Chapter 1 – Destiny

Middle-aged Intelligence Chief Baran, who examined the daily situation report in the evening, when he read the information at the end of the report, his heart moved with indescribable excitement. He quickly corrected himself and read the daily report once again with full attention. While crazy thoughts were running through his mind, he couldn't stand still any longer and quickly left his room. When he came to the security department, he held up the report in his hand and shouted,

Who prepared today's daily report?

One of the young men stepped forward and bowed. Chief Baran "What is the latest situation?" in order to when he asked, the young subordinate returned to his desk. He grabbed the spinning globe on his thin tablet-like device with his hand and brought it in front of his chief. When he unhand the image, a slowly rotating holographic world approximately their own height appeared before them. Immediately after, the world stopped rotating and the image began to get closer.

The image zoomed in closer, revealing a human child who had fallen into one of the rock crevices they used for ventilation on the steep side of the mountain. The child's condition was miserable as his bleeding proliferated around his abdomen. Chief Baran said, "Show me the details," while carefully observing the child's condition.

When the young subordinate touched a certain part of the holographic image, the image suddenly moved away and the events began to rewind. Finally the image stabilized about two hundred meters above the crevasse into which the boy had fallen…

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Last year, his mother passed away due to a sudden heart attack. And to fulfill his mother's wish, they had buried him here, in this little plain hidden just above the mountainside, where the Yellow plains looked most beautiful.

His father was not from the yellow plains. He first came here nineteen years ago. He had seen the rock crevices on the mountainside online while making travel plans. As if it was his destiny to look into the rock crevices, he jumped on the first plane and had come to the yellow plains.

For the rock crevices, the local municipality built a touristic boutique hotel on the mountainside and opened the rock crevices to visitors. When his father came to the yellow plains, the person he asked about the location of the hotel and the rock crevices was his mother.

His father said of their first encounter, "The most beautiful woman I have ever seen in my life, words could not come out of my mouth and I could not speak, I think it was love at first sight."

His mother had said, "He was tall and handsome, and looked very sweet as he looked around in surprise."

His father made up various excuses to reach his mother throughout the holiday and eventually got her contact information. Their relationship progressed in the subsequent years and they got married at the end of the third year.

His mother was the only child of her family. When his mother told him that he could not leave his elderly parents alone and that he could get married on the condition of staying with his family, his father left everything and ran to the woman he loved.

Two years later, they wanted to have a child. Even though they were completely healthy, they could not have children. They resorted to all kinds of herbal and medical methods. For this, they had to sell most of their assets. They finally had a baby boy in the seventh year of their marriage. And now this baby is nine years old.

Today he came to visit his mother's grave with his father. But unfortunately they were attacked by a bear looking for its cub. In this fear and chaos, their inevitable end came. While trying to escape from the bear, he and his father slipped and fell down the steep slope.

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Chief Baran looked at time-lapse footage taken from the bear's arrival until the boy's fall. Then he reached out and touched the boutique hotel, the only settlement on the mountain. At the same time, information about the hotel emerged.

History of the hotel… Please touch for details

Financial status of the hotel… Please touch for details

Hotel's staff list… Please touch for details

Security systems of the hotel… Please touch for details

...

He tapped on the text "Hotel's security systems".

Access control and automation systems… Please touch for details

Security cameras and CCTV systems… Please touch for details

Fire alarm and detection systems… Please touch for details

List of security personnel… Please touch for details

...

He touched the security camera and CCTV systems and the twelve cameras listed under it, one by one, checking their contents. Eight of the cameras were outside the building and four were inside the building. Those outside the building included the hotel's entrances and exits, gardens and walking paths. He could not find any record indicating this incident that took place on the mountain.

Chief Baran thought for a while and then asked his young subordinate to show the people on the mountain in the hologram. The young subordinate selected the markings from the settings section of the hologram and colored all creatures in the hologram weighing twenty kilograms and above. While humans glowed blue colors, animals were yellow colors.

Chief Baran examined the entire area carefully, zooming in and rotating the hologram. There were thirteen blue dots around the hotel. There were three blue dots at the back of the mountain and twenty-six, including the villagers, on the lower slopes of the mountain. After dealing with the hologram for about ten minutes, turned to his young subordinate and said, "I want a detailed report about the human child. Let it be at my desk in twenty minutes" he said and left the room.

Twenty minutes later, Intelligence Chief Baran, sitting in his room, was looking at the child's information.

Human child, male,

Born on 27.06.2029 at 11.22 in the morning, Black hair, Light skin,

His mother died of a sudden heart attack at 14.38

In the afternoon on 24.06.2037,

His father died on 24.06.2038 at 17.05 in the evening as a result of falling from a height.

His grandmother died of heart failure at 04.16 at night on 08.11.2026,

His grandfather died of diabetes on 31.01.2028 at 21.33 in the evening,

Shortly after his birth, his father was left at the door of the orphanage by someone who covered him with a sheet to avoid being recognized, so no information could be found about his grandfather and grandmother.

No living first or second degree relative could be found.

He started his beautiful flowers kindergarten on 04.09.2033. In the kindergarten records, he is described as "good-natured, affectionate, helpful, loving, intelligent, and does not forget anything he sees, he may have a photographic memory, should be checked, he likes to mix things up and research".

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Intelligence Chief Baran had a belief in destiny that was passed down to him from his family. He believed that everything that happened happened for a certain reason. He paused for a moment when his father's advice came to his mind. After re-reading the information in his hand, he took a deep breath and leaned back in his seat and he turned his head up and stared at the ceiling.

