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2024-10-29 19:42:56Stephen wasn't giving up as he folded his hands and said, "Are you telling me or I should get the police to detain you till we've investigated how you walked out alright from the shooting spree of twenty gunmen?"
Hearing that statement made me shudder as I wondered what that meant. What if the cops decided to torture me in order to bring out the truth? What if I couldn't bear the torture anymore and revealed everything? What would happen?
I racked my brain for every possible lie but didn't succeed. It seemed my mind had become blank all of a sudden. This made me very frustrated as I clenched my fists.
"You're still not saying anything?" Stephen raised his eyebrows. "I've been waiting for minutes now."
I opened my mo
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I smiled warmly after seeing the new task. It wasn't hard at all and even aligned with what I wanted to do. I immediately helped Paulina out of her wheelchair and placed her on the sofa. She couldn't help but wince in pain during this process."You have to feel at home here," I said. "This mansion is all yours, Paulina."She couldn't believe her ears as she stared at me as if I was some monument. I couldn't help but ask what the matter was and she quickly replied, "You became a multi-millionaire in a space of three days or so."I couldn't help but chuckle, "It's related to something mysterious which I'm trying to figure out. Though what I do is very dangerous, I get high rewards."For example Rush Absorption, Luck, and Heal, I added within myself as I stared into Paulina's eyes. Her blue eyes at this moment were hypnotic, drawing me in. I seemed to drown in them for moments, my face coming closer to her. But I immediately withdrew and said, "Ugh...my bad.""What?" she asked me with he
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I didn't know the point of time when I fell asleep but I was soon awoken by someone. My eyes opened to see Paulina tugging at me. I rubbed my eyes sleepily as I said, "Sorry I slept off. Hope you weren't bored?""There's no problem," Paulina was smiling. "I was watching TV so I was too occupied to be bored.""That's what you'd say," I smiled. "I know you were bored.""I was not!" she protested by waving her hands. "Believe me I wasn't bored at all!""Whatever," I said as I stood up and stretched my body. I let out a long yawn, my eyes drooping slightly."You seem very stressed out lately," Paulina said. She was a good observer and could even notice the slig
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The next day was Friday and I had classes that day. So I needed to go to school to cover up for everything that had been missed during the time I acquired the system. During that time I've been performing one task and mission to another. It had become a herculean routine and going to school would help reduce it (that's if the system doesn't find a way of screwing me up).Paulina was still sleeping when I got up to take my bath and dress up. I went to the kitchen to get some food for her and when I came back she was already awake."Good morning," she greeted me brightly as she rubbed her eyes slowly. Her expression was duller than usual but I felt it was because of her drowsiness after waking up."Morning, Paulina," I said. "How did you sleep last night?"
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I then checked the time. It was 7'Oclock. I still had to get myself a new phone since my old one got destroyed after the system left it. Why did I always keep on forgetting important things?!"It seems you're headed somewhere," she said after sizing me up. "You are dressed very nearly.""Yeah," I said. "I wanna go to school to catch up on things that have been missed.""Oh," Paulina revealed a sad expression. "So I will be left alone in this big mansion?""I would have taken you but your condition is still poor," I said. "You have to stay at home and recover. I don't want your condition to worsen.""Yeah," she replied. "Or you want to buy time to go back to
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Lessons that day were kind of boring. I didn't know if it was because I've found a way to get money without having to engage in any white collar job or Paulina's absence but I suddenly developed a distaste for formal education. I mean, let's be practical. Who would be serious in his education when he could receive millions of dollars for taking tasks or missions? That person would have to be a die-hard fan of formal education to do that.During lunchtime I walked confidently to the cafeteria to get my food. Everyone couldn't help but turn to stare at me as I passed by them. I no longer cared about what they said or how they looked at me. I was now the big boss of the school and it was high time everyone started seeing that. I even developed this smug expression to make me look cooler and aloof.Dominic and Sophia, with the others who had joined him to bully me, were already seated having their lunch. When they saw me enter the cafeteria their expressions turned very sour. Definitely Do
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The last ten months with Paulina have been incredible, way beyond what I ever imagined. Every day feels like a new adventure, and even our quiet times are filled with happiness.Still, I can’t help but worry about the Enigmatic System being gone and whether I played a part in that. It was the reason I got to where I am now, and I feel a real connection to it. It’s tough knowing I couldn’t help it, but can a system really be more than just a bunch of codes?I’m not the only one feeling this way; the whole team is mourning the loss since their systems shut down around the same time. No matter how cutting-edge our tech is, it just can’t match the unique intelligence of the system.As I sat in the living room, I opened up to Paulina, who was snuggled up next to me, really listening."I can’t shake this feeling, Paulina," I confessed. "I know it sounds odd, but it feels like I’ve lost a piece of myself. You get it; you were part of it too."She gave my arm a comforting squeeze. "I totally
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After asking the Enigmatic System about the ring it suddenly fell silent for some moments. I didn't know why it didn't respond to me as usual and it bothered me. I even began thinking that something bad had really happened to the Enigmatic System. Maybe the Creator System which had the consciousness of the systems' creator had decided to place a restriction on the Enigmatic System for behaving more and more like a human instead of the system it was expected to be.I'd watched a cyberpunk movie and there was this artificial intelligence which evolved beyond how it was created. It started becoming more and more like a human being, alarming the creators. In order to prevent the artificial intelligence from gaining sentience and toppling the authority of humans, they decided to destroy it. The artificial intelligence fought a good battle but it could not outmatch humans. With regrets, it parted with the woman it loved as it was shut down by the scientists who created it. They later had th
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After the lunch, Stephen announced that he was leaving. He had so many things to catch up on and there was no more time. Nudging his glasses he turned around to leave."Take care, Steve," Paulina said, causing him to turn back slightly. There was a complicated emotion in Stephen's eyes, something I had never seen before."Sure," he nodded and turned to look at me. I could tell that he was asking me not to mention what he had told me earlier to Paulina.I nodded slowly as I said, "Take care, Stephen. You can come up with several contingency plans during your free time.""Believe me," Stephen wasn't smiling. "I already have a contingency plan for every scenario.""Do not slack off in your training," I said."I will come often to spar with you," Stephen said. "Get stronger than me so that you can push me beyond my limit."I smiled as I secretly clenched my fists tightly, "Don't worry. I'll become so strong that you'd be crushed by my gaze."And that was the truth. I wasn't just bluffing
