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Rise of the Desperate: Billy Wood's Save and Restart System Chapter 67: Resolving the Confrontation
There was a glint in the elderly woman's eyes that Billy couldn't ignore. The old woman was perceptive as always. It was obvious who had the brains between the two elderly people, and Billy didn't need to say who it was. However, that didn't mean he was going to give in without a fight. He narrowed his eyes as he carefully considered his next words."I think I have an idea, but I don't want to say it without Jacqueline's permission," he said slowly.The elderly woman narrowed her eyes. Now he had thrown the ball into Jacqueline's court. If the old woman pushed him to speak, she would be disregarding Jacqueline's feelings on the matter. If Jacqueline refused to give permission and the elderly woman chose to listen to her, then she wouldn't be able to get her answers."Don't fight," Jacqueline said. "I'll talk."Billy frowned. That wasn't what he expected or wanted. He had been counting on her to stay quiet and ask everyone to leave her alone about the topic. Would she really tell them
Rise of the Desperate: Billy Wood's Save and Restart System Chapter 68: Learning to Kill Someone
Jacqueline really knew how to surprise Billy. He hadn't expected her to ask him how to kill people out of all things. It was unlike her, but honestly, how well did he know her? He only knew her based on what he had seen and heard in each loop and back at the company. She could still be hiding a lot of things about herself. Well, he supposed it didn't really matter."Are you sure?" he asked.She hesitated. "Yes. We're going to have to kill more people in the future, and I don't want to hesitate."While he could argue that they didn't necessarily have to, he was realistic. He couldn't say that it would never happen. There was always a chance they would have to go out and be forced into a situation where they had to kill someone to save themselves. Besides, it wasn't like he had a problem with killing a person as long as it was for his own needs."It won't be easy," he said."I'll do my best," Jacqueline said as she stared at him with earnest eyes.Billy sighed. "That's not what I meant.
Rise of the Desperate: Billy Wood's Save and Restart System Chapter 69: Delayed Feature
Luckily, the elderly couple didn't seem to find anything and left him be for the time being. However, he wasn't foolish enough to believe that they were going to let it go that easily. As he trained Jacqueline, he didn't fail to notice how they would occasionally check up on them to see what they were up to. Of course, they passed it off as being curious about what they were doing.Billy, on the other hand, knew better. They were obviously trying to find clues about what they were hiding from the elderly couple. Jacqueline seemed to pick up on it too, as she was careful not to let anything slip. Whenever the elderly couple sprung a question, they were able to give a reasonable answer or deflect it to keep them from pushing.Eventually, things came to a head when Billy said, "I think you're good enough now. I can't teach any more without some first hand experience."The elderly man pounced and said, "You better not be thinking about going out. I know you said you've been training so yo
Rise of the Desperate: Billy Wood's Save and Restart System Chapter 70: Sixth Life(?)
The familiar face of his manager was in Billy's face as the man demanded, "Are you listening?"Billy stared at him for several seconds before promptly throwing up. The man screamed in outrage as he stumbled back to avoid the projectiles. Unfortunately, he was unsuccessful. As the man cursed and the other people in the room panicked over what was happening, Billy was wracking his mind for a clue to what was happening.If he was in this place again, that meant that he had restarted back to the beginning. The problem was that he couldn't quite remember what had killed him. The last thing he remembered was that a sudden wave of zombies had hit the house again. This time, they hadn't hesitated to throw themselves at the building, desperate to get inside.He also recalled that there were also survivors who had also been there. The strange part was that he wasn't sure how or when they got there. His mind was a bit hazy on the details, which wasn't like him. Billy could easily recall the prev
Rise of the Desperate: Billy Wood's Save and Restart System Chapter 71: Real (?)
