NOVEL NEXT Chapter 34: A perfect betrayal: part 1
*** 10 minutes ago Erghon World time ***
"CURSE YOU, YOU LITTLE MORON, ARRRRGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" Server 1157 World GM Mona, who was simultaneously watching what was happening on the battlefield on the giant translucent screen in front of her and reading the system messages, was furious. "Despite all the power we have bestowed you, you still cannot defeat these fools, and on top of that, how can you decipher our many system secrets!? You've exposed the secret punishment codes programmed to protect system officials! You have revealed the existence of both yourself and our other spies with your foolish and irresponsible speeches!... You are the worst spy we eve…Holy God…" Mona, who was screaming for Ocean, realized the truth. "You were not our spy… from the beginning…" And when she thought about what would happen from that moment on, her anger was replaced by fear… "Higherups will destroy me… I should find a solution to save my as…" After thinking for a few seconds, she opened a chat window from the system screen that accessed the DM of one of her spies.
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*** 2 years ago Erghon World time, 3 months ago Earth time, Somewhere in U.S.A ***
"YOU IDIOTS!!!" Ocean was punching his two brothers as if he was crazy with anger.
"STOP THIS, BROTHER!" His brothers, who did not respond physically because they respected their brother, were trying to calm him down verbally despite the severe damage to their faces.
"WHY SHOULD I? HOW CAN YOU DO THIS!!!"
"CALM PLEASE, BROTHER! WE SIMPLY BORROWED A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY AND PAY BACK THEM!"
"YOUUUUUUUU!!!" Ocean, whose anger had never diminished, had to force himself to stop himself from harming his siblings further because they were entrusted to him by his parents. Emotionally devastated, he sat down on the couch behind him and continued talking, lowering his voice and looking at the floor. "Our father and mother have been killed by gangs. And knowing that, how can you go and borrow money from a gang?"
"Trust us, brother. We're almost done with the money. We will go and give it to them tomorrow."
And the next day, Ocean, who was unintentionally late in reaching the meeting location, got out of control with a message from one of his siblings on his mobile phone and started running like crazy on the streets.
"Help us!"
When he arrived, he saw his brothers lying on the ground covered in blood in a crowded square where there were also civilians. And 6 gang members continued to beat them, and civilians could not intervene because they were afraid.
Ocean had shot and killed them with the gun he brought with him… Still, he had no regrets because he had saved his brothers.
However, since he carried out this attack in broad daylight with many eyewitnesses, the court decided to execute him despite the mitigating circumstances…
Ocean was placed in a prison with the highest level of protection and began to await his execution.
His brothers came to visit him once, but never again.
And weeks later, he was informed that his brothers were dead… They were poisoned…
Even though he did everything he could, he could not prevent his brothers from being killed by gangs, just like their parents. He was waiting for death in his dark cell, completely isolated from the prison, with no expectations left from life anymore…
And a week before his execution, while he was lying in his cell, he heard the small window on his door open and got up from where he was lying.
"I'm sorry to bother you, Mr. Mason Ocean. I am here as a visitor and I need to talk to you about something important for both me and you…" The voice he heard was in the tone of an old man's voice, which Ocean had heard for the first time.
"Who the hell are you? And how did they let you come here when no one was allowed to talk to me?"
"Ah. I can say that I am a well-known person in the business world and have some friends in important authorities."
"F.ck out of here! I do not wanna talk with anyone!"
"Believe me, Mr. Ocean. You will change your mind after listening to me."
"As if I could escape death…" Having completely lost interest, Ocean lay back on his bed, turned towards the wall, and closed his eyes.
"Of course, I can not help you on that issue. Yes, I have strong bonds with them but not that much. But I can give you the murderers of your brothers!"
"Hah ha. I get it, you're someone with some authority, but I don't think it's enough to break me out of this prison…"
"I don't need to do that, Mr. Ocean… The murderers of your brothers… are not outside!"
"WHAT!!!" Ocean, who suddenly felt like he was struck by lightning, jumped out of his bed, and ran to the door, punching it. "I WAS SURE THAT THERE IS NO MEMBER OF THAT GANG! ARE YOU SURE ON THAT!?" Because he was burning with the desire to avenge the deaths of his brothers by killing a few more of those gang members before he died if he had the slightest opportunity.
"WHAT IS THIS!?"
"Please take that package, Mr. Ocean. There is a cellphone in it low on charge. Please do not turn it on now, this is the most important thing! Pick up this phone at exactly 11:00 p.m. the day before your execution."
"ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND! HOW CAN I KILL THEM WITHIN JUST 24 HOURS!?"
"Please trust me, Mr. Ocean. You will have plenty of time to kill them… Turn on that phone at the exact time I told you and log in to the game, which is the only program installed on the phone's main screen."
"Game?"
"Yes, a game. You will understand when you do that…"
"You're clearly kidding me…"
"Listen to me, Mr. Ocean. My sister was also murdered by the same people who killed your brothers. Apart from that, I'm not so vile as to make fun of a death row inmate… I just need… your help… for avenge… and also to stop them to kill other innocent people both…"
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"Please do that. Until 10 minutes ago, your chance of getting your revenge was 0%.I know you think your chances are one in a million by doing what I say. So, in the end, your chances have increased. What do you have to lose by trying this? What harm could you have by trying this…?"
"Who are you!?"
"Sorry, but I can not tell you because we are not the only members of this operation. Believe me, our enemy's power is much stronger than you think. Therefore, for the sake of the safety of you all who trusted me and participated... and also for the success of the operation, I cannot reveal your identities to each other. When the time comes, I will reach all of you at the same time and we will finish this goal with a single move. Unfortunately, there is no other way for us to achieve this…"
"Sorry, but I never trust someone who doesn't trust me." Ocean leaves the package on the ground and starts going back to bed.
"Ok, then… I tried very hard not to say this so as not to hurt your dignity, Mr. Ocean but… I really need you… Because the team I formed consists of a very small number of people and all of us, including me, are simple civilians with relatives of the victims. Of course, each of us has certain characteristics that can help us in this war, but there is a specialty that none of us have that we cannot win this war without…"
Ocean stopped walking and started grinning… "What you need is… the intent to kill… right? So you need a murderer."
"I am so sorry to tell you this, Mr. Ocean, but… sadly, yes! You can't even imagine how many innocent people our enemies have killed so far. So much so that I had the same conversation with more than a hundred relatives of the victims that I am having with you now. But it is sad that the number of people who believed me and accepted my offer is even less than 10!"
"Hah, no surprise, old man! Believe me, you are the most unreliable and lunatic person I have ever met in my life! As you said, I have nothing to lose...
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