Caught by surprise, Alexy turned around and threw his fist at the person behind him, thinking it was a soldier who chased him here.
However, his fist was grabbed.
"Relax...I'm not here to harm you, or capture you!"
The man stepped out of the dark. Alexy could see a young black-haired man standing in front of him, his hand still grabbed his fist firmly.
"Who are you?" Alexy asked.
"I am the Gacha God, the secondary creator of the system you are carrying." Gacha God replied calmly.
Alexy was speechless.
"The Old Lady told me to come help you, because you are using the system...a little bit wrong."
Alexy opened his mouth, intended to say something, but the Gacha God put his index finger on his mouth.
"Shhhhh...it's not the time to talk right now...someone is trying to find you and bring you home. I'll come find you tonight. Stay awake and wait for me tonight, ah no, on the first night you are back home." the deity said and disappeared.
After a few moment of being dazed, Alexy took off his Fatui mask and went out of the dark alley.
Suddenly, he slammed into someone upon coming out of the alley.
"Ouch!"
Alexy looked up and saw a familiar red-haired young man in military uniform.
"Ah...hello, Brother Simon!"
Lieutenant Barnaby did not say anything until he pinched Alexy's ear.
"I'm still on duty, so call me Lieutenant Barnaby, you brat!...Where have you run off to? Your mom and dad were so worried about you that your dad sent me to go find you!" Lieutenant Barnaby scolded Alexy like he was his own younger brother.
"Ummm...I..."
"No, no, no,...I can't help you with this, you have to..."
"LIEUTENANT!"
Lieutenant Barnaby was frustrated when his speech was cut off, he turned around to see who it was. But when he saw Colonel Sanders, he had to suppress his frustration and saluted the Colonel.
"Colonel!"
"Lieutenant, did you see a suspicious group of people around here?"
"No, I didn't see anyone!" Lieutenant Barnaby answered.
"Y-A-W-N!"
"Wait, who is this young man? Come to think of it, you seems to have the same height as that Masked Man guy..."
Alexy gulped, fearing that the Colonel might find the Fatui mask he put in his pocket.
"Cough...sorry, Colonel, but he is General Tsarivich's son. He was away from home when the incident happened. So right now, I am escorting him back to the General."
"The General's...alright, you can go!"
Colonel Sanders dismissed them. After all, he dared not offend the General of the country.
---
After the two had left, the Colonel turned back to looking for the strange group of people who had saved the city today.
===
Evacuation site
"Brother!"
Ivan ran out and hugged Alexy.
"Alexy..."
Hearing his mother's call, Alexy went to her.
"Mom, I..."
But before he could say anything, his mother hugged him.
"Do you know how worried I was?"
"Mother, I'm fine, I just...Y-A-W-N!" Alexy rubbed his eye.
"It seems you're tired. Let's rest." his mother said.
But due to the atmosphere at the evacuation site, Alexy could not go to sleep at all. It was not until the government allowed them to go back to their home that he was able to sleep. It was lucky that his home was far away from the center of the city, in a quiet neighborhood, so his family was allowed to go home early. The people who had their home at the center, which was the site of the destruction, hadn't been allowed to go back yet.
After Alexy had returned home, he was too tired to stay awake any longer. He went straight to his room and slept.
===
In the middle of the night, Alexy woke up.
(Ugh, my head is hurt so much...huh!)
A chill was sent down his spine when he discovered another man was in the dark room with him.
"I told you to stay awake, and you made me wait while you slept soundly!" the Gacha deity said, he seems very frustrated.
"Sorry..."
"Anyway, open your status window!"
"Ok..."
Alexy did what the Gacha God told him.
"Just roll down, see that 'Summon Paimon', turn it on!"
Alexy did turned it on, and a little pixie materialized beside him. And both were dumfounded.
(Hehehe, just like back then, Paimon beside the "Traveler".) the Gacha God thought and smirked.
"Do you know why you are tired lately?" the Gacha God asked.
