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A hope in a dystopia

Communism and capitalism wage a seemingly endless battle for control. Beneath the facade of these opposing forces lies a hidden truth – an intricate web of power and manipulation, led by a secretive oligarchy clinging to feudalistic traditions. The world stands on the brink of collapse, haunted by the constant threat of a nuclear Armageddon. Will Lucian and his “twin brother” 虚字 save the world from the hands of a dystopian society? Or will the world be destroyed in a nuclear armageddon?

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Kyoji

It was a coincidence, but my fellow clone and I enrolled at the same school, and to make it better, we won the same class. 7-C-16 Great…

I don't know if he paid the school to do it, or if the school just decided to mix us thinking we were twins. Couldn't they read our first names? Mine was Nassau, and he has none.

While sitting on a sofa waiting for the curry she was making to be finished, I decided to see what class Claire was in using my mobile phone. Ah found it, 7-H-13. I COULD NOT LET THAT HAPPEN! WHO AM I GOING TO GLANCE AT THEN? NOT MY TWIN!

I sent an email to one of the school's admins and paid him 20 septillions Aureus to put us in the same class, and promised him to send another 29 septillions Aureus if he accomplishes the mission.

Those who say money can't buy you happiness are stupid.

"Lu! The curry is finished"

I stood up and hoped the lessons I gave to her about cooking helped her.

The Thai green curry she cook has A for presentation, and B for the aroma, just kidding it was F because it smells like piss. However, I wonder what it tastes like.

"Are you not going to eat?"

I asked the chef

"No, you eat first."

What kind of chef doesn't taste her food first? I swallowed a saliva and hoped for the best

I held my breath to not smell the disgusting spell and took a spoon filled with curry in my mouth.

It was surprisingly good. But it still wasn't perfect, but that is a good thing.

"Presentation is 10 out of 10. The aroma is 0 out of 10 because it smells like piss, and the taste is 6 out of ten"

"Is that a good thing?"

"Outside of the aroma yes, you just need a little more fish sauce for the saltiness, and a bit more lime"

"I see"

She said while holding her chin in a thinker pose.

I entered the school's entrance with Claire at my side, and by coincidence he was just right beside me in right, merely separated by 2 people

He saw my face and waved in my direction with a smile while closing his eyes. I just raised my arm a bit as a response to it.

And then there was the entrance ceremony where the Dean was just sucking off his penis by saying all the advancements of the school under his guidance and yadda yadda yadda. It was boring, and to make it worse it was required to participate in the entrance ceremony.

And just as he finished his long speech, all of the students and staff inside the school began to sing the school anthem. I just stood still while they were singing, not because my voice was ugly, no. But because I do not want to memorize the song they sent us in one day. And I do not even want to memorize such a terrible song, it has no rhythm.

The classes then began and all we did was introduce ourselves, bathe in rays for a couple of minutes, and go back to talking. There was not even a class, but oh well not that it bothers me since I do not even listen in class.

And just as expected, my clone Kyoji became the face of the class. Instead of staring at Claire's face just stared at the ceiling. Don't ask me why I am starting at the ceiling, but rather why the ceiling is this ugly.

This school was supposed to be the central school of the region, so why are the architectural designs so bad? Do they even check the materials used? This ceiling is made out of different woods!

It was now Wednesday and as I read from the schedule it was for Physical Education class. I hated our schedule.

On regular class days, which are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, we go to school before 8 AM which is the time when the class starts. But on Friday, we have to go to school at 6 AM for PE 2 HOURS OF PE! HOW MANY HOURS AM I GOING TO LOSE TO THIS CLASS?

I expected the PE teacher to start reading to the class about martial arts from his tablet, but something unexpected occurred.

"Get a partner of the same gender as you"

Knowing where this is going, or rather I think so. I gazed at Kyoji knowing he would be the only one having a chance against me. After all, I pity those who will fight me since I do not like to lose

While I barely have any muscles due to my not training them, I still know how to use martial arts. And most important of all, I have total control over my body.

