58 Lost 1 (1/2)

She had no money right now. The phone and cards had been left at Gio's home. She was still wearing the loose hospital gown, which meant she currently looked like a freak as she was also wearing a pair of dark shades stolen from someone in the hospital.

It was afternoon and there were many people on the sidewalk. Everyone who saw the weird girl walking barefooted at the side stared at her with puzzlement. Some even laughed and pointed at her but there were also a few that warned others from going near her. They said she looked very suspicious, the type that might have been a mental patient who sneaked out.

Coupled with her fear of being seen with nothing but empty holes on where her eyes should be, the girl lowered her head and walked as fast as she could. At times, she could be seen suddenly sprinting. However, her body was still not in good shape so she had no choice but went back to walking whenever her body and lungs felt like collapsing. She dared not rest as she was racing against time.

Fortunately, despite the several screams and cry of alarm along the way, none really obstructed her and after walking for twenty or so minutes, she arrived at the Golden Residences. The guards there also recognized her so even though they did throw her cautious stares, they didn't say a thing and let her successfully enter the elevator. Without caring for the people behind requesting her to wait for them, she pressed the close button.

'Deduct another 50 to extend the 4D real-time view time duration,' she hatefully said to the system in between her ragged breathing when she 'saw' everything blacking out again.

<System: Gladly! I'll be your eyes again for another thirty minutes. Hehe. How's the experience? It's not bad, no?>

Sofony bit her lips. She was faintly trembling, seemingly on the verge of crying due to her current state. The question almost drove her mad as it greatly challenged her little remaining sanity and clarity of mind.

Last night, everything happened so fast that it caught her off-guard. From the system's issuance of the first level 3 official mission to her receiving the punishment, barely thirty minutes had passed. And now, here she was. Blind. Literally eyeless.

It was very hard to accept that her whole world suddenly turned totally dark. There was also the extreme torture she had gone through. Right now, she could not even find the exact words to name what she was currently feeling.

Sofony couldn't stop the tears that flowed down so she just let them be. After all, she felt that she would go crazy if she bottles everything up. She could not think straight and all that played in her mind was to escape from here and leave everything behind.

Shortly, the door opened to their unit's floor. She wiped the tears away without removing the dark shades and hastily stormed out. She then entered the condo unit, headed straight to the bedroom and swiftly packed a few sets of clothing into the biggest bag she found there. While at it, she changed her hospital gown into a shirt and pair of jeans. Then after putting on a pair of white rubber shoes, she grabbed her phone and wallet and ran out of the place with the huge bag strapped on her back.

<System: Uh-oh? Hey!Don't tell me you're planning to flee from this city or country? Hello, host? Hello, stupid host? Do you still have your brain with you?>

Sofony refused to answer the system as she was very angry at it. In fact, she was finding it hard to calm herself whenever she hear its voice and right now, she could barely control herself from madly roaring at it.

<System: Oh my main system! Don't tell me you're really going to flee? Hahahaha! Sofony Mendez, that sounds like a good idea... if you are truly planning to leave your sugar daddy, fake sister and cute best friend behind! It means you finally grew enough courage to start elsewhere from scratch! Hehe, should I be proud of you? Or laugh at your stupidity?>

Her balled fist trembled in anger and remorse at being reminded of the people she would be abandoning. Sofony didn't stop walking but she started sobbing soundlessly again.

If possible, she didn't want to part with them because it was like she's also leaving her remaining sanity and heart behind.

But how could she stay?

After she woke up, the pieces of memories revolving around the first announcement played in her mind with full clarity, reminding her of how Floyd got killed by the system. She saw and heard every detail because unlike the other hosts who only got a soundless video, the one showed to her was an unadulterated version. The system explained it was due to her mission being related to it.

There she beheld how Floyd ended up limbless and dickless.

She also heard the words he shouted before the system had taken his life away.

Then after she remembered that Gio was never average nor stupid, aside from fearing that he wouldn't be able to accept a blind girl like her, she also began to fear what he would do once he found the many abnormalities surrounding her life.

She honestly didn't want to leave Gio. Despite their weird setup, she had already grown attached to him and was willing to turn a blind eye to his past and his murderous tendency. Anyway, she's not clean and spotless anymore. Also, for the past couple of months, he had been her home. He not only provided her physical satisfaction, but also security and peace of mind.

However, she was now very scared of how he would react once he learned that she was no longer pure-hearted and simple, that she had now dipped her whole body into darkness.

She had been too used to his gentle and caring side that the thought of him directing a pair of cold eyes at her frightened her very much.

She tearfully said to herself, 'I'll probably turn really crazy once I hear personally from him that he can't accept me anymore.'

A boisterous laugh echoed in her mind.

<System: Wow, so you can now judge your mental state? And you don't want to separate from him? It's just that since you're thinking he's only keeping you because he thinks you're pure as heck, you don't want to be personally rejected now that he's having suspicions of your grayness? Hehe, you're a masterpiece. What the fuck?>

Of course, she didn't answer and silently hopped into the first bus that passed by. She didn't bother checking where it's headed and only took a seat at the back.