Universal Power System
Chapter 298 Sad Reality

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.

Mako had experienced a great loss before when his grandmother had passed away but back then he couldn't really do anything to save her, but in Iris' case, he could have changed the outcome.

He had already come to terms with her death thanks to Commander Sable and had begun to heal but he had obtained a valuable lesson, something that he was going to carry very close to his heart and that was the realization of how important a single life was and how much could a single life could affect others.

Millions of people die every year, so it is impossible to feel empathy towards all of them, but if one lives their life to ensure that they are doing everything in their power to protect the people around them and to preserve the peace, then that is a person with genuine goodness in their heart.

Seeing the type of people that were the reason for this world's corruption, for the pain and suffering of so many people all over the world including himself, Mako couldn't help but be filled with anger and despise towards these people.

Mako quickly sped up his pace, leaving the rest of the cadets behind as he converted his anger and emotions into power which he intended to let out on the giant robot in front of him.

*Smash!*

Mako had lunged into the air and struck the first robot with a strong vertical strike from his sword which dealt decent damage but wasn't enough to decommission the robot who had now switched targets and was now aiming to land a strike on Mako who was still in midair.

While in midair, Mako couldn't effectively defend against the robot's attack nor did he have a shield or abilities to help him escape or reduce the damage.

'Damn it! I overestimated my strength!' Mako said to himself as he returned back to his senses and observed the robot's giant arm swinging toward him.

Mako had been so blinded by his rage and anger that he had miscalculated the fact that he was far weaker than his regular self and that one hit was probably not strong enough to take down one of the larger robots.

There was nothing he could do now as all he could was close his eyes and brace himself from the strength he was about to receive.

However, suddenly Mako felt a tug on his body and the heavy strike that he was expecting to hit him at any moment never came.

As he opened his eyes back up again, he found himself flying backward with Andrew holding onto his body.

The robot that was right in front of him was now a little distance away from him with the massive strike that it was about to land with its giant arm getting blocked by two cadets each holding a shield.

As soon as the strike was successfully blocked, the brown-

haired tiny girl leaped up into the air, using her strong leg muscles to easily clear the boys on the ground holding the shields and landing the second critical strike on the robot, finally being strong enough to knock it to the ground and defeat it.

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The remaining few cadets charged in closely behind the brown-

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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