As John opened the door and left the room, a scream of pure rage and grief sounded from the room.
John tried to return to the room but a mighty force threw him back.
He stood up with aches all over his body. John rubbed his head and massaged his body.
'Idiot, I was only trying to help and this is what I get?', thought John in anger, 'Welp, guess I can't blame him, forget it Wang, it's not that I'm scared or anything... I just don't want to fight a grieving man... yes that's it and nothing else'
{Coward!!!}
'You can't understand System, just a scream of rage and grief and I was thrown back when the dude is not anyone in Dragon Ball, of course, I have to leave', thought John already walking away even as he was speaking to the System telepathically.
What John didn't know was that the whole Vagrant Town was experiencing turbulent times. The ground was divided in two, a hurricane made of anything lying on the ground twisted through town and many other things happened but shocking enough no one was killed but people were hurt, some gravely and others got away with a mere scratch.
That day, the whole of Vagrant Town cursed the people who made Wang angry.
The ground which was split in two rejoined back after the whole episode but the houses and shops in the town that were destroyed remained destroyed.
The policy in the town was build at the owner's risk.
*****
"So System now that I've found out about training, how do I unlock my soul space now?"
{What brought this about?}, asked the System. It had stopped manifesting the interface and spoke directly into John's mind.
Now, when System and John are alone and conversing, the conversation goes on in John's mind space. In the mind space, the System takes form as a System spirit. The System took on the form of a younger John and John took his former form.
"I want to become strong because once I'm strong I'm sure that I'll also be rich and if I'm also strong, I'll be able to make sure that I don't die before enjoying my money. I don't want to be poor again", replied John calmly sitting on a seat he materialized in his mind.
{You look and sound calm but I can sense a lot of bottled-up rage in you, what happened?} Asked the System Spirit floating in the air.
As John heard that question, his bottled-up rage erupted and he jumped up from his seat,
"Did you seriously just ask me that question?! Did you just ask me that question innocently?!!! After what you did?", shouted John, his hands flailing about menacingly.
"I became the world's richest man above Beff Pesos and Melon Dusk and you went ahead and killed me off? One day!... I didn't even get to spend one day!!! Oh… all those money… all my money… now where are they? I'm dead on Earth, my hard written money is no longer mine, and YOU... KILLED... ME... OFF!!!", as John was shouting all this, his already enlarged self became larger and towered over the System spirit who was already sweating, "Then you ask me what happened? The nerve—"
{Calm do-} an afraid spirit tried to placate John,
"Shut up! Don't tell me to calm down! Don't!", an enraged John said his size decreasing again, "the nerve of you to to to - to… Damn! my steam has cooled. I'm calm now, very calm, breathe in, breathe out", his fingers folded into a yoga posture, he recited his calming mantra,
"I'm the most handsome, I am the most handsome", his mantra had an addition today, " though Wang may be handsome, I'm still the most handsome, Wang can settle with number two. Aaahhhhh… I'm calm now".
He materialized a mirror and started admiring himself in it.
{But, I'm not the one that killed you, you saw the giant hand first hand}
{And has anyone told you you rant a lot?}
"Look at that sky blue eyes, so heavenly aahh, that fair skin ooohhh, that platinum blonde hair hehehe, I am great! I… Am… Great", he opened his trousers and looked into it, "I'm back baby! I missed this face, Aahhh!"
{Answer me when I'm talking to you! You self-loving narcissistic bastard!!!} Shouted the system angered that John was ignoring him.
"It's the same thing, you know?", John asked.
{It is?} John went back to admiring himself.
"And I could hear you, I just found myself more important, you know, myself and all" he gestured at himself from top to bottom.
{You know I feel like I've been duped. When we first met, you were crying like a baby questioning your choice now look at you} said the System with tears half falling from his eyes.
{You hid your true character from me, YOU NARCISSISTIC BASTARD!!!}
"Baka, it was the circumstances we met in, I've always been like this, a cool, handsome, beautiful, money-loving guy", he finally looked up from the mirror and replied.
{Forget it, let's not waste time on that, you wanted to be strong so you can have money but Uncle Wang's Father just died and you want to be strong for money?} Asked the System who was disappointed in John.
"Oi oi, what's with that disappointed look, the Cultivators are enemies of the Gods, the fact that Wang's father and Wang are still alive or one is, means they're strong and anyone who can kill one of them, must be strong too, so what's an ant's business being among elephants? And besides, I barely know Wang, why should I endanger myself for him?, I barely know him, if I was strong I might have tried to help but… I'm weak", said John tonelessly and heartlessly.
{Oh My Author, I can't believe this is my host, so heartless. You don't know that that same Wang you don't know saved your two XXXX, you think you'll be alive now?}, said the System who unconsciously censored his words, {and besides, I barely know Wang, why should I endanger my self for him??? You sound stupid, I'm disappointed. I'm not saying you should be a hero, but some things are worth seeing yourself as number two for, don't live for yourself alone, live for others too!}, as the system was saying this, it had tears rolling down his face.
Then suddenly, it was kicked in the face, "Shut the fuck up! To even live for others you need to have strength, I asked you how to become strong and it led to this. Once again, how do I unlock the soul space?!"
John was not always like this… He was once a person who liked to help others without being asked until...