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〖 Date: December 4th, 2013 〗
〖 Timeline: ???? 〗
〖 Place: MIT, Cambridge, MA, US 〗
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On Aron's desk, you could see a notepad. The Notepad he'd been using to speculate what had really happened to him.
On this notepad, in bold letters, "I HAVE BECOME PROTAGONIST" was written. Aron could be seen with a silly smile on his face.
He started laughing maniacally.
"Hahahaha!! Finally I became the protagonist! This simple yet hard to explain phenomenon can explain my situation! What's more I have a system now! I think I'm truly inside a stupid novel!"
He proceeded to talk to an imaginary entity which was obviously not in his dorm room.
"Hellooooo System, are you there?"
『 I am. 』
He heard a monotone voice which rang in his mind. It was like telepathic communication. It seemed like no one apart from him could hear it. He was excited and proceeded to converse with it...
"Do you have a name?"
『 Yes. My name is Mentor System. I am the 198th Clan member of the System Clan 』
"Oh! Wow! So you are like a mentor huh... So what can I do with this System?"
『 Ding! You can do the following: 』
『 Status 』
『 Skills 』
『 Internet: Locked 』
『 Shop: Locked 』
『 Titles: Locked 』
『 ?????: Locked 』
He got a menu of various things that could be done with the System on a holographic screen. He found out that Status and Skills were 'clickable' while the rest were locked.
He first clicked on the『 Skills 』tab to see a list of so called 'skills' he had.
『 Skills 』
『 Passive Skills: Critical Mind, Bright Mind, Eidetic Memory, ??????? 』
『 Active Skills: Concentration, Adrenaline Rush, ??????? 』
『 ????????? Skills: ??????? 』
"Oh... Looks interesting... I wonder what those question marks are.... System, Can I see the explanation for each skill which are available?"
『 Critical Mind: Passive 』
『 Grade: A 』
『 Explanation: It is difficult for you to believe in something soon without any context unless you firmly believe that there is a valid context. You have high resistance to mind control techniques with words as the trigger. 』
『 Bright Mind: Passive 』
『 Grade: S 』
『 Explanation: You have quick thinking and analysis capability. Your Basic learning speed is at least 10 times that of a normal person. The speed depends on your interest and affinity towards the field. 』
『 Eidetic Memory: Passive 』
『 Grade: S 』
『 Explanation: It is highly difficult to forget whatever you see. You are more observant towards the 'details'. 』
『 Concentration: Active 』
『 Grade: S 』
『 Explanation: Your INT and a hidden stat increases by 3 times while your awareness towards anything else other than the thing you are concentrating on becomes non-existent. Be careful to not use this skills while multitasking or fighting multiple enemies. 』
『 Adrenaline Rush: Active 』
『 Grade: A 』
『 Explanation: All stats except one hidden stat triples but after some time, you will feel exhausted both physically and mentally for a duration of time which depends on that hidden stat. 』
"Hmmm... That's interesting... According to all the novels I have read, those must be high level skills. Now let's move on to my status."
He rubbed his hands in anticipation and clicked on 『 Status 』tab to see a bunch of information loaded in front of him.
『 Status 』
『 Name: Aron Clark 』
『 Real Name: Aron ?????? 』
『 Identity: ?????? Clan Heir 』
『 Level: 1 』
『 STR: 7 』
『 INT: ??? 』
『 AGI: 7 』
『 STA: 12 』
Aron frowned as he saw his status. He was apparently an heir to some clan that was formed before democracy was removed from the face of the earth.
Clans were groups of people who shared resources based on the contribution they had towards the clan. They usually had one main family and several subordinate ones.
But he didn't know why was his clan's name replaced by ??????.... Maybe even system didn't know it or his clearance is low.
"Hey System! What is my Clan's name?"
『 Your clearance level is too low to attain that knowledge. Please increase your clearance level 』
『 Required Clearance: A-Grade 』
『 Current Clearance: F-Grade 』
"Hmmmm.... A-Grade clearance huh... I don't know how high is that.. Let's see.. RIGHT! Hey system! What is in Area 51?"
『 Your clearance level is too low to attain that knowledge. Please increase your clearance level 』
『 Required Clearance: SS-Grade 』
『 Current Clearance: F-Grade 』
"What top secret projects are the CIA doing right now?"
『 Your clearance level is too low to attain that knowledge. Please increase your clearance level 』
『 Required Clearance: A-Grade 』
『 Current Clearance: F-Grade 』
"Huh... So my Clan's stealth is equivalent to CIA huh... They might be a multi-billion dollar franchise on the streets and a powerful clan in the sheets??? lol"
Aron was in "serious" thought for a short while but gave up the idea of investigating his Clan.
"Welp, let's save the world first! Hahahahaha"
A madman's laughter could heard from the Dormitory #201 throughout the evening.
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〖 Date: December 5th, 2013 〗
〖 Timeline: ???? 〗
〖 Place: MIT, Cambridge, MA, US 〗
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After waking up from his good night sleep, he switched on his smartphone to check for the news on the internet.
It was as he expected.
On his phone, he was reading an article which said "His wellbeing had been a cause for concern for months, but on Dec. 5, Nelson Mandela finally succumbed to a chronic lung infection that stemmed from his years of incarceration. Mandela's death is being mourned by world leaders and those who fought for his freedom and the end of South African apartheid."
It was related to death of Nelson Mandela, one of Aron's inspiration to become a mentor.
He assumed that the events that occurred in the previous life would continue to occur if he doesn't interfere with anything. It was similar to how flapping of a butterfly's wing could cause a tornado in the Bermuda's.
But he didn't know that it was because of this butterfly flapping it's wings, that he came back to the past. He was given a second chance.
He thought for a long time and concluded that whatever brought him to this timeline had done so to make him fix the mistakes that humans had made.
This was his second chance.
And maybe the final one too, who knew?
What if the entity that had done this supernatural phenomenon was watching him currently?
Is there any scientific explanation for whatever he's experiencing?
Either he had a severe case of schizophrenia or everything was real.
But living in this 'dream' was better than anything for him.
He could fix the things he had done wrong and not have regrets anymore.
And so he did. He made a overview of his plans for the near future and went to have breakfast in the canteen.
After returning to his dorm, he asked the system about the tool he had not used to it's full capacity in his previous life.
"System, How to unlock the Internet?"