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Chapter 9 - Head office

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**Congratulations!**

**Current Tasks: Success in the search for the doorman**

**Description:**

I have been able to find the head office janitor and talk to him successfully.

**Overcome Challenges:**

- Use intelligence and logic to locate the doorman.

- Overcome the obstacles that have crossed your path to reach it.

**Prizes:**

1. **50 XP**

- **Description:** You've earned 50 experience points! These points will help increase your personality level and improve your abilities.

2. **Refer to Head Office**

- **Description:** You can now refer to the head office for directions and select new tasks.

3. **F~D level purposes**

- **Description:** A set of tools and equipment has been obtained that will benefit you in future tasks.

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I slowly open my eyes, feeling a slight pain in my body. I find myself lying on a cold floor, finally a notification from the screen that is heartwarming... I've finished the mission!

But where am I !

I start to remember what happened, falling from the skyscraper, the moment I felt empty under my feet, and now, here I am, in what looks like a company's headquarters.. Sort of.

I find myself in a company-like place, but it's far from normal. Offices extend endlessly, as if they are frequent copies, and each office looks like the other, looking from afar as an image on a huge wallpaper.

The floor beneath my feet is shiny and cold, reflecting the dim lighting from above, creating mysterious shadows that move with every step they took. The air is abnormally calm, there is no sound but the whispers of my hesitant steps. Everything in this place looks abnormally clean, like it's never been used before.

There are no walls that define this space, only a white void that extends endlessly.

I slowly move between the desks, feeling something strange. The closer you get to a desk, the details start to appear, as if they come out of nowhere.Each desk looks like a replica of the one before it, the same luxurious leather furniture, the same screens that display frequent stopovers, the same neatly arranged sheets on surfaces, and even half-full coffee cups, but no trace of any human life. This contrast between fine details and the endless white void makes me feel alienated and uncomfortable.

The lights are fixed and do not flash, which increases my feeling that time has stopped here. The air is cold and refreshing, carrying a light metallic smell as if the place is completely sterile.

I keep roaming, noticing that the wires extend from the devices to nowhere, disappearing into the white void, like they extend into another world. The lights reflect on the glass screens, creating light effects similar to water reflections, increasing my sense of being in an unreal world.

" Is it possible that I.. "

"Next!"

Suddenly I hear a woman's voice apparently! Have you started hallucinating

"Next!"

The voice repeats again, and this time in a more urgent tone. There is still no trace of a living being. My heart starts beating faster, and a sense of anticipation mounts inside me.

and between a crunch and a crunch. A door appears out of nowhere!

Rub my eyes in disbelief.

Strangely enough, the door stands with no frame or wall to hold, as if hanging in the air. Appears surprisingly and questioningly in this white void . There are no signs that it is part of a building or structure, but rather it appears as a self-contained element, floating in nothingness.

At the door, the words "management" neatly engraved into the plank, giving him an aura of importance and mystery. The words seem like they light up a little, which involuntarily catches your eye on them.

"Next!"

This time the sound comes from behind the door. But nothing is behind him!

I threw myself out of a skyscraper. Opening a door without a frame would not be the strangest thing I did.

I open the door slowly, the dim light creeping into the office-like room. I find myself in front of an unfamiliar scene: a hard-working woman behind a large office. The leaves scattered around, and her personal computer emitted a faint glow. The lighting here is soft and warm, completely different from the cold void outside.

The woman looks completely immersed in her work, her fingers moving quickly on the keyboard, her eyes fixed on the screen. She doesn't raise her head when I enter, but she points a finger at me to sit down, like she had expected me to come.

I move towards the chair in front of the desk, feeling surprised and disbelief. How could she be here, working with concentration in this strange place I find myself sitting down, trying to understand what's happening. I feel like I suddenly moved to another world, where the usual laws don't apply.

On the desktop in front of the woman, she finds a small and elegant sign made of shiny metal. The sign is designed in a simple but elegant rectangle.

The inscription on the sign is neatly engraved, with clear and easy-to-read lines, written on it:

**Task Manager**

Under the name, the following statement appears in a smaller font:

**Management**

The woman sitting behind the desk shows a mix of seriousness and efficiency. Her elegant short hair is carefully arranged, proportional to her professional appearance. Wear delicate frame glasses, reflecting the bright screen light while working non-stop. Her eyes focused with a focus on the screen, gleaming with vigor and focus, though she hadn't raised her head since she had entered.

The way she controls her work environment gives the impression that she is someone who deserves respect and admiration, although she hasn't spoken yet or looked in my direction.

After some time, she raised her head and said in a firm tone, "You will be pushed to the fourth office."

