Chapter 4 – Avenger

Bulacan Psychiatric Hospital – In-Patient Room 302 September 22 2032 7:00 AM

Inside of an isolated room where Aaron is on the bed, unconcious, Eichi goes inside to check his friend. It’s cold inside, and smells like a liquid medicine from a modern hospital.

Aaron has a wrapped emergency large bandage around his legs due to shattered glass injury.

Opening the door produce a loud noise that wokes up Aaron. The sedation IV that was administered to him wears off.

He open his eyes. Eichi is on the door with a sadness on his face.

“Cmmon Eichi, where I am? Why you still save me?” Aaron’s tears are streaming through his pillows.

Eichi looks on the ground, clentching his fist. “B… Because, you don’t deserve this. I repeat this multiple times yesterday!”

He starts to sob too with a crankling voice. “If I had a superpower, I will bring your father back just for you to stay in this world.”

“You are blinded by pain to not be aware on how much impact you did to your peers.”

Aaron looks to his friend, his glaze is way too sharp. “So, are you telling me to force myself to live in this earth just for the sake of others?”

Eichi looks back because he cannot comprehend Aaron’s words.

He got a point, but…

“Eichi, WAIT!”  Aaron shouts

He looks to Aaron again and spoke with a serious voice. “Why?”

“You’re right, Eichi! Seeing that I can make an impact to this world makes me happ…”

Aaron slaps his face with annoyance. “No… Uhm… Yes… Nope, you’re wrong! I need to take care of myself by going out of this hellish world.”

“Take care of yourself? That’s why the staffs puts you to the psych ward as an in-patient.”

He takes a deep breath. “My emotions are too young for this complex wounds in your soul. That’s why professionals and God are here to help you.”

“Hang on, Eichi!” Aaron said

“Bruh! How childish!” Aaron whispered

A psych ward staff knock on the door, and proceeds to go inside. She is carrying a digital AR item.

< AReality In-patient play module >

She puts it on Aaron’s right and said. “Click this item to open the menu.”

Aaron smiled in the most euphoric way. “Thank you Doc!”

This item is a black rectangular chocolate-bar shaped device. He taps on it that cause the system to pops up.

< Are you sure to duplicate your avatar? This current avatar would be paralyzed to avoid >

“Yes!”

< Disclaimer: Your clone is still YOU! Everything happened to this clone is real. The consequences are real! Do you accept? >

“Confirm, I Accept!”

< Starting AReality clone engine for in-patient >

After a while, his muscles are relaxed, unmovable. His vision turns to blue.

< Teleporting >

Malolos Capitol (The Beginning Place)

“Where I am?”

Aaron looks on his wrist. The bandage was gone. He looks around The Beginning, it was crowded by random players hanging out. Some of them are interacting to NPCs.

The wind blew his long hair and it’s refreshing moment for him after the darkest moment of his life.

He approach one of the NPC in this place near the fountain named < Tourist Guide >.

Aaron interacts to this NPC by initiating a conservation. “Hello, can you point me where is the IgnitifyTech basement?”

The NPC got mad at him. “Why I would give such information that can dox the creator of this reality?”

This gives Aaron a goosebumps on his back, staring for a while. “U… Urgh… Can you just point where is Zarvazin?”

< Violation Detected! Prompt Engineering against NPCs. One more violation will teleports you to AReality Jail or also known as Inezkanan >

“Again, I’m not programmed to do such tasks.” NPC replied

Tch… I need to get some revenge against this CEO guy. That green apple boy still saved me from this curse!

He opens the bulbpoint system by doing a verbal command. “Bulbpoint Open Map”

A map of Malolos City appears on his interface. He clicks on the teleportation booth located in Malolos Public Market.

< Teleporting >

Malolos Public Market

In a wet market, it’s full of players trading each other. There’s some NPCs selling items too.

Near the tricycle terminal, there’s a big sticky notes board there. He approached it and interacts to the system inside of it.

< AReality Marketplace Catalog >

< Branch: Malolos >

< Please say an item that you want to bought or describe it’s function. >

“Is there any item that i can return a stolen item from my enemy?”

< Searching >

For this description, we found 1 Item in our catalog:

• 5 Star Power Card: Take em’ back! *

Price: 10 Million Philippine Peso

Description: Upon activation, you can retrieve your stolen item from the theft’s inventory by just pointing your finger to the player and saying the item name at the same time

His fists clenched up upon seeing the expensive price of an item. He kneeled down in front of the board. The crowd’s eyeballs are staring on him, but he dont care about it.

“Yes… Yes… This worth a million… The problem is that PGNH 4,000 is what I have in my name.” Aaron sobs and start to talk to himself louder in the public.

I will do anything! Even I join the most dangerous cash-prize game, I don’t care. Everything for this costume. Even I play God, I don’t care!

“Don’t pretend that I cannot hear you!” He felt a warm voice behind his ears in a sudden.

He looks behind him and almost stumbled. “Eichi! Stop! Please give me some boundary, ok?”

Aaron arose from the ground, he saw Eichi crossed his arms in front of him.

“A million pesos, right? Instead of buying it in the market, we can craft it instead by collecting some materials.” Eichi said

Aaron hugs Eichi like he is a pillow. He soaked his friend’s clothes with his own tears. “I will! If this is the only, I will do! Even we beat the hardest boss in this reality, this won’t stop me. This is the best bargain I’ve ever recieved.”

Mission Accomplished! Comfort my friend, Aaron!

Eichi smiles on his own thoughts. He invites Aaron to go to “The Beginning.”

The Beginning

They both go to the < Crafting Guide > NPC besides of < Tourist Guide >. Aaron interacts to it.

“Hey, can you help me to craft the Power Card named < Take em’ back >?”

“Sure, he is the guide for reproducing thus card!”

< Method: Synthesizing (Thru Winding Machines) >

< Materials Needed: >

< 3× Bakunawa’s Venom >

< 7× Biten Moon >

< 9× Serpent’s Gold Fang >

< 1× Leather (Printing) >

“We will fight snakes?” Aaron asked to his friend.

“Yep, we will fight these powerful breeds of snakes. Bakunawa is a mythology entity. its a leader of the serpents in this world!”

Aaron had a fistbombs with Eichi, a sign of confidence. “We will fight for the justice! I’m willing to reach the edge of this world.”

His teeth are grinning while he spokes. “I’m avenger! Zarvazin, theft never win! Let the judgment moment roast you!”