101 Avatars
41. The Past of Arjuna

One day in January of 2052, before the arrival of the Hoho game disaster, maybe that was the first time I faced him.  Although he was the third weakest avatar in the Hoho game, he managed to defeat me decisively in just 9 seconds 92 milliseconds, I used the Avatar Jack Tornado, which was almost three times smaller than him.

At that time, I saw the name of the player who controlled it was Princess Judith.  What a rare coincidence because the name of the player is the same as the name of Kak Kaiser's sister.

As soon as the game started, I innocently flew quickly to and from there with the intention of venturing his attention.  Then at the time that I thought my opponent was off guard, I immediately flew towards him to give him my death-head collision.

Who would have thought that the player who looked careless was just a cover to lure me to lower my guard against him.  Then in a moment, then,

“Slash!”

He floated his spear at me, harnessing the speed of his own enemy's movement to use it back as an advantage.

I who was flying very fast, finally could not immediately maneuver to avoid the sharp blade of his spear.  Instantly I was split in two by his spear which actually had a sharpness that was nothing compared to the avatar weapon numbered series 20 – 24.

I was also defeated by the avatar named Arjuna.

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“Duh, the teganya accuses this innocent me as a killing machine.  You Kaiser's sister!”  Arjuna also with a cute-looking behavior was sulking annoyed at the words of Kak Kaiser.

From his words that, intrigued my curiosity to ask, “If you say so, did not all avatars kill their hosts because they had not gained consciousness when first awakened?”

I saw both the expressions of Crusader, Sly Dark, and Hard shriveling.  Only Arjuna still maintained his innocent expression.

“Enak only!  I never killed anyone!  Tio is still alive today!”  Shouted Arjuna furiously.

“Who's Tio?  The human host you mimic?”  I asked to go back to him.

“Yes, Brother Adrian.  At the moment, at least Tio is still alive, although still in a coma.”

Then Arjuna began to tell his past, the time where the Hoho game disaster that started all the tragic events.

It began when he was resurrected from the capsule owned by the person named Tio.  Arjuna who had just risen up, seemed unable to contain the feeling of anger and brutality within him that was not clear where the source came from.  However, he could still control himself, just like the time Sena met Ningrum.

“Go.  Please get away from me.  I can't control myself.”  Arjuna.

However, due to the emergence of Arjuna from behind the computer screen in his capsule that was so sudden, Tio was so shocked that the boy who was only 15 years old at that time could only remain glued while shaking.

Arjuna who can not control himself by the desire to immediately mimic humans was approaching Tio and sucked his blood.  At that time, Arjuna transformed into the form of Tio, which is the form he now uses, in the form of a beautiful teenage boy.  As for Tio, after his blood was sucked by Arjuna, he suddenly fainted.

Not long after, the Tio family consisted of a father, mother, and an only sister, barging into Tio's room as soon as they are shocked by the commotion outside their home plus the astonishing TV news about the avatar monster raid on the game's disastrous night Hoho.

That's where the entire Tio family became hysterical because what they saw on TV apparently also happened in their home.  Despite their fear, they do not run away because Tio, their precious family, is still in the hands of Arjuna who has returned to the form of his avatar monster.

Arjuna who understood that, then cornered, and at that moment swiftly, his family took Tio from the hands of the monster and quickly fled out of their house.

However, another danger had apparently been waiting for them outside.  The other avatar monsters had been waiting for them.  But at that time, Arjuna also came out and saved Tio's family and then swiftly escaped from the monster and hid in exile until the gripping night was over.

As soon as the Tio family saw Arjuna transform into a human with a face resembling Tio, their tension was slightly reduced on him.  Perhaps the suggestion of a different kind of creature that has now been dated, the cause of the partition separation is a little more tenuous, although the fact that Arjuna is an avatar monster remains unchanged.

Just a day after the night of Hoho's first cataclysmic game, Avatar Arjuna finally recalls with the strongest person ever to control him.    People who carelessly intend to help his sister immediately level-up in the game that also loved them together so play Hoho game through the capsule owned by his sister.  But it ended with his sister blacklisted 3 days from the game due to the use of capsules other than registered players.

Moreover, the reward exp he gained during playing in the capsule owned by his sister, just vanished.

Not only did he do a futile deed, but also made his sister unable to enjoy his favorite game for 3 days in a row.  However, the brother who is very dear to his brother, who actually also liked Hoho game because of the influence of the brother, did not mind him at all, but that certainly does not make the guilt of the brother subside.

Is he the big brother, Kaiser?

“Eh, so the person you're referring to is Kaiser?  What do you mean, your sister loves him so much?  It can't be Judith, right?  You know for yourself how she's behaved to Kak Kaiser all along.  There must be another sister of Kaiser's that I don't know!”  I immediately cried out in shock to cut through Arjuna's story because of the astonishing information I received.

Long story short, though, Arjuna who was then fascinated by the genius of Kaiser Kak without thinking directly to him without knowing that Kaiser Kak is the true identity of the Red Blood Hero who has been popular on TV in exterminating colleagueshis avatar monster.

