In the year 2034, a ruined city is the setting. An older sister named Nayla, with red hair, and her younger brother named Kevin, with black hair, are running together. They are being chased by two soldiers wearing advanced firearms.
Soldier 1: "Stop right there, you two!"
The siblings keep running to save themselves. Suddenly, a Vorga monster appears, stopping the two armed soldiers. The siblings continue running into a narrow alley.
Nayla: "Look, there's a white cabinet over there. We should be able to hide inside it together. When we get close, Kevin, you go in first."
As Nayla is about to enter, a Vorga monster suddenly strikes her, sending her slamming against the wall. Nayla's necklace falls to the ground right in front of the white cabinet.
Inside the cabinet, Kevin can't see anything and can only hear the sounds outside.
Nayla: "Don't come out! Just stay hidden in there."
Just as the Vorga monster is about to strike Nayla again, the two soldiers from earlier kill the monster. They approach Nayla and grab her arm.
Soldier 2: "We finally found you. You're quite the heroic Nayla, protecting your beloved Kevin. They will be thrilled to get our new experiment. We'll definitely be promoted."
Soldier 1 takes out a syringe and injects Nayla's neck, making her pass out. Nayla is taken away by the two soldiers. Meanwhile, after everything is safe, Kevin comes out, looking around for Nayla.
Kevin: "Nayla, where are you?"
As he continues searching, he feels something on his shoe. When he lifts his foot, he sees Nayla's necklace. He opens it, revealing a picture of the two of them. Kevin begins to cry.
Suddenly, a dark, shadowy figure emerges from underground. The shadowy figure has a female form.
??? (Shadow): "Hello, sweetie. You look so sad. What's wrong?"
Kevin looks at the dark, shadowy woman.
Kevin: "Please, save my sister."
The shadow woman gives a slight smile.
??? (Shadow): "Hmm... I can't do that, but you can."
Kevin: "There's no way I can save my sister. I'm weak."
The shadow tries to tempt Kevin.
??? (Shadow): "Of course you can. Do you want power?"
Kevin sees a spark of hope in the dark shadow, and he immediately accepts without hesitation.
Kevin: "Yes, I do!"
??? (Shadow): "I'm quite surprised you're so aggressive. Alright, here is power for you."
The dark shadow produces a small black ball of shadow and gives it to Kevin. The moment Kevin accepts it with both hands, he feels immense pain, while the dark shadow laughs with delight at the sight.
??? (Shadow): "You seem to be enjoying this very much. Don't worry, I will take care of you."
The dark shadow embraces the screaming Kevin.
The scene shifts to Nayla, sitting in a chair, her hands and feet locked, wearing a helmet. She sees many professors in the glass-partitioned observation room. When a professor presses a button, Nayla screams.
Time passes, and it is now the year 2045.
It shows an adult Kevin in a destroyed, empty house, waking up in a panic as if he had just dreamt of falling from a building.
Kevin: "Why are my childhood memories repeating? I'm sure she's fine."
Kevin goes to shower. After finishing, he puts on clothes and tidies his hair in front of a cracked mirror.
Kevin: "Come on, we can survive this. Hopefully, there are some good things outside."
Suddenly, Kevin's stomach growls.
Kevin: "Oh, and food, too."
Kevin goes out, carrying a sword. As he walks through the city, he sees five soldiers fighting a Vorga monster. The five soldiers are busy fighting, while Kevin sneaks up behind them, kidnaps one of the men, and drags him a distance away, holding his sword to the soldier's throat.
Kevin: "I'm sorry, friend, but may I take your armor? It looks great, without a single scratch."
The soldier immediately and firmly refuses.
Soldier 1: "No way I'm giving you this armor! I can't survive out here without it."
Kevin, hearing this, feels disappointed.
Kevin: "Fine, I will take it by force, even if it costs you your life."
Soldier 1: "Wait, wait!"
The soldier finally gives up and hands the armor over to Kevin. Kevin's expression turns joyful.
Kevin: "Thank you, friend. See you around."
Kevin takes all the armor pieces in a sack, leaving the soldier alone, and walks toward the city of Valyria.
Kevin: "I'm going to make a lot of money this time. What should we eat there? I can't wait."
Upon arrival, Kevin takes out a mask from his pocket. In front of him is a large, high wall. Kevin takes out a grappling hook tool, easily climbs over the wall, and lands safely on the other side.
Kevin: "As usual, this city is so easy to get into."
Kevin enters a door behind a bar. When he opens the door, there are stairs. Kevin goes down and finally reaches the black market selling goods.
General Store Owner: "Welcome. What did you bring today, mysterious man?"
Kevin: "The usual. Some armor for you."
Kevin empties all the armor pieces from the sack.
General Store Owner: "That's fantastic, and it's still high quality, without a single scratch. You're practically a criminal, constantly selling armor."
