Gratitude

"Requesting permissions for Dr. Conku to execute the target."

in the midst of the town, that barely surpassed the conditions of lower ranked city, although by the look of how messy and destroyed it was that it couldn't be called lower ranked city anymore. a single girl that looked harmless called out, speaking to air.

but she wasn't talking to the air. Inside this 'harmless' girl, there was a bunch of machinery inserted and tracking devices, communicating devices was only 1 of things inside her body. In worst case, there was even an explosive that'll destroy her, which destroy all her chances to betray the person who built him.

"Ohh, you have grown well to even ask me for permission to kill someone. Do it. Kill them at the most painful way."

"Permissions received."

She faced her palm toward the bunches of caught villagers. Then, her hand transformed into something more dangerous than an cannon—the barrel glowed in red as an straight line of red flash sweeps up everything.

as the red lines passes the body of human, the parts which the red laser passed was cut cleanly; as if butter being was cut by something hot, and something sharp. After some delay, as if the body has noticed it was cut cleanly, the bloods splashed, showering the rest of the corpse in further red, crimson.

The whole scene was messy and something you would only expect from an hell; utter annihilation, or what you say, bloodbath. Despite the gross scenery, the face of robot girl who lost the only light in her pupils was unchanged

"#9:39;3 #@=3 :3..." <-you can read it if you try hard enough, or you have the right keyboard.

but the only undetected bugs inside her, called human emotions, was crying loudly.

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The place had a light that radiated the entire room at first, but where did it go wrong? 'Kuro' thoughts to himself.

as time passes, this room gets darker, and smaller. Until finally, it could barely contains his body. Even the world that seemed so big, so many uncovered mysterious along with the brilliances of internet where you can obtain unlimited amount of information instantly—after the lost of his parents, seemed so boring and he started to get uncaring about it.

What is the point in discovering the mystery?

Some people may say that the 'process' is the fun in it, but I can't even get to my starting line, I am not even trying to start something new.

in the end, won't we just die so, let's have fun? I can't do that anymore.

The roads I walk, the world I see, seems so small - I am trapped in this small place until I die.

The daily repetition already lost its meaning - let's just die.

Then what am I waiting for? as time passes, this world will just get more smaller, boring and darker.

Darker...

Darker..

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4/6

'HUFF!? Damn it with your nightmares, 21.(17)'

'Oh, haha! I am sorry 'bout it.(21)'

Kuro opened his eyes only to find out that it was still dark. Usually, it's dangerous for a children to be here, in the mountain but who was he with? The Oni who could casually break the sound barrier.

Besides, his eyes seemed to work well against the darkness, that he could see in the darkness, in this deep wood—Although not as perfectly as day—

Even it is described as deep wood, it was actually the cliff in mountain, and his sight is not as blocked by the trees past the 10 meters. so, even if some dangerous animal ambushed them, he can wake up Ojou who's still sleeping.

'Well she's not to blame because judging from the sun, it should be around 12:00PM... If 21 didn't wake up us, we could have slept more.(17)'

'We, well I have no choice, right? It's impossible to control my dream!(21)'

'Well, theoretically, it isn't impossible. You see, the things what you perceive, is sometimes related to what you'll dream. so, if you're lucky, you can lucid your dream everyday.(17)'

'Heeeh~(21)'

'E-everyone, what should I do... I can't sleep anymore...(4)'

'Hora, that's your fault, 21. It's because you showed him such a nightmare.(17)'

'Sorry Kuro. How about we travels and hope that protagonist's luck befall into us so we can acquire something like magic eyes?(21)'

'In a time, dark and possibly dangerous places like this? Not a chance.(17)'

'I agree with 17-Niichan.(4)'

'Then how about this. We jump off the cliff and test our luck if something will save us, or we fall into caves which contains some heavenly cloud orbs. You see, like that in... what was it? Revered Insanity?(21)'

'I told you I didn't read an cultivation novel you mentioned in my world. and, are you seriously insane? If we didn't have protagonist's luck...(17)

'It's called Plot Armor.(21)'

21 interfered 17.

'Plot Armor, we will die. Even if we didn't die, we will be... crippled for our life if we goes by your 'cultivation knowledge.'(17)'

'He, hehe~... ca-calm down, I am just joking...(21)'

4 couldn't butt in between these 2's topics. He have listened to their stories which contains 'manga' 'manhua' 'manwha' 'games' 'light novel' 'webnovel' 'chinese novel' 'walkthrough' or some but, he could butt in with them because he purely didn't have the information to mention to them.

Although the best he could was play with 17 and 21 with analysis battling of character's or think why that plot has happened, it was fun in it. Because sometimes, 17 and 21 would fight with each other because of the differences in same manga.

For example, in 21's world, apparently, there existed a manga called Baki which the red-haired boy called baki as an protagonist.

but in 17's world, that manga called Baki, is called Kiba. The story was basically the same and there wasn't something to argue about, but these 2 is amazing. Just the differences in manga's name was enough for them to argue funnily.

Sometimes, in his free time at library, he will make an What Ifs - story of the manga he heard from them but all they do is roast his story quite harshly.

'All right! This great one has thought of an brilliant ideas which only the geniuses whose IQs past 300 can thought of.(21)'

When 21 says this, the idea he always thought off always interests both 17 and Kuro.

'You see Ojou there, right? Lie besides her and face her.(21)'

''!?!?(17)(4)''

Such an ideas, is capable of causing Coup d'etat of large country likes Reign Empires. him, an merely human lies besides her and look at her sleeping faces? That thought itself was the rebellion of the eternity.

...

He did it anyway!

'I see! So this is what you've thought of! You're really a genius, aren't you, 21?(17)'

17 seemed to have understood 21's intention.(?)

'Listen well, Kuro. This will be an important lessons: you see, humans usually can't sleep when they want to. In contrasts, they'll fall asleep when they don't want to. The basic definitions of it is school during the classes.(17)'

but, Kuro wasn't listening to 17's excuses to hide his embarrassment. he was too focused to the Oni's face that he couldn't hear anything. How can such an adorable creatures exists in this planet!

'... Well anyway, we should thank Ojou's bad sense of direction and mine & 17's brilliant mind.(21)'

as Kuro stared at Ojou's face closely, he felt a faint a warm breath to his every minuscule of skins which caused his mind to rotates.

The eyes that was open widely, became heavier as times passes.

'Corrupted as he may, he's still an child, isn't he?(21)'

17 didn't reply back as he also fell asleep at the same time Kuro slept.

21 then smiled warmly as he 'faced' Nakiri Ayame.

'Thank you.(21)'