By the time I got outside the hospital it was very dark. I got into my car and started it. I needed to get food for Paulina by the time she wakes up. I didn't think food made by the hospital would be delicious or satisfying. I've been to the hospital once and I got the bad opportunity of tasting the food. Good news, it was so bland I got cured of my sickness. Well, that was back then when my parents were still alive.As I drove the car to the highway my phone beeped. I couldn't help but want to roll my eyes as I took it out of my pocket and glared at the screen as if I wanted to beat the living hell out of the phone. The last task it gave to me was still daunting to my mind and body. I couldn't bear to have another one like that.[NOTIFICATION: SECOND TASK AVAILABLE!][INVESTIGATE THE CAUSES OF FRANK'S DEATH AND PAULINA'S ACCIDENT][REWARDS: NONE][WARNING: FAILURE TO COMPLETE THIS TASK WILL RESULT IN YOU SUFFERING EITHER FATE][DEADLINE: THREE DAYS FROM NOW]I was very happy till I sa
"You should have ran away when you had the chance," a familiar voice said. "Not only did your new fortune blind your judgment, it caused you to be stupid as usual."I struggled to get out of the car but felt sharp and tormenting pains which seemed as if my bones were about to stick out through my flesh. Believe me it's the worst pain anyone has ever felt."At first we had only planned to kill Frank and Paulina to teach you a lesson you'll never forget," the familiar voice continued. "But now we'll have to kill you as well. I don't care if Sophia feels sad or not. At this point you are not better off than Paulina."My eyes would have bulged if not for my condition after hearing this. That sweet Sophia orchestrated everything?! No, she wasn't sweet at all. She had even stabbed me once so she was very much capable of murder."You see, she wanted you for your new fortune," the familiar voice continued, making me to instantly know who was talking. Only one person in the world would talk so
The wheels made whistling sounds as I pushed the hospital bed towards the backdoor. At that moment I heard footsteps approaching from that direction. I immediately swerved the hospital bed and pushed it into an unknown room whose door was open. It was easy for me to hide because the room was dark and there were many clothes hanging there. It seemed to be the hospital's laundry.I heard the door click as footsteps slowly echoed through the hallway. The footsteps then stopped as if the other party had discovered that we were in the room. Obviously the other party was standing opposite the room.Paulina looked at me in fear as she whispered, "What's going on, Jason? Can you tell me now?"I turned to look at her. Although I couldn't see her face clearly I could still tell that her charming eyes were now terrified and pleading. She needed to know what was going on at least."Dominic, Sophia and the rest were the ones who killed Frank," I whispered, making her to gasp in shock."Frank's dea
The man pushed the clothes away as he walked towards me, the gun still pointing at me, "You never thought you would be able to escape, did you?"I wanted to do something but my mind instantly shut down at that moment. It seemed that my brain wasn't capable of processing the information at that very moment. All I could feel at that moment was intense fear. Maybe this was what the Enigmatic System truly meant by being a scared little rat. It was definitely acting up right now.Thanks system, I said inwardly as I lampooned about my fate. Thanks for being so useless that I'm going to lose my life right now. There's nothing I can do at gunpoint right now. Absolutely nothing. I wasn't Jackie Chan or Spiderman. I wasn't half good at martial art neither did I have superhuman reflexes. I was as good as dead at this very moment."Now tell me where the other girl is and I will give you a swift death," the man said. "Dominic won't get to you. Trust me I will make it quick."I should trust you wit
My shoulder felt a very immense pain but it was nothing compared to what I had felt in the car crash. This was what I could endure so I took it as a man and didn't stop for once. I even gnashed my teeth to numb the pain as I ran. When I knew I was a good distance away from them I discarded the hospital bed and ran into an abandoned factory standing in the street. This would give them the information that I had carried Paulina out of the hospital bed with me.This factory was very large and open with several machines and tools. The advantage was I could use the machines to conceal myself. The disadvantage was it was very open and quiet. Any small noise would be heard and I would be noticed instantly. If I didn't have sufficient luck I would be instantly killed.I could hear several footsteps which stopped after some minutes. Obviously they had seen the hospital bed and stopped to scrutinize it."Where did that b*stard go?" I could hear Dominic's domineering voice bellow across the stre
Hello, my name is Jason Lewis. I'm an orphan who lost his parents at a very young age and since then I've been struggling to make ends meet. I've suffered from all kinds of bullies but Dominic was the worst of them all. I wouldn't have survived through this semester if I hadn't met this mysterious gaming system. At first I had to just play games on this mysterious gaming app to earn money but as time went on it developed into something else. The games began coming into reality and I had to play at the expense of my life.As I remained huddled with Paulina my entire life story played before my eyes. The footsteps were approaching rapidly and there was nothing I could do at that moment. I couldn't run since Paulina was already unconscious. It would be very difficult to carry her up."System, do you know how to help me from this predicament?" I quickly asked the Enigmatic System but it didn't reply. There were no pop up notifications so I felt the system was telling me to do my missions
The next day I didn't go to school because I had to buy a house. After getting information on the different types of houses from a middleman I finally chose the house I wanted and was immediately taken to the site.I couldn't believe my eyes when I was brought into the mansion. It had a very wide environment with lawns, orchards, gardens and swimming pools. There was even a football pitch and basketball court. I was taken into the mansion and shown the various rooms in the mansion. All of them were very grand and magnificent. I almost couldn't believe this was reality.The basement had a gymnasium with all the gymnastic equipment installed within. Seeing all of them made my blood pump with adrenaline. I could finally train myself properly to beat Dominic who was a great player in basketball. Well, I wasn't a fan of basketball and preferred football to it. But in order to humiliate that bully and force him into revealing his true horrible nature I had to do this."This mansion is worth
In the afternoon I went to see Paulina who was now conscious. Although her expression was pale she seemed better now. At least there was no deathly aura around her. "You feel different," she sized me up and said. "There's something very peculiar about you right now." Can she tell? I asked myself in surprise as my facial muscles quivered. I replied with a smile, "Things are getting better for me." "You've won a million dollar award?" she asked me with her eyebrows raised. It's more than a million dollars, I told myself. Currently I have two hundred million dollars in my account and I am very wealthy. This made me happier and radiant than before when I had been poor without any source of income. "Something like that," I replied shortly. I wasn't ready to tell her that the Enigmatic System had rewarded me after completing a mission successfully. It was a secret I didn't feel I could share with anyone—not even Paulina. That secret might be so dangerous that both of us might die from i