Freedom... //Yakusoku No Neverland

40] The Snakes Of Alvapinera

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"One of the two special books of Mr. Minerva. The one with the Morse code for "promise". It's called the adventures of Ugo. The hero of the story is Ugo. And with hid partner, Marvine the lemur... They travel the unexplored regions of the world. It's an adventure novel. It's this. I read it in this book! That part about the Snakes! Argh, where was it? Hold on, I'll find it... "Emma groaned flipping through the pages of a book

"What are you talking about... The Snakes of Alvapinera?" Ray asked

"Yeah that!!" Emma exclaimed
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The cave in the ocean, Alvapinera, was a nest of terrifying poisonous snakes.

Countless snakes that looked like an intertwined bundle of roots...

... Acted as if they were one creature...

... Spread across the walls.

The brilliance of the jewels by my feet were frightening beautiful.

Were the snakes protecting the treasure?
Or was it bait to lure prey like us here?

- Excerpt from the Adventures of Ugo, chapter three, "The snakes of Alvapinera"
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"See? Look at the similarities! A cave. Jewels. Snakes. It was about this tree! This adventure novel is a manual for surviving in the outside world!!" Emma said but I stayed doubtful

"Come on, Emma. There mat be similarities-" I was cut off by Ray

"No. She might be right. Let's test yt out" Ray said and I nodded getting an item from my bag

"Okay! If it's the same as the book, the roots come after us by..." Emma paused

"Everyone, can you stay back a little?" I said handing a cup to Ray

{Plants. They're roots. They don't have eyes or noses. Then... How and when... Do they know the position of their prey to attack?}

Ray immediately threw the cup at the roots and when it just touched the cup, ever so slightly, they smashed the cup into pieces

"Whoa!" Everyone else gasped surprised

"I knew it! By contact" Ray, Emma and I exclaimed in unison

{It's not by heat, sound or vibration of the ground. When the prey touches the tip of the root, the tree learns its location and attacks. And rge way the roots move... If I look carefully, I can tell... How those animals got caught by these roots. And how we can escape from this situation. Now that I've calmed down, I see that the way to handle the unknown is the same as what we've been doing. Observe, analyze and read the enemy's strategy. That's right. Ugo was constantly watching his enemies. Observe. Think. Create a way. If we don't something, we just need to learn. It's what we humans are best at}

"Emma" I mumbled

"Ray" Emma said

"Yeah" Ray said

"Huh?" I heard Anna gasp and we started walking to the roots

"EMMA?! Y/N?! RAY?!"