Teaming Up With System 225

Dystopia (3)

Edited by: Kuro and Lille

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"As I was saying before, these suicides happen often. People are unable to handle the stress of living in this kind of society ruled by the Lord. The ones who do die by suicide are deemed defective by the Lord and the City Hall. They are given no funeral and no one is allowed to mourn for them."

Cyan explained while sitting on the bed with Grey.

They were sitting side by side, Grey set his head on Cyan's shoulder.

"'Defected'? What? Are we some sort of product or guinea pig?"

Grey paused the moment he said that. Even Cyan looked over at him as if he was hit with a realization.

"We need to do more investigating before we can conclude it, but we can take that as our hypothesis for now."

He scratched his chin as he tried to think. "I have a plan but it will take some time. Cyan, do me a favor. Try to be conscious of the cameras in your office, and find a blind spot at your desk if you can. Also, memorize the schedules of everyone in your office."

Grey continued, "When you are ready, let me know. There's something I will have you do and you are the only one who can do it."

Out of the two of them, Cyan was the only one who worked at the City Hall where the Lord was supposedly at. If they needed to gather any information about this city and its people, it would be at the City Hall.

Grey knew he could not do this on his own. This mission would be up to Cyan and System 225. He could only support them from the back if they needed it.

"I understand. I will do my best." Out of all the worlds, this world was the one that Grey relied on him the most so far. He couldn't let him down!

"Thank you, my love." Grey kissed him on the cheek.

Though this place was strange, at least he had God System by his side.

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Cyan dropped Grey off at the local school and then went to work. He was mindful of everything around him, especially the cameras and his co-workers' schedules.

Luckily for him, everyone had a set schedule. No one deviated from a set path that was already laid out for them. And the cameras around the office didn't show their desks because there was classified information there.

It was probably because they were worried that the City Hall would be hacked...

Even though this is what it seemed like, he decided to observe for the rest of the week, putting to memory where everyone was at any given time.

After regaining his memories, Cyan now felt like his days were really slow. No one seemed to have such a problem, but he felt as if everything was boring, slow, and tedious.

Was this what it felt like to have awareness? What were other people thinking about?

Even though his mind wasn't fully there, Cyan still finished his day and went to pick up Grey.

His job was not far from the school. Grey came into the car exhausted but he didn't say anything. He just gave a small smile to Cyan and asked him how his day was. Even though he asked, he looked like he didn't want to talk any further.

So Cyan vaguely told him how his day was. It was short and sweet, in line with the rules of his job.

They drove from the crowded city to the road leading into the suburbs. It was still a part of the XU239, but there was a stretch of road that didn't have any buildings. Instead, it was a large grassland used for large events and festivals. Occasionally, you would see families having picnics in the grassland. Trees were scattered throughout, providing shade during those picnics.