Chapter 488: Day Off (1/2)
Zero woke up early to his regular routine of qi gong and meditation. It was finally his well-deserved day off and the doctor was eager. Initially, he had so many things in mind that he told himself he wanted to do when he had some free time. However, as Zero walked through the village, he discovered that there really wasn't a lot that needed his attention. Almost everything was automated and Zero didn't need to lift a finger if he didn't want to.
Feeling slightly lost, he ambled over to New Moon Village and walked around. Things were also making good progress here without him and Zero wondered if the villagers wouldn't like it if Zero took some initiative to help build something. Hence, he left without a word. The sun still hasn't risen and Zero was already bored.
Who would have thought that it was so difficult to be idle?
Going back to his room, Zero flopped face-first onto his bed and paused. Was this how he was going to be spending his long-awaited day off? Simply lying in bed and doing nothing? That felt so anti-climatic! Zero thought that day-offs were meant to be rejoiced. It was meant to be a reward for trying very hard but not doing anything simply felt wrong to him now.
Tossing over the other way, Zero whipped his i-communicator out and started scrolling through the various applications. He didn't exactly feel like reading on his day-off because he did plenty of that recently while he was stuck recovering in the pool with several other clones. Instead, Zero looked through his contact list. There were quite a lot of people registered on his i-communicator and Zero decided to go through the list one by one.
As if walking down the memory lane, Zero smiled at each name, remembering when was the first time he met these people on his contact list. For instance, he first met Baal by accident in the void and only saw his meditation pal in vessel when he was brought to the Spring of Vitality forcefully in his comatose state.
Zero moved down the name list and saw Enma's name. It was a real shame King Yama was constantly busy and also a known workaholic.
”I wonder what En does on his day offs...” Zero mused and sent the busy Lord of the Purgatory a text.
The reply wasn't instant but it was rather quick.
Enma: Work.
The doctor couldn't help but laugh at the expected response. Indeed, he couldn't picture Enma kicking up and relaxing by a pool sipping on juice at all. If anything, Enma might feel stressed if he didn't have something to do.
Going through the list one by one, Zero sent everyone casual text messages just to know how they were doing. Interestingly enough, not everyone was busy. For instance, Poseidon wasn't busy ruling his domain like Zero thought he would be. Instead, he was busy chasing away Minerva's suitors. It hasn't been all that long since Athena was given a second chance at life as Poseidon and Medusa's daughter. Where did the suitors come from?