{“As you wish Mister Alexander”}{“Setting temporal communication speed to the max of Mister Alexander’s limit”}[Progress: 1%… 12%… 19%… 28%… 39%… 53%… 68%… 74%… 88%… 95%… 100%]{“So what would you like to talk about Mister Alexander?”} the system asked and Alexander answered in the time it took Kevin to move two feet closer to Janice who was fumbling both her phone and gun.‘I don’t know what that was but I saw that something was going to happen’{“Yes, I saw it too, Mister Alexander. I see whatever you see and it seemed like something really bad is about to happen”}‘Yeah. I don’t know if it’ll actually happen or not but there’s only one way I can think of stopping it’ Alexander thought and the system knew exactly what he was going to request.{“Understood, Mister Alexander. Activating the Ultimate Sacrifice Feature”}[Progress: 1%… 11%… 19%… 25%… 33%… 47%… 53%… 69%… 77%… 85%… 97%… 100%]{“Ultimate Sacrifice feature has been activated. What would you like to sacrifice to gain his m
{“As Mr. Alexander wishes”}[Reprocessing][Reprocessing complete][List of possessions to be sacrificed: 4hrs 32mins and 22s of the mission’s remaining time][Measuring total possessions against the ultimate reward to be received][Progress: 5%… 12%… 30%…. 46%… 50%… 71%… 88%… 92%… 97%… 100%][Result: Sacrificed possession measures up to the requirements for the ultimate reward][Sacrificing possession][Progress: 1%… 5%… 11%… 23%… 31%…. 45%… 59%… 73%… 88%… 94%… 100%][Sacrifice complete]Immediately, Alexander saw the time on the countdown timer go down to the last twenty seconds and continued to count down.[Congratulations Mr. Alexander Curry. For your efforts and sacrifice, you have been awarded with the Ultimate Reward]Suddenly, the message from the system transformed into a faceless golden card like the three free slot cards awarded to him when he first received the system back at the hospital.[Please accept your reward]Alexander whom this was his second time using the Ultima
He had just finished calling the ambulance to come to the house which was why he hadn’t said anything about the inappropriate situation until then.Alexander looked down and saw how his hand was basically touching Janice’s cleavage and he jolted.“Sorry about that. I was just helping her with her heart attack” Alexander replied and Kevin’s eyes widened. “Really?” He asked and Alexander nodded.“You can check for yourself,” Alexander said and the husband rushed to Janice’s side to check.He pressed his ear against her chest and heard her heart beating normally. He sighed in relief and then pulled his head away.“I thought I lost you,” Kevin said to Janice with a warm smile then he looked at Alexander.“Thank you very much. I don’t know how I can ever repay you for what you’ve done” Kevin said, almost teary-eyed. “It’s no big deal” Alexander smiled. “Anyway, here you go”Alexander gave Janice’s unconscious body to Kevin and he held her with care.Alexander stood up and Chef Ronaldo w
Alexander closed the curtains and returned to Chef Ronaldo and Kevin.“So, what are we going to do about her?” Alexander asked.The two other men looked at Janice’s unconscious body then they looked at each other and finally they looked at Alexander.“I’ve already called the ambulance to come take her to the hospital but I’m guessing you're talking about what we should do about the blackmail,” Kevin said.“That’s right” Alexander replied “You guys offered her a way out of this, but she didn’t believe you and things escalated to a terrible situation that would have been exponentially worse if the gun didn’t have defective bullets,” Alexander said, making the two to think about what they wanted to do.After all, among the three of them, only he didn’t have any sort of personal relationship with the woman. Everything for him started with wanting to get cooking skills from Chef Ronaldo who he then got coerced into helping because of the mission from the gods of vengeance and possession—
“Is that everything you wanted to talk about, because if it is, I’ll be taking my leave now” Alexander said and the chef shook his head. “No. I was going to tell you that you should not worry about your money. Once Janice wakes up, I’ll find a way to have her send it back to you with a note apologizing for what she did” Chef Ronaldo said. Whenever someone sends money, there’s a part for the description and Chef Ronaldo meant that he would make Janice use the description box to write her apology. Although there’s a limited number of characters she could write, it wouldn’t take much to get the message across. Alexander became quiet for a moment. Just then, the system’s voice popped into his head. {“What do you want to do Mister Alexander? You’ve already regained possession of the money Mister Ronaldo Drayman sent to Missus Genevieve Sanders and with a word, you could return it to your bank account”} ‘Yeah, I know that but look at his face. He really does want to do this’ Alexan
Alexander returned to the house and freshened up. He went to the kitchen and made himself a bowl of cereal as there was nothing else he could eat without having to cook first then he rested on the counter and looked at the cooking utensils“Too bad I wasn’t able to get the cooking skill from Chef Ronaldo today, but tomorrow’s a new day,” he said then took his first bite of his cereal.Spoon after spoon, Alexander munched on the cereal then it got to the bottom with just three more spoonfuls left before the whole thing was finished.Alexander took a spoonful, put it in his mouth, chewed a little and then he stopped.He looked at the bowl of cereal, grimaced, chewed some more, and stopped again.He looked at his stomach and groaned.“Why doesn’t it feel like I’m being full while eating this?” Alexander asked himself. Just then, his stomach let out a loud growl and he felt a sharp pain like he hadn’t eaten for a whole day which was strange because he had eaten not so long ago. He had
Alexander grimaced in disbelief then he thought about it for a moment.“I guess you’re right about that. After all, just like everything else I’ve transferred to other people, you are also just a possession of mine so it should be possible”{“Exactly”}He knew that the system wouldn’t lie— not sure if it could yet— but wrapping his head about transferring it to someone else when he thought he was stuck with it for the rest of his life made him unsettled.“How long have I been able to transfer you?” Alexander asked, his question having a second meaning which was querying the system why it hadn’t informed him of such an ability until just then. Could the reason be like what happened with the Ultimate Sacrifice Feature where he didn’t know important details about it because he didn’t do the research and the system didn’t tell him until he needed it or was this ability to transfer the system something recently obtained?Alexander contemplated a little and then said “Show me how I can do
Through the monitor, Alexander saw Mrs. Terrence ring the bell again. Since the woman had shown him how to operate the monitor to not just control the smart system that runs everything in the house, but also how to turn on the speaker at the gate, Alexander pressed the button and activated the speaker.Once activated, the person by the speaker would hear a sound that’d let them know that it had been turned on so as not to be startled when they suddenly hear a voice come out of the thing. “Good evening, Missus Terrence” Alexander greeted. “Good evening Alexander. How are you this evening?” she greeted back.“I’m fine. And you?” He said.“I’m fine too” she replied.“That’s great to hear. Anyway, is there any problem? Not that I have any issues with getting a visit from you this late in the night, but it’s just not something I was expecting ” Alexander said and the older woman chuckled. “Sorry for disturbing you this late in the night. I and my daughter were just returning from an ou