"I'll be off, take care grams."
"I told you to call me Rachel! *sigh* come back later alright?! and don't accept advice from strangers!"
The exasperated grandma could only look as the handsome boy made his way through the shiny hallway, a little bit exasperated.
The boy resulted to be sweeter than she could ever hope, but the lack of knowledge also suggested one thing, naivety.
'How come that boy is still doing well with such a massive lack of knowledge?!' She took the plates that he used and prepared to clean them.
More than being curious about his background, she felt worried.
In this dog-eat-dog world, anyone that doesn't have basic information such as who the group V2 is.. is bound to be eventually eaten amidst the barrage of wickedness in the streets.
That's why she told him to come again, perhaps that would be her way of self-reassurance.
*Sigh*
"Why couldn't Sarah get a boy like him? instead, she got that drug-addict..." She had been sighing a lot recently, but how could she judge her granddaughter? she had been in that position once as well.
And rather than choose the good boy, she choose the bad boy... look where it got her.
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While walking through the shiny dirty streets of London, Morpheus wondered about the information that he was told from Rachel.
'The cute grandma that cooks delicious food' that's how he labelled her as he's personally bad at remembering names, it seems to be genetic.
Rachel is a cute old lady in her late sixties and within her soul, he could feel that beneath that smile there was a lot of sadness and grievance, especially when it came to her 'granddaughter'.
But that's not something he would involve himself with, right now, he's behind something else.
She said something about a 'chip' a device that's implanted in everyone's mind and that has some kind of inner logic to it... it works with 'electricity' or lightning and its function is to give everyone access to the 'global network' moreover it is a fundamental part of the body that helps control the 'cyborg enhancements' that a person has in their bodies.
It was quite exotic and paradoxical for a grandma to teach a youngster about technology, but he truly didn't have a friggin' idea of how everything here worked.
He's a genius in the natural process of the elements and forces that control the universe, but he couldn't believe humans in this world reached such an intricate and excellent manner of using the elements such as lightning and metal.
'Zero and One, huh... interesting.'
To think such a deep secret concealed beneath those two simple numbers, well, it does in nature too.
'Creation and Void'
...
*BOOOOOOOMMM!!!-----
*PAPAPAPA!!!*
"AAAHHH!!"
His thoughts were interrupted by a sudden explosion that resonated a little far away down the road, the people immediately became a swarm of chaotic beasts as they looked for cover.
He smiled and rather than going away, curiosity took over his body as he cast a 1st Tier spell.
<Darkness Mantle>
A shower of darkness covered his body transforming him into a 'black' human, literally staring at him wasn't different from staring at the nothingness.
No one seemed to pay attention as they looked for shelter but some cameras still recorded the occurrences.
His six wings appeared, not looking imbued with the elements rather, they were as black as him.
He leisurely flew through the streets, not calling a lot of attention as from beneath, he camouflaged splendidly with the black night sky, the same couldn't be said from the buildings where they could see a black shadow moving through as if it was a ghost.
!!!!
'W-What is that?!'
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He arrived at the place of the commotion, it seemed to be some kind of building but since they are all characterised for being shiny, luxurious and futuristic, he doesn't know what this is.
'Royal Bank of England'.
...
"Start hacking the devices, we don't have much time!"
The crooks that were now covered in full-bodied armours seemed to have blasted the main entrance and shot their way through until arriving at the main server hub.
They took like appeared to be some kind of 'tank' or at least that's how it looked to him.
As if not minding the black shadow that stared at them from above, they continued to do their own thing as he just witnessed everything... so long as they didn't injure anyone, he didn't plan on stopping them, in fact, he's curious about what they're doing.
Apparently, this is some sort of monetary establishment, but where is the money?
"We have the charges to take down the first vault, they only have 20% of the entire load in cash, the rest is secured in the network, they have three firewalls."
...
"Use the logic bomb and take them down, just enough to hack it." The one that seemed to be like the leader, gave orders as several shots were given to the air in order to further scare off the people that worked in there, he also noticed that several of the 'non-human' figures seemed to not do anything and only seemed to have frozen in place.
'What the hell are they talking about?' He didn't understand what this 'logic bomb' is but he was quite curious to see how everything here would disinvolve.
