After that, he helped her take her stall to the main road.
"Why don't you stay with me today? I'll work just half of the day today as I have some things to do outside, then you can come with me and see the place, I will guide you!" She requested him as they prepared her stall, she really likes his company moreover... those guys... they should be coming today to take the 'fee' nothing has happened so far, but she'd rather have him close.
The Magic God considered her words, he truly has nothing else to do aside from just studying that chip, apparently, everything in this world can be accessed through the 'internet' but in order to access the internet, one must have a chip and therefore, he can't extract information out of there unless it's relayed by someone else.
He refused to get his body dirty with any of those things.
"Okay, I'll accompany you, how about this? we can cook together..." He decided to spend the day with this lady and help her, perhaps some kind of interesting occurrence would take place today, who knows?
A God learns to believe in causality after living for so long, it's the law of fate in action.
"Huh, but... there aren't usually many customers if the two of us do it at the same time..." That would be wonderful, but four hands cooking for three dogs doesn't sound like something efficient.
"Don't worry... I'll fix that." He smiled and departed to one of the nearby shops, she wondered what he intended to do.
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"MY GOODNESS GRACIOUS..."
That's all Rachel could think of when she saw the massive queue... they are queuing to eat her food!
"Oh, this is delicious! another one, I want another one!"
"Yeah, let me have another, I'll pay double!"
...
'Just what is going on?'
"Grams, there is no time to space out... you have to attend all of these people!" Morpheus patted her shoulders as the woman spaced out, truthfully, it was impossible to believe that the shop that usually didn't see more than three or four customers daily... is now having a queue of twenty people!
!!!
Everything had started with a single soup.
Morpheus went to the shop to buy a lot of ingredients, then he came with them and asked her what dish she thought would be easy to prepare and extremely tasty... she said that a soup and therefore he told her to start cooking soups, the tastier she could.
In truth, her dishes are extremely tasty, he noticed this after having those five before, if the problem they have is that the food doesn't have 'fuel' then that's not a problem in the slightest.
So long as the food is tasty, humanity's primal side of gluttony has to be awakened.
Therefore, he had her prepare twenty bowls and paid for them himself... then he walked around the corner giving one to each vagrant with one condition, the god-forsaken men showed their gratitude but there was a condition to eat the food, they had to do so in front of the stall, and had to constantly yell like maniacs: 'Delicious, delicious!'
Everything would then fall on its own weight.
Regardless of the world and regardless of the time, business is still business.
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There was a moment that Rachel was tilting her head in bewilderment as she had twenty vagrants eating soup in front of her stall like mad dogs, she didn't understand how Morpheus thought this was going to work.
But it didn't take long before gazes started to spread this way, commotion...
Even as people didn't come at first, Morpheus kept preparing the soups.
Initially, people didn't come because they saw they were just beggars, but eventually, the first ones came asking for one of the infamous soups, Rachel... rejoiced and attended them while Morpheus kept preparing more free soups for vagrants around the corner, eventually, she ended up having thirty people to the front where twenty were vagrants and ten were actual customers.
But these were ten! this is the first... she has this many customers!
As the vagrant showed their appreciation to Morpheus, he even had to scare away some that dared to become aggressive and want more, but everything went well...
With every hour that passed the clients only increased until finally, twenty of them were just customers... every person that moved through the stalls when they saw that queue, couldn't help but want to have one of those soups themselves.
It's simple... as long as you have a good product, what's needed is to get attention... and it doesn't have to be authentic attention, as long as you can portray an 'illusion' it will give you the result that you want.
That's why as Morpheus kept humming and cooking, she just stood there rooted in her place, it's a miracle.
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As Rachel cooked with a happy expression, she didn't notice two fellows that approached from the distance... with guns.
"Oh? look at the grandma, she's doing well! perhaps we can take double the 'fee' now!"
"Hey, grandma! long time no see! you're doing well aren't you!!"
!!!!
The warm seas that Rachel felt she was dwelling through immediately turned into a nightmare when she heard that voice.
'It's them!'
Morpheus noticed this disturbance in the force.
"Keep cooking, Rachel."
"Morpheus! d-don't... I will just give them the money, it's the fee for the spot of the stall..."
