From one moment to the next, I appeared in a white room with a strange ringing in my ear.
I got up from the floor and a strange announcement appeared.(Welcome user)[You have received a new opportunity][You will return to life as if nothing had happened to you, but you must do a mission](Rules)[You cannot be detected by a regular person doing a mission. Simply put, no normal person can recognize you doing the mission Automatically, you go on the punishment list and if you are caught, you will also go on the target list][You cannot kill another player without being on a mission][You cannot interfere in another player’s life without being allowed to do so][You cannot kill external people][You cannot tell a normal person what you do][Any rule can be added or changed. Breaking any of the rules makes you a target for as long as the system determines](Missions)[You will be given missions to kill or steal. There are only 200 available worldwide][You have a limit of one week to complete any of the missions, and you must compete with 2000 players worldwide. Travel and weapons must be paid for by yourself][If you don’t finish your weekly mission. You will enter the list of targets to be eliminated next week. If you survive, you can become a player again][After five months you will be a free person](Rewards)[If you are one of the first ten to do the first missions of the month, you can be free for the rest of the month][If you kill another player in the middle of the mission, you have the right to receive a hefty sum of money and reduction of your time in this system duel][After five months you will be free](Punishment)[Killing external people or players who are not on a mission makes you a target for five months][Stepping into a player’s life without their permission will give you fouls that, if accumulated, your system will be locked for 4 days]After hearing those rules, I felt stressed. I had to stain my hands with blood of innocent people. I was not happy to hear that. I was just a simple married man trying to earn some money to fulfill his wife’s dream, but I ended up in the middle of a game of assassins.[…]I woke up a little later on the street where I had been run over. Many people were watching. I opened my eyes and tried to get up from the ground, my mouth tasted like blood and sand. I looked up and there was my wife and that guy. She was being comforted by that man. She thought she had died.The person who ran over me was an elderly gentleman, he had glasses, white hair, somewhat long and some wrinkles.“Are you all right, young man?”I didn’t answer him. I was still in shock after seeing her with that man. I was feeling very bad. There was no physical pain that could match the discomfort I felt.The old man grabbed my shoulders and helped me up from the floor. My wife turned to look at me, but I took off my wedding ring and threw it on the floor in front of her. I never wanted to see her again. I was disappointed and not going back, I wanted to go home.That man took me to his car. It was a gray pickup truck guy, maybe he was taking me to the hospital. The blow had been pretty hard, I had died, but I was alive. I thought that everything I saw in that room had been a dream, so I just lay down in the back seat of the car. I was just hoping to get to the hospital quickly and maybe stay all night. I wasn’t going home. I gave up everything I had and got with the person I thought was my wife. Just thinking about all the time I spent with that woman made me feel annoyed. Maybe during those two months she was with her lover dozens of times while I was getting all kinds of insults at that job.I got so upset that I fell asleep, there were too many thoughts that could make me sick.[…]When I arrived at the hospital, I was taken to a stretcher and taken to an ICU, perhaps on the orders of that man. It seemed very strange to me, I was not supposed to be in that place, but I didn’t care. I wanted to stay there all night, and not go back home, tomorrow I would do all the divorce paperwork.However, I started to hear a whistling sound and some kind of board appeared in front of me.[Statistics]Muscle mass 32Strength 25Endurance 14Intelligence 75Weapon proficiency 5Position: 2000I remembered everything I read from the supposed rules and felt like a loser. Out of 2000 players, I was last and couldn’t kill a literal rabbit. It was very disappointing to see that what I think was a dream was true. I had died and was being forced into a manic game where I had to kill people to survive, or I would die again.I stopped looking at the part of the board, just leaned to the side and ignored what was happening. However, I heard an alarm.