Chapter 7: Adventure Town Part 1
Nico is walking with Paulina, one of the vessels in the guild, to his room. "So, Nico, I heard you released a huge burst of aura while playing ping pong with Sanjay. I'm impressed," Paulina says this with a huge smile on her face as she speaks to Nico. Nico nods nervously to her statement earlier and thanks her for being impressed with him.
She says she can tell when someone is a vessel or manifester, it's part of her ability. Nico has a smile on his face, obviously expecting her to tell him which one he is, but she tells him no, that it's better to realize through training.
They reach Nico's room and she offers him a high five, he accepts, and they say good night to each other. Nico gets on his bed and gets a notification. It was a text from his friend, the text said "Yo Inojo, hyddd, how's ur trip so farrrr??" Nico replied, saying he's enjoying the trip and won't return to the island till he finds his mom, and that he's pretty tired. They chat a bit more and then say good night. Nico was happy to chat with his friend, McKenny.
He was called Inojo by McKenny because his Nihonese name was Inosuke, and in Nihonese, there's a form of writing called Kanji, and "suke" can be written as "jo".
Before switching his phone off he opens Wish Wash, a social media platform for watching videos and socializing with people, on his for you page the first video he sees is an unskippable ad about the exorcist church, a popular form of Christianity with about two billion followers in the world, human and non-human and the world's total population is estimated about eighteen billion people.
Nico gets annoyed and just switches off his phone and goes to sleep. About six hours into his sleep he woke up he checked the time it was fifteen minutes past seven, he checked Wish Wash, Kinterest and Chatsapp for any messages, he didn't see anyone so he stepped out of his room to take a piss, when he gets to the door after opening it he sees Midori inside, but he hadn't seen her face, so he thought she was a thief and just stood frozen and Midori did the same.
They both remembered they wanted to piss, and walked up to the toilet together and froze again, armor began to appear on her body, Nico quickly realized who she was and told her to calm down and said he'd piss in the tub while she could use the toilet, she nodded but it was still really awkward for them to piss in the same room as the opposite gender.
Surprisingly enough they finished pissing at the same time, and washed their hands together, they leave the toilet and go their separate ways, they begin to hear the sound of Cartoon opening songs playing with the grunts of a man exercising, so they run and find the source, it was Jack, he was lifting some weights as in his morning exercise with some Cartoon opening songs playing, when he opens his eyes he sees Midori and Nico looking at him with motivated eyes as if they wanted to join him in the exercise.
He greets them with a good morning and asks them whether they'd want to join him. They agree, he gives them two dumbbells that weigh two kg each, and tells them to lift them left-right over again till he says stop. They agree and do exactly what he said in perfect harmony with no stress.
Midori pauses, her expression shows that she's shocked. She wonders how she doesn't feel weak from her malaria. She asks Nico to touch her neck and tell her whether or not it's hot. Nico tells her it isn't hot in the slightest bit. This makes her question Iris even more about Iris.
She continues to lift the weights. Jack tells them to stop lifting weights and stretch out. Then drink water. After drinking water, they should rest for two minutes and go on deck to jog around it, till he tells them to stop.
While jogging side by side, Nico and Midori can't help but look at themselves, Nico asks her of her name, she replies, Midori already knows his name because Jack mentioned it, Midori asks of his age, he replies, "ohhhhhhhhhh, miss Iris told me of you, so you're also fourteen, so am I" Midori said enthusiastically with a smile on her face, Nico also looks happy, he's grateful that there's someone on the ship, the same age as him.
Midori talks about why and how Jojo found her in the ocean, she explains the whole thing about Kaku island, Nico feels bad after hearing her story and promises to help in stopping the war along with the other guild members, He also mentions that his Dad is from Gineria a country in Kante making him half Ginerian-Nihonian, Midori tells Nico that she's also from Nihonia which is obvious because of her name and that she's been living on Kaku island since she was born.
Jack comes to the deck and tells them that's enough. He walks up to them and carries them on his shoulder downstairs to the dining room to have breakfast. It's burgers and fries with a milkshake for breakfast. Nico is really happy, and so is Midori.
Gold asks them both how they are enjoying the food, and they look at themselves, then look at him with very happy faces. Jack himself is enjoying the food and asks for more. The rest of the crew enters, and at this point, it feels like a banquet.
