After hearing the announcement about the first mission, Jack's face became bewildered mixed with a bit of embarrassment.
Having received the memories of this body, he knew who Carla was. She was the dream lover of Jack (the previous owner of the body who had the same name as him).
"He he, system, system big brother. Is this mission for real?"
Even though he always considered himself superior to the natives here, he used his lower head to think when facing a beautiful girl.
[Missions are always serious and will never lie.]
"Ha ha ha, good. Beauty and power. This is exactly what I deserve."
At this moment, he was praising himself to the heavens. The failure he experienced before was now void and untrue.
Only someone who surpassed everything like him at this moment was his true self.
The system, seeing this, could only sigh:
"Haiz, where do you get the confidence to think you deserve to be at the top? I really want to see his future, but I can't bring my power here, only my consciousness, so there's nothing I can do."
But now, he no longer had as many emotions as the first time he saw it. Earlier, he was somewhat emotional simply because it had been a long time since he had seen a normal living being.
Calculating from his birth to now, he had lived for several billion years according to Earth's time measurement.
Since he started working until he reached the highest position possible like now, he rarely interacted with lower-level beings. If he did, it was just a brief glance and he didn't pay attention.
Most of the beings he interacted with recently were entities of the same level, so their thoughts differed from Jack's.
At this moment, he only thought Jack should hurry up with the mission to quickly rise to the emperor stage. That way, he could return soon to continue his work.
But suddenly, Jack said:
"System, do you have any tool that can make people irresistibly fall in love with me?"
The system didn't know what to say anymore. He thought doing nonsense to become powerful was already easy enough, but it seemed Jack wanted it even easier.
But then he received a new notification and said:
[Ding, request detected from the user. The shop function has been opened. In the shop, you can buy anything the user desires.]
Jack, hearing this, was overjoyed. He was about to open the shop when he frowned and said:
"Wait a minute, buy things with what? Shouldn't there be something like accumulation points to buy things?"
[Ding, please enter the shop to see for yourself.]
"Hmph, stop acting all mysterious. Let me tell you, I'm the master here, and you're just my employee. Open the shop for me."
The system felt slightly surprised at this, thinking:
"Well, didn't expect him to guess nearly right. I am an employee, but not for you. I'm a full-time employee of the universe."
The information about the items in the shop appeared, but there was only one item available.
[Item: Love Mark
Description: After use, it will imprint an indelible mark on another's soul. The person marked will forever love the host, never leaving.
Price: The left arm will be lost forever, or the life of your mother (in the old world since you are an orphan here).]
After reading the item information, Jack felt a chill at the cost. He stammered:
"This… is this real? System, you're not joking, right?"
The system was also suprise, thinking:
"Why is God being so serious all of a sudden? I thought it would be easy, but this price is really tough for an ordinary person."
[Ding, the system never jokes, everything here is seriously real. The host always has the right to choose to agree or decline.]
At this moment, Jack felt conflicted. He asked about this item because the possibility of winning Carla's heart was very low.
According to the memories of this body, Carla was very cold and had no good feelings towards him. Though not extremely hateful, she did not like him either.
If he pursued her normally, who knows how long it would take or if there would ever be hope. That's why he asked the system if there was an item that could make someone fall in love with him.
The system indeed did not disappoint him. It truly had what he asked for, but the price was a bit extreme. He thought:
"Giving up my left arm for a woman? What a joke. My future harem will have three thousand beauties, losing one is no big deal. There's no woman in this world worth my arm.
As for my mother, that's also out of the question. I'm a representative of justice; how could I kill my mother to gain strength? Moreover, in my previous life, only my parents were the best to me."
After considering that there was no reasonable option, he asked:
"Can I cancel this mission?"
[You can. But canceling the mission will damage your credibility. It means from now on, there will be no more missions as the system sees you unfit to become an emperor.]
The cold and mechanical tone of the system startled Jack. He didn't expect the consequences to be so severe. At this moment, he thought:
"No, absolutely not. How can the pinnacle of my life just disappear like that? Alright, I'll make my decision."
He then resolutely asked:
"System, will I have a chance to return to my previous world in the future?"
[Maybe, but it will take countless years to possibly succeed.]
Jack's face showed immense sorrow. He sighed deeply:
"Haiz, such a long time, will people still be alive? Perhaps by then, both father and mother will be nothing but a handful of dust. Unable to meet again and already dead, what's the difference?
So, mother, you might as well die meaningfully. Later, when I become an emperor, I will make the whole world worship you. System, I decide to use my mother's life to exchange."
[Ding, successfully exchanged for the Love Mark. Please watch the item payment process.]