*PAPAPA!*
"KEEP YER BUMBACLOT HEADS DOWN OR I'M GONNA BLAST YA HEADS!" One of the dudes shot several rounds to the air, and he didn't notice that one of his rounds hit the Magic God right at his chest.
*PIUM*
It was simple, but Morpheus felt the sting.
'Oh... that is... some kind of gun? the projectile is quite small' he noticed that the bullet managed to go through his shadow mantle, then through his clothes, and then it caused a slight sting against his hand.
'It seems I really got weaker... not only my divinity but also, because of this world's sickness.'
As the whole thing took place, one of the men present seemed to grow a little desperate and stood up, intending to run!
"I TOLD YA TO KEEP YER HED DOWN!"
*PAPAPAPA!!*
<Elemental Output: Wind>
The man kept running, unaware that his life just got saved.
Meanwhile, the man that just shot the gun looked at it with bewilderment, he's totally sure that he hit those bullets.
*BOOOMMM!!*
*BOOOMMM!!*
Two bombs exploded the door to the first vault where all the cash was, meanwhile, two of the other crooks connected the 'tank' to the main server through wires.
*UMMMMM!!*
A weird sound resonated through as even the lights of the whole establishment flickered a little.
As this whole ordeal took place, someone from the crowd finally seemed to have noticed that black shadow floating above them inside the establishment.
Most people have bionic eyes that allow them to detect the presence of others in their field of vision, even if it's night, but when he moved his head back and forth, he saw that he wasn't getting any reading from that shadow floating there.
"C-Can you see that, Margaret?"
The man who had been kneeling with his hands above his head, elbowed a woman beside him lightly, pointing at the ceiling.
She saw the shadow and narrowed her eyes, she also can see the shadow but can not detect it.
"Do you think it's a chip malfunction?"
"N-No... t-that..."
"YA DON'T LIKE TO HEAR INNIT!? KEEP YER HEADS DOWN BLOODCLOT!"
*PAPA!!*
The two people immediately clutched their heads, knowing that they'd die, but nothing happen... once again the man seemed to have 'missed' the shots.
!!!
"This damn gun ain't working properly... I'll do it with my hands!" The man seemed to have grown irritated and even threw the gun away, not realising that the bullets were stopped midair and then crushed with air pressure.
When Morpheus saw that he was about to take action, he just waved his hand, controlling the air.
*THUD!*
The head rolled down, leaving an spectacle of blood behind.
His eyes indicated that he didn't even know that he was going to die.
!!!!
"KYAAAA!!!"
The girl immediately yelled and prepared to run away as some of the crooks that were free pointed their guns at them.
*THUD!*
*THUD!*
But their heads rolled down too.
"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!? SHOW YOURSELF DAMMIT!"
*PAPAPAPA!!!*
The leader of the crooks started to shoot his guns randomly, imaging that someone was using some kind of invisibility filter, he didn't seem to pay attention to the shadow floating midair, it's because darkness will always be less noteworthy.
Every bullet that was about to injure someone was stopped while the people ran madly.
By now everybody ran away and only he and two more crooks remained, he was still scared as he didn't know who killed his companions and the bastard for some reason is not killing him too...
'Personal grudge'?
That's what he thought.
"I'm finished boss!! I've got a million!" One of the men came out with three bags filled with cash money.
"I'm finished too, as expected everything was within the server, I have ten million too, but the public alarm is going to be triggered!"
!!!!
Now he's truly bewildered.
'Huh? Just like that?! Where are those ten million?! and where are the 'authorities'... how come these crooks are blatantly stealing and no one is coming...?'
No one would answer his questions.
The Magic God sighed... in the end, he hadn't learned what he hoped to learn, what he wanted was to 'see' how these chips and the technology within them interacted, but other than just plugging those 'cables' nothing else was done.
He could feel the electric currents, but the switches between 0 and 1 were simply too fast for him to try and 'read' what took place in there moreover, it wasn't always like that, most of those machines didn't work with 0 and 1.
Most of them worked with something even more interesting called 'Quantum Bit' or Qubit.
Quite complicated.
...
Waving his hand he decapitated the three crooks whose bodies fell like trash but rather than immediately departing, he hummed within his mind about something.
The head of the man that took the 'ten million' floated towards his hands in all its bloody splendour, he was using some kind of helmet that covered the entire head.
With the head within his grasp, he used another spell.
