The fermentation tank accident had increased their ranks even further. Allen had directly sent the given data to the Mr. Steven(now he had a personal contact number of his), the things that were to be followed were a bit too complicated for the group at the current stage(even with A.I. helping).
Anyways, that was in the past. Most important was that the four of them started to fight more and work less in the past few...hours, on the matter of naming their team(strange to have their name known as unknown or noname).
"Alright, we will not be able to make a decision even if we argue till dawn. So why don't we do it like this.Luke's suggestion this time was the main reason for our task's success.Why don't we let Luke have a final name.On which we will all agree even if we like it or not.
It might seem fair at first glance,but the truth was that there was a very big scheme hidden in it.Allen and Yushin vs Tim and Luke were combinations 90% of the time when names were put forward.What did it signify?it meant that the preference of Tim and Luke was about the same among their group.So even if the name decided by Luke was not likable by him,at least it would not torture his ears.
As expected,the moment Tim said it,the expressions of Yushin and Allen became strange.They seemed reluctant to accept it but could not disagree with the logic.
Seeing his plan working Tim gave a final push"So Luke does not even deserve this for his carefully thought plan and hard work?"
This became the final straw that crushed the camel's back.They both accepted it unwillingly with expressions that said that they were suffering.
The person in question did not oppose this and supported the logic by staying silent.If he got to name the team all by himself, that would be for the best.
"Good,Luke decided a name".Tim gazed at Luke expectantly.While the other two oozed air like they had lost a long fought battle.
"Thank you for giving me this chance.But i don't want to be completely selfless when deciding the name.I want all of us to truly like the name.So i name this team..."Luke paused a little like he was contemplating something.
Luke continued when the tension reached a breaking point"Evil Geniuses".
There was only silence in response to these words.However there were a variety of different expressions.
After winning one over Yushin and Allen,Tim's face that beamed with the light of almost certain victory now became a little crestfallen.
And the opposition's face bloomed like they had won a lost battle.
"But..."Tim wanted to say something.
Allen wanted to reply but Yushin beat him to that"Now now,don't be a sore loser.You were the one who had suggested Luke's decision was final."
If someone observed Tim's facial expression right now,he might think that Tim had constipation.
Yushin was out-rightly rubbing salt on wounds.
Yushin and Allen were both game fans.While Luke and Tim were not despite how they behaved.Neither Luke nor Tim liked games that much.So that was the reason for their same thinking.
Yushin and Allen would suggest gamish names.While Luke and Tim would suggest names that would have no relationship to games.So there was no united decision before.
Tim asked"Why?"
Luke replied with a smile"I played a game with a family member of mine before,she and I liked it so i thought i would choose this".
Tim said"Tch,I overestimated you".Though Tim was not very satisfied by the name,it was within his acceptable range.
"Okay,don't be like that now.Our previous research is incomplete,should we continue it now.We don't have anything else to do now anyways."Luke said still not letting Allen talk.He tried to show his appreciation and support for the team name by doing this.And when he mentioned the part about their research his voice had a clear tint of pride infused in it.
Allen and the party were very proud of their work.The institution had also waived them from their monthly task.They were free to do anything except leaving the institution.
This was not really a special privilege granted to just them.But something every 2nd division researcher would have.
The group of Evil Geniuses didn't start a new research right away,but took a vacation.The institute's site had almost everything on its site.If the products were not their own,they would be of their partners in business.
The things that you could not get from the site would be mithril,Excalibur etc.
The quartet could not afford most of those things before due to insufficient credits.But now each one of them had thousands of credits in their own treasure vault.And more than 10000 group credits.If there was any great achievement because of their research in the future,they would also get some credits.It was like a patent.
Coupling it with their monthly allowance of hundreds of credits they did not need to worry about insufficient funds in the near future.
First of all they used a few thousands to buy the newest technology for the research area so that they would not need to mind even if they emptied their pockets.
The next few days,they ate the finest food paired with finest beverages,wore the finest clothes and enjoyed the best entertainment institute could offer.
There was even a casino.It was not official and was a small scale business(the four avoided it like a plague). The quartet had not even spent a hundred credits in total when all places in Excel institute which could provide entertainment to people were visited by them.They did not have many things they liked in the first place and on top of that they could not even play online games for various reasons.
Previously they had no money so they couldn't spend it.Now they had money,but they still couldn't spend it.Very sad reality.
After they had all the limited fun the institute could provide,they were left bored.So they had no other choice left other than to go to their research area.Maybe they would start a new research or play cards.Even just sitting idle for more than a hour would derive them insane.It was not about patience but about their mentality.They could wait for research results for 10 years but sitting still for a few hours doing nothing was a torture.
