Chapter 3:

The Chosen One

Crystal Wings

A few days pass by. The one-week vacation is now over. It was finally the day, the day of the publication of results and the parents' day. Will karma be able to catch up with the best of the best? Or will he fail? The answer will soon be seen.

Exam results,

Asuna: 1st

Izuko: 9th

Karma: last

After seeing this, Karma went into extreme depression mode. At that time Izuko and his friends were passing by,

"Hey, what position did you score."

"Me? It was 9th."

"Ehh? Good for you in being in the top 10. You should be grateful."

"Man, I thought I wasn't going to be even in the top 15s."

"Trying to show off? You'll pay for it."

"Im not."

Izuko notices Karma. He tells his friend to go on ahead. He went to talk to Karma.

Izuko: Oi Karma-

Asuna: Hey Izuko, come here.

Izuko: Yea?

Asuna was nearby when Izuko was coming. She knew that he was going to ask him what his position was, so she called him.

Asuna: Look at the result.

Izuko sees that Karma was last this time. He knew that he studied very hard for that exam,

Izuko: oh.

Asuna: Yeah.

Izuko: What about his parents? Isn't today gonna be the parents' day? But I don't see his parents tho.

Asuna: You see, Karma lost his parents in his childhood.

Izuko: I feel sorry for him. He had it rough.

Asuna: He is already depressed because of the exam and trying to console him would make him even more depressed. It is best to leave him be for now.

Izuko: Wow, you seem to know a lot about him.

Asuna: What did you mean to say?

Izuko: I know that you know what I meant to say.

Asuna: Shut up.

Karma doesn't talk to anyone. He goes to the dorm alone. He is very depressed.

"What did I even do to deserve this."

"How much more?"

"What did I even do?"

He has his mind broken. He doesn't know how much more he has to study to keep up with the world's top students. He is in extreme depression mode. While Karma is depressed, he is targeted by a mysterious organization...

Spies: Target acquired; He is in the ideal mental condition. Please give orders. Over.

Headquarters: Perfect. Wait for the night and proceed with caution.

Karma goes to the dorm. But all he can think about is the results and the overall condition of his studies after coming to World Technical High. His mind is going to break. To get a change of pace, he gets out of his dorm. He comes down, goes to a vending machine, and takes a can of coffee. He then sits on a bench and opens the can. But as soon as he was to drink the coffee, he bursts out in tears. He couldn't hold it any longer. There wasn't anyone near. It was the dead of night. He didn't know how much time has passed since all he was thinking about was his repeated attempts and failures.

"Why?"

"Why does it always have to be me?"

"How hard do I have to push myself?"

"Do I even have to die to survive here?"

Suddenly, a drone appears. It goes behind Karma's back. Karma couldn't react as fast. The drone injects a serum into his neck. He becomes unconscious. The drone takes Karma to headquarters. After some time, Karma wakes up.

Karma: Where am I?

Speaker: This place is called the white room.

Karma: This is the worst. First my depression, then me getting kidnapped. I'm done with life right now. Kill me if you want.

Speaker: That is something you shouldn't say. Your life is valuable, and we are not kidnapping you.

Karma: Then what? Gonna sell me?

Speaker: You will undergo an operation very soon.

Karma: Wait what?

Speaker: That will help you survive in this harsh world.

Karma: Wait.

Speaker: You will be grateful once you start to use it.

The drone comes and injects a serum into Karma's neck. Karma becomes unconscious. The robots then take him to the operation theater.

"Preparation complete. Waiting for orders to initiate the operation."

"Orders were given: Start the operation."

"Okay."

White room description: This white room refers to only one of the experiment rooms of this organization. It is completely white. And one side has a one-sided mirror at the top so that the person from outside can see the inside but the person from inside cannot see the outside.

In the middle of the operation, Karma partially wakes up. He sees that he is being turned into a cyborg. But he couldn't process this information. His vision becomes hazy and he passes out again. After some time,

"Operation complete"

"Good work. Now bring him to the white room."

"Orders received; Bringing him to the white room."

After coming to the white room, he wakes up. But he couldn't get hold of his consciousness at once.

Karma: Where am I? Why am I feeling dizzy?

He again passes out.

Speaker: Seems like it will take some time to adapt to his new body parts.

Assistant: Are you sure that he will be able to accomplish it?

Speaker: I am sure.

After two days of sleeping, Karma finally wakes up.

Speaker: oh, so you've decided to wake up. It usually takes one week or more for a person to wake up. You're lucky.

Karma: What happened?

Speaker: Some of your body parts have been changed with artificial ones. Thats all.

Karma: HUH?

Speaker: Yes.

Karma: That means... I'm a-

Speaker: Yes. You're a cyborg.

Karma: The heck. I thought they only existed in movies. This isn't a prank, is it?

Speaker: Sorry to disappoint you, but it isn't.

Karma can see that his body parts have been changed to robotic ones. One of his hands was changed too. The hand now had a metallic texture and his hand was filled with electronic veins. The veins were blue.

Speaker: Let me explain everything to you.

Speaker: Dark Plasma, a 100-year-old organization that specializes in creating cyborgs, used to be run by two anonymous people, calling themselves father and son. The organization is neutral, neither good nor bad. Because the father wanted to create cyborgs for the better good, while the son wanted destruction. They decided to make the AI of the cyborgs in such a way that it mimics the personality of the person or host. The bots with good personalities are called lightbots while the bad ones are called darkbots. We neither support nor reject any of them. They are clear rivals of each other. You choose what part you want to be in.

Karma: Do you think that human-made things are better than God-gifted things?

Speaker: No, we never think that man-made things are better or superior to god gifted things. Rather they are inferior. But you have to train yourself to be strong which robots or cyborgs don't.

Karma: What did you change in me?

Speake: Your right arm, your left wrist, your right eye, two of your legs, and implanted an AI in your brain that connects all these parts. Oh, and your right arm has been transformed into a powerful laser.

Karma: Now what?

Speaker)"You now have what is called supernatural speed, strength, photographic memory, and an AI companion."

(Karma)"Guess that's not that bad."

(Speaker)"This is a reminder that I'm telling you, don't tell this to anyone except someone dear to you."

(Karma)"And what if I do?"

Speaker: The consequences speak for themselves.

The speaker shows him the pile of dead bodies that released the secret of their cyborg powers. Karma shocked.

Karma: What happened to them?

Speaker: They died.

Karma: How?

Speaker: As soon as they were released from here, they went to the police station about the situation they were in. They were then captured and experimented on but the government.

Karma: That's harsh.

Speaker: If you don't want to die like them, then don't reveal your secret no matter what.

Karma: I won't. I don't wanna die.

Speaker: That's a change of mood. A few moments before the operation you were telling us to kill you.

Karma: Who wants to die after having these superpowers?

Speaker: Childish mind.

Karma: Huh?

Speaker: Take him from where he came from.

Karma: Hey. Wait.

A drone comes and again puts the sleeping serum on Karma's neck. He becomes unconscious. The drone then takes him back to his dorm.

Assistant: Looks like it is going well.

Speaker: Yes.