Some time earlier (when Gens was training with Touzen).
"Hey, Gens! Are you serious about making a gun by sacrificing the robot given by the person you mentioned?" Touzen asked with an unsure expression.
"Yes,of course! Is there something wrong with that?" Gens asked Touzen.
"No,not that. Wouldn't... if you make an item prohibited by the Geniuses, it will only shorten your life?" Touzen asked, aiming to remind Gens.
"Yes,that's true. But now it seems the Geniuses already know about me and the group I formed," Gens said calmly.
"Then why are you doing it?"Touzen asked.
"Look,it's possible that if I use this gun on them, I'll be immediately surrounded and captured by them. But..." Gens said.
"But what?"Touzen asked with worry for Gens.
"But they'll likely think,what's the point of me making this? Because... I won't be able to use it. When I use this gun, they'll hurry to capture and eliminate me from this world. So essentially... they think my current effort is futile," Gens explained.
"Huh?Are you..." Touzen said while thinking about something.
"Yes,you're right, Touzen. I'll use it at the right moment, at that time... when my and my friends' lives are threatened, then I'll use this gun to eliminate them," Gens explained.
"But what if they don't think that way?What if they attack us now?" Touzen asked.
"You don't need to worry.It seems our existence here is hidden by Yananaig. But the data that I'm making a gun must be detected," Gens said.
"Then...what if they attack you after your training period is over?" Touzen asked with worry.
"Look,Zen, even if I don't make a gun, when my presence is detected again, they will still attack and eliminate me. Therefore, it's better for me to break the rule than not break it but still get attacked," Gens gave a roundabout explanation.
"Why do you think like that?"Touzen asked.
"Because...if I were them... I'd do the same thing," Gens answered.
"Wow...you're smart, Gens!" Touzen said with a high tone.
"Too loud!You'd better continue your training to summon those elements. It's not funny at all if you can only use Lumora," Gens said and commanded.
"Ahahahaha,alright. Sorry for being too lazy to train things like that," Touzen said.
After remembering the moment with Touzen during training, Gens admired Touzen. It turned out all this time he was very skilled at summoning elements; he was just a bit lazy.
"Haha... damn Touzen, what is this? You can summon a meteor with just a few training sessions? You're really crazy. But how about you now? Hey, damn it! At least think about yourself! Don't just sacrifice yourself for someone's small goal. But you don't need to regret, Zen. I... I promise to fix everything! For the world! And you... you played a huge role in this story!" Gens said in silence and sadness overwhelming him.
After finding out the fact that Touzen could still use commands to summon an element, Gens assumed what caused him to be unable to do so. Gens thought that the AI in his country was controlled by someone, definitely a Genius. At that time, all Geniuses had been defeated by Gens, except Yananaig, whose whereabouts were unknown. Gens planned to try a bit to prove his guess was correct. Gens tried to search for illogical information on his AI. If the AI didn't respond or had an error, it meant there was still a Genius in his country, and likely it was Yananaig.
"Who is Yananaig?" Gens asked his AI.
"Enough... meet me now. I'll share my location with you,"the answer that appeared on Gens's AI.
"Huh?!Damn, it's true, huh?" Gens said with a bit of shock and fear.
Not long after, Gens's AI displayed a map showing the route to Yananaig's location.
"Alright,one more... just one more Genius I need! Wait for my arrival, Yananaig!" Gens said, filled with hateful enthusiasm.
Gens started his journey to meet Yananaig. But when about a quarter of the way left to Yananaig's place, Gens saw someone lying on the ground. Gens approached that person, but... after Gens approached, that person turned out to be... just someone who had perished.
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Gens stood frozen for several minutes. After that, he hugged the corpse tightly. Gens didn't care even though the corpse's blood dirtied his clothes. At that moment, while Gens forgot all his life goals, all he felt was extremely heavy pain and sadness as if the sky collapsed on his head. Gens couldn't do anything except hug it tightly. Tears that should have come out refused to, as if tears were bored of responding to the sadness that always invited conversation.
"F-fesly... Fe-fesly... arrgghhh, F-fesl-fesly... w-why? Why did it become like this? F-fesly..." Gens Sheyan lamented while hugging Fesly Okaza's corpse tightly.
Five days had passed...
"Damn Gens,how long must I wait for you? Can't you... read a map?" Yananaig complained.
"Ah...How long have I been hugging Fesly's corpse? It feels like... I don't want to go anywhere else except accompany her death here... but if I keep thinking like that... wouldn't all her sacrifices feel futile? Ah... damn, if only I were faster... Fesly, forgive this stupid me! I... I promise to kill Yananaig and get the time machine, then... when you live again, I... I will declare it to you!" Gens said while leaving, carrying Fesly Okaza's corpse to bury in a very safe place.
After Gens finished burying Fesly Okaza's corpse, Gens hurriedly continued his journey to meet Yananaig.
"Damn,bastard, son of a bitch, barking animal! YANANAIG!..." Gens shouted while running quickly.
"Huh...no... I'm just tired. I just feel guilty towards all of them. Not just feeling guilty... but, in fact, I am wrong... Therefore... look at me, all of you! Touzen, Thea, Syamseong, Barga, Fesly, and other friends! I promise to restore everything and change the world's fate a bit!" Gens said after arriving in front of the damaged giant robot. Gens then entered the room in the giant robot's area. But while Gens searched for Yananaig, he was approached by someone with a half-robot body.
"Hello, you... what business brings you here?" asked someone with a half-robot body, none other than Hiyon.
"Yananaig,I'm looking for Yananaig! And I... will kill him!" Gens said while firing his gun at the ground.
Sfx:bang bang bang.
"Ah...so it's you... the person named Gens Sheyan?" Hiyon said while pulling Gens's hand holding the gun to her own neck.
"Huh?What are you doing?" Gens asked with a confused expression.
"Gens,to fight thousands of Yananaig's AI robots, use this. This object is almost the same as your gun, very easy and light to use. But the difference is... this gun can destroy iron of great thickness, and its attack effect is also very wide. This gun can pierce through anything in this world, even thick iron!" Hiyon said while offering her hand, which was the gun itself.
"C-can pierce through anything?"Gens asked while remembering the hole in Fesly Okaza's chest.
"I-I'm sorry...I killed Master Fesly Okaza... therefore, as a replacement..." Hiyon said before pulling the trigger of Gens's gun.
Sfx:BANG, crrkss.
"Haha...hahahaha... what is that? Damn!?" Gens said with an empty gaze, no longer caring about things that made him think about sadness.
After that, Gens detached Hiyon's hand (Hiyon's gun) and took it to meet Yananaig. And indeed, after Gens arrived at Yananaig's location, Gens was greeted by thousands of robots that would attack him.
To be continued...
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