<Elemental Output: Stone>
A wave of energy spread through the head as he analysed it.
Then he hovered his hand above the head and opened his fingers as if to catch something.
*PLACK!!*
And then, like a small pop, it came out, the bloody chip moved through the person's brain, phasing through the metal helmet and arriving in his hand.
A piece of complex metal that shone with green brilliance.
'So this is the infamous 'chip'... I have to study this thing.'
Taking the bag of money and everyone's chips he flew away as the cameras focused on that blurry shadow.
The authorities personated themselves to the commotion, two hours later...There they checked the registries and noticed that the robbers were from the 'Red Blood' Gang... however, they were bewildered to find that all of them were dead in the scene...'What the hell happened here...'One of the officers, Chief Richarson of the Barnet district walked through the crime scene with an expression more than a little confused.He gave those crooks the green light to steal this bank, what he never expected was to find the dead corpses in the scene with the money missing.They're supposed to give him 60% of the entire loot, who the hell is he going to take the money from now?!'Those bastards didn't even pay for the logic bomb goddammit, now I have to confiscate it and use it as proof in the case.' He grits his teeth and awaited the moment he'd get the report from th
"Do you have anywhere to sleep, Morpheous? Where have you been sleeping all this time?" With the god eating the last of his dish, she prepared to take the stall back to her house."Hmn, you don't need to worry, Rachel, I'll sleep on top of some building or anything." In truth he wouldn't even sleep, he could if he wanted, but he didn't need to."How can that be acceptable!? Come to my house, I have a room available!" If he had all that money surely he can go and pay for a hotel room... but... if he does that she won't be able to watch out for him..."But..." If she's so insistent, he won't be able to reject... his next objective is just to try and analyse those chips."No buts! you're coming with me, come on, I can't allow you to sleep in the streets... don't worry, only I and my granddaughter live in the house, come come, help me take the stall... I won't accept a no for an answer!" She took the sta
Rachel woke up the next day after having slept soundly, within her mind were not the thoughts of what happened yesterday, just that it had been a long time since she slept this nicely.Her chipset re-started and she opened her interface to look at the amount of digital cash she had, together with what she had in cash, would be enough to cover the expenses thanks to Morpheus.She didn't forget to give a single prayer of thanks before tidying up and departing her room.****What she found at the other side of her room, wasn't so surprising.For one she saw Sarah sitting on the couch with her legs crossed and two swollen cheeks, the thing is... they looked recent.And humming in the kitchen with an apron was Morpheus, cooking something, and what he's cooking smells incredibly nice."Good Morning, Rachel... excuse my modesty for using
After that, he helped her take her stall to the main road."Why don't you stay with me today? I'll work just half of the day today as I have some things to do outside, then you can come with me and see the place, I will guide you!" She requested him as they prepared her stall, she really likes his company moreover... those guys... they should be coming today to take the 'fee' nothing has happened so far, but she'd rather have him close.The Magic God considered her words, he truly has nothing else to do aside from just studying that chip, apparently, everything in this world can be accessed through the 'internet' but in order to access the internet, one must have a chip and therefore, he can't extract information out of there unless it's relayed by someone else.He refused to get his body dirty with any of those things."Okay, I'll accompany you, how about this? we can cook together..." He decided to
The moment Rachel moved inside her room, it was immediate, both Sarah and the man lunged together at Morpheus, but it was just as hopeless.For a while, he just blocked her fist and his knife, the two of them weren't able to push him back at all.*CLAANG!*His palm clashed against the knife and much to the surprise of the two of them, it was the heat knife that was deteriorating!*BOOOOOOOMMMMMMM!!!!------That surprise caused a flaw that was more than enough for Morpheus to take advantage of... not that he needed to.He kicked the man's chest precisely when he was aligned between the open door and him, sending him flying straight out of the house and crashing on the streets."Ashton!!" Sarah yelled to her boyfriend only to notice how a palm was straight in front of her face.*SLAAAPP!!!*This sla
Sarah hadn't expected that the dish he was going to prepare was cereal with milk, it's already 2:00 pm, she's not even supposed to be eating according to his standards.When he served that to her, she deadpanned but continued to eat, her cheeks still swollen and her stomach hurting from the earlier kick."...""..."For some time only the noise of her plate was revered as she had her gaze locked at him, his handsome and strong self.This attraction that she's feeling, she would deny it with her entire self... after living so long in the streets it's more than normal that a female would be attracted to strong men, but she firmly refused to get attracted to a man that just beat the shit out of her.Moreover, she has a boyfriend... or had a boyfriend, if he's still alive."Why are you so strong? Where do your enhancements come from?" She sud
