Chapter 3
Category:
Urban
Author:
JadynWords:1066Update time:25/05/26 19:55:18
The four-hundred-square-meter apartment was cold and empty.
I packed my bags, calculating the points I needed to return.
"The healthy body I exchanged before, can I give it back to you?"
I asked the system, "I don't want it anymore. A depreciation is fine."
"Host, please wait a moment."
Data streams flashed quickly through my mind. The system's voice was emotionless as it said, "After calculation, the mission target Jorge's body has been heavily damaged over the past six years due to smoking, drinking, staying up late, and promiscuity. The damage has been significant, and the current value of the body is only half of its original worth."
The word "promiscuous" made me pause in packing my bags, my fingers trembling uncontrollably.
After all, he was the man I had been with for over a decade.
I felt heartbroken by his infidelity.
And regretted my own softness.
Such a person was not worth any lingering sentiment from me.
"Will the points from the exchange be enough for me to leave this world?"
"Not enough, host."
The system: "However, I can give you a new identity and apply for a new mission target. We can start anew."
Starting anew...
That's okay.
"Then, give me back the healthy body."
……
As I boarded the plane to leave Harbor City, the half-drunk Jorge was taken back to the apartment by Jair.
Perhaps feeling guilty, Jair went against Jorge's wishes to stay at the club and brought him back to our shared home.
The system connected to the home surveillance, allowing me to see what Jorge looked like now.
He lay on the sofa, calling out my name.
"Monica, Monica."
Not getting a response, he struggled to sit up.
After a long silence, he suddenly laughed. "Quite the performance."
He thought that what I did tonight was just a performance to catch his attention.
He rubbed his forehead, his eyebrows furrowed, the headache from the alcohol making him irritable.
Jorge got up and slowly walked to the living room, opening the fridge to take out a bottle of cold water.
Just as he opened the bottle cap, he unexpectedly fell to the ground.
Jorge sobered up completely, and he was stunned.
He looked at his legs, reaching out tentatively...
"My legs..." He gripped his legs tightly in disbelief, but no matter how hard he tried, he felt no pain.
This feeling was too familiar to him.
After all, he had lived like this for over a decade.
That life of being neither human nor beast, unable to move freely, was a nightmare he couldn't escape.
Jorge paused, then raised his hand to slap himself hard.
It hurt.
So this wasn't a dream...
In the surveillance footage, Jorge lost control, shouting and yelling in the spacious apartment. He wanted to find someone but realized his phone was on the coffee table.
Jorge supported himself with both hands, inching his body forward.
His legs, without any sensation, dragged behind him.
His eyes were red, his hair disheveled, and there was no trace of the calm and composed demeanor he had before.
I closed my eyes. "Turn it off. I don't want to watch anymore."