With a light heart, Dim-Dim got out of the taxi, then leaned on Tara's grandmother house fence. He hummed a cheerful song while typing a message to Tara on MONSTRACHAT.DIM-DIM: I'm in front of your house :)Based on experience, Tara usually took some time to reply to his messages. She had a daily routine of cleaning her grandmother's spacious house, and her phone often got left behind in her room.However, Dim-Dim was lucky today because Tara replied to his message faster.TARA HIRANO: I know you don't need someone to open the gate for you to enter, considering how you entered my room yesterday, but okay. I'll open the gate for you. Please wait five minutes ;)Dim-Dim laughed, then removed the earbuds from his ears and put them in his pocket, waiting for Tara.The girl appeared almost a minute later, wearing an off-shoulder T-shirt and long pajama pants. Her sandy blonde, cut short hair looked slightly damp.Her face lit up with a bright smile. "Come in, and help me lift the grandma'

The first person Dim-Dim called was his brother, Damian, who responded very enthusiastically."Gauze? Are you sure? And that's more tempting to them than blood?" Damian asked. "Clary, Clary, you need to hear this!" he called to his wife, Clarinassa."Yes, I'm sure that they eat gauze with antiseptic fluid and just a few drops of blood, and the scent is so intoxicating to them," Dim-Dim explained, pressing his phone between his ear and shoulder."Oh wow," Clary said, "Congratulations, Dim-Dim! This discovery is amazing! You should report this to the Society! It could mean a lot!""Tara is writing that report for me," Dim-Dim said excitedly. He leaned over to Tara, who was typing eagerly on Dim-Dim's laptop, and said, "The customer service rep's name, if I'm not mistaken, is Veronica Shine.""Okie dokie," Tara said cheerfully."Who's Tara?" Damian asked, and suddenly Dim-Dim realized he hadn't told Damian and Clarinassa about Tara before."She's my college friend," Dim-Dim replied. "I'm

"Hm, so the girl just replied to your message while being chased by monsters? How romantic," Tara muttered.Dim-Dim didn't respond her, because he didn't know if Tara was serious or being sarcastic, then he went back to working on his thesis. Meanwhile, Tara decided to go up to her bed and read a novel.They continued like this, doing their respective tasks without speaking until suddenly Tara said,"Aren't you going to sleep? Aren't we supposed to leave for Safe City tomorrow?""No, I'm going stay wake up all night to catch the bastard who sent you the threatening message," Dim-Dim said firmly."And then what? Are you going to beat him up?" Tara asked. "Because I don't—""I wonder why you're not worried," Dim-Dim interrupted. "I mean, you're alone at home, Tara. This house is huge, and if you scream, your neighbors won't hear you. So you'll have to duel with this guy, whoever he is. But that's if he comes alone. What if the bast

"I heard they asked for you to be temporarily suspended and moved to a safe place now, because you're a key witness," Justin said. "I think they'll pick you up tonight.""What!?" Dim-Dim asked in shock. "But tonight, Tara and I will have a discussion with the research team from the Society.""That's not important anymore, Dim-Dim. Besides, your thesis is almost finished, right? You just need to analyze the data you have, right?" Justin asked.Dim-Dim nodded weakly. "Yeah, but—""I'm glad you've been moved to a safer place," Velicia said, hugging him."—the boy who attacked us last night had nothing to do with Dr. ZA," muttered Dim-Dim. "He's Tara's boyfriend. He—""Some say he got weapons from an unknown old man," Justin said. "Haven't you read the latest news?"Why is there always the lattest news?! Less than 40 minutes ago Dim-Dim read the latest news, and now there's more.He and Tara quickly read the news, and it turns out Tara's boyfriend admitted to getting the weapon from an un

Dim-Dim should have known this would happen. But he didn't know, and never anticipated, that Mouse's will did this. His hatred towards Dim-Dim ran this deep, leading the man to finish his life. Luckily, Velicia and Jonathan had been sent here to help Dim-Dim. Although it would take them at least an hour for their jet to arrive, and Dim-Dim wasn't sure he could hold out that long without a clear tactic. So, while circling the forest and cliffs below him, just less than twenty meters away from the elephant-sized Type A monster behind him, he pondered tactics. As an Illicitor with the superpower to transform into any animal, Dim-Dim was categorized as one with good agility and movement abilities, often paired with skilled trap-makers like Jay. But today, he had no venator to set up those traps, so he had to create his own. Dim-Dim surveyed the area and was surprised to find a mud pool below him. Then he glanced at the sea not far from their current location. There was a fifty percen