1 Chapter 1 - I'm sorry
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"Hmph ..."
The interminable sound of the car horns could be heard followed by a long sigh. In a medium-size truck, two people were sitting in different moods.
The one who was driving the wheel could be noticed somewhat frustrated and angry, while the person sitting in the back area was relaxed and somewhat bored.
The two people were a thin, average-looking middle-aged adult in oil-stained clothing, and the other guy was a boy in his mid-15s. He was fat, average appearance, black hair, brown irises and wore a gray jacket with green pants, his name was John.
Today was the day he had to go get his basket from school. Due to the pandemic, companies from different regions have had problems when delivering their products to the city of John.
And people have not been able to buy food and other things. Therefore, your school has decided to give food to children who are part of a specific scholarship, the benefits of this scholarship consist of two things, namely: First, food. During the student's education until college, they will be benefited with breakfast and lunch on school days.
Second, discount. When the student enters a university, the scholarship will give him discounts when buying food at the establishment.
They were simple but important. Of course John was part of this scholarship, so he was obliged to come to his school and collect his food.
Because these hours there were not enough transportation to go to his school, he had to ask his neighbor for help, who reluctantly agreed.
Just as he was about to arrive at the school, they were caught in traffic due to an incident with the police in front of an accessory store.
It goes without saying that John's school was right across the street from a supermarket, so these things tended to happen a lot.
"How boring ... I'll get out of here" John spoke after standing still for several minutes waiting for the problem to be solved, but apparently it was going to take a long time, this is because John could see through the corner of his eye as a child ran away and was followed by two officers.
"How stupid, if you run now you will be less likely to break free and miss this attempted robbery" John thought as he got out of the vehicle.
John was a smart boy, he was realistic and he always saw things from various points of view. If he thought he couldn't achieve something after thinking about it for a long time, he would just give it up and make no effort to try to get over it.
He had a somewhat peculiar personality, he was never angry or sad and he was always upbeat or happy, when he played video games and lost, he got very angry, but that anger lasted at least 10 seconds and then calmed down.
He was reasonable and was not carried away by his emotions. If he lost it is simple, he was not good or he was not at the level of his opponent. You could say that his mind was always calm to face any type of situation.
As he slowly walked to school, he decided to bow his head a bit. Calling the mocking gaze of people, but he didn't care. He had dizziness problems when getting into vehicles and the only way he could find to solve his problem was to stoop a little so that his head and mind could recover.
When he got to the entrance of his school, he lifted his sleeves a little to show his two hands. A guard approached him to put disinfectant gel on his open hands and then check him with a device to see his fever level.
Noting that everything was in order, he let John into the establishment to get his basket. John gave him a simple greeting and walked into his school.
He wasted no time and quickly went to get his food which consisted of two plastic bags with some fruits and vegetables inside. He signed a paper to verify that he went to get his food and left.
He grabbed the two bags and left the school without first saying goodbye to the guard. When he got to the corner of his school he looked in all directions looking for the vehicle that came to drop him off.
After searching everywhere he could find it, it was parked in the supermarket in front of his school. He crossed the street and got into the vehicle, when he closed the door and settled in, the car did not take a minute to withdraw and begin its journey to John's house.
As John sat on the part of rubbing his hands, he couldn't help but think how boring the world is. Life was about; be born, grow up, study, study, study, work, work, reproduce, be a father or mother, watch your children grow up and die.
Even if you had free moments in which you could have fun, you would have to return to your daily routine sooner or later to be someone in life. And even if you followed your routine there is still little chance that you will succeed.
John has seen people on the internet telling their stories, stories about studying a career for years, spending money and resources and then ending up working in a restaurant or fast food business.
How sad, right? Putting hours of sweat and effort into something and then it doesn't work for you and you have realized that you lost a large part of your life on something that didn't pay off.
While John was still lost in thought, he couldn't realize that he got home until the vehicle stopped. When he finally reacted, he lifted his heavy bags and got out of the car.
He did not say goodbye to the neighbor since he noticed him very angry and frustrated, John thought that if he said something to him, the neighbor would jump up and bite his finger.
He quickly entered his house and greeted his mother who was taking care of her business. John lived in a small store run by his mother, although he didn't earn much, which would be less than $ 300 a month.
