"there's another tall giraffe right there."
Hailing said pointing to one on the side.
"Ohhh I see!" Ark is kinda excited.
Andre is looking around the food stolls while Cia is leading the kids to animals one by one.
"One black coffee." Andre said and put up some cash.
"Sorry sir, we only take online."
"Oh I see. I've a card then."
"Here."
He took his coffee and about to take a sip when Hailing started pulling his pant,
"Try this."
"Huh? What's this?" Andre is confused looking at Hailing who is holding up some kind of powder in a paper in his hand.
"I noticed that Uncle." He pointed down, "I've same problem. It will taste less salty with coffee."
Andre's face became really weird rock solid with some kind of admiration in his heart. He held his abdomen and took the powder.
"It should taste less salty huh? Ok."
He mixed it in the coffee and held his breath, ready to drink it up.
"Ok then I'm going."
Hailing started walking away with his open show laces, Andre gulped in and Hailing tripped over his feet.
Dhwak!
Bang!!
"...."
"...."
"....Nobody saw nothing right?"
Andre is sitting with his pants down while Hailing is holding his pants.
"Nobody is here. So assuring."
Andre stood up with a serious face, fixing his pants. He look on the side and the tree beside him has somekind of hole. Though he doesn't have time to think about it. He saved his coffee with powder was enough already.
They both strolled back to the group.
....
"Did you saw that?"
"Yes."
Assassins were in a hell of a shock. They just fired a straight headshot. But It got missed?
"No. No." The sniper's eyes are wide open whole others are deep in thoughts.
"Was it luck? War leader was careless this time but that child prodigy saved him?!"
"He saw it right through."
"Ok ok now listen here. You!" He pointed to one guy with a large bag. "Pull out tiny bottles and that poison."
Guy just threw his bag in the air up side down and a load of items fell out. He picked two bottles and transferred poison in them, then gave them to another guy with crossbow and metal arrows.
"Try killing from far by poisonous arrows. I'll go and try to poison their food and drinks. We need to have minimal direct contact otherwise we are as good as dead!"
"Roger that." The crossbow guy started filling his arrows' tips with poison and everyone started seperating.
....
Ark ran forward to a pond like place. It has got a little stone bridge inside.
"Woah"
This one area has got a ton of different animals.
"Uncle Andre, where are penguins?" He asked him with a face of a little baby. Andre looked around and scratched his back of neck.
Cia did a head-palm pose after hearing the question.
"They might not be here. Most of the types of penguins preffer cold icy areas. Our country cannot stay in that conditions all the year.
"Hmm." Ark thought a bit, "then shouldn't they made a environment like that?"
Hearing the suggestion, Andre got reminded, "oh I remember, the First largest Sanctuary in the country that is also second largest in the world has that."
"Wait really? What's the name?"
"I don't remember."
"Just search on internet." CIA said and scrambled through a phone.
"Wait that's my phone! When did you-"
"You gave it to me papa."
"Eh? Really?"
Andre sure is confused.
"It's called Naragiri Sanctuary."
"Cool, it's not called a zoo like this."
Then a question that no-one asked came to everyone's mind, "where is Hailing?"
They all looked around a bit and found him walk by here with cups of ice cream.
CIA came forward and stopped him, "why do you think we all are wearing puffy jackets and stuff?"
"To look cool?" Cia sighed.
The thing is, Hailing doesn't really get affected by coldness or hotness. He set aside ice creams and sat down on a sidebench.
"Joking. But these ice creams are good for winter."
"Wait, are those Jengai Ice creams?" She took a closer look and Ark couldn't help himself and leaned in. The difference wasn't clear but pack clearly said, 'for winter use only'.
Andre looked at them, then at Hailing, "you bought them? I heard they are quite expensive."
Ark and Cia looked at Andre with a dumbfounded face.
"What?"
"Aren't everyone here expensive people too?" Cia said.
Sure everyone here has got big money in their pockets. Even though Andre don't know much about Hailing's background but he still worried about one thing.
These kids only care about what 'they are doing' and doesn't care about money. Sure Cia is most sensible one here but still, money makes people blind.
Soon enough they all sat down beside a big bear and ate their ice creams. "This bear is looking this way."
"Should we share ice cream?"
"Nope. See that board? It says no food to bears."
"Hmmm. Why?"
Andre is wondering when is this big sanctuary going to end. They have only only covered western part, southern part is still left to cover.
"Don't give ice cream to animals here ok?"
Andre said and looked around him. Children are nowhere to be found. "Huh?"
He looked forward, and at some distance they all are playing with a monkey. Monkey does a stunt then they reward him by passing a banana. And cycle kept going.
Andre kept looking as if there's nothing left in his soul. Then a security guard came to him and pointed at the children.
"Your kids?"
"Yes?"
"5000."
"5000?"
"Yes. 5000."
"What for?"
"Fine. 5000 Fine."
Andre looked up to his face and realised, he is not a local and is barely speaking the language properly. He sighed and stood up.
"Here."
After giving out his money and peace and walked to the kids and stopped them.
"I said no to this Idea, didn't I?"
"Well, we didn't share the ice creams, it's banana!"
Just whose kids are these? And where is Antonio?
Andre's thoughts started becoming complicated and he sighed making a up a face.
"Papa, ugly."
He just can't help it anymore.
"Ok let's keep moving now."
....
What? What happened?
A guy on the ice cream shop stared at them and became more and more confused.
I gave out my own poisoned ice creams labelled for winter use and they did eat them then HOW?!
He fell down to his knees, "did I made a mistake?"
Then he realised that the one who took his ice cream was that same kid from before who saved SilentEclipse.
I had a doubt that people overestimating him. But now I understand.
He looked up to the sky, "I was wrong. That kid.... He sure is a genius...."
Just what did he do??
He scratched his head and walked out of the shop. Soon he saw something, he never imagined.
The ice creams are sitting on a sidebench while the group already moved forward. Then the big bear crossed his arm through bars and picked up the ice creams.
"So those kids just ate banana after playing with that monkey?"
He said it to himself while looking at different direction towards the monkey.
They really did forgot to are their own ice cream.
Then suddenly big bear's stomach grumbled a bit and he just laid down sleeping. Not enough poisonous to kill a big bear, that is.
The a security guard came to him.
"Your ice cream?"
"Yes?"
"5000."
"5000?"
"Yes. 5000."
"What for?"
"Fine. 5000 Fine."
He gave out the money and fell to his knees.
"Just what is going on here?"