"Didn't I tell you not to use Reagan in your last name?" said Alice who had just sat on the chair in front of Zahra.
"We just met after a long time, and that's the first sentence you want to say?" Zahra smiled slightly as she drank her coffee. "I can take care of myself, so stop watching me, I have a private life too!"
"I would like that too, after all monitoring everyone's lives is too much trouble for me." Alice took off her brown coat, hanging it on the back of the chair. "But in this world there are many things you don't know, there are always many things that come unexpectedly, even I don't know for sure what will await in the future."
Someone called Alice's name repeatedly, asking her to immediately take the order that was ready to be served. She got up briefly from his seat to take his order, then returned with a glass of espresso coffee and a plate of matcha cake.
"Reagan is not an ordinary name, just bearing it will put your life in danger." She cut off a bit of the tip of the matcha cake so it could easily fit into his little mouth. "Do you know who the people who bear the name Reagan are in this world? Do you know what people who bear that name have done?"
"I don't know whether that person still has his parents or not, but as far as I know the name Reagan is not the name he got from his parents. Based on what my acquaintances said, that name was once given by someone who was most wanted, someone who was a terror to all mankind, and fortunately no one nowadays knows him anymore." After eating the cake, Alice immediately drank her coffee. The sweet taste from the matcha cake and the bitterness from the espresso creates a combination of sweet and bitter flavors that is very pleasant on the tongue.
"How is he now? And why have people in the present forgotten him?"
"That's because..." Alice couldn't tell Zahra the truth. The world government has been very good at making people forget about the existence of this person. "I'm sure you have something else to talk about, right?"
That's right, Zahra has something she wants to ask Alice, something that only Alice knows. Even though she was also curious about who Alice was referring to, she preferred not to ask, because when Alice tried to hide something, she would keep her mouth shut until the end.
Zahra showed a photo from her cellphone screen, "I want to ask you about this," she said, referring to a tattoo that said 'D.I.E' on a man lying covered in blood.
"Did you take the photo directly? or did you get this from someone?" Alice asked, her eyes turned sharp because she felt a little surprised by the photo Zahra was showing. She thought that maybe Zahra had experienced a big incident, because it was impossible that with just an ordinary incident she would be interested in the tattoo. Most people who see it will just think it's just an ordinary tattoo.
"Yes, two years ago I experienced several incidents and this tattoo from a corpse really caught my attention." Zahra drank her drink again. "Previously, I had tried to find out about the tattoo writing, I had even searched the dark web for it, but all my searches ended in vain."
"Have you tried to find out in the underworld?" Zahra shook her head. "Good decision because you contacted me immediately."
"Why indeed? Is that something that ordinary people like me shouldn't know?"
"Before I tell you about the origin of the tattoo, maybe I should tell you everything from the beginning first and I think that will take a lot of time. This will be a long story and after hearing it there is no turning back, do you still want to hear it?"
The glance in her eyes seemed to say that Zahra was ready for all the consequences, after all, she was curious about her past.
"There used to be a group called Trinitas, actually they didn't have a name for their group but because three people were very influential in their group, people started calling their group Trinitas. The group was led by someone who also had the same abilities as you, his name was is Alex Reagan." Realizing that Zahra had the possibility of asking about Alex's whereabouts and looking for him, Alice immediately told her a fact that would make Zahra give up on her plans. "Don't worry, he is already dead. Even though he had tremendous power, he was killed by an ordinary human being who was also one of his colleagues who also bore the name Reagan."
"Did he also die with the same power-removing device those crazy researchers had?"
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Alice shook her head, remembering the memory of that time tasting more bitter than the coffee she was drinking, "I don't know how he died, because I wasn't at the scene at that time. The only person who knows how Alex died is the person who killed him," she said.
Because Zahra was silent again and didn't ask anything else, Alice continued her story.
"After Alex's death, three groups emerged that returned to terrorize this world; Liber, Future, and the other is the group you are trying to find out about, D.I.E, which I myself know as the leader and founder of that group."
Instantly, Zahra unconsciously released her abilities and made the objects around her float, even making the people around her scared.
