Jay accompanied the mother and daughter up to the main road before they separated.
At first, Jay offered to book a ride for them through Ride Safe, but Ley's mother declined.
It was because she said someone will be picking them up.
After hearing that, Jay nodded in understanding.
It didn't take long and someone drove over, stopping the car near the mother and daughter.
After the window lowered, Jay saw Ley's twin brother inside.
Aunt Gina and Ley once again said goodbye to Jay before getting inside the car.
Watching the car drive away, Jay turned around and headed back to his house.
…
Back at his house, Jay noticed that everyone was still in their rooms.
Sighing, he muttered, "They must have been really traumatized…"
To be honest, the experience they just went through was something that nobody would ever want to experience again.
It was dangerous and it could have ended any moment right then and there.
Thankfully, Jay has the Fighting skill from the Cube.
Thinking of that, Jay turned his attention to the Cube.
Since a while ago, before and while he was fighting with those terrorists, Jay actually heard a few notifications from the Cube.
Using this time, Jay wanna take a look and see what it was all about.
[Congratulations, you completed the achievement 'Outdoor Livestream'.]
[Rewards are being distributed.]
[You acquired the prop 'Highly-Intelligent Automatic Livestream Camera Director'.]
…
[Congratulations, you completed the achievement 'Livestream a Big Incident'.]
[Rewards are being distributed.]
[You acquired the title 'Flag-Bearer'.]
[You acquired 100,000 Pesos.]
…
[Congratulations, you completed the achievement '100 Thousand Followers'.]
[Rewards are being distributed.]
[You acquired 'Popularity Card' x3.]
[You acquired 100,000 Pesos.]
…
Staring at the continuous notifications that appeared in front of him, Jay didn't react as excitedly as before.
"I unknowingly completed some achievements again, huh…"
"Hmm, it seems I got a pretty handy prop this time."
With a calm face, Jay started looking through the rewards given one by one.
[Highly-Intelligent Automatic Livestream Camera Director]
[Description: An intelligent camera that can direct and capture the best shot of the target.]
…
Jay looked at the camera that is about the size of a fly, floating in front of him.
"This is a camera?"
"It's so small!"
Curiously, Jay started at the small floating camera with scrutiny for a while.
When he moves to the side, the camera follows appropriately, without even missing a beat.
Where he goes, it follows.
"This is good. It will be really useful when doing livestream outside."
"No wonder it was a reward from the achievement of doing an outdoor livestream."
Next, Jay looked at the other reward that is new to him.
"Hmm, a title… Just like the one from the games, huh?"
Muttering words like that, Jay looked at the description of the title.
[Title: Flag-Bearer]
[Description: As the flag bearer, the chance of you encountering some events have increased.]
…
Staring at the description, Jay can't help but frown.
"What does it mean by events?"
Since the description is very vague, there wasn't really much for him to understand from it.
However, just from looking at it, Jay can't help but feel some ominous feeling.
"Doesn't it feel like this title will just bring more me into situations that are a little… problematic?"
Shaking those thoughts out of his head, Jay decided to wait and see.
Next, Jay roughly scanned the other rewards and saw that they were money as well as the incredible popularity card.
Jay just smiled after seeing these, but no longer as excited as he was before.
This time, Jay has already realized the real treasure of the Cube.
Compared to material things like money, Jay now finds skills much more important than anything.
With a variety of skills in hand, you can make money with just a flip of a hand.
And with the help of his own awakened soul talent, he can improve his skills fast!
However, this doesn't mean that Jay doesn't care about the other rewards of the Cube anymore.
Instead, it just means that Jay places importance on skills more than anything else.
…
After Jay finished sorting out the notifications from the Cube and taking his rightful rewards, he lay down on the wooden sofa and closed his eyes.
With him now alone and relaxed, Jay finally fully let go.
Unknowingly, he drifted off to sleep as he tensed nerves eased up.
When he woke up, Jay saw that the sun was already gone from the sky and the moon had already risen up high.
In the kitchen, the sound of the spatula and the work hitting could be heard, and the aroma of food already drifted towards Jay's nostrils.
"Hmm, it smells good."
Jay slowly got up and turned his head in the direction of the kitchen.
There, his mother is standing in front of the stove with beads of sweat on her forehead as she mixes the things in the work with her spatula.
While stretching a bit, Jay asked, "Mom, what are you cooking?"
Hearing his voice, his mother glanced at him for a moment and said,
"Oh, you're already awake."
"I'm cooking your favorite, chop suey."
Jay's eyes lit up after hearing that.
Just as his mother said, chop suey is indeed one of Jay's favorite foods. Especially if it's cooked by his own mother.
Feeling energetic, Jay stood up from the sofa and slowly walked to the door.
The dark sky has already blanketed the surroundings and only the few street lights around give illumination.
Jay just stood at the doorway, his eyes fixed on the darkness around him.
His mind is clean and empty… or more tranquil.
Keeping silent for a while, Jay raised his head and looked at the stars shining brightly above.
"... What a peaceful night this is."
Jay can't help but feel how contrasting the peace he has now compared to the situation they are in just early in the afternoon.
Just like what you see in the movies.
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AN: Hey everyone! Sorry for the late update. As you all know, it was holiday season. Family pressure and everything, kidding. Anyway, I'll stabilize the update again from now on. So, I hope you can all continue supporting our book!
Anyway, enjoy reading, everyone!