Speaking of Religion, It is sured that Religion had been sticking with humanity for a long, long time.
As far as we know, It was first recorded in 3750 BCE In mesopotamia.
Religion was used to unite the people in ancient era or to control the kingdom.
Religion had even caused a war, The Crusade war.
However, with today's civilization, Religion's importance had been reduced since The science era. The same era that newton's discover gravity. And because of the knowlegde we found, we are able to describe the nature.
We know that Tsunami wasn't cause by The anger of the ocean god, We know that witch doesn't really exist, we know thag earth wasn't placed on a giant turtle and so on.
But we can't sleep on the fact that Religion is one of many factors that are very necessary which a country need to have it.
This is the same, there's a Church in this Utopia.
A chruch is settled on the north. It was near the ocean about 3 kilometers and far from Oasis about 10 kilometers.
Staring at an image of the church, Jody Conelly then glanced her eyes up to Syd.
They were sitting at the park, on a public chair.
"This is where we're about to go tomorrow."
Syd said.
" Aren't you going to tell me anything about the reasons you want to shut down the school?"
" The lesser you know, The easier you can give the court an excuse.In the case we both get caught "
" Syd... I thought we were on the same boat.. You don't trust me?"
"....."
Syd glanced his eyes up.
" If i don't trust you, then why do i ask you to do this?"
"....."
Syd have a point and he's right.
However, the sense of woman won't let Jody surrender.
" Syd I need to know." She said, " So that i can better help you."
Jody stared into Syd's eyes.
".. Hm... "
Syd was thinking for a while.
"Syd?"
" GUHHhhH----!!!! "
" Yes, Ma'am. I'm about to." Syd replied in sarcasm tone.
" Syd..Please... that's rude...you are younger than me, aren't you?"
" Huh?... Me?... Younger?" Syd glanced his eyes up in shocked.
" Yeah"
" Real shit??? No...No that can't be true..No.. Hell nah, that's....."
" How old are you?" Jody asked.
" 16"
"That's it, I'm 17" Jody showed Syd her student ID card.
When Syd looked at her birthday, he saw that Jody was really 1 year older than him.
" Shit..."
" What?"
" I thought we were equal..." Syd said in shocked.
" Oh-Oh-Oh dear, looks like a kid like you doesn't even know how to show big sis a respect~"
" Hey! I'm just 1 year younger than you, Jody! there's not much difference!" Syd said in embarassed, " Now focus on this!.."
He brought out an ipad and showed it to Jody. On the screen appears an Information of the School.
" Oasis seems to be a famous highschool to a civilian like you. That's right, but this is just only a mask." Syd slides his finger on the screen, showing Jody the next page of information.
And it made Jody shocked.
It's some kind of Cia thing, Jody thought.
Many files about the corruption, crime , and drugs were shown in a picture with many texts.
Syd continued.
" Behind the scenes, This place is a real mess.
Wanna read all of this?"
" Yes, please..."
Jody took a look on the pad.
These were not something like Newspaper, but these things were a real files.
A file which contains an information that Jody can definitely tell that they weren't written by a mere civilian.
But they were written by someone higher than that, No... Maybe the news media didn't even know about this.
" S..Syd...t-t-these are not some clickbait or fake ...right....?? Where do you even get this thing from...?..."
" I can't tell you. You are digging too deep." Syd said.
" Why can't I ?"Jody said.
" By seeing this thing...they told me that..." Jody glared up to him.
" You must not be a mere student... Syd... First I thought you are just a son of some rich people. But i was wrong. all these things, They were given to you. A male student can't do all of this. And you said that you weren't doing this alone...You have an 'Objective'. You have a 'Mission', don't you? a 'Mission' which some 'Group' ...or an ... 'Organization' you are in gives you..."
( As expected of Jody... She always follows me... well, that didn't mean i don't expect this..)
" I can't tell you alright? we need to go a step by step. We complete our first objective first. then i will tell you by the time goes on...okay?"
"hm...."
Jody twisted her eyebrows.
" Alright then... So what's our first mission?"
"Our first mission is to 'Steal' the 'disk' " Syd said.
" The disk?... " Jody astonished, " In these day, there are people using a disk?"
" Yes." Syd replied, " And they're on this country."
" However, It is not a disk you buy on Ebay, Jody. It's more than that. A 'Disk' which i refered is different from your 'Disk' in your head right now."
" hm.. How was it? "
" It is a special disk. It is a disk that we cannot copy it. They don't keep the information in the internet because it can be hacked. So they build the 'Disk' which we are going to steal"
" The disk we are going to steal contains a lot of information that could shut down this place if we give it to the international court."
