I am Nilo.
When I was a child, my mother died in a road accident. My father is a detective, living abroad, comes home only once a year…
NILO COSRI
I can't find any happiness in my life. There's no light anywhere…
(Frustrated)
No one wants to talk to me. Why would they? If there's even a little light in my life, that light comes from this girl. She became my friend.
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She's not like anyone else. But today… she feels different.
Wait…
Wrong person?
"That's what I thought… why does she feel so dangerous?
Oh… that one… she…"
Whenever I see her, my heart beats faster…
Oh…
(Heartbeat)
Hifa: "Hey, Nilo, will you walk home with me?"
Come home… with me.
Nilo: "Why me? Don't you have any other friends?"
Hifa: "Same drama every day. We always go together. Come on…"
Nilo:I shouldn't think like this.
But… she's beautiful…
Hifa: "Look, look… isn't that cat cute?"
What's happening?
Nilo:Huh!! What happened?
(Hifa is stabbed by someone with a knife.)
Hifa: "My eyes… why is everything going dark… what's happening to me?"
Hifa:"Hah… hah… Am I… dying?"
Khh…
Killer: "Wrong person…"
No problem… nothing will happen…
Hifa: "Nilo, where are you? Nilo… everything looks so dark… Nilo, am I dying?"
Nilo: "Hifa, don't say that… no… stay quiet… nothing will happen to you. I'm taking you to a doctor right now. Get on my shoulder, lie down… to the doctor. You'll be fine…"
Nilo: "Hifa, talk to me… say something… why is your body getting so cold?"
Nilo: "Hifa… Hifa… say something…"
Nilo: "We're at the hospital… everything will be okay now. Nothing will happen to you…"
Nilo: "Doctor, where are you? Please check her!"
Nurse: "Do you have money? Pay first, then we'll do everything…"
Nilo: "Please, just save her!"
Nurse: "The doctor isn't here… I'll arrange for one…"
…*
Nilo: "I'll pay… or call her parents… just do something to save her…"
Half an hour passed…
Nilo: "They called Hifa's parents… they came, arranged the money. After the payment, the doctor started checking Hifa… but by then, it was too late. Hifa couldn't be saved…"
Nilo: "After she left, I felt like all the light in my life was gone… nobody blamed me, but I blamed myself… why couldn't I save her? Why didn't my hands move? Was I afraid? Afraid of losing my own life?"
Nilo: "I could've lost this lightless life if I could've saved Hifa…"
AAAAAAA…
Nilo: "Why did this happen? Why Hifa? What was her fault?"
Nilo:"Today the weather is terrible…"
Nilo: "When I left the hospital, I started walking… it was raining heavily, thunderstorms everywhere… then suddenly, I don't remember what happened… people later told me lightning struck right next to me…"
Nilo: "The lightning almost hit me directly… I survived, but most of my body burned… my entire face burned off… no skin left… how am I even alive? No one knows… now my face is covered with bandages… the doctor said they'll release me after 5–6 days…"
5–6 days later…
Nilo: "Something strange happened… all my burns healed… my body became like before… everyone was shocked…"
Nilo: "Was I shocked? Yes… very."
Nilo:"Anyway, I went home… what now?"
Nilo: "I don't know… I don't have the strength to start over…"
Nilo: "It's night… no food at home… I'll go to the store…"
Nilo: "Not many people outside… just a few… that guy—what's he trying to snatch from that girl?"
Nilo: "Without thinking, I rushed to save her…"
Nilo: "Why is this happening? Suddenly, I felt a strange power in my body…"
Unknown Girl:"Let go of me!"
Robber:"Give me the bag or I'll kill you!"
Nilo: "I saved her… but what was that? What happened to me? I felt like I suddenly became super strong…"
Nilo:"How did I get this power?"
Nilo:"Who's speaking? Who are you?"
???: "Hey, it's me…"
Nilo: "A strange creature started talking…"
???:"You don't know me… that strange power of yours, I gave it to you…"
Nilo:"You gave me this power? Who are you?"
???:"I'm from Planet Je Budia… you call us Aliens… but on our planet, we're called Chiricks… we usually don't leave our planet…"
Nilo:"Then why are you here?"
