211 Chapter 211- Lost
Kai sat down near Eva as he looked at the TV screen with solemn coldness. The latter shared the same expression that he had except a little worse.
For the first time in god knows how long, Kai really had no idea what to do. The whole world now knows about Origin, whether it was its temporary or permanent form, it didn't matter. They knew about it and the consequences were unimaginable.
First of all, from what Arthur said, Divinity made Temporary Origin available for the masses. It didn't seem to have any restrictions whatsoever. That means that anyone could buy this superpower and use it and by anyone, Kai knows that it meant ANYONE.
Even the most notorious criminals inside or outside the jail will be able to wreak even more havoc and do what they want while. Granted, law enforcement could also use these powers to stop such things. However, that didn't mean that the damage wouldn't happen. This world, in simpler terms, wasn't tailor-made to handle superpowers.
Even the weakest of Origin Users could deal more damage than any mundane human could ever even fathom. Punching a whole into a wooden house wouldn't be something impossible.
But, that wasn't even the worst thing. In the most optimal situation, governments will be able to learn how to stop such problems from happening very quickly, it's the shift in mentality that is truly the problem. A human is a greedy and incredibly imaginative creature by nature. Give such a creature endless abilities and you get one of two possible outcomes: Either endless destruction or endless greed.
Both are horrible results of the same input.
"Is Divinity made out of irrevocably insane fools or what? What the hell is this?!" Clenching her fists, Eva smashed them down on the sofa's arm.
"They perhaps might be insane…" Kai murmured in reply, however, he didn't believe that they were dumb and he was still firmly behind that assumption.
His best bet in this situation is that Divinity will move quickly to contain the situation.
'But, how could they even do…' Suddenly, it hit him, hard.
Kai's eyes widened slightly as he looked up.
"Ascenders…"
"What?"
"Divinity will turn them into Ascenders that they will recruit. It makes sense now."
Of course, it makes sense, Divinity's main goal was to create a world where Origin Users rule and their main project was Origin Society. An initial step required was to slowly spoon-feed Origin into the minds of the masses without alerting them.
'Temporary Origin is a perfect way to do that. People would hate it, but since it's temporary, the backlash won't be strong. Give it some time and those protesting voices will quiet down eventually.' He thought to himself as he rubbed his chin.
"So, that's what they wanted to do. An army of people that they can control without the risk of them doing anything major. If things came down to it, they can cut down the supply of Temporary Origin and they would basically come out of any situation unscathed." Eva continued Kai's trail of thoughts with a bewildered look.
It all made sense now, twisted and dystopian as it sounded, it was still logical.
"Open your phone and check the internet for anything related to the next batch of Ascenders test. If we're right, then they most likely started advertising it as soon as they released the TempO." Kai said as he stood up and walked to his room to check his computer. However, as he was about to enter inside, Aria met him in the hallway. Her skin was beautiful and glossy as she came fresh out of the bath.
"What happened?"
"Go and sit down next to Eva and don't move," Kai said coldly before he walked in.
Aria nodded her head before she did so.
"What is going on?"
"Temporary Origin, it's out in public. Oh, wait, you don't know about it, do you?"
"I do."
"I see… Wait, you do?" Eva who replied casually at first looked up with an almost comical expression.
"I have my sources," Aria replied mysteriously.
"Did you also know that it was going to get released to the public?"
Aria shook her head. "I only heard of it."
Eva didn't say another word as she started searching through the internet's biggest forums about anything related to that topic and low and behold, it only took her a few moments to find what she was looking for. Hundreds upon hundreds of comments from random people talking about how they were approached by Divinity to try Temporary Origin and how they were told to join Divinity so that it could help them develop their powers.
'Right on the bullseye.' Eva thought.
Aria couldn't see what was written but she could definitely hear Eva.
Meanwhile, in the other room, Kai received a call from Kaya.
"Kai! What the hell is going on? The city is in an uproar! Many people are running toward the pharmacies."
"Come back, Kaya. A lot happened that can't be explained over the phone." Kai said as he was about to hang up the phone.
"Wait, Kai, there is an important matter we need to discuss."
"What?"
"The old man… I just met him a few minutes ago and he told me some disturbing things."
"Huh?" Kai didn't understand what Kaya was even talking about.
"It's a long explanation that I can't talk about now. But, he mentioned a term. The temple of Infinity… Have you heard of that name before?" Kaya asked.
Silence.
No response came from Kai for an awfully long time.
"Kai? Are you still there?" Kaya called for him.
"Where did he hear of that name?" Kai's cold, chilling voice finally reached Kaya, making her frown. She had rarely heard Kai speak in this frozen tone which made her even more wary of what those words meant.
"I don't know. He didn't say anything else."
"Come back. Things are about to get out of control. Don't let anyone approach you. It's most likely they acquired Temporary Origin."
"What?!"
"We can't talk now but I will explain once you get here." He said before he hung up the phone. A second later, Kai's face turned sour.
'Temple of Infinity… How would I not know that place? It's where I was born.' He cursed as he realized that the bastard that gave birth to him had already gotten too involved in Divinity. Granted that meant Kai had a higher chance of meeting him sooner than he might've predicted but it still bothered him greatly.
Whatever that man was planning wasn't something that could be given time. He could be scheming to turn the world into a desolate vast land of nothingness for all he cared. That was the twisted nature of the man others would call his father.
Running his hand through his hair, for the first time in a long time, Kai felt a slight headache from the situation. This day went from being normal to unforgettable for Kai in a matter of minutes.
Two gigantic problems from two sides and he didn't even know what to do to either of them. Well, he was still not sure whether he could truly do what he wanted to do or not without his plans being ruined.
As he was like that, he suddenly heard a loud explosion that shook the whole apartement complex.