" A fee? are the authorities?" If they're a public authority then it's okay, but they look more like shameless crooks than that.
"No... they're the gangsters of the barnet district, the red blood gang... don't worry, I'll just give them the money and they will leave." She insisted as the clients seemed to get a glimpse of trouble and wanted to go away.
The God naturally couldn't allow this to happen.
"No need, I'll deal with it, keep cooking..." He took out his apron and gave it to her, leaving the stall and walking to the approaching duo.
"Who is this pretty boy? huh!? I didn't know you had such a fetish grand-! HMN!!"
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His mouth was shut, literally.
They weren't even allowed to talk, Morpheus wouldn't allow any disrespect to her, he didn't notice how in the queue for the food, there was a silver-haired beauty together with some of her friends, all wearing school uniforms, looking at him attentively.
He took the two men by their shoulders under Rachel's concerned gaze, even then as he said, she didn't stop cooking.
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When he came back he came back by himself, smiling like always.
The queue had decreased a lot but they were still coming, apparently, the food is delicious.
"S-Sweatheart, what happened to them?" She tried to ask kindly as right now he looked more than a wicked demon than the cute boy she knew.
"Oh? they went on holidays, don't worry... they won't bother you anymore." He took his apron and started working, yes, they're going on holidays to his wife's realm.
Or his ex-wife... her realm is not here anyway... you got the gist of it.
...
Morpheus served the next soup and gave it to a beautiful silver-haired girl with purple eyes.
"..."
"..."
The two of them looked at one another with a slight shock.
For some good few seconds, no movements took place between the two even as Rachel and the girl's friends noticed the slight moment.
"Morpheus?" The granny called him when she noticed he was like spacing out.
"Hana?" The beauty's friends also called for her.
"..." (Morpheus, Hana)
He gave her the soup and she accepted it, before starting to eat it, her gaze remained on him at all times, he too then started cooking with his gaze locked on hers.
"..."
"..."
No words were conveyed but for the two parties, the atmosphere felt awkward.
He and Rachel gave the soups to the rest of the friends who after paying, left on their own way, but even as they departed the silver-haired beauty still sent him a last glance.
"Do you know her, Morpheus?"
"... No, but I think I have seen her somewhere..." He quickly moved on from the encounter, it wasn't important.
"I think she's that famous singer that has become a trend lately, Hana... was it? her uniform looks like Sarah's... they might study in the same school, a different department. How come she doesn't have people all over her? she's famous after all..."
"Indeed..." He didn't pay much attention to it, his gaze was fixed on those purple eyes, they looked a little... familiar.
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By the end of the day, Rachel who took the stall together with Morpheus could hardly believe it, she had done three hundred pounds in a single day... just with soup.
It had no doubt been his miracle.
"Here, have some Morpheus..."
"W-What are you talking about, grams? I'm staying in your house free after all, leave it... but today I'd like to get my room... I need to study something." He wanted to study that chip today.
"Sure! I'll prepare it for you!" Finally, he requested something for god's sake!
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Like usual deep within the night, he helped her take the stall back home, and then when they arrived they noticed a bike parked outside, it looked rather futuristic.
There was also a lot of noise coming from inside the house.
'Please not...' Rachel held her forehead, already feeling the embarrassment, how much she wanted that Morpheous could arrive at the house without any inconvenience.
The God furrowed his brows but continued as if everything was normal.
He placed the stall to the side, took a reluctant Rachel by her hands and took her in the house, she's already feeling embarrassed already, and nothing has happened yet.
When they entered the house what invaded their nostrils was the scent of drugs and weed.
The house was a mess, dirty all over.
Two individuals sat inside the house smoking from some kind of weird device.
"Oh, look who is here..."
"..." His eyes immediately glared at her, Sarah Brooks.
Beside her was another young man, dressed in some kind of weird funk clothes, smoking too.
"Yer the bastard that hit my girlfriend, bitch...?" The man stood up and took out a knife upon noticing the 'target'.
"Rachel, go in your room..."
"Morpheus... Sarah! stop him! be obedient for once!" She didn't want this, she didn't want Morpheus involved so much in her troubles, not because it 'didn't concern him' but rather, because she felt too ashamed for the young man that has done so much for her already.
For this girl to be this horrible, where has she erred?
