101 Avatars
18. He is Bobi, a Talented Information Seeker Who Instincts Sharp
I was swept away in doubt, then returned home feeling empty. As soon as I wanted to enter the room to lay down this very tired body, I also passed by Sister Syifa.
Syifa looked at me. I can no longer control my sadness. Suddenly, my eyes glazed over. Maybe because it caught my sadness, Brother Syifa hugged me tightly, then said, “What's the matter, my brother Adrian?”
Hearing the soft and sincere voice of Sis Syifa at that time who was usually firm and excited, without feeling, my tears fell down my cheeks.
“Hiks...hiks..” I cried in his arms.
I then told Syifa everything that happened about Avatar Sena. About his kindness, about his sincerity that didn't want to hurt anyone, and how he saved the climbers lost on Mount Suzana from the threat of Avatar Fog. However, I still had to finish him off in order to prevent the mass destruction of the universe from being repulsed by the avatars.
“Yosh..yosh Said Syifa while stroking my hair.
“Sometimes we are faced with a difficult choice. But my sister, what matters is.follow your heart. When you face something like that, don't put the judgment of others in it, but follow your heart. Do what is important to you, what you fight for, what will make you happy. Once in a while, it never hurts for someone to be selfish.”
The words of Syifa calmed my heart a little. I was briefly forgotten about my initial goal of struggling. Yeah, correct. I fought to protect my only remaining family, the one who was holding me, my only remaining brother, Syifa. What I did, though,
not wrong!
In the morning, I went to college as usual. I never thought, at my college, another matter was waiting for me.
Not yet had I entered the entrance of the faculty building, Bobi suddenly intercepted me there while saying, “Hai Adrian, you were a blue costumed avatar yesterday right?”
Glug. A moment of cold sweat poured out of my forehead. How did this guy think that way? Did I not realize yesterday that I was doing something suspicious or accidentally slurred to talk? But there was not a single strange thing either I did or I said yesterday.
“What did you say, Bobi?” I also tried to dodge while smiling pretending to be astonished.
“Hah, your expression is easy to read, Adrian. You better be more careful. Everyone has a certain way of speaking and movement habits. If you intend to hide your identity yesterday, you should learn more in controlling both things.”
Glug. Have I been found out? That's impossible, surely I still have something to dodge.
However, Bobi also gave me a paper containing the results of his full investigation of me, I mean about Arjuna. I was caught red-handed.
“Bobi, this..” With cold sweat pouring down my face, I said with stuttering.
“Take it easy. No one knows the results of my investigation but me. In fact, I actually helped you disguise all the evidence on the part of the police. About that, I also know that there is an avatar who has infiltrated there and manipulated the police to arrest you both.”
Bobi stared at me sharply. He was silent in that sharp look of his. It made my heart feel a threatening intimidation from this nerd-looking child. A moment later, he spoke again,
“I'm actually still angry at your actions that killed Ningsih, but I have known you for 3 months and I know that you are not a cruel person who can do all that for no good reason. Beside from long ago, I admired the Red Blood Hero, no, I mean Senior Kaiser. So, depending on your answer, I can help you or even report you two to the police.”
Wait for. Whatisthis? Bobi not only knew my identity, but also managed to uncover the identity of Kak Kaiser? Wh why?
I also told everything I knew from AI5203 about the avatars and their dangers, including the disaster that would have occurred if they had not been annihilated in my 2000 days since their arrival to the real world. Instantly Bobi gasped.
“What? Earth, no, the universe will be destroyed?! It was no different from the apocalypse! In that case, there is no other way but to get rid of the avatars.” Bobi said in surprise.
“So that's why, Bobi, there's no other way but I do that. I'm sorry about the Avatar Sena incident earlier.” I said sincerely.
In fact, thanks to the presence of Avatar Sena at the scene, 27 of the 32 mountaineers trapped in fog belonging to Fog can be saved. But the savior must die at my hands for the benefit of mankind.
Yes, in yesterday's incident, not all mountaineers can be saved by Avatar Sena. In the first squad of five people who had experienced the incident where Avatar Sena did not yet know the fog trap, he could only save one of them.
As for the second squad of eight climbers, Avatar Sena still lost a climber again because he was careless about not getting used to fog traps. However, in the third squad consisting of 7 people and the fourth squad consisting of 12 people, including Bobi, Avatar Sena who had seen many times the fog trap and realized its weak point, which was not easy, finally able to save everything.
Unfortunately, the whereabouts of the five climbers missing to date is still unknown, despite the efforts of AI5203's drones to search all corners of the site.
After we took the victims to a nearby settlement and informed the residents of what was going on at Mount Suzana, the area was temporarily off-limits for climbing. Even though the fog seemed to have disappeared, there was still a possibility that it was all a trap.
The twenty-seven climbers who survived will definitely consider Avatar Sena as their hero and I as the one who killed him was the bad guy. That's just natural.
“Avatar Sena..oh, you mean Ningsih. Forgiving it or not, you just do your job. From the very beginning, I had no right to be angry with you, in fact, as one of the earth creatures, I should instead thank you for being willing to fight for our safety.”
Different from his words, Bobi's eyes glazed over. His words suddenly changed. He sobbed because he was unable to contain his sad feelings.
“However, while it may be true that you say, that he is no different from a program running on command in his data memory, still he saved me. Our interactions are real, and I from the bottom of my heart, deeply thank him as my savior.” Bobi said in his grief.
Bobi is not wrong. Maybe it would be strange if someone who suddenly had a heart attack in his car could then survive because of the assistance program chip embedded in his car that immediately called the doctor and then parked the car automatically to a safe place, will thank the program. However, avatars are different.
Although they both move based on their data memory, avatars can talk and interact with humans. So it is natural that from the interweaving of the interaction, there will be an impression that fosters sympathy or empathy because that is how human nature is created as a social creature.
After that, I did a secret talk about the avatars with Bobi for a while. When I finished, I went first to enter the lecture hall. However, Bobi again intercepted me, saying,
“Oh yes, Adrian. It's best that the matter regarding me know this matter, you keep it a secret from the others, including Senior Kaiser. That will definitely help you someday.”
Glug. Is this kid esper? How did he know that the first person I would consult on this matter was Kaiser's sister over Syifa? Well, because I saw Bobi's gaze was really that serious, I accepted it.
It wasn't bad to have a secret colleague at the college who knew my identity. When I couldn't go to college because I clashed against the avatars, he could find me an excuse. When the intensity of my saturation at the headquarters peaked due to the fatigue factor, I was able to have a place to vent.
For the second, there is Kak Syifa as my main support, but of course there are things that still cannot be disclosed to an older brother who does not want us to see hurt.
What is clear today is that one very talented colleague I have found who will obviously be very helpful in my struggle.