" Wait... so why did they keep their illegal things in a disk? if they known that it could be stolen?" Jody asked.
" To keep themselves safe when their business partners are trying to cheat on them. You know? They had a dirty contracts of many mafias and a big organization all around the world. They don't trust each other. The disk contains everything." Syd explains.
" See the image of the church i had sent you?"
" Yeah" Jody replied, " That church is on the north of the country. Pretty far from here if we get there by our foot. Taking a subway would be faster. We can get there in 10 minutes"
" So you are going to tell me that a disk you refered is in the church?" Jody asked.
" No." Syd said, " The problem is we don't know where the disk is kept but we're sure that it is on this country. And that thing is in the 'Church' "
" So we are going to start at the Church. Tomorrow?"
" Yes."
" Alright, then..."
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At Afternoon.
Everyone in the class was confused seeing Syd Barrett moved his seat back to Jody again, which however they didn't say it out infront of those 2.
" Jody, what's the next class? " Syd asked.
" It's literature."
At that, Syd yawned.
" You looked like you're running out of steam when it comes to these kinds of things."
" Jody,Listen. Literature is just a nonsense stuff And has no interested."
" Syd, What? atleast it gives us an enjoyment."
" Not my kind of fantasy, I'm sure. More like my sleeping pills." Syd said.
He then stood up.
" Wait, where are you going?" Jody asked.
" Skip the class." Syd replied, " I better die than sitting my ass here." he said.
" Wanna join?"
Jody twisted her eyebrows in confusion.
( What the hell?, this guy...) She thought, ( Skip the class heh?... I haven't done that since grade 9...)
Jody grinned.
" Well, I don't have anyone to talk to if you aren't here."
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On a flat top of the building's roof. 30 minutes has passed.
" Focus, Jody. Focus. Your mind need to be more empty than that.
" I'm doing my best! -- Damn!..."
A PVC pipe fell down from Jody's hand. Syd found it in the bin, So he picked it up and let Jody trained with it. They skipped the class to do this.
Jody was very tired. Sweat was falling down from her face and body. It took her a lot of energy more than expected.
She wiped a sweat out of her blonde hair, Actually the sweat made Jody looked sexier in this situation.
" Seems like you don't understand the 'Coldest' state of mind enough... Hmm.."
" (gasp) Didn't you say that 'Solid' object (gasp) is the easiest object to start with???"
Jody asked.
" Yes it is. Fluid object is harder than this.
I noticed that a white pelicile of yours looks something like ... a combination between fluid and solid... like Jelly... So in order to cure your nasty eye disease, you need to master the solid object first."
Syd said.
Jody picked up the pipe, she then started to do it again.
" Just Chill, Jody. Chill. You get it? I know that you want to fix your disease so much. But Rome wasn't build in one day, right? No need to master it right now, It's not like you must master it today. Take a time with it."
" How much time it takes you, Syd? " She asked.
" 2-3 weeks. I was trained by the monk's leader himself plus I'm the best of them...He he he... So it was faster than usual." Syd said.
" Ho?, So I'm training with the best student of the Chinese temple? damn... I'm so lucky wow oh my god so cool yaaaaay....."
Jody said with emotionless voice.
" Yeah, right?!... You think so yes?!"
" Yes, Syd. I'm 100% agree with that. You are not a narcisistic at all.... damn! It's like I'm now seeing a golden aura shining from your back...."
Jody said with her emotionless face but more intense. She put her hands up to cover her eyes from that imaginary aura.
" Holy shit what?!--- R-Really?! Daaammm--"
" Wait, Syd. Someone's coming..."
Both then shut their mouth up.
Jody heard a wavering of the air from the stairway.
Someone was coming up here.
" What is it, Jody?"
" I heard someone was coming up here..."
" W-what?!..." Syd widened his eyes.
" A-A teacher?... Could it be that... they noticed that we weren't in the class??" Syd asked.
" No, the stepping sound was a light one. It's woman...but the teacher in the class we are skipping is male. So..." Jody said.
" So this means, this person is someone else?" Syd asked.
Jody said nothing, She noded.
Finally, the person has finally arrived. Sje glanced her eyes around and notice that there are already 2 persons over here.
" Oh? there's someone here? ..."
In front of them was an image of a girl with pink long hair, She has green eyes like an emerald and she wore a black ribbon on both sides of here ears. She's pretty beatiful. maybe as same level as Jody.
"... it's Jody, isn't it? and you..." the girl said, she glanced her eyes to Syd.
" If i'm not wrong... you are Syd Barrett...that male student who became a rumor all around the school..they call you 'The Immigrant'.. aren't you? "
" Sera...? why are you here?" Jody asked.