"Grandma, go in your room... this doesn't concern you, it's between him and me." Sarah's gaze became poisonous, truthfully she didn't want her grandma involved in this.
With both parties agreeing on that, Rachel could do nothing except walk inside her room.
The moment Rachel moved inside her room, it was immediate, both Sarah and the man lunged together at Morpheus, but it was just as hopeless.For a while, he just blocked her fist and his knife, the two of them weren't able to push him back at all.*CLAANG!*His palm clashed against the knife and much to the surprise of the two of them, it was the heat knife that was deteriorating!*BOOOOOOOMMMMMMM!!!!------That surprise caused a flaw that was more than enough for Morpheus to take advantage of... not that he needed to.He kicked the man's chest precisely when he was aligned between the open door and him, sending him flying straight out of the house and crashing on the streets."Ashton!!" Sarah yelled to her boyfriend only to notice how a palm was straight in front of her face.*SLAAAPP!!!*This sla
Sarah hadn't expected that the dish he was going to prepare was cereal with milk, it's already 2:00 pm, she's not even supposed to be eating according to his standards.When he served that to her, she deadpanned but continued to eat, her cheeks still swollen and her stomach hurting from the earlier kick."...""..."For some time only the noise of her plate was revered as she had her gaze locked at him, his handsome and strong self.This attraction that she's feeling, she would deny it with her entire self... after living so long in the streets it's more than normal that a female would be attracted to strong men, but she firmly refused to get attracted to a man that just beat the shit out of her.Moreover, she has a boyfriend... or had a boyfriend, if he's still alive."Why are you so strong? Where do your enhancements come from?" She sud
The delightful picture of a female could be seen swiftly typing on a keyboard inside a dark room filled with red lights, her hair is as red and shiny as those lights.Dozens of images moved through her head and her vision simultaneously as she studied them.'The Blackout, the bank... could it have been the same person?'That's her hypothesis, but... why does she care?Because she has to get her hands in that camouflaging technology and that EMP... only with those will she finally step up her game and reach V2.'So it's you...'The image was very fuzzy and she could barely recognise it, it's from a camera in barnet, there... before the robbery of the bank where that shadow appeared, this man was also there several blocks away.While everyone ran he was calm and then... he turned into that darkness... no doubt he must be some kind of androi
After flying for not so long while following the instructions of the hostage insect, Morpheus reached a place that resembled a wasteland far away from barnet, in fact, it was already out of London.'It's here...' The insect said and struggled to move away from the grasp of his element output.He looked to the front and furrowed his brows, if he hadn't been using the <Elemental Output: Stone> he might not have been able to detect it.*RUMBLE*In front of him, a metallic object that had been previously invisible finally appeared within his gaze.It was a vehicle, one that belonged to a particular kind of group.The police.The Vehicle ceased floating and moved towards the ground, intending to land as he followed.It was after landing that the door finally opened giving way for a beautiful silver-haired lady
While Rachel hummed in joy downstairs, Sarah had just finished moving the boxes away while refusing to be aided in this endeavour.Morpheus sighed and scratched his silky hair, 'I think I beat her too hard...'He likely did, but it doesn't matter... the objective had been accomplished."Here, do you want me to clean it for you?" It was a little dusty but it was a big room nonetheless, these kinds of houses are difficult to attain in London but since it's an inheritance, they can't do anything against them as the ownership is on paper."It's okay, I can clean the rest." He said and waved his hand lightly.<Elemental Output: Wind>Sarah felt how a breeze moved through her cheeks, eventually turning into a small tornado that fluttered the dirt around in its core, she moved her shocked gaze towards the God that only remained with his eyes shining slightly,
"Don't you think it's about time we have dinner? I think we have been here so long, grandma should have finished with it already..." She sat on top of a high building in this virtual world with a ghost beside her.A literal ghost."If that's what you want..." While they were playing here she answered all the questions he had.At first, she stated that whatever information she has it's what's available to the public, and according to it there isn't any particular activity that's putting the world at 'edge' in fact... the news say that the world is healthier than ever with a relatively recent technology that bases on plant life...Bullshit.Morpheus asked what peoples do regarding these matters and she said, that most people don't involve themselves with those things as most successful businesses are run in virtual environments like this one and they're mostly entertainment.
