"N-no! Hey, you all! Wake up! I'm Kioni Bhrsa! A genius who created you! HEEYYY!"
shouted Kioni (the genius) at the robots attacking him—even though he was the one who built and developed them.
Gens said goodbye to the mad genius Kioni Bhrsa while walking away from the scene.
At that point, Gens was completely exhausted... he felt like sleeping for five straight days. However, the real problem was... how could he get out of that place?
"Ah... it's giving me a headache. I'm confused. When I was fighting Kioni Bhrsa, I felt like a super-genius... but now I'm back to being normal again! Huff... it all felt like a dream."
But then, for reasons unknown, Gens suddenly felt dizzy and passed out. When he woke up... he found himself back in front of his house.
After quite some time, at Xen High School 23, Fesly was still unconscious in the AITika room. In truth, the robot was her old friend before death. Not long after the Gens-Kioni conflict ended, Fesly regained consciousness. Confused about why she was still at school late at night, she looked around.
"AHH... ouch... why am I still at school this late? (glances at Hiyon's corpse), AH... right, AITika was my old friend—Hiyon! Eh? S-since when did I admit that? H-Hiyon? R-right... oh no... forgive me, Hiyon..., I forgot! Yes, I remember now... I am Tika Jeixka! Hiyon's closest friend. N-no, we both thought of each other as family... Because, back then, neither of us knew where or by whom we were born... but... after I reincarnated multiple times, those memories slowly faded... I-I'm sorry," Fesly said while sitting and apologizing in front of Hiyon's body.
Fesly requested the body-handling team to properly bury Hiyon. But afterward, she was confused about where to go. If she went home, her father would surely beat her... and might even turn her into a lab experiment.
"Ugh... should I go home? No... better stay at a friend's house... but... who? Who's nearby...? Hmm... Aha! YES—Gens! But... what if his parents get mad? Ah, I'll just try... w-wait, why does it feel like I've met Gens recently...? Ah... maybe it was a dream while I was unconscious?"
Fesly muttered while hurrying to Gens' house, since it was already very late.
She arrived at Gens' house and looked around.
"Why... is Gens' yard so messy?"
She shouted, "G-Genss... excuse me..."
Shortly after, Gens replied, "YES... just come in."
Fesly entered the house and froze upon seeing Gens. He looked exactly like someone she had seen recently.
"Sorry, Gens... I'd like to ask for permission—from you and your parents—to stay the night. It's because..."
Before she could finish, Gens responded,
"Go ahead... if you want to stay forever, I don't mi—"
"HEEEEH!? What did you say?! N-no, that's not what I meant... but what about your parents?" Fesly interrupted, startled.
Gens replied,
"The only owner of this house now... is me. Huh... as you know, my father's gone... turned into serum by that mad genius. I have no problem letting the person who brought me back to life stay here forever."
Fesly blushed at Gens' words. But then, memories started returning like puzzle pieces falling into place. Unaware of it, she stared intensely at Gens' face.
"Why are you looking at me like that? With such a creepy stare, Onna..." (Onna is a Japanese word meaning "woman").
Gens' question snapped Fesly out of her daze.
"A-AHhh... s-sorry. Ah... Gens, I remember now... sorry, I guess it's okay for me to go home after all, because—"
Her words were interrupted by a phone call. She picked up.
Gens asked,
"What is it, Fesly?"
She replied,
"Ah, nothing... I guess I'll stay at your place after all. If I go home... I'll just be lonely... at least stay with me here."
She added silently in her heart, "F-Father froze himself in the lab?! So... he's not..."
Gens began talking about their past,
"At first, after I woke up from fainting, I also forgot everything that had happened... but gradually, I began to remember! Bit by bit... I'm truly grateful to you, Fesly. If you hadn't come that day... my father... No—his serum would've been consumed by that mad genius! Thank you..."
Fesly replied,
"AH... yes, I feel like it was my duty. I was already sick and ashamed of my father's actions... huhh... you're right, Gens. I also started remembering things after taking care of the body of my old friend... the robot named AITika."
Gens was surprised,
"Huh? What do you mean by 'my father'? And... AITika was your old friend?"
Fesly answered,
"AH... that mad genius you called Kioni Bhrsa—he's my father! As for AITika... it's a long story—it would take a full episode to explain if this were a story."
"WHAAAAT? Seriously? Ah... this is insane... I think I'm losing my mind... I-I'm sorry, I—"
Fesly cut him off,
"N-no, Gens. Honestly... I also hoped my father would be killed by you. But... I just got word that my father, Kioni, was found in frozen stasis in a lab. Meaning... he wasn't killed by those robots. But if he's in stasis... it's practically the same as being dead. He told me himself that breaking out of it requires a special robot. So... haaaah... I'm tired... of this kind of world, Gens! Really, I'd rather live in those old folk tales from our country—where everything was done by humans alone, without robots or AI..."
Fesly said with a deeply troubled heart.
Gens responded,
"That's why... I've decided!"
Fesly asked, "Eh? Decided what?"
"I've made up my mind—my purpose in life now is... to find a way to rewind the course of time... and prevent the development of insane AI robots! No... I'll stop everything! Even down to its roots!"
To be continued…
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