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CHAPTER 41: FLYING RESOURCES

"What are we doing now?" Gavin released the hold on Isaac and saw the boy a few centimeters away from his face.

"Let's go back to the bunker." Isaac got up and flexed his back after being sitting for a long time. Gavin remained at the chair. "Are you coming?"

"Go wake Lola. I want to have a talk with Alexei before we leave." Isaac raised an eyebrow, questioning Gavin's line about talking to the computer, but he didn't say anything further after Gavin glanced at him waiting for the boy to leave.

"Hey, Alexei. I assume you listened to what we were talking about... I want to know the chances of everything going wrong. Be honest." Gavin got up and stood in front of the big screen, where Alexei's face showed up next. "I want mathematics to give me an idea of success and failure."

"The statistics are confusing and cannot be said with certainty, Gavin. In the scenario you and Isaac discussed, Kyedoth holds approximately 68.45% of chances of successs, when he has nearly 8 billion citizens standing by his principles, values and political views, alongside with more than half the parliamentary crew of deputies, ministers and states internal governments. Kyedoth also holds the entire military body of Qorjal and all of the other authoritarian entities. Plus, important wealthy and corporative families are amongst Kyedoth's first line of social, political and urban management." Gavin paced around the space between the screen and the tables while Alexei basically said they had no chances against Kye.

"Okay, now tell me the 31,55% chance of my side winning. You're literally telling me we will lose no matter what."

"The 31,55% chance you and Isaac hold is not certain, Gavin, but approximately 7 billion people stand for Chemeris' says, political views and most important, his precepts, and inside this number, 5 billion people wait for the arrival of his first born to replace President Kyedoth. In the political environment, you have a lower number of supporters in comparison to Kyedoth, just like wealthy and powerful families to stand by your side. When it comes to authoritarian entities, you have none. The majority of your supporters come from the Abyss Zone, in the farthest regions of the country, but the big cities hold help for you as well."

"Alright... now I want your honest opinion."

"I do not have the ability to answer your command, Gavin."

"No, you do. You can think as a human. Just focus, Alexei."

"I think you do have chances of winning, but it will be hard. Involving external people is a risky move, but I see you have no other option. You need to be careful and strategic, because the video will be your only chance to capture people's attention in an attempt to persuade their minds over the matter. My advice to you is to seek for safe spaces. You will be hunted down as never before, but you two need to unlock the Code of Living program, or you will be stuck in the same spot forever."

"Do you think this house is secure? Secure enough to keep me away from everyone that will hunt me down?"

"You were the first being to enter this laboratory in 22 years, Isaac Bethervan was the second. The white door is sealed by a powerful system that only Chemeris was able to comprehend. If you need to hide in other cities, Chemeris has bunkers inside Perpetua and Weglinnic and I just sent your biological information to the security system of those places. One of the last commands my creator gave me was to always protect his son with everything in my power."

Gavin furrowed his brows but he smiled when he realized that probably Alexei was behind a lot him a lot of times. "Since when you have known about my presence in Qorjal?"

"Since your arrival. I have access to the operational system that runs the city, and I have been shutting cameras down, closing traffic lights when the authorities were after you and allowing you to connect with the right information at the right time." Alexei smiled widely as the confessions sounded through the room. Gavin felt overwhelmed by it, but much more intrigued by him always being aware of his presence in the country.