The Man of the Future

Chapter 4 (Small Jean, Combined Robot and Cloning)

The sun, which had been asleep for a whole night, finally woke up in the eastern horizon. The cold air and darkness finally disappeared and ended, exposed to its rays.

A bright morning in the underworld at Jean's residence. Mark was still asleep. Jean enters the room and wakes Mark up. Without a hint of hesitation towards Mark. Different sex from her.

"Mark!, Mark's awake. Don't you want to go look for that Jade Buddha statue?" jean said, patting Mark on the shoulder, who refused to open his eyes. Although he had actually awakened from his sleep, the result of Jean's actions.

"Yes, I know it's Jean. But I'm still sleepy. Jean please don't bother me anymore. Get out of this room" said Mark, with eyes still closed.

"Well, if that's what you want, I'll go." said Jean, then get out of the room. Mark spoke to himself, as if he were delirious.

"My good dreams come back in my dreams, continue my beautiful story about my past." said Mark, then completely fell asleep again. To continue the story of her beautiful dreams. Which is known only to himself.

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The sun seems to be rising in the sky, which forces Mark to have to go out and wake up from his dream. Because he was exposed to sunlight, which entered through the window of the room made of translucent glass, which is able to absorb sunlight massively. To warm the room.

And somehow the Sun today feels so hot, for the people of that era. Could the modern ice age be coming to an end, preceded by the Sun today?. Or maybe it's just an anomaly for today.

"Oh!, apparently it's noon. I need to see Jean right away" Mark spoke to himself.

Mark got up and walked out of the room. Heading to the living room to see Jean. He was sitting on the black sofa as usual. Jean sees Mark's presence, which is heading towards her. With a gentle gaze, which emanated from the glare in both of his eyes.

"Hay!, Mark. You finally woke up too. Do you want breakfast?" jean asked, with all his attention to Mark.

"No Jean, I'd rather eat an energy capsule than eat it the usual way, I'm lazy to chew it." Mark said. Shaking his head.

"Well, if that's what you want, you better sit next to me" said Jean, and Mark sat next to Jean.

"Mark, are you going to leave today?" asked Jean, in full search.

"It looks like Jean, but my gut feeling is no" Mark replied, then thought for a moment before continuing.

"I was worried about determining it. Go or not?" mark said, expressing his concern to Jean.

"If your hunch says no, you better follow it, what your gut says. Because I see today is not good for you to travel," said Jean.

 

"If you say today is not good for me to go. I'll follow your advice. I still want to enjoy the heat of the sun here. That feels warmer than the Sun in the Equatorial Space City, which I've been living in for 2 years" Mark said, with a smile. Who lured Jean to ask Mark.

"Mark, is it different between the Sun here and the Sun where you live, in the Equatorial Space City?" asked Jean, in full search.

"Same, but different," replied Mark, as if to question Jean.

"What do you mean by Mark?. Same word but different?" ask Jean.

"Should I explain?" said Mark.

"Of course Mark" replied Jean. Mark then began to say, explaining to Jean.

"The sun there and here is just as great. But it is different in seeing it. If here see the Sun can be directly without any obstructions, then there see it blocked by the protective dome. Which is sometimes covered by clouds and cosmic dust" Mark said without any anticipation, as he explained.

"So the atmosphere of the Space City is like that huh?. I have no interest in becoming a resident of the Space City. Apparently, the atmosphere there is not as beautiful as here," said Jean with a look looking away from nowhere.

"Yes, that's how the atmosphere there is, it's not as beautiful as the atmosphere here. So don't ever dream, you want to live there. You know Jean, if I've been wanting to leave the Space City for a long time?" mark said, with a long look.

"Then why don't you just leave the Space City?" jean asked in full search, his eyes staring at Mark unblinkingly.

"There's still a lot of work to do there" Mark replied, stern but flat.

"Including the affair with Mr. Jhon, who was so obsessed with that Jade Buddha statue?" ask Jean.

"Yes, you're right Jean. And that may be the last thing I have to do with Mr. Jhon Swett, as the Governor of the Equatorial Space City," Mark replied.

"So yeah, Mark. Then where will you stay after that?. Do you want to go back to the Well family home, on Mount Well?" asked Jean, with all her wishes.

"Maybe not, because it's a very boring place for me. The time of all Well family members except me, is a clone of Grandpa Well," Mark also, imagining the state of Mount Well, led by Grandpa Well. Mark continued his words.

"It seems, I will just stay in the underworld, wandering to find my 2 best friends. And live life as an ordinary human being. Do you agree with my decision, Jean?" mark asked, as if to ask Jean for justification, for his words.

"I agree, if that's your decision. But don't you know if the New Turtle have killed most of the people of the underworld, just because they still believe in God" Jean explained, which got Mark's emotions hooked up a little.

"It's completely outrageous that group of New Guys. Unfortunately Grandpa Well didn't want to intervene to eradicate the group. I don't know what the reason is, I don't know at all the answer" said Mark, with his mind glaring deep into Mount Well.

"Together with my Grandma, even she did not want to take revenge, for the death of my father and mother. The two of them, once had a close relationship. As a member of the Old Gura-Gura group," said Jean, began to speculate with his own mind.

