I get up with my sister on my stomach. Even though she is 13 years old, she has a small amount of weight. I am worried about her eating habits. I will ask her to eat more food to add more weight. I move a bit because the radiophone in my trouser pocket hurt me while sleeping. Because of that, my sister wake up. She is a light sleeper.
"Good morning~ Hwah....." Say my sister on my stomach.
"Good morning too, can you move now?" Say me to her while smiling.
"Oh yeah, sorry. I will get up." Say my sister while getting up from my stomach.
"Let's eat the food can." Say me while sitting.
"Yeah, I will bring it to you." Say my sister and take the food can.
I am waiting for my sister's back. While I am waiting, I see Eka walking from distance.
"Yo! Good to see you wake up in this morning." Say Eka while bowing.
"What do you want?" Say me while yawning.
"Don't be cold, I want to tell you a message from the Commander to go outside. He will introduce us to his subordinates and give us some equipment." Say Eka while standing up.
"Y-yeah, I will go outside after I eat my breakfast." Say me.
"You call that bunch of cans, breakfast? You must be crazy." Say Eka.
"Hmpfh.... At least it's not some cassava or sweet potato. I don't want to be Indonesian in the New Order era." Say me.
"That's a bit harsh to your ancestor. If you think about it, that was amazing that our ancestors could survive without the internet." Say Eka.
I just look up to Eka with my plain face. Do you really want to compare the old era and modern era with the internet? But if I think about it again. Yeah, that was amazing that our ancestors still survived that era. I learned in school that our ancestors were able to predict weather just using their fingers, predict sea waves using astrological signs, curse people from far away, and do some kind of supernatural things that modern professors can't discover what logic behind it.
"Anyway, eat your food fast. We will be waiting for you." Say Eka while walking away.
"Yeah." Say me while looking at him walking outside.
"Am I really allowed to hear what you discussed before, brother?" Say Emily while bringing three cans and two water bottles.
I helped her to put down those cans. She is so sneaky that I can't feel her presence.
"Let's eat now." Say me while opening the can.
Before I eat, I help my sister again to open the food can. After that, we eat together. At that moment, one of the soldiers comes at me.
"Soldier Gunata Priawarman is reporting! Mister Rega, you need to go outside for assembly. The commander will instruct us!" Say that soldier while salute me up.
"Yeah I will come, I just want to finish this first. Breakfast is important for body health after all." Say me while salute up.
After that, I salute down him and he follow it. He walks outside after that.
"I will leave now, follow the soldier's instruction. Okay?" Say me to my sister.
"Yeah, thanks for anything brother~" Say my sister in his soft voice while smiling at me.
I put down my can, bring one water bottle, and drink it along my way. From the outside, I am surprised by some of tanks moving on the road. Is that Tiger Tanks? I know that the P.T. Pindad that subsidiary company from Len Industrie has headquarters in Bandung but, this many? It looks like the government is really serious about bringing all Indonesian residents to Yogyakarta because they allow Commander Ari to use all war vehicles and guns. If I think about it again, this is World War Three with monsters as our enemy.
"Oi..!"
I hear a voice. I look for the voice and see Eka waving his hand to me. I recognize it and go to him.
Beside him are Rena and Putri but, I don't see Renald yet. I join them beside Rena. There is many of soldier assembled in this place. We wait for Commander I think? I don't see Renald anywhere.
A moment later, Renald and Commander Ari come in front of us. They face us and start to speak. This is nostalgic. I remember that I used to join the national flag ceremony in my school.
"June, 17th 2024. We face an unknown disaster. Many people have lost their family, lover, and friend. Despair is around us. But! With these people (while pointing to the hunt group with his hand), we have hope! We are Indonesian Soldiers. We have to protect citizens! War! Or die!" Say Commander Ari out loud.
All soldier are growling, and much of emotion collide in one area. Sadness, anger, and happiness mixed up. We are seeking for revenge on those monsters that plunder our beloved people. I almost lost my only family too.
"Indonesian!" Shout Commander Ari.
"For Glory!" Shoutback from soldiers.
"Break Up!" Shout Commander Ari again.
All soldiers rush to their positions.
"Wow, that was a good speech." Say Eka looks trembling.
"Y-yeah, I think our teacher's speech on the national flag ceremony is a fun thing if you compare it with this one." Say Putri.
I see those soldiers bring all the survivors to the truck. The trucks are covered by three tarp layers. They need it to cover the survivor from a range attack. I think that Renald gave that suggestion to the Commander.
"Are you not trembling, Rega?" Say Eka while looking at me.
If I think about it, I don't really tremble about that speech. I know that much of spirit inside the speech but, something is trying to stop me from the speech effect. Maybe, I am just tired of my emotions. Many things happened yesterday. You can recover your body quickly but not your mental state.
"Let's do our best!" Say Renald after he walks toward us.
"Where is our vehicle?" Say Rena while looking at Renald.
"I will show you all the way." Say Renald.
Before we walk, our radiophone are ringing. I put my radio phone in my pocket.
"All, ready to move! Get move to your vehicle now." Say the soldier from Radiophone.
We run with Renald who leads our way. While running, I see the formation of these soldier vehicles. There are two trucks in the front row followed up by one tank, one truck, and so on with two trucks in the back row. There are nine trucks with six tanks. That's unlucky that we don't have ballistic missiles but, I think this is enough. Our truck has no cover on the top. As we are on the top of the truck, we start the journey. They summon their weapons. Wait, where are my weapons?
"Is something wrong Rega?" Say Renald to me.
"I, I forgot to bring my weapon..." Say me with a low voice.
"Hahaha! You can just summon it with your mind." Say Eka while laughing.
I try it and yeah, It's summoned.
"Sigh* I thought that I was in a pinch state." Say me relieved.
"Are you okay with your mental state Rega?" Say Rena to me.
"I don't think I am okay, so many things happened yesterday that I don't feel my weapons are gone." Say me.
"You canceled it right after you chopped the Catfish leader's head." Say Renald staring at me.
As these vehicles go, we just sit in this truck and chat about random things. The unique is, we don't try to touch private stories like how are your parents now, how you can be here, etc. We just enjoy our trip but, that does not last longer.
Much of the monster comes to us and obstructs our way. But, As we arrive in Tasikmalaya City, the Goblin horde attacking us.
"Report! There is a big goblin bring a big mace in his hand. I repeat, There is a big goblin bringing a big mace in his hand." Say soldier in radiophone. At least these people know what goblins are. I bet they know it from Klash Of Klans.
Suddenly Renald jumps on the tank behind us where Commander Ari is. He asks for a binocular and uses it above the tank. I jump to the tanks and follow him.
"Can you beat them, Renald?" Say Commander Ari.
"Yeah, we can beat it but, we need your tanks to focus on the big goblin." Say Renald after stopping using binoculars and looking at Commander Ari.
"I will support you as much as I can." Say Commander Ari.
After that, he salutes up but, Renald nods and jumps to our truck. As his replacement, I do it. After I salute down followed by Commander Ari, I jump on our truck.
"Eka, Can you shoot on the vehicle?" Say Renald.
"Just hand it over and trust me." Say Eka.
"I and Putri will go to goblin horde as the front side. I trust Rega what will he do because he has high skill on the battlefield." Say Renald while looking at me sharply.
"Don't worry, I know what I do." Answer me.
Renald, you must know what is called game and reality. I am just an inexperienced combatant. But, why do you spare your trust in me? What if I fail to support you all? That's what I think. But now, I need to set up my mind. I don't know if I won't try it! That's why, I will use my all knowledge to support you all.
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