[Warning, you have daily chores to do][New user rests this week. Must choose between killing or stealing next week]I turned my face and looked at the board again and was shocked to see that. I was given a choice between killing and stealing. I preferred stealing because I considered it easier, and I wasn’t hurting anyone.However, very difficult things popped up for me, apparently the easier ones had already been done.[Stealing a diamond from a tycoon][Steal money from a CEO][Stealing a luxury car][Stealing a diamond store]When I got there, I was very lazy. Everything was impossible, no matter how smart I was, stealing some of it was too difficult. I felt I was going to get the punishment and gave up before I tried to do anything. I closed the system without choosing anything.I tucked myself in with the sheets to sleep. I didn’t want to wake up anymore. My life was a total failure.[…]The next day, the man who ran me over showed up. He was dressed in a robe. I knew right away that he was a doctor.He came up to me and spoke to me.“I did a lot of tests on you and you have nothing. It’s quite strange, you don’t have any damage to your body, it’s unbelievable, I saw you fall hard against the asphalt!”“I’m hard to die.”“You can’t leave yet, I want to come to an agreement with you. Don’t press charges against me. For now, I don’t want any trouble.”His tone of voice changed quite a bit. From there I began to suspect that he was drunk yesterday. I remembered a smell of liquor in the car. He had been drinking yesterday and was afraid of going to jail, but he was a doctor, he doesn’t make exorbitant amounts of money. So with a certain amount, I decided to make a deal not to go through with it anymore.“Okay, just for a certain amount of money.”“Excuse me?”“When you ran me over I was following someone, because of you I couldn’t catch up with them, for now I have nowhere to live, I want to go back.”The man looked upset, but it wasn’t much money either. If I had died, the police would have investigated, and he would be in jail.“It’s okay, I’ll pay the hospital bill and give him a check for the amount of money he gave me. I just hope I don’t run into him again.”“Same here, but I can’t leave without the money, like I told you, I have nowhere to go.”The gentleman didn’t say a word and left that place. I thought about spending all that money in two days and dying the following week. I didn’t want to start a new life, just live on the edge and rest from this world once and for all.However, the system gave me another somewhat unique warning.[You have received a new daily mission time limit to complete 12 hours]I didn’t feel like opening the message. I was not going to be the servant of anything, or anyone my life was over, and I was not going to change my mind.[…]I received the money from the doctor. Hours later, I was determined to spend it all in a disco and with whores.I went to the pink zone of the city, I no longer cared about anything, just enjoying my last days on earth; however, everything was not as easy as I thought. In the nightclub I arrived, I was alone with a bunch of strangers doing drugs and dancing senselessly. The lights were purple, blue and red, too annoying, maybe the years were bothering me. I bribed the security guard to get in. I always wanted to be in a nightclub like this. Here were the middle class people, but I felt like an old man, I started to get bored and preferred to go to see prostitutes; however, I received a message from my system.[Target to assassinate approaching]I was still free this week, I had to leave and avoid another user, I didn’t want to die yet, but when I headed for the exit, the target appeared.He was a fat bald man, somewhat hairless, with tattoos on his hand, gold chains and rings. He was accompanied by some guys who appeared to be his bodyguards. I had to stand there and not move, as he passed by. He and his group scared me. It was hard to kill someone so protected in front of so many people. So I tried to get out of there fast; however, I ran head-on into another user.The system put some kind of sign on him to identify the players. He was dressed like an office worker. A blue suit and some shoes, but he was hiding weapons in his pants. He looked at me and recognized me immediately. He held a knife to my chest. Since it was impossible for anyone to see him because of the darkness of the place.“Follow me.”I got quite scared, my whole body started sweating, and I began to tremble. Against my will I started to follow that man.