The delightful picture of a female could be seen swiftly typing on a keyboard inside a dark room filled with red lights, her hair is as red and shiny as those lights.Dozens of images moved through her head and her vision simultaneously as she studied them.'The Blackout, the bank... could it have been the same person?'That's her hypothesis, but... why does she care?Because she has to get her hands in that camouflaging technology and that EMP... only with those will she finally step up her game and reach V2.'So it's you...'The image was very fuzzy and she could barely recognise it, it's from a camera in barnet, there... before the robbery of the bank where that shadow appeared, this man was also there several blocks away.While everyone ran he was calm and then... he turned into that darkness... no doubt he must be some kind of androi
After flying for not so long while following the instructions of the hostage insect, Morpheus reached a place that resembled a wasteland far away from barnet, in fact, it was already out of London.'It's here...' The insect said and struggled to move away from the grasp of his element output.He looked to the front and furrowed his brows, if he hadn't been using the <Elemental Output: Stone> he might not have been able to detect it.*RUMBLE*In front of him, a metallic object that had been previously invisible finally appeared within his gaze.It was a vehicle, one that belonged to a particular kind of group.The police.The Vehicle ceased floating and moved towards the ground, intending to land as he followed.It was after landing that the door finally opened giving way for a beautiful silver-haired lady
"You're back! how was your day~?" Rachel smiled warmly and opened the door for them, there was a delightful smell in the house, obviously, she had fun cooking."Granny!""Dear, you look happy..." Both grandmother and granddaughter hugged one another while Morpheus and Hana stood on the side, regarding the warm reunion. They knew that Rachel has seen the new restaurant and wanted to know what she thinks about it."I am... my day was wonderful, what about yours? how was your day." The one tasked to question that was Sarah, she smiled and awaited her grandmother's response."It was... amazing! There is so much I want to say... come and sit, Null and I prepared your dishes." She beaconed for the entire group to enter the kitchen and sit.Morpheus nodded and came in together with the girls, heading straight for the kitchen where Null was with an apron, cooking... said android turned around, a little surprised when he took her by the waist."Null..." He pressed her against his body, and t
The bells resonated across the campus, signifying the end of yet another day of studies, Hana walked peacefully, her friend had already departed on her own; leaving her to wander the halls of the campus by herself, moving to the front where a self-driving vehicle awaited with dark windshields.A majestic Bentley."Did your girl also say that she'd go with Bryce?" Hana entered the Bentley parked at the campus entrance, Sarah was inside having arrived earlier."She did... but Bryce said he's busy" The two of them gave each other a small kiss on the cheeks and Hana slumped on the passenger seat releasing a sigh."When are we going to tell them?" Sarah asked with crossed arms, it's obvious that bastard Bryce is playing around with their friends."I don't know... do we have the right to tell them? we're doing the same." Hana placed her bag on her delicate tights, the two of them had played it nice this time, a competition of sorts.Prior, Sarah had taken the passenger seat while Hana sat i
After telling Sarah that he'd head there to pick them up, Morpheus hung up the call on his phone, quite the useful artefact he believed it to be.On the other side of the city was Sarah, sitting on the rooftop with a heavy blush.Now the connection is cut down for real, signalling the unimpeded eruption."KYAAAA!!" Like a stupid little girl, Sarah swayed back and forth, unable to contain her happiness.'I have the best boyfriend ever!'But then she slumped slightly, 'But I have to share him...'Sighing she remained on the rooftop for a while before preparing to make her way back, but when she opened the door to go downstairs, she found a gruesome vision."Sarah."A voice said softly, a tall boy appeared in front of her, marred with tattoos and a hooligan appearance."...?"She heard a voice just as she was preparing to make her way back to the classroom, a man crept from the stairs, impeding her way forward.The girl regarded a boy... too known to her that it even produced disgust, so
