Broken Vile

Chapter 9, mystery

"System, you made an impossible quest for me to finish"

[C ome o n no w... I t's n ot tha t
b ad ;w;]

"How do you expect me to remember anything? You want my head to be bashed again or something?"

[I d ont w ant tha t eit her but I t c an be arr ange d! :v ]

"No, are you crazy?"

[ C an b e!!! /( >3<)\ ~]

Fuck, this machine is insane....

Well, to be precise.. It's a person, but I still have no idea who it might be. It won't say whether I've already known them or not. It said It wasn't the man in white so It would be square one, once again.

"Other than me collecting my horrific memories, the other two tasks are impossible as well"

[Y ou kn o w  w ha t  the y s ay, y ou h ave t o  go  d ow n an d und er!!! >;D ]

"What do you mean down and under? I've practically learnt everything about this stupid jail but you only showed that I've progressed 45%-"

-Wait.....

[F ina lly re ali zed it n ow? :) Th ere s
m ore t o th i s I̶̧̧̗͖̭͙͇̱͒͊͊n̸̜̳̞̪͈͚̳̅̂̏͘͜ͅs̶̡̘͉̎̃t̴͎̫̒̎̈́̊í̶̡̹̠̖ţ̶̼̥̰̻̠̑̈́̂̓̈́͂̌̂̚ừ̸̡̡̬̦̤̼̇̈́t̶͓̞̗͑̎̂̽͛e̵̢͍̬͂̍̽̒̾͝ th a n I t
m e ets to Th e e y e . . . .]

"What?"

[B e c are fu l no w <3]

With those last words, the system turns itself off. I'm not sure if I'm grateful to this system for helping me. I may not be as confident as before but I have to make sure I unlock my skills no matter what if I want a safe standing here.

If it's really like what it said. There's more of a reason to achieve my goals.

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Sometimes, this place doesn't even feel like jail. The food may be shit but they still give us freedom to walk around. Possibly because of the barrier and the fact there's cameras everywhere though.

Whenever I see a camera when walking by, I can't help but make gestures at it whether it was my middle finger or a peace signs. I even did a little dance in front of the camera yesterday if I'm gonna be honest.

It's supposed to be training time but since I've been given the liberty to skip, I'll just walk around. I might even stumble upon this stupid institute's secret, who knows?

This place may look new but there's some traces of mold and dirt in the crevices of the walls, indicating hints of time. The floor right outside of the training grounds are covered in mud. The cleaners might have fumed about this place before.

I walk around, analyzing the walls and doors I've passed. Around the corner, I spot two guards standing in front of a door.

I guess I've at least found something. I hope it's at least worth more than 10%.

I kept watching the two guards. If they're not gonna move by any means, I'm not sure how else I'm gonna get in.

[D o yo u nee d so me h elp, I s ir?]

"No, I don't need-"

"You don't need what?"

I froze in place when hearing the foreign voice from behind.

"Prisoner 093, what are you doing here?"

I slowly turn my head towards the voice, noticing the familiarly unpleasingly tall figure looming over me. It was Gabriel. Intimidating would be the first word that crosses my mind whenever I saw him. He's a guard that Zi usually sticks to when he wants to suck up for information, I heard. I don't know how he does it when Gabriel is so quiet and eerie. I guess Zi has a knack for quiet people.

I look at him up and down before locking my eyes somewhere else.

"I was bored so I wanted to walk around..."

"Walk around or snoop around?"

I unconsciously jolt at his question. Why did I have to run into a guard who's good at his job?

Gabriel, be bad at your job for one second, please.

From the looks of it, Gabriel is probably an awakener unlike the other two who were standing in front of the door.

Just smile, Isir. Just smile.. Act like nothing is wrong..

"I'm not snooping.... It's just that i'm a bit bored since I have to sit out every time it's training"

Fuck, that sounds so suspicious

Gabriel raises his brow at me. Yeah he totally doesn't buy that. He's onto me. I feel like I wanna jump off a cliff now.

"Ok"

"Huh?"

"Just go back...Training time is over... It's time for studies"

Studies? Again? Damn, I can't believe I have to study like a damn student again. I've gotten some of it already. I'm so tired of this.

Gabriel gestures me to follow him. As I walk behind him, I suddenly realized something.

Did I ever learn about monsters like this before?

I used to be a student, right?

Have I started remembering something?

"What's wrong?"

My string of thoughts snap when I heard the guard's voice, "what?"

"You stopped walking. I heard you got hit in the head a few days ago. Is your head damaged?"

I can't help but squint my eyes at him. Does everyone in this place knows about that? It's embarrassing God dammit.

"What? No?"

Gabriel looks at me one last time before nodding quietly. He's kind of like Heron in some way. Just a little scary. His eyes seem threatening and I don't like the way his pupils can move. From what Zi said, it's a side-effect from his attribute.

Before seeing Gabriel, I didn't know attributes can affect the physical body to that extent permanently. I wonder what else can change due to the attributes.....

I enter the class. Everyone in our block is already here. Zi waved at me, calling me over to sit with them. Quinn on the other hand looks at me weirdly.

"Where on earth did you go? Wayne was probably going to go crazy if you had been any later, look at him!"

I turn to Wayne, our tutor. I could feel his glare boring through my head. I pretend to be oblivious to stare and just focus in class. Listening to things I already know.

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