They could pay the bills and live quietly with some luxuries, they had a two-story house, with the store on the first floor and John's room on the second floor.
John left his bags in the dining room on the first floor and then quickly went upstairs to his room where his computer awaited him. He couldn't help rubbing his hands again, John was too weak when it came to his arms as opposed to his legs.
People's legs were three times stronger than the upper zone, so John relied more on the strength of his legs than his arms if he ever fought, although that was unlikely.
Although he was fat, John was fast, even outspeeding fellow students in his class who were much thinner than him. But because he was obese, he had no stamina, so he got tired really fast.
Putting that aside and seeing that his hands were already better, he sat in his chair and entered the world of video games. Today was December 31st and John followed his typical routine. Wake up, eat, play, go to the bathroom, play, eat and sleep. He did not study as it was not necessary, it has been more than a year since he has not gone to school and he has mostly forgotten about his studies.
Although he knows this is wrong, he did not care. Your future depends on your pure luck, no matter how much you study or how much you want to do something, if your luck is bad, it will not work for you and you will lose all your effort and time.
But, if you are lucky, it does not matter if you do not study, you can end up working in a large company as a builder or some other profession where the pay is higher than the minimum wage.
Also, the school was not very useful. They say that school educates you on how to manage your life in the future, but John doesn't believe that.
First of all, what is the use of studying languages, arts, religion or music? I don't think one is going to explain a work by a famous artist to his boss in his company. Or explain how fancy music is ... it's too stupid. Other subjects like math or science may work, but what good is studying language?
Yes, you can learn to write or improve your grammar with the language subject, however, what is the function of learning a poem or reading 500-page stories? Not at all.
You will spend time and effort on something that will only be during a damn test and then all of that will be forgotten, and it is fair to say about the odds that you will remember the five hundred page story.
John prefers that at school they remove all the useless things like creating works of art, creating music or creating a poem and keep subjects that do serve the future of the person.
For example, how to deal with a situation in which your future boss or your future subordinate is doing unfair and illegal actions, that would go a long way.
But no matter how many times you think about it, he is one child among billions that exist. No one will take your opinion seriously, much less care.
Putting all those thoughts aside, he saw that the game had already started so he settled in his seat and began to play.
Hours passed and night came.
* BEEP * * BEEP * John's cell phone clock rang, when he saw his cell phone ring, he decided to turn it off and stop playing his game. Already being 11:30 pm and there were thirty minutes left for New Years, he decided to go down to the first floor to eat something.
When he came down he couldn't see anyone, but he did hear some laughter coming from the store. Her mother must have been talking to a client.
Ignoring this, she headed to the food and helped herself to something to eat, when she finished devouring her large meal, she went to take a shower and dressed in exercise clothes.
Although she wasn't really going to exercise, but these were the clothes she liked the most and the most comfortable. With all this done, she left her house and could see her mother greeting the neighbors and wishing everyone a happy new year.
John did not like to greet others so he hid in his house with his cat. His cat wasn't really his, it was an old neighbor who left him in the neighborhood and John decided to adopt him.
Checking his cell phone he could see that it was 11:59 PM, there was exactly one minute left until it was New Years.
"A year goes by and a new one greets us, I hope there are no more catastrophes this year ..." John thought with a wry smile looking at his watch that marked the seconds for New Years.
The seconds passed quickly and it marked 12 PM. It's the beginning of the year 2021, just as John was about to stand up and wish his mom a happy new year, everything around him stopped.
The wind, the papers flying, the people, the fireworks even in the sky, stopped. John couldn't help but be scared by this, although he was calm most of the time he was still afraid. Suddenly, he heard a voice in his head.
[I'm sorry my children, this will be for your good and for the future of humanity. I wish you good luck on your journey.]
When John heard this message in his head, he felt tired and the next second he passed out. It wasn't even ten seconds before his eyes snapped open.
"What's going on?" John wondered as he got up with one arm on the ground and the other hand rubbing his head. When he regained consciousness and felt better, he could see that he was no longer at home, but was in a forest surrounded by white snow.
"What the FUCK ?!" John screamed in his mind.
