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Chapter 2 - System

[ Welcome back, Trailblazer!]

[ You are currently on the quest: "Yesterday is one day before today" ]

[ Quest detail: Run from Herta Space Station guard (not completed) ]

...what the hell is this? Who's voice is that? I'm in a quest? I must run from guards?! How, please-please help me!!

[ Trailblazer, you can use teleportation in the map section^^ ]

[ Should system help you? ]

Yes, yes! Umm...teleport to anywhere! As long as I escape!

[ Sorry, there is no place called "anywhere" in the map ]

[ System will show you the map^^]

Ugh...just teleport me to...Base zone: Monitoring room!

[ Location confirmed. Will be teleporting soon in 3..2..1..]

My body suddenly shone brightly. Asta, realizing this, immediately yelled.

"Guards! Hold him! Don't let him escape!"

Aww...sorry girl, there is a reason I get the title "The best Astral Express Member" from Pom-Pom. Because I can overcome any obstacles! Heheh

As the light blinded them, my body disappeared among them. Asta accidentally saw me, and I waved to her. Bye~

...

"....how? Guards, look for him around! I will go to the monitoring room." Asta's command.

"Just you wait, grey boy."

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Actually, the light not only blinded the guards, but also my eyes. When I open my eyes, I already in Monitoring room. Fyuh...I'm safe.

[ Trailblazer, you have completed the quest! ]

[ Here is your reward: Credit x 2000, Hertareum x 40, Stellar Jade x 30 ]

Wow, the reward is stellar Jade?! Can I convert this to my universe currencies?

[ Yes you can^^ ]

!!! It actually answer my question, even thought I'm just wondering in my mind. Could it be connected to my mind? Hello, are you there system?

[ Yes, what can system help you Trailblazer? ]

Umm..who are you?

[ "Who are you" is not in the list of questions, system can't answer it ]

What a clever answer you got here.

[ Of cource^^ system is a system after all! ]

That is not a compliment. You can even answer that random thought. Whatever, just tell me what happened. Why am I here?

[ Congratulation! You have been selected to try out the newest dream developed by Prof. Sparkle! ]

Cut the bullshit for yourself. Just return me to my world, now!

[ Trailblazer can log out after completing all the quest^^. System is here to assist you! ]

Sorry to disappoint, but I didn't sign anything including 'volunteering' to try out a new dream or whatever.

[ T_T System will be sad if Trailblazer log out now. ]

Do I seem to care about that?

[ ...even though the reward is 10k Stellar Jade? ]

....what can I do for you, my Investor?

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

"Hm... it's looks like we've got uninvited guest here. What do you think about him?"

"I'm not interested."

"Cold as always, didn't you? But looking at him, I think he can help you with your 'little experiment'. Why don't you consider it?"

"...what exactly do you want to say? Just get to the point, and stop wasting my time."

"Hmm~ you know me so well~ just wanna say that he might know something about it. You know, I can show you the scene so you will believe me~"

"...I'll think about it."

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

So, I must complete all the chapter so I can get out of this dream? Wow, this is the same as beta version in my game. But since this is still beta, there must be a lot of bugs, right?

[ Trailblazer task it's just to complete all the quest, any question that out of topic cannot be answered^^ ]

Now I get annoyed with that '^^' emoticon. But! You will help me, right? That's what you said before.

[ System will help Trailblazer as much as possible^^ ]

[System will explain the basic things first. There are 4 chapter in total Trailblazer must complete. Herta Space Station is in Chapter 1 ]

[ Some of the features provided are 'Bag', 'Map', and 'Warp'. ]

Even in the dream like this, things like 'warp' still exist. Addicted indeed.

Now, I should think of way to get out of this dream, by finishing all the quest. In my observation, this is indeed the Herta Space station. But there are a few things that are different. First, there 'robotic guard' here, where in Herta Space I know, there are only researchers. Of course there isn't any guard in Herta Space, because...who want to be enemy of the genius? Sorry, not me.

Second, the interior. I thought it's just people's nature that is different from usual. But even the interior seem a bit different. In this monitoring room, you know...the original is darker in color. But this? All white! Maybe the preference color is also different? Anyway, with all these changes, I definitely can't view them as the same people I once met. The Asta I know is a relaxed and generous person. Meanwhile 'dream Asta' tend to be more sensitive and short-tempered. Maybe she was just stressed about her work.

Back to topic, I have to do the quest immediately before the guards caught me.

[ Trailblazer, you are currently on the quest: "Yesterday is one day before today" ]

[ Quest detail: Make a copy of important data files in the monitor (0/2) ]

Huh, at least I got the flash disk. Now I need to search that 'Important files'. Is there any clue please? System?

[ Maybe the files has the 'important' tags? Trailblazer can filter the file name first^^ ] 

Why are you seem not sure. Whatever, I'll just search that first

{ Scanning.....File found

#Experimental results (important).doc

#IMPORTANT FILE! DO NOT OPEN!.doc }

Wow, the file really using 'important' word...I'll just need to paste here- and wait.

...

*Tin...tin...tin....access ver-

Oh crap...I'm getting deja vu...

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