Scorching Black Vulture

Life is fun, despite how shitty and boring the world is. Theres a virus that can make the human body burn like it had caught fire and it can infect anything including technology (Androids, for example). They call it the Scorching Virus. A virus so deadly that the Private Military Company called Minerva, together with the GNC (Galean Nations and Continent) insisted on creating a new technology to combat the Scorching Virus.

To fight against the virus, we created a virus of our own; the Authonoid (Authorised Android). A robo-human cyborg created and authorised strictly for combat use and immunised to maintain its stability against the ”Scorching Virus ”. They made these high efficiency hybrids to prevent another pandemic by combating any form of infection. Hell, even the mighty Dragons and other unearthly beasts on this planet weren immune to this virus.

We believed we could solve the problems by converting ourselves into capable robot forms and spreading the vaccines. However, we found out how dreamful this idea was until the 2nd Scorching Virus pandemic occurred a century later. This time, it was caused by a lab leak in the northernmost part of Gorusia. It spread throughout the entire Usian continent and soon infected all parts of the world. Even the Authonoids couldn escape this virus despite being immune to its previous version.

Because of the lab leak in Gorusia, the FSU (Federation of Southern Usia) president, William Harris, blamed Gorusia as the perpetrator of these atrocities. When the earlier Gorusian President had announced the truth, he was assassinated and a large-scale coup détat happened at Gorusia to cover all the truths of the lab leak.

Gorusia was a dictator regime. When the Supreme Leader Dmitri Montagne took full control of Gorusia in just one week, he did it without using force. But that wouldn stop him from resorting to any form of violence if one of his citizens defied him. Montagne also blamed FSU President Harris, for how Harris wasn responsive to the virus outbreak and just let the people in Southern Usia die because of it.

Not just about the virus, dictator Montagne also pointed out Harriss incompetence when handling poverty, inflations, corruption, and hypocrisy. Yet, the dictator turned out to be no different and did the same towards the people in his regime.

Jonathan Preston, the ex-FSU President who got impeached just one year before his last year in administration was the one who helped most of the South Usian people from the virus by giving them free medical treatment, education, jobs, foods supply, and any help to the one who needed the most.

The reason Preston got impeached is because of his Authoritarian policies, like exposing the lies of mainstream media, uncovering the corrupt practice of the elites, disclosing the scandals in various big companies and providing unrestricted service to the needy.

Another offence he got accused of was being a ”Fascist dictator ” for his policies exposed the true colours of the corrupt high society unquestioningly. He wouldn stop fighting until he eradicated these cases entirely and was thus synonymous to a tyrant in the eyes of the elite.

Unfortunately, all good things end tragically, which is what happened when Harriss men assassinated Preston and let the South Usian people live in a shitty country, that a shitty President ran.

We thought these atrocities would keep going on until our deaths. However, we realized that these would continue only if we kept sitting back and watching it until our last breath. To fight against them, we needed a mighty will for repressing all forms of authoritarianism.

And there was one person with such a thought who came forward. The founder of Minerva, General Rasheed Qassem Jenar (Former Kondaaris Defense Corps General) who exposed all the lies on both sides. He brought to light the incompetence of Harriss administration, his corrupt practice, his assassination of Preston, and even the tyrannical regime of Montagne. He may look like a hero that people needed, but he did it because he wanted to.

Qassem didn have any allegiance. He didn even care about the politics of the different sides because he only cared about peoples. General Qassem was Prestons closest friend. And like him, Qassem combatted various corruption cases and while being a noble servant to the needy. But, when everyone needed him the most, he went out of the limelight and disappeared, leaving no trace. As if Qassem was nothing but a myth and a legend of the Galea planet.

But the idea of making this world a better place isn a myth. It is a dream.

Its not impossible, yet not possible. Because to achieve these dreamful ideas needs lots of blood and sweat to be drained on.

***

0132 hours, 13 June 0145…

My name is Tsuyuki, a Minerva Authonoid and the leader of the Blue Orca squadron who loves doing crazy and reckless moves when fighting against Infectoids and other infected monsters on the battlefield. This time, 2 of my comrades, Luke and Clarissa, had a mission to hunt down Palkeros, an infected monster thats ravaged 7 villages in Harimal Forest at Monaka Island every stormy night.

3 of us walked down in the dark forest accompanied by the stormy rain that showered through the canopy. As we were walking along, we heard a scream close to the forest area. Luke said,

”Palkeros has ravaged another village. ”

And then he asked.

”Looks like weve got a dinner tonight, right? ”

”Yes, Im starving now, ” I answered.

While I rushed to the village, my healer comrade, Clarissa, called out while trying to stop me.

”Tsuyuki, wait! ”

However, I was already one step ahead to the ravaged village. I would kill that stupid Palkeros this time.

***

On arriving at the village, I saw villagers evacuating while several guardian villagers were resisting the monsters by fighting back. However, considering the villagers were still using a primitive weapon, they were engulfed by the Palkeros poison from Palkeross beak. When I was standing in the hills watching the villages and the guardian villager engulfed by Palkeros poisons, Clarissa and Luke approached me from behind.

And then, Clarissa said.

”What are you doing, Tsuyuki? Hurry and lets save them! ”

However, I responded in a chill tone.

”There is just something about watching chaos from a distance. ”

Luke slapped my nape and then exclaimed.

”Enough with that Tsuyuki! Lets help them now! ”

Both Clarissa and Luke rushed down the hill to the village and helped the villagers in defeating the ravaging Palkeros. I also followed their lead to helping them, because its my duty as a good Authonoid combatant to help the endangered people from any threat.

***

The village was halfway ravaged by Palkeros, and the guardian villagers were not in a good position. I ordered Clarissa to evacuate the villagers, and I made Luke help the villagers in setting up traps. Meanwhile, I fought against Palkeros by myself with m