake come from? And the wire that we used to tie its neck...I found it laid in the ground...The knot is not broken nor loose as if it just slides from the neck...Whether it's a yashou or genetically engineered animal but it can change the size accordingly...'

'I'll be right there...' Shen Wei replied.

The gravitation...

Different from gravity that more about force, gravitation talks about the movement or tendency of movement toward a center of gravity or attraction to something or someone. No matter how different the path is, every destined people will find the way to each other...

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