Shane continued sitting back in the mind space as he watched Hope enter Max's room after traveling. Now that he didn't have to do anything, he was the most relaxed person. He continued to chew popcorn as he watched the girl walking over to the sleeping Max.
How could a man sleep so soundly without any hint of worry on his forehead? Tonight was a critical night, after all. How could the bald guy sleep like this?
Hope simply raised her leg and kicked the sleeping man on his stomach, making the latter tumble down the bed terribly. When the bald guy finally got up on his feet, he rubbed his head and was about to spout curses when he glanced at the man appearing in front of him.
He shut his mouth and chuckled nervously. "Oh, it's master. How do you do?"
"What, how do you do? How can you sleep when we have to kill the System God?!" Hope glared at the man hatefully and said, "get ready."
Max's face changed as a depressed expression appeared on his face. "Why do you want to drag me to kill people all day long?! I'm tired!"
"Really?" the corners of Hope's lips curled up as a ruthless smile appeared on her face. "Then you continue sleeping. I'll find Ed for the job."
The warning worked the best on Max, and she was right. As soon as those words spouted out of her mouth, the man's eyes widened, and yelled:
"NOOO!!!" After saying those words, Max simply dressed in a hurry and stood in a hood. "Let's go!"
Hope scoffed. "That's better."
After dealing with Max, she took him out and was about to use a teleportation skill when she heard the other man say, "But master, didn't you say yesterday that we couldn't kill the System God tonight?"
Hope sighed. She remembered what this person was talking about. Back then, Hope had a doubt about the identity of the person who sent her letters about what she should do. She hadn't yet evolved into the Hope she is today. So no one could blame her for being doubtful about the identity of the future Hope.
So she refused to believe that killing the System God would bring about a better future. Hope had not yet evolved into the person she is today. So that was why she didn't want Max to kill the system god anymore.
But who would have thought that the future Hope would suddenly come out of nowhere and possess the past Hope's body again?
Fortunately, Hope took over. Otherwise, the mission would have been jeopardized.
Soon enough, they reached the palace grounds and hid behind a tree. Hope quickly bought another cloak and handed it to the man beside her.
"Wear this," said Hope, continuing, "It'll hide your body. You can even pass through walls and humans."
"Ah, I know this. One of my hosts had this, but the systems can't use it, can they? How did you get your hands on this cloak? It's so cool!"
The two wore cloaks and continued to march forward without fear. Sure enough, not even the palace guards could see through the cloak's powers.
The creator of this cloak sure was talented enough to make something like this.
They soon reached the throne where the System God sat with his back straight. There was a frown on his forehead at the moment.
He rubbed his forehead silently as he accepted the cup of tea handed over by a servant beside him. He was becoming more anxious as the days passed.
None of his loyal servants and officials were alive anymore. For some reason, they were all assassinated by someone, and when he tried to search for them, he couldn't find anyone anymore.
So now, the System God was becoming more and more frustrated.
Hope watched this and whispered to Max, "Let's get rid of all the guards first."
"But how?" Max tilted his head as he glanced around. "The security is too much; is the System God afraid that he would be punished for his sins?"
He scoffed and folded his hands across his chest. "He better be. I'm the hero who will eliminate him and make this world better!"
Hope sneered in her heart, but she didn't say another word. She was only concerned with ensuring that this world was destroyed. As for what happens to Shane…
She knew what would happen to him. It was no secret that she knew more than normal people. So now that things were finally going on the right track, she had a satisfied smile on her lips.
"Wait," said Shane, who was watching everything from the mind space. Don't get rid of the guards first. You'll end up creating a mess."
"Then what do you expect me to do?" Hope frowned as she gestured for Max to stop for a moment. "You can't be serious!"
"No, I do have a good plan, though. But Max would have to stand guard and fight with all he has. Is he ready for that?"
"Sure~" Hope's eyes brightened up at that sentence.
She turned toward the other person and said, "Forget what I just said. Let's do something else."
She slowly whispered the plan in his ears as guided by Shane and then concluded, "So, in short, you would have to make sure to directly attack the System God, okay?"
Max nodded and said, "I don't care as long as the plan becomes successful."
After saying that, he silently walked outside the palace wearing the cloak. Hope also continued to walk over without saying a word.
She suddenly asked Shane in her mind, "How come you got this wonderful idea?"
Shane also didn't know how or why he got this idea. He tilted his head and said, "Maybe intuition?"
A hint of joy filled Hope's eyes, as if she had just discovered something good. "Really?! God, that's very good news!"
"Why does it make you so happy?" Shane frowned after watching Hope's response.
Hope finally realized she would say something she shouldn't and suppressed her emotions. She gave a stiff smile that looked like she was forcing her to smile less and shook her head.
"No, nothing. I'm glad you're coming across, finally."
Shane frowned deeper at those words. How come he never realized Hope could even feel happy? He had always assumed that her ostensible smile or happy tone was a ruse. But this time, she was genuinely smiling at something he did on a whim.
After a while, Max removed the cloak and handed it over to Hope in a dark alley. After that, he turned and said, "Are you sure I'll be successful?"
Hope waved her hand. "Don't worry. If not, I'll help you."
Max finally turned and asked her a question he had always wanted to ask, "Why have you been helping us all these years? Who the heck are you?"
Hope smiled and looked at the sky with a nostalgic expression on her face. "I'm someone who doesn't belong to this world."
That sentence made Shane raise his brows. Just what did Hope mean by saying those words?
He didn't get to dwell on that when he saw Max getting out of the alley as he walked toward the main gate, saying to the guards, "Hey, I want to challenge the System God for the competition. The usual one."
Since the System God said that the one defeating him would become the next System God, many people came around to poke him. But they were able to defeat him just now. So this so-called competition had just become a joke for the guards.
When they saw another man trying to go against the System God, they all chuckled. One of the guards laughed so hard that tears came from the corners of his eyes.
He turned toward Max and said, "Young man, are you sure you want this? Whoever tried to fight our leader ended up becoming handicapped. They can only do small system jobs now. Are you sure you want to become that?"
Max wasn't afraid. He simply waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about it. I might just become the next System God, you know?"
That sentence made those guards laugh even more.
"This young man is very courageous. Not even afraid of getting handicapped."
"I have to watch this show."
"It's going to be the trending show of the year!"
"No, make it a lifetime!"
They all poked fun at Max, who was standing by and scratching the back of his neck in confusion. He didn't understand. Was this System God that powerful?
He voiced out his query.
The guards looked at the bald man as if they were looking at some fool.
"You don't even know how powerful he is?! Dude, don't you watch his live streams?!"
"He looks like a villager. Leave him be. Let's watch a good show."
Max suddenly felt like they were all insulting him as a country bumpkin. Anger flared in his nose as he said, "You, you better watch yourself! If I become a System God, you are the first one I'm going to fire!"
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