Chapter 109 108. A Cruel Truth!
Chapter 109 108. A Cruel Truth!
Everyone was silent after hearing those words. No one even dared to blink as they stared at Amelia's crazed expression. The blond girl who seemed to have a certain youthfulness and mischief in her eyes disappeared without a trace, leaving only darkness behind. Even Stan was stunned as he stared at the girl standing in front of his eyes.
He had remembered back then how the girl appeared in his apartment exactly when the main villain seemed to have disappeared out of the blue. Why did he have to be so stupid for not figuring this out?
The girl who had wandered around in the park with him was totally different from who he was seeing today. The two personalities seemed so different that Stan's face paled.
Upon seeing his expression, Amelia smiled and said, "Dear cousin, you must be really shocked, right? Don't worry about it. I never meant to harm you, but you kept falling into my small tricks. It's not my fault that you're so easy to fool."
Marvin's arms tightened around the girl. "Since things have gotten clear, officer, you should take her away."
Stan instantly asked his system, "Is the mission finished?"
"Yes, now we have to think about leaving this world."
Stan was silent for a moment as he glanced at Marvin and Amelia as he said, "System, I would like to give my world a try once again. Certainly, nothing can be worse than whatever I faced here. And as for Marvin, I'm not really Rose, and the person he fell for is a young boy, me. I'm straight as a pole. Since I can't return his feelings, I should get out of here."
Shane squinted his eyes. This was the first time he had heard his host talking philosophy ever since he came into this world. He had a feeling that this kid grew up so fast that he couldn't catch up.
He almost felt like an old dad, proud of his child.
He sighed and said, "If you want to escape without saying goodbye, there's only one way. We have to force Amelia into becoming so mad that her powers went out of control. When Marvin finally ends up controlling the situation, you will be dead. How does that sound?"
"Good, good. Only, help me reduce the pain, will you?"
"I can't.You don't have enough money to buy the pain reducing pack."
Stan's mouth twitched. "Are you really here to help me, not torture me to death?!"
Shane refused to reply. He wasn't lying. His host really didn't have enough money to purchase a single thing. Since all Stan had to do was die, it made no sense to waste more time here to earn money for purchasing pain reducing pills or something.
Stan could just die simply like that.
The latter had a dark expression on his face as he gritted his teeth and said, "Fine! Whatever you want!"
Shane nodded in satisfaction. He immediately gave the orders to end this world. The new update of the system menu was so much better than previously. All he had to do was to write the command he wanted to give instead of finding it in the entire place.
After doing his thing, he waited for the command to take effect. Soon enough, the entire place silenced as Amelia's body started to tremble. She suddenly laughed hysterically.
"I have no desire to wait and live my entire life in prison. Since I have the ability and confidence to kill others, I can commit suicide in the most fashionable manner!" Amelia's eyes glinted with joy. "Guess what, guys? I'm taking you all down with me!"
As soon as those words escaped her lips, Marvin's expression changed. He stared at the girl's body as he turned and unconsciously tried to protect Rose by throwing his body in front of her.
But unfortunately, he couldn't block the attack anymore. The power level of destruction that poured out of Amelia's body was high. It almost seemed as if her entire power gathered in her heart and burst out at once in the form of a top intensity nuclear bomb. The entire place was filled with something boiling that made their lungs burn.
Those who had powers protected themselves. Marvin wasn't any different. He protected himself, and he had thought that Rose would do the same since he had seen her using powers. The girl wasn't less powerful than himself.
So he was focused wholly on dealing with Amelia. Just when he felt the intensity of the power subsiding, everything went silent. The officers and others using their powers sighed as they retracted. The area gradually cleared, revealing only a cold dead body lying at the center.
Rose.
Amelia couldn't be seen anywhere. It seemed that her entire body burst into dust particles.
But how come Rose died? Why didn't she protect herself?
For a moment, Marvin's body froze as he stared at the scene, not believing his eyes. How much time had it been since he found out the girl's name?
He still wanted to pursue her. He also wanted to get to know the girl, give her a chance to heal her heart.
But none of that mattered now. She was already dead.
A drop of tear escaped his eyes. If only he had found out about her situation sooner. Marvin could have saved her.
On the other side, Shane watched his host's soul drifting in the dark universal sky and heading toward the mortal plane. He sighed. The host did make a good decision, getting back to his own world to be reincarnated. His body must still be in the hospital.
Shane's eyes squinted. He just wished he was also a worthless host instead of being a system. He only wanted to lead a happy and peaceful life, but he was hardly getting any these days.
At this time, he was suffering, and he even managed to make his image black in the entire system world. Was there no way to return to his own world while forgetting everything he faced here?
Was there no possibility of attaining peace?
Just as he was thinking, his time in the system space ended as he was thrown out of the virtual portal. He opened his eyes as he laid back in the small room, right in front of the portal. He pushed himself up as he sighed.
He wondered what his friends were doing at this time. Were they even alive? It had been a few days he hadn't seen Frank and others.
At this time, Frank and Jake were walking down the street, right at the borders of the black market. They still had depressed and cold expressions on their faces, but they continued walking. During these days, the two of them became closest friends.
Actually, they had gotten a chance to get out of this continent. They could have traveled over to the other continent for better living, but they refused.
Since Shane was hiding somewhere here, how could they leave just like that?
At least, that was what Frank reasoned with Jake when they walked across the street. The latter sighed.
"You're unbelievably loyal."
"You have no idea," Frank muttered as he lowered his head, hiding his expression.
Just as they were talking, they saw a shadow of someone walking outside a small two story building. The young man was covered in a hood from head to toe, but his stature looked exactly that of Shane.
Frank's eyes widened at those words. He immediately rushed after that young man who had just walked out of a building. When Jake saw this, he ran after his friend.
"Hey! Where the hell are you going? Watch your steps!"
Frank didn't reply as he quickly reached out and pulled down the young man's hood. His eyes widened when he looked at an unfamiliar disfigured face.
The latter tilted his head and asked in a tone different from that of Shane's, "What's going on?"
"N-Nothing….." Frank frowned as he said, "I thought you were someone else."
Shane's shoulders relaxed as he nodded and walked away with a stiff body. At this time, he couldn't afford to reveal his identity anymore in front of people, especially his friends. The villain behind the scenes who was responsible for the mess in his life was probably keeping an eye on him and Frank as well.
It was better to stay away from them for protection.
Now, he should get back. The bald man must have woken up already.
Thus, Shane quickened his pace toward the cave entrance. He made his way there in no time and entered the place only to be more shocked.
Inside, Ed's body was lying on the ground in a still condition. It felt as if the man's chest also stopped moving.
This scene scared Shane a bit.
He stumbled back and asked, "Wh-What's going on? What happened to the master?"
Dirt, who was taking care of Ed's wounds on his body turned and replied, "Master is in a coma. The chances of him waking up are extremely low."