The end of the first payday had just arrived. We had to go to the Asakusa Shrine for the results even though we already knew our fate.
CHAPTER 8
We all had a rather darkened face except Naoki. I could see a knife in his pocket. Was he planning to kill us on the way?
I walked behind him to be able to stop him in case of a sudden move.
There was only 3min left before we reached our destination.
"Yume, we could kill someone who arrived at the Asakusa Shrine, right?" Toshiko said to me with a trembling voice.
I did not answer her.
We had arrived at the place. From the look of the people, we could distinguish those who were able to take the life of an innocent person and those who didn't have the courage to do it.
I quietly whispered to Toshiko "Tell you that these people have no soul! They had the audacity to kill someone."
She looked at me as if she approved of what I had said. But I knew that deep down she wished she had the courage to do it.
A mysterious light broke out and a man appeared.
"Hello to you! I'm in charge of getting you through your pay to get to life.
Your first pay was to kill a human being within 5 days.
We will..."
But just as he wanted to give us the results of the test, I abruptly cut him off.
I went up to him and said, "I am aware that the purpose of this pay was to kill a human being. But I am no one to decide who should live or not. Therefore I did not even try to kill anyone. If death is the price to pay, I accept it.
Everyone was stunned by my words without flinching.
I put my hands back in my pockets and returned to my seat.
Toshiko who was behind me said "I share the same intention as him".
Even without knowing what I was doing, she had full confidence in me. This is a good affirmation of her loyalty. While Naoki was bewildered.
As I walked to my place the man said "You are very special!"
All of a sudden, hundreds of bodies disintegrated.
The window appeared in front of me.
[First Pay:
- Goal: Kill a human within 5 days.
- Success: Your number of Rubys is subtracted by the number of Rubys you have
- Failure: Your number of Rubys is doubled ]
Within seconds, everyone understood what had happened.
The man then spoke, "And yes, there was a catch to this first payday. You had to fail to succeed. Congratulations to all the survivors."
[Notification log:
- Your Rubys numbers have been doubled. ]
I'm giving you a free bunker.
[Notification log:
- Bunkers are now available ]
"Bunkers?"
"Why?"
"Dear Citizens the world has changed! You are not going to live the same way as before Ahahaha "
I raised my hand. "Tell me, it would be possible to have better bunkers"
"Sure, but you'd have to pay a sum of Rubys that you probably don't have"
"Tell me about it"
"I'll calm your arrogance right now. If you want a better bunker it's 15,000 Rubys!!!"
The people around me whispered.
"There's no way he can get that kind of money."
"The organizer quickly calmed her down."
"Even with the bonus I just received, I only have 400 Ruby."
I looked at the organizer and said, "Perfect! "
[Your number of Rubies: 700,000]
To be continued...