11.
8:15 PM
It was already dark, and the news could still be heard on the TV in the neighbors' house. They were talking about what had happened hours earlier.
"Did you hear what they said on the news? It seems a door appeared in the park near our district!"
"Ohh, that's scary! The players took care of it, right?!"
"Yes, but they had the help of an unknown man who pulled out a gun, and killed many monsters. He even helped prevent the civilians on the scene from being injured."
"Are you serious?!"
"Yes, it's true! This was claimed by the heiress of the great Fly family who was on the scene, even..."
The neighbors were saying, and Fred listened to all this while exercising in his dark apartment.
The fact that they'd say good things about him excited him, but he knew that if they discovered his identity, he could get into trouble. He wasn't strong enough to defend himself, and he couldn't explain how he knew that door was going to appear, nor how he had a gun with unlimited bullets.
Just thinking about it, Fred realized that they could use him for experiments without giving him a chance to die and start over again.
This scared him, but it didn't stop him from continuing to grow stronger.
"Things are getting quite problematic. Now that I think about it, that girl named Victoria Fly, despite having the power to subdue me, didn't do it, but why?"
"Well, I won't dwell on that too much. What I do know is that the Fly family is powerful, and I have no desire to mess with them, nor would I gain anything by doing so. At least I hid my actions and implications."
Fred thought, bathed in sweat.
The training Fred was rigorously following was making him steadily increase his strength, but there was a problem Fred had to solve.
*Sigh*
"Ugh, ugh, the system has been calculating experience since this afternoon. I'm even worried about whether or not I earned points to pay off my debt. I better take a shower."
Fred said, finishing his workout and heading to the bathtub.
...
He finished his shower and lay down on the bed, resting his muscles and sighing unconsciously at the comfort.
He had eaten dinner, and it was almost time to sleep, but he didn't mind falling asleep early.
When a notification from the system prevented him from sleeping.
The experience calculation has finished.
You have leveled up.
You have leveled up.
You have leveled up.
You've risen by n...
All of this made Fred happy because he had saved people and received rewards, even raising his level accordingly.
The status then opened automatically.
Name: Fred Pulker.
Status: Semi-obese.
Strength: 32.
Speed: 24.
Stamina: 65.
Agility: 34.
(A normal person's abilities are 100 points.)
Level: 8 [0/10,000 experience]
Status Points: 0.
System Points: 0.
Fred looked at his own status and was surprised by the improvements he had obtained, even more than before he died for the first time in this world.
But then he received more notifications.
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Level Rewards:
110 system points.
25 Status Points.
2 chances at the roulette wheel.
Random Blessing Exchange: 1 time.
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Seeing the rewards, Fred felt even happier. He had earned a lot of system and status points, including the two chances at the roulette wheel plus a blessing exchange.
Happiness was no longer a word to him, but a visible emotion.
But the last reward still sparked his curiosity.
"System, what is this random blessing exchange about?"
"It's about an opportunity to exchange randomly obtained blessings, a method applicable under a roulette wheel, giving the chance to obtain something better or worse. I emphasize that it can only be done with blessings, not with other skills." He explained the system.
Fred understood immediately and opened his Status window to better observe what he had obtained.
He was delighted with what he saw, but when he saw the system points at zero, he became alarmed and asked, "System, what happened to my points?!"
"Sir, don't you remember your debt?"
"Huh?! What the..."
Fred remembered, and reality hit him like a sack of potatoes. Looking back, he looked at the amount of points he still owed.
"It seems that in the end, I was never able to escape punishment." He said, his head down.
Then the system called out to him.
"Sir!"
"What do you want?"
"Can I make you a proposal?"
"Talk!"
"How about you live in the punishment zone for a full year?"
This proposal alarmed Fred enough that almost immediately the system proposed it, Fred rejected it.
"Absolutely not!"
"Sir, you can receive a great reward."
Fred was going to refuse, but when they mentioned the reward, he reconsidered.
"Reward? Um, knowing this system, the rewards can be transcendental. Besides, I don't think that "The place is horrible, even though it's a punishment zone, it's going to be difficult, but what could happen?" Fred thought.
Then he asked.
"What kind of reward are you referring to?"
"If you accept, you will receive the following rewards:
Level increase by 20.
Physique of 150 points in all.
2 system functions unlocked.
5,000 system points.
100 Status points.
" And finally, a chance at the ultimate roulette wheel."
Hearing all the rewards, he became very excited, as they were very beneficial and there was even a chance to play the ultimate roulette wheel, meaning that even if the worst came out, he would get exorbitant winnings.
Without thinking much about it, Fred replied.
"Okay, I accept."
Once he accepted, the system produced a rather loud sound, causing Fred to gradually lose consciousness until he fainted.
...
In a dark place, where darkness ruled and the light of the Sun could not be seen, Fred awoke.
His naked, obese body, in that cold, pitiful place without sound, was a nightmare for anyone, and Fred didn't know it at the time, but sooner or later he was going to regret his choice.
(End of chapter)
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