"H-How did you get yourself that car!?" The voice of a frantic girl resonated in the classroom as Sarah made an annoyed expression, still feeling pride inwardly.Sarah sat on her desk with a redhead screaming all over, annoying the entire class until the teaching bot came back to the classroom."Secret." She answered, not paying attention but giggling still, one could tell she was happy."You have a boyfriend!? what about Ashton!?""Secret, and he's not the 'new' boyfriend... he's the love of my life also... fuck Ashton."She answered again, giggling stupidly unaware that she just said the 'secret', not paying attention to the growling fool to the other side of the room."A-And you came out with the school belle as well!?" The girl said, referring to Hana, they were seen coming out of the Bentley together."Secret, definitely a secret!" Telling her friends that she's sharing her boyfriend is a no-no.The class went on normally, they entered the VRworld where she noticed a lot more new
"Oh my dear, t-this place is..." Rachel gasped, looking around after Null took her hands out of her eyes, brightening up the previous darkness that isolated her eyes from seeing the 'marvellous surprise'. It was a shop for sale, one where her store is going to be next, no longer having to move that stall all over, now she can come here early in the morning, and everything will be prepared for her. "This is for you Rachel, actually... we're going to refurbish the house as well." Null smiled, feeling slightly content at the granny's reaction to everything around, the shop was clean, with glass screens and modern flooring, completely different to her humble stall, it was elegant, and obviously, this wouldn't be its last state. Rachel was simply delighted that she had such a shop, a ten-metre square front shop of the same size in the back a kitchen with all the equipment. 'Oh my...' tears were about to come out of her bionic pupils. "B-But that..." "Don't worry Rachel, everything wil
"You seem to be a little surprised, <Sigularity>" Marianne held her fluttering hair, the gales of wind didn't give her a rest; beneath them were the clouds, and the concealed reactor together with an endless expanse of fields and underground facilities, what used to be myriad green colours had turned into a mechanical mess that consumed this planet."..." Morpheus regarded her in her battle pose, wondering what she intends... he has already expected several motherships to be rounding him as they speak, but that doesn't seem to be the case; before he was limited due to his lack of mana, but now... if they wanted to take him down they needed at least a quarter of this planet's weaponry, let alone just her body."Is it because I managed to discover you?" Regarding his awkward silence, Marianne started to float around, analysing his entire profile up and down again and again as if learning his every contour."How did y
Morpheus had camouflaged himself and gone on his way with a phone in his hand, he flew across the skies of England, following V2's signals."I only have the location of another two reactors, one of them within the UK, another one outside... the ones outside are going to be even more difficult to find, but they shine for their absence; overly exaggerated security methods often serve to pinpoint either a reactor, a military base or a secret corporation..." V2 explained along the way, intending to unravel his intentions but also, render support to his fruitful endeavour."I just want to know where they are, when the time comes... no further time shall be wasted." Right now there are too many things in his mind that he believed wouldn't enter his line of thought for a long time; romance... such a void feeling, yet those girls had carved their way in.'I can't allow such things to distract me.'"You said
A short journey afterwards, the Bently arrived in front of the pair's high school in central London; a radian academy brimming with school life; couples and of course, neons.Morpheus visually flinched at the sight of that many lights, turns out Sarah's jaws had been some kind of trending as there were several girls and boys using them; thankfully, his Sarah had already moved through that phase.Several of the students marvelled at the sudden entrance of a pricy vehicle, but the two of them didn't exit straight away or head into class looking for their friends.It's Morpheus' first time seeing the campus, so they decided to stay a little longer; moreover, for once they're not late or anything of the sort, so it's not an issue."We're here." Sarah sighed, another day another class... with the fantastic amount of events though her life at the moment, she felt the least motivated to start going to 'clas
Commander Krashev is an individual not to be trifled with, standing atop a gigantic iron carcass, he casually brushed his hair as the torrents of water crashed against his soaking body and clothes.*SPLASH!!*"We're here commander! there is no presence of the recusants whatsoever!" He heard from his communicator as the maritime vehicle resurfaced from the deepest abyss.His gaze roamed the land in front, the territory of treasures, the United Kingdom."It seems the Wisdom King has been truly disabled, what a surprise, to think there is someone capable of taking it down, we must tread carefully."He gave his orders to the crew as the modern submarine floated in the lands of the destroyed city of Brighton, the underwater facility completely obliterated, the city... decimated, a new lake formed as the prologue of unimpeded destruction."What the fuck happe