Crossing the World

VIII - Earth (Karen)

The jump was a great success. I landed right where I spent the night some time ago.

The land is back to normal and covered with wild grass. The former fireplace is still there, but it only looks faint.

To my left and right, three cyborgs stood still. They looked at me blankly like a corpse.

"It's kind of hard to replicate life through cyborgs."

One of the cyborgs - a handsome-faced young man - muttered. Well, it was actually my own consciousness that was muttering. I don't know why it feels a little weird talking using a cyborg body.

"Yosh, now my name is Renaldy."

Again, I spoke using a cyborg with a physical appearance like that young man. Now I'll call him Renal.

The two remaining cyborgs are a man in his 45s and an adult woman in his 40s. I'll name him Johan and Dina.

"Tu-wait first! Why does AI design us like a family?" Johan gave a surprised shriek that was instantly approved by the three of us.

"Then we form a family."

I agree with Renal. It would be nice to pretend to be family. Ah, maybe AI has actually also predicted this so design them in such a way.

"All right! We are family. Johan and Dina will be father and mother. Renal is an older brother and I'm a second son."

After I finished my words, the four of us laughed out loud. Everyone mocked each other in the midst of laughter.

"I can chat with my own consciousness." Renal pointed towards me who was sitting in front of him.

"Loneliness has its limits. I can't believe having a conversation with a cyborg would be this fun."

All right, I think this family arrangement will be fine. The next step is to put our names in the population census database and create fake population cards. I'd better do it when I get to the inhabited territory.

"Hm?"

When I decided to leave, I felt like I was missing something important.

My four consciousnesses looked around, looking for something I thought was left behind. However, even with the help of the AK-677, I saw nothing but dirt, grass, trees, insects, and empty shells scattered around every corner of the island.

"Suppit. I will remember too."

I activated stealth mode to be untraceable by radar, then flew on a pusher jet with all three cyborgs accompanying me.

I flew low, following a route I created based on hundreds of cctv cameras I hacked using communicators. When I found a tall building, I landed on it and released the AK-677. Now my body is only protected by casual clothing made of primorial carbon. It was very risky to leave the AK-677, but I had to do it in order to blend in well.

Me, Renal, Johan, and Dina jumped down from the roof of the three-story building and started walking like a family. Meanwhile, the AK-677, which I controlled through consciousness, shot back into the sky using a propulsion jet. I drowned her into the sea and activated hibernation mode. I'll take it when there's a crisis or when I'm going home.

Through the communicator, I installed an online taxi app and hacked the security center to increase my account balance. Then we ordered a taxi to the city center.

Ah, because of the four of us, I was forced to book two taxis at once and split us into two teams.

There are a lot of people in this place. To be honest, I was a little nervous and it was hard to communicate with them. Luckily the taxi driver wouldn't talk before I started the conversation. So, we just stayed quiet during the trip.

My destination is a house, rented in the Kebon Sirih area. The owner put an ad on the internet and I happened to find it. I've spoken to the owner through Johan and have come to an agreement.

The rental fee is 37 million rupiah for one year. I don't know if it's expensive or cheap. However, as long as I have a communicator, any amount of money I can get is as easy as snapping a finger.

I paid the entire rent through a bank transfer in Johan's name. Of course the bank account I used belonged to a human named Johan, not one of my cyborgs. In order to remove the trace, I also deleted the transaction history. So, when the owner of this account Johan realized that the money was lost, neither he nor the bank will be able to track the transactions that have been done.

"Mahaha ... "

Renal and I laughed almost at the same time. This made the taxi driver in front of us frown. Whatever, I don't care even if he thinks I'm crazy.

How easy it is to live on earth. I can even make unlimited money just by doing pranks over the internet. If this continues, building a game company also seems not to be difficult.

The house we rented was not very big. However, there is enough yard to keep the car and the fence is rather high. The location is right next to a small street that is quite crowded and there are many shops around. I think this is why so many people pass around our house.

The homeowner welcomed us, showed us the contents of the house and explained the basic things in it. Then he gave us the keys and went home.

The house has three bedrooms and two bathrooms. Each room has an AC and tv. Water and electricity were not included in the lease, so we had to fill it ourselves. However, this matter is very trivial since I can add the second token as freely as I want.

Today I spent it registering ourselves in the population database, keeping the design of resident cards, family cards, bank cards, and many more documents. All the data I received would be taken to the shelter to produce fake cards. I also intend to have AI make an ancient vehicle that is identical to the car in this world, but has capable technology. I thought it would be troublesome if I had to travel by taxi every time I wanted to explore the world.

Actually I have a little annoying problem here. In my hand, there are some electronic holes to connect me with all the tools in the shelter. Therefore, I have to cover it up continue to wear gloves. The thing is, I'm afraid people are starting to get suspicious if they see me using it all the time.

"I'll think about this later."

At nightfall, I activated the teleporter in my glove. My destination was the island where I first landed. So, I did the space jump twice in a row.

After I got there, I walked to the beach and prepared to make another space jump. I intend to bring along the seawater to the shelter to refuel the place. Besides wanting to fill the tank with seawater, I also intend to check the development of the virtual world. Of course, I will also make fake cards and other documents.

All right, let's go back for now.