[SIDE A] DAY 5 – PRESENT & FUTURE (2)
It was a sunny day and I was walking down the street near the town hall. Although, I had moved to Aurora several months ago. But, I still could not memorize the places near the downtown area.
A few days ago, the so-called Purge had begun. Up until the Secret Societies had taken over the town, everyone was killing each other in order to secure their own life. I was not able to kill another human being just because of my own survival. So, I was kind of giving up on myself. I was walking down the same street and tried to let other people.
Around yesterday afternoon, my wish finally came true. I saw two men trying to sexually assault a teenage girl just around that corner of the convenience store. So, I stepped up and ran over there. Once, I was there. Then, those two men immediately ran off. At the beginning, I did not realize it was a setup. I was trying to save that teenage girl. But at the end, I got smacked from behind by that teenage girl. I could not say I am a martyr. But at that moment, I was thinking that was reality. Especially, in a chaotic world.
I did not know for how long I had been laying on the ground. At that moment, I was quite sure I was going to die. But, almost at the end of my life. I saw two men passing along the street. If I remembered correctly. The elder man was in a red tailored suit. On the other hand, the younger man with a ahoge hair style was in a black tailored suit. Both of them were having a very long conversation. As I remember, they were talking about some kind of entity. Unfortunately, I was not aware since I was a nonbeliever in religion.
Suddenly, the younger man dashed over to my side. He looked into my eyes. Then, he turned around and started talking to the elder man, who was behind him. At that moment, I had started feeling very cold and my vision was getting fuzzy.
Then, I knew I was dead.
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“One God has been conceived as either personal or impersonal… One God has also been conceived as the source of all moral obligation and the greatest conceivable existent…”
“You mean One God is only a concept?”
“Actually, not really a concept. One God is within us.”
“Oh wait. Stop for a second… One God is inside our bodies.”
“Kind of… In other words, we are built by One God’s DNA.”
“Umm, Okay… Scientifically, it kind of made sense.”
“In Ancients’ thought, One God is conceived of as the supreme being, creator and principal object of faith. The concept of One God, as described by Ancients, commonly includes the attributes of all-knowing, unlimited power, present everywhere and as having an eternal and necessary existence. Depending on one’s kind of theism, these attributes are used either in a way of analogy, or in a literal sense as distinct properties. One God is most often held to be immaterial. Incorporeality and corporeality of One God are related to conceptions of transcendence and immanence of One God, with positions of synthesis such as the immanent transcendence…”
“Stop! Blah, blah, blah… We knew that already… Anything new at all?”
“Umm… One God is not alone.”
“Huh?”
“I said One God isn’t alone. There is another one.”
“Another one? WTF, are you talking about?”
“Seriously, there is one more god. But, that one would be more like an anti-version of One God.”
“Okay, so you mean there is a good One God and there is also a bad One God.”
“You could say that, if it is easier for you to understand the whole story.”
“So, that means?”
“It means that the anti-One God is also within our bodies.”
“Eh?! You are joking, right?”
“Actually, no… The Records of Ancients had some evidence to indicate that is possible. This meant every one of us did possess certain kinds of abilities from One God’s DNA and also anti-One God’s DNA.”
“Sigh... I don’t want to think anymore. But, what is the deal between that and Secret Societies?”
“Seriously, Project GoD is trying to speed up this awakening process in order to harvest these special abilities. Although, most of their test subjects are human beings. But, some of them aren’t.”
“Okay, I’m lost again. You mean some of them are what?”
“I believe some of them are from Ancients and some of them are pre-Ancients species.”
“Alright, I’m totally lost. Please enlighten me.”
“Maybe… They are the same as those who came through via the Dimension Gap.”
“WTF? Are you insane?”
“I said maybe and I’m not sure if my hypothesis is correct or not.”
“Of course, you are wrong!”
“Why do you think so?”
“Because… Oh, never mind. Who really cares now?”
“Umm… I must agree with you. At this moment, nobody cares anymore because everything is in chaos.”
“Hey, my Elder Brother. Look… That’s a human being.”
“So?”
“He is staring at us.”
