CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND NINE

{ DICKSON PLANS ON BECOMING THE PRESIDENT ONCE AGAIN }

As the notification pinged on our phones, tension filled the room like thick fog. We gathered around, eyes fixed on the screens, reading the ominous message together.

Each looked at the message before him. I looked at their faces and tried to ease their tension. " I remembered when I had to fight Titus. The system had told me if I lost to him I would be dead and become a slave to the gaming system. I had to give it all I could, my strength, sweat, and blood. I wasn't ready to die. I defy death itself and that is what we are going to do now. You all are getting your Avatar." I gave them a word of encouragement and it was more than what they needed. Each of them picked up their phones and read through the message

[ SYSTEM UPDATE ]

[ SYSTEM TASK; DEFEAT YOUR NEXT OPPONENT AND UNLOCK YOUR AVATAR. LOSE THE FIGHT AND YOU BECOME A SLAVE TO THE SYSTEM ]

The game immediately launched and the fight began. I was their mentor. I was there