Two days later, at Anna's funeral, not a single Summerfield High student comes except Jimmy and Cynthia.Anna's parents don't seem to be able to forgive Jimmy. They don’t say anything to him until they leave the cemetery.At least, Anna's older sister, Lila Campbell, is still taking her time to talk to Jimmy before going home. “I now know what happened in Drada, and the verbal abuses she had received.”Jimmy doesn’t say anything, which makes Cynthia a bit anxious because of it.Hence, she steps forward to express her condolences. “I’m sorry for your loss. I’ve tried to invite my classmates to come. But no one came.”“So many people died. I quite understand the source of their resentment.” Lila deplores solemnly.“What she did wasn’t as bad as you think,” says Jimmy.“But it was so bad in their eyes,” Lila refutes composedly. “I don’t think I can tell this to my parents, and I believe this is also the reason why you’ve kept silent until now. I’m sorry you had to witness everything.”Li
Due to his hatred toward Dwayne, only there does Jimmy’s awkwardness disappear. He approaches the bar, and shows the ticket to the bartender.“They said I can have any kind of drink here for free,” says Jimmy.The bartender takes a glance at the ticket. He then nods coldly, as he keeps wiping the glass.“Give me a scotch,” Jimmy asks.Nonchalantly, the bartender puts the glass in front of Jimmy before he reaches out for a bottle of scotch.However, before that bartender pours the scotch into the glass, Jimmy simply snatches the bottle from him.“It is also said that I can have as much as I want?” Jimmy asks for confirmation.“Are you serious?” The bartender shows a silly smile.“Dude!” Dwayne puts his arm around Jimmy's shoulder. “Just forget it. No one will take you home.”Jimmy coldly shoves Dwayne’s arm away. He walks away by abandoning that bottle liquor there, which of course provokes Dwayne’s laughter even wilder.“That’s it, you wimpy kid! Go back home! It was a mistake for you
Out there, asking a bold question like that to a girl you just met, would probably be considered so rude. But not with this girl.Jimmy's current demeanor actually makes him look so manly in Julia's eyes. The naïve impression of him has completely disappeared. And indeed, for a while, this girl has started to gain some interest.She does have an intention to hook Jimmy up even just for a one night stand, and is even willing to do it for free.But then...“I bet you are still a virgin, so…” she is silent for a moment. “Ten grand, and I will give you the best first experience, something you’ve never imagined even in your wildest imagination.”“Ten grand?” Jimmy raises one of his eyebrows. “What a cheap price for a pussy! I bet you've been hit on by hundreds of dirty and low class men with such a low price!”“What?” The girl is taken aback, clearly looks so offended.“Please, leave!” Jimmy denies her coldly. “I might catch a deadly virus just by being close with you!”The girl stares at
“Yo, dude!” One of the bartenders calls. “You are going to put me into trouble with my boss!”Dwayne glances at the bartender for a moment. He then takes all the money he has in his left trouser pocket before throwing them at him.“If that's not enough, you know where to find me,” he says before turning his attention back to Jimmy.But Jimmy, who has been so used to being bullied, and has even faced death once, can ignore his pain. He immediately grabs a wooden stool, and then slams it at Dwayne’s big muscular body as hard as he might.Dwayne is knocked towards the bar table. Soon, Jimmy swings the stool once more and...“Brak!!!”The stool is broken apart after hitting Dwayne’s back.Dwayne slowly drops to the floor. A moment later, he shakes his head once, holds the bar table with one hand, and tries to get up.Jimmy intends to continue the assault while he has the chance. However, as he only takes one step forward, someone has already hit him on the head with a liquor bottle.Crass
Those four people now look so restless. Unlike Jimmy who has been bullied so often without anyone defending him, Cynthia is the daughter of Jackson McNeil, who is also quite influential in Summerfield.“We have to call an ambulance,” says Tyler.“Are you fucking kidding me? What are you going to tell them after that?” Dwayne refutes rhetorically.“Then what are we going to do now?” mumbles Peter with a pale face“Well, why don’t you just let her die,” says Julia. “With that wound, there’s no way she is going to survive.”“And then what?” asks Tyler impatiently in half shouting.“We will dispose of her body!” Julia glances coldly at Dwayne.“Not her, but them!” Dwayne averts his attention to Jimmy, who is currently crawling at Cynthia.Suddenly Marco appears with Zoe, Cynthia's band mate who is also a student at Summerfield High.Their arrival catches the attention of Dwayne and his friends. And of course, now their minds are also filled with evil intentions to kill those two people to
Jimmy coldly shoots him again, twice, both by aiming at his thighs. He deliberately lets Dwayne live, only to torture him.And Dwayne, he is still crying, and then begs for mercy.“Please!” He sobs. “Stoop! I can’t take it anymore! Don’t shoot me! Pleaase!”Instead of mercy, Jimmy spews the remaining bullets in the magazine on Dwayne alone, by only aiming at the man's legs.Peter and Tyler are getting away from Dwayne. They don’t even try to stop Jimmy in order to help their friend. And Julia, she is looking in despair, trying to crawl without being able to move away.Soon, right after Jimmy empties his magazine in torturing Dwayne, Julia just stops moving and her body begins to simmer in blue.“What the?”It steals Jimmy’s attention right when he reloads his handgun. Julia’s body slowly disintegrates and disappears, making all the people in that shallow cave confused and terrified.Later, Julia is slowly reappearing as a blue hologram inside the portal circle, at the same spot with th
