PARHTA: The Legend of Neosantower
6. Putra Pandawa Group
"Allahuacbar.. Allahuahbar... "
The Adhan has reverberated, roosters crowded crowed to welcome the dawn.
Juna sat in his bed. He felt a little dizzy from staying up late playing VR. This is compounded also with the game flow that is too random to make it confused.
"Everything feels real" the man murmured as he looked at his palm.
Honestly, a thrilling feeling still enveloped him. Sadness also hit him when remembering the figure of Gesang.
"You look too much like my sister" he softly explained as he turned to look at the figura containing a portrait of Juna with his sister.
Brak!
Juna turned to the door and found his mother there.
"Go to the mosque, Jun" said the woman, and then passed before Juna could answer.
Juna smiled faintly, "Yes ma'am" he replied despite not being heard by the mother.
***
In a room full of monitors, a man looked confused.
"What does the Son do?" he said while fiddling with the keyboard. Some of the people there did the same thing.
"Detecting clumsiness in the system. Did the Son do anything?" a woman with glasses turned around with a pale face.
"Freya, I think the Son is out of control".
"You're kidding me, aren't you, Ryan?" freya asked, The glasses lady could not believe it.
Everyone there was holding their breath.
Putra is an AI that was deliberately created to help this VR game. He is vital to the NeosanTower system. The developer named him Putra because he was like a hard-created golden boy with sweat and blood. It took time and struggle that the Pandawa Group had to sacrifice for their "Son.
"Basic is useless! My son may disappear!"
The deg!
A voice sounded loudly. Ryan, Freya and her friends fell silent as soon as the lights went out.
Bous is their boss, he is the owner of Pandawa Group who is very ambitious to build a virtual world. And the first step is to launch the NeosanTower VR game.
Although it does not appear to exist, the sound of Bous channeled with speakers is enough to make them die of lice because of the aura of strong intimidation.
"Mayara Division..."
"I hope you know what to do".
"If failed... Neither will your lives be enough to pay for it."
Glug. Paying the Son with respect is impossible even with life.
"Ryan?.." call his men in fear. The man looked at him blankly, feeling the same fear.
"We'll split the task. Someone has to look for Putra through the system and look for him directly in Neosantara" Ryan said and agreed with his colleagues.
***
Pingy!
Pingy!
The voice of Juna's mobile phone continues to sound until it disturbs the Owner who tries to close his eyes. Understandably, last night he stayed up late for playing VR.
"What motive is it!?" ketus Juna while getting up grabbed his phone located on the table.
[Decorating room +100 points. ]
[Directing Mom to market +100 points. ]
[5 Notifications ... ]
"This is what the cave was working on" he asked confusedly. The phone screen blinked and then a glitch appeared in it.
[ "Good morning sir! From now on all your productive activities will get points that can be converted into balances" ]
Juna was surprised not to play, because suddenly there was a voice like Google Assist coming out of his phone.
"Heh!? What the fuck? Google is another error? How does his voice sound man" he asked did not understand. He thought the voice came from Google Assist.
[[I am the system that accompanies you in the game NeosanTower." ]
[[From now on, I will accompany you in the game or the real world to get what you want" ]
Juna gulped his saliva with great difficulty. His eyes were still staring in disbelief at the device in his grasp.
"Damn!"
Juna throws his phone all of a sudden.
[ "Master?" ]
"Master palamu! Stop or the cave call Mr. Ustad for your ngeruqiah!" juna exclaimed in fear while jumping backwards, trying to stay away from the phone he thought was hacked.
[[You are the chosen one" ]
"DIEM!!!"
[[If you don't believe it, you can login to Neosantara. I'll explain everything there" ]
Doubtful but curious. Without saying anything, Juna grabbed the VR gear while keeping a distance with his phone.
"Kalo boong cave report to Cyber Police yes" said Juna a little threatening when wearing his gear.
***
NeosanTower is the name of a VR game released by the Pandawa Group. The game is set in a beautiful country called Neosantara which is now in the midst of a disaster, and in that country the players explore looking for a place that has long been lost, the, a place that is said to be able to restore prosperity for Neosantara. That's what everyone's final destination is, NeosanTower.
