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"YOU AURA YOSUKE!!" Amer yell.
"Yeah? So?" Aura asks as the females get on their guard because they are scared that Aura might be one of the government agents.
"You are my IDOL!" Amer said with a huge smile as both of the females were deadpan.
"Seriously?" Rose asks while sighing in relief a bit.
"I'm a big fan! I searched your profile last night, and man, you killed more than 150 guards in your life!" Amer said as he showed a hologram picture of Aura's profile; what had he done and done as the killing count being is higher than guard or government agent?
Aura is uneasy about his information being revealed like this.
"You a killer?" Rose backed away in fear.
"Not just any killer, he kills the government guard! With the single-arm and old Katana! That is impressive!" Amer said with a huge smile.
"I didn't kill for fun. I do it for my family," Aura said, his voice carrying the weight of his past, his actions driven by a deeply personal motive. Amer, understanding this, nodded in respect.
"Yeah, you're fighting to get revenge for your family, right? The ones who were killed when you were just 15." Amer said, his voice filled with a mix of admiration and sympathy as the conversation took a darker turn into Aura's painful past.
"How did you get this?" Aura asks in curiosity when he sees the video of him being injured by Hugo before he falls into The Infinite Hole.
"I'm the best information seeker in B247," Amer said proudly.
Rose watched closer to the video, now knowing where Aura got his injury, and she said, "Is this how you got your injury before?"
Aura was silent for a moment before he replied, "Yes…"
"You fall from B77. How are you even alive with the injury you have?" Cempaka asks when she realises how far Aura falls.
"I don't know… I just woke up in the garbage pile, battered and broken but somehow still alive." Aura told the truth because he didn't know how he was alive back then, which is a testament to his resilience and perhaps something more.
"That's mysterious indeed; you're not mutant, aren't you?" Amer ask.
Aura's brows furrow in confusion at the blonde's question, and his voice tinged with uncertainty as he asks, "Mutant?"
"Yeah, you know, like the thing lives outside the wall? A human that was exposed by nuclear wars a millennium ago," Amer said as Aura had no idea what he was talking about.
"What?" Aura ask.
"It's okay, Aura. Not many people know what happened outside the wall," Cempaka said with a sigh. "So, Aura, which side are you actually on? Are you with the Rebel or the Government?" Rose's mother asked him.
"I'm not both. I fight for my family," Aura said with a severe tone.
"Then you a rebel like us," Cempaka said with a smile as she looked back at the information screen. She saw the word deceased on Aura's profile, "You will make it better; with this profile, you will be a ghost."
"Why do you think I want to join you?" Aura asks with a serious tone.
"You want to save this girl, right?" Cempaka points to the screen where he sees Reia in the video.
Aura didn't say a word as he looked down.
"We can help you," Cempaka said with a smile while holding the black hair hero's shoulder.
"How?" Aura asks while pushing Rose's Mother's hand away from his shoulder.
"Well, we know that guy," Cempaka pointed to the screen where Hugo was standing in the video.
Aura looked at her, "Who is this guy."
Before Cempaka can say a word, a man with a broken mechanical arm appears from the elevator.
"Hey, do you have any spare arm?" The man asks.
"We can talk about this later, Amer, please, can you?" Cempaka said while asking Amer to do his job.
"Sure, come in, sir," Amer said as he guided the man inside. He turned back for a moment, "Give me a moment, why not get in and take a look for your new leg?"
Rose smiled, "That's a great idea, Amer. Come Aura, let's find you a new leg or arm." She said with a sweet smile as she pulled him with her.
"Don't pull me!" Aura yelled, but Rose didn't care as she kept pulling him.
Cempaka also smiles as she follows her daughter into the workshop.
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Aura can see multiple mechanical limbs; some look like normal human limbs, and some are just too robotic.
"This place has more choice than I have in B77," Aura said while looking at one mechanical leg.
"Yeah, the garbage where you fall is actually. We call it treasure place." Rose said happily.