The general store owner finally hands a bag of money to Kevin.
General Store Owner: "Here is your money. Come back tomorrow so we can make a lot more."
Kevin: "Of course, I will return to sell more armor like this."
Kevin takes his money and leaves the black market, heading to a bakery to buy a lot of bread. While walking on the street, eating bread, Kevin sees two soldiers extorting money from an elderly woman whose groceries have fallen to the ground.
Soldier 1: "Hey, grandma, we're just asking for a little money from you. If you give it to us, we won't bother you."
Soldier 2: "It looks like you deserve to die, old lady."
Kevin immediately approaches them, picks up the grandmother's fallen groceries, and returns them to her while helping her stand up.
Kevin: "Is there any part of your body that hurts?"
Grandmother: "Thank you for helping me, young man. You shouldn't have risked helping me here."
The two soldiers approach Kevin.
Soldier 1: "Hey, you're ruining our fun. Why are you wearing a mask? Is your face ugly?"
Soldier 2: "Wow, a hero! I'm so scared, haha!"
One of the soldiers immediately pulls out a pistol and shoots toward Kevin's face. Kevin manages to dodge, snatches the pistol from the soldier, and kicks him in the stomach. The other soldier also pulls out a pistol, pointing it at the grandmother.
Soldier 2: "I told you not to play hero in front of us."
Kevin quickly draws his sword, shatters the pistol the soldier is holding, and inflicts a large wound on the soldier.
Kevin: "You pawns are all talk."
Many people watching cheer. The grandmother Kevin helped approaches him and offers a bill.
Kevin: "What is this for?"
Grandmother: "This is my token of thanks for saving my life."
Kevin returns the money.
Kevin: "No need. Just use it for your daily needs, Grandma, even though I'm very tempted by the money."
Suddenly, someone quickly approaches Kevin, aiming for his mask. Kevin cannot dodge, and the mask is ripped off his face, leaving a claw mark on his cheek.
Kevin immediately retreats to a safe distance from the attacker. He sees that his attacker is a girl with cat ears and a cat tail. A male voice is heard from behind the cat girl.
Arman: "Hello, Kevin. I didn't expect your reflexes to be so weak. Allow me to introduce my new invention, Mac107."
Kevin: "No need to explain. I already know that it's a creation that finally succeeded after 106 failures."
Arman: "Mac107, finish him."
Mac107: "Yes, master."
Kevin speaks in his mind: You're even more despicable than me, using a child's body as a weapon.
Mac107 moves quickly toward Kevin, attacking rapidly. Kevin can only keep dodging and blocking. Many unevacuated citizens are nearly hit by Mac107's attacks.
Kevin: "Can you stop? You're endangering the lives of others!"
Mac107 speaks with a flat expression and tone.
Mac107: "This is my chance to get praise for defeating you."
Kevin: "But the lives of others..."
Mac107: "I don't care. The most important thing is getting praise and defeating you."
Kevin: "You're great. You're very fast. Are you done? Is that all you want—to get praise?"
Mac107: "I don't want to hear praise from an opponent."
Mac107 continues to attack Kevin, getting faster and faster. Kevin speaks in his mind: I have no choice. I have to run away, but how?
Kevin looks around and sees a pet store. Kevin gets an idea and smiles.
Kevin kicks dirt on the ground toward Mac107. It works, and Mac107 stops briefly to clean the sand from her eyes. Kevin quickly ducks and exits from under the cash register counter and throws a bag of cat food toward Mac107's mouth. Mac107 tastes the cat food and finds it delicious, softening her immediately.
Kevin: "I didn't think she would be so much like a cat."
Kevin throws a toy cat whisker at Mac107's face.
Kevin: "So cute. If only I had a phone, I would've taken a picture."
Mac107 returns to battle mode and attacks Kevin again with a single strike. Kevin manages to dodge.
Kevin: "I found your weakness. I better keep this cat food in case we meet again."
Kevin grabs the cat food, puts money on the cash register counter, and escapes.
Mac107 feels embarrassed for being played with, and her face turns red.
Mac107: "That was so embarrassing, but... that food was very delicious."
Arman enters the pet store and looks at Mac107 with disappointment.
Arman: "What are you doing? During work hours, you're eating and letting the enemy escape."
Mac107: "I apologize, master."
Arman pulls a small remote from his pocket.
Arman: "You must be punished for letting him escape."
Mac107: "Please, not that again."
Arman presses the remote, and Mac107 is shocked. Mac107 feels the pain of the electric shock from the device on her collar.
The scene switches to Kevin.
Kevin returns to his hideout and immediately lies down on a mattress.
Kevin: "That was exhausting."
Kevin looks at the cat food he brought.
Kevin: "Maybe it tastes good."
Kevin eats the cat food.
Kevin: "Not bad."
To be continued.