Spoiled by Eight Uncles

Blake weaved through the crowd quickly, and saw a head bobbing about the water.

Even more strangely, there were two girls sobbing their hearts out. Both of them were drenched.

He had heard that there had been two girls who had fallen into the water. Had they been rescued already.

A middle aged woman shouted, “Give me back my daughter! My poor daughter!”

She panicked as she spoke, insisting on getting into the water.

Blake pulled her out of the way at once. “Don’t you go in there!”

The lady refused to listen, insisting on going in. “My daughter, please save my daughter!”

But, there were a few old uncles and aunties shouting by the shore, “No, it’s a man… there’s a man too!”

So was it a man or a woman?

The middle-aged woman shoved Blake away, and was promptly yanked back.

He asked sternly, “Can you swim?”

The lady shook her head.

Blake said, “Don’t go in there. Wait here for me. Got it?”

Upon speaking, he jumped into the water. There was a life at stake here, and time waited for no one.

Blake rowed in the direction of the floating head.

Only for the middle-aged lady by the shore to jump in anyways. The water’s edge was shallow but got deeper as it went further into the center. She walked along the edge, shouting, “My daughter, save my daughter!”

Before she could finish, she lost her footing and slipped and fell into the river!

The lady cried out in panic, struggling and flailing her limbs.

“Help…”

Blake was nothing but annoyed. He’d told her not to come in, she didn’t know how to swim— and she’d done it anyway.

He stared at the head in the middle of the river. It had stopped moving.

lady was closer, only two

lady might be dead by that time. The

choose the person who was more likely to survive. One would usually prioritize that factor when

top speed, raising the woman and hauling her to

by the river, crying out once before she was yanked ashore by the

speed, and had

to the shore, and panicked

Daddy!” She ran

at this.

I know what

speaking, she

to do. She herself could not go down, that would only add more

half a meter. There were too many people by the river— she would only cause more trouble if she were to fall

spot, flagging

runner for how short her legs were, and reached the shore in no time. She did not act rashly, and

over, hoisting her up. “Don’t go running around, little

could only hear himself rowing. He had reached the middle of the river, and reached out to grab the floating

the person’s clothing, all

algae had begun to grow on them? The person was on their back, exposing a pale and lifeless face with upturned eyes.

It was a man.

then, he felt something wrapping around his ankles

“What?”

trick me, of all

wrenched his feet free, stomping down

witless coming face to

if something in the water was to grab their ankle out

He grabbed the floating male corpse, stomping down vigorously. He had undergone underwater training before, and was able

he had lost his footing after stomping down, the round thing was probably shaped like a

about what was underwater. He grabbed the male

its pursuit,

dragged backwards once again. This underwater force seemed to

hard towards the shore. Whether the corpse made it or not was

safety was far more

able

whatever force that was underwater had now caught both of his ankles. Blake was no longer dragged backwards, but he could not swim forwards

slimy, like the corpse from

he didn’t panic, he might just be able to hold off this underwater

was dealing with, and if it might explode with energy all of