Project Schemer: Higeki's chapter: Requiem

Arc 1 - Chapter 2: Prevention

While Korvos and i acting like the parents of this gang, we still have much more important matter to attend to. After that incident, our gangs formed the alliance with two other gangs so we can look after each other since the incident show us the fact that we can't stand alone and hope to survive the slum. But right now, i want to contact with those people so we can find a way to prevent them from entering the slum and disturb everything again. 

"I will leave now, Korvos, please take care of everyone when i am gone and i leave the note so just follow it."

"Are you sure you will be fine ? I am worried since they could target you too."

"Now you are just being over protective, i will be fine and this is the last time those from the city can do something to us."

The place where they can control the weather system of the slum should be that old library, the only place that able to change weather. The old library is forgotten since no one in the slum can use it, the people from the city come and take most of the books not long ago. The library is empty but that is what those people from the city know, the true library is hidden underground, every books have a replica on the surface and the original is in the underground section. The key to the underground section belong to the librarian but he gone missing for a long time ago so no one can have access to the original copy of those book.

"Welcome to the library, the librarian isn't here so i will be your host. And your purpose for your presence today ?"

"You can say, i am looking for some of the book about herb and medicine. I am a doctor afterall, maybe some seed for those herbs."

"If you need seed then go to the botanist, there is no book for herb and medicine here. Please leave and beside you can't grow them anyway."

"There is hope remain right ? And that thin string of hope is the thing that become the salvation to this world. That is what i believe and that is what lead me on this journey."

"And that path only lead to destruction and despair."

"A false hope is also counted as a hope. Fake it until you make it, turn it into a real hope."

One hour for this discussion, the longer we talk, the more i want to understand this person, what happened to his hope, the true color of his dream and what does he have left. My desire to understand this mysterious librarian filled me with curiosity, i can take care of people physical health but not their mental health, this could be a good chance to learn. I wish we can talk forever but everything has its own limit and the one who talk with me is not a normal person, he knows my intention. We finish after exactly one hour but from this conversation, i am satisfied with the result and what i have, a little more understanding about everyone and not just me or the gang, i need to understand more about the people of the slum. 

"Pardon for my friend, i can assume you are doctor Higeki ?"

"And pardon my manner but may i ask, who are you ?"

"What an honor, i am not deserve to reveal my name to someone like you doctor. But i believe we have a much more important matter to attend to."

So our discussion continue, a plan to prevent the return of those from the city, something to show as a bad omen. The mysterious person suggest we should use a virus that i can research on and make a vaccine but this won't be a good idea since medicine is hard to make nowadays not mention vaccine. And people in the city can just cure it with their technology so it is not possible.

"How about a bio weapon that have one hundred percent lethality but trigger under a certain condition ?"

"A certain condition ? What do you have for an idea ?"

"A certain weather condition. The virus can't be spread under that weather condition but it will be lethal under that weather condition."

"But is that even possibile ? We will need to evacuate people and that virus must be able to penetrate the face mask."

"We will need to find a way since they won't give up, they want to demolish this place and they don't care about anyone here. They will demolish the slum so they can expand the city."

"But that will damage the city since most of the work force live in the slum afterall. They didn't think about that ?"

"I think they will place everyone somewhere else, where they can have the absolute control over freewill." 

The control over free will but what is their true intention, this world is far too deep in ruination and with these manipulation, can they truly have what they want or this is just delusion. Dream are fragile and this world just make it crumble, the vision that everyone can be burned away within a few second. Hope and dream of an individual without help from other will only be a dream so this is what they are thinking about. Forcing the help of other to archive their dream...

"This require a delicate solution."

"Everyone in the slum can live in the outskirt but the traveling to work will be something that we can't do anything about."

"Lambda, we got some news from inside the city."

"Calm down Theta, we have guest."

"I didn't know doctor is here too. Maybe this news affect everyone in this room, the city leaders are trying to build a concentration camp."

"So that is their true plan... thank you Theta for the news. There is something need to be done and we need to be quick, thank you Doctor for the conversation but there is a much more pressing matter i need to take care of."

"I will wait for your response meanwhile finiding a solution myself."

Get on a good term is what needed to start a relationship, walking back to the slum i can't ignore a loud blast much like a firework. So that is their move, sabotaging the construction and wore them out, this can only be good for a while but this is not an everlasting method. They will come and come and they will keep on with their plan, the only solution is an impact to stop them from coming again. The last time we have the weather system and eliminate the Harr but this time what do we have ? What can we do to prevent this from happening and that is the moment my gear of thought decided it need to spin faster than ever. An idea spark in my head, something much more simple than a virus but much more everlasting.

"Is everything alright, Korvos ?"

"Everyone is recovering so you don't need to worry, you must be hungry, you should have something."

"Since when you are the cook ?"

"Since now i guess, now sit down and wait here, i just need to heat the food up and you will have something to eat."

"Hey Korvos, i can't do anything right again, my intention is clear and i can't do anything but wait."

"Sometime waiting is good, waiting gives you time to think for another way, another solution. Here, eat when it is hot, i will go and look after other members."

Not bad at all, you could have been a great cook in a peaceful world, if this world is peaceful then all of our lives can be a lot better.... This voice, appear once again in my mind, tell me to wake up but not in a demanding tone, the voice is in a pleading tone. But wake up from what, i am wide awake so what need to be awoken and is it something mine ? Something to do with my question that i always ask ? Who am I ?

"Wake up... I miss... you..."

"Please answer me, who am i ?"

"Wake up... Time... is... running... out..."

"Higeki, you look so white did something went wrong ?"

"Don't worry, i am a little bit better now."

The voice that i can't recognize but it has a tone of pleading and it is the voice i can't ignore. I felt like the voice represent something that always protect me. The voice belong to someone, the person always stay by my side, someone i know and care a lot, but everytime when i am closer to know everything something drag me back to the dark. All i want is to reach the truth, i want to know who am i, what is my reason for my own existance and that is all i wanted to ask, is that too much to ask for ?

"So do you have a plan to prevent them ? We can evacuate if that is necessary."

"No, we endured them long enough, i have a plan, this time, i won't be benevolent. Tomorrow we will have a discussion with two other gangs, we have to make sure that we can against them and other gangs that may target us in the future."

"Then we will trust you with your solution, i planed ahead the evacuation and other safety measures so experiment if you need."

They will witness my wit, and all they can do is applaud, a virus is curable, a poison have the antidote, a problem can always have a solution, in the world where everything is close to end, everyone is desperate. And in that desperate moment, people come up a solution to save themselves, always think for the solution and do everything to save yourself. That is the nature of human but i am thinking about something else, the gear of thought are spining faster than before, this time i will show them who is the true talented people here.