Austin looked up and saw Alexander before yelling, “Stay where you are!”
Austin looked pale, sweat covering his forehead as he stubbornly held his wrist against Dominic's. Both parties’ wrists had slashes
on them, and Austin was holding their wounds together tightly.
“That's insane!” Alexander shouted.
He headed over, but Austin yelled, “Stay back!”
His voice was so loud and desperate that he was shaking.
Seeing him so agitated, Alexander stopped in his path.
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“But if you do this...”
Austin caught his breath and said, “There's no other way. There isn't!”
Stunned, Alexander threw Dominic a look and was horrified by what he saw. Dominic had developed many large swellings. The
swellings resembled small hills rising on a plain, making his formerly wrinkled skin taut.
Since Dominic was old and relatively thin, his skin was always wrinkly, but now it was stretched and shiny. His condition resembled
Austin’s during his experience with the virus but differed slightly.
Austin was young and had muscles that would grow exponentially, but not Dominic. It seemed like someone had injected water
under his skin, and he could burst if the swellings got any bigger.
“What's happening?” Alexander felt a chill run down his spine.
“The symbiotes are acting up.” Austin took a deep breath to pull himself together. “I read about it. | can’t let my granduncle endure
this because he’s too old and weak for such suffering.”
“So you're trying to...” Alexander knitted his brow and did not understand Austin’s intentions.
“I'm trying to lure the symbiotes back into my body,” he said while catching his breath, “If the mother is inside me, | should be
able to do it. Uncle Don will be fine if | can draw them from his body.”
He adamantly pressed his wrist tightly against Dominic's while holding a sharp knife with another hand. However, Alexander
caught the critical point of what he said. “But you're not certain it'll work, right?”
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‘How Austin says it shows he’s uncertain if the method would work."
After a momentary silence, Austin said, “Yes, I'm unsure if it will work, but it's worth a try. If | don’t do anything, he'll...”
He could not finish saying his sentence as tears filled his eyes. Two days were not long, but it was tough for Austin to bear. He felt
tormented seeing his once robust granduncle suffer so much and being reduced to a withered man, thanks to him.
Austin would rather die in that hellhole and never return if he could choose.
“But you...” Alexander did not know what to say. He knew Austin felt terrible about it, but his rash actions were not a rational
solution.
‘Even if he can draw the symbiotes back into his body, it won't solve the root cause of the problem!”