“Oh well, there are so many dead bodies lying around in this town. Probably, he's just another one.”
“Let me take a look. Oh wait, he’s dying over here.”
“He’s almost there.”
“My Younger Brother, you mean the White Tunnel?!”
“Oh yeah. Do we need to do something about that?”
“Eh, save him?!”
“Maybe… I don’t know what we should do now. Since…”
“Since, we met One God, and somehow we need to fix this mess due to the fact that it was us who started it at the beginning. Am I right?”
“Kind of… I don’t know. Should we talk to Big Brother first?”
“Him? Nah, I don’t want to bother him anymore. By the way, he is quite busy nowadays.”
“Then, what should we do?”
“Let’s see… For sure, we can patch him up. But...”
“But, that will be meaningless…”
“Because in the current circumstance, he will get himself killed again and again.”
“Oh, you saw that too.”
“How about… We give him a special gift.”
“Eh?”
“Oh well, in other words it would be a miracle on the behalf of One God.”
“Eh? Are you sure?”
“Of course, don’t you remember what One God had told us? We aren’t allowed to fight them directly.”
“So?”
“This human being would be our weapon…”
“Oh, sure why not… Haha… He could help us to discard them.”
“Anyway, let’s see… Okay, done. Now, it is your turn."
“Eh? What did you do?”
“I just gave him one of my abilities.”
“Okay, then I will also give him one of my abilities.”
“Younger Brother, seriously… You only have one ability.”
“Whatever… Done… I gave him mine. Then, what now?”
“Let’s patch him up and let him walk on earth again… Hehe…”
“Hey, Elder Brother.”
“Huh?”
“Which ability did you give him?”
“Shh… It is a business secret.”
“Oh well, probably you just gave him that...”
“Stop! Whatever…”
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When I woke up, it was already at night. I was thinking that it was a dream. However, until I went back to my apartment. I looked at myself in the mirror. I did not recognize the face. I looked like a man in mid-forty and my hair had become grey. Actually, who am I? I had no answer for that question. But, the only thing I knew was that my life had been changed.
After yesterday’s instance, I was walking on the same street once again. I glanced at the same street’s corner. Meanwhile, I heard a honeyed female voice which was talking to me.
“Hey, Yoshi. Wake up! I’m talking to you!”
“Oh sorry, Miss Yukimura. I spaced out for a moment.”
“I know… By the way, just call me Shiroi please.”
“Umm… Shiori… But, we just met each other a few hours ago.”
“I know… So? Didn’t I tell you before? You are my destiny.”
“Actually, I don’t understand what that means. But, how did you find me?”
“Umm… Social media?”
“Eh? That was a joke, right?”
“Maybe… Hehe…”
“Never mind… Why did you bring me here?”
“You asked the wrong question. You should ask – What brings me here?!”
“Huh?”
“That’s funny. I'm just following you. It is you who want to come here.”
“Sigh, Miss Yukimura. Please tell me. I’m a dumb person.”
“Called me, Shi-o-ri...”
“Okay, Shiori… Could you tell me, please?”
“Tell you what?”
“Sigh… Stop making fun of me, please. I just want to know the whole story.”
“What story? Did I say it is you who led us here?”
“Oh man, talking to girls is hard and trying to understand one is super hard.”
“Don’t worry a bit, you already know me.”
“You are so…”
“Shh… They are coming.”
“Who? Hey, what do you mean by that?”
“Your enemy.”
“I’m always a nobody. So, I shouldn’t have any enemies at all.”
“Now, you are different.”
“I don’t understand.”
“Then, you must feel it.”
“Huh? I’m totally lost.”
“Never mind…”
Shiroi smirked at me and said,
“Yoshi, it’s about time.”
Obviously, I did not have a clue at all. It was because when I woke up this morning. Shiroi was already in my apartment. She stayed at my bed side and looked at me. I was not scared by her presence. I was thinking this was a dream. Once, she started talking a bunch of nonsense to me. I had realized this would be a dream without an ending. How could I be the one who is responsible for all of this chaos in Aurora?