The next day, the three individuals sat at the table, Rachel was anything if not bewildered.Yesterday she passed by the room and saw the two of them laying together, playing her granddaughter's VR, they seemed to be going along well, now... all of a sudden the two of them are sitting each in their respective places, in complete silence.Only the sound of the spoons resonated as they ate their cereal, yes, it seems there is only cereal in this house.Morpheus looks as relaxed as ever, but Sarah is shivering slightly as if she broke a million pound's worth jar."Is everything okay?" She had to ask, otherwise, what's going to happen with her gossiping? with her grandma senses."Yes" the two said simultaneously."I'm going to help you take the stall Rachel but then, I'll be on my way, I have some things to do."Oh..." Her mood immediately so
"What did you say?" Right now, in the school's rooftop two people stood in front of one another.And Ashton is going through a procedure many boys his age go through, break up.But he actually has a hard time believing what's going on, because as far as he knows, several days ago everything was okay... surely women aren't this volatile, right?"I said that we're finished, Ashton... I don't like you anymore... I want to finish this relationship... tell me how much it was for the repairs of last week, I'll pay them and we will go about our business..." With her hands in her pockets, Sarah put an end to everything.She tried to be as polite as she could, knowing full well that regardless of however everything ended, it was her fault... she's the one that was headstrong enough to call him even when she knew the two of them weren't likely to beat up Morpheus.In fact, she was headstro
"You're back! how was your day~?" Rachel smiled warmly and opened the door for them, there was a delightful smell in the house, obviously, she had fun cooking."Granny!""Dear, you look happy..." Both grandmother and granddaughter hugged one another while Morpheus and Hana stood on the side, regarding the warm reunion. They knew that Rachel has seen the new restaurant and wanted to know what she thinks about it."I am... my day was wonderful, what about yours? how was your day." The one tasked to question that was Sarah, she smiled and awaited her grandmother's response."It was... amazing! There is so much I want to say... come and sit, Null and I prepared your dishes." She beaconed for the entire group to enter the kitchen and sit.Morpheus nodded and came in together with the girls, heading straight for the kitchen where Null was with an apron, cooking... said android turned around, a little surprised when he took her by the waist."Null..." He pressed her against his body, and t
The bells resonated across the campus, signifying the end of yet another day of studies, Hana walked peacefully, her friend had already departed on her own; leaving her to wander the halls of the campus by herself, moving to the front where a self-driving vehicle awaited with dark windshields.A majestic Bentley."Did your girl also say that she'd go with Bryce?" Hana entered the Bentley parked at the campus entrance, Sarah was inside having arrived earlier."She did... but Bryce said he's busy" The two of them gave each other a small kiss on the cheeks and Hana slumped on the passenger seat releasing a sigh."When are we going to tell them?" Sarah asked with crossed arms, it's obvious that bastard Bryce is playing around with their friends."I don't know... do we have the right to tell them? we're doing the same." Hana placed her bag on her delicate tights, the two of them had played it nice this time, a competition of sorts.Prior, Sarah had taken the passenger seat while Hana sat i
After telling Sarah that he'd head there to pick them up, Morpheus hung up the call on his phone, quite the useful artefact he believed it to be.On the other side of the city was Sarah, sitting on the rooftop with a heavy blush.Now the connection is cut down for real, signalling the unimpeded eruption."KYAAAA!!" Like a stupid little girl, Sarah swayed back and forth, unable to contain her happiness.'I have the best boyfriend ever!'But then she slumped slightly, 'But I have to share him...'Sighing she remained on the rooftop for a while before preparing to make her way back, but when she opened the door to go downstairs, she found a gruesome vision."Sarah."A voice said softly, a tall boy appeared in front of her, marred with tattoos and a hooligan appearance."...?"She heard a voice just as she was preparing to make her way back to the classroom, a man crept from the stairs, impeding her way forward.The girl regarded a boy... too known to her that it even produced disgust, so
