High School Soldier
111. The past of the Gembel

“Alright, the young soldiers were impressed like disposable weapons.”

There is no contempt or ridicule in one's words, it is nothing more than a careful observation of the military.

Weapons in human form, it is a thing that ‘amazing’ at this time, although the word ‘amazing’ refers to things that require the soldier to do battle without rest. No pain, no fear, no word tired, all of it will be felt by ‘s Super’ warriors who will soon be created.

The fact that humans are getting stronger if they feel threatened is absolute, although some of them need a group of people to get rid of the threat.

But, there is no one who does not want power. It will be used by researchers to make some soldiers to be used as super soldiers in question. Currently, the function of robots has not been too developed rapidly, not least in the military field.

Robots are dominating the industry and replacing human power that has limits, but that technology does not mean it has limits too. Limited resources are a concern if demand for robots increases.

Including materials to make bionic limbs that for now are still devoted to the military. Not all countries have knowledge of this technology, so some countries decided to exchange technology and other forms of cooperation to develop bionic limb technology.

Researchers have created bionic limbs that can be controlled by the mind of the wearer. Some parts of the human body can be replaced with robotic armatures, including cut or amputated body parts.

It makes the body parts that have been replaced have the ability to exceed the previous body parts, such as the arm that is cut off will be replaced with an artificial arm that has supporting devices, such as, like a hidden weapon and provides unlimited flexibility to its users. Some researchers are trying to develop this technology to function like a real hand or some other limb before it is replaced with bionic technology.

The negative impact on this technology has been tried to be eliminated, because the negative impact will inhibit some tissues in the body.

**

Since this hospital is a military installation, residents will not be allowed to enter unless there is an emergency. But the families of military members are still allowed to enter for visiting business or something like that. Including Arunika who has been accompanying Nio for one week for treatment.

The otherworldly girls could not be here every day, they also had jobs that needed to be completed. However, for Sigiz, Nio was the motivation for him to complete the task of the country quickly and thoroughly. Lux trains hard with her soldiers to be stronger than the green troops, and protect those who are weak.

Occasionally, members of the 1st Cruiser Squad visit Nio after obtaining permission and have completed the mission obtained. According to them, Nio would not be weak even if he lost his right hand, because Nio was not a person who used his right hand too often or vice versa, he could use both hands equally well.

Nio was munching on the bread he had made for lunch, with the forced use of his left hand to eat and do other activities. Even so, it was understandable after seeing Nio's current state.

Arunika held back after Nio refused to be fed, and Nio chose to put food into her mouth using her left hand.

Nio had already heard that he was going to get a replacement limb for his right hand that was cut off, but the answer Nio gave made some parties feel their hard work was in vain.

“Why did you reject that bionic hand? Can you protect me with one hand?”

“Of course, I don't want to owe more.”

Arunika sighed after hearing Nio's words, which seemed to attach importance to self-esteem than more important things. Without considering anything, Nio immediately refused the hand-delivery bionic almost completed by Indonesian and Russian researchers with the help of technology from North Korea.

And Nio knew if the savings money he and his brother had would not be able to afford this bionic hand, but the offer was indeed tempting and one who could think sanely would not reject it.

Even so, Nio felt that he could still pull the trigger with his left hand, and carry a rifle with ‘legrin technology.

“You better get rid of your pride for a moment. Giving you a bionic hand, doesn't mean the state owes you a debt to pay off. But instead, the country wants to give you a gift after protecting our ambassador.”

The one who spoke earlier was neither Arunika nor the nurse who was changing her infusion tube. Seen outside the treatment room were dozens of well-dressed people, equipped with sunglasses and slashing their hair, making this group of people more and more similar to the Presidential guard troops.

In the hallway where Nio was being treated, about 12 members of the presidential guard stood with strapping bodies and sharp gazes from behind their sunglasses. Outside the hospital, 25 members of the presidential guard stood guard in the courtyard and parking area.

Suroso is a small part of the party that is allowed to enter military facilities, such as the hospital where Nio was treated. He walked into the treatment room carrying a fruit basket, as well as a brown envelope that was not money.

As long as Nio got the recommendation of the bionic hand recipient, there were already 20 people who persuaded Nio to accept this gift, but all ended in rejection from Nio.

The young man casually replied, “No way,” when the government people who met him asked Nio to sign the file so that he received this technology.

Of course they had given up, and no longer wanted to go back to see Nio.

Arunika herself could not do anything for Nio to receive the reward after protecting the ambassador from the threat of assassination, even though with the end result she lost her right hand.

Radit was still doing therapy to keep his mental state from collapsing after seeing Nio's right hand cut off, but the therapy wasn't as simple as he thought.

Nio looked at Suroso's face with a look that said “Why are you here huh!?” But the presence of dozens of bodyguards outside made him unable to say that, or he would be shot on the spot by them if he actually said so.

But, Arunika looked nervous as Suroso entered this room casually. Suroso asks Arunika not to be nervous, because she is also a citizen like Arunika.

“But, I'm confused to pay for it.”

Suroso now sighed after hearing Nio's reply, then he smiled while sitting on the chair provided.

“You simply pay for it by continuing to fight, until this war quickly ends.”

When those words came out, Nio could only show a stiff smile and confusion to answer Suroso's words.

