Chapter 38: Permanent Ownership?
After