Server: Raed

XXVII

"Unimos, increase Rad Player Raed's pain absorption to level 10. And heal all physical wounds, will you?"

Matagal kaming nagtitigan ng misteryosong lalaki na nasa harap ko. Wala na akong nararamdaman na sakit, dahil ba ito sa sinabi niya? Paano niya na-command si Unimos? Isa rin ba siya sa mga "paboritong tao" ni Glade?

"Hello, I am Gladio." Marahan pa siyang yumuko. Did he just say Gladio? Like Gladio Online?

"Unimos, conceal Rad Player Raed's visibility and mine." Eksaktong nagsidatingan sina Aidan at palinga-linga pa kahit nasa harapan na nila kami.

"Raena?!" Tawag ni Aidan. Hahawakan ko dapat siya pero lumagpas lang ang kamay ko.

"Raed?!" Nanlaki ang mga mata ko nang lagpasan ako ni Fuego. Hinarap ko si Gladio na hanggang ngayon ay misteryosong nakangiti sa akin.

"Who are you and what did you do?" Mas lumawak ang ngiti niya.

"I am Gladio, a cybernetic organism designed by Glade Webber to carry the chip of Gladio Online." I wasn't intrigued because he said that he carried the chip of Gladio Online.

"You're a cyborg?!" Tumango siya.

The world made a huge technological change when Glade Webber successfully made Gladio Online, before then or even before I was born, Cyborgs were made. It intrigued me because who would have known that a lifeless mechanical part can replace a part of a living human.

"How are you a cyborg? You look completely normal to me." He smiled again.

"My brain is the only thing that's not replaced by technology, I can shapeshift into anyone in here." True to his words, he changed into an old man, an actor who was once famous, a pregnant woman, and he changed back.

"Naiintindihan mo ba ako?" He nodded.

"When I carried Gladio Online I am able to understand all languages."

"Raed!" Liningon ko sina Fuego na hanggang ngayon ay tinatawag pa rin ako. Binalingan ko si Gladio dahil hindi sila tumitigil.

"Can you please tell me why you're doing this? Kailangan ko nang magpakita sa mga kaibigan ko." Tumango siya. Nagbago na naman siya ng anyo pero ngayon ay hindi na siya parang tao, napalitan na ang buong katawan niya, maski ang ulo niya. Maybe this is his true form, a cyborg made by Glade Webber.

"I was like you before I was like this, a person with a full body except with a heart. Glade Webber gave me another chance to live, and that is to be the carrier of Gladio Online. I didn't have a life worth living with my physical body because of my condition but I was free at Gladio Online."

"Raena!"

"Please get to the point, my friends are looking for me." He stared at me with his mechanical eyes that glowed before he spoke.