Call Me

My name is Hans, a man who was outcast from my own hometown, for one thing.

I was unable to fight, or rather survive there, in my own country.

My biological parents died in a shooting accident.

I was the only survivor of the massacre in our apartment.

I'm now taking a bus to the capital.

I chose the capital for a reason, I have to survive there.

Survive in a foreign land, survive alone in a foreign land. and survive the cruelty of this society.

I saw the entrance to the capital city.

Some border guards are checking on my entourage.

"Hans" I came up to the border guard, and looked at him.

"The reason for coming here" I thought for a moment, and looked at him again.

"To find a new life" The border guard looked at me and then at my file, he turned the page of my file and looked at me again.

He then called his men to check the firearms I was carrying.

"Clean" The officer told the border guard.

"One rule here son" The border guard patted my shoulder, I looked at him again.

"You live alone, others are just bullies in your life" he then chased me away with a hand code.

I nodded and picked up my file, I walked into the capital.

I saw a lot of advanced technology, small airplanes, half-robot humans, and many more.

I was amazed by this, I could finally make a living here.

I walked in the shopping district.

"Hi, I'm mappy, are you new here. use this map" A robot assistant gave me a map of the city, I took it.

I looked at the various districts.

I am now in the arrival district, the other districts are justice district, medicine district, technology district, garbage district, general district, and central district.

The arrival district is where a city enters and exits, by land or air.

The justice district is where the police station, prison and army headquarters are located.

the medicine district is where all health facilities are located.

The technology district is where technology manufacturing plants, illegal or legal, are located.

How do I know this? It seems like some kids are trying to give a clear description of this.

The garbage district is where various garbage is dumped, there is a ban on going there for some reason.

the public district is where people live from flats to luxury apartments.

The central district is where the government offices are located.

I tried to remember this, because I knew it would be useful.

I took a walk in the arrival district, finding a blind girl panhandling on the side of the road.

I gave her some change, she turned her head left and right.

"Thank you" she smiled even though her eyes were closed. I know you are suffering here.

It wasn't long before a mob came and shot all the people here.

I took cover and tried to protect the girl, but I was too late.

I saw the girl get shot, the bowl she was panhandling in broke, her body collapsed with blood dripping down her head.

The men kept shooting until they ran out of bullets, then fired again for round two.

I kept taking cover, cries of anguish, cries of confusion could be heard. even the laughter of a maniac could be heard over the loud sound of bullets.

After they finished shooting they left, with their laughter of satisfaction, I came out of my cover and approached the blind girl.

I saw that her body was shot in the neck and she was already bleeding out.

Underneath her blindfold, I saw patches of tears from her.

I took off her blindfold, I saw something I shouldn't have seen.

Her eyeballs were not there, not at all.

I closed the blindfold again, and covered her body with my jacket.

The police arrived, and processed the crime scene.

I as a witness to the scene was questioned and interrogated.

I answered as best I could and was released by them.

I went to an empty alley and threw up.

I saw something horrible on my first day here, a serial killer.

I was scared, I was honestly scared. If I didn't take cover then I would have died in vain.

I know the cruelty of this city, and I have to accept the bitter reality of the sweet hope I dreamed of living here.

I recalled the words of the border guard.

I have to live my own life, others are just a nuisance.

I started to look for a place to live in the public area, luckily I got a cheap apartment.

It was only 10 roys a month .

With a spacious living room, private bathroom, study room, luxurious bed, I'm sure this place is very special.

I put my things away, and prepared to take a shower.

I'm still thinking about the fate of that girl, who fell victim to someone's complacency.

"I'm sorry kid" I cried in my bath, out of regret for that.

I got out and rinsed myself off, I then went to bed to look for work tomorrow.

When I woke up, I started to take a deep breath, I finally realized that I was a nobody.

and I have to make a living for me, whatever that may be.

I got up and cleaned myself up, when I was done I went out and headed for the food stall.

I had a small breakfast and looked around me, many people were passing around me, some were chatting and playing.

busy with their gadgets, and there were some people sharpening weapons.

"If I may ask, can uncle explain about this town. I'm a newcomer from the town of Xilia" The tavern owner's uncle looked at me and gave me a serious look.

"You are from Xilia, congratulations son, you are a survivor from there" I was confused, what did he mean I survived my own country.

"What do you mean?" the uncle looked left and right and sighed.

"You are a survivor of your city, because the group from the east, destroyed the city to dust yesterday" I was silent hearing this.

My town was destroyed and I was a survivor. This is the best bullshit I've ever gotten.

"Thanks for the information uncle" The uncle nodded and gave me a drink.

"If you need a stable job, try your luck in the central district or the general district, maybe you'll find one" it was good advice for a normal life, I nodded and the uncle went on.

"If you need quick money, try the justice district or the technology district, maybe you can find connections there" that's right, connections. I need to be able to get connections to survive here.

"Just remember one thing son, if you're really desperate, don't go to the garbage district. You should never set foot there" I wondered, why the garbage district was so hated by the people here.

"Why uncle?" the uncle glared at me and whispered to me.

"I'm trying to save you from this cruel world" After he whispered that, he went back to cooking for the new customers.

I was confused as to what he meant. I was curious about the garbage district.

I gave the uncle some money for his food, I called a taxi.

I ordered him to go to the garbage district, the taxi driver stopped his car and looked at me.

"Are you crazy?" I nodded and he shook his head.