???:"I… can't tell you that…"
Nilo:"Why did you give me this power? What should I do with it? If I had this power before, I could've saved Hifa… what should I do now? If only… if only I had this power then…"
???:"You can use this power to kill those who made that girl suffer…"
Nilo: "Really… I couldn't save her then… but now, those who caused this… I'll make them suffer horribly…"
Nilo:"So, what's your name?"
???:"I have no name."
Nilo: "How's that possible? Fine, I'll name you… hmm… Betari. How's that?"
???:"I like it."
From that day, Betari stayed with me. Together, we started planning…
One night…
We were going toward the shopping mall… and I saw him—the one who stabbed Hifa.
"That's the guy!"
I started planning his death. Someone who hurt Hifa doesn't deserve to live…
He entered a dark alley, following another girl… probably to kill her too.
Good for me. If the police or detectives got involved, that would complicate things.
So I did what I thought. When he attacked the girl, I used my power to pull him into a dark spot…
Nilo:"You hurt Hifa? You'll die. If you tell me who ordered you, maybe I'll let you live. Speak!"
Killer:"I was told to kill a girl… but I killed the wrong one by mistake…"
Nilo:"You think I'll accept that excuse?"
Killer:"I swear, it was a mistake…"
Nilo:"Who told you?"
Killer:"I don't remember clearly… but he called me to Night Paradise… told me to kill her… he was bald, had three fingers on one hand, one eye damaged…"
Nilo:"Seems like you don't know much… Betari, we'll find this bald man. And you…"
Killer:"Please, let me go… my parents are waiting for me…"
Nilo:"So what? You'll die. Absolute Zero Lightning Strike… Absolute Zero."
Betari:"What's that name?"
Nilo:"That's the name of my power. When I got this, my chance of survival was zero. So I named it Absolute Zero."
We kept hunting for that bald man. One day, we finally saw him at Night Paradise… with a little girl.
What's she doing with him?
He's in a private room with her… doing things I can't even describe.
He finished and left. We followed him. He took the girl into a dark alley and stopped.
Boss:"Why are you following me?"
Nilo:"To kill you. You told him to kill Hifa."
Boss:"Hifa? Who's that? I've had many girls killed… I don't know their names…"
Nilo:"Enough. I gave you a chance. Now die."
Boss:"You think you can kill me? How?"
Nilo:"Like this… the way I killed your man. Even worse."
Boss:"No one can hurt me while this girl is here. You can't."
Nilo:"Really? No matter what, you'll die today…"
Boss:"Anna, take care of him."
The girl attacked me. She was unbelievably strong. I tried to fight but… everything went dark.
My hands and legs felt broken. The girl came closer to finish me…
Is this death?
Hifa must have felt this way too…
"Hifa, I'm coming…"
Betari:"Nilo… get up…"
Nilo:"What are you doing?"
Betari:"Cutting my hand. My blood has a special power. If you mix with it, you'll heal and gain strength. But your survival chance is only 0.15%. I didn't want to use this… but now I have no choice. Ready?"
Nilo:"What's happening!!"
Betari:"Absolute Zero Phase 2…"
Then… everything changed. I crushed the girl in seconds. Then I killed the Boss. He begged… told me everything—how he kidnapped girls, experimented on them, sold them…
He said: "This is how the world works. You can't change it."
Nilo:"If this is the world, I'll destroy it. I'll start with you."
And I did.
From then, I started killing. First only criminals… then anyone in my way… even my father when he found out…
People kept dying. Half of humanity was gone. Sometimes Betari and I traveled… today we were on a mountaintop.
The world wasn't beautiful. But with Betari, it felt… a little better.
Nilo: "Bye…"
Betari:"If you live, you'll become a problem for us… one day you'll turn against us…"
He… He… He… Hah…
Nilo:"What's happening? Betariiii…"
Betari:"Thanks for your help, Nilo…"
Some years ago…
009: "Planet Je Budia is dying… within years, it'll be uninhabitable. We need a new planet… and that's Earth. We should talk to them and ask to live there…"
Code 007:"Or… we just take it."
009: "Impossible. With our current power, we can only kill half of humanity."
007:"Don't worry. I'll make it possible. Give me time… send me to Earth… and give me the power-enhancing serum…"
Now on Earth…
Nilo:(slowly breathing)
THE END?