Chapter 149 Fool's Pride

'The statue didn't have a name before, as it could create controversy. People simply needed a reason to start a new drama to gain publicity and attention. That's why, the names of the structures are always named after a good or a bad thing.'

'If they are named after a good thing, then obviously they— even those who don't like it— will have to accept the name. And if they name it after a bad thing, they won't have enough guts to protest against it; even if they did, their accusation wouldn't be heeded.'

"But let's see what the government was planning to name it after re-opening the Central Park…"

Rudy glanced around and located a cell tower in the distance on the tall building near the park.

"I am not sure if this idea would work, but it's worth trying." Rudy flew to the tower and stood on top of it.

"I am curious. And this is the best way to test the capabilities of my electrification ability."

Rudy connected his brain waves with the signals coming from the tower and hacked into the satellite. Then, he connected himself from one satellite to another satellite. But suddenly, his connection broke, and he lost his streak.

Rudy held his head in his hands with a painful expression on his face, seemingly, the action had taken a huge loan on his mental strength. He wanted to scream out loud, but he endured and waited for the pain to subside.

"Of course… this would happen if I act too carelessly. But considering this was my first time trying, I did a pretty good job."

SIGH!

Rudy jumped to land near the statue, but he felt dizzy as he hadn't fully recovered yet, and ended up crashing into the tree.

"Great…"

Rudy had reached the limit of his mental strength, and any more use of his powers could be harmful to him.

If he wasn't awake for more than two days, this wouldn't have happened. And the access use of his mental strength without letting his brain rest wasn't something he should do.

"I should finish this quickly and go back. It's making me angry for some reason…." he uttered in a low voice.

Rudy jumped off the tree and slowly walked to the statue, but suddenly, he stopped and held his head in his hands.

"....!"

His eyes widened as he received unknown information in his mind.

In the last 5 years, many things had changed, some changes were good, but many changes were bad. Either way, it had already happened and there was no turning back.

The world leaders and officials were so busy dealing with the issues that they didn't have time to worry about minor things.

T.A, the leader and the main reason behind the apocalypse, had high intelligence, and he wanted to dominate the world using his powers. So obviously, he aimed for the world leader's head.

'If there was no one to rule the world, I shall rule it.' Those were the words T.A frequently said to himself.

The physical data of the world stored all over the world were all destroyed, and the digital databases were corrupted. Satellites were crashed, all the private and government facilities were destroyed, and the entire world has lost contact with each other.

The world was at constant war with the T.A, and they were trying their best to protect the world. While T.A wanted to rewrite history and create the world as a new world with his laws and rules.

But fortunately, after the sudden disappearance of T.A, the world slowly went back to normal.

Everything was built again and the information and knowledge that was destroyed were re-written again. The world leaders gathered a team of individuals who contained knowledge of everything, including doctors, businessmen, engineers, developers, and many more who had everything stored in their minds.

They agreed to help as it was for the good of humanity, but they asked for something in return. They wanted their say in every decision made in the parliament. Of course, only logical and legal claims were allowed, and the government agreed to it as they didn't have any problem with it. They had realized that no matter how powerful they are, they can't win against beings like T.A.

After the apocalypse, the government has been secretly preparing more powerful weapons and conducting superhuman experiments in area 69 to create super soldiers who could fight against T.A— if he ever returned.

Of course, this was kept secret from the outside world as it could lead to more problems. After all, they were the ones who experimented and created T.A. They were the ones responsible for the apocalypse, pandemic, and everything that had happened during the last five years.

Of course, they didn't take the blame and threw the blame at the circumstances. They knew that if word got out that they had started working on the super gene experiment again, it could cause a riot, or worse, a world war against the other nations.

"...."

Rudy was confused as to why and how he got that information. But then he came to the conclusion that it happened when he was trying to hack into the satellites to create an information chain.

"Hmm~" Rudy placed his hand on his chin and wondered, "So the government still hasn't learned its lesson."

SIGH!

"And here I thought smart people learn from their mistakes…" he groaned.

'My world also had the super gene experiment, but it was a failure. All the other test subjects died before me, and I was the last one. They had decided to stop the experiments as they didn't make any progress.'

"But… I wonder if anything had gone wrong, that world would have turned out the same as this one…" he murmured.

In the end, Rudy decided to name the statue that fit Scott perfectly.

"Fool's Pride."

Rudy smirked at Scott and asked, "Did you like your new name? It's better than Scott scoot, and it suits you."

After that, Rudy teleported to Alice's room, or he wanted to, but he didn't have enough mental strength to use teleportation.

"..."

So, he decided to fly there instead. But he was too sleepy to keep his eyes open, and his ears were muffled by the pressure of the air. As he was flying at high speed, trying to get to Alice's house as soon as possible, he hit something in the air.

"..."

He stopped and looked back to see a broken wing of an airplane.

"Uh oh!"

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Thanks, @macraw93, for suggesting the name!