Warm Rain

12 PM

"1 set of special cyborg clothes, one energy drink, and one energy block. Is that all?"

"Yes."

"The total price is 1000$, do you want to use Electro Card or cash?"

"Cards."

"Okay, I accept the card."

"Yes."

"Here's your card, thank you. Come again!"

***

"Wow, it's raining!"

"Let's run!"

Rain huh? Maybe this will clean the blood stains on my clothes.

"Sir! You better take shelter...."

"Huh?"

A schoolgirl came up to me, she shared the umbrella she used with me. What is she doing?

"If you get caught in the rain your body can experience a short circuit, and that's very dangerous."

Oh, she only cares about how I am. It was rare for a human to have attention as good as hers these days, had this kind of trait become even rare?

"Come with me, I will dry your body."

He forced me to come to his house, a very small and cramped house.

"Please come in, make yourself at home."

What's wrong with her? Is she not afraid of me? Was it possible that she was just an idiot who let strangers into her house? How idiot, I could have killed her right here.

"First, can you take your left arm off? I'm afraid it might break."

"No, there's no need."

"Eh?"

"My cyborg body is waterproof, thank you for your kindness. But I have to go, bye."

"Wait!"

She grabbed my shirt, and immediately she was silent.

" Now you know why don't you?"

"This..."

She looked a little scared, She slowly let go of her hand.

"Eh? Blood?"

"Yes, I just killed a human. So don't come near me if you still care about your life, bye."

In the end, I left her alone with her face full of confusion, it was not me. But, I want to act like this just one day.

***

1 PM

Cold, aches, and pains. All these feelings are mixed up in my body right now, I don't know what I'm doing now, I might still want to pick up that woman. Even though I know all of this is pointless, why do I still want to do it?

"A plane from England is about to land, with flight number..."

Oh, she's here.

"Please for the pickup wait in the waiting room."

This place is very quiet, with no commotion at all. No, not this place is lonely. But... no one wants to sit next to me, they all choose to stand and talk about me quietly.

"Look at that cyborg."

"He's so scary."

"Why are disgusting creatures like them on earth."

"It is better for them to perish."

"Mama, that cyborg brother looks sad."

"Hey, don't get too close, he'll bite you."

This is how the world is now, racism now is racist to cyborgs too. It doesn't matter who they are, their status, skin color, position, and character. The name of a cyborg will always be treated like trash in their eyes, not infrequently I'm even splashed with water by the children I meet on the street. Is the human heart of today rotten? Even my heart of iron is far better than theirs of a pure heart.

"Hey, Ryu!"

Someone was tapping me on the shoulder, she was a woman with a beautiful face and very sweet. She cheerfully greeted me and stroked my hair gently.

"How are you?"

"I'm well."

"Is that so?"

He swiftly took my hand and led me out of the airport, all human gazes turned to me. It's natural for that to happen because until now 100 years there has never been a human who has a good relationship with a cyborg like me.

"I am hungry."

"Okay."

"What's wrong with you?"

"Nothing."

***

3 PM

After finishing my meal, I asked her to go to the office to submit my daily mission report.

"Today you are on a mission again?"

"Yes."

Our office location is in the basement of a club, our organization is called AlphaOne. This organization is an organization of human and cyborg groups who are dissatisfied with the order of life in this era. We do a lot of killing during missions, and the missions here are assassinations. Usually, a mission is a request by a certain person or institution to kill someone or a group of people they don't like. We don't accept all missions, we only accept missions related to racism and corruption. and White the Vice President is the main mastermind regarding the slaughter of 10,000 cyborgs in the peace district. So naturally, someone asked us to kill him, and this job pays a lot of money.

"The password?"

"Freedom is absolute, void."

"All right, please come in."

Where we are right now is the office of the main boss of AlphaOne, he is Mon. He was a cyborg with specifications way above mine, if there was anyone better at controlling a cyborg body than me, then he would be it.

"Here is the report."

I threw my report tablet on his desk, he perused the details.

"So that's it, who killed Black?"

"Me."

"Huh?!"

"Okay, since Black is dead then I will send all the money that should be paid to your Electro Card."

"Okay, thank you."

"Wait a minute! Hey!"

"What's wrong? You just got here so don't make a scene."

"That's not it! Why are you guys being so cold?! And why did you kill Black?! Tell me, Ryu!"

"Excuse me."

"Yes, be careful."

"Hey, Ryu!"

***

The location of my house with the office is not far away, on the way I bought some groceries with the money I just received earlier.

"Ryu!"

She is very noisy.

"Ryu!!!"

I'm getting fed up.

"If your ears still work, answer me!"

"Shut up!"

"Ryu..."

"If I killed him! So what?! Was that wrong?!"

"Ryou, you..."

"Big brother himself asked me! He asked me to smash his head with this cyborg's hand! Do you think I'm enjoying it?! Don't joke! How can a little brother be happy after killing his brother!!!"

"Ryu! Calm down!"

"You think I'm happy with all this money?! Huh?! Do you think I'm happy with this 1 billion dollars?! Do I look like a heartless cyborg?!"

"Ryu! Enough!"

She started slapping my face, and instantly I could see his beautiful face filled with tears.

"I'm sorry."

We then walked glumly to the house, I weakly opened the door of the house.

"I'm so sorry."

"No, you don't need to apologize Ryu."

"I'm just acting as cold as he seems because I thought this would make me calmer about all of this. But in reality, I... still... can't help it... it hurts..."

Even though my heart is made of metal, still...

"That's enough."

She hugged me tightly, her hug felt very soft and comfortable.

"I'm sorry for not understanding your current state, I'm sorry for coming late, I'm sorry for getting you guys trapped in this rotten organization. This is all my fault."

"Aaa!!! Brother!!!"

Right now all I can do is cry and keep crying, I don't care if this artificial heart is broken later. Right now she's the only one who can cheer me up, I don't have anything else but her.

Brother, I promise to protect this girl with all my heart. I won't let her get hurt in the slightest, I won't let anyone touch her, I won't let him feel sad, and I will make her happy every day! I promise!

***

"It's raining again tonight, Ryu."

"Yeah, you're right. The rain is much softer now."

" how do you feel now? "

"Better."

"Come here, sleep on my lap."

"Is it allowed?"

"Of course."

"Thank you."

"You're welcome, Ryu."

***

"The rain tonight feels so warm."