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Chapter seventy
[System Message: Lord Gang Jason has been granted a temporary immunity card. This card is valid for 12 hours only. Use wisely.] I froze. My hands trembled as I stared at the glowing message on my screen. Temporary immunity? Was this some kind of joke? Or maybe... maybe someone interfered. But who? My breathing was erratic. The party noises faded into the background as the words burned themselves into my mind. Twelve hours. That was all I had. A borrowed time, like death was just taking a coffee break before it came for me again. "Jason!" someone whispered harshly behind me. I turned sharply to see Brielle—one of the few neutral faces in the crowd. Not friend, not enemy. Her eyes darted around as she clutched a small folded note in her hand. “Take this,” she whispered, pressing the paper into my palm. “Celeste wrote it. She gave it to me yesterday… in case anything happened.” I wanted to ask more, but she was gone, swallowed by the sea of shadows and murmurs. My fingers unfolded
chapter sixty nine
I stared like I had just heard the most shocking news of my life. If I was the Lord Gang, then why was my name called for elimination? The bodies of those that were dead were immediately taken away while the rest pretended like nothing had happened. I felt scared. The system had promised me to use my power as the Lord Gang, but then maybe I could reverse my fate. Keep myself from dying. I saw the way they looked at me mockingly. I don't need to be told who did it. I knew they all wanted me gone. But I needed to be smarter. I looked at my phone, and the countdown for my elimination began. Fear, they say, was a terrible thing. My hand was shaky, and my body was heated like I was having a terrible headache. Who was going to hear the date or day he was going to die and smile about it? Everyone at the party avoided me like the plague. Max snubbed me and Scar; he was quick to forget his promise to protect me. "Did he think he could boss us for long?" "Good riddance." "D
chapter sixty eight
Drops of water in my pants. I could feel my undies a bit soaked, and yet I still don't understand why I needed to be scared if I was indeed the Lord Gang. Or was it just a fucking title? Then I felt it. The A/C was on, but I felt colder than usual. My hand went towards my forehead, and boy, I was sweating under the A/C. Cold sweat. The kind that came from knowing death had a habit of choosing at random—or maybe not so random. Maybe it was watching every move we made, every whisper we dared speak. I shoved the phone back into my pocket, gripping the stem of a crystal glass just to feel grounded. Around me, conversations had dissolved into murmurs. The music shifted into something more haunting, slow, and crawling, as if even the melody sensed what was coming. Celeste stood there, watching me. Still. Steady. Her expression was unreadable. “You look pale,” she whispered, and for a moment I saw something in her eyes—sympathy? No. Something more dangerous. Hunger. “You’re scared.”
chapter sixty seven
The doors loomed in front of me, polished black wood etched with strange silver symbols—symbols I’d never seen before, but somehow felt like they were pulsing with meaning. Two men dressed in matching obsidian suits and stone-like expressions stood on either side, their gazes empty but unblinking.One of them stepped forward, holding out a gloved hand.“Invitation.”Ah! I remembered the chauffeur gave me something when I got down from the black car. I slipped the blood-red card from my inner pocket and handed it over. He didn’t even glance at it. He just held it for a second, like he was feeling its weight—or its worth—then returned it and stepped aside.The doors opened inward on their own.And just like that, I was inside.The ballroom stretched impossibly far, a cavern of crystal and shadows. The ceiling shimmered with floating orbs of soft light that mimicked stars. A haunting melody played, one that seemed to press on my lungs with every note. It was elegance wrapped in dread
chapter sixty six
I lay back on my bed with my suit ironed out. I had gotten the invitation at last. The thought of what was going to happen was the only thought on my mind. Who was the mysterious queen? And was I going to be nominated for the elimination that night?"The gentle breeze blew into my room as I shut my eyes, trying to grab some sleep. I knew Mrs. Tracy had noticed my moody countenance. I couldn't hide it. Each time I shut my eyes and tried to sleep, all I ever saw were different ways the system killed me. The blaring alarm woke me up from another deep sleep. [Ah!]I shouted as I yanked the duvet that was covering my body off myself. The door opened afterwards, and my mother walked in. "Are you alright, Jason?" She looked at me.My chest was heaving up and down as I stared at her. I gulped down the thick saliva at the back of my throat with my gaze locked on hers. "I am fine. Just a bad dream." I said immediately. Mrs. Tracy looked at me for quite some time. "You know, you can tal
Chapter sixty five
Celeste looked at me, and I could guess what she was waiting for. I knew she was anticipating me taking out my phone and reading the message. "Aren't you going to check that? It might be what you have been anticipating." She said, looking at my face. We were not friends, and we don't talk that much. I wonder why she was showing interest in all of me suddenly. "I doubt it is a message from the system." I replied, brushing her words off like they meant nothing. "So, you want to tell me how long you have been in this system?" I looked at her face. I needed to bring up a topic to distract her. That is all that gamers do. Try to see into your very soul and know how to tackle you head-on. I was done being the pawn. Money meant little to me now that I had enough. My mother was rich, and the café was doing well. I was on top of my grades, and I was having everything I needed at my beck and call. I was even the Lord Gang, even though I don't know what that meant. "Me?" Celeste
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