"H-How did you get yourself that car!?" The voice of a frantic girl resonated in the classroom as Sarah made an annoyed expression, still feeling pride inwardly.Sarah sat on her desk with a redhead screaming all over, annoying the entire class until the teaching bot came back to the classroom."Secret." She answered, not paying attention but giggling still, one could tell she was happy."You have a boyfriend!? what about Ashton!?""Secret, and he's not the 'new' boyfriend... he's the love of my life also... fuck Ashton."She answered again, giggling stupidly unaware that she just said the 'secret', not paying attention to the growling fool to the other side of the room."A-And you came out with the school belle as well!?" The girl said, referring to Hana, they were seen coming out of the Bentley together."Secret, definitely a secret!" Telling her friends that she's sharing her boyfriend is a no-no.The class went on normally, they entered the VRworld where she noticed a lot more new
"Oh my dear, t-this place is..." Rachel gasped, looking around after Null took her hands out of her eyes, brightening up the previous darkness that isolated her eyes from seeing the 'marvellous surprise'. It was a shop for sale, one where her store is going to be next, no longer having to move that stall all over, now she can come here early in the morning, and everything will be prepared for her. "This is for you Rachel, actually... we're going to refurbish the house as well." Null smiled, feeling slightly content at the granny's reaction to everything around, the shop was clean, with glass screens and modern flooring, completely different to her humble stall, it was elegant, and obviously, this wouldn't be its last state. Rachel was simply delighted that she had such a shop, a ten-metre square front shop of the same size in the back a kitchen with all the equipment. 'Oh my...' tears were about to come out of her bionic pupils. "B-But that..." "Don't worry Rachel, everything wil
"You seem to be a little surprised, <Sigularity>" Marianne held her fluttering hair, the gales of wind didn't give her a rest; beneath them were the clouds, and the concealed reactor together with an endless expanse of fields and underground facilities, what used to be myriad green colours had turned into a mechanical mess that consumed this planet."..." Morpheus regarded her in her battle pose, wondering what she intends... he has already expected several motherships to be rounding him as they speak, but that doesn't seem to be the case; before he was limited due to his lack of mana, but now... if they wanted to take him down they needed at least a quarter of this planet's weaponry, let alone just her body."Is it because I managed to discover you?" Regarding his awkward silence, Marianne started to float around, analysing his entire profile up and down again and again as if learning his every contour."How did y
Morpheus had camouflaged himself and gone on his way with a phone in his hand, he flew across the skies of England, following V2's signals."I only have the location of another two reactors, one of them within the UK, another one outside... the ones outside are going to be even more difficult to find, but they shine for their absence; overly exaggerated security methods often serve to pinpoint either a reactor, a military base or a secret corporation..." V2 explained along the way, intending to unravel his intentions but also, render support to his fruitful endeavour."I just want to know where they are, when the time comes... no further time shall be wasted." Right now there are too many things in his mind that he believed wouldn't enter his line of thought for a long time; romance... such a void feeling, yet those girls had carved their way in.'I can't allow such things to distract me.'"You said
A short journey afterwards, the Bently arrived in front of the pair's high school in central London; a radian academy brimming with school life; couples and of course, neons.Morpheus visually flinched at the sight of that many lights, turns out Sarah's jaws had been some kind of trending as there were several girls and boys using them; thankfully, his Sarah had already moved through that phase.Several of the students marvelled at the sudden entrance of a pricy vehicle, but the two of them didn't exit straight away or head into class looking for their friends.It's Morpheus' first time seeing the campus, so they decided to stay a little longer; moreover, for once they're not late or anything of the sort, so it's not an issue."We're here." Sarah sighed, another day another class... with the fantastic amount of events though her life at the moment, she felt the least motivated to start going to 'clas
Commander Krashev is an individual not to be trifled with, standing atop a gigantic iron carcass, he casually brushed his hair as the torrents of water crashed against his soaking body and clothes.*SPLASH!!*"We're here commander! there is no presence of the recusants whatsoever!" He heard from his communicator as the maritime vehicle resurfaced from the deepest abyss.His gaze roamed the land in front, the territory of treasures, the United Kingdom."It seems the Wisdom King has been truly disabled, what a surprise, to think there is someone capable of taking it down, we must tread carefully."He gave his orders to the crew as the modern submarine floated in the lands of the destroyed city of Brighton, the underwater facility completely obliterated, the city... decimated, a new lake formed as the prologue of unimpeded destruction."What the fuck happe