Billy slapped his ex wife's hand away, causing everyone to stare at him in shock. He scoffed at the look she was giving him. Why was she so surprised? Did she really think he would never find out about her infidelity? She must have really thought he was a brainless fool if that was the case. In all honesty, she had been right to think he wouldn't catch on until the proof was right in front of his face."Billy?" she said as she held her hand to her chest. "What's gotten in to you?""Do you really think I don't know what's going on between you two?" he said as he motioned with his head between the two of them. "I already know that you two have been seeing each other behind my back."She stared at him with wide eyes, acting all innocent, making the muscles in his jaw twitch. He was getting annoyed with her innocent act. She had already been found out. There was no reason for her to pretend anymore. The man she had been talking to had gotten out of his seat and rushed to his ex wife's sid
Rise of the Desperate: Billy Wood's Save and Restart System Chapter 72: Murder Spree
Billy's mother in law screamed as she rushed towards her husband, hoping to save him. He decided to leave her be and deal with the others. The servants had already bolted as they screamed their heads off. Ignoring them, he focused his attention on his ex wife and her man. Surprisingly, the man didn't choose to run. Instead, he stepped in front of his ex wife like he was acting as a shield.He scoffed. He was even more convinced that this couldn't be real since he knew very well that the real version wouldn't hesitate to abandon his ex wife to her death. He had seen it happen before, but they would die all the same. Nothing would change that. As he stalked towards them, Jacqueline suddenly ran up to block his path."Drop the knife, Billy," she said as she trembled in front of him.This caused Billy to frown. Other than Jacqueline choosing to side with his ex wife and her family, she acted like her usual self. If she was really different from the original, shouldn't she have turned tail
Rise of the Desperate: Billy Wood's Save and Restart System Chapter 73: Waking Up to Reality
Billy jolted up the moment he felt his body hit the ground. He hissed as he scanned his surroundings with wary eyes. It looked like he was back in the street in front of the elderly couple's house. It seemed that his idea had worked. He had been jolted back to reality from his fall. He had been concerned that he might accidentally kill himself, despite how carefully he had considered how to fall.Accidents happened after all. As he stood up, he swung the knife in his hand to stab a zombie lunging at him. Well, this wasn't the time to be daydreaming. There were zombies to kill. He scanned the area to pick out where Jacqueline and the elderly couple could be. Now that he was back in reality, he could remember exactly what happened.After the announcement from the system, they had been hit by a zombie wave. Billy and Jacqueline had no choice except to go out to handle it. While they were in the middle of dealing with the zombies, a group of surivors had suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
Rise of the Desperate: Billy Wood's Save and Restart System Chapter 74: One Down
"You should leave," Billy said after several moments of silence."We will not," the elderly man said. "We won't let you kill her."Billy looked the old man in the eye and asked, "Then are you going to let her suffer? Can't you see that she's in a lot of pain? At the very least, you won't have to see her die if you leave right now."As the elderly man was about to snap, the elderly woman placed a hand on his shoulder, and he stared at her in confusion. "Dear?""He's right. We can look away from reality, but it's not going to change anything," the old woman said.Despite how hard she was trying to put up a front, they could all see her hands shaking from the anger and frustration that they all shared. For several long moments, no one spoke another word. Suddenly, Jacqueline coughed up more blood before moaning in pain as she clutched her injury. At the sight of her pitiful state, the elderly couple looked at her in anguish.Finally, the old man said, "Fine. We'll be in the other room."
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Author's Note
Hello everyone. I just want to thank all my readers who have been following along because it sure has been a doozy. Also, there are several things that I want to let you know.Billy's story has ended, and I'll have to admit that I didn't think it would end so soon. I had a lot of things planned, but after some careful consideration, I ultimately decided to end it early.Just like with Rise of the Demon King: Caleb Gonzales's Rat Race, I might do a rewrite or remake of it.If I do go through with this idea, then I'll just immediately go to eBook and paperback, and it would be very different from the one here. We will have to see, and I'll let everyone know.For now, I'll be focusing on finishing Johnny's story in Rise of the Commoner: Johnny Burns's The Lost Heir, which can be found here: https://www.meganovel.com/story/Rise-of-the-Commoner-Johnny-Burns-s-The-Lost-Heir_31000695378 .It's also going to be ending early. I'm not sure by how much. It might even be shorter than this one. We'
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Chapter 117: Conditions
After hearing what the woman had to say, Billy released her. She took the chance to elbow him in the face, making his nose bleed, before putting some distance between them. There was a dark look on her face. He scowled, but he didn't retaliate for it. Instead, he went over everything he had learned from her. It had been a lot, and that had only been the surface."Well, what are you going to do now?" she asked."Well, I'll be accepting that proposal of yours," he said as he stood up and brushed the front of his pants.The woman huffed. "See. I told you. I don't know why you insisted on picking a fight when there was no need to fight.""However, I have some conditions," he said.She stared at him in disbelief before blurting out, "What?""You heard me. I won't accept your proposal without my own terms," he said."You can't be serious. You can't just add your own terms. You're already lucky enough to be spared in the first place," she said."It's not like you wanted to. You're only doing
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Chapter 116: The Truth
"Hold it," Billy said as he held up a hand."Yes?" she asked."Why are you doing this? Why are you preparing to unleash a zombie apocalypse?" he asked."Why?" She took a moment to consider his question before saying, "It's for entertainment."Billy felt the veins in his head bulge from sheer anger. "What?""All of this is meant for entertainment for our followers. Unforunately, we've been having issues making it work, hence the number of tests we performed," she said."Followers? What are you talking about? Are you saying this is a game?" he demanded."A game? No. I guess you can view it as a game, but it isn't. You don't really need to know the details since you don't have the clearance for that information," she said.He gritted his teeth. "Then what can you tell me?""As stated before, we were running tests when we noticed some things were not progressing properly. One of them happened to be you," she said as she poin
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Chapter 115: Death(?)