They played different games,but something always seemed to be missing.They tried a new task but their mind just couldn't focus properly.This all called for a new meeting.
"Any idea why this is happening?" one of them asked.
He received silence in response.So he also became silent.
Allen also wondered why this would happen.So he stated a thought that just popped into his mind"Maybe we have lost our real source of motivation.We have currency in our pockets,more glory awaiting for us,and are not urgently in need of anything else.
"I joined this institute so that i could make mine and my sister's life more carefree.And i will have quite a lot of money to do that.Why should i struggle for more?"The currency rate of credits to money was 1:1000.For one single credit,they could rent a small apartment in the city center for a month or feed a family of three lavishly for weeks(The only problem was there were no small apartments in the city center)
Tim said following him"I wanted to show my family members that i could live without their property"
Tim looked at Yushin.
Yushin said"I wanted to be accomplished in my life"
There was silence.Only silence.More silence.The others got impatient and stared at Luke.Their intentions were clear to see.But Luke still did not say anything.
Tim nudged him"Hey it's your turn".
"Huh,oh I just joined to make more friends and get over my timidity."
Tim looked at him exasperated"Why join this institute?You could join any other.There are not many interactions between researchers here"
Luke replied after contemplating a little"I think I might have forgotten the real reason.Maybe I just felt like I should join it.So I am wherever my heart is."
Amazing,just amazing.He didn't even know for sure whether he forgot the reason or not.He really is something else.The World "needs" more people like him.
Luke continued"So should we try to become one of the board of directors?"
Tim replied"If i could achieve that,it would be good.But i am fine even if i don't achieve that.So that doesn't work for me.But well, if i could become the president,all would be worth the struggle".He stared challengingly at the others.After all there were 20 board of directors but only a single President.
He had been successful in his attempt to raise their as well his own morale,at least for now.
There was a silence for a moment which was broken not by one of them.but by the sounds of message alert.
Tim said without moving his head"Luke i have told you many times to shut of your digital watch when we are discussing something"
Luke replied in confusion"But I remember shutting it down?"
Tim then noticed that there was not just one message alert that sounded but more.In normal mode when a message arrives there would be a voice and vibration to alert the host of watch about it.But if someone was a busy person,wouldn't he be annoyed to death by so many alerts?So there were multiple functions in the watch that were solution of this problem.One of them was if the message was from someone designated as important by the host and other was if the mini version A.I. determined it important according to the criteria given to it by the host.
There was only a single one that all four of them had designated as important.And that would be the institute.
Luke had already read the new message by the time Tim realized this fact.
Luke said after raising his head"Our credits have increased once more by thousands.We are invited again by the Head.It seems they have been successful by continuing our research"
The others were happy as it meant that they would continue to soar with the research.
The time to reach was 8:30 pm.Originally it was 9 pm but they were cordially invited earlier as guests of honor.Though it seemed more like a precaution to their past late visit.
"I want to head to the department for now so we will meet here again at 8 am."Allen said.
Tim and Yushin also went with him while Luke stayed there.He had nothing to do at the department for now.So he thought that he would just take a bath here. …
He was heading towards the bath when he saw their research work.They had separated some bacteria to do research on it.He took a look at it and saw it had some change in it.The two plasmids were enclosed as one entity.That was a welcome change.
He put it at the back of his mind and went to take a bath.After he had finished the bath,he returned to take a rest.He felt a little cold when he passed by the room in which the research work was present.He was confused about why the temperature plummeted so fast.
He checked the surroundings but everything was the same as when he left for a bath.Coincidentally his sight fell on the fermentation tank. He then remembered what had happened previously. So, he hurried to the tank. This time, after some observation, he did not start celebrating. But, instead called others for a discussion. This did not look good.