At a time like this... Such an event... You never know what life will bring... Isn't it our duty to make the right choices?

So... You want it to be like this?

It was not clear whether he was talking to himself or someone else. After closing his eyes and thinking a little more, Chief Baran corrected himself and said decisively, "Okay, let it be like that, But this is not a decision I can make alone."

He took the two prepared reports and left his room. When she arrived at the door of the health unit, the lady doctor had just left her room.

Good evening Ms. Esin, Good evening, did you need something? Yes, can you evaluate these documents and tell me what you think? Please…

Chief Baran gave the documents in his hand to Ms. Esin.

Is it urgent? Yes, I would be glad if you could do it now. Later it will be too late.

Ms. Esin opened the door of the room and entered. He sat down at his desk and started reading the documents he received from Chief Baran. When he finished reading he asked,

Is he alive? Yes, Let me see the child. !

Chief Baran smiled slightly at Ms. Esin and nodded. The two of them left the health center together and came to the security department. Ms. Esin watched the footage carefully.

How many hours has he been like this? Approximately three hours and twenty-three minutes.

Ms. Esin, who checked the health report in her hand, was astonished by the child's determination to live. (How come? He should be dead by now. Moreover, although he lost a lot of blood, he had not enter fall into a coma) she thought. Finally he gathered his thoughts and turned to Chief Baran,

It seems like a good option under these conditions, but still we are not enough. The opinions of other managers are also important. Let's set up a meeting and clarify this situation...

Upon Baran's instruction, a notification was sent to the Education Department and Administrative Affairs units. Fifteen minutes later administrative units were in the meeting room…

After the topic was explained and the footage was watched, Intelligence and Security Chief Baran stood up.

What do you think? You watched the footage. Your hand have detailed reports. Please, everyone express their open opinions. I cannot tell the Supreme Master about this matter without the mutual decision of the four of us,

When no one spoke for a while, Chief Baran reminded them of a fact.

I would like to remind you that there is not much time left for the child... (Chief Instructor Turan) You haven't forgotten our past experiences, have you? We introduced strict restrictions to prevent this from happening again. But you two say, let's put these away now and go back to the old ways? We don't say anything like that. Aren't you tired of sitting like this? We almost forget the reason for our existence. We are teachers. How can we live without students...

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And so their discussion continued for about half an hour. In the end, this issue resulted in three votes in favor and one abstention. After the meeting, the group conveyed the necessary instructions to their subordinates and dispersed to their own rooms.

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Dean Noyan, an old man with a white beard and an authoritarian look, was examining the report prepared by the medical officer. At the same time, he was looking at the human child lying on the ground in tattered and bloody clothes...

Human child, male,

9 years old, black hair, fair skin, amber eyes,

Height 132 cm, weight 30 kg,

Normal muscle structure, Normal nerve structure, Bone development is average,

Bleeding caused by extracorporeal injuries was stopped. Internal injuries and bleeding continue. If not intervened, the probability of death within 1 hour is 99.6%.

3 of his ribs were broken, 2 of them had cracks,

His nose was broken, 4 teeth were knocked out,

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He didn't read any further and put the report in his pocket. He rubbed his forehead with his eyes closed for a minute. It was obvious he was thinking of something...

An urgent intelligence report came at 21.37 in the evening. A human child had fallen into one of the rock crevices they occasionally used for ventilation. There was no surprise in this. The depth of the rift was about twenty meters. People would somehow find the lost child and take him out of the rift. The surprising thing was how he got to this place, which was about nine hundred meters deeper than the rift. He lifted his head up and peered at the ceiling. Then he slowly turned around. He clasped his hands behind his back and said to those around him, a little forced and a little angry,

Take him to the health center and start his treatment. Also, notify all officers to be on the administration floor within ten minutes.

Dean Noyan, who slowly walked away from the scene, entered the meeting room ten minutes later. It was obvious that he was angry. Three men and one woman were sitting opposite each other at the sixteen-person meeting table. When they saw Dean Noyan, they immediately stood up and waited until Dean Noyan came to the reserved seat and sat down.

Dean Noyan leaned forward slightly from where he was sitting and put his arms on the table. He started tapping the table with his right index finger. His gaze kept wandering over the other four people. The clicking sound in the room increased the tension even more. Each click unleashed an invisible power. The four people didn't even dare to make a sound. After a while, it was Dean Noyan who broke the silence.

Which one of you? Which of you is responsible for this? I'm waiting for your explanation.

The four people looked at each other, and then Chief Baran stood up and bowed towards Dean Noyan.

We are sorry, Supreme Master, this is our mistake and if you allow it, it is our choice. If you hadn't already made a decision, this child wouldn't have come here. Well, if you have made such a decision, you are ready for the consequences, right? Know that if something happens, I won't let you get out of this unscathed.

When the room fell silent, Dean Noyan stood up and headed towards the door. Just as he was about to leave the door, he turned back and looked again at his subordinates, whose heads were bowed.

Make the necessary arrangements. We will meet again when the child wakes up.

Dean Noyan was thinking as he slowly walked towards his room with his hands behind his back (it's good that they are determined on this issue)

At 00.23 at night, there was a mild earthquake with a magnitude of 1.4, with the epicenter in the yellow plains. Some rocks came out of their places and rolled down. There was a small landslide on the steep slope. One particular rock crevice on the mountain was closed due to landslides and falling rocks.