"The current D.I.E is very different from the one I knew before, maybe that's also because of the disappearance of their leader. My acquaintance founded the group because zhe wanted to stop Liber which always posed a real threat to all of humanity, the differences in ideologies shared by the two founders created the world government feel a little wary, and that's the reason why OWL was founded."
Zahra is now a little calmer, realizing that her power scares the people around her.
"But ironically, the two founders suddenly disappeared and actually made Future, which was always passive, now become increasingly popular and become one of the companies with the largest economic income in the world. Meanwhile, Liber was never heard of again and D.I.E became more closed, Even I myself am having a little difficulty finding information about their whereabouts."
"Do you know the reason for-"
"And yeah!" Alice interrupted Zahra's question. "The person who saved you was also part of Liber. After Alex's death and the disbandment of Trinity, he joined Liber which was led by the person who killed Alex at the same time as Susan, who was also a former member of both groups."
Zahra wants to know more details about the person who saved her and also wants to know what him current fate is. Even though at that time she saw that the life of the person who saved her was hanging in the balance, until now she always assumed that this person was still alive somewhere. But what made her curious was about the person who killed Alex, if she asked how that person killed Alex who had the same abilities as her, Alice certainly didn't know because Alice had previously said that she was not at the scene of the incident and was also curious as to why members of D.I.E has abilities unlike humans in general, do they also have the same abilities as him?
"I'll just tell you, so make sure not to find out more about them. In this world there are only a few who bear the name Reagan; Alex Reagan who is the leader of the Trinity group. Joseph Reagan the person who killed Alex and also the leader and founder of Liber. Evelyn Reagan, founder and leader of the group you asked about, D.I.E. Lucas Reagan, the person who saved you from hell. Susan Reagan, I don't have much information about her. Nuri Reagan, he's been dead for a long time, and finally me, Alice Reagan."
For a moment, Zahra was very surprised to learn the facts she heard, because when she introduced herself, Alice said her name was Alice Adriana, not Alice Reagan. And for Nuri Reagan, he actually still lives in another part of the world with a different name, but she doesn't want to tell Zahra the truth, because it would be quite troublesome for her if Zahra met that person. Then for Susan, it will be a little difficult to find her whereabouts because now she is living as an ordinary citizen.
It will also be difficult for Zahra to talk to Susan, considering that she even asked Susan to talk in the past and ended up refusing her. Of all the members of the Trinity, no one was very close to Joseph except Susan, this was because Joseph once said that he considered Susan his little sister. Therefore Susan was the only member of Liber who first exiled herself from the world after Joseph's disappearance. It took Alice several years to discover Susan's whereabouts.
"Did you come here with anyone?" Alice asked as her eyes glanced at one of the men sitting at the edge of the corner of the cafe.
Zahra was a little surprised, wondering how Alice knew that she had come to this place with someone, "Yes, he's my lover," she said, admitting it honestly.
Alice's surprise even exceeded Zahra's. She smiled happily because Alice had finally found someone she could trust, unlike someone who always lived with a sense of suspicion, because of that she always thought about and regretted her meeting with the owners of the name Reagan. If at that time she had chosen the path ordered by Eve, would it be possible that now she could live a life like most humans? although there was no point in regretting the past, but if she reflected on it with his eyes, there was no harm in living a normal life.
Knowing nothing is a sin and very scary, but knowing everything is scarier than anything.
She smiled, after finishing the cake and coffee she immediately got up from his seat. Because his smartwatch started to appear a message notification from someone she couldn't ignore, "Maybe that's all I can tell you for today. If you still want to hear it in detail, contact me again. Now I have to go home immediately because there is I have to do some urgent things immediately," she said as she put his brown coat back on.
"Yeah, thank you for taking your time for me."
"Oh yeah, one more thing," said Alice before she left. "Don't ever try to find out about the three groups from anyone other than me, because there is a possibility that it will make OWL aware of your existence. Even though they were established for the benefit of society, that doesn't mean it will end well for you."
With hasty steps, Alice left the cafe, plugged in the earphones that were connected to her smartphone, the message was sent by someone she knew and she saw that it was a voice message.
"Alice, I have information that only you and my boss know. This message must not be leaked to anyone, therefore if you have heard this message, I want you to immediately delete it as a precaution. This is about a group... ."