"your family is a part of the prophecy of the tree."
As Ji hyun heard the words he never imagined to hear, he was thrown aback. He used to live as a normal boy with a normal family but all that was claimed to be a lie.
"what do you mean?" as his tone got serious, "how can my family be related with all this?".
Uvanov looked at his face and said, "you still refuse to believe my words even after your family was killed by an organization belonging to this side of the reality!"
"well, I cannot blame you because this could be a surprise for everyone." Uvanov then tapped on the shoulder of Ji hyun, "But i will explain it to you in detail."
Suddenly Ji hyun felt dizzy and he passed out. When he woke up then he saw a that he was floating in some other dimension. everything was dark but he could see Uvanov standing in front of him.
"you woke up early than I expected." as he lifted him up, "well you will get immune to the fainting eventually."
"ahh!" as Ji hyun grabbed his head, "where are we? what is all this?"
"this is my own consciousness connected to yours." Uvanov looked proud as he told him "inside here no one can hear us and 1 second past in normal world here is equal to an hour."
"Now, I will tell you what I got to know." then he said, "Say. what was the name of your father?"
"my father's name was Sujin Hwan Song." Ji hyun told him.
"Well, I am going to tell you some things about your family." Uvanov then waved his hand in a direction and a chair spawned in thin air.
"your father...." as he sat down on the chair "he was once a scientist of the white tiger."
"what?" Ji hyun could not understand what he just heard or it was more like didn't want to understand. He was told that his father was a former member of the organization who killed him, his wife and son.
"what nonsense are you spouting?" he became very angry over Uvanov's claim, "how could he be member of the people responsible for his death?"
"do I look like I'm joking here? your father was a former white tiger."
"not only that, his real name is not what you know." the air around him got heavier
"his real name was Siddhartha."(#name taken from Buddhism)
Ji hyun screamed at Uvanov, "cut your crap! you are a liar."
"a lair..... a lai...."
"control your emotions boy. no matter what the truth will always be same."
"and more you don't accept it, it only gets bitter."
"you...(sobbing) you cannot be righ....(sobbing)"
Ji hyun didn't knew what was lie or truth at this point. the man he was his father, turns out he knows nothing about him. it was all a lie. He could not believe anything or anyone. he did not know what to do or what he is going to do in future. Get revenge for a man who he knows nothing about. At that moment, all he could do was cry and nothing more.
{after some time}
"have you calmed down now?" Uvanov asked him once his stopped crying.
"yes, I think I'm alright now."
Uvanov thought to himself that he is just a kid yet he is trying to pull himself up from the sorrow.
"I did not take your words as disrespectful." as he patted his haed, "you are a strong kid Ji hyun."
"but it is truth which you must know and no matter how hard it may be."
"okay tell me more what you know." he slowly recovered his normal voice.
"well, i looked into his background and discovered something astonishing."
"your father was one of the top scientist of white tiger but what was really strange was something different."
"what is it?" Ji hyun asked him.
"your father was a myth for us. We heard of a man from the prophecy finally appearing."
"but we would think of it as just a lie until...."
"until what?"
"once we were at the battleground fighting the invadors then we saw it."
"a man in a cloak holding out a hand. there was a light coming out from his palm and he was able to stop the invasion."
"Every person present now knew the prophecy came true and the one to bring peace has arrived."
As he took a breath but in a sudden thought struck him, "but the agencies and organization began to search for him."
"not to bring peace but gain that power which he showed."
"I think during this time he began hiding from the people."
"this is all I can tell you right now."
"thank you." Ji hyun said.
"huh!"
"thank you Mr. Uvanov." he then looked in Uvanov's eyes.
"Now I know why my father lied to me. he was protecting me."
"and it was all because of you i came to know about his deep love for me." ji hyun said.
"I was not that important. But I will tell you this. he must have loved you very much."
"I could not discover much about your mother and brother but i am sure you will come to know more about them."
Uvanov's voice now again became serious, "so at do what do you plan to do now."
"i will find more about my family like i said before." Ji hyun replied.
"I like that spirit of yours. but you are far to weak to go out in the outer world right now." as he waved his hand and chair disappeared.
"and white tiger will kill you if they come to know about you and your father."
"But as I said you are my soldier now. So I will help you become stronger."
"you really don't know how to act hard. do you?" Ji hyun asked Uvanov.
"what?" he looked confused and then Ji hyun said, "Mr.Kamau told me you act tough but you really are kind."
"flattering won't get you anywhere kid. but first i will introduce you to this world of mine." as Uvanov then raised his hand and snapped.
Suddenly the room around him started breaking and then he came back into the normal world. here it felt that not even a moment has passed but only both of them what has happened.
"the outer world, as we say, is called the realms. those who travel in these realms are called travelers."
"these travelers are born with these ability to gain an essence from the tree."
"Our side of the world is called overcast."
"I will tell you the rest on the way towards our destination."
"there was a question still in my head?" Ji hyun asked Uvanov
"what is it?" Uvanov then started walking towards the table in the room.
"is your organization just like white tiger?"
"well, if you are talking about ovecast agencies. then yes."
Uvanov then tapped three times on the table and then in a lightening struck the ground. it was Maina who had came pick them up.
"hey young man, I hope you had a nice conversation with him." Maina said.
"yes Ms.Maina." Ji hyun smiled.
uvanov looked at Ji hyun's smile and said to Maina, "well, we shall go and meet with Kamau who must be waiting for us."
"Yes sir, let me take you two directly near him."
as Maina said this, she grabbed both of their hands and then teleported to the original control room. there Kamau was instructing others to direct the ship towards next destination. he then saw thwm as the noise of Maina's lightening roared in the control room.
"my lord, Young Ji how are both of you." said Kamau.
"we are fine but did you carry out my command." Uvanov asked Kamau.
"yes I have directed the ship." then Kamau looked at Ji hyun
"Ji hyun, at our next destination, I would like you to meet someone." then Ji hyun got curious.
"who might it be Mr.Kamau?"
"it is a secret, little boy." Kamau seemed happy as he talked of this secret individual
As they were talking suddenly uvanov remembered something.
"oh Ji hyun, i forgot to tell you one thing."
"i forgot t give you a code name."
Ji hyun then looked at Kamau hoping he could inform him about this thing.
"code name is a name given to every member of the organization to show that you are a part of it." kamau said.
"well, we must find a suiting name for you." Maina told Ji hyun.
"since it is given by the chief I guess it must be also given to you." Uvanov told Ji hyun.
now everyone got curious about the name the boy would recieve and then Uvanov said, "you, little one, must always be proud of the name i grant you."
"from today your code name will be..."
"Shiki"