The group of four all gathered at the research area ahead of time.They all had something in common right now,their serious expressions.They looked at one another and started walking towards a direction unanimously.Outside of the principal's office,they stood all together.They were told to first come here and then they would go to the mentioned site together with the head.Which would show their position as guests of honor.Allen knocked at the door and opened it after hearing confirmation.They entered one by one and stood to the side.The president lifted his eyes from his desk and gave them a questioning gaze"You don't seem very happy?Were the credits not up to expectations?"A
Allen and the party were leading a leisurely life right now, if they did not enjoy as much as they could then what was even the purpose of them joining here. Couldn't they just start a shop.They did not completely stop their work though. The real problem was that what the president had performed was not very achievable by them.They had tried to copy the same experiment in the same species of pig, but instead of flat, strong teeth his teeth had no observable effect( or maybe had grown weaker). They could not continue the research with their current tech(just pointless torturing of the animal) It seemed more advanced technology was used by top researchers of the institution. Also they had more gathered knowledge from other areas of research that Allen and others wither did not have access to or were not up to date with(Tens of years of experiments
While the animal was busy ,the staff that was on standby of the broadcast was in panic.Some robots particularly brought for the purpose of the broadcast had suddenly stopped functioning.They couldn't even connect to the surveillance room.All the communication in Excel Institute was done through that room.No external satellite was allowed to observe the layout of the institution.The institution had its own private satellites,of which all sent signals to the surveillance room.If there was a problem in communication,it meant there was a malfunction in the surveillance room.But a problem occurring there was unlikely,and it was the first time something like this happened.The most advanced A.I. was installed there along with Elite Personnel.Even if one worked wrong the other could fill in for him.There were various backups to deal with emergencies,but to think they would fail altogether,it was untimely.There were only 10 minutes remaining till the b
In the president's office,the president wore a hat on his head and took a stick with him,and said"Are you prepared Steven."Steven replied"Just a moment,puting the files back"Charles said"No need.They are gonna get burned anyways,just throw them aside,if someone does get them it will be his luck.We gotta go now"Steen hesitated but went outside after continous insistence of Charles.He threw the papers and they fell straight into the trash basket.And they were gone from there very soon.Meanwhile at the department.Allen said"What,are you gonna ask me for my last words or tell yours.I assure you that we..."
Allen felt body movement around him. He could hear some inaudible voices that were getting louder by the second. Finally they were loud enough for him to regain lost focus.Allen awoke out of the daze and looked around and saw walls surrounding him. The walls were so clean and smooth that he could even see his reflection.He was very familiar with these walls, but seeing them right now made him confused. He looked around once and saw Tim, Yushin and Luke staring at him, with Tim even grabbing his collar.Previously his neck was sideways so he could not notice them.Allen asked "Where are we right now?"Tim squinted at Allen and let go of him. Turning to Luke he said" You know whom to call right."
Allen stood on a vast plain, overseeing the fields all around him, he enjoyed the feeling. But the vibration he constantly felt dampened his feelings.So Allen finally woke up after his body was constantly shaking. Is it now in fashion to shake someone awake? Allen located his surroundings with his hazy eyes, he was being carried on the back of someone.He struggled and they both fell down, Allen got up and dusted off his clothes, though the dust was non-existent. Right now his legs were in the air, not that he attained some meditation state but Moth was grabbing him by his collar right now.He was barking something but Allen couldn't tell what it was so he had to guess."Okay my bad"
The hunt had begun.Allen and others entered a normal-looking place in which some special mechanism revealed the basement. Others looked at Yushin, who owned the place,"Guys, I don't think it is the time for that. Might as well be thankful there is a place like this, no?"There was a device that some of them used to watch the latest news. Media channels got back to their feet pretty soon after the live feed had been interrupted. It was difficult to say what remained of the institution. But they could see that most of the city was intact, for now. Most of those creatures had either been subjugated due to the superior tier of technology and some had been captured, well it was up to guess what they wanted to do with them…It seemed like that the situation was under control. This amount of panic may not have happened in the first place if not for the sudden shock waves
The government had tried to keep some details hidden, reporters got some things out. The rumors were in the air that some kind of barrier was preventing any force from effectively using their weapons. The domains had sprung across the area starting from the institute and were spreading throughout the whole of the country. More and more cities reported such areas being created somewhere near them. No city damage was observed right now."That is verified news, or just to make us poor creatures go out and capture all at once?'""The reporters that reported such do things very secretively and the news by some of them, I can say that it is very based on solid facts. They verify the things with their own selves. They are a thorn to anyone who is targeted by them. This time for the government." They tried to contact some of the institutes to see what they were going to do. All the institutes had for some reason for the previous few days closed down entry to anyone from outsid
The monkey stared at the lion. It said “What do you mean? You want to drop out?”The lion said “Yes. The taller guy is like a professional hunter. We have come so close to him, but he hasn’t responded in any way till now. I suspect some trap.”“You are right in saying that there is a trap. But I am not settling down without giving them troubles now and then.”
