Chapter 87: Trial and Tribulation (2/2)
”Ye.”
”Yes?” Ye Chong’s focus went back to Mu.
”Isn’t your head still in pain?” a trickery from the devil as he wagged his tail.
Ye Chong realized his head still hurt. The pain surged throughout his spines, flooding his senses again. ”Ahhh!!” His hand shifted back to his head, ”I almost forgot about it!” He hissed and puffed as he replied angrily, ”Damn you Mu! I never knew you could be this shameless!”
”Shameless is indeed my middle name. Thank you for your kindest compliments!” he showed his appreciation in grace. ”So, based on the information I had gotten, apparently that adjective you had mentioned about me contains highly discriminative and emotional connotation. Thus I suggest it should not be included in any form of judgment you made towards a particular item. Ye, enjoy this pain.”
”Is there no way to reduce the pain?” Ye Chong was putting up his white flag.
”Mhm. There is,” he answered calmly.
A gleam of hope shone upon Ye Chong, ”What? How?”
”Such method does not require medication or any form of injection. It is safe and effective. You can feel it on spot…”
That line was familiar. The ”yes” was going to slur out of Ye Chong’s lips but he recalled what happened after the ”yes”.
He breathed in fright, ”Is that your signature pain-relieving methodology of manually putting people in a fainted state?” It was back on Trash Planet-12 when Ye Chong overused his senses during one of the NRS Trainings which led a severe pain to his hands as he exceeded the threshold of his nervous system. And Mu used this so-called treatment to relieve his pain. It felt like yesterday when Ye Chong thought back of his experience with this treatment.
”You are correct!” Mu replied. One could hear the cheery bell ringing in a quiz game behind him.
Ye Chong wanted to tell Mu to forget it but the aches came crashing his head waves by waves. His brain was howling at his ears, rampaging in the sea of torment. His senses stood lonely at the corals surfacing on the sea, within the storm as he was engulfed by agony, spat out and then playfully swallowed in again. The coral he stood upon was shaking by the waves of pain. It seemed endless.
Such a torment! Ye Chong believed he would be going mad anytime soon. It would be better to at least minimize the pain! Ye Chong manned up and spoke to Mu, ”Then… Mu… Well, do it! But make sure the hit counts!”
”The method was not recommended,” Mu replied in his serene grace.
”Why?” Ye Chong was bewildered.
”The current phenomena in your head is considered as an extremely advantageous training towards your mentality. Of course, only if you were there the whole time to feel it.”
Ye Chong shrieked, ”Then why the heck did you mention it in the first place? Are you saying it for the sake of saying it?”
Mu was showing immense approval towards his statement, ”Correct. I’m saying it for the sake of saying it.”
Ye Chong could no longer stay polite, ”You little piece of metallic junk!” He scolded, ”You… You… How could you…” Ye Chong felt like passing out.
”To strengthen the effectiveness of your training, it is undeniably essential to give you an increased amount of stimulation,” stated Mu.
Ye Chong spoke on lethargically, ”Hiss… Mu… You are… You are cunning!”
”I do not understand what you meant by ‘cunning’. According to the information I had received, I have been telling what is considered to be the truth the whole time,” Mu replied.
Ye Chong was too tried to rebut Mu. Chances were he might not even stand the chance to win against him. Obviously he learned that Mu and Shang were both nasty characters to fiddle with.
”So how long… How long had I slept?” he tried holding his senses in the utter pain as he asked.
”28 hours and 36 minutes,” Mu answered in accuracy.
”28 hours?” he muttered.
…
He jumped up high as he recalled something, ”Ah! Does that mean I have missed my classes?” Ye Chong did not feel anything particularly exciting about classes, still he was the one in the deal, he had to accomplish the tasks he promised at his best!
”Not true. I have done it for you,” replied Mu in suave.
”You have done it for me?”
”Uh huh.”
”That works too. In the Virtual World both you and Shang are the sky-walking hackers. So I think that verification system in the academy is nothing compared to your skills. So, how do you feel about the first day in class?”
”My information shows that the word ‘feel’ is inappropriate in the application on non-living objects, for instance, me.”
”You are still not sentimental. Or maybe… not sensible.”
”Maybe. Oh yeah, we forgot something,” Mu responded.
”What?”
”The pain in your head.”
”Darn it I forgo- Ahh!! How to end this! Hiss… Ugh… Mu... You know…
You are good!”