Episode 3 : Going to the woods

'Oh, what is going to happen to me?'

Thinking about the pain that will occur in the future, he quickly fell into lethargy.

'Yes, this is the right way to do it.'

Finally turning her head around, Lilac looked determined. She had a complete grasp of the position of where it was. So she took out a small chip from his jaw without stuttering. The chip went straight into her pocket.

"I've taken out the tracking device. I can't see you off, so go on your own."

Lilac turned around and walked. She soon disappeared from his sight.

She walked toward her accommodation. On the way, he took out his work cell phone and called the boss. As if he was waiting for her call, the phone call to the boss got immediately connected.

"Where is Vessel?"

The boss never said "hello." He only cared about Vessel's whereabout. She sighed when she heard his heavy voice.

"Yes, sir, this is Lilac."

With the words, she continued to walk forward. Her trudging steps were neither heavy nor light. It just gave the impression that it was nothing at all. Her actions seemed to be able to infect people around her with her emotional state.

"Vessel? I don't know."

She didn't want to answer the boss's question. So she gave him more time and dragged him away. Having lost his composure in her behavior, he asked a question again.

"Where is Vessel?"

She had never seen his face, so she didn't even know what the boss looked like. The boss, who didn't even know or seen his face, always cared more about machines than humans. It might be cause of the machine was more obedient. Even so, she was not a submissive personality for such a trivial reason.

"Answer, Lilac."

She cursed inwardly with a more threatening and weighty tone than before. She thought for a moment about what to say. She decided what to say and answered in a calm voice.

"He ran away."

Her answer made the boss sound disappointed. It didn't sound like it had a meaning. It was more like a noise than a word.

"I told you to attach a tracking device."

Lilac said these happened because the boss didn't listen to her. It was a dangerous remark to make to the boss, who is known to be very strong. But she wasn't the type to be imprisoned by such rumors.

"Tsk!"

The boss clapped his tongue at her words as if he was disappointed. It was the sound that the boss make when he didn't get what he wanted.

'It'd better not to tell him why I took out the memory. Or the fact I took the memory.'

She fiddled with a small memory chip in her pocket. She wanted to emphasize that she couldn't find it because there was no tracking device. However, she kept her mouth shut because she knew that such words would only offend her boss. However, she was forced to sigh because she wanted to produce a more dramatic effect.

"What a pity. Come back."

The boss ignored her sighs and small complaints. Ignoring everything, she uttered a curse once again into her mind when he ordered her.

'It's a waste to lose a machine, but it's not a waste for human life.'

Her belief was that humans were superior to machines. But the boss was thinking the opposite of her. She couldn't figure out why the boss came up with that idea. It was unfair that machines were treated better than humans. It just made her doubt the boss's belief.

'How can a person prefer machines?'

Thinking so, she tried to answer the boss's order.

But the phone call, which was cut off immediately, prevented Lilac from answering. With a nervous tone, she was irritated by the mobile phone that was converted to a background screen.

"Yes, I understand."

Meanwhile, Vessel rose from his seat with a slight softening of his joy at the thought of freedom. Of course, he decided to only think about having a good influence on himself. Good things that can happen in the near future.

'Positive thinking leads to positive life.'

He thought that thinking of good things would only make good things happen.

But at the same time, negative thoughts flooded in like waves. He struggled to put his gloomy thoughts aside. All of these were new to him. He have never experienced these thing in his life before. He was confused but somehow proud of himself.

'This is not freedom. It is just a process of finding another domination.'

It was true. He couldn't imagine that he would enjoy freedom for the rest of his life. Joining the organization was also working under the controller. Therefore, it was right to seek another domination.

'But I can continue to live.'

It was the best moment for him to be able to live despite his breakdown. He wanted to keep this feelings at the moment.

"How beautiful life is!"

He felt like he had to calm himself down with overflowing joy. He patted his body as high as he could with joy. He picked up the paper that Lilac threw to the floor and held it in his hand.

He ran toward his next goal in praise of his future life. He stormed out of the door into the woods surrounding the building.

He continued to run toward the future, hoping for a smooth touch in his hands.

'Damn it, damn it, damn it all.'

Lilac, who had been walking for a long time to organize her thoughts, arrived at her accommodation.

Like a squirrel kept hovering around the room as if it was rolling a wheel. No matter how much she walked, her thoughts were neither organized nor lost. she wanted to have a brilliant idea and hoped all the ideas would disappear. But that didn't happen. As time passed, there was only one thought came to her mind.

"He won't be able to live long."

Her voice was so cold. She seemed to hate someone who just ran away.

"I'm just letting him do whatever he wants before he dies."

She thought no matter how strong he was, he couldn't handle the dangers of being exposed to society. If the strongest beings in the world were natural people, they would one day be placed at a dangerous moment. Living as a citizen was the most dangerous thing.

"Because he won't be able to live that long."

She finally laid the idea on her bed and went to sleep. She couldn't sleep well, but she tried to close her eyes and empty her head.