Chapter 298 Sad Reality

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Chapter 298 Sad Reality

'This is the reality!'

Time slowed down as Mako's thoughts permeated through his consciousness.

He looked back at almost half of the cadets that he had just fought with now leaving him, and all for what exactly?

Just because he decided to help someone else? Was that really such a bad thing to do that so many would side against him?

'This is the reality...' Mako's consciousness replied to his own questions. 'This is the sad reality of the world that we live in. A world where compassion and kindness are viewed as a weakness and it is only the right of the strong to live happy and decent lives.'

'These people...' Mako said to himself while looking at the blond-haired boy who had a smirk on his face, 'They only cared about working together and collaborating when their own life was on the line.'

When it concerned their safety, they could fight and collaborate with no fuss at all, but as soon as it came time to extend that olive branch to other people the same way Mako's group did to them, they showed their true colors.

They showed that in the end, these were all mindless and egotistical fools who only cared about themselves and would do everything by any means necessary to ensure their own survival and well-being, disregarding the emotions, state, or conditions of those they used to achieve their goal.

Mako had a facial expression of disgust as turned his head back around and focused on reaching the two cadets as soon as possible.

'These are the type of people that have caused so much pain and suffering to humanity. Mindless fools who don't know the difference between right and wrong and only know how to benefit themselves!' Mako's thoughts became louder and louder, getting filled with more anger.

The scene of the very first video log that Mako received when he had obtained the Universal Power System was that of his great-grandfather's final moments as he entrusted the system to him.

That whole situation had occurred when one of his colleagues had decided to become just like the cadets behind him and only think about himself.

He was the one who sold the important information over to the enemy who was actively trying to destroy humanity all in the name of greed and to save his own skin while the rest including his great grandfather suffered.

Anger began to overflow from within Mako as he thought back to his great-grandfather's face as he conveyed his final message.

'He didn't deserve that! He was doing everything in his power for the greater good of humanity, going as far as completely disconnecting himself from his own family! Nobody deserves a fate like that!' Mako screamed in his mind as his anger and heart rate continued to increase.

Mako already knew that the system that was entrusted to him was meant to bring about great change.

He had accepted this responsibility before but back then he was just excited about the power that he had received and had not yet realized the depth of the responsibility that was placed upon his shoulders.

haired girl as they rushed together to take care of the remaining few regular robots that were also chasing the cadets from before.

Speaking of which, Andrew finally landed Mako and himself safely on the ground right next to the boy and girl cadets who collapsed onto the floor gasping for air as they were very close to their limit when Mako and group swooped in to save them from the robots.

"TH... THANK....*heavy breathing* THANK YOU SO MUCH!" The girl cadet exclaimed her gratitude through her exhaustion.

"It's okay we're just trying to help. Are you alright?" Andrew replied as he approached the duo to make sure they weren't critically injured, leaving Mako alone who just stood there in shock as he processed everything that he had just observed.

'No... that is not the whole picture' Mako said to himself.

'This world does not consist of only greedy and power-

hungry people' Mako thought as he observed the brown-haired girl and the rest of the cadets finishing off the remaining robots, fighting together and making sure that none of them got accidentally injured.

'There are also people in this world that have genuine goodness in their hearts and these people are the ones who help to balance out the evil of this world. It is only when this balance is upset by the evil prevailing too much that chaos ensues and lives are lost,' Mako realized.

"Good and Evil, Light and Darkness, they are both two sides of the same coin... Every person has goodness and darkness within their hearts. The real test for every single person is which side would they allow to consume them and direct their actions," Mako suddenly remembered something her grandmother used to say to him often.

'People aren't as simple as black and white but rather they are all different shades of grey, some are lighter than others while others are darker.' Mako repeated the words of his grandmother in his mind.

It was then that a realization hit him and his anger finally subsided.

"Good and Evil are two sides of the same coin! Of course! I can't only look at people as if they are black and white! Everyone is part of the greater spectrum!" Mako said.

"I finally understand what my mission is. My mission should not be to eradicate evil from this world as I would completely fail trying to accomplish that goal. My mission should be to become the change that would bring out the goodness in people's hearts so that evil becomes powerless!"

'I will become that change! I will be the one who will put an end to this long chain of tyranny and oppression! Watch me, everyone! I will fulfill my purpose and change humanity from this pathetic excuse of a race to what it was meant to be!' Mako said to himself.

*Ding!*

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