A man stood in the passage of a medieval hospital, there was something in the place that kept calling his attention. He felt restless and it seemed whatever peace he needed was in the hospital.

The young man began to walk around, looking for what was calling him. It wasn't a voice, it was a feeling that kept drawing him closer but he couldn't pinpoint where it was. What it was or why it was calling him.

"David..." His name was called like a whisper, it came like a rush of breath. David looked around and then watched the direction the air came from.

Quickly, he went toward the direction and then got into a room. The room had many types of machines which was connected to a person. It was a man, and this man stretched his hand to David and gestured with his hand for him to come closer.

David looked back, he wondered if there was another person behind him but there was no one. It was only him and the man on the bed in the entire room. David went to the man and stood beside him.

"What am I doing here?" David asked. He didn't understand a thing that was happening. His mind was blank and he couldn't think about anything but the presence of the man on the bed.

"I summoned you." The man on the bed answered and then removed all the machines connected to his body. David heart almost left his body when the man did this, he thought the machine supported his life hence he speculated that the man would die. However, he didn't.

"Who are you and why am I here?" David asked looking at the man. He took that second to take in the man. He was a man in his late sixties yet his movement was very agile like that of a young man.

The clothes he wore was different yet expensive. The room was an hospital ward yet it looked very fancy, David wondered who this man was. He didn't have an answer but he knew and saw that the man was very rich.

"You are the next, you're the chosen one." He paused and looked at David's eyes with a smile.

"What do you mean by I am the next?" David raised his brows. He didn't understand a thing the man had said, as if everything wasn't confusing enough.

"You are the next person chosen by Dardon and I am to give you the system but you have to be warned, this system is very dangerous. Aside from being burdened by wealth, there are consequences to every action and this system could either make you or destroy you." He looked into David's eyes with every bit of seriousness, and both sadness and happiness occupied his eyes.

"What? You have to explain to me, I don't understand anything you are saying." David's face was already contorted with incredulity. He needed more explanation and the man wasn't making it easy.

At the same time, a loud noise hit David's ears. It was like an alarm, a reminder that he needed to be somewhere and he covered his ears to stop the noise as it was unbearable.

"There is no time to explain, just know that you are chosen. You cannot reject the system or you die hence you have to accept your fate. Remember, it chose you not the other way around." It was the last words that came out of the man.

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Loud beeping noises came from the machines by the side of the bed. There was a man on a small bed that had been kept on the floor, nobody seemed to care about the man not even the nurses.

Even patients who were sick spat when they saw the man. He was ugly and disgusting because no one cared for him ever since he was brought into the hospital. It was government hospital hence he wasn't thrown out but kept on the floor with little to no treatment.

There was a big wound on one of his legs. His injury added to the hate and disgust he got from people because he reeked. His clothes were dirty, and filled with urine and poop, and none of his family came hence there was no one to bathe him.

"Disgusting man, you are going to die in this hospital and your body would be fed to the wild animals!" One of the nurses spat on him and walked away with a disgusted expression.

"When is he going to die? I saw his mother the other day and she asked if he was dead. Many people are waiting for his death, I wish I can kill him but I would be arrested. Gosh, he looks ridiculous and he stinks!" Another one of the nurses, Stella added as she checked the body of one of the patients on the bed.

"He discomforts us in this room, please take him elsewhere!" The Patient that nurse Stella was treating mentioned with a disgusted face. The man, Gregory had tattoos all over his body and he came into the hospital with a broken arm. He looked like those underworld men that did bad things for a living.

"No, he belongs here just like the rest of you. And until he is called by the heavens there is nothing you can do. It's bad enough that his bed was given to you and he has to sleep on the makeshift bed." Stella removed the syringe from Gregory's arms before picking up the tray and files and then walked out not without giving the young man on the floor a disgusted look.

As Gregory rubbed his arm, he looked at the man on the floor with spite and disgust. The man stinks, his reeks were making all of them suffer, and mostly Gregory. He stood from the bed and walked toward the young man.

"Hey, shouldn't you die now?" Gregory's lips turned into an ugly mess as a bad smell enveloped him.

The young man gently turned in all discomfort and gently opened his swollen and pale eyes to look at the man beside him.

"Die!" Gregory move closer and kicked the young man by the side and he groaned in pain.

Kick!

Another kick to the side.

Another kick to the rib.

Gregory's boots were heavy hence they cause the young man's fragile body to break.

He cried and groaned as he heard the sound of his rib breaking. Tears grew in his eyes as every part of his body was screaming in fury and burning with pain. He wanted the pain to stop. He wanted it to stop but it didn't. His bones kept breaking, and the sound of it was sickening yet no one came to his rescue.

At the same moment, a screen appeared in his presence although he was closing his eyes and then a voice sounded in his head; it was robotic.

"Welcome David Bowie, pain has activated the system. I am Dredon, a system that makes a man rich overnight. I choose special people to participate in this system and you have been chosen. You must know that you have to earn every penny that I give you, you cannot become lazy hence there are consequences when you don't fulfill some task and these consequences would unlock a punishment. Therefore be careful. Before we proceed, do you wish to accept me or Die?"

David was shocked by the voice, it didn't sound like his subconscious or anything human. It was like a different person was in his head. The dream he had was true? He thought he was hallucinating.

"Do you need more time to think about it, David Bowie?" The voice sounded again.

"I accept." David answered.

"Good, you had only five seconds to answer or you would have been dead. Now, to your first task...

Reward: Accept Self Healing And Kill Gregory.

Consequences:Reject Self healing And Gregory Stays Alive.

Choose one in 5, 4, 3...