BXBX NOVEL Chapter 48 Toss Him!
"I think that went over well," Gaia said after the stump lowered, and I put her down.
"True, considering that there were about three hundred people there, only having to throw ten was not bad. I had thought it would be worse, but I think many of them lost their metal when I took their weapons," I said with a sigh, but Gaia laughed at me.
"Lost their metal when they lost their metal! That is a funny joke!" Gaia giggled, and I grinned, despite knowing that I had just killed ten people.
I would have to harden myself because there were going to be plenty more that were going to try to resort to violence. In a sense, I was going to have to get this city under lockdown to make sure that people were safe.
Who knows what was happening in other parts of this city? That was one reason that I needed to start connecting with more trees.
"Are you okay?" Gaia asked me, bringing me out of my thoughts.
"Uh, yeah, just thinking about what just happened and what I was going to have to do in the future to protect this dream I want to build," I said, starting to walk to the entrance of the hospital\'s Great Tree.
"What do you mean by this dream? Isn\'t this all real?" Gaia asked, taking my hand, and I nodded.
"It is real, but what I want is still just an idea or a dream. We will have to work hard to make this a reality and then protect it," I explained, and Gaia nodded.
"I see what you mean. You are worried that you are going to have to send more people back to the Life Stream, right?" Gaia asked, and I nodded.
"I really don\'t want to, but I really just have no patience for people that only care about themselves. There were more than ten that ran at me, but those ten had the intent to kill me, so I returned in kind. The other stopped and ran away once they saw what would happen, and I hope that information spreads like wildfire," I said as we approached a spiral door on the front of the tree.
"I understand what you mean, but I support your choices. No one is perfect, but you have an excellent understanding of what this world needs," Gaia said with a smile as the door spun open to show the Emergency Room doors and entrance.
"I just want to be able to relax at some point in the foreseeable future. If I have to get rid of all these Villains, then I am going to have to find most of them and help people all over the world become connected again. This time I am going to erase all hate or try, but I haven\'t got that far yet," I said with a chuckle.
"We will all figure it out. You have some other amazing women at your side, so make sure that you don\'t try to take on all the world\'s burdens. We are all here to help you as much as we can," Gaia explained, and I nodded, leaning down to give her a kiss on the forehead.
When I looked up, the doctor that I had seen last time was walking over to meet us.
"Hey! You are back! I can\'t thank you enough for everything you have done for us! Strawberries and nuts, plus running water! Public bathing rooms! You really can do it all!" Grayson said with a grin but then leaned into me, whispering, "But did you really have to make the trees whip the men that tried to peak?!"
That made me laugh, and then I gave Grayson a look, and he put his hands up in defense.
"This man is a pervert. You should throw him out of the city," Gaia said, letting go of my hand and crossing her arms.
"Hey! Hey! Hey! I was only kidding!" Grayson said, backing away from Gaia.
"He lies too! Toss him!" Gaia ordered, but I bonked her on the head lightly.
"Grayson is a good guy, just a bit misguided. I am sure that he will work to correct this, so you don\'t force me to throw him hundreds of feet into the air out of the city," I said, and Grayson paled.
"If you say so, but let\'s get going so we can heal all the sick people. They all seem to be on the lower floors," Gaia explained, and this seemed to knock Grayson\'s brain back into gear.
"Oh! Yes, I made sure to keep the sick on the lower level to prevent spread. We will have medicines, but we aren\'t getting new stuff, so at some point, we are going to run out," Grayson explained, and I nodded as I told the grass to start to pull the three of us.
"Hmm, it seems you aren\'t completely useless, but you had better stop trying to peek at women! Go find someone who likes you, and she will let you look all you want!" Gaia declared, and Grayson bowed profusely.
It was kind of fun to watch, but that also reminded me that Gaia might have a lot of pent-up anger at watching humans. I couldn\'t imagine what it must have been like for her, and in the future, I might want to think of ways that she could release some of that pent frustration.
Together, Grayson showed us around to each of the rooms that had sick in them, and I summarily healed them all. It took about an hour in total but seeing everyone\'s relieved faces was worth it.
Plus, Gaia looked very pleased, so that was winning in my book to see that beautiful smile.
"Thank you so much for coming over and helping everyone!" Grayson exclaimed, bowing to me deeply.
"No problem, but I think that I am ready for a soak now. Starting to feel a bit tired," I said, but the truth was that I was drained.