Artemis immediately got up and ran backwards in the field with frequent glances at back.
"Come on, Axela! Help me, you damn woman!"
He yelled and looked at heaven wards to curse, but was stunned to see the visible rings in the sky.
"What in the world!?"
Jeremy had no idea where he was but one thing was confirmed, that his current whereabouts were not on earth.
"I have to get rid of this bunny first to think peacefully."
He looked back and saw the bunny chasing him, it was the moment he felt a sharp pain in his left wrist once again.
"No, don't tell me that it's him again."
Jeremy's first guess was the death guy aka Jerome but perhaps he did not have access to Jeremy now. Right?
A black ring appeared around his wrist which seemed to be a barcode with different numbers on it. Jeremy recognized the number which was the same as he saw before in Connor's files.
Was it a concising that Artemis Corbyn was allotted the same tag number as Jeremy Grayson….both were 45001?
There was still no sign of Axela and Jeremy had to help himself, he tried to operate his system which surprisingly worked.
"Great!"
Jeremy exclaimed and selected a gun which appeared in the air immediately.
He turned around to see the bunny who was about to reach him since Jeremy stopped in midway. Without any delay he shot the bunny and with the perfect aim for being a detective, the bunny was dead in seconds.
A silence accompanied the gunshot and the weapon dissipated in the air back into his system. It was the mum when Axela finally appeared in his head with her usual nag.
[What in the world did you do, Jeremy? You wasted a bullet on a measly bunny!?]
"What!? It was about to bite me okay?"
Jeremy waved his hand on the air pointing out at the dead bunny before confronting Axela.
"And where the heck were you all this time?"
[I had trouble getting out of your subconscious brain to reach you. There was a lot of junk, man! You sure need a memory refresh and cleaning with acid. Such lewd thoughts!]
"Hey, hey, I told you so many times...Do...Not...Peak.Into my brain, okay!"
Jeremy gritted and saw Axela forming in the air in front of him, apparently she seemed a ghost version...just a little cuter.
[Yeah yeah, as if I can close my eyes. By the way we are on Nrutas and somehow they sent us here.]
"Nrutas? You mean Saturn?"
Jeremy presumed it would be the same as Axela from Alexa which offended her as she pouted. Who would have imagined that AI would give a tough time to him rather than an actual girl.
[No, I mean Nrutas. And this is some parallel universe or perhaps in the same galaxy. I still have to find some information on our whereabouts.]
"So, parallel universes exist, uh? And according to you we got transported here through that hole? Is this some test?"
Artemis lifted his arm and pointed out at the wrist having the barcode.
Axela immediately realized that the task had been commenced and they were thrown into another world now.
[I'm afraid it is. But...if it is a task then why isn't there any guideline?]
"I know right, that's what I have been wondering. But first what should we do here?"
Jeremy sat on the grassy land while raking through his hair and looked around.
"There's nothing as if we are stranded one somewhere deserted."
Axela scanned the surroundings although she could not feel any satellite or anything which could detect technology.
[I believe the planet isn't deserted, if it was then we had nothing to do here as a task. I'm sure there must be a civilisation around.]
Both agreed to look for others on that planet and after walking up to more than 200 miles on foot, Jeremy was panting and was exhausted with the additional weight of the bunny.
Axela insisted on carrying it with them because they might not get any place instantly to stay, and Jeremy hadn't eaten much before getting transported.
They reached a cliff which had nothing in it deep down except some barren trees.
"Nothing on this side. Gosh! It's tiring and I don't even have a bloody compass in my items."
Artemis dropped the bunny on the ground and sat down to catch some breath, when Axela broke the silence after analysing the cliff by floating around it.
[Hey, wait. There's something unusual with this cliff.]
"What do you mean?"
Axela moved towards the edge and lifted her hand in the air, due to her digital presence the shield shone bright.
"Holy Moly!"
Artemis exclaimed in joy and excitement to see a huge bubble of energy field in front of him. Within the bubble he could spot a few houses and tall buildings with strange vehicles.
[As I expected. This energy field is blocking every kind of disturbance from outside and inside. Only a genius AI like me can feel it.]
"Sure, you are a genius buddy."
Axela gave him a smug look while Jeremy head patted her, it became a habit of him to praise her at times.
He stood there and inhaled sharply when a beep happened and a screen appeared in the sky.
Level 1 initiated
Soldier: Artemis Corbyn
Field: Planet Nrutas
Assigned Task:
Kill the senator Goada
Time limit: 3 months
Instructions: Do not get caught!
[It seems they are creating killing machines in the name of deadly games. And the survivors will be called back or sent to other planets on missions.]
Axela concluded while Jeremy agreed to her premise which seemed accurate.
"It seems so considering that they entitled me soldier instead of player. And the task speaks about itself too."
[Mm, so are you going in or not?]
"I don't know, if we are sent here as an assassin then I bet many other players were sent before us. If we went inside it's obvious for us to get caught, no?"
Well, his concern was also valid.
[You are right. The main task seems to kill through a camouflage.]
Jeremy immediately thought of the psychopath killer from his world, who did not leave any clue behind to get caught.