Billy coughed up blood as he struggled against the giant zombie's grip. He could hear the others screaming as they fought off the other zombies that surrounded them down below. Unfortunately, he was in no condition to help them as he fought to stay alive. Billy couldn't believe how quickly things had gone horribly wrong.One moment, they were trying to stealthily sneak away. Then the next day, the giant zombie was rushing towards them like a maniac. They had tried to run away when they realized the giant zombie was coming for them, but it easily outpaced them. Whether it was because of its long legs or because it was simply faster than them, it easily caught up to them in no time.If Billy hadn't shoved Jacqueline away, she would have turned into paste beneath the giant zombie's foot. However, the force from its mere step had knocked everyone off their feet, giving the giant zombie time to grab him. The giant zombie's grip tightened, and he could feel his bomes creak i
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Chapter 114: Moving On
A sound caught everyone's attention, and all eyes turned to the doorway. They didn't see anyone or anything, but after what they had seen from the system, none of them were calm. The tied up woman was even more frantic to get out of the ropes. Unfortunately for her, they held fast, keeping her from getting away. Billy vaguely wondered why she didn't use her power."We're going," Billy declared."Wait," the woman wailed. "Don't leave me."Billy didn't give her a second glance as he walked away from her. He didn't want to stick around to see if the noise was actually something to be worried about. Jacqueline's gaze shifted between the two of them. She clearly didn't want to leave the woman behind, but she could also tell that Billy wasn't going to do that. Then the last person any of them expected to protest spoke up."I think we should let her go," Joshua said.Everyone turned to him as Billy said, "What?""We should let her go," Joshua said.
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Chapter 113: New Feature
"Are you kidding me?" the tied up woman shrieked, voicing what was on everyone's minds.What was the system thinking? This was basically telling everyone to die. Billy had no clue how many awakened there were, but their group had three awakened, if he still counted as one. That meant the zombies would receive a boost three times greater than if none of them were awakened, and what did they mean by boost? It was so vague that it could mean anything.Were the zombies stronger, faster, smarter, or what? It was impossible for anyone to counteract it without more information, which the system didn't seem to care to give. Billy could feel everyone's gaze on him, as if looking to him for answers that he didn't have. He could understand why Jacqueline and Joshua were doing that, but why was the tied up woman also looking at him?If anything, he should be the last person she should be looking to, considering how he had just threatened her. Well, he supposed that there we
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Chapter 112: Interrogating the Prisoner (2)
Billy studied the woman's face as the others stared dabsmacked with their jaws hanging. He was just as shocked as they were, but he was better at keeping it off his face. Out of all the things he expected her to say, he didn't expect the woman to tell him that things had gotten off the rails for everyone who had gotten a system and power."Are you really telling the truth?" Billy asked.The woman frantically nodded her head. "Yes, I am. You've got to believe me. I have no reason to lie. When I realized that I could hide from everyone, a screen appeared in front of me, telling me I was one of the awakened."Something had seriously changed this time. In previous lives, no one could receive their power until after their first wave was over. He wasn't sure what had made such a huge difference, but that meant the system had no right to take his power away from him. If anyone could get their power before the first wave ended, he shouldn't have his power removed.<
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Chapter 111: Interrogating the Prisoner (1)
"Billy?" Jacqueline called out.Billy frowned as he recalled telling her to stay quiet and out of sight until he said the coast was clear. She must have heard his knocking out the woman and got worried, but that didn't change how dumb it was. Jacqueline was basically announcing her presence to whoever was nearby. If he had been the one who had been taken out, she would have been in trouble.Even now, it wasn't a guarantee that they were in the clear just yet. He remained silent as he dragged the unconscious woman away while keeping an eye on his surroundings. After dragging her into another part of the house, he found some rope to tie her up with and searched her for anything valuable. Unfortunately, she didn't have anything on her except for a knife.He narrowed his eyes. It didn't make sense for someone to only go around with a tiny knife. Just imagining someone trying to fight a bunch of zombies with it was ridiculous. Even against another person was a joke.
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Chapter 110: Escaping the Zombies
Billy stared as his mind whirled with indecision. A morally good person would run back to save them because that was the right thing to do. Leaving a woman who was someone close to him and two children to the zombies would be a monsterous thing to do. On the other hand, a realistic person or someone with self preservation would immediately leave them behind.Honestly, if it wasn't for Jacqueline, he would have hightailed out of there without even looking back. However, this was Jacqueline. If he left, he didn't think she would follow him. As she was now, she wouldn't abandon the kid to save herself. She would die. There would be no second chance for her since this was his only life left. On the flip side, because it was his only life, he had to be even more careful."Billy!" Jacqueline screamed again as she knocked another zombie away.He gritted his teeth and made his choice. Billy rushed over and grabbed Jacqueline's arm before shoving her away. She stumbled b
