Chapter 2 Prologue 1 (2/2)
”….”
”How is it? Speechless right?”
”…Yes, I'm speechless.”
”Hahaha, now do you know great I am.”
”Yes, yes, you are great. Which bring me a question …”
”Ask away.”
”You always said you were bored and had nothing to do, right?”
”Yep!”
”Had it come to your mind that you could always create this thing to kill your times instead of rolling around kept coming back to me and complain that you had nothing to do?”
”…”
”…”
”Ah!”
”Don't ”Ah” me!”
...
”I have another question.”
”Ask away.”
”Don't you have the red branded graphic card? The green one sucks.”
”...No, you suck.”
...
A few minutes later after the awkward moments.
”There's even the internet in hell.”
Tong was flabbergasted. The image of devils and hell in his mind was cracked after he got on to this yacht and experienced Friday and her luxurious life style. Looking at Friday nearby, another PC set were placed there. Friday were wearing a headphone and a VR, screaming and waving her controllers around. If he were to see a city full of devils, living the life like humans, Tong was sure he would lose his mind.
”So, now we have the internet. What should I be looking for or researching for the remaining 149 years?”
Friday pulled away her VR and headphone. Her face was solemn. She looked straight into Tong's eyes for moment, then she closed her eyes and frown. She seemed to be deep in thought. She remained in that motion for 5 minutes, then she snapped open her eyes.
”What I'm telling now is supposed to be an inside information. Don't you tell anyone!”
Friday whispered. Tong nodded. He had no friend here in hell other than Friday anyway.
”You will be reborn into a citizen of the ancient China. The year of your birth should be around 165 AD.”
”Reincarnate into the past?”
”You can say that. Ever heard of Romance of the Three Kingdoms?”
”I'm familiar with it. It's that era?”
”Yes. It will be a chaotic time when you grow up into an adult there. The trial will be impossibly difficult because there will be killing and wars for a long period of time.”
Tong frown deeply. The trial would judge the behavior of the sinner. If he were to kill someone again, would he be sent back to hell? Why would the gods send him there? It didn't make any sense.
Friday continued whispering.
”Secondly, the trial is a hoax. There will be no judge or any karma involve. You will only need to survive.”
”Wait. Wh-!”
Friday hurriedly closed Tong mouth.
”Don't shout. Ears are everywhere here.”
Tong nodded.
”That's why the skill that you get to create will affect your entire life. So create something that gives you more chance to survive. Something like a defensive skill.”
”I was planning to create something like a search engine system that can access the modern internet. So it is a no-go?”
”That was unnecessary. Why do you think I'm giving you access to the internet?”
Tong smacked his forehead. Friday was right. He could memorize the related content and necessary information right now, for example, how to manage the crop rotation or gunpowder formula. Everything could be learnt if he put his time on it and paid attention to it. He had over 140 years to cram everything into his brain and soul. He would waste the precious cheat for nothing if he wished for a search engine.
”A defensive skill, huh?”
Tong's brain started working after was not intensively used for over 450,000 years. He tried to think of something that could be used as an attack skill. At the same time, it could be used as a fail-safe defensive skill too.
Seeing that Tong was being deep in thought. Friday was in a daze. Then she was fidgeting. Her face were tinge red. She hesitated a moment before she asked.
”Tong, can I ask you for a favor?”
Tong snapped out of his thought and looked at Friday.
”Sure, you kind of risk yourself to help me. It's me that owing you a favor.”
”T-Then, could you … could you live … I meant could you stay on the ship with me until you are sent to the trial?”
Tong paused and observed Friday. Her face was red to her ears. Her eyes were moist to the point that he thought she was crying. He was not that inexperience when it came to the relationship between man and woman. All sign shown that a flag had been raised. But he could also misunderstand her intention and got himself a friendzone flag at the same time.
'I am an idiot. I was too paranoid after all.'
It wasn't hard to tell that Friday was sincere. Thinking back of the older days, Friday always came to talked to him every opportunity she had, but not to other sinners, and hardly to other devils.
Tong had always thought that Friday was an evil devil who were trying to seduce random man into a trap of endless tortures. He started to regret what he treated Friday in the past.
Tong smiled.
”Okay. If you don't mind.”
Friday smiled widely. From Tong's perspective, it was the brightest and the most beautiful smile he had ever seen in his life.