She reached out with a paper asking me to sign it. I grab the paper in my hands and examine it, to find it completely white, free of any writing or details. The paper looks ordinary.

" And but what's going on I am.. "

She cuts my words with her hand and Haya is still working on the computer. She points her finger at a door that appeared out of nowhere and says.

"The desk of queries from here!"

".. Okay"

I'm starting to get used to this departmental bureaucracy.

I headed towards the door and grabbed the cold knob. I slowly opened it, revealing another faintly lit passage in front of me. I took a deep breath and stepped inside, to find myself in another room that looked like the one I just left.

The surprise is that I found the same lady sitting behind a similar desk, working with the same diligence and focus. She didn't raise her head when she walked in, as if she knew I would show up. I tried to fund myself, but..

"That's a lot on me hah" I laugh weirdly like a hideout.

Without lifting her head or stopping work, she asked me to sit down. I looked behind me for the door I entered from, but couldn't find it. It's like the door disappeared the moment I stepped inside, leaving Eiai trapped in this mysterious place.

Now I sat in front of the woman again, wondering what to do next

"Go ahead. How can I help you "

The first thing that comes to my mind is a question that I am afraid of answering. But I try to pronounce it nervously.

"Am I "

"Nope. I'm not dead sir" before I continue my question you answer me.

I sigh now.And line up the questions and I don't know what to complete!

"What is this place "

"He's the head office,exactly the information desk"

"Why am I here Does this have anything to do with the screen and task !"

"Yes. After each mission is over you must return to the head office, also since you have finished task 0 we must put you in one of the branches of the office"

I started to digest it... Almost.

"Then I'm not dead, and but I'm sure anyone is normal, tell a normal person,won't survive that fatal fall"

"If we consider that your death is necessary in that world to complete the task, you will not have to think too much and the least harm that you will return here... Of course, if the mission involves your death, otherwise you will simply die like any natural person."

"A moment! That world This explains the appearance of the world type on the screen and also ... Is that world more like a virtual world, a computer simulation like a Matrix movie!"

This distorts me. But she answers.

"Yeah kinda! You can say that your life was mostly a simulation of completing the task only"

"Oh my..! "

Hold my head! In that world, every place and day passed by me, every person I met and all those ordinary and special moments, Philip, Principal, Rachel and maybe I... Just a virtual simulation. And they are meaningless!

"Am I a simulation league This question is ridiculous but I have to be sure.

"Well how do you see yourself" she says with a kind of scoff.

"What's the purpose of this Is this a government program for brainwashing or trying to invade aliens "

"This information cannot be waved due to your position level"

I feel that talking will give nothing, so I ask questions from a different context.

"What am I doing now "

"Expect your move to your office branch, then you go for your mission"

"What happens if you reject her "

"You can't"

"..!"

"Mission0 and special and side events only you can refuse, if you refused the mission you would have completed your living in that world"

"Why is the place so empty and weird "

"It's not empty or weird, just you don't see deeper, you are the case of the rest of the humans"

I try to find any other question. Before a bell could sound in the air.

"The query time is over, sign the contract please!"

"Hey, I still have a lot of questions that amaze my head! Not all of this can be accepted as simple, this is scary and violates personal privacy. "

" A human in essence is a fragile being, tormented by bitter truths that he prefers to ignore."

" What "

"It's hard to believe all this especially since you've lived thirty years in a world to discover that the whole is just a removable body. Even your memories seem dull now, you are in your own right a different person from your self in the other world"

"Well please one last question... Have you been here before "

"The query time is over, sign the contract please!"

I take a deep breath, different feelings that engulf me, fear, anxiety, astonishment, and but I feel excited, the idea that my whole world is just an illusion except me, made me feel special. This probably also makes me crazy and I have to deal with this madness!

After signing the white paper, another door appears and you point a finger at it.

"Your mission world is from here... Good luck"

I turn the knob slowly. I feel the coldness of the metal permeating my fingers, all the possibilities running through my mind, from excitement and discovery to fear of the unknown. What is waiting for me behind this door

Before I go out, as if she remembered something, the woman raises her head and looks at me for a debut and smiles.

"Uh I remembered!... Welcome back, two"

Two! I feel like crying but at the same time I'm grateful for some reason... This is more like a warm, forgotten memory.

I then cross the door for the unknown.

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**NEW MISSION!**

**WORLD TYPE: G-0842.**

**Welcome to the Green Path.**

**Task Level: 2.**

**Your first task: steal the moon.**

**YOUR GOALS: BACK TO HEAD OFFICE/100POINTS/OTHER AWARDS**

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