Unknown whether he was being punished by the unfair heavens or what, it seemed this week he really wouldn't be getting enough of the sleep that he'd been badly yearning for.
Two and a half hours later, his phone rang. Of course, he was dead tired and very fast asleep to notice it. Hence, the one which took it as its mission to alert him about the notification was his system AI. For this reason, it had even gone as far as to play some heavy metal tunes inside his brain for ten minutes straight!
In its own words, it was merely trying to prove its awesomeness and usefulness to its own host. And that explained why its playing of the maddening music was so passionate, intense, and at its maximum volume.
How did Eithan react to it? Of course, he badly wished to beat up and chase the damn AI out of his mind!
Unfortunately, the poor man didn't know if that was even achievable, so he could only curse out and get up from the mattress, furiously reaching out to the
Eithan got off the bed and approached the bedside table. While staring at the numbers flashing on the LCD, he tried to confirm, "Be honest with me, Miss Silver. Is this her attacks?"Her equaled Brienne Middleton, a powerful non-host hostile to both Agatha and Irene."Who knows?""I'm betting that you know. And you're not only intervening or doing anything because you're so bored so you want to see some 'real' entertainment."This didn't only happen once before so he confidently made the remark. Lately, or perhaps, since two years ago when she became so much cold-hearted and more playful than when they were still at HCA, she became so interested in weird stuff, sometimes doing things unpredictable or without any reason behind it.Last time, it was not a death threat, but hacker attacks. Just because she wanted to see how high the skills of her IT experts were, she didn't interfere even when several hackers and cybercriminals were trying to ba
With his own experiences and her sample, sometimes it was just so hard to believe that he could and would ever try to love, or even just like, another girl.To be honest, only the relationship between his parents was keeping him from thinking that the idea of two people attracted to each other ending up happy together was a ridiculous thing.However, deep within him, there was a doubt of whether the same happiness would ever come to him. Especially now that he was regrettably tied to a malicious being.Nonetheless, he recognized that it could happen. He was just not sure if he himself would ever try to be deeply attached to someone one more time.The first person he loved died.What if he tries for the second time around, only for that individual to die too, this time due to the system or its other hosts?'Well, at least she's luckier than me. She can do a search because the one she's looking for is still alive. And according to her, that pe
It was five minutes later, in the middle of his incessant running towards the fifteenth floor of the condo building, when he heard its words. How he wished it just didn't reply to him...'... Those hitmen sure are thorough huh? Disabling even the elevator. Did they consider the angle where she will manage to luckily run out of the unit? So they blocked her every possible escape route?'"..."For some reason, listening to the system's bullshitting was more draining than sprinting across the endless steps.After an unknown amount of time which seemed like forever for him, he finally arrived at the real destination. Irene Middleton's dwelling place in the capital that he hadn't ever visited before.He panted heavily, his undershirt already so drenched. Perhaps, once he took it out and wrung it with his two hands, liters after liters of sweat would come out of it. What a sickening thought. It seemed once he goes back to his own house, he'd be taking an
The half-host was quite frustrated, so he ordered the remaining man to carry his companion away, to a deserted place, preferably a faraway mountain or forest. Once there, he was to cut off his and One's tongues too, apart from his own hands.To what would happen to them after, Eithan didn't plan to know. They would probably still be alive, or at least, he hoped they would stay alive since he didn't want his actions to really cause their deaths. Anyway, they were more elite than ten normal men combined. They should be fine even without a limb or three. Human potential too was never to be underestimated, so he expected them to find a way to carry on living despite the condition they would be in.Eithan watched as the second man absentmindedly half-dragged, half-carried his companion outside the unit. It was past midnight, lessening the chances of them running into any witnesses if they took the stairs. They would surely arrive at a destination without fail. And then afte
What neck wound?The man's right hand subconsciously went to his neck. At the same time, the system's voice spoke in his mind.With his eyebrows almost meeting, he did touch something warm and wet near on the left part of his neck. It seemed to be a small wound though. Totally not worrisome. That was what he thought until the foreign entity in his brain told him contrary to that. What could be the problem with the cut though? It was so small and negligible... Was it more of a trouble than the cleanup to be done, or his worsening dizziness?Speaking of dizziness, it was attacking him again, and now, he was suspecting he saw at least four hazy layers of a woman's figure. What the heck?The face beneath the mask turned weird, until it devolved into bafflement, then anger.It spoke so much bad news and frustrating stuff that he didn't know what to comment first. It sure learned customer service though, no? Offering something to do while w
It seemed tonight was just going to be so long and full of events because even without factoring the failed assassination attempts at Irene Middleton's place, several such attempts were also going on almost everywhere in Alina City.Well, actually, the other attempts were not really to assassinate, but to merely inflict seemingly life-threatening injuries to the showbiz people who luckily received the fake death threats.The modus operandi was most likely to serve as a distraction to a very obvious scheme looming behind. Though when considered in the perspective of a non-host who assumed that she was going against just another regular human, it was quite good and well-thought-out, for Agatha who was currently watching as everything unfolds from the high grounds, she found the sudden change in Brienne 's operation amusing and stupid."Oh, I see. So it means, everyone else will not really die, but will only be bedridden for weeks or months. Except for the Queen of
Different from what the system had reported to Agatha, inside Irene's bedroom..."...I, I'm sorry, in advance."Irene gulped. The man's head was currently resting on her neck, and she could feel his unnatural high temperature and hot breath upon her skin. He was still trembling, most definitely from pain which he said was from a poison, yet here she was, growing beet red as she imagined him as Eithan. She could see his skin also turning red, and even though he was soaked in his own sweat, he smelled nothing but that. Why was the scene appearing so erotic for her?As expected she had fallen so low...She shook the dirty thoughts from her head and concentrated on supporting him into her bathroom.A minute ago, the remaining masked man who saved her from the two other suspicious and malicious people collapsed. He said it was due to the poison which was unexpectedly coated on the blade of one of the attackers. It seemed the toxin was not
The man took his time to respond. He didn't follow up on the topic that she tried to bring up. "I was poisoned and put under the influence. But thanks for not bringing me to the hospital." His voice was very low. Irene sat back and asked, "You won't be saying anything about me removing your clothes?" The man immediately reacted by giving her a disapproving glance as if asking back why she had to say something like that. She shrugged. blushing. "Alright, sorry." He looked away from her, his fingers tracing the cut on his neck. She honestly didn't know what to do with it earlier, so she could only try disinfecting and bandaging it. How glad she was to learn a thing or two about first aid from one of the doctor drama she had acted once last year. She was worried though. For sure, getting dunked in a cold bath wouldn't just magically evaporate the poison in his body, right? "I think I can call a doctor who can secretly sneak in her
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‘Didn’t I say that it would have inhibitions on your strength. Undoing the first layer of seal is only but the beginning. If you want to become stronger, then you have to continue to undo the later seals. In this way, not only you can continue advancing but also, those strength that was previously inhibited would subsequently gush out.’ Linux’s voice was still the same as before where it was tranquil without any ripple and a hint of chilliness was carried together.“Then, what is needed to undo the second layer of seal?” Taka asked.Linux went silent for a moment and then only said one statement, ‘Demonic Beast’Demonic beasts were vicious organisms that were scattered everywhere across the Radiance Continent and resided
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