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Life is not easy for an Otaku like myself. I do not like to socialize and I hate being in crowded places. Sometimes, I was pondering on my existence. Am I a human being? If yes, then how come I am kind of abnormal compared to the others? Maybe I am an alien from Mars? Or somehow, I do not even exist in this world at all? Everything is just a dream to me?!
I took a closer look at Shiroi. She definitely is a beautiful lady around her mid-twenty. She has long black hair and brown eyes. Compared to most girls in Aurora, she is tall and skinny with smooth glossy pale skin. By the way, she is wearing a pink Lolita princess dress with a lace bow apron??? At first, I was not sure what she really wanted. Until she had told me, I am her master. Then, I was thinking – is this a dating sim? However, she insists on telling me – we are destined to meet each other in this dimension.
Of course, I still do not understand what is going on. I asked her several questions including who are you, where are you from, etc. But, the most important question is – am I dead? She answered that question with a smile.
“Depends on which dimension you are talking about.... If you are alive in this dimension, then somehow in another dimension… you have died… In your language, it is closer to Albert Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity... Or Stephen Hawking’s Time Travel Theory?”
Physics! I failed this subject so many times in my school years. Therefore, I have no idea what that means.
Actually, what is going on with me?
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“Hey, Yoshi. Wake up!”
“Oh sorry, I spaced out again.”
“Maybe, that isn’t a good idea.”
“Why?”
“Look over there… There’s a group of people who dress up in black suits. They were looking at us.”
“Umm… Maybe, they are looking at you? Haha…”
“Actually, they are coming at us now.”
I took a closer look at those people.
“Damn, secret police from the Secret Societies… Time to run!”
Shiroi glanced at me and said.
“Yoshi, you know you cannot keep on running away from them.”
“Huh? Anyway, let’s run.”
I took Shiroi’s hand and both of us had started running away from those people from the Secret Societies. A few minutes later, we went into an abandoned office building to hide.
“Yoshi, why are we hiding?”
“It is because they are from the Secret Societies. Don’t you know they already took over Aurora?”
“So? Why are you running away?”
“Because… I… Oh wait, why am I running?”
“I asked you first. Why are you hiding?”
“Okay, I'm just scared. Are you happy now?”
“This question isn’t related to my emotions. It is always about you. What will you do?”
“Eh?”
“The time had come. This is our destiny.”
“Huh?”
“Remember, what I had told you this morning.”
“What did you say?”
“Don’t you remember?”
“This morning?”
“Nope, before you got killed.”
“Huh? You mean yesterday?”
All of a sudden, I heard a large sound.
“They were shooting at us.”
Meanwhile, I could only see a red color in front of my eyes. Shiroi’s blood was spilt all over my face. She got shot in the head.
“Shiroi!”
I was scared. I wanted to run away, but my legs got numb. I could not move, while I stared at Shiroi’s dead body. Within my heart, I really want to fight. However, I don’t know what I can do. On the other hand, the secret police had arrived at the scene. They glanced down at me and said.
“Yoshi Oshiro, you are under arrest by the Secret Societies.”
I stared at them, but I didn’t say a word. I was pondering what I had done. Furthermore, I’m nobody at all. So, that could not be possible? Arrest? Me? Why?
A moment later, I heard a cracking sound in Shiroi’s body. They shifted their focus from me to the dead body. This was my only chance to run away.
Should I fight against them? But, what could I possibly do? I’m nothing compared to the other friends of mine. But, I also have nothing to lose too. So, I grasped onto a secret policeman and started to hit him as hard as I could.
Unfortunately, that secret policeman had started to beat me up. He smacked me on my head by using his gun, and then he also kicked me in my face. Once again, I was laying on the ground. My whole body was getting numb and I felt very cold. At this point, I would become unconscious very soon. On the other hand, those secret police were laughing. But, until that cracking sound had become noise.
At this moment, I heard a female voice. I believed she was talking to me.
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“My master, it is time.”
“Thank you, my Servant.”
“It is a pleasure to serve under you again.”
“Then, I will be in your hand from now on.”
“It will be my honor. Please allow your humble servant to engage in combat.”
“So be it.”
