Today
Slowly I took in my surroundings. At first I thought maybe I went back in time, but I've never been in this hospital before.
My head rested on a soft pillow and to my right was a window with a view of Seoul, the towering massive sky scrapers and the pitch black sky, neon lights dance in the background-
"Hey kid I'm right here"
My head snapped to the left where my grandpa sat on a chair staring at me
"Look at you, ending up just like your father."
『How did i survive that? What happened...』
I clench my fists and that's when I felt it, I looked at my left hand and reached out to feel it. the skin was synthetic and looked like human skin which is why I didn't notice it at first
"No one knows how you survived" Ha-joon said while walking into the room "someone found your body cooked on a pile of rubble, your left arm completely gone"
"It's me who bought you that arm. Lucky you kid" my grandpa spoke up, I couldn't tell what he was feeling though. Ha-joon looked concerned while my grandpa looked like he was calculating something. Beom-jun, this harabeoji is quiet annoying. My old grandpa here is a nepo baby and quiet the arrogant one. Beom-hyun was his father and a famous politician who's still alive and 124 years old (thanks to implants). This Beom-hyun has 11 children who are all successful in their own right
Even then my mother inherited most of his wealth and became quiet successful herself
"Wait... now that pungbaek is gone what's gonna happen!? We are facing a level four kaiju threat!" I shouted, every word made my throat burn in sizzling pain
"They are already working on a replacement from what I've heard... I don't know much more than that though"
That's when a figure walked in, but no one payed attention at it was a simply android nurse, her hips swaying slightly with each step as she walked towards me with a tray in hand, her fake synthetic hair tied in a bun. Slowly she placed the tray on the stand next to me, normally a family member would take care of you but with kaiju's around many were left completely alone
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KAIJU EXTERMINATORS HQ
walking back into my room I threw my bag onto the floor, my bed was on the top right side next to a long window that stretched across the wall. Next to queen sized bed was a desk with a bonsai tree and... a cat? That's when I realized it's the same cat I rescued from asan. I reached my right hand out and it licked my index finger
There was a small kitchen on the left side next to a door leading to the bathroom. I opened the fridge slowly. "I should get some food for you shouldn't I?"
My bridge consisted of mostly ready made meals and a six pack of bottles
Click
After shutting the fridge I grabbed a orange puffed jacket and stepped out. after a five minute walk I got to the nearby convenience store. Along with the orange jacket I had a black cap on
Bump!
On my way to the aisle section with the cat food I bumped against someone, a girl with red hair that was just as spiky and messy as mine "watch where you are going!" She shouted towards me
"S-sorry..." I whispered out slowly. Her pupils were cross shaped and golden, a contrast to her black eyes
"T-thats a cool implant"
"Hmph! Whatever you say" she replied as she walked out with a plastic bag in hand
『Have i seen her before? She looks familiar 』
Back in my room I watched as the cat ate the food from the bowl, my attention turned to the blooming flower next to Kyung-sook flower encyclopedia, something gifted to her by our mother
Every time I thought about Kyung-sook I wanted to puke, but this time I felt something different, a feeling I couldn't understand
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10:32 P.M. GRAVEWALLS
I walked into the run down building and took the elevator up. Slowly I walked towards Kyung-sook's 'grave'. Opening up the locker I saw the withered flower
"Ah kid I haven't seen you in ages! Still a virgin?"
POP POP
『This weirdo is still here』
Gun shots rang outside, likely a gang war.
『Good thing i brought my chimera skin with me』
Slowly I approached one of the broken windows that had a plastic bag on it and looked outside. I could see the sparks and smoke as the gangsters shot eachtother dead, blood splattering everywhere. Sure Seoul was a city for the rich but places like this were often overlooked by the government or police. I could hear moans coming from a nearby apartment complex
"Hey mister, where did you get that tent? Don't tell me you saved up money, i wouldnt believe it."
The man replied quickly "let me tell you kid, this red haired skinny girl came by to visit her dead mother, the locker is actually next to yours! She was a hot piece of ass let me tell you, and kind too! She's the one who got me this tent. Told her to come in but that birch thinks she's too good for me"
"Sure..."
『He could be talking about that girl i met at the convenience store today』
That's when I heard the footsteps of someone walking up behind me
"Speak of the devil"