" What the? hey!.. who the hell are you?" Syd asked in a tone of ready-to-fight voice.
" My name is ' Seraphina Gilmour ' I'm from the third class. Nice to meet you." She said while getting closer to Syd, offering a handshake.
" ... " Syd seemed skeptic. He's awaring of everything around Seraphina right now.
" Hey, back off."
That sound was from Jody. She put herself between Sera and Syd.
" Don't like hand shake? oh... yes, I forgot. i heard that your country use a 'pray' to greet each other.. My sincere apologize." she bowed.
Her behavior and habit was similar way to Jody, a silent type but Jody is much more scary in Syd perspective.
"Why are you here?" Jody asked.
" I'd better ask both of you. Jody Johansan..." Sera replied.
" Isn't it normal for me to skip some class because of tiring?" Jody said.
" The Killer queen is skipping a class?" Sera twisted her eyebrows. A skeptic eyes was staring at Jody, but they didn't make Jody feel anything.
" Shit, Jody... Now i'm having a little idea of what this woman will do next..... That thing Jody, like in an anime... there will always be some character that always come in a misunderstand situation protagonist was in, then they will "Black mail" the protagonist!! She will absolutely black mail us!! "
Syd whispered to Jody's ear.
" She may run away and spread another weird rumours about us.." he said.
" Don't misunderstand me, Syd Barrett. Why do I need to do that? I have nothing to do with you guys. I'm not gonna do that kind of nonsense thing. We are all grow up. Your business is none of mine. I don't care." Seraphina said.
" Then why are you here, Mrs. skittles? looking for some new neon color for your head?" Syd asked.
" Syd.stop. that's enough." Jody tapped her hand on Syd's shoulder, " We aren't a babarian, are we? she just want a chit chat."
Jody then whispered, " Even if I don't trust her, but she didn't look for a fight. I'm assured." She said.
" ..... "
Syd stepped back a little. but did not let his guard down a little.
" I just want some fresh air like you guys. So i came here, but it is already full... hm, Seems like i need to go to another place."
Seraphina then turned back and walked down the stairs.
" Oh, and one more thing..." Sera then turned her face to Syd.
" I heard that you are Jody's equal, Syd Barrett. Interesting. I admit it. I'm really interests in you." She said, before turned back and went down.
" What the fuck this girl?... interest in me?...Eww... creep.." Syd said.
" Jody, you know that girl?" Syd asked.
" Yeah... Seraphina Guilmour... She comes from England.I don't know her personally.But she doesn't like to socialize."
" So she has no friends?"
" Maybe, Yeah..."
"Like you?" Syd asked.
" And you too." Jody replied. twisting Syd's cheek.
" Ouch... Jody that's hurt."
" Really?"
" Nah, I lied. It's very hurt."
" You deserve it." Jody said, releasing Syd's cheek.
" Does Seraphina an ability user?" Syd asked.
" I don't know about her. But i think she is one of them..." Jody said.
" I see... so we need to avoid her as much as possible." Syd said.
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At the evening. [6:00 p.m.] at Syd Barrett's private house. After school.
Syd was on the phone, talking to someone.
" How was it, bro? a file that you requested?"
" Nice one, Roxy. Really nice. Looks like I'm over expected." Syd staring at a file showing on the computer screen.
" Jody...Johansan.. an ex-yanky who was in the school bully news many years ago. She did subvert me a lot. hmm... that's why she looks like a yanky at your first sight."
The girl in the phone said.
" Yeah, now it confirms that Jody is no threat to our mission."
" But brother... co-operate with a stranger like her is still risky..."
" ..... " Syd said nothing to the girl.
Suddenly, a notification just shown on Syd's phone screen. He picked it up and found that it was text from Jody.
" A text from her?"
" What the fuck, Roxy, you even watch my home screen??"
" In the case to keep you secure in cyber world,Yes."
" Fuck you, get out! this is privacy harassment!"
" Don't worry, I won't approach your searching history." The girl said.
" A searching history? Ho? approach as you want. I only go for incognito mode."
" And it says, Hot big sister. yes?" The girl asked.
It made Syd flinched.
" Wait what the fuck? how did?---"
" Focus on her text, bro."
"...."
Syd gulped, this is extremely akward.
( I should secretly buy my own private phone..) He thought.
" Can I have your home address?"
That is what Jody texted him.
" Yeah, In Thailand, bangkok." ,Syd replied.
" Syd... In this continent...." Jody texted back.
" Bro, this is the worst joke you've ever played." Roxy told him.
" Don't worry, there will get worse and worse in the future LMAO." Syd said.
Roxy sigh.
" Oh, Sorry. Uh, well... we are...uh, not that close...and uh, I think it's not... uh, kind of... appropriate to tell you now, you know what i mean?" Syd texted back.