"Honestly, I want to exterminate them. But even joining my father, I thought it was impossible. At most we can only kill 5 of their members. You know for yourself, when my father saved you first. He had to work hard, to kill the New Gura-Gura members number 13 and number 12. Which is 1 level of strength below my father," said Mark, recalling the incident 10 years ago.

"Yes I remember that, and the grudge is still burning for the New Gura-Gura group!" jean said, with restraining his emotions.

"You still have a grudge, right?. All right, even though we are, are under the wind of them. But if we take them one by one from the weakest, maybe that's the most likely thing we can do, right now," Mark paused, thinking for a moment.

"But the problem is, we might only be able to reach their strength at number 11 only, after that using the maximum power we have today. Looks like we won't be able to finish them off. And the other problem is, we don't know who the members of the New Turtle group, Mark continued, expressing his strategy.

 

"What is that, Jean?" mark asked, with great curiosity.

"I have obtained information about the existence of the Jade Buddha statue you are looking for" Jean replied flatly, but it made Mark surprised to hear it.

"What's true, Jean, is that fast as you've got that information?" mark asked, as if he could not believe Jean's words.

"The one who got the information, it wasn't me. But it was that little robot that got it, "and Jean called a robot that was the same name.

"Jean, Little Jean come here. Someone wants to get to know you" Jean said.

From his unlocked room and open the door. There came a little robot named Jean Little. Her face and stature were the same as Jean's. But this Little Jean was only a miniature size, probably only 30 cm in height.

He jumped up and sat on Jean's lap when he was in front of her.

"What's up, brother?" ask Little Jean.

"There are people who want to get acquainted with you" Jean pointed to Mark, which made him misbehave.

"Hay Little Girl, do you want to help me?" mark asked, smiling as sweetly as possible towards little Jean.

"I don't know you, so I don't want to help you" replied Little Jean, insisting.

"Little Jean, he's a close friend of mine. His name is Mark Well. He wants to ask you for help" explains Jean, and Little Jean understands that.

"Alright Brother, I'll help him. What can I do for Mark?" little Jean asked, to Mark.

"I just want to know the existence of the Jade Buddha statue?, that's all I want" Mark said.

Little Jean was silent for a moment. Unexpectedly by Mark. Little Jean leaps from Jean's lap into Mark's. Which makes Mark a little surprised by the action.

"Jean, your little robot is so agile. It almost blew my heart out" Mark said.

Jean smiled at Mark and spoke to Mark.

"Mark, he's not just a robot. But he was also my clone. I created it by combining the latest robot technology with the latest cloning technology. Which before, had never been anywhere. Besides me, who is the creator and origin of that technology. And this technology I call Roning, or cloned robot technology," Jean tells Mark, about Jean's creation. It is believed that there was only one in those days.

"Already!, you two don't talk much anymore. Don't you want to know the existence of that Jade Buddha statue?" hear the words of little Jean.

 

Mark and Jean fell silent, not continuing the conversation.

"Yes, of course I want to know" Mark said.

"All right I'll tell you about it" little Jean was silent for a moment. Then continue his words back.

"The Jade Buddha statue is housed in a temple in the northern zone in the Cran district, west of the Sundaland Peninsula. Already many humans had gone there to retrieve the jade Buddha statue. But they all failed and died" explains Jean the little one, at length.

"Foul and die?. Is the temple guarded by monks, who have special abilities of a high level, Little Jean?" ask Mark to Little Jean.

 

Little Jean shook her head.

"No Mark, the temple is not guarded by anyone" replied Little Jean.

"Any!, this is really weird?. Looks like the temple holds a high mystical power?" mark said, speaking for yourself. Responded by little Jean.

"You're right Mark, the temple does have a high mystical power, but I don't know the source of that power. Maybe only the really trained people can enter the temple. Maybe only someone like you can do it" said Little Jean, reassuring Mark.

"I didn't think, and I never thought. If this matter becomes so complicated. It's only fitting that you didn't allow me to take this job. Apparently he predicted everything. But for the sake of seeking this experience for myself. Dad finally allowed it too" Mark said in his heart.

"Thank you for the info, little Jean," said Mark, stroking the little head of Little Jean on his left shoulder, with his right hand.

"Yes, Mark. Mark, Brother. I want to go to the room first, yes," said Little Jean, then went to Jean's room again.

"How about Mark?, are you still interested in taking the Jade Buddha statue?" jean asked, and Mark nodded his head, after which he answered Jean's question.

"Of course Jean, I'm not going to back down from this fight. I've gone too far. And I want to prove it to my father. If I am also able to do, what can be done by it" Mark said, with all seriousness.

"Yes, if that's the best decision for you. Whatever your decision is, I will always support you. When are you leaving Mark?" ask Jean.

"Tomorrow morning Jean," Mark replied firmly.

Without waiting for a response from Jean. Mark then got up from his seat, put his foot out. Leaving Jean, and the house.

 

Mark kept his feet out of Jean's house to enjoy the beautiful and warm Sun of the underworld, the real world of man.