Artland Series: MINORITY TALENT
The Secret Behind The Program And Everyone

Agung Tirtayasa fell down and drowned helplessly. Once again he had to witness the most unexpected sight.

Hundreds of corpses drenched in blood were strewn before his eyes.

For a moment the woman in Paravisi uniform glanced at Agung Tirtayasa as she attached a chain to her shoulder and then turned and walked towards the stairs towards the 3rd floor.

Everyone in the room was still dumbfounded looking at him without blinking.

Athena also looked at him from behind the railing on the 5th floor as she crossed her arms and developed a faint smile.

Dusk glanced at Athena from the top of the stairs, not far from where Athena was standing. Then turned to look at the woman in the Paravisi uniform with an iron chain. "I thought you were phobic about metal objects?"

Esther gulps. "Ocean Goddess!" He realized.

The woman stopped at the top of the stairs, "everyone will be phobic about metal objects from now on" he said coldly. He stepped down the stairs without looking at it.

Dusk sighed and returned a glance towards Athena. He gulped and cleared his throat. "You owe everyone an explanation" he demanded half a whisper.

Athena lowered her head looking at everyone on the 4th floor.

Agung Tirtayasa was still on the floor when the others started to gather and greet each other. Deasy Grunting walked slowly up to him and looked at him with a childish look. The man then raised his face looking at Deasy and forced a smile.

Luciana Adam, Esther Maria, Ika Apriani and Ary Caroline huddled together to embrace Naomi.

Ardian Kusuma looked at Luciana from the stairs with a faint smile. Luciana then returned her gaze and released her embrace from her four friends. He walked over to the man in a timid manner.

"Hello, handsome!" Evan Jeremiah rolled one eye toward Elijah with a big smile.

Elijah responded with a flat face.

Six long-haired men clustered to greet each other and then continued with jokes.

Jonathan Van Allent and Reyhan Ibrahim shake hands and encourage each other.

Adam Martinez and Ethan Hernandez are holding Martin Hernandez to his left-right.

Meanwhile, a number of Guardians had started to busy transporting the corpses and collecting them in the grounds.

Athena was still in a position of contiguity in her original place. Several Guardians were busy combing the room behind him.

"They managed to escape the data!" A Guardian reported on Athena.

Making everyone simultaneously stare at the Guardian as well as Athena in turn.

Ary Caroline looks at Old Man.

Athena rubbed her face with her palm and sighed heavily. Then back to the cross.

While all eyes were on him with a demanding look.

Dusk is right, her mind. I owe everyone an explanation, unfortunately. He looked around the room without saying anything. His face implied a great worry that was extremely difficult for him to express in words.

His Paravistic colleagues exchanged glances with each other. Trying to guess for yourself what's going on. But no one understands until they realize Monica Deborah has been kidnapped.

..._...

"I'm sorry to have taken you all this way" Athena said after the building's cleanup.

The entire room was unmoved waiting for the Athenian accuser.

Making the entire room bow down feeling regretful for suspecting Athena.

That day they gathered in the Personality Class room. But the position of Leader is not accompanied by Paravisi except the Last Dusk. All Paravisi also sat on the bench of participants.

"I do not intend to keep the purpose of this program from you except to prevent the leaking of information. And all the attacks that came were outside my plans and calculations." Athena folded both her elbows on the table then linked her palms together in front of her chin. "I never planned all these attacks as a test. You all don't need to be tested. You all passed the selection before you were all invited to the Personality Class room on the first day." Athena swallowed. "Even Monica Deborah," his frown bitterly.

Last Dusk crossed his back and leaned against the back of the chair while glancing at Athena by his side while smiling faintly but implying the same bitterness.

Paravision on the bench participants back down.

"All of us, Paravisi, have honestly never chosen you based on your talent and expertise. We choose you based on a great desire that never materialized. The main mission of the Minority Talent Program is to realize everyone's crazy desires." Athena developed her faint smile while looking around.

The whole room was heard breathing heavily. Athena's subtle insinuations had apparently penetrated into their respective sanitary ware.

"Crazy desire is the main capital to develop new ideas. That's why you're all called assets." Athena developed her thin smile once again, still throwing out subtle innuendos. "You were never chosen because you were special!"

The Assets are now bowed in.

Ary Caroline gulped and cleared her throat then ventured to raise her hand, asking for a chance to ask.

Athena then gave it to him.

"I found Monica Deborah's data as Athena's Recommended Talent" Ary Caroline stuttered. "And..." He hung his sentence.

Athena responded with a faint smile. "Yes," he admitted. "Monica Debora is my Recommended Talent, because her greatest wish was to destroy Oscar Tjang. Monica Debora's desire is in line with my ambition" he said sharply.

All eyes were now on Athena.

Esther Maria was stunned to hear the name Oscar Tjang mentioned. Destroying Oscar Tjang was also one of his greatest desires. Now he understood why Athena chose herself as the Talent of Recommendation.

"I just didn't think the girl had made it happen the day I took her." Athena sighed and clenched her eyelids.

Everyone in the room looked at him cluelessly.

Athena looked around with a bitter smile, "Monica Deborah escaped Oscar Tjang's data in the form of a microchip embedded in her body."

His Paravis colleagues sounded groaned at the same time.

"I may have an ambition to destroy Oscar Tjang. But robbing his fortune is not one of my favorite ways. Although Oscar Tjang has robbed most of our assets. That's Oscar Tjang's way. Not our way!" Athena raised her jaw staring intently in all directions. "Protecting Monica Deborah is tantamount to protecting robbers. And that means we're not only dealing with Oscar Tjang, but also being involved in lawlessness!"

Ardian Kusuma clenched his mouth holding in fury until his jaw seemed to tighten.

"I still don't understand why you keep it a secret?" Evan Jeremiah demands an explanation.

"Not exactly" commented Ardian Kusuma. "Athena's trying to pass it on to everyone except Monica Deborah."

"I left a lot of hidden messages through everyone" Athena said in self-defense. "Each message is a pattern to uncover the identity of Monica Debora. And everyone accepts it in a different way."

Everyone in the room began to exchange glances with each other. Trying to convince anyone who knows.

"No. I mean, why are you still protecting Monica Deborah after knowing the truth?" Evan Jeremiah protested.

Athena again developed her faint smile while glancing sharply at Agung Tirtayasa.

Agung Tirtayasa was downcast to realize that the view was demanding it now.

"To be honest, each of you has its own secrets," said Athena while crossing her arms and smiling again.