In the NeosanTower game, there is a system that regulates everything in Neosantara, namely "Son".
"Son really isn't here ... "
A desperate sound came out from the mouth of a man with a red peacock mask.
He and two others were pensive inside a temple whose exterior had been smashed and its guard was gone.
"Son disappeared, but he's still doing his job well. I think he's evolved, but there's no way he's got full control in this fast time" said a purple peacock masked man. He displays his analysis while examining the system window.
"AI feels terrible if it's like this. But, wait a minute .. he must be eyeing the host to keep growing. And the host has come, he's the one who finished off Dwarapala" said another man in White's mask, just call White.
Both of his colleagues looked over.
Purple aka the Purple Mask is approaching. "Here? You think it's a parasite".
"Yes, I mean host like other players. Although AI cannot do it alone, it also needs human-derived programmers and data bases".
"He's programming his own programmers" Red timpal said as he looked out at the temple.
***
Juna forgot that he was being held captive by the City soldiers. He also logged in with the position of his hand tied to the tendril in front of the guard post.
"What are you doing!?" exclaimed Juna who had now become Partha when his bag was searched by a soldier. His belongings fell to the ground, as did Uta who made the Soldier startled for a moment.
Tep.
The soldier picked up a headband with a brown batik pattern, aka Udeng. Then examine every detail of the thing. While Uta who fell immediately jumped on Partha's shoulders.
"Oh, you got this. All right, you're free" said the soldier, showing the NeosanTower logo on the edge of the headband.
"just that? What kind of identifier I think. At least explain first so I can understand!" Partha jerked both her hands to be free from tendrils.
The man grabbed his udeng with an annoyed face, then picked up the scattered items. But when Partha wanted to take Dwarapala's fangs that she had previously killed, the soldier's foot stepped on the fangs.
"That's mine" he said coldly, trying to get his stuff. But a sword suddenly stuck beside his neck. Partha stared at him sharply.
"This is what we confiscated"
Brukh!
Unexpectedly Partha sacrificed her bow to keep the sword away from the neck.
The two soldiers there were on standby. While Partha took the fangs immediately.
"Don't run away!" they scream while running. Partha did the same while avoiding throwing energy balls. Some of the balls reached the merchant kiosk by the roadside. Uta went back to hiding in the bag.
"Weapons!" partha called out her weapon.
"Stune!" he shouted again while releasing the arrows. One soldier managed to make a statue, while the others are still trying to pursue.
As soon as a cart passed by, Partha jumped and shot two arrows. But something stopped his attack. The man was shocked to the point of almost falling down when a white masked man turned his arrow with magic.
Boom! Boom!
Partha almost got hit by a counterattack.
"Why are you chasing him?" white asked one of the soldiers.
"The man was carrying an unfamiliar Dwarapala fang, sir" said the soldier, bowing.
"Dwarapala?" parrot White with a face. Then he ran after Partha with his magic skill in the form of ice. He glided at full speed on the slippery ice.
"Red, Purple, I think Putra is here" he said on a peacock pin that was on his collar. The man grinned as Partha's form began to appear in front of him.
"Frozen finger's!" white exclaimed and then directed the magic that came out from his fingertips. All those who were exposed to the magic became frozen. Partha who realized this became panicked.
"Who is he!?" the pekik is not out of thought. He has difficulty aiming because the target is very agile and fast. Plus he has to run.
["Keep running sir! Whatever happens, don't stop. That guy's too dangerous, don't let him see your face!" ]
"What is he really after?" partha asked with gasps.
[ "He's after something from you." ]
Partha wanted to retaliate, but an attack hit her right leg frozen to the knee. He also fell slipping until he hit a clothesline of a citizen. His body was covered in a pile of clothes.
"Maybe!" Partha growled while taking out her arrows. He used the arrow to reflect magic.
It's magical! Partha's idea was not in vain, she managed to reflect her magic until White's face was covered in ice itself.
"Mur gun eat sir!"
***