Law of Tragedy

"Don't be hasty" Min ho said. He was confident that this guy won't actually hurt him because he's in the superior position here. Besides he has a feeling that the person they are looking for is right infront of him.

"I'm just so happy to see you again" Zhi Hua said with a bright smile.

"Then let's sit down calmly and talk without the gun in my face" Min ho said in a coaxing voice.

"How rude of me, come have a seat" Zhi Hua said pushing out a chair for him then sitting down himself with the gun still pointing at him.

"So how have you been doing " Min ho said awkwardly hoping to distract him.

"You should really do your job well yet here you are having tea with the perpetrator. Oh right, any particular refreshment you want" Zhi Hua said with that gentle smile on his face.

"Why are you telling me this" Min ho had a bad feeling in his heart.

"Naturally since we're good friends then who else will I tell. Besides you're without the author here" Zhi Hua said, he heard it from Feng.

"Don't speak that title so casually" Min ho said glancing at the giant eyeball.

"Since we are good friends then why don't you explain the line of work you are in" Zhi Hua said. I haven't been able to completely understand the intricacies that the players function by especially in a world without magic.

The explanation yielded only one thought from Zhi Hua. The person who created the system is a piece of shit copycat and what makes it worse is that it was very unreasonable.

After the slums are those living in the outer wall named Collection. This is the home for all the players and their family. The lowest tier are the normal people who aren't players, the second tier are what you can call attendant which take care of a place called the Library.

The Library is the point where the players pass through to go to the other world which are termed world seed. These world seeds are basically just worlds with a main storyline that people are competing for which are created by being known as Publishers. The person in charge of the Library is called a librarian and they are the overseer of all players and also the one who records each new seeds.

The players are a special group in and of itself. They are technically under the librarian but their privileges are more, the progression of strength is referred to as series.The first series is called Heroes,this is the seies that has the highest death count of all. The heroes go into the world seeds purely with just their soul and no information on the world that they are going to with a high chance of encountering danger the moment they cross over.

The second series is called Transmigrators. This has four levels with each one granting a buff. The first level grants you basic information on the world seeds you enter including the inside and outs of the society. The second level gives you a summarized information on the main storyline but the drawback is that it doesn't account for changes made by players and doesn't include the names of the main characters just the events. The third level is the ability to find weapons that are considered strong in that world and the fourth level is the ability to not die so if you are killed in the world seeds then you get sent into your original body and if you are killed here then you get sent to a random body in a random world seed and you won't be sent back upon death. Those people are called returners and are scourges to the normal transmigrators to the point that they can be called criminals.

The third series is called the Regressor. The first level have the ability to enter into the bodies of people with standing who have a stable background and perfectly assimilate with the body receiving every single memory.The second level of regressors have surface information on the most influential figures in that world seeds. The third level is the ability to know the location of all the well known treasures in that world. The fourth level is the ability to determine the outcome of a choice that you make but the drawback is that it's only a single use for each choice you makes.

The example he was given is this; if someone uses it to determine the outcome of him choosing the between choosing a red apple or a green one. The person can only check for one fruit let's say the green apple. He discovers something bad would happen to him on picking the green apple so he chooses the red one. He can't use the skill to check the outcome of the red apple so if it brings him bigger woe then he would never know.

"What of the inner wall" Zhi Hua asked

"That's the place where the author lives plus all the big shots so I have no information" Min ho said sounding fearful at the word 'author'

"Not even who lives there. They had to have interacted with outsiders at one point" Zhi Hua asked.

"It's pretty sealed with not even guards but who needs them when they have the Author"

"What do you know about the author" Zhi Hua asked curiously.

"He's our source of life" Min ho said

"I didn't know brother Min had such a taste for a relationship with a giant eyeball" Zhi Hua said looking genuinely surprised.

Min ho was confused then realized what he meant and glared at him. This crazy guy is saying nonsense again.

"Look that's all I was taught" Min ho said, his hand itching to strangle him.

"What series are you" Zhi Hua asked curiously.

"After getting second place that day, I managed to become a transmigrator and now I'm level 3" Min ho said awkwardly

"That means I did a meritorious service to brother Min. Naturally you don't have to thank me, after all we are going to be partners for a long time" Zhi Hua said while counting the years to realize it took him one year for each level meaning it was harder than he thought or Min ho was just exceptionally weak.

"What do you mean" Min ho was starting to get a bad feeling again especially since the smile on his face became very gentle.

"We have to stick together obviously or I might have to mention my 'good brother Min' to the authorities when they capture me" Zhi Hua said righteously as if he couldn't bear the thought of not including Min ho.

"No need, I have adequate space in my house for you. Infact I've been dreaming of this reunion for a while" Min ho said with an ugly smile. He really has been dreaming of this brat but his hands were on his neck instead.

"Speaking of which, did they question you at the time" Zhi Hua asked

"They did but I didn't know your name and since it wasn't our original bodies neither did I know your appearance" If I had known then I would have led them to capture you immediately.

"That means our relationship is fate seeing as we're both safe and sound" Zhi Hua said smiling wide.

Eventually they found nothing and had to report back. Feng and Zhi Hua said goodbye to the couple downstairs then left with Min ho. He explained that he was saved by them and had been searching for them since. The other players didn't care and the guards couldn't complain either.

Zhi Hua felt that Min ho was purposely sent to probe for him but he believes in the mist and the fact that the author can't carelessly intervene.

As they passed into the region of the outer wall on a carriage because they haven't been able to create a car yet, Zhi Hua seemed to sense something and he could feel the eyeball shift and true to his feelings the eyeball unnoticeably shifted to his direction. Naturally others weren't aware because the eyeball was like the sun to them, not something you pay attention to normally. The mist converged and surrounded Zhi Hua in response.

Zhi Hua's body became limp closing his eyes then suddenly they opened. His eyes became deep and profound but his state was normal. He made a friendly wave and winked with an amused expression before bowing then his body became limp again.

Zhi Hua slowly opened his eyes and frowned at himself for falling asleep.

End of Origin