Liam pulled out the knife that was lodged in his abdomen and stabbed his hand with it, which inevitably woke him up but another wave on intense pain hit him. He screamed his heart out and did his best to talk to the lady on the phone while he took off his shirt.
Putting considerable effort, he used his shirt block the bleeding by tying it tightly around his waist and once he was done, he let out a grunt.
He then put his phone back in his pocket and crawled towards the two guys he had knocked down before spraying on their faces with the chloroform. Once he made sure that they would stay asleep until the cops arrived, he gave in and fell sideways.
Just as he was about to close his eyes, he saw the girl staring at him with while tears rolled down her delicate skin. Beside her, his mother was also awake but she had her eyes fixed on her husband instead.
'Ah... shit... I shouldn't fall asleep....'
Just as his vision went black, he cursed and switched back to his main body, only to find himself on his bed with a thick book in his hands.
"I... am not in a mood to read right now. Damn it!", he cursed as he placed the book on the table beside the bed and thought hard.
'Oh yes. I should be able to access that room again since I have the avatar creation cards now.', he thought and with willed himself to go to the room and almost instantly, he found himself in the familiar small room.
Unfortunately for him, the slot where he inserted the avatar creation card was absent and no matter where he looked, he couldn't find it. Only after he calmed himself down, was he able to spot the other change that happened in the room compared to before.
The screen had only one thin line of text which said; [Conditions to use multiple avatars at the same time have not been met. The owner will can only use one avatar and will be unable to create a new avatar until the current avatar is dead.]
Liam felt helpless as he let out a sigh and went back to his main body while he worried about what his mother would do to his sister.
'She might not have been my sister a day ago but right now... I'm not just Benjamin. My present and future is Liam while my past is Benjamin. Everything that belonged to Liam, belongs to me and everyone related to Liam is related to me.
I don't want to lose another person I love. Even if this person is only in my memories. Even if I never actually spent any time with her.', he thought as he placed his palm at the place where he was stabbed with the knife a few minutes ago.
'No pain, no scar... it's like a whole another life. Or maybe it's comparable to playing a video game where I'm playing a certain character. Nothing happens to me but my character dies multiple times, only to be sent back to fight a dangerous boss.'
He continued to think of random things, some which made sense and some that went beyond the concept of reality. He replayed some of the scenes from the past where he tackled annoying people with smart words. Of course, it didn't change the past but it kept his mind off his sister, which would have only served to stress him out.
After thinking about random things for a few hours, he glanced at the clock that was in the room by chance, only to find out that it was already past dinner time.
'Ah... it's already eight. It's not a good thing to starve so I guess I'll go bring some food back here.', he thought to himself as he got up and walked towards the door.
It didn't take him long to get to the ground floor where the kitchen and the large dining hall were located. There was a long line of dishes placed on tables a few meters away like a buffet system. The smell of the food enhanced his feeling of hunger a lot more that what he felt back in his room.
"Oh god, I'm starving.", muttered as he rubbed his belly. He enthusiastically walked towards the tables that had various dishes on them. Right beside the tables with food, there was a separate table that had clean empty plated stacked on top of it.
Picking up one of the plates, Liam began to serve himself some food and just as he was about to find a table to eat on, he spotted an unfamiliar face. To his dismay, the girl turned to look at his direction just a second after he spotted her.
Unlike before, she didn't directly flip out and instead, simply turned away. This was one of the best results he could have asked for so he happily walked as far as he could from her and found a seat right next to a window.
He silently sat down and was about to start digging in when he felt something different yet similar. It was similar to the time when his avatar woke up from the serum enhancement completion and yet it felt a tiny bit different.
Not caring too much about the delicious food in front of him, he switched to his avatar, hoping that he had woken up. Just like he had expected, he was able to open his eyes.
He took a look at the surroundings and with just a glance he could tell where he was.
'A hospital ward... I wonder if the wound was serious...', he thought as he looked down and pulled up the loose hospital gown that he was wearing, only to see his torso covered with bandages tightly.
Just as he was about to touch the place where he was stabbed, he saw a cute girl enter the ward from the corner of his eye.
"Oh he's awake."