There was no one else Arjuna thought to ask for help other than the person he judged to be the most powerful, modest, and genius.  Arjuna thought that the hero-type person must have a solution to the problem.

Be he came to Kak Kaiser with the intention of consulting that a monster avatar had injured his twin brother and suddenly his twin brother lay unconscious even until the next day, which is at the present time.  And apparently Arjuna's instinct was right because Kaiser said that he did have a solution and was willing to help Arjuna.

Arjuna also invited Kaiser to his house to pick up Tio who he said was his twin brother by explaining all the details first to the Tio family.  Then, Tio was taken to a secret facility by Kaiser Kak with Arjuna beside him.

Of course the Tio family was with them.  It can all further calm Arjuna's worries about the time, the avatar monsters still roam free, disguised by mimicking humans, and then mingling between them.  Meanwhile, Kaiser has not activated the virus that paralyzes the power of the avatars at that time so that the avatars can at any time ferment among the human crowd without realizing it.

Arjuna thinks that with himself being constantly near the Tio family, he can continue to protect them from the threat of the avatar monsters.

But of course the Tio family can follow them only to a certain point.  Only Arjuna is authorized by Kaiser's sister to access the secret facility where Tio will be treated.

At that time, Arjuna still kept his true identity a secret to Kaiser that he was the avatar monster that had been injured by mimicking Tio by considering the wishes of the Tio family who did not want to when their child woke up, their son has lost everything about time.

Seeing the opportunity there is Arjuna who is like a duplicate of Tio's face, so the family wants to use Arjuna as a temporary replacement for Tio, although they themselves are aware that Arjuna is the cause of their child into a coma like now.

But after much chatting with the innocent Arjuna, the Tio family sympathized with him and no longer immediately blamed Arjuna for the calamity that befell Tio.  They just hope that their child will soon be awake.  Of course, it was their feeling when Tio was still in a fainting state for less than 24 hours.  None of them thought that even after 5 years, Tio still had to lie in a coma.

But I'm sure that the sharp Kaiser must have realized Arjuna's true identity at that time.  Especially in contrast to the public who know the ability to mimic avatar monsters recently after the problem of intruder avatars in the police finally urged Kaiser to reveal the truth clearly through his own fansite, Kak Kaiser, Kaiser as one of the main informants in the fansite must have been one step ahead.

Entering the secret care facility, where Arjuna also witnessed, Professor Melisa and a grandfather welcomed them and immediately laid Tio into a special capsule like a hibernation device.

“So after that, Kaiser brother finally realized that you are an avatar monster then you were captured and put in a bracelet huh?”  Hearing the story, I was intrigued to ask.

“No Brother.”  Reject Arjuna firmly on my assumptions.

“That time, Brother Kaiser had never said that he was a Hero of Red Blood.  There was also a request from the Tio family.  So I kept it a secret from Kaiser so that I could replace the real Tio at his school.  However, two weeks after that, Moon appeared to kidnap one by one students at my school.  Kaiser's sister lurks there to investigate the case.  Of course in the form of his red Blood Hero.”  Further explained.

Arjuna was silent for a moment while playing his right index finger on his lips.  A moment later, he continued,

“Because I was observant in recognizing people from his movements, I immediately knew that that person was Kaiser's sister, then I immediately approached her.  Because I trust him, though, I immediately revealed my identity in order to help her find Moon for the immediate purpose of finding the kidnapped students before they were frowned upon by the strangely famous Moon even among our fellow avatars in the virtual world.”

“Then you were arrested?”  The same question was repeated a second time through my mouth.

“No.”  But for the second time Arjuna also negated my assumptions.

“In fact, Kaiser's sister never mentioned the bracelet at all and I didn't know anything about the strength of the bracelet at the time.  If at that time he wanted to capture me to be a force that helped him, of course I would gladly accept it immediately.  The problem is, maybe from the beginning Kaiser didn't think I was useful at all so he just ignored me and focused on looking for Moon.”

Arjuna sighed for a moment before he continued.

“However, I tried to attract his attention which to me was really a dazzling hero.  I also tried hard to show my usefulness to him.  With my special talent having sharp eyesight, I managed to help Kaiser sister find Moon.”'s hideout

“Then you are considered useful and finally Kaiser wants you as one of his bracelet avatar partners?”

“Entahlah.  I hope so too.  But I guess instead of judging me as useful, Kaiser just pity me.  At that time, apparently there was not only Moon in the nest, but there was also Kak Tsurugi, the sister avatar of the series number 20 type of poison sword.  He was angry at me why I was helping humans and then injured me with his poison sword, about to kill me with the curse of the poison.”

Arjuna looked deeply into my eyes while smiling with a clear expression on his face.  Then he said, then,

“I who almost became the details of the data at that time, put in a bracelet by Kaiser and immediately the injuries I suffered from Kak Tsurugi disappeared just like that and so I became in my present form.

The atmosphere suddenly quiet.  That's because Arjuna was silent when me, Crusader, and others were really waiting for him to continue his life story.

“Really, even though Kaiser always said never sympathize with avatars, I think he is the one who sympathizes with us the most.  Clearly, he could have let me disappear by then so that one enemy was eliminated.  In fact, he chose to save me.”