Chapter 13:

close but still far~

What color is the azure sky?


“You see I don’t wanna say it but I myself am quite the mania of d30 and give you quite the information”said the old man as he slowly sit on the bench while holding his back.                    “You see I am in serious need of some grains for my back treatment” he added                              “I can understand that pain” guta replied with serious face                                                                “Big man, can you fight it is not like I am not doubting your strength but your back might be in the way” draven asked                                                                                                                            “You are right about that but I seem to have soft spot for people like you who is trying every way they have in their hand” said old-man                                                                                     “Before challenging I would give my participation fee you see that every year the site is different and aaa what it was hmm leave it I can’t remembr the important part is that the location of event site isss aaa” said the old man while struggling to remember                      “Please old man try to remember it” said momo who seem to be called back Others also look at this old man’s face

“Let's play the game I will remember it soon”said the old man to not keep everyone waitingAs they set in position with old man “I like to go defensive”                                                                      “Start” draven shouts

“Oh I remembered it was 20——public site” said the old man jumping. Everyone soon rushed out leaving the game “old man you can have that money as a present from me” vel pleasurably said it

“No way that’s my money why are you giving it away even though we have not lost” mihak complains and demand to take the money

“By the way the deadline time was supposed to be 35;00 of today if I remember correctly and the place is—-”old man said while tryin his best not to forgot

“What time it is?” vel asked momo in hurry “It Is past 32;00 and I think it is closest one among all public site from here fortunate" Momo said while checking from watch Everyone rushed quickly in the public ambiot to public site 20 with long face of mihak 

“That old man was good to share such an important information for free” vel said while laughing                                                                                                                                                          “ But you gave him my grains” mihak silently mumbles in the corner seat

“Look like someone else got scammed by that Old man con” one of the men in 40’s said to his other friend while having a common Cigar social gathering for fun

“It really are three times the number of fooled people to that of 30 year prior one” said another one of member in gathering                                                                                                                   “That old man really got us good , I completely let my guard down from those sweet talk"     momo said                                                                                                                                                 “My money, Aahhh, it was all for nothing” mihak shouting in sadness                                                 "Lets quickly head back and see what we can do” stark said                                                           “Shouldn’t we explore this area for some time” gigi asked but no one was there anymore Everyone hoped back to the same way they came from                                                                     “That old man I will make him pay for it“ said balloon                                                                        

Oh, this is just great! That old con artist played us for fools ,haha” mihak said with positive smile                                                                                                                                                           “Oo, is everything alright with your brain” gigi said while poking mihak                                            “I am trying to distract my brain or I might go crazy” said mihak while smiling                                  “I hope you find it entertaining” gigi ended the conversation and make some distance and not to get on his nerves.                                                                                                                                  After some misfortune of traffic and some once in a while accident streak, they were just 1 hour away from deadline and reached the bus stand once again. They dashed out from the bus quickly

“What do we do, we won’t make it on the site let alone participate” stark said while swinging his long hair and unconsciously showing his bald spot again                                                                  "My sweet money” mihak mumbles 

“Call Renard, we are going to sum the total Intel we gathered and decide the next step,” Draven came forward while arranging information from the "Put It Down" game.                                    Everyone started giving their collected information which they collected while advertising.     

“I heard that there is a secret path in the bar near Ore,” Momo suggested.                                     “If it's a secret, we won’t be able to find it in an hour. Next!” Draven quickly rejected.                  “I heard that if we defeat any 10 people in the public ground standing under the tree, we will get a recommendation entry,” Balloon said.                                                                                            “Are you dumb? What do we do if we beat innocent ones standin under tree or maybe waitin for someone? Next!” Draven shouted.                                                                                                      “I found 4 patterns in the buses leaving right now after observing about 120 of them,” Renard quietly said.                                                                                                                                               “First, every third bus from when I started has its last window open and didn’t even budge when I tried to move it.                                                                                                                           Second, every 20th bus doesn’t have ‘In Memory of the Deceased Anna’ written on it and just says ‘To the Event Site’, and most people enter it.                                                                                Third, starting from the 17th bus, then the 42nd, and so on with a difference of 25, have all the windows open and also didn’t budge.                                                                                                 Fourth, every 50th bus from the 49th onwards has a different model from the rest of the others,” Renard finished his observation.                                                                                             “That is quite an observation,” Gigi commended him.                                                                 “Hmmm. Now, based on the amount of fake and true information we have collected, I think we should go with the bus route,” Draven said after carefully considering.                                  “Guta, what do you think? Which one should we take?” Mihak asked Guta.                                      “There is not much time left. Hurry up, Executive,” Momo said to Guta.                                            “I think either the 3rd or the 4th observation, maybe,” Guta replied after thinking carefully.

“Hmm, Guta seems right. From the info of that retired assassin, there is a high chance for the 3rd one. In the last case, the interval is too big for fooling. Let's go with the 3rd choice. What do you think, boss?” said Draven.                                                                                                                      “You must have thought it through before asking me, and I also think that man does not seem to be lying about that,” Vel confirmed.                                                                                                  “But I think we should take the 4th route” Balloon complains but was ingnored                          “But that bus is just leaving right now, so we better hurry, or it will be gone,” Renard quickly said.

“You better mention it quickly,” Stark said, while slapping Renard’s back.                                         "Ooi, driver! Wait up, we are coming! Wait!” Stark rushed quickly, followed by everyone else. Somehow, everyone managed to get on the bus, with some sitting on the roof due to the lack of space and the urgency of not being able to wait for the next one.                                         “Phew, that was a close call,” Balloon said to his partner Dylan.                                                     “Hmm, you’re right,” Dylan replied, his eyes closed. Not just him, but everyone else had also closed their eyes as the vehicle moved forward.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           “What do you call this feeling that I’m experiencing right now?” Guta asked himself quietly.   “The air around me is flowing against me as if I’m swimming in a sea of air. It feels so light... does my body even exist?” Guta thought, intrigued by the sensation of the wind around him. Immersed in their own thoughts, they quietly continued their journey.

[^10] The language of each sector has evolved over time and currently the most common language used among everyone is Ifo which consist of 48 alphabets and 12 vowels.