[Christmas Special]

"He's escaping the facility!"

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"Capture him before he reach the gate!"

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"You, shoot him!"

Bang—!

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[𝘝𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨...]

"Hey... Master!".

A boy in his teenage year spoke as he looked at the screen in front of him.

He had thin sharp blue eyes, the color of his hair is black. The boy was wearing a turtle-neck sweater with a logo "Piercing Heart".

"Erm... Ahahaha..."

"Ahh... What should I say in this kind of situation again...? Aha!"

Scratching his cheeks, his eyes rolled to the side. He cleared his throat as he leaned comfortably to his chair.

"I don't know when are you going to hear this, but... Haaaa...!! What's with this? I'm supposed to be happy since I've managed to escape the facility!"

"...Ehem! Well, as I was saying... It was thanks to you I've managed to escape the PX Foundation."

"Mmm.... All I wanted to say is that... Ugh, who am I kidding? You're not going to hear this recording anyway, but—Ack! Fucking wire! Who set this up anyway?"

"...Oh wait, it was me."

The boy on the video became silent for a moment.

He exhaled and continued, "As I was saying... Let me repeat that... It was thanks to you that I've managed to escape the PX Foundation."

"All I wanted to say is that..." He scratched his cheeks, his face turning visibly red in embarrassment.

"This pupil of yours... PX Infinity is really... Ah... Why do I have to be called with such a ridiculous nickname...?"

"Erm, anyway... Thank you for everything... Fuuu, thank you for the novels and animes you've shown me. Thank you for saving me from the experiment. And most of all..."

He took in a long deep breath before proceeding.

"Thank you teaching me what it's like to be called a human."

"Your heart..."

He slowly placed his right hand to his chest.

"I... I'll make sure to make good use of it."

The boy closed his eyes, feeling his heartbeat before smiling.

"You know... I've always liked you, Master."

"No... You were my first love." Saying so, his eyes slowly opened.

"Hehe... Though, you would always say that I'm just like your older brother."

"Ugh... I never got to meet him and you never even told his name, but... I guess he was really special to you."

"Still... I'm fine with that, I guess... Even though I was originally created as his clone..."

"You said I really looked like him, act like him and even think like him... However, you did mention that he was way smarter than I am."

"A genius among geniuses...? Ah... Maybe? Just like you said, too bad he got hit by a truck."

"....sorry."

After the momentary silence, he spoke again while letting out a chuckle to lighten the mood.

"Anyway, although we didn't managed to fulfill everything in your bucket list... Let's see..."

The boy picked up a book and began to flip it's pages, while reading the content out loud.

"Go to the park... Feed the fishes in the pond... Shop at the clothing store... Wear cool suits with sunglasses... Ahh... That's a whole lots of list."

As the pages gets flipped, he let out a hum.

"...Mmm? What's this...?"

"Snow...?"

Soon, after noticing something, he momentarily went silent again, his expression becoming indifferent. Not before long, he let out a dry chuckle.

"Ha... Haha... Hahaha.... I guess we gotta cross this one out." He said, taking a red pen out of his bag and lined something from the notebook.

"...Done!"

He clasped his hands and nodded in satisfaction.

"...? It's already been ten minutes since I've started."

"Ehem... Well, I gotta end the recording since I still have to visit your sister's life tube after this! See you later!"

Before the boy clicked his mouse, he abruptly stopped after sudden realization.

"Right...! It's supposed to be Christmas today."

He leaned back comfortably at his gaming chair, stretching his arms up before saying, "Although you're not around this time to give me gifts, here's my present for you!"

He took out some folders from the drawers and showed it to the screen.

"Ta da~! Master! I've managed to confirm one of your theory...!"

He sounded happy and yet, the side of his eyes began to get watery.

"The Fate Theory... It's true! You cannot change something that was meant to happen... I guess that explains a lot, hehe..."

He forced a grin, wiping the tears that fell from his eyes.

"...ah? You're probably wondering why I decided to complete this? Well, I just wanted to make you proud and... Ah!"

"...fuck."

He hid his face using the papers upon realizing what he said.

"Ehem.... Well, forget about that."

After recovering from his embarrassment, he took a deep breath once again, slowly lowering his hands to place the folder back to the drawer.

"Even though it's fated..."

"I really wish I did something to change that..."

He turns his attention back to the screen and said with a strained smile.

"Merry Christmas."

It was then, the video finally ended.

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In some place somewhere.

A tube full of strange liquid inside began to bubble. It revealed a young girl with robotic features all around her body.

The girl slowly opened her eyes and looked at the glass containing her.

She lifted her hands and touched the glass, causing it to shatter upon contact.

The strange liquid inside were immediately drained out to the floor, leaving the girl inside the tube.

She then placed both hands on the crack and stepped outside. After getting out, the robotic girl looked around and saw the computers near her, so she approached this.

Although it was already full of moss, indicating that it was very old, she noticed that it was still in function.

As she approached it, she noticed her vision had numbers in it and the dark room suddenly lit up. It's not because of the light bulb, but because she had a night vision.

By the time she turned on the computer, she noticed that it was only containing one file. Out of curiosity, she clicked it.

And thus....

"Hey... Master!"

The fated loop had began.

[A/N : I won't be uploading a chapter tomorrow.]