Iris hits her glass cup with her table knife to make a toast. She thanks God that they are all alive to witness this day and then says that they'll be going to Adventure City to get more information on Kaku Island and Ava's whereabouts. She introduces Midori to the crew and explains her whole story. Jack feels embarrassed realizing that she was the person in the armor that he couldn't break it. She also celebrates Nico joining the crew, they all clap, and then breakfast ends about twenty minutes later.
Nico and Midori are wondering what and where in the world Adventure town is, Jojo tells them in their mind that it is a place where go and find missions with rewards, the moment something happens in the world a second later you'll find it in adventure town, criminals, politicians and random NPCs can be found there and you won't even realize, crime can't be committed there, once it is committed you'll be killed, but it depends on the crime and by the way food is free.
Nico and Midori look excited to be going there. About two hours later, they reach the town. They put their ship at the dock of the town. Jojo, Clown, and Sanjay stay back to watch the ship, while the rest of the crew go to the town. Nico waves them both before walking away. They wave back.
Gold goes to find information on Ava and buy foodstuffs, Paulina goes to a host club for fun, Jack goes to the gym, Percy and Rocky go to a gambling center, Iris, Midori, and Nico go to find information on Kaku Island.
Chapter 8: Adventure Town Part 2.
Nico is amused by seeing the beautiful town. Iris tells both of them to follow her inside a bar. They enter, and the first thing they smell is alcohol, and everyone inside shows smiling faces when they see Iris. Nico and Midori are confused about what could be the reason for the sudden happiness of the drunk men.
Iris' body begins to glow with aura and so does everybody else's, she explains to Midori and Nico that every time she comes to town she heals every alcohol drinkers' liver and they are always happy for that because they can drink more, "Queen Iris, my Liver thanks you!!!!" one of the Drunk men shouts, Nico finds what Iris does stupid while Midori keeps questioning herself about Iris.
Iris walks up to the bartender to ask him about any information on Kaku island, he tells her that many lives have been lost on the island and the government had to intervene, the people in the war are outputting life energy and are literally just putting bounties on their heads for the government, Iris has a worried expression on her face knowing that if they want to help stop the war, they might be looked at as criminals by the government but she tells herself that everything will be alright.
She takes the kids to an arcade just to pass time before they leave, meanwhile Paulina is enjoying her time with a lot of hosts, Jack is practicing all forms of martial arts with a man named Kony known for his use of all martial arts in a fight without using outputting life energy and Rocky and Percy keep gambling, a new game in the gambling center called Whot is introduced by a man from Gineria and curiosity is about to kill Percy.
"Yo, bro, let's bet, I bet five hundred k, if I win this game give me five hundred if I lose give me I'll give you five hundred, teach me how to play" Percy says this with pride and curiosity to the Ginerian man, the man nods his head and introduces himself as Osas and agrees to the bet but with a little bit of hesitation.
"to play Whot, you need fourteen cards, with the numbers, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 20, with the shapes, circle, star, square, triangle and cross, now I'll explain the functions of each of the numbers. Numbers 3, 4, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 are regular cards the remaining cards are called action cards and are used to perform powerful tactics in the game, because the way to win the game is the by not having any cards left by the end of the game, 1 is used to tell a player to hold on and then playing a card with number one or with a similar shape of what's on the card, 2 is meant for picking two cards from the other deck, the other deck is referred to as market, 5 is used for picking three from the market and in some areas in Gineria, 5 isn't an action card but we'll be using it as an action card here, 8 is used for suspending a player from playing when it's a 1v1, the player who played suspension has to play a similar card to continue the match but when it's more than two players it's the player that comes after the suspended player that plays a card to continue, 14 is used to send every player except yourself to collect a card from the market and if you want to, you can shout out the phrase "Go gen", and after they all pick a card you play a similar card on top of the deck to continue, the card 20 has whot written upside down and downside up written on it, the card is used to nullify any action except 1, 8 and 14, it's also used to ask for any shape of your choice, let's say you have a 20 and a circle but what's on the deck is a star ,you can place your 20 on top and ask me for a circle, if I'm unable to provide with circle I collect a random card from the market, if you drop your circle and it's an action card, and it's your last card, you can't win with an action card only a regular card, when you drop an action card what ever it says I must do. You can't start a game with an action card, meaning the first card to start the game mustn't be an action card, if the market has finished you knock the card on top of the playing deck and remove it off the deck, place it on the table to start a new one, and the remaining deck should serve as the new market, when you don't have a card that is similar to the one at the top of the playing deck you collect a random card from the market and remember, Whot is a game of chance, as long as you know how to play it, you could win, you could lose are you ready to play??" Osas says this all without a break and Percy nods understanding the concept of the game, Osas also mentions that if he places a card that isn't similar to he card on the playing deck and Percy knocks it before he removes it, then he has to take the entire deck and a new one would be made using the wrong card he played, Percy nods with a smirk on his face, he removes his shirt then ties it over his head as a durag, Rocky stares at him as if looking at an F on a maths exam script, he knows Percy is going to lose.
