(6:50 PM)
10 minutes…
I couldn't help but glance at my phone again.
Fuck. I can't be wasting time. Shit, think, think… What to look out for…How did things go in the novel? Kill a living organism…
I looked around the cabin. And my eyes landed on its number. 3207. Never heard of it. I don't even remember Kim Dokja's cabin number either.
Ok. Uhm…System? I said in my head. Nothing. Well, that's weird. Didn't I get a system? Chaos Gacha? You there?
[Ding]
[What query may the user have?]
Ok. So it IS here. Are you not sentient?
[Negative. The Gacha only replies to complaints or questions concerning the Gacha itself.]
…Is that not contradictory? You just answered me.
[Basic Artificial Intelligence does not equal sentience, user]
Hmmmmmmmmm… (¬_¬) Sure. Sure.
I looked around while…Conversing? With the Gacha. A teenager with earbuds in. Generic. An old man nodding off, Gramps must have had a long ass day. A young couple holding hands. A mother trying to calm her restless child. Pretty chill atmosphere. Too bad all of them would most likely be dead soon. Me included if I don't get my shit together.
No bugs…Great. Does killing fleas count? Maybe Bacteria? Should I ask Buhyung…Bihyung? Bihyoung? I forgot its name.
I shook my head to give my thoughts direction.
Fuck. Lock in. Hey Gacha! How exactly does this work? Isn't this whole world like a dream or something? How the hell can I just barge in? Also, how do these abilities even tie in with the system already set in this world, the Lvls and shit?
[Ding]
[The first five Gacha rolls that were pulled will be adjusted as your exclusive skills with the levels set as the luck value belonging to each of them, rounded off if necessary. You will be able to use them as soon as the first scenario starts. All other Gacha pulls will be leveled based on the user's understanding, intimacy, ability, and instincts.]
Okay. That's something, I guess… You ignored my first question th- Oh yeah, right. Matters only relating to yourself, huh…So I figure this shit out myself then? Great. Haven't even finished the novel, and I have to figure out how the world is letting an existence like me... exist.
I look down at my phone again.
(6:55 PM)
Across from me, the mother adjusted her child's jacket. The kid couldn't have been older than six, clutching a little dinosaur toy. And once again, I was hit hard with the dilemma I had been trying to cope with by thinking… Killing people.
Do I even have to? Maybe I could like- shit. Yeah, no. I don't have a choice, do I? I don't see any bugs or anything. And this world is unpredictable. Especially to a half-asser like me. I let my guard down for a single second, and I die.
The dinosaur toy squeaked softly as the child squeezed it. His mother smiled down at him, oblivious.
I looked away.
Focus. What do I actually know?
(6:58 PM)
Not much- Would acting too rashly right now cause me to get hit with that probability stuff? It sounded pretty bad when that outer god tried it in the world of those small people. Was it an outer god? I can't remember…
(6:59 PM)
I-I don't know what to do. CAN I even kill anyone here with Ice Age? Would that be ok? And how the hell would Heavenly Restriction even work here!?!
And so I sat there. Thinking. Contemplating. Until…
Kiiiiiiiik-!
…Times up, huh…
At that moment, the subway lights turned off, and the inside of the train became dark. The subway and the cabin shook violently. Several people in the cabin screamed and stumbled, holding onto their handrails or whatever they could hold onto. It took several seconds for the train to finally stop.
I heard troubled and panicked whispers and yells all over the cabin. The old man, who had been rudely awakened from his 5-minute nap, muttered something about 'suicide rates going up in this country'. Poor guy has no idea.
And lo and behold
''—𝕋𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕡𝕒𝕤𝕤𝕖𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕟. 𝕋𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕡𝕒𝕤𝕤𝕖𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕟.''
''–𝔼-𝔼𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕣𝕦𝕟 𝕒𝕨𝕒𝕪… ℝ𝕦𝕟…!''
[The free service of planetary system 8612 has been terminated.]
[The main scenario has started.]
[Ding!]
[Exclusive Skill, Chaos Gacha Lv. ?, has been activated!]
Spectacular…