Allen asked Jack the new video guy to come and meet him somewhere close by. Sitting in a café, Allen saw many people entering and exiting. Among them was a man who was on the phone as he entered. Allen signaled to him and the guy came to him.Allen said “Jack I assume? It’s a pleasure to meet you. I hope you had a nice journey till here”The other man said “Yes. I am Jack, Sir Allen. And yes, glad to meet you and hope you are doing well also.”Allen said, “Then I assume that we can talk about the project a little bit?”Jack said, “Yes, I understand some aspects but some questions are still there.”Allen said “Can you kindly repeat the things that I said about the project. It will help me know where we stand right now.”“The project has a specific audience that is students of science and the project is supposed to be a call to acti
Allen turned around a corner and started to walk fast. There were people following him now and then. The last time he saw them, they were wearing formal black suits. The times they followed him most were when there were a lot fewer people around the area. That’s why Allen tried to keep himself in crowded areas throughout the day and for the night, he had taken a room in a crowded place also.As he came near the entrance, Allen took off the extra overcoat, the glasses, the hat, and the mustache and threw them away in a bag. He entered the building and went to his room hiding among a few other people. Looking from the window of his room, he saw a man wearing a black formal suit coming inside. Allen went downstairs and sat on a seat somewhere from where he could observe the man. The suited man asked the man at the counter something, the man at the counter replied in negative to whatever the man in a suit asked. And then the man went away without look
He needed to launch “Video Streaming”, the domain’s version of Nettflix here to accomplish his task. The content was already quite a lot of content in the market. He hence had to provide them with new and better stuff, and he took this challenge.He looked at the prices of some directors, and they were way above his reach. Some other less known directors found his ideas not in the trend and hence they would not sponsor the project. What he did was he searched for the closet film production university that was accepting admissions and made his camp there. Allen waited for the exam to finish and, by looking at the faces of the people who came outside, he already guessed who was thinking what. He picked some of them, taking advantage of the fact that they were in an excited emotional state. He talked to multiple of them and got their numbers. After that wa
Casually skimming through one, it took him a few hours to get to its last. Looking at the other two, he took a quick break by noting down some terms in his electric notepad. After a quick summary, he then read the second book, reading to its half, he left it there.He got a general idea for the day. This country had quite bad ties with another neighboring country of its. Both of the countries were split from a single country a few centuries ago, and they had feuds in between them based on their respective ideologies. The other country had, over the centuries, progressed more than them, because of their flexible ideology. The people of this country, although disliked it, could not or did not make a strong attempt enough to break this trend.Most of the things here were copies of the other country. &
After what seemed like a few mins, he opened his eyes as a student, as a university student this time.Allen now thankfully had enough clues to figure out what game this domain wanted him to play. It was making him go from one education age to another, primary to secondary, making him face the wall of tests again and again. Then, it gave him some buffer time by sending him to a free time of the high school year. He admitted. He was getting side-tracked as time went by because the vision and goal that he wanted to accomplish had become blurry after several months. The drive behind everything that he did before was almost gone. The major problem was that the memories of his were not fully available and hence he could not get himself to do a lot, as he was losing his steam, his motivation.Now, with the clearest idea since the time he came into the domain, his purpose became a lot clear again. It boosted his drive. He wrote down the things that he n
The other man among them heard the words of his mate. His mood worsened. He shouted, “Brother, your words are enough to scare someone. Calm the heck down!!...anyway, Allen Smith, you remember how you got here?” Allen just wanted to get out of this cell. He didn’t fuss about the extra Smith that the man added in his name.Allen said, “The thing is that I surrendered. There was a gun in my mind and a person on the ground, and-and police were surrounding me from every side? No, from three sides, one side was left open”The man said, “I knew that surrendering was the most likely. It was unlikely that the government could catch you so easily else-wise. If that was the case, they would have done this months ago. Their torture and other threats would not have worked, I know. But now, I would like to ask you why did you surrender, but you say you forgot most of the things. Anything that you remember right now?”The second man sa
The monkey was hiding in the trees with a bird. The bird was not liking the rain, but there was not much it could do now. It had already tried to warn the monkey of the season change a couple of hours ago. The monkey, however, did not want to retreat so fast, because of reasons that the both of them were aware of, but the bird had to listen to the monkey because of the same reasons.The money knew it was not good to force the bird because of its legit concern, so it tried to follow the direction of the cage trail. When it reached there, it found only a broken cage. In anger, it ran circles around but found nothing else. Hence, the only option was to go with the bird. Therefore, both of them were stuck together. The dog also could not pursue the enemy because of the rain having washed many traces.The rain went on for more than half a day. Sometimes, it would become a little less and sometimes it was quick. But it was a good thing that there was n
Directions of the ants were different when they detected this emergency. They were returning to their nest from here, as was clear from the number of increased ants with time. But, they were also going somewhere else, somewhere the trio probably didn’t want them to go. It was probably better for the trio to get out as fast as possible.After the 10th hour, Yushin left his place and told the trainer about his worries. The trainer didn’t want to let this piece of fat meat go by so easily. So he asked Yushin and Mule to go ahead and make some cave in the mountain place that they were on before and leave some markings on the way for him to follow.The trainer arrived, looking very thrilled.Yushin looked at Mule, who went running and stopped the trainer in his tracks asking about the meat.The trainer in his smile said that hopefully the situation will not develop to that stage, but that he brought some meat with him. The li