106: Return
Friday's chapter.
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Chapter 106
The miniature forest that bordered the city of Pittsburgh was annihilated. Totally annihilated, not burned, but annihilated. Like some calamity, like a tornado had passed through, everything was destroyed.
I looked at myself to find myself without clothes or anything else. My dick was rock hard, but that wasn’t what was on my mind.
I immediately heard sirens in the distance and ran away, while equipping black clothes with a hood to avoid being caught by any camera on the road or in the woods, because there have been cases of that happening.
It was a blessing that I had tinted the car windows when I drove there, so there was little to no chance that any camera or anyone would have caught me. But to still create a perfect alibi, I needed to leave my marks as soon as possible.
I ignored the blinking in my vision and ran as fast as possible, making my way to the road where I hoped there was no one, since I couldn’t hear the sirens anyway.
Escaping the encirclement of the authorities wasn’t difficult since they weren’t looking for me anyway, and once I arrived in the city, I made sure to check the cameras before intentionally making sure they caught me in certain areas.
It was around eight in the morning, about two hours after I left the house. It was still within the safe limit of jogging and some rest, so I could buy myself time that way.
Once I was sure no one could question me by running around the city, although it was quite weak of an alibi and could be found out if someone really tried to dig deep, I was sure the rest could be taken care of by my lawyers.
The only issue left was my car. I had left the house in my car, and while the windows were tinted, if there were any cameras in the driveway, they would clearly show me leaving. That was what I needed to check, so I went home, just in time when Tom was leaving, and he spotted me entering.
“Hey, sport. You were out for a while.” Tom said with a cheerful attitude, which made me wonder how much of it was real. Anyway, if he asked me about the run, it would mean he hadn’t seen me going out in the car, which meant there were either no cameras or he hadn’t checked the footage yet.
“Yeah. Needed to blow off some steam.” I replied.
“I see.” He said, and while I thought that was the end of our conversation, I was dead wrong. “There’s someone who would like to meet you. Make some time in the evening.”
It was a gentle request, so it didn’t sound like an order.
“Who?” I asked.
“Someone I work with,” Tom replied.
‘You mean someone you work for?’ I thought inwardly. “Okay.” I said, “I’ll be ready.”
“Good. I’ll send you the address. Check your phone later.” Tom said and left, leaving me alone in the driveway.
I entered the house. The same day, just two hours later, so much had happened in that time frame, and I didn’t even remember most of it.
I entered the house to gather my thoughts. Without letting anyone know, I went straight to my room and checked the system notifications.
[Berserk state activated]
[All stats +100]
[By the authority of the administrator]
[No penalty would apply]
[You have encountered the origin of the system] [You now have a piece of the system]
[Berserk state has ended]
[Effects have ended]
[No penalty applied]
There wasn’t much, but the way the system was blinking, the notifications seemed important. Only, nothing was told. What was the penalty the system was talking about? What was the origin of the system? And what was the piece of the system?
While I had an idea of what the origin of the system was, the full details were still unknown to me.
I sighed and closed my eyes. I didn’t know how to deal with all this, so I needed to rest my mind. What happened today could not happen again. I didn’t know what the penalty was, but the man who started it all, who claimed to be the lust dragon, said that there was a deeper meaning to the punishments of the system.
Even the system just said that there was no penalty this time due to the administrator’s interference, but there was a good chance the administrator wouldn’t be so benevolent the next time.
“Haa… What the hell is going on in my life?”
Sometimes I wondered if this system was really a blessing. Sometimes I doubted my own words, the words I had said to Rox. While it was true, it brought me power beyond imagination and common sense; it also brought a lot of trouble with it.
While lost in all of those thoughts, my eyes slowly closed, and I fell deep asleep.
The next time I opened my eyes was when the sun was striking me in the face from the windows in the room. Since the sun was like that, it meant it was way in the afternoon, and the sunset would be a few hours away.
I didn’t feel hungry, but I did feel lust. Quite a bit of it, too.
I sighed and looked at my rock-hard dick, feeling tight in my pants, and stood up for a cold shower. Perhaps it would help.
It didn’t.
I tried meditation.
It didn’t.
In the end, everything boiled down to one process.
Fucking.
Luckily…
Knock, knock.
There was a knock on my door, and without knowing who it was, I knew who it was. But she wasn’t alone.
I opened the door to find the little minx in the doorway with a mischievous expression. Next to her, there was another girl who had the same build as Sasha, probably the same age, and a little gal vibe.
Golden hair, not natural but dyed, a white T-shirt exposing her shoulders, denim shorts, and a simple shirt tied around her waist. Her nails were polished in the same color as her hair, and she was chewing gum. Coupled with her naturally cream colored face, there was no flaw I could find within her appearance.
Classic bad girl. Or in cultural terms, the classic gyaru.
“What?” I asked Sasha, who smiled and said, “Hey, Tyler. I wanted to introduce you to my friend.”
“Ahan.” I said and looked at Sasha with a skeptical expression, which confused her a bit, but she continued with her play, turning to the girl and saying, “This is my friend, Judy. Judy, this is Tyler, my cousin.”
Sasha introduced us like she was trying to hook us up, and from the conversation I heard that day when I passed by her room and mentioned me in passing, it was indeed a hook-up.
A hook-up with a bunch of si*****-year-olds. That was messed up even for me.
“Hey, Tyler.” Judy cheerfully said, extending her hand.
“Hey,” I said, my voice still a little skeptical, but nothing major, while taking her hand.
As soon as I did, a couple of notifications appeared in my view.
[Illegal venturer]
[Rank: D]
[Description: Since the beginning...]