The sentinels

Kyung-ah watched from a metal platform as a new sentinel was being constructed right infront of her own bare eyes. Around her scientists walked around with purpose in their movements, some were korean while others were foreign, thanks to the influx of foreign scientists and kaiju exterminator's

『Thanks to the Asan incident my little team has grown exponentially... i am more than happy right now』

The only sign of emotion on her face was that sly smirk that she always wore

First when making a sentinel you first start with the head, then the torso, then the arms and at last the legs. After that all that is done in around two years time the giant machine gets a paint job. And for a final touch weapons are inserted which takes an extra two months, but this time Kyung-sook was doing it differently. The so called sentinel wasn't there, but the body of a massive fat kaiju. That kaiju from Daegu. With Kyung-ah's new method the sentinel could be built much faster. People have tried to use kaiju's to build sentinels but It was never a success

"Let's get started... shall we dear friend? You are gonna help us save a ton of money" her tone was undoubtedly creepy, it was a hushed whisper with a twisted promise in mind, a promise she made to herself four years ago

The process of making a sentinel costed about 7,205,200,000,000 won. Europe started mass producing smaller versions of sentinels forty years ago which only costed them 4,143,654,000,000 won per sentinel. Korea though didn't have those smaller sentinels. that's why pungbaek was korea's pride and joy, it was our only sentinel

The kaiju infront of her was slowly dissected, each organ slowly removed piece by piece. 3 hours later you couldn't even see it from the platform since there was a giant wall of machines covering every nook and cranny. Kyung-ah was outside enjoying a expensive cigarette while staring up at the sky, or more specifically at the space port floating in space, the space port had a ring of holographic advertisements promoting products floating around it, these ads being in different languages so that everyone would understand them

"Those fat pigs that living up there... I'll show you one day, I'll drag you back down to earth"

Kyung-ah said as she watched from the small balcony that was connected to a cafeteria. She herself stood close to the tip of mount Palgongsan. This whole thing was being done behind the korean government's back and would surely lead to some complications

"I'll figure it out"

Kyung-ah was a-

"My background isn't that interesting, there are more important things happening right now" she smiled to herself knowingly as she tugged at the collar of her coat and began walking back inside

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She raised her eyebrow and voice while staring at me

"You are that guy from the convenience store! Are you a stalker or something?!"

"Calm down, I'm not a stalker, I was just visiting my little sisters grave..."

My sister... Kyung-sook? For some reason when I thought about her face It was blurry, and her name felt strange. I grabbed on my face and tried remembering how she looked but I couldn't, panic shot through My body but was quickly dampened by the implant

"F-fuck!" I shouted which caused the red haired girl and homeless man to both look at me

"A-a-are you alright kid?" The homeless guy asked as he picked his nose

"Hey! are you okay?" She asked and placed a hand on my shoulder. I didn't expect someone like her to be this concerned

"I'm fine, just a little light headed is all. W-whats your name?" My gaze lowered and I took in her appearance.

『Hold on... this outfit』

I recognized it, she was a kaiju exterminator, the same one i saw that day.

Or to be more specific she was part of the medical team, I could tell thanks to the white Chimera Skin suit. The black cross on back was only half visible because she was wearing a crop top jacket

"Have we met before? You sure look unique... not in a bad way!" She stumbled with her words and in return I gave her a small smile

"I saw you walking with your squad once... that was pretty much it"

"Wait you are Jae-wook! Ha-joon Cho told me about you, mine and his room are right next to eachother"

The homeless man listened to our conversation while slowly sipping on his beer to make sure it lasts him as long as possible

"You are here for your sister huh? I came here to see my dad. My name is Sun-Young, I'm 22!"

Five minutes later we were both sitting inside a subway train making our way back to the HQ.

The train itself was crowded with a ton of different people, each face different from the other. I rolled my head a but and decided to use one of my neural mods, a small screen appeared before me and using my mind I opened up a streaming website. But before it could even play I was interrupted by Sun-Young

"Hey we barely talked back there!"

Suddenly everything else seemed to dissapear, me and Sun-Young were alone in a white room

"Is that so? I'm sorry, I'm always looking for ways to distract myself, to empty my mind... but in the end I can't do it."

"Distract yourself? From what? Your sisters death?"

"My sister is all I can think about, and when it's not her I'm thinking about saving people, so far... I wonder if I've saved anyone"

"Selfish... sometimes you save people by just existing"

At that moment I began thinking, I didn't really have any friends besides Ha-joon. My dad was quiet the damn liar and my mother Dissapeared from my life when I turned 18.

『Have I really saved anyone yet?』

"You can save people by just existing... that's what I like to believe. But so far I've only been saved by others. My sister gave me purpose and ha-joon saved me too... but have I done any of that for others? I feel like a terrible person, so far in my kaiju hunting career I haven't done a single notable thing, I'm still just a disposable asset"

"How long have you been a kaiju hunter for?"

"I think it's almost 3 months now"

"Don't you think you are rushing things too much?"

I sat still for a second

『How do i even reply to that? Shes right. I guess im desperate to prove myself』

I simply didn't answer her and l looked outside. The massive black tree was obviously visible from here, it was visible from over 1,000 km. The tree created a dark void in the sky, blocking out many stars.

"Mister..."

I snapped from my trance and stared at the little boy pinching my thigh

"Ouch brat!"

I stared at the little boy for a while. He had black unkempt hair and red eyes, He looked no older than 11

"What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be with your parents little kid?"

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Kyung-sook was sitting opposite of the strange boy? Or was it a girl? She couldn't really tell but they were very excited

"You look way different from what I imagined! You can call me prince" the so called prince walked up to Kyung-sook and pat her head while staring down at her, Kyung-sook simply looked at prince with a dead cold expression

"Wow... atleast have show some life"

"Who are you?" Kyung-sook asked while staring at prince

"I am..."