When Om reached his home, it was already 2:00 PM. He wasn't able to buy anything from the bazaar, had to run the whole morning and, F*CK!! His only jute bag was also thrown away by him to get a chance to run away. And this was all because of that [Domineering Pill].
Is this system really going to make me stand on the peak? Are you sure you're not kidding me? That Pill almost got me into jail, then what about the other rewards from the system? Won't they directly get him killed? Om was crying very much in his heart right now. What happened today had caused a trauma in Om's mind. He had thoroughly remembered two things in his heart.
First, never use anything given by the system in the public places. Like, never. And second, throw away anything you get from the [One Time Consumable Item] area. He never, ever want to experience what had happened today once again.
After he once again took a bath and lay down his bed to rest, he realized something and said, "System, open."
A virtual screen appeared in front of him. He immediately clicked on the [Inventory] button and suddenly another screen opened up. There were many empty boxes in that screen. Seeing this, Om was very confused.
Previously, when we had spun the wheel, he had won the [Strength Enhancing Magical Fruit], but at that time he had got 6 of them. But this time when he spun the wheel, he had got only 1 [Domineering Pill].
Why did he get only one? Was the previous time only a one-time thing? Or is the number of items randomly given? Or is it something else? Om thought a little about it but as he was not able to think anything about it, he just shook his head and tossed this thought at the back of his head. He would think about it later when he once again gets the chance to spin. For now, he just wanted to rest.
Running for a whole morning, even for his physique that had been enhanced by the magical fruit, was very toll taking. He hands and feet were very sore at this moment and his whole body ached very much. He couldn't do anything now except lying down and resting for the whole day.
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The Next Day
Bump!!
Om woke up the next by a sound that came from his balcony. Om lived on the second floor of the 3 story building. And his balcony…..no. Even calling it balcony is insulting all the balconies in the entire world as it was only 2x1 m in the area. Yes, it was so small.
When Om woke and saw that it was only 6:30 AM, he went to the balcony to check out the source of noise and found that it was a newspaper which had a date of today. Now, you would be wondering, what was a newspaper doing here? So, let me tell you, in the morning, a newspaperman comes. He throws the newspaper to all the balconies he could see in the alley.
The rest of the houses which doesn't have a balcony, he would just throw it on the different floors the person lives in. For example, a person has subscribed to The Indian Times(made up a name of a newspaper), the newspaper guy remembers which floor the persons lives in and then throws it on their floors. So, when they wake up, they just open their door and pick up the newspaper from outside and then enjoy reading the newspaper with a hot milk tea.
This is how the newspaper reaches the home of middle-class people in India (probably only Ghaziabad). So, Om just took his newspaper, made a hot milk tea and started reading through the newspaper slowly.
When he was about to close the newspaper after reading it, his face froze. Why? Because of a news he saw which was 'probably' related to him. The news read,
"A perverted 'animal' was loose in a small bazaar of Indirapuram. He terrorized all the women in the bazaar. Even many men were molested by him. But the magical thing was that after that horndog poked the people, they were stunned and fell to the ground. Here is an interview of a victim. When this young man was asked what happened when he was poked, the young man answered, 'It was a very wonderful feeling that I have never, ever felt. I felt like I could've touched the cloud nine at that time.'"
"Such types of answer were widely given. But we can't let this type of person go. According to the statistics, 40 people were not able to stand up for about 20 min while 10 people fainted right away. The commotion caused by this pervert was not small. Around 10-15 people were injured by his attacks. Around 20 people chased him, but they were still unable to catch him. For now, this 'animal' is still on loose and might attack somewhere else. Although the police are still searching for him, we advise you to practice caution if you see a guy wearing a pajama and having something hard, and big protruding outwards of his pajamas."
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The more he read, the more Om felt constipated. The system really f*cked him over this time. The police are searching for him and the whole media is talking about him, calling him a horndog and a perverted animal. If he gets out of his home right now, he has a high chance of being recognized and that is not at all good for him.
After a moment of contemplating, Om decided not to go out for a whole week until the Boss Ayush tells him about the next show. It would be better if he just stays at his home for the whole month.
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4 days later
Ring! Ring! Ring!
Om was lazily watching T.V when his phone started to ring. When he saw who it was, he immediately muted the volume of the T.V and pressed the answer button on the phone.
He said, "Ayush Boss, Hello! How are you?"
"Haha! I am fine. How are you, Om? Everything good?" A happy voice came from the other side.
Om wanted to cry. I am not at all good. I have not stepped a single foot out of my door as I am afraid someone will recognize me immediately and then, I would be sitting in the jail for the rest of my life(obviously exaggerated by me). I don't have a single vegetable left in my home to cook so I am back on my cup noodles. But he didn't say any of this.
Om said, "Yes, boss. I've been resting all this while. But whenever I get some inspiration, I would just write some of the scripts for my performance. And while the other time I would just go out for a walk. You can say that I've been enjoying my life."
As Om said this, a drop of tear fell on his bed. His expression was worse than crying now.
When Ayush heard that Om had been writing scripts, he suddenly remembered something and said, "Right! I forgot to tell you something. The time you were performing on the stage in the FICCI KK Birla Auditorium, we had recorded all of it and posted it on Youthube.com. And unexpectedly, it completely blew up. In just a single night, you got 5 lakh views!! 500,000 views!! And they are still rising! You have become famous overnight. The next time you perform, there would be many of your fans there."
As Om heard this, he realized why his [Popularity Value] had increased so much in just one night. But he was confused about one thing, what was Youthube? Was it like the youtube of his previous life? If yes, then it's really great. I won't have to worry about the [Popularity Value] for now. I will be able to get a steady amount of it from the Youthube. He paused for a moment and then said, "Thanks, boss! You have done so much for me. I don't know how to thank you."
"HAhAha! Don't thank me kid. It is all your hard work. We do this for all the performers but yours blew up and this is all the fruits of your work. I did nothing. So, you don't need to thank me. Now, let's leave this topic because I have two important things to tell you. First, your next performance will be 3 days from now, in the Kamani Auditorium. This is also in the Connaught place. If you come by metro, you have to stop at Mandi House and then take an auto-rickshaw till there."
"Oh. Alright, boss. I'll be ready with a new hilarious performance in three days."
"Now, that's what I like about you, kid. I will be waiting for your new performance then. Don't disappoint me, kid." Ayush said half-jokingly.
"Don't worry, boss. I won't." Om said resolutely.
"Hahaha! Well, now for the second thing I wanted to tell you. You have to open an account in screwitter.com. You will be able to interact with your fans on it. And your celebrity ranking will also be shown on that. So, this thing is very important for your future. Don't forget to sign up soon on it. We will also release the link to your screwitter account in our website and the youthube video. By this, your fan will know that you are on screwitter and follow you there." Ayush explained in great details.
When Om heard of screwitter, he was a little confused. He thought that this name was very familiar to him. After contemplating for a while in his head, he realized. This screwitter was the twitter of this world. Now, only one thing remained that he didn't understand. He asked, "Boss, what is this celebrity ranking?"
"You don't know what the celebrity ranking is?" Ayush asked.
"Aah…no, boss. I don't know what it is." Om said, embarrassed.
"Well, earlier you were only a small office worker so, it is not weird that you don't know what this celebrity ranking is. So, let me tell you what it is. Celebrity ranking is an official ranking of celebrities. It is calculated by the number of followers, search results in the internet, and various other ways that I'm not sure of but they are 100% accurate or so the people say. All the people around the globe trust its accuracy and this is how the world famous superstars are ranked."