Alterin Saga: Biohazard
Episode 21: Towards tomorrow

1 Year later

Rave was seen sitting leaning against the wall. The white shirt is dirty and shabby. He was wearing a straw hat and makeshift clothes. Anyone who saw him would have thought he was a tramp.

But Rave is actually on a mission. Today, in Reverie City, he had already done many things.

A policeman approached her and asked rudely, "Hey! What are you doing here? Just bother pedestrians!"

Rave lifted his face and looked at the policeman, "But this is a bus stop. Not a pedestrian path."

The cop pulled Rave's arm to get him up, "This rascal, if I say bother you!"

Then violently the policeman pushed Rave after he stood up, "Go!"

Rave only stared at the policeman briefly and then walked away. Rave secretly froze the police communication device out of annoyance.

"Hey, you want to come?" one of the police officers greeted the police.

"Where?"

"Ah. ordinary. This work can be postponed. There are no criminals or anything here. Let's go," they finally left their duties. Rave just looked at them before the two policemen disappeared around the corner.

I don't know why...

Rave kept walking, passing the pedestrians who were away when near him. They looked at Rave with disgusted and condescending gazes.

The world is still fine...

Rave saw a woman being held by two young men. The woman looked around, hoping that someone or anyone passing by would help her.

Even if we are not considered...

The young man continued walking, until he finally reached the edge of the bridge. He went down the embankment and sat not far from the river's lips.

Sora... What did you say that day was true?

The stars in the night sky caught Rave's attention. Makes her look at her past.

Projects were created to destroy each other.

1 Year before

In the midst of the riots, several people came to the four of them. The men confess that they were assigned to bring the remaining Projects to go to the hideout.

One of them gave a voice recording of Sora. Rave listened to her every word and it left her dumbfounded.

"Rave, you should know this. Projects were created to destroy each other. There is a reason why we all have different abilities. To defeat and kill each other. A few years ago, I read the Mathanus Laboratory archives. The idea to start this research is..."

Rave could only be silent. After that, he fainted from being tired of fighting and did not remember anything.

...---...

Present-day

Rave never expected to live his life as a fugitive. Even so, he and the other Projects still continue to hide and disguise themselves so as not to be caught.

Rave begins his new life by becoming a vagabond, so that he is not enrolled in anything other than a homeless man. He believes in one thing, humanity will show itself when others do not pay attention to it.

Finally he fell asleep, resting on a stretch of river grass. Towards a tomorrow that will be like nothing.

In his dream, Rave always saw the same thing over and over again. A sea of blood as far as the eye could see, with a person standing straight on it like standing on the ground.

But Rave was unable to move or speak in the dream. He was only able to notice the figure from a distance. That guy always does something there. Painting water, making whirlpools, calling out strange things. Then the dream always ends with the appearance of a planet like Earth. But with a layer of glass that encapsulates the atmosphere.

Then the man said, "This new world that I created will be the stage of the legend"

...---...

The scorching sunlight woke Rave from his sleep. He immediately sat down and with half his eyes open, he watched across the river.

Someone looks at him from there. They watched each other for a few minutes before the person finally left.

Oddball

Rave stood up and did his daily routine. As long as he was undercover, he became a rude worker. Every day, he had to smash a chunk of ice in an ice industry.

He chose this job because it was quite easy to live and his pay was worth what he did that day.

"Hey, buddy. Howwasyourday?" ask one of Rave's coworkers.

"As usual, Jin. Waking up on the grass and working after eating a small breakfast" Rave said. He took the ice-crushing pickaxe off the shelf, then caught up with Jin who walked first.

"Living in such an environment, you still hold it? Even if we don't pay much, at least you should have a place to live."

"Who applied the law?"

"Well, no one. But wouldn't it be better if you had a place to shelter?"

"I have. Everything you mentioned, I have. The city is big, Jin. You can stay anywhere you want. What do you think the bus stop functions?"

"Of course the passenger's meeting place. What do you think again?"

"That's less efficient, man. The bus stop has a roof, I can sleep there if it rains. The government always provides facilities, but we never think about its functions if maximized"

"You're nuts. The security guards will arrest you immediately if you do"

"Then? Being detained? It's just better. I'll have a better shelter, and then they'll feed me three meals a day."

"But you won't be free then"

Rave was silent for a moment, "I am always free, Jin. For a year being a bum, I was always free."

But, in his heart Rave always thought about what freedom was. The government and the world have created a special forces hunters Projects, Artemis. Rave was never calm, always confined in the dark whenever any member of the Artemis army passed by.

*It's okay. I have to lose something every time I get something else. My freedom was exchanged for Project's ability.

I hope we find out the truth soon, and we can show it to the world*.