Chapter 1 Reporter
One day in 2046.
The day before things got out of control, Suwan hurriedly ran through the tree-lined path to the central teaching building with a few textbooks to attend the practical class for which she was already twenty minutes late.
Suwan had a good excuse for being late - Mr. Toker had grabbed her on the way to the teaching building and asked her to give a live demonstration to the new students this year. Oh, or maybe I should add "again", this was not the first time.
Suwan really couldn't refuse. Mr. Toker blocked her way to the central teaching building and threatened Suwan with the graduation tutor's comments. The pages of the notebook in his hand that recorded Suwan's grades were almost falling apart. The pages were very important to every student, so Suwan had to give in.
Mr. Tok is a perfectionist, which is good, but the downside is that he only focuses on his own courses - even if it delays Suwan's study of other courses, Mr. Tok doesn't care at all. Suwan is often complained by other teachers for being late for class because she is pulled away by Mr. Tok. Suwan doesn't want this, but fortunately her grades in all courses are excellent, so the teachers' complaints about Tok have not turned into criticisms of her.
It was class time, and Suwan was the only student on the square still on her way to class. This made Suwan quicken her pace out of guilt. When she ran to the fork in the road to the central parish, she suddenly heard instructions coming from the wireless headset on her ear.
"Sir, three o'clock." The guard in the monitoring room called up the nearby surveillance footage, saw Suwan's image on the screen, and turned on the microphone.
Suwan's wireless headset is worn on his left ear. It is very delicate and one can hardly feel it when it is worn on the ear. It is rarely used and is only turned on to convey commands in emergencies. So when Suwan heard the slight sound of electricity emitted by the wireless headset when it was turned on, he stopped and looked in the direction indicated by the headset.
Suwan saw a tall man in a knee-length white lab coat running towards her from a path. He waved to her in panic, asking for help: "Help me! Help me get out of here!"
Suwan had never seen this man before, but judging by his attire, he should be a researcher working in the isolated research building outside the two parishes. Now, a team of armed guards in a patrol truck were chasing him from a distance. There was also a guard on the roof of the car with a gun aimed at the researcher running towards Suwan, but for some reason he did not shoot immediately.
Although this man is wearing a researcher's lab coat, he is being hunted.