The Metal Military Academy
Chapter 64: Removing Systems and History

“Because Astan's mind has very hard rejected the Aggressive System command, then it causes the System to create another side of Astan's self that successfully submits to the System, namely Shadow.”

“Slime black that you have made the second option for your project?” shujin asked when remembering yesterday the Shadow had touched them.

Ajhu nodded, then resumed, “They had separated, and Bayang had also been given a tempting offer from the scientists who created the Aggressive System to immediately kill Astan and take over his body. Of course Bayang agreed and began to hunt Astan who was still trapped in the spacecraft. Both of them fought there. The shadow that wants to kill Astan and take over his body, as well as Astan who is trying to survive.”

“Lucky, Astan managed to escape using the emergency capsule. The makeshift capsule floated until it arrived at the Guild Ship where it was reunited with two of its successor brothers, Suda and Arni.”

“So, brother-in-law and wife of Officer Grim is a sister-in-law of Astan?” shujin Gumam.

Shujin recalls Ardan's close interactions with Grim's two children, Nadia and Rafa. It is fitting that they are very familiar, apparently their families have a very close family relationship for a long time.

Briefly, Ajhu explained that after the incident on the ship, Astan experienced amnesia, but his mind continues to be haunted by the Shadow who still has an inner relationship with Astan's mind, ask Astan to return to the ship on the grounds of seeking the truth about his lost memory.

Ajhu also said that Astan had returned to the ship, his body was taken by Bayang, and again got his body again with the help of Astan's friend while in military school, the Mavin Officer.

Of course Astan was not at all free, after successfully getting his body back, Astan's mind even often fuss with the mind of the Shadow who joined his body.

At one point, Astan was kidnapped by the BioEmerald Organization. His mind was re-installed Aggressive System with a newer version. Astan insists on refusing to return the System command, making some of Astan's dark memories read by Shadow.

Shadow who began to feel compassion with Astan decided to use his main power, he tried to hack the performance of Aggressive System so as not to delete data from the AutoTerra System owned by Astan. Astan survived, and due to events that almost claimed his mental health and life, Astan gained new strength from cooperation with the power of Shadow.

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“At last, Astan get new power. During his adventure as a hunter with Bayang, Astan gained a lot of strength. The first power he gained from the results of freeing his mind from the Aggressive System was the Ability to Create Elements and Cosmic Objects.”

“Ability to Create Cosmic Elements and Objects?” Shujin blinked her eyes. Hearing his nickname alone had made him shiver in horror.

“Ya.” Ajhu lowered his head, grabbing the tab back on the table while reading some of the data there. “That power can make Astan create a variety of weapons that can never be created by any civilization, and control the elements of outer space.”

“Not only that, Astan also had time to create his own cosmic monsters. Among them are those that can help him create illusions and manipulate the memories of living things, analyze the universe program, and who can swallow stars. But all that power is still imperfect. Astan still has to hunt again using the AutoTerra System and also help Shadow to strengthen its power.”

“Astan was forced to strengthen himself because he had resolved to avenge the actions of the BioEmerald Organization on him and hunt down the entities that have created Dungeon portals and system artifacts. Called forced because in fact, Astan is reluctant to be strong.”

“Why...?!”

Ajhu raised his head with a sharp look leading to the video call, he heard clearly there was a half-stomping tone from Shujin's mouth.

Ajhu knows very well what Shujin or the original name of Zeon is like. He had the ambition of being the strongest of the others. Of course he felt offended when he found out there was someone who could become stronger, but was reluctant to become stronger.

This is so ridiculous....

“Why is Astan reluctant to be strong, whereas he himself gets many great opportunities to strengthen himself?” shujin said again with excitement. “But he can get and do anything that no one else can do, everyone will respect him, and he is able to destroy anything that can hinder his ambition. Why does Astan have such a shortsighted mindset?”

Ajhu sighed while closing his eyes for a moment before he replied with half-open eyes and a more calm tone of speech.

“Because according to Astan, being the strongest must be able to bear greater responsibility for the power obtained.”

Shujin snarled, both hands tightly grasping the phone until it trembled slightly. He was upset, annoyed with someone who had such a naive mindset.

How could one refuse to be the strongest simply because of the burden of responsibility?

Want a child, want a father, equally irritated!

....

Unasked by Shujin, Ajhu still continues his story about Astan while paying attention to the tab in hand, waiting for the next report from the other team he sent for a different task.

“After successfully perfecting the power by frequently leveling up the AutoTerra System, Astan also managed to tear down the BioEmerald Organization, he said, even managed to defeat entities that have created anomalous chaos of portal dimensions as well as remove the System as the main source of life force.”

“So that was the beginning of the Power Revolution?” shujin asked in the end after getting upset made by Astan's mindset.

Ajhu simply continued, “By defeating an entity often referred to as a God by primitive civilizations, Astan managed to wipe out the System's resources, and replace them into a Resurrection Power using his ability in creating cosmic elements. The power of the System owned by Astan he transformed himself into the Power of Resurrection.”

“At least, the Power of Awakening does not drag the System which requires its users to raise certain levels to become strong. The power of Resurrection can only be gained and strengthened by frequent training and adding a lot of fighting experience.”

“Should have been, Astan could already be known as a God if he himself managed to defeat the System anomaly-causing entity. Then, why in history is he only considered one of the many meritorious people who have fought in the Revolutionary Period of Power?” shujin asked again because he felt there was something strange about the incident.

Already Ajhu guessed, Shujin would definitely ask this historical gaffe.

In the history of the Power Revolution, no living being in the universe is aware that Astan ‘ is the one who obliterates the entity and releases all beings from the dependency of the System throughout the universe.

However, why was Astan only aligned with ordinary warriors?

History knows only that the Power Revolution occurred because of the movement of all living beings fed up with the influence of the System, continuing to make them dependent only to become strong.

History considers these meritorious people who succeeded in creating cutting-edge technology to remove the influence of the System from the minds of all people, not because of the power of Astan.

“That's because Astan manipulated the memories of all beings throughout the universe. He erased their memory of him and replaced it with a history of the movement of the universal society that decided to escape the influence of the System. The power of manipulating the memories of that entire universe can only be used once in a lifetime.”

“Padahan, if it were not for Astan himself acting, not a single being would want to escape the System, he said, because the System has greatly simplified their path to be strong even though they have to make dependence and can not act more independently.”

For this, Shujin agreed. From the formula and performance of the System itself, whether AutoTerra System, Aggressive System, and other types of systems that are successfully developed will only make them dependent and difficult to act independently in the absence of the System.

One awkwardness was missed, but there were other irregularities that Shujin had to question again. “Then, if the memory of the struggle of Astan overpowering the entities is erased, why do people like you know if Astan ‘ is what caused the Power Revolution to occur and know the details of Astan's strength and past?”

Ajhu showed some of the data in his tab to Shujin. The data contains a summary of the project report on uncovering the strange mystery of the Power Revolution.

“We found a lot of evidence left behind that shows that history was indeed changed by Astan. Our memories were successfully erased, but not with the evidence.”

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