" You don't trust me?"
Jody texted back.
" Ah shit.." Syd spoke out.
" I didn't mean that..." He texted back.
" Then give me your home address. We are friends, aren't we? friend need to trust each other ,don't you think?" Jody texted.
" Ah, I'm feeling dizzy...I think I'm going to bed now... see you tomorrow Jody" Syd texted back.
He then suddenly put down his phone.
" Brother.... that's... "
" Modern problem requires modern solution."
Syd said he then got back to work on his computer again.
" Then what will you tell her tomorrow??"
" Bruh, just find an easy excuse, that's enough" Syd replied to his sister.
" I don't think that's gonna work..."
" When you said that, it always turns out working everytime, isn't it? " Syd said.
The girl in the call did not answer.
Suddenly, his phone vibrated again.
It means that there was a notification.
" hm?"
Syd glared his eyes down to the phone screen. He then widened his eyes in shock at the text Jody had sent to him.
" You said you are going to sleep, aren't you? then why typing on the computer?" ,Jody texted him this.
" !!!!! " Syd shocked.
" What the fuck-?! How did she know???"
" Brother, what is i----"
** Beep ***
Syd cancelled the communication. He then ran away to the window.
" She's looking at me from this window? that's impossible... because i already shut it down.."
he then realized something. He then turned off the light.
" Oh!! that's it!... the 'Light'. the 'Light' from this room... it reflects my shadow on the window!...but that means... J..Jody is around here?!... or was it a bluff??? She's joking right??? S..She just only lucky to guess what i was doing..."
suddenly Syd's phone vibrates again. He immediately looked at the message ( But did not go in the chat ) and it made him sweating even more.
" Oh? you immeidiately turned off the light? Syd, are you panicking? "
" !!?!??! "
" What the fuck?!... She knows?!... shit... this wasn't a bluff anymore..."
Syd immediately went straight to his bed, crawling up, trying to fall asleep as soon as possible.
His phone vibrates again...
Syd gulped. He shakingly picked it up and read the notification message .
" Syd, I know you aren't sleeping yet. and I know that you are reading this but through your notification bar. You are pretending to sleep huh? you can't fool me. Why are you doing this, i thought we are already friends?"
( ShIiiIIiiiI TTtTTT) Syd screamed in his mind.
" Last chance, Syd. Open the door, or i will be extremely upset at you." A text was sent from Jody.
" what?!.. O..Open the door?? that means she's already infront of my house?!...But how?? we split up while on a way home... " Syd was sweating.
" Need a proof? okay then...."
Last message was sent by Jody before Syd heard a sound, coming from a down stair.
* Knock *, *Knock*, *Knock*.
" !!!!!!!!! "
( She's really here?!?!?!? ) Syd then immediately knew that he's already lose to her. He had no choicr but to admit his defeat. He spiritlessly walked to the door and opened it up.
And it was her, Jody was really there, standing.
" That's all." She said, Jody voice was mix a bit of anger. Maybe she's just angry at him about not trusting her.
" How did you know?"
Syd asked in small.
Jody then walked passed him. Syd closed the door.
" Who in the world will sleep at 19 pm? Syd, I'm not like the other high schooler you know that. You think that this kind of trick will work on me?"
" How do you know where my house is?" He asked.
" Syd, like i have already told you. There're many routes in this continent that you haven't known. It's easy for me to trace you without realizing."
" Wait, So you are stalking me?!..."
" Yes."
" F..From the beginning...???"
" Yes."
" Since after school???"
" Correct."
" Pervert, ew.."
" Pervert my ass." Jody pinched Syd's arm.
" ouch..."
" Jody, that's a crime. Why you do this to me without my permission? I can sue you for that----"
" then why you lied to me?" She asked.
" Well, I thought it was a bluff." Syd answered.
" Hoo, I see... well, it's not wrong to think like that. If i were you, I'll do the same... but the fact that you don't trust me still not change." She said.
" You said we were already on the same boat. weren't you, Syd??"
" uh....."
Syd ran out of excuse.
Jody turned around, she then put her finger on Syd's chest.
" Never, ever do that to me again." She said.
" I-uh, I'm.... sorry..."
Syd felt extremely small.
( Fuck, Jody is furious right now.... I know it... What should i do when woman is angry?.... uh.... Ah yes!... I think this will help...) He thought.
" Jody, have you eaten anything?" He asked.
" Uh...right.... I haven't had anything..." She said.
" Ah-huh. nice, come and sit over there."
Syd pointed to his dinning table in the middle of the house.
" What?" Jody asked in cofusion.
" I'll make you something to eat." He answered.