"This is just my life if you think about it, and the uni is pretty close to my house now. Though while I walk, nothing comes to my mind. I might be feeling nervous and a bit shy. Maybe I could have taken the bus like then, but now, though it seems, I live near the uni. This world is different, and these are the points that make me remember that, like even if I want to forget, it is impossible. This is a sour spot for me though.'This kind of talk for me is pretty common,' I think to myself, recalling how long it's been since I arrived in this godforsaken place and knowing that it's been pretty much nearly three months now. Half of the distance to my uni is covered, and next, it is time for me to take the metro.
"Sir, can you show me the ID?" A dark grey-haired man with wrinkles all over his face asked me to show my ID.
"Here it is," I showed him my picture, and that made him frown, but after scanning it, he returned it to me.
"Thanks," I said out of habit and went into the metro station.It was one of the hubs, but not the main hub of the metro. It was actually the starting point, and that was a great thing as I could sit on any seat I wanted.Out of sheer boredom, while sitting on the seat, I started to talk to Sirius or some #@$$ AI."Hey, buddy, what now? Why do they even need to have these kinds of people to work these kinds of jobs? Isn't it already the future? Why would they even require these station staff and vendors and finally the inspectors? Like, what's their use in the first place? We are living in the world of AI and all these stuff."
"Firstly, I am not the best output, or the information I've provided might not be the best output, but here is my response, sir. In a brief summary, they are required. They are something above your authority...buzzz bizzz... They work as the people who check for those dangerous, unruly, and those hackers and catch them and put them in jail for approximately 1 to..."
While it was in its speech, I heard it crack at the beginning and thought it was some sort of secret, but alas, I just lost interest in whatever it was saying next. It was a beautiful view if you'd ask me though—all these buildings and a few flying cars and bikes, those tall 40 to 60-floor buildings, and those paradise luxury 100 to 200 meters 100-floor elite class buildings. They were truly beautiful, looked like the tallest buildings of my previous world. 'Seriously though, this world has many opportunities. Even if one succeeds, it would be worth it. This could help me be rich or something.'
But seriously, thoughts like:'The building blowing up and people dying or the world awakening to some special power and everyone being a special power person yada yada' come to mind.It's weird, and I'm starting to feel everything is just fake. All those memories might be my hallucinations, and this world is just the real world. There is no threat, no danger, or anything coming to harm me or the world. Nor is there anything that I know of which would change the destiny of this planet. As far as I can tell, everything is going with the flow like a dream—boring and monotonous. In the end, I might have a family, children, and finally die, maybe living just to procreate and pass on my genes. This world, this tech, this knowledge, they are too advanced for me to understand..."Life is just boredom," I spoke out loud without thinking about my surroundings. Why would I even think about it though? It was truly peaceful for me, as there was no one I knew in this metro.
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He was just gazing at the tall buildings as they covered the sky, and no light passed through them. Only the light coming from the billboards illuminated these dark places, and the light in the metro allowed him to see his surroundings."Life is lonely," he said later after some more time, sighing to himself. Maybe it was that the person sitting near him was also free or something. He turned and looked at MC,Then turned away as if uninterested after looking at him and said to himself, "Just a dumbass," and took out his VR glasses with the in-ear monitors (IEMs) and just wore them.While looking at him, our MC wanted to create a commotion, but when he looked at the gear that man took out, he just stood up and waited for the next station and left. He knew that people like them are too high in status, and if he messed up, he would lose it all.That's what he felt after watching too many series, as he knew his position in this world as an anomaly. Even if he was the hero, what could he do but be driven by the plot? He wasn't a being who worked hard or trained or put in any effort.He knew that the thing he was really great at was mooching off his parents' money and being a wastrel.
He waited for some time for the next metro to come and went into that one.…
'Hmm, why did that kid run away from me?' The middle-aged man thought to himself while tapping his feet on the ground in a certain pattern while listening to some dark music. First, the intro for the actress came in his VR glasses, which were 100k Nieran."Hey, it's me, Mei, your favorite singer. It's a pleasure to see you all wanting to hear my song.""Yes, we are," he replied to it, and others glanced at him for being too loud, but he didn't care even if they saw him, as he was just that sort of person, and people respected him due to his contribution.
'Mr. xxxnet donated 1k Nieran.'"Thanks for your support, Mr. xxxnet," she said while she started to perform the "live stream of the songs."He smiled and watched it till his stop came and left the metro.A few men in black approached him. "Sir, this way to the car.""Yeah, let's go," he said joyfully while patting one of his subordinates while smiling."Thanks, boss," the subordinate replied in a way to show respect for the praise."Let's go to the plantation now," he said and entered the black limo, which was big enough that it could've fit 10 people in it, and left for the plantation.