"Son, I don't know what your problem is here, I'll just drop you off at the border, the rest you'll explore on your own" I replied excitedly. He then dropped me off near the intersection and dropped me off.

"Son, whatever you feel there, remember. Prepare yourself mentally" the taxi driver left and I walked towards the garbage district.

Along the way I only saw empty and even abandoned buildings.

It wasn't long before I smelled a foul odor.

I held back my vomit, and I ran into a small alley.

There I saw something, a dead body.

The corpses of children and adults.

Their bodies were broken and incomplete.

I went again from the alley and came to a big hole, I saw the contents.

Corpses, machine parts, and some rotten animals piled up on top of each other.

I stared at this with a glare and couldn't believe what was happening in this city.

I sat and looked at this with a broken heart.

The dream of a comfortable life here is just a nonsense.

I cried at the cruelty of my people.

"What's wrong son" I stopped my crying and saw an old man approaching me.

"Is this a reality?" the old man sat beside me and smoked.

"That's right, it's a reality that is being covered up by something" I was confused by this, someone else was playing riddles on me.

"Please don't make me think too hard" The old man laughed, and threw his cigarette into this big hole.

"It's a fact that you're going to cover your shit with a tree, that even the rest of the people don't know what makes the tree fertile" He got up and stood in front of me then spread his hands wide.

"Welcome to this shitty town, young man" he laughed contently and I just looked at him strangely.

This guy is completely insane, I've just seen insanity, and this old man is adding new insanity.

He finished laughing and looked at me, then sighed.

"I apologize for my actions just now, would you like a drink young man?" I hesitated, but I had to go.

The two of us went to a bar, we went inside.

I see a lot of people here, men women and even children.

I saw the entire contents of this bar.

A list of people to kill, with a reward next to it.

A ranking list with rewards for each deed.

And there was a list of hunters organized by rank, as well as the exact number of kills and success rate.

I took a seat in front of the barista, the old man handed me a drink.

"I paid for it, drink it" I smelled the drink, it was safe. I drank it right away.

After finishing the drink the old man cleaned my glass.

"Welcome to my bar, my name is Freg, former major general of the world army. Who are you young man?" This old man is a former general? Even a major general of the world army, holy shit.

"Hans, from Xilia City" Everyone here stopped what they were doing and looked at me together.

Old Man Freg gave me a serious look and coded the visitors here to block the exit.

I was confused and scared, would I die for nothing.

"From Xilia huh" Old man Freg activated a hologram and scrolled through the list of names of many people.

until it stopped at me.

Old man Freg looked at me and saw the description of my name on the hologram.

Old man Freg suddenly attacked me, I automatically dodged, then some visitors attacked me too, I tried to fight back with my bare hands without weapons, so did they.

I knew they had weapons but they didn't use them.

I dodged another patron's kick and old man Freg's punch, I was careless because I didn't see the kid who stabbed me in the back.

Shit, I was bleeding. I kept my distance from them, but I was picked up and slammed back into the center of the bar.

Old man Freg came over to me and gave me an injection.

I screamed as loud as I could, my body melted and my bones felt like they were being broken.

after that I passed out, I don't know what they did to me.

I woke up to see myself back in my apartment.

I panicked and looked at my body, my wounds were healed and I was still fine.

I looked at the clock which still showed 3am.

I got up and looked around my apartment, I saw a letter on my study table.

I opened it, and saw what it said.

'I'm sorry son, I was just testing your skills, and the results were disappointing. so we sent you back. and one more thing, if you need a job. we will accept you, because judging by your economic condition, you look poor. come here again. sincerely Freg'

I tore up this paper and went back to sleep, am I going back there?

I'll die before I set foot there.

I looked for another job in the morning, of course all the places rejected me, what happened to my life.

Do I have to go back there, to my final resting place.

I was confused, and tried to get to the justice district.

I tried my luck here, the results were unsatisfactory because of where I came from.

I gave up and returned to the bar.

When I reached the entrance, I sighed and opened it.

Still as usual these people were enjoying their time here, so was old man Freg.

"You're back?" Old man Freg greeted me, and gave me a drink.

"I didn't find a job anywhere" Everyone hearing this laughed, I was confused by this.

"are you so innocent that you don't know anything, listen son. your town was destroyed by the eastern mob, the eastern mob controls 40% of the towns in this country, and you are the only survivor from there, you know what will happen" Old man Freg gave me an epiphany, all these masterminds are the eastern mob. the government is afraid of them.

I held my temper and broke the glass in my hand, Old man Freg gave me antiseptic and bandages. I then treated myself.

"You are not welcome in the community son, be thankful you can still sleep in your apartment" Old man Freg cleaned my broken glass, then gave me a form.

I saw the contents were so normal, there was neither anything nor a trick.

"This?" Old man Freg gave me a smile then handed me a pen.

"Your employment form" I filled out the form and handed it to Old Man Freg.

Old man Freg added my name to his hologram list, my name was displayed on the hunter's list.

"Remember son, here we are partners, will help each other, if you intend to defect or snitch, then your enemies will increase" They looked at me with bloodlust, I just swallowed.

"Your code name, what do you want" Old man Freg offered my code name for work, I thought hard until I was tired.

"Blue lotus" Old man Freg nodded and my name officially became blue lotus, more precisely my code name here.

"Welcome, blue lotus. To the hunter's bar." Old man Freg declared as me and a few of my colleagues clapped happily, and we partied afterwards.

Whether I'll regret this job, I don't know. All that matters is that I survive.