As soon as Hugo yelled "Gim it!", a small glass bottle materialised out of thin air, floating just above his desk like it was being delivered by so cosmic courier service.
The bottle was elegant, with smooth, clear glass that caught the light, and nestled inside was a single purple pill.
Excited, Hugo darted forward and snatched it up, examining it like it was the answer to all his problems.
But as he held it closer, his face twisted into sothing resembling equal parts horror and confusion.
"What the hell is this?" he muttered, tilting the bottle to get a better look.
The pill was... strange, to say the least. It was twisted in an uncomfortably suggestive shape that Hugo would have definitely preferred not to notice.
It was shaped like a dildo. But different from the usual straight ones or the bent ones that he had co across before, this one was straight up disturbing!
It was twisted!
Multiple tis! It was almost a screw!
He tried to focus on literally anything else, but even the sll was weird—like freshly cut grass and, oddly, sothing spicy he couldn't quite place.
"Why is it shaped like—no, you know what? Never mind. I'm not going to question it," he muttered.
He had long developed a ntality of never judging a book by its cover. He would use this pill even if it was shaped like his grandma!
This was part of the grind for babes!
With a dramatic sigh, he uncorked the bottle, dumped the pill into his hand, and stared at it for a long, awkward mont.
Then, with all the grace of a man who'd made too many bad decisions that day, Hugo threw it into his mouth and swallowed it in one go.
Big mistake.
The mont the pill slid down his throat, Hugo's life decided to take yet another sharp turn into chaos.
[Ding! Initializing new Death Mission...]
Hugo froze mid swallow. His eyes bulged as he choked on air—or maybe it was the System's words.
Either way, he started coughing violently, clutching at his chest like he'd just swallowed a live grenade.
"What?!" he wheezed, stumbling backward. "Death Mission?! What do you an Death Mission?!"
He staggered toward his desk, his vision going blurry as panic set in. His hand shot out, fumbling for the half empty water bottle he always kept there.
He grabbed it, yanked off the cap, and chugged like his life depended on it—which, as it turned out, it did.
After what felt like an eternity of coughing and gagging, he finally cald down enough to take a shaky breath.
Luckily, the pill had gone down his throat. Turned out it's weird shape aided swallowing...
His hands trembled as he placed the water bottle back on the desk, and his wide, terrified eyes darted around the room.
"This... This is a joke, right?" he whispered, his voice cracking. "System? You're joking, right? Please tell you're joking."
[Ding! System Online: Face it sud, you thought things were going to get easy? Hehe... ]
The System's devilish response hit him like a sledgehamr.
Hugo staggered, clutching at his chest. "Oh no. Oh no, no, no. This can't be happening."
[Ding! New Death Mission issued: Seduce a 10 woman within 3 months or die.]
For a mont, Hugo just stood there, completely frozen. Then, his legs gave out, and he crumpled to the floor like a marionette with its strings cut.
"No... No, no, no, no, no!" Hugo moaned, his voice rising into a wail as he clutched his hair.
He started rocking back and forth on the floor, muttering incoherently. "This isn't happening. This can't be happening. I JUST finished my first Death Mission! Do you have any idea what I went through for that?! And now THIS?!"
Hugo could rember the emotional turmoil he passed through like it was yesterday. Actually, it was, but still!
Still!
Why just everything be about his death?!
He threw his hands in the air, staring up at the ceiling like he was pleading with the universe.
"A 10 woman? A TEN?! Are you insane? Do you know how rare those are? I've been to every party, every club, every street corner in this city for the last MONTH, and the highest I've seen is a NINE!"
He paused, his face twisting in horror. "And that was the Loli! The Loli, System! She's my FRIEND. What am I supposed to do? Date a ghost? Summon a goddess? FIND AN ALIEN?!"
The System, of course, was utterly unmoved by his ltdown.
[Host must complete the mission within the specified tifra. Failure to do so will result in termination.]
"TERMINATION?!" Hugo screeched, his voice cracking so high that it scared even him. "You're telling if I don't seduce so mythical supermodel level woman, I'll die?!"
[Correct.]
Hugo slapped his forehead with both hands, groaning loudly. "This isn't a Death Mission. This is a SUICIDE mission!"
He scrambled to his knees, his eyes wide and desperate. "Okay, okay, System, listen. Let's be reasonable here. I'll do anything else, alright? Just give sothing else! I'll fight a dragon! I'll eat a bag of rocks! I'll beco a monk! Just—anything but this!"
[Request denied. Mission paraters are final.]
"Final? Final?! You're not even going to negotiate?" Hugo cried, flopping back onto the floor like a man whose soul had just left his body.
[There is no negotiation. The mission is mandatory.]
Hugo covered his face with his hands, muffling a scream. "I'm dead. I'm so dead. There's no way I can do this."
And just like that, Hugo lay there on the floor, staring blankly at the ceiling as the weight of his impossible task sank in. For a mont, all was quiet, save for the sound of his shallow breathing.
Then, he muttered, "I'm dead."
And this ti, he truly believed it.
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Here we go again...
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Power stone Goal!
50 PS - 1 Bonus chapter
100 PS - 2 Bonus chapter
200 PS (Quite an achievent as of now) - 3 Bonus chapters.
Castle - 20 Bonus Chapters!
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