Rocky shuffles the cards, and other gamblers watch Percy and Osas to see if they'd output their life energy, Osas asks Percy how many cards he wants distributed between them, Percy says six, Osas says six is his favorite number of cards to play with, six cards are distributed to them both, the card to start the game is a 3-star.
Osas looks in frustration as he says that star is the hardest one to get, then he picks from market, Percy plays a 4-star then a 4-circle, Osas plays a 2-circle, Percy picks two cards from the market, Osas plays a 11 circle, 11 square and 11 cross to continue, Percy can tell that Osas has a cross and another shape left that's why he played a cross on top of the playing deck.
He plays an 8 cross on top, and plays a 20 asking for square. Osas plays a 20 asking for circle. Percy knows he's done for, because he doesn't have a circle at all, and Osas' last card is obviously a circle.
Rocky has seen both of their cards but his expression is unreadable, Osas has nothing in his head as he knows anyone could win, Percy picks from the market, and then Osas plays.....
A 14-circle.
Percy is screaming in the inside and so is everybody else watching the match, he goes to pick from the market, then so does Osas, he plays a 5-circle, Osas picks three cards, Percy plays a 7 circle, 7 cross and 7 triangle.
Osas plays a 14 triangle and 14 square, Percy picks two cards from the market, Osas plays 9 square, Percy picks and so does Osas. Percy plays 1 square and 1 circle, then he plays 2 circle.
Osas counters by playing 2 cross, Percy picks four cards and then Osas plays 11 cross and checks up, winning the game.
All the gamblers look disappointed including Rocky, they expected the game to last longer and to surprise them a lot but there was non of that they all walk away and carry on with their games.
Percy shakes Osas and asks for his account details to transfer the 500k, Osas gives it to him, Percy does the transfer and asks Osas for his number, Osas gives him, then Osas leaves the gambling center and Percy can't help but say to himself that Whot is a fun and complex game and he's never betting with Whot ever again.
Chapter 9: Adventure Town Part 3.
"I can do all things who strengthen me, Philippians 4:13, Praise Jesus, You can do all things if you follow Christ", A man in a white is preaching in Adventure town, he's part of the exorcist church, he's gained quite an attention.
Nico feels like the man is speaking to him even though the man is across town, he asks Midori whether she can hear the man but Midori can't hear any man speaking, Nico is feeling somehow and Iris can tell, so she tells him to sit down and take a break from the games.
Jojo tends to read people's memories when she's bored an can tell that Nico's thoughts are being controlled by the preacher, she looks for Sanjay to give her a ride to find the preacher, but before she could reach her she faints and she's on her bed making it look like she's asleep.
While Gold is shopping for food items and finding info on the whereabouts of Ava he meets a horse racer, who says he might know where Ava is, Gold isn't sure whether he should trust the guy.
The Man said he had seen her in Lodidora in a special sermon with the exorcist church, Gold is confused of why in the heck is she in a sermon of the exorcist church when she's Mormon, that doesn't make sense.
The Man says that they could go to Lodidora together to find her, Gold gets on the on the Man's horse without a response and touches him asking whether or not he's lying the man says he isn't lying, he tells the man to go to the bar on the other side of town.
Meanwhile Nico sleeps off, in his dream he sees a woman around dead bodies and then she disappears, the dream restarts all over again and Nico isn't even in it, he hears a mixture of voices keep screaming casting call and it's only the woman he sees crying with bloody eyes.
"CASTING CALL, CASTING CALL, CASTING CALL, CASTING CALL, CASTING CALL, CASTING CALL!!!!!!!!"
"BOX OF POWER, HUMAN HISTORY CHANGES ALL, GOD EXISTS, HUMANS ARE A FAILED EXPERIMENT, HISTORY IS NEVER ACCURATE, LOVE DOESN'T EXIST IN HUMANS!!!!!!!.
"GO BACK TO MORGAN AND DIE A PEACEFUL DEATH, NICO…"