"I don't know...maybe I do commissions at night." Alexy answered.
"You have only done commissions at night for only 3 nights, and you returned to sleep quite soon for the former two, so it's not the problem."
"Then..."
"Every night, instead of resting, you go inside the system's dimension and play 'Tom and Jerry' with this little pixie here. You body might seems sleeping, but your mind did not rest at all."
"Really?" Paimon scratched her head.
The Gacha God just shook his head.
"Then why didn't I go inside the system's dimension when I slept earlier?" Alexy asked, looking away from Paimon.
"Going to the system's dimension after falling asleep is automatic, set up by 'Him', who doesn't have any sense of how human body works. But last time, your mind was too tired too enter the dimension." the deity replied. "So just turn that off, you just need to roll down more and you'll see it. You could easily talk to the characters by summoning them or through your mind, including the A.Is."
"The A.Is also?"
"Yes, that's why you are using the system wrongly. Except Paimon, whose summoning depends on the switch under your status window, you can summon any others at will."
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"Huh, wait, what am I doing here?" said Wagner, who was still raising his big hammer up high, looked quite intimidating.
"Ah, sorry, I was just trying summoning you. You can return now. Bye!" Alexy said.
"Do you know a blacksmith's work requires constant working? You summoned me suddenly like that makes the work stopped, and the thing I was working on defective!" Wagner began to scold Alexy.
"I...I'm sorry!"
"Just don't call me out suddenly like that again!"
And just like that, Wagner went back to inside the system's dimension.
"Paimon thinks you got scolded a lot lately!" said Paimon.
"Ok, I have to go now. If you have any question, you can contact me through this email or number." the Gacha deity said and wrote his contact information a a piece of paper.
"But...but...Paimon doesn't understand. How can Alexy meet with others outside the real world all the time!" said Paimon.
"Sigh...I believe you can explain that to little pixie. Oh, and before I forget, because you slept all day today, you forgot to do the commissions for today, boy!"
The Gacha God disappeared in front of the two's eyes.
(WHAT! NOOOO! Those are precious 60 primogems!)
And Alexy began to sob softly.
===
Ministry of Homeland Security
"That's all for my report!" said Sebastian.
The Minister of Homeland Security, Madame Le Pen nodded.
"Thank you for your contribution, Sebastian. Please return, we will give you your new assignment within a week."
"Yes, Madame!"
---
After Sebastian had left, Madame Le Pen turned to the side of the room.
"You already heard everything, Mr. President!"
A young blond man stepped out of the dark. It was President Dukakis.
"I have received reports about those weird people. At the 'terrorist site', there were only the Masked Man and the loli. At the port, a dark skinned man was with them. And at the monster attack the day before, a maid was added to this weird group." the President summarized the times Alexy and co. appeared.
"I think the military is determined to capture them. They think those people must be spies or aliens." Madame Le Pen said.
"I want you to launch a secret investigation." said the President.
"I am already working on it, Mr. President!" said the female Minister of Homeland Security.
===
At the military lab
"What did you find?" Colonel Sanders asked.
"Aside from little Mr. Karasu's DNA left on this body, it is literally the concentration of earth and rock. And it this came from that creature, I can confirm that it was a creature made of earth and rock purely." said Prof. Ueda. "But we must work on it more.", he added.
"What's about the crocodile?"
"It was one a normal crocodile. However, we found traces of strange chemical substances inside its body. It must have gone through painful experiments." said the professor.
"I'll take my leave then so you can continue with your work." Colonel Sanders said and left.
"Oh, I also need the videos recorded at the site. Remember to send it to me directly. After all, I don't have time to leave this lab and watch TV and news." Prof. Ueda shouted to the leaving Colonel.
"It will be sent to you within today." said the Colonel, while he was thinking a way to capture those weird people.
(I'm sure that they must know something.)
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AR: 4 (895/1000 EXP)
Primogems count: 190
Moras count: 10,000