I'm a Stingray?

Chapter 82: Similarities



"Got it!" Haze shouted and didn't wait for his brother to orientate.

Wanting to yell out that it was too dangerous to go alone but yet knowing that such a demand would have played no value in controlling his sibling, Timmy just hurried along after her.

One thing he particularly noticed was his sister's speed... it wasn't normal for a stingray whom as well was just 41 days old.

The tunafish had emerged from the depths of the mist, rather aimlessly but not quite like that. It might be using other senses such as vibration or smell, so we can't call its movements exactly aimless.

In a good second, he could see Haze lunging towards the enemy and digging her jaws behind the enemy's neck, afterwards her tail bashed in all directions the below section could offer, penetrating a few hits before Timmy could even arrive.

Although the battle was quite heated, he did notice that such a move was familiar... could perhaps his sibling have observed such a move under these short minutes? He did not know and did not want to ask right now considering the situation, although that question indeed managed to squeeze his brain.

Finally able to reach what they have labelled as the enemy's 'weak spot', Timmy began to repeat the procedure her sister made, landing a handful of stings against the tunafish's head.

At the same time, the enemy was panicky swimming around, they could hear the tuna clap its teeth, urging to bite the enemies if they were actually clumsy enough to slip down.

About 20 more stabs later, it became well understandable that the head wasn't this enemy's weak spot... but the damage done can't really be underestimated.

At the same time, the tunafish had already swam all the way up to the surface. One would expect exhaust by now but the tunafish leaped out of the water, double the times as usual... leaping 4 meters above the waters.

Timmy was blessed with the opportunity of being able to see the sunlight shine directly in his eyes, it was as annoying as it was magnificent.

Throughout the blur that rays of sunshine would cause, he took a peek at his sister and half managed to notice what she was doing.

It was rather easy to puzzle it all together, she was giving the enemy more shots a second that the boy's vision was able to comprehend.

Following along after hearing the enemy do a belly flop and afterwards becoming blessed by the wet sea waters, Timothy landed 7 or so shots before the enemy sunk 10 meters deep.

[Skipjack tuna identified and killed. 60 system points have been given to you as a reward.]

[Total system points = 98]

At this point the boy was stunned, he did not expect to kill the tuna this quick, landing over 50 shots just on its head and not seeing it dying because of it, enhanced such a thought.

But yet the enemy died, making him think. "I must have gotten lucky this time."

And indeed he was lucky, because if Haze had landed the final blow, the system points would have just scattered deep into the sea waters.

Separating from the enemy, he finally managed to get a better view of it. It has a white belly with a few black lines across it, and it's back has a dark shade of grey.

It barely seemed like a tunafish when one would take colours under consideration, but shape and muscle form tended to say otherwise.

[Eating a full grown skipjack tuna, grants the following effects...]

[Effect on health, non existent.]

[Effects on hunger, +40]

[Effect on sleep, +80]

[Effect on stamina, non existent.]

"That's an odd combination." Tim thought, afterwards continuing. "But how does a big fish like this give so little hunger points?"

[Size doesn't determine what effects a fish species can bring, edibility does. Once a fish is consumed, your body filters out just what a specific fish can provide.]

[The effects are yielded at absolute accuracy but nothing extra can come after that. Some fish species are weaker with effects and some are stronger, size rarely determines anything.]

"That makes sense." The little boy thought but then granted all his attention back to Haze, half scolding. "That was incredibly stupid! Just why would you go after a fish that could cripple you?!"

"Because I can? Why would I fear something that's bigger if it's weaker?" The sibling answered and that's when Timmy realized that her and the system are so much alike.

Well at least regarding this sentence, the attitude was annoying at best but got paired with great bravery, one would think she was suicidal.

Knowing that there is no way to battle a hot head through a conversation, but yet still feeling enraged, he contradicted. "That's incredibly stupid, this will get you killed."

At this point feeling opposed, she answered. "Nothing can get me killed, now shut up and let's drag this tuna into the hidden den."

With the word 'den' now implanted in his mind, the boy swiftly moved topics. "Speaking of dens, I have one close by that had a dead barracuda inside, did you touch that?"

"It didn't have your name on it, plus what would you need that for? The hidden den needs it, we have like 100 fish." That's a rather indirect way to admit it, but now a piece of the puzzle was added on both sides of the stick. "Besides, I didn't know that it was your den."

Although wanting to yell out, he decided that meat wasn't something so important to fight about, so he ended such a topic by pitching. "Let's get this tunafish to the hidden den and then we will talk about something."

Sensing something boring, Haze added. "It better not be a lecture, I don't need it."

Thinking that it would be weird for a sibling of the exact same age to scold one another, he just decided to clear it out. "No, I need you for something important. You seem to have a thing about protecting your kind, how do you feel about protecting this entire reef from dying?"


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