"I can see that… I found this leg in that place since my old one was destroyed," Aura explains how he got the old mechanical leg. "But now I wonder how you get out of this floor if you don't have transportation on the Infinite hole."
"We use Worker Lift to move floor to floor," Cempaka explained as Aura nodded.
"I see it makes sense then because Rose didn't know about the Infinite hole," Aura said as suddenly Rose called him.
"Hey, Aura, what kind of arm do you want? Natural? Or fully metallic?" Rose asked while holding two arms.
Aura sweat drop at the price of the mechanical with natural skin arm, "20,000 thousand Ringas… that uh… expensive,"
Rose sweatdrops because she doesn't know how much money Aura has; she thought Aura might have 20 or under 30 thousand Ringas on him, and that already made people wealthy in the B area. He also already paid his hospital bill, so she thought he might get less money. "Yeah, right, I forgot about that; how about this?" She shows him the fully mechanical arm coated in black.
"5,000 Ringas… That's fine, I guess." Aura said as Rose smiled.
"Great, then let's go find your new leg," Rose said with a smile as she goes find another part for Aura.
"You know, I never saw her being happy like this." Cempaka suddenly said while standing behind Aura, shocking the black hair with light blue hair tip man.
"Ahh! What are you doing behind my back!" Aura yells in shock as Cempaka giggle at him.
"Sorry, I thought you had high senses to sense me," Cempaka said with a smirk.
"I don't have super senses," Aura replied as he turned his gaze to Rose when the blue-haired girl showed him the new pair of legs, but he denied it because it was too expensive. "Is she always like this to strangers?" Aura asks Rose's Mother.
"No, not quite; she is always happy to help others, but not like you," Cempaka said with a smile.
Aura looks at the mother and asks, "What do you mean?"
"I think you will figure yourself out," Cempaka replied with a smile before Rose came back with a new pair of legs.
"Hey, Aura, look at this one. It looks new!" Rose showed him the new mechanical leg.
"Another 5,000 Ringas… Sure, I will take that." Aura said with a smile on his own, as Rose smiled back.
"You surely find something rare, Rose! And Aura, man, you were rich!"
They turned toward the voice source, seeing Amer talking and walking toward them with one blade in his hand.
"You done already?" Cempaka ask as Amer nodded.
"Yes, aunt, oh Aura, take this," The blonde threw the blade to Aura, and the man caught it.
Aura recognises the blade as he pulls it out from the holster and sees that his Katana has been fixed and upgraded. "Is this… My sword?"
"Yeah, Ujang and I found it last night, and I did some upgrades; try activating it," Amer said proudly.
Aura looks confused for a second as he finds a button on the handle, and the Katana begin to glow in light blue as it makes a million tiny vibrations in a second.
"What did you do?" Aura asks while swinging the sword.
"Not much. I just turn it into the vibration blade. It should cut steel like butter," Amer said proudly, as he could see the Aura had already made his choice. I see you have already made a choice between the arm and the leg. Great! All of that will be only 20,000 Ringas." Amer said with a smile.
"2O what?" Aura was shocked.
"Well, the blade is 10,000 Ringas," Amer said with a smile.
"That is outrageous," Aura said with narrow eyes, as Amer back a bit in fear.
"Now-now, consider the blade is free." Cempaka clap her hands.
Amer was shocked, "But Aunt! Tha-"
"You reveal Mr. Yosuke's information openly, and you have to pay for it," Cempaka explained with a smile.
Amer pouted as he sighed, "Fine… it's only 10,000 Ringas."
Rose smiles with Aura as he makes the transaction. "There, done."
"Great, we gonna install those legs and arms," Amer said as he led Aura into the operating room to get Aura a new limb installed.
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Twenty minutes later, Aura got out with a new mechanical right arm and left leg, and the articulation of the metal libs was glowing in light blue.
"So, how was it?" Rose asks.
Aura moved his new arm, "It feels normal, but it has a claw." Aura said while noticing a sharp fingertip. "You really know how to find it." He said to Rose as the girl smiled at him.
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To Be Continue•
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