[11th April 2024]
Evan, who had just arrived home, greeted his aunt, who was busy preparing a meal for him and Jason.
Upon entering his apartment, he placed his bag on the desk. After changing his clothes and freshening up, he decided to have lunch before engaging in any other activities.
He knew skipping the meal would result in a lengthy lecture from his aunt, who was quite strict about such matters.
Descending to the ground floor, he entered their apartment.
Following a hearty meal with his aunt and uncle, he excused himself, citing the need to study for a test, and left.
He quickly returned to his room, closing the door behind him to ensure privacy for his secretive tasks.
"To retrieve that item, I must enter the factory, which means confronting Jacob's goons. With my current strength, that's not feasible. If I wait to build strength, I'll miss my opportunity. So, I must allow myself to be kidnapped by them, as I did in a past life. To escape their captivity, I'll need a concealed knife," Evan mused, recalling strategies from his past life experiences.
He just now realizes that he can't remember anything beside the life he lives in blue star before going there of the past lives and thought maybe something was wrong.
He remembers that in one of his past lives, he was kidnapped by them and got the artifact on that factory, and he knew that he can still get that but just he had to get the proper equipment for it.
He then decided to use a hidden website to buy something. Which he knew from his past lives of first time as that time he got it when the apocalypse was about to fall on the world and government decided to tell the public to buy some stuff to secure themselves before they arrived for saving them.
He opened his desktop and start searching for it and after a few minutes later, he found it hidden in one common looking website.
He opened it and made an account to order his thing.
He searched for some hidden weapon and got many options like daggers to hide in shirt or some suit, but he didn't like it as it didn't match him.
He just needed a small knife to cut a rope and after a long search he finally found a stuff, he can get and use easily.
It was a small lean dagger which has some crazy sharpness and is quite lethal.
It can be hidden in wristband and cover by some shirt or something and its prized was also not that much high, just Nine hundred fifteen. He checked his bank account and found that he has total of nine hundred forty-eight points.
He nailed it but start thinking that why the price of this thing is so low and then checked the comment to find that it was a single use weapon and if missed then there is no way to reuse it again in hidden.
The seller had minimal requirements and was ready to sell all his items for a low price.
He instantly agreed to purchase, added the items to his cart, and placed the order swiftly.
After processing the payment, he provided an address that was neither too far nor too close, in case his aunt and uncle became curious about the package.
Thus, he planned to keep the items hidden until he could devise a plausible excuse to leave their presence.
However, during checkout, he noticed an additional charge of a hundred points for delivery.
Frustrated, he was about to borrow some cash from Rossy to cover the cost and repay later, but just then, a notification appeared indicating a price drop because another nearby customer had placed an order. He had to pick up his order from the other customer's selected location, so he quickly confirmed the purchase before the other customer could change their mind.
"Oh God, please thank that kind man for me and ensure his tasks are completed smoothly," Evan prayed for his benefactor.
Meanwhile, Rey sat in front of his desktop, sneezing occasionally.
"It seems someone is thinking of me," he mused before immersing himself in his work.
(A/N: Does this mean that Rey is the one who ordered from this secret site? But why, and how, since it can't be found by ordinary people? To find out, read my second novel.)
Meanwhile, at Evan's house, he was feeling grateful to his savior and wanted to express his thanks in person when they met.
"The final task is complete, so now I can rest as my mind is overwhelmingly heavy today."
Evan muttered to himself as he turned off his desktop and collapsed onto the bed to rest.
He fell asleep instantly, the mental toll of the day proving too much. He hadn't even realized how exhausted he was.
It was a weariness of the soul, not just the body.
A few hours later, around seven fifteen, he was awakened by the persistent ringing of his phone.
He checked it and saw numerous missed calls from his friends and Jason.
Quickly glancing at the time, he realized it was late evening and rushed out of his room to find his aunt and uncle.
He swiftly entered the apartment below and discovered Rossy in the kitchen, preparing food.
"Hi, aunt. Sorry, I was asleep for a while and just woke up," he said before she could inquire.
"Oh, I knew. Don't you remember I have the spare keys to your apartment? I thought you might be too exhausted to wake up. I tried calling you, but when you didn't answer, I got scared. I thought something had happened to you, so I checked and found you sleeping soundly and safe," she explained.
He could only make a (:o) face and nod in response.
"So, what made you so tired?" she asked.
"Oh, nothing, just a minor accident in..." Evan stopped mid-sentence, remembering he wasn't supposed to tell her.
But it was too late; he had made a mistake that would now cause much trouble.
She became so worried that she wouldn't leave his side for a second and called Jason to take him to the hospital immediately. Evan tried to stop her, but she didn't end there; she also called Rick, who was probably enjoying his evening, and lectured him for so long that he might not get much sleep that night.
After everything was sorted, they ate their meal at night, and she insisted he take some medicine for pain before leaving. She urged him to return quickly if any issue arose during the night, such as pain or any other problem.
Initially, she wanted him to stay over, but he chose not to, knowing that if he did, she would end up watching over him all night without rest. After reassuring her of his well-being, he was allowed to return to his apartment.
Upon reaching his room and preparing his bag for school the next day, he decided to sleep after taking the medication.
He took the pills and fell asleep instantly, as if he hadn't slept that afternoon.
The following day proceeded normally, just like any other.
His order was due to be delivered the next day, and he didn't want to miss it, so he started planning how to receive it and bring it home.
The day ended with such thoughts, and the next morning arrived for two individuals whose paths were the same, but their goals might have been different.