Noticing my gaze, he gazed back and started walking towards me.

Some boys ran to him to be their partner, but he instantly declined them by shaking his head all while moving towards me, this feels creepy.

And it was at this moment my classmates finally noticed that I existed.

"Never knew he had a brother"

"Are they twins? They look similar."

I was irritated at how they forgot I existed. I may have not talked to them, but I still at least remembered all of their names!

"Wanna pair up?"

He said still with his smile. I just nodded silently at him

"The silent type huh? Why did you choose that persona?"

I just shrugged my shoulders. He was wrong, this was not a persona, this was merely who I am, a logical person.

The PE teacher then had a speech about how martial arts trained the body, mind, and spirit and yadda yadda yadda and how it was important, and also talked about how pain is a regular thing and we must embrace it to be stronger. What kind of philosophy is that!? Is he a masochist? And to make it worse, he was reading from his tablet!

"You may begin whenever both of you are ready"

We took a fighting stance, both of us with different stances. And it was at this moment she showed his real face, a face without any emotion. We slowly moved towards each other. And then he first strikes with a roundhouse kick.

It was too fast, it was only by instinct that my head did not get hit. I blocked his kick with my forearm. It hurts. I blame my lack of muscles and fat for this. I should start going to the gym.

He immediately pulled his leg away from my grasp to prevent me from holding it and kicking the other leg to knock him.

I began to shake my right forearm to relieve the pain, even a little. And it was at this moment, that he stepped forward and delivered a jab to my face. Maui Thai?

I moved my head out of the way, moved on his blind spot, and kicked his leg. This caused him to lose some balance and fell to the floor on one knee. I then kicked his face with my knee.

He easily dodged it by letting his body fall to the floor, that was unexpected. I thought he would take it on and counterattack.

He tried to sweep my right foot with his legs but I just raised it and stepped on his leg. He dodged it by propelling himself out of my foot using his elbows and leg muscles.

What the hell is he doing?

Out of my reach, he easily stood up using his right foot which was in the backside of his body to propel himself to stand.

With proper footwork, he moved towards me at a fast rate. I expected him to start smashing my face with quick jabs, but instead he chose something unexpected and stupid.

He did a spin kick on me, I just stepped backwards using my left foot to propel me. I expected him to use that momentum to use punches again, but naaaah. He instead did a spin kick on me again aiming for my chest.

I locked his leg in place using my right elbow and knocked him off balance by kicking his foot. Losing balance, he grabbed my shirt, sweeped my leg as he was fallin with his leg that I was not holding, and we fell on the floor.

This was bad, he was under me. I tried to escape, but he immediately put me in a triangle choke. I tried to break away by pulling his legs off my neck but I failed, it simply was too strong for me. So I just began to do the traditionak way of removing myself from it.

I started moving my body to the left to attempt to overload the stretching his legs, but it failed he was simply far too flexible, so I put my left arm under his body, he tried to stop it by moving his body to prevent it from going underneath, he failed and I began to stand up.

Why I did all that? Well to prevent his spine from moving too much that I may fall to the ground unintentionally. Well I still have a chance but this helps.

Then I fell the the ground, but this time, intentionally. The impact caused me to break away from the choke. But he instantly stood up before I can breathe properly.

He landed a jab on my face, but I deflected it with my forearm.

Hand to hand eh?

No, I will lose to hand to hand

He began to kick my leg, to knock me off balance, but I just blocked it with my hands. This is starting to hurt.

He suddenly switched to boxing, a right hook landed on my face, but thankfully I didn't fall to the ground. He tried a jab in my nose, but I ducked, grabbed his shirt, and threw him to the ground judo style.

He however didn't fall, he somehow clutched using his hands and I was the one who fell instead. I immediately stood up and noticed him readying a right hook.

I readied a jab and we hit each other. He hit me in the jaw, and I hit him in the nose.

I felt nauseated, but it can be ignored. He however had his vision blocked by tears. He tried to wipe away his tears, and using that opportunity, I landed a sucker punch. Yeah… totally anti-climactic.