Julia is back to the jungle, a dense forest without any path. Without any leads, it’s like trying to walk through a wall of leaves.Since she didn’t find Dwayne in the cave, she believes that Jimmy must have already casted him out just like her. All she can do is call for his name by diving deeper into the nowhere.“Dwayne! Where are you? Please, answer me!”Sadly, her naïve calls are only answered by the monkeys. Terrified, she fastens her steps and stumbles a few times.One might think going back to nature must be so great with interesting adventures. But the jungle is so wild even the grass won’t let you pass them without scraping your skin.Not to mention the lousy mosquito bite.“Aw!”“Woo, shit! It’s so big!”“River! I need to find a river. They said where there is a river, there’s civilization!”It’s a good mindset indeed. But, for a clueless city girl like her, finding a river is as hard as finding her way out.In Serene Den, Jimmy is now explaining in brief to the others the f
After seeing the changes in the quest conditions, Jimmy is confirmed that this 'Hunting System' considers Dwayne, Peter, Tyler, and Julia as part of his hunting party.Now he needs to kill 14 Dread Rheas and 29 Zombies, as requirements to complete the ‘Clearing Leawel Isles Lv.1’ quest in a party.He doesn’t care about the number of Zombies that needs to be killed. They were quite easy to hunt and there are quite a lot of them. But the story is different for Dread Rheas.“So, we have to hunt at least 14 rheas, and then we can go home?” Marco squints.Zoe raises one of her hands. “Um, what is this rhea thing?”“It’s a type of bird similar to ostriches,” says Marco.Zoe then shows her contorted face to Jimmy. “Then, what does the bird have to do with the necklace you mentioned earlier?”Jimmy sighs, seeming reluctant to reveal everything about his ‘Hunting System. He simply takes some items from his inventory, and starts making some preparation.“You just stay here! I’m going to look foo
Before midday, Detective Dotson visits a tomato sauce factory owned by Morgan Mitchell. Previously he had visited Morgan's house, but no one welcomed him.At least, he was informed that Morgan would be here in this factory. Yet, the receptionist keeps denying him.“If that's the case, I'll wait here until he comes,” Dotson insists.“There is no guarantee Mr. Morgan would be coming today. He's a very busy person,” explains the receptionist guy.“I'll stay here at least until you guys close,” says Dotson before looking for a seat.He keeps starting around, examining his surroundings just like a genuine detective. Occasionally, he steals glances at the receptionist guy.And as he expected, the receptionist starts acting unnaturally, making a call secretly, while occasionally glancing at Detective Dotson.“I've tried to chase him away, sir! More than this, I'm afraid he will become even more suspicious of us.”[Okay! I will immediately inform Mr. Morgan about this]In fact, Morgan Mitchel
A small beam of light coming in from the gap in the window curtains lands on Jimmy’s closed eyes, waking him up from his sleep.Squirming comfortably, he hugs the soft pillow, pulling the blanket to cover his face, intending to continue sleeping.But then…“Didn't he just buy a new phone before this? What's wrong with him contacting us?”A woman's chattering which is not so foreign to him ruins his mood and comfort.Jimmy throws back the blanket and then gets up to sit on the nursing bed, waiting for the arrival of the annoying Aunt Molly.“Oh, you are awake?” says Molly as she enters the treatment room, welcoming Jimmy's morning with a sour face. “That's great! Now get up and wash your face! I can’t waste my time here!”“Sorry, ma'am!” The nurse politely interferes with Molly. “You can't take him home yet. We still have to wait for the results of the examination and the evaluation of the doctor in charge.”“Did something happen to him?” asks Jackson McNeil.“A good Samaritan brought
Limping, Jimmy descends from the waterfall into the river below. He takes out a knife, and then opens his clothes.He steadies his breathing, preparing himself to do something that would definitely be painful. After looking quite convinced…“Aaaarrgh!!!He widens the wound on his shoulder with the knife, the part where he has been shot earlier. He is gasping after enduring the extreme pain, yet he is far from finished.Even more extreme than before, he puts two fingers on the wound, and screams so loud. In the end, he manages to take the bullet out of the gunshot wound.[!][You’ve met all requirements to complete ‘Clearing Leawel Isles Lv. 1’ quest][Go back to Serene Den and keep the place clear from rats for 10 minutes before receiving all the rewards]He also gets a notification about the number of rats inside Serene Den. The number keeps changing, indicating there are a few rats coming into the cave. Even the number of slain rats is also increasing indicating that his friends are
