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Chapter 14: Regenerative Cost
"Ouch, watch it," Bayu muttered, his hand flying to his left shoulder as he nearly collided with a student near the gate.He didn’t wait for an apology. He kept his head down, pushing through the crowd of teenagers pouring out of the school. His cell phone was already pressed to his ear, his fingers trembling against the glass screen."Are you out yet?" Aisyah’s voice was sharp with worry on the other end of the line."Yeah, I just cleared the main gate," Bayu whispered, his voice raspy and strained. "I’m walking toward the residential blocks. Bima... he got a good hit on my shoulder before Coach Darma showed up. The fabric of my shirt is literally fused to my skin.""You need to get home immediately," Aisyah said, her tone urgent. "The thermal energy from a Divine Sun System isn't like normal fire, Bayu. It leaves a residual heat signature that keeps burning your cell
Chapter 13: School Rivalry
"Watch where you’re going, Wijaya," a voice sneered.Bayu blinked, shaking the sleep from his eyes as he nearly walked straight into a solid chest. Bima was standing right in front of his locker, arms crossed, a smug, irritating grin plastered across his face."Move, Bima," Bayu muttered, his voice still raspy from the sheer exhaustion of last night's museum run. "I’m not in the mood today.""You’re never in the mood lately," Bima chuckled, leaning in closer. "But I think you’ll want to make time for me. Especially since your friend Rama didn’t manage to finish the job last night."Bayu froze, his fingers tightening around his backpack strap until the fabric groaned. "What did you just say?""Oh, so you can hear me," Bima whispered, his grin widening to reveal a row of sharp, white teeth. "Let’s take this somewhere a bit more priv
Chapter 12: Hidden Artifacts
"Bayu, can you show it to me? Can I see the System?"Aisyah’s voice was barely a whisper, but in the quiet of the old workshop, it felt as loud as a gunshot.Bayu stared at her, his hands still trembling slightly on the wooden table. He let out a dry, breathy laugh. "Show you? I don't think it works like that, Aisyah. It's literally projected directly into my eyes.""Can't you share the feed or something?" she asked, leaning closer, her eyes bright with a mix of academic curiosity and desperate hope. "Or at least tell me what it's saying? My grandfather's journals mentioned some kind of visual overlay, but he never described the actual interface. He just called it the 'all-seeing lens.'""It's not a lens. It's... well, it looks like a holographic video game menu," Bayu explained, rubbing his temples to soothe the lingering ache behind his eyes. "But I can't show you anything right now. It's still quarantined. I had to shut the whole connection down because of that voice.""Varuna," Ai
Chapter 11: Allies in the Shadows
"We need to get off this road right now," Aisyah said, her eyes darting toward a passing car whose headlights swept over them. "We’re too exposed here."Bayu stumbled, his boots dragging against the asphalt. "Where are we going, anyway? I can barely keep my eyes open.""My grandfather's old workshop," Aisyah said, catching his arm to steady him. "It’s just two blocks away, tucked behind the old botanical nursery. Nobody goes there anymore. Can you make it?""I don't think I have a choice," Bayu muttered, his breath coming in shallow, ragged gasps. "My chest... it feels like it's packing with dry ice.""That’s the backlash," Aisyah warned, pulling his arm over her shoulder to help support his weight. "You forced a high-pressure surge right after putting your system into quarantine. You basically tried to run steam through frozen pipes, Bayu. Just hold on. We’re almost there.""I should have just let those guys run my pockets," Bayu joked weakly, though a sudden spasm of pain in his rib
Chapter 10: The Truth Revealed
The city air felt heavy and stagnant, lacking the crisp, clean energy Bayu had become accustomed to sensing. Without the system’s interface, the streetlights seemed dimmer, the sounds of distant traffic less rhythmic, and the shadows far more menacing. Aisyah trailed him like a ghost, her footsteps barely audible on the cracked pavement."You’re walking too fast," Aisyah remarked, her voice cutting through the silence. "If you try to outrun them, you’ll just lead them right to a dead end."Bayu slowed, his shoulders tensing. "I’m not running. I’m just trying to get out of the dark parts of the city. We’re almost to the main road.""The main road is an open stage for an ambush, you idiot," she countered, stepping up beside him. "Keep your eyes on the alley mouths. These guys don't play by the rules.""These guys? You mean the harvesters?""I mean thugs," she said, her voice dropping. "People who smell weakness. And right now, you smell like a boy who’s lost his way."Bayu stopped near
Chapter 9: Varuna's Voice
The alleyway was a suffocating corridor of shadows, the damp brick walls leaching whatever heat remained in the night air. Bayu stumbled, his shoulder clipping a rusted dumpster. He stopped, his breath hitching in his chest as he leaned against the cold metal, waiting for the world to stop spinning.“Why do you fight the current, Bayu?”The voice didn't come from the street. It echoed directly inside his skull, resonant and smooth, like the sound of a deep river flowing beneath frozen ground.Bayu whipped his head around, his hand instinctively snapping into a clawed grip. "Who’s there? Show yourself."“I am the source you seek. I am the silence within the rush. You call me Varuna.”"Varuna?" Bayu hissed, his gaze darting to the dark windows above. "I don't know any Varuna. Get out of my head."“You possess the Vessel, yet you starve yourself of the nectar. Why settle for this pathetic, frail human pulse when you could command the tides?”"I’m human enough," Bayu grunted, forcing hims
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