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Mission accomplished
I prepared myself to start following the politician. The atmosphere was becoming tense and dangerous, as I knew that in this highly guarded place, many users would be on the lookout for their target. My target, however, was clear and determined: Harold.From my privileged position in a building near the Capitol, I had a panoramic view of the avenue and the windows of the other buildings. My gaze was focused, scanning the crowd for any sign of Harold's presence. But among the jumble of people, I couldn't make him out. Each face seemed to be just an ordinary user, and I wasn't willing to waste my time eliminating others; my only target was Harold.Suddenly, my eyes fell on a shocking scene. A user was being dragged away by someone unknown, and I knew that had to be Harold. My heart began to race as I pointed my rifle at the window from where I saw the strange movement. I waited anxiously, hoping for some sign, but nothing happened. The tension was mounting, and in my mind I felt the wei
Preparation
Neither of us had any weapons to do anything at that moment. I could only look at him with caution and tried to get out of there. I didn't know the skills and level of that guy, although I had a feeling that he could be among the top 100. I just went to get my luggage to get out of here as fast as possible.The airport was quite crowded at that hour and I felt insecure. The mission I had chosen to go for Harold was complicated, I had to eliminate a politician. In this case my target was that psychopath, so I would finish him this mission. However, I did not feel good in this place. Suddenly I felt that there was a lot of movement and someone fell to the ground. I didn't have the slightest concern about going to see that guy. I knew that maybe it was another user and someone had poisoned him. Anything went as long as we were in this city doing this mission.Seeing that I walked faster for my luggage, I knew that the poisons could kill me like anyone else and the salamander healing ab
Uncertainty
Night was slowly descending on the city as I began my journey, leaving Lucia worried and full of expectations. My goal was to ascend to the coveted group of the top ten users in the system. Just the mere thought of the level I could reach made butterflies flutter in my stomach. However, there was one last hurdle I had to overcome Harold, I only knew two of his tactics.I decided to equip myself only with small arms to eliminate this madman and concentrate on what would come next. My mission would take place in Washington, D.C., in a stadium infested with dark secrets. Eliminating the owner of that place was not a complicated task in itself, the real problem lay in the other users who would also be heading there to fulfill their mission, among them Harold. She had no idea how to find him.It had been a long time since I last saw Harold, and just the thought of meeting him again sent chills down my spine. I tried to calm myself down and started planning everything in my hotel room. I kn
New mission
I woke up next to Lucia, the glow of dawn caressing her face. Her eyes were slightly tired, a silent testament to the long and intense night we had both shared. Although I wanted to stay by her side, the obligations of my role as a user required me to do my last mission of the month and I had attained enough power that I didn't have to hide.I gave him a soft kiss on the forehead and stood up, feeling a mixture of excitement and anxiety as I headed to the bathroom to get ready and leave. But just as I thought I was about to leave, the system sent me an unexpected message.I got nervous and headed for the living room, donning the first piece of clothing I found on my way. When I arrived, I was met with an unpleasant surprise: Alexis was there, holding a gun in her hand. Indignation took hold of me at the sight of her attempt at intimidation.Keeping my composure, I walked toward the seats and asked him sternly."What are you doing here?"He looked at me with a sinister smile and replie
Courtship
I went back to the room to see if it was true what the man had told me, but in front of me, Lucia began to move. Lucia began to move and I saw her raise a hand and try to scratch her face.My heart raced with excitement and hope as I witnessed the first signs of life in Lucia. Her movements were weak and awkward, but they signified that the recovery process had begun. I rushed to her side, taking her hand gently."Lucia, can you hear me?" I whispered in a trembling voice, "It's me, Leandro."Lucia slowly opened her eyes, blinking several times to focus her gaze on me. A flash of recognition crossed her face and a faint smile formed on her lips."Leandro... why are you here?" she said in a weak but loving voice. Tears of happiness flooded my eyes as I leaned down to kiss his forehead tenderly."What are you doing, why are you here?"."He's been in a coma for a few weeks and a lot of things changed.""What things?""Your brother wanted to run your companies and your life, plus he had y
Hope
The next day I arrived at the mansion, it seemed even more silent and gloomy after what I experienced a short while ago. The uncertainty and tension gave me a bad mood. My mind was filled with unanswered questions. I felt trapped in that game. Where only killing was valid.I got up from the couch that was in one of the rooms, I headed towards the bathroom to wash my face. I felt the need to clean my conscience, although I knew it would not be easy to get rid of the guilt that was eating away at me. I looked at my reflection in the mirror, trying to find some strength and hope in my own tired eyes.After a long bath, I put on a clean shirt and pants. I walked back to the room where Lucia lay comatose, fragile and helpless. I closed the door behind me and left a message for the nurse not to come. I wanted to be alone with her, to share a moment and unburden everything that had been weighing on my heart.I lay down next to her, feeling the softness of the sheets and the warmth of her lim
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