“Hey, Tyler! Have you gone nuts?”“Woi! Let her go! If you are so hungry, we still have some meat left!”They pull Tyler away, but that friend of theirs isn’t letting Julia go. The bite is so strong that it pulls some part of Julia’s flesh off.The girl is kneeling, crying and screaming so wild. Tyler reaches out his hands at Dwayne, while opening his mouth wide. Dwayne feels so eerie, and can only push him away.“Hey, Tyler! Enough already!”On the other hand Peter is now holding his knees, looking so weak with rag breathing. It seems like the zombie poison in his body has also weakened him.Dwayne averts his attention to Peter. Now he is starting to worry about himself, believing that he must have also been inflicted by the same illness like his friends have.And indeed, he feels like he is gradually weaker and weaker.“What’s going on with me?”Meanwhile…“Kukukuu! Gheaahahhaaahaaa!!!”Jimmy’s laughter only becomes even wilder. He keeps holding his forehead due to the pressure he ha
They drag Jimmy away from the swamp, until they meet with Julia who has only been watching from afar.The girl looks so excited. She intends to kick Jimmy’s head, but Peter just pushes her away harshly.“What was that?” She immediately gets up, looking so pissed off.“You are going to wake him up,” Peter reprimands. “Let’s take him back to the cave first. You can do whatever you please there.”Julia’s irritated face slowly changes. An evil satisfied grin adorns her face.Later, after taking Jimmy back to their hideout, in the cave behind a waterfall, they wait for Jimmy to wake up.Dwayne is ready with an unsheathed katana, while Peter is now engrossed with a gun he has snatched from Jimmy’s waist.“Hey, Peter! Keep pointing the gun at him! Don’t forget, he can summon weapons out of nowhere,” Dwayne reprimands.Peter stops playing with the gun and then points it at Jimmy. They then wait, wait, and wait, until at one moment….“That’s it! I can kick him now, right?” asks Julia.She doesn
The third day on the Leawel Isles, Jimmy still has to continue the hunt, in the grassy lowland, located between the forest and the coastline.As Marco speculated, this place is indeed the rheas' favorite habitat, something Jimmy has never thought of before.“You see! One of the most important things in hunting is to know the habits and habitat of your prey,” explains Marco in a whisper.Unlike before, they bring Cynthia and Zoe along, but don’t give the two girls bow guns. This is better than leaving the two of them in the cave.The grass around them is quite tall, making it easy for them to approach their prey quietly. Not to mention Marco, who is also quite talented with a bow gun and rarely misses his target.They only need to kill 6 rheas, and manage to accomplish this even before midday. Everything is done by Marco alone, while Jimmy hasn’t hit a single rhea at all.“You see! We don’t need to immediately kill them!” Marco hands over his bow gun at Jimmy. “After injuring one rhea,
Julia looks so frustrated, before she averts her attention to Dwayne. “We need to do something! I’m telling you! He is our key to get back to Summerfield!”Dwayne doesn’t say a word. He then glances at the crowbar in his hand, with whatever thought he has in his mind.Later, he also ignores Julia. He doesn’t follow Tyler, but heading toward the river.“Hey, Dwayne!” Peter calls as he rushes to prevent him. “You want to confront that guy with just a crowbar! Are you out of your mind?”Apparently, Dwayne goes to the river only to pick the dead rhea abandoned by Marco. He picks it and then throws it toward Peter. Somehow, there’s still some confidence in his face.“A crowbar is enough! But first, we need food! You can’t win a war without food!”It’s a good thing they have meat to eat now. However, none of them knows how to make fire. It doesn’t even cross their minds about the importance of fire, but they look so excited for having something to eat.***Two days have passed in Summerfield
It hits Jimmy so hard that he is flung two meters away and falls into a deeper part of the river. The snake isn’t letting that chance slip, and immediately slithers toward him.Jimmy clearly sees the snake’s head underwater, while the gun is no longer in his hand. And there’s no way to issue any command now.Just as the snake opens its mouth to eat Jimmy, it suddenly behaves strangely. It’s thrashing around like it's in so much pain.Jimmy has the opportunity to bring his head above the surface, and immediately swims to the nearest river bank, even though he has to get closer to the snake.And then…“Inventory! Box No. 6!”…“Yes!”A shotgun appears in the air and drops. It’s a pump-action semi-automatic shotgun with 20-gauge shells.“Kachk!” He pumps once, and then shoots the snake’s body at point-blank range.Boom!The snake raises its head from the water, opening its mouth wide, either in pain or it is angry at Jimmy.As soon as it turns its head toward Jimmy…“Kachk! Boom!”One sh
Now, because it has been passed many times, a path has been formed leading to the river. Julia finds no difficulty at all following it.A few moments later, she hears Zoe’s excited laughter. She stands behind the bushes, observing Zoe who is completely naked, having fun in the freshwater.“Come on, Cynthia! Take off your clothes!” Zoe invites in half shouting.“Naaah!” Cynthia declines as she keeps skinning the dead rhea with a knife. “It’s going to take a while for me to clean a chicken this big. I’m dead hungry. I want to grill this one as soon as possible.”Julia stays there for quite a while, with whatever kind of thought she has in her mind.As she keeps observing them, Julia’s grip on the crowbar is getting tightened. Her face looks so sour full of emotion, unlike the pitiful pale face she has been showing inside Serene Den.She steps forward, but accidentally steps on a dry twig. Immediately, she gets down right before Cynthia looks in her direction.Cynthia abandons her work.