Chapter 007 Is it enough Boss?

Looking around, he saw nothing making him creeped out.

" Where are you?! Show yourself!"

After he yelled that sentence, a blob of clear water the size of his fist appeared, which slowly transform into a cute levitating blue-eyed kid of about seven years old.

"Hi!" it said in a cheery voice with a toothy smile present in its chubby face.

At first, Carl was curious in its appearance as a blob of water. But when it turned into a cute boy, he felt amused. Its goofy smile and ruddy cheeks made Carl want to pinch and rub it because of its cuteness.

Carl blankly looked at it for a few seconds before he realized his hand was inching close to the cheeks of the kid, seeming to do what he was thinking.

Seeing it was only an inch length he can already reach it he continued what he was doing and pinched and squeezed it.

"So cuuuuute!" he exclaimed while rubbing the tender face of the boy, at which made the kid angry and transformed into a horror doll in one of a the horror movie that is famous lately.

" I'm cute?" the creepy doll questioned and made a three-sixty turn of its head and smiled looking more ugly and creepy.

Being stared at by the doll made his body shiver and goosebumps appeared on his nape.

" I'm joking... hehehe ... please... uh return to that cute kid, I mean kid only.." he stuttered and rubbed the goosebumps that appeared while coaxing the entity.

The entity morphed into a white fox as it questioned Carl.

" Aren't you curious on anything? Like why you are here, or what am I?" the blue-eyed fox said while licking its snow white fur.

Carl's tense body slowly relaxed and thought about his situation. He directly said what he was thinking,

" I transmigrated into a book? But, I didn't die though?"

" Uhm, you can say that you transmigrated. But more accurately, its like a summon. Well, that's just a test to see if you will be lost in that place."

" What do you mean lost?"

" Quite literally, because only your soul transmigrated if you forgot your own identity, the identity of the body you possessed will merge with you and there are two results. One, your original body will be just sleeping and what happen will just be nightmare or a dream; two, your original body will be comatose and eventually die."

Carl shivered just thinking about the possible results.

" Well, what's for me on this situation? In the books I read, they died or in a vegetable state then got contract for a second chance in life if they finished the task. While for me, am still alive and only summoned."

" Okay, so I'll first list some.

I'm a system which was assigned as a bridge for Master Max and his chosen personnel. I'll be the one to deliver his message and informations on the book he chose. That book which is already made into a world. I am also responsible for guiding the chosen to that world to finish the task. The tasks will be dependent on what master want. Every body you possessed will have different talents of which you can pick one, the maximum you can get is ten. But if you died on that place without finishing the given task this slots will be permanently reduce by one. All of this is of course in the premise that you signed the contract."

Carl deeply thought about this, his life currently is like only existing, not actually living. His life is so mundane, having no relatives, no girlfriend, and no specific goal in life. He always worries for his daily expenses that he had no time to ruminate about what he actually like, he only likes to read when he has a free time, the only way for him to scape his boring and uneventful life. Seeing that this might be the twist in his life he was waiting for he immediately expressed his willingness.

" About that, you are actually the second of the three people who will passed the test. There are still one more, then Master will choose his favourite amongst the three of you."

Carl was a bit disappointed by what the system said, but he still smiled and decided to curry favor to the system,

" Then help me to be chosen, you know that I'm the best among the three of us right? You are also cute.. I mean you are a great system and invincible, you can even morphed into anything! Also, what's you're name Boss System?" he said in an admiring gaze with a shameless smile.

The system was dumbfounded by him being shameless, but looking at Carl's attitude, he actually like it and decided to side with him when his master ask him who will be better among the three.

" You can call me System 07, okay then I need to meet the last one then go to master. After that you will know the result if I came back, but if you don't remember anything that happened now means you aren't chosen. Good luck!"

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Blinking his eyes, Carl woke up bleary. With his back aching, book in his lap. He actually slept on the hard sofa which has many patches he stitched.

" What a strange dream."

He looked at the book in his hand titled 'Storm and Silence by Robert Thier',

" Not 'Secret Agent'?" he muttered, confused.

Today is sunday, a day he can relax.

Sipping the milk he bought with his hard earned money, and a cheap bread in the table, this is his breakfast today. Because he can only afford bread for breakfast everyday and milk every sunday.

A porcelain bowl with a bit of milk he poured from the milk he bought was placed under the old wooden table.

" Meow" a gray american short hair cat was lying in his lap while rubbing its head on his stomach while purring.

" Monica, drink your milk first." Carl scolded in a soft voice as if coaxing a baby. Well, Monica is his baby in name. He picked up Monica about two years ago.

At that day he was on his way home from his part time job on a noodle house which was newly opened, his regular work now, he heard a soft cry of a kitten beside the dumpster.

A carton box was placed there with some of the trash covering it, he decided to check on it and found three gray kittens. Two of which is already dead with the only one crying alone like mourning for his two siblings.

He buried the two dead kittens and took the remaining alive one home. He gave it food and gave it a bath.

"Since I like the Mambo No. 5, I will name you Monika. A little bit of Monika in my liiife!" he said and continued with the song while dancing wildly.

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Finish with his breakfast, he picked up the book he borrowed from his coworker.

While reading, he suddenly remembered something,

" Right, what was that dream about."

Suddenly, a blue-eyed boy appeared out of thin air.

" Hi! Missed me?"

Carl was shocked by its appearance while Monika is still lying quietly on his lap, like she didn't saw anything.

" System 07?" he asked doubtful.

" Yep! I said to you that if you remember everything then you are the chosen one right?"

" Uhuh. Then, does that mean we will go some world made from the story on some book?"

" Yes, and of course you need to sign a contract. The chosen one is also called Book Wanderer for additional information. Then, sign it!" System 07 said, still as cheery as ever.

Carl was just about to sign the contract that appeared out of thin air when it was gone again and System 07 ask,

" Hey! No 'thank you Boss' there or anything?"

Carl thought for a bit then pulled System 07 to him and did a loud kiss on the chubby cheeks of System 07.

" Is it enough Boss?" he asked acting clueless, as he knows that System 07 dislikes being pinched or kissed on his ruddy cheeks.

System 07 stared angrily at Carl then threatened,

" I'm picking the other candidate, goodbye!" acting as if he will really leave, System 07 glance sneakily at the face of Carl which is quickly changing.

" Wait Boss I'm joking! I'll sign it please!" Carl pleaded quickly standing and wanting to grab System 07 at which made Monika startled.

System 07 swiftly dodged and laughed merrily.

" Okay, okay." after Carl signed, System 07 added,

" Another thing, the time when you will leave to other world and returning is the same. For example, you spent a year there and returning here is still the same time when you left." after saying this, System 07 stopped and with a look of surprise said,

"And come with me, you got a bonus from Master, you can choose from the talents Grayson have."

Carl got excited by what System 07 said.

" Then, come on!" System 07 urged excitedly and thought,

' Let's see if you will still be happy practicing the same thing for many years just to acquire it. (Evil laugh)'