Chapter 87: Lingering Mystery (1/2)
10 minutes ago...
”Is this... the other side... of my story?”
[No Marcus...]
Another familiar voice echoed behind him.
[This is your hidden memory... this is what in reality, happened]
.....
”Eh? Who are you?”
Marcus inquired, swirling his body around and stabilizing his gaze at a strong man... a man around his size.
The robust man before him wore clothes that were synonymous with his. He also had a mask donned which appeared to drape a pretty familiar face.
”Huh?”
Marcus was soon taken aback when he recognized the details flowing on the red mask. It was none other than his mask... his Oni mask.
As if answering back to his concern, the man before Marcus shifted his hand towards his mask, without moving from his place.
Marcus watched him -- he watched him remove his mask slowly -- he watched his handsome face smile back at him -- a smile which was weirdly a charitable smile.
”Hello, Marcus...”
The man before him bowed.
”I... I am sorry. This never should've happened... THIS NEVER SHOULD'VE HAPPENED!!!... After all the trouble I took to hide this”
”I am sorry Marcus -- forgive me... please forgive me for the suffering I'll have to put you through.”
His phrases were lances that perforated Marcus -- they astounded him. Not because of the gravity the man's utterance held, relatively there was nothing in his proclamation that found Marcus's comprehension capacity.
What stunned Marcus was the entire existence of the man before him itself. The man's face, his features, the before him was none other than...
”Why... Why do you look like me??”
”WHY ARE YOU...ME??”
What appalled him was the man in front of him. The man, looked precisely like him as if he was his mirror reflection, the outlines matched faultlessly as if proving it.
The man defended his sympathetic smile.
”I am your system”
”..........”
”I am the Cheat system Marcus”
....
”System? What am I doing here?”
Marcus asked once he got hold of himself. He didn't know why his system was outside his body but the system as well didn't know itself.
The system didn't know the cause but it sure knew the reason.
”It was triggered by him, that blue haired man, Raka”
”What do you mean system??. What did he do?. Tell me WHERE THE FUCK I AM?”
Marcus whirled towards the weeping boy before him.
”AND WHO IS THIS BOY?”
”Listen to me Marcus... please calm down. Right now the only thing I want you to do is to remain calm.”
The system's voice which was the same as his begged Marcus. Marcus somehow felt that something big was about to happen. Staying calm like his system asserted would only do him good and he admitted it.
Marcus breathed in a huge whiff. The smell the oxygen carried somehow felt vaguely familiar to him.
”Okay, I'm calm... Now tell me what's going on”
”Hm. Marcus, I want you to listen to me”
”Right now we are inside your memory”
”That's it?. I thought something else was about to...”