Bzzz!
A pair of eyes blinked open as he limatized to his new surroundings.
"Ahh…!" John jumped in shock.
Jumping was not enough, this spooked superhuman was so shocked by his new surroundings that he instinctively went on the run!
Without even looking back, John''s long and skinny legs enabled him to eat yards of space in thisrge and epassing space of the gray world.
As he ran in a panic, Legs observed him carefully from his throne.
He was part of the reason that caused John to panic. Despite voluntarily epting, John did not expect to be pulled to a grey and gloomy world like this with an existence like a god sitting on top of a throne.
Legs'' nonchnt posture on top his throne spooked the living hell out of this hacker, what the hell was this supposed to mean?!
He didn''t sign up for this!
"Ahhh…!"
"Let me out!"
"Let me out now!"
Legs calmly observed him.
''A Virtual Mechanic…''
''Dark and sleepy eyeballs…''
''A skinny frame…''
His eyes twinkled. ''This guy definitely hacks and sabotage ships for a living!''
He was exasperated. In his previous life, there were nock of yers who took the mechanic ss only to put their full focus on the pirate life where they could hack and sabotage ships as virtual mechanics.
They were not always sessful but the thrill was real nheless.
"Ahh…, Daddy…!"
"Let me out…!"
''…''
Legs'' eyes twitched. ''This guy…''
''Did I beat off more than I can chew?''
''A cheap pirate like him, damn, it''s all because of that damn interface mission!''
Despite ming his interface, Legs no longer hesitated. Afterall, despite this fellow''s embarrassing reaction, he was still a bonafide Grade D super.
With his much greater authority over the gray world, Legs simply needed to mobilize his power and dilute it into the surroundings to take full control over the gray world. He could freely manipte reality in the gray world.
As John sprinted away, all of a sudden, to the shock of this pirate, despite iling his long skinny legs as much as possible, he was no longer going forward.
His eyes widened. "I-I''m being pulled back?!"
"Ahhh…, no…!!!"
"SILENCE!"
Having amplified it deliberately, in the gray world, Legs'' voice as the Hermit reverberated like thunder as instantly John stopped on his steps.
Sweat rapidly flowed down this pirate''s face.
He didn''t dare to look at this entity in the face, he sped his hands together while rubbing them furiously as he went on his knees and bent his head. "Oh Almighty Entity, my unworthy self has trespassed thy sanctuary".
"Do not taint thy hands with the filthy blood of a pig like me".
"Let my presence not taint thy holy sanctuary".
"I implore you to send me back to the unholy ce where I came from".
He hit his head against the gray floor 3 times before keeping his head bowed.
"…"
"…"
"….."
The sudden improvisation left Legs gobsmacked. ''The f*ck!''
He didn''t keep his silence for long though, no matter what happened, he had to keep his sacred identity as the Almighty Hermit.
"What is your name?" His voice was gentler now but still filled with power.
"John". He answered immediately and gulped. "John Gates".
"You have caught my attention".
"After feeling your fervent desire to live, and your talents as a Virtual Mechanic, I have found a use for you".
John dared not refute, he flowed along as he hit his head against the gray floor one more time. "Thy servant is humbled by thy offer".
"…" Legs'' lips twitched furiously.
On his throne, he remained impassive.
"To prove yourself capable of joining my Gctic gathering, I have a mission to test yourpetence".
"Thy servant is at thy service oh Great One".
"You are a Virtual Mechanic, prove yourpetence to me by locating your master and retrieving the box that is with him".
"You have an hour to achieve this".
"Do this and be a part of my gathering".<novelnext></novelnext>
John''s brain geared into overdrive as he rapidly thought. He didn''t doubt Legs'' sovereignty once, the power that emanated from this entity could not be faked, what he instead thought of was his ability to aplish this in an hour.
"Do not worry, I will bless you with my gray hallow".
"Theary Guards will be unable to detect you".
This was another new ability of the gray world that Legs epted.
As soon as he heard that, John no longer hesitated. "I ept thy generous offer oh Great One".
Legs let him leave.
Bzzz!
…
When John opened his eyes again, he was back.
"Blink…!" He blinked as he looked at his body from head to toe.
He touched his face as horror finally came over me. "That entity, is that…? Did I just meet a god?"
"Or, is that one of the powerful Supers at the very pinnacle?"
"Did I meet a Grade S Superhuman?"
John''s thoughts flowed chaotically like the codes of a highlyplicated program, but he soon organized them. "I need toplete this mission".
"I mustplete this mission!"
What shocked him most was that like he was told, a gray mist slightly surrounded his body at this moment. This gray mist prevented his presence from being detected by the powerful sensors of the nearbyary Guard mechs.
"Awesome!" John was hyped.
He moved fast, he essed an inte café in no time as he paid for it and took over control of a randomputer. He cracked his knuckles before going to work, his fingers moved like deadly vipers as he hit at the virtual keyboard.
2 minutester, he got his target.
His boss was in the process of booking a train to go to the nearest Spaceship station to make his escape out of the.
His eyes gleamed. "Got you!"
…
"Ha!"
"Ha!
The man''s breathing was unsteady as he stole nces around him. His ck suit was already stained with dust and other particles due to his hasty escape, at this moment, he was grasping a ck box inside his suit.
After an agonizing wait, the train door finally opened, he did not hesitate as he went inside to sit down. He waited for the train to move.
As the train driver addressed the passengers, giving vital information in preparation to move, this man urged the driver in his mind to finish faster.
The train driver was soon done as the train geared to life. Just as the train was about to move, the sound of an impact reverberated.
Bam!
"This is the Konot IVary Guard, stop the train!"
"I repeat, stop the train!"
The man inside the train turned pale, without hesitation, he charged out of the train. Theary Guard mechs instantly focused on him as they rushed towards him but he used his previous strategy, running into the pedestrians.
With his strength as a Pugilist, it was too easy for him to carve into them and blend into theirrge numbers, giving the mechs many problems.
Hidden in the pedestrian horde, he kept his head low while looking left and right as he escaped in a random direction.
"Boss…"
The sound softly floated into his ears.
Shocked, he turned to the left. Almost at the same time that he turned, someone brushed into him. On turning back, he saw the skinny individual on baggy clothes seamlessly integrate into the horde, he lost him instantly.
"Who is that?" He was confused.
As he asked, he instinctively patted his chest and his hand froze.
A chill crawled down his spine as he opened his suit and looked inside, there was nothing to be seen, the box was gone!
The man raised his head as he looked into the crowd where the skinny civilian seemed to have disappeared in, he was already long gone.
The man remembered the voice that softly drifted into his ears.
"Boss…"
He shook in rage. "JOHN…!!!"
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[Congrattions! You havepleted Title Upgrade Mission: Space Thief!]
[Your Thief Title has been upgraded to Space Thief!]
>Space Thief: This title increases your sess rate by 50% when picking pockets, and by 35% when engaging inrge-scale theft. As a Space Thief, you can also now engage in theft acrosss, thefts of this scale experience a sess rate increase of 80%<
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"…"
Legs was bbergasted at the efficiency; John was done in 20 minutes!
"Damn, that was smooth".