**

The Edera room was treated only 2 floors away from where Nio was, this was a regular outpatient like the one Nio inhabited.

The young man was wearing a grey jacket with fluttering sleeves of clothes exposed to the gusts of wind from the fan. Arunika and some authorities did not allow Nio to see Edera, but the young man said the reason that made the guards allow him to see the cat girl.

Nio looked at Edera who was still asleep with a flat gaze, as if she did not know what to do with the person who harmed her.

When someone is faced with a confusing thing, most of them will divert it and think of another. For Nio, Edera was just a victim of the person who used her to kill Nio and Radit. The real culprit was the one who ordered Edera to do just that.

But, finding the real culprit is not as easy as capturing Edera. No one knew the location of the chief's hideout that the cat girl was referring to.

In some parts of Edera's body there were scars, it was the part that was hit by the bullet that Nio fired, so they were both injured. It made sense that Nio wanted Edera to be punished according to the law in Indonesia, but the young man wanted to release this girl and try not to hold a grudge.

Although it seems naive, but according to Nio Edera is a girl who has made it easy in her duties, and has played a role in peace with the new country, now called Yekirnovo, which is also known as Yekirnovo, or in Indonesian means ‘country baru’.

“I don't think it's fair if this girl bears suffering again.”

Nio's mind went awry at the thought of this girl's fate in the future, if she was really going to be punished on charges of attempted murder, and her target of murder was a soldier and an ambassador.

Nio sighed, admitting if he wanted this girl to be released was a difficult thing to do. If Nio used a realistic view, he would let Edera suffer again in confinement, just like when she was a slave.

There are several races such as Edera who became prisoners of war in Indonesia.

The government has captured 3,000 otherworldly warriors who attacked Karanganyar. Their numbers were large, it was very troublesome to care for them, and initially where to hold the captives was an additional matter. The government decided to build a prisoner-of-war camp on an empty island in the Riau Islands Province, and put the prisoners there.

Among these 3,000 captives were the Demihuman race and the monster army, which Indonesians preferred to call them monsters. The government was not sure whether or not to regard the monsters as human, because they could talk. Then, both monsters, Demihumans, and ordinary human warriors were treated equally to avoid human rights issues.

The possibility of Edera being put into a captive camp was great, but there was no guarantee that Edera would be safe there. No legal authority was ready to defend Edera, and no otherworldly defender was prepared to protect this girl from the punishment that awaited her.

**

To avoid troublesome things, such as the process of getting a replacement hand, Nio decided to take a walk himself outside the hospital, or in other words he ‘kabur’. There were no guards to ban Nio from the forbidden zone for civilians, as they did not know the escape route of this person. And he kept going with 120,000 rupiah and his cell phone.

Nio who now wore glasses and covered his head with a hooded jacket, almost no one who used to know him became unaware of Nio. They passed by Nio, and commented on his appearance which was now almost similar to a gembel.

The area is now buzzing with the sounds of vehicles and project equipment building that were destroyed during the Gate disaster a few years ago. The high school where Nio was looking for knowledge first also began to be rebuilt, with many changes.

He went around many places that reminded him of his daily life before the war occurred, ranging from schools, stalls where he hangs out, and places that made Nio used to be ‘immediate hero’.

Now, Nio is in a region known as ‘suburb of’.

Because the current atmosphere was overcast, this place felt extremely gloomy and dangerous. Formerly, this alley was the fastest route to reach the boarding house where Nio and his brother lived. Almost no one dared to cross this small road, after the incident that had befallen Nio first. Only a few stray cats and mice dared to walk down this small, dark street.

Then, the person who used to be a bad memory of Nio and his brother, reappeared in the same place. It was that person who made a huge scar on Nio's right cheek, and almost snatched Arunika from her.

However, now Nio could be calmer when meeting that person and his gang members. A few years after the incident, the man's gang members increased by a few dozen, all of whom looked to be between the ages of 15-29.

“It just so happens, I don't have to bother going around to find you, Nio.”

That person looks the same age as Nio, with a height higher than Nio. But, the man and his gang members seem to have no combat experience at all, and are only experienced in terms of brawls and other juvenile delinquencies.

The male gang member shuddered and lost confidence as Nio removed the hood of his jacket, revealing a face that contained several scars, including one that the gang leader's man had inflicted. Now, Nio looks like a much different person compared to the 1st grade of High School.

“Do you still want my brother, Baron?”

“Oh, so you gave up and let your sister be one of my wives?”

After hearing Baron's reply, Nio smiled wryly and said in his heart, “Enak really nih people, I've got one girl hard to ask for forgiveness.”

This is the umpteenth time Nio meets Baron and his gang, who are a troubling group of teenagers. Although there have been dozens of members of this gang who were caught due to various cases, including drugs and other juvenile delinquency, the members of this gang seem to be no less at all and always amount to the same number.

A gentle breeze blew, and waved the right sleeve of the jacket that no body part was protected.

“You are now deadlocked, do you still have the guts to fight us?”

Nio grinned and sighed to lament his fate that had to face them ‘lag’, let alone with just one hand left. But, now he has the confidence to avenge the deeds of Baron and his gang members.

“We? Heh, it turns out that you still like to mess around?”