"What's wrong Alice?" asked Yusuf who had to go into the house and saw Alice leaning listlessly on the chair in front of her monitor screen. "Is there something bothering you?"

Alice opened her eyes slightly, her gaze fell on Yusuf who was taking off his school uniform, "I just don't feel rested enough," she said, not wanting to give Yusuf any explanation. She didn't want Yusuf to return to his old self.

"You know, at our school there is a new student, she is a woman and I think her last name sounds familiar to my ears." Yusuf sat on the sofa. "Chelsea Tsabina, that is her name. As someone who has lived longer in this world, do you know anything about her?"

"You're not wrong about me having lived a long time, even though the truth is you were born before me." Alice raised her back slightly, correcting her sitting position. "The name Tsabina is used by many Yusuf people, you feel familiar because you might overhear a foreigner introduce her name."

"Yeah, maybe." Yusuf quickly agreed with Alice's words, because maybe he was thinking too much. To spend his free time, Yusuf took the television remote control that was on the table, pointed the remote at the television in front of him and the television screen displayed a stunning news action carried out by a number of people.

"Prices of basic goods are increasing, people are holding demonstrations in front of the government gates, asking the government to take firm action against companies that operate individually to increase wages that are below the minimum standard," said a female presenter. "In this country there are still many companies or private business owners who provide wages below the minimum standard set by the government."

Yusuf watched the news carefully, frowning in surprise. He feels that he can't stop thinking about greedy people who pay wages lower than the minimum standards that have been set, no matter how small the income they earn, no matter how simple the work they provide, workers should get their rights. Moreover, he also knew that among these workers there were also those who worked beyond the stipulated working hours.

"If they don't agree with the salary provided by the company they work for, they should quit their job and look for a new job that matches the salary they expect, simple."

"It's not as simple as you say, Alice. They don't quit their jobs, not because they don't want to look for a new job, but they can't. I once talked to one of the employees who works in the food sector and said that the salary he gets is only around 70 thousand rupiah. only per day, they also have to work 12 hours a day. Sometimes even if there are red dates on the calendar, they are not even given time off. He feels like he is being enslaved by the people in his own country."

"Then, if they knew they were being enslaved, why didn't they stop?"

"They can't Alice, they need money. Job competition in this country is very big, and that's what greedy people take advantage of to make a profit." Yusuf checked his cellphone, there was a new message sent by Joni. "From this country before independence to after independence, they still feel the impact of colonialism, only with different enemies."

That was one of the reasons why Yusuf asked Alice to stay in this country longer. There are very stark differences between people from the upper classes and those from the lower classes, even though in this country there are people with potential who unfortunately have to drown due to economic deficiencies. Unlike India where there are still potential people who can turn into great people, in this country if you don't have money, you will be nobody.

And what's worse is that many young people are competing to make a lot of money, without producing any beautiful work. Money removes the artistic soul from everyone, and makes idealistic people poor fools. Even though from the past until now, people with great works have always lived simply, but their names are far greater than the money owned by greedy people.

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"Yes, but isn't it their own fault because they don't have the ability to support their lives?"

"I think it's because the education system prioritizes the value that students must have abilities that can make money, no matter how bad the results of the work produced by their abilities are." Yusuf put his cell phone back, then took out a cigarette from the pack. "I know it's not wrong, whether you are a realist or an idealist, that is their own right. But the bad thing is, it makes the development of this country monotonous."

After finishing one cigarette, Yusuf immediately went to his room to get his casual t-shirt. He also seemed to be walking in a hurry towards the door of the house.

"Where are you goin?" Alice asked.

Yusuf, who was in the doorway, was focused on replying to messages that came into his cell phone, "I have business that I need to finish immediately," he said, and suddenly this made Alice panic a little.

"What business? What else do you want to do now?"l

He looked at Alice with a confused expression, "I'm just going to go play with my school friends," she answered but even so that didn't satisfy Alice and therefore he had no other choice but to be honest about the reason for him leaving. "Yeah, actually Joni told me that Jaka and his group are currently fighting against another stupid group. They are currently fighting for power or something, I don't really understand either and now they want me to come to help them."

Alice straightened her head which had previously been leaning casually, her eyes staring sharply as if she didn't like it if Yusuf participated in such stupid activities, "Are you an idiot?" she said, feeling very annoyed with Yusuf who always acted as he pleased.

"What do you mean?"

"Didn't I always tell you before to just live in peace?"

"It's just children fighting, Alice, nothing will change for the world even if I follow their fight." Yusuf realized that his treatment had made Alice even more angry. "For the two of us, maybe this is just a stupid kid fighting, but for them, that's their life. Haven't I also told you the reason they have stupid fights like that? You should already know everything about them without me telling you, right?"

"I know, I'm not that cruel either." Alice drank a cup of cold coffee. "But Yusuf, just think about what if someone found out about you? Last time when you tried to save one of your friends, you ended up facing one of Andrew's subordinate groups. Do you want that incident to happen again? Do you no longer want to go through with it?" your life in peace? Or do you actually still want a life full of blood and far from peace?"

"You've lived with her for a long time, right?" asked Yusuf. Alice gave her answer by simply nodding. "If you know her, then you also know me from her."

After that Yusuf left, closing the door of the house tightly. No matter whether Alice would get angry with him later, he had to keep an eye on the progress of his pieces. He had to ensure that even pawns like them could turn into great pieces. This world is already very chaotic, and its ideals of freedom will soon be destroyed. Therefore, before his idealism is destroyed, he must immediately fight those who try to destroy him.

"Damn wait a minute!" Alice shouted, trying to call Yusuf to come back into the house, but Yusuf didn't seem to hear her. She looks very frustrated with Yusuf, seen by how she is holding his head. Her right hand opened a desk drawer containing a firearm. "If he does anything wrong, I won't hesitate to kill him. I'm sorry Eve, but I have to protect this world at all costs."

Suddenly she heard the sound of an incoming message coming from her computer. At first she thought it was a message sent by an anonymous person, but when she looked at the monitor screen, it turned out the message was sent by someone she knew, Zahra Reagan. The contents of the message said that Zahra was currently in a cafe not too far from Alice's house and asked Alice to come to see her immediately.

Initially, Alice intended to refuse Zahra's invitation, but Zahra sent another message that made Alice interested in coming to meet Zahra. She immediately got up from his seat, put on a brown coat, took the keys to her house and personal vehicle, then immediately went to where Zahra was.

"The world is getting crazier, people are getting crazier, no one is sane. For the good of the world, I am forced to balance my abilities in handling cases based on their stupidity," she said while wearing a brown coat. "Technological developments do not make humans more developed, but make them very stupid, arrogant, and full of arrogance."

Living with Yusuf for too long made Yusuf's thoughts rub off on her. When she left the house, she saw that there were lots of people walking along the side of the road wearing items that were trending among the people. Today's people don't care about the usefulness of an item, the most important thing for them is to use the item so that they can show it off to everyone, and make them feel jealous.

"There is nothing wrong with the world or God. However, living together with greedy people makes this world feel much more terrible than hell."