"Alright… START." said the man.
After the box opened, Gens's father approached him to speak.
"Before I truly begin, I'll give you a chance to say your final words to your child..." ordered the man to Gens's father.
He then shoved Gens's father toward Gens with great force, causing him to fall right in front of his son. Gens's father turned his head upward to face him and muttered,
"Gens...? Why are you here...? Please... survive... and fulfill your d-dream..."
He lay still, no longer breathing.
At that moment, Gens stared blankly, overwhelmed by a storm of emotions—rage, sadness, hatred, and a murderous intent. He immediately rushed toward the man, attacking him using his martial arts skills. But...
"Hoo? NOW!" commanded the man.
Suddenly, Gens's father, who was lying down, attacked him. Of course, it was no longer really his father—he was just a half-human puppet controlled by the man's AI machine, a mindless slave.
Tears streamed down Gens's face—tears of despair and vengeance.
"Haah... why...? Dad...? No... that man... he's truly..."
SFX: CRACKKK
The sharp sound of a piercing object punctured Gens Sheiyan's chest.
He was brutally attacked without mercy by the AI-controlled body of his father.
"Unfair... This is so unfair... If I had known it would end like this... then what was the point of living all this time... training every day... DAMN IT, BASTARD, SON OF A— ohoook…"
Gens's will shattered in that moment. With his body battered and broken, he could do nothing but remain still—like a painting of pain.
The man approached Gens, mocking him with arrogant words:
"Weak... Even if you trained, you're still just a weakling! Let me tell you—martial arts and strength mean nothing in this world now! The only things that matter are... INTELLIGENCE, MADNESS, DETERMINATION, and pressure too, to some extent. Why are you dying so stupidly, killed by AI? Because... you're an idiot. A fool who focused on strength without having the intelligence I possess! In the end, your whole family died foolishly because of their own stupidity..."
Gens, barely clinging to consciousness, realized something strange. The man had said "your family" instead of just "your father."
"My family...? What do you mean...? The only ones dead are me and my father... My mom... maybe she's still—"
His question was cut off.
"YOUR MOTHER!... YES! YOUR MOTHER DIED BECAUSE SHE WAS ELECTROCUTED BY AN AI STUN DEVICE! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
The man laughed maniacally.
Gens could only fall silent. Hopeless, broken, filled with hatred he couldn't fight back against. Death seemed like the only option left.
"That's why... if you're just some dumb kid who knows nothing... don't act like you have some grand life goal. You wanna know how I know all of this? Of course I do! That's your other stupidity—you think we only build robots, AI, bugs, CCTV, etc., with physical forms? Of course we're not that stupid, you trash!"
The man hurled insult after insult at Gens Sheiyan.
"Ah... I see... It was my fault... I'm the one who carried the hatred... haha... I-I'm sorry, Dad... If only I didn't..."
Gens muttered his final words as his body lay motionless.
The man exhaled calmly, as if he had just killed a pest in a garden he tended. He carried the upper half of Gens's father's body—now separated from its AI parts—into his lab and began plotting something.
"I once had high hopes for that boy... turns out he's even more trash than his father... Tch, what a waste of time making serum from weak humans when there are far stronger ones."
He placed Gens's father's body into a mysterious device used to create serums.
The machine began processing the body. Normally, it would take only a short time, but this time, the process was unusually long. This gave the man hope—perhaps this would produce the best-quality serum yet.
"Wow wow... I can't remember the last time this machine took this long to process material. What's going to happen? Will something wonderful come to me? Hehehe!?"
he said, brimming with anticipation.
Finally, the process completed. And sure enough, the result made the man grin from ear to ear.
"This... What serum code is this...? HAHAHAHAHA! As expected! This is... NeuroSyn D-∈ (Deus Omega Serum)! But it's a new type... I don't even know the effects yet. Alright... AIdec, come here!"
The man called out excitedly, having discovered a mysterious new serum.
AIdec then arrived, opening a compartment designed to analyze the serum's effects and stats. The man inserted the serum into the chamber, and AIdec immediately began processing the data.
AIdec is an AI that functions to analyze the strength and effects of any serum in the facility. The resulting data is displayed in detail on a transparent screen visible to the genius who owns the lab.
Meanwhile, as Gens lay there numb, broken, and guilt-ridden...
A young woman approached him, speaking softly. Where she came from—no one knew. Perhaps this was mere luck for Gens... but can someone who's lost all will to live, even the will to survive, truly rise again?
Isn't that something you'd only ever see in a fictional story?
To be continued...
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