152 Will To Live 3 (2/2)

He tried his best to act as if he didn't hear what it said, forcing out a smile, he asked, ”So why did...you come out now...? You are afraid... of being targeted by him, right? Are you sure...that he won't be back...to kill me?”

Sofony folded her arms in front and said, ”I was betting earlier. So far, I think I will be surviving today. It's you who should worry about yourself. You're a newbie. I'm sure you don't even have enough points to heal yourself. At least I can buy a shield from the shop for myself.”

He didn't comment about the points. Recalling what the damned kid told him before teleporting away, he replied, ”...He told me...to thank you...because he only did not bomb me to death... because I'm acquainted with you...”

A dumbfounded expression briefly crossed her face. After that, she reluctantly said,”...He must be jesting. We only met once. Twice, if I will include that time when his random bombing almost killed me and my sister. If he's being like that, it could only be because we're fighting the same person, Clarissa.”

The way the woman shrugged after saying these made Chris look weirdly at her. Sofony Mendez seemed different today. Or maybe he just didn't know what lies beneath her nerdy facade. Maybe he should not think about it too deeply or else he would just be confused as hell.

”Let's stop the idle chat and go to my main purpose today. I owe you twice, for saving her twice. So let me tell you again about our current world as my first payback.”

Chris silently replied before she could start, ”But I don't wish to be...involved in this world...”

She stared at him meaningfully.

”I'm sorry, but you already are. If the system is bound to you, I'm afraid there'll be no way for you to escape.” With a bitter smile, she added. ”I know, because that's what I also always wished for before, but here I am. Sinking deeper instead. The moment we got bound to it, we can no longer escape. In the name of immorality, it will force us to take missions. It's a very bad memory for me, but I want you to know that one time, when I failed to do a side mission, I was punished to be blind, with my eyes gouged out from me. At the same time, my body hurt all over, as if my bones were being repeatedly crushed and reconstructed within me. The pain made me want to die for numerous times. It's probably similar to what you endured until now, if not worse.”

His eyes flickered with surprise as he didn't know that systems could issue punishment as well. Is that why hosts, accidentally bound or not, had no choice but do unspeakably immoral and horrible things?

He was really left speechless.

If this was the case where every host' survival was also dictated by the system, then it wouldn't be a surprise that this group of people turned crazy.

'In the future, will I also have no choice but become like them?'

Just imagining this made Chris so agitated. He hatefully roared at his AI as he protested against its existence in his life,

'Damn you! I didn't bind with you willingly! Get out of my mind! Get out!'

If Sofony heard what his AI had said, she would have probably murdered Chris here and there out of anger and envy. Thankfully, she didn't, so she only continued looking at Chris' reaction. On the other hand, the guy went silent, not knowing whether to be pleased that a half-host had that kind of privilege. However, he did feel relieved that even if he didn't do whatever it wanted him to, he wouldn't suddenly find himself losing a limb or an eye.

His eyes darted back to the woman and felt pity for her for quite some time. Sofony caught sight of it and felt uncomfortable.

She spoke up again.

”I didn't tell you that so you'll pity me. You're more pathetic than me, for your information. You have to change your mentality soon if you don't want to die, especially now that you see how unreasonable and crazy the other hosts are.”

Silence ensued between them after. Chris fell into deep thoughts as something within him was triggered when he heard Sofony advising him to change his mindset. It just came to him, but because her reason made him remember his most recent dream, the words just flowed out of his mouth so naturally, almost as if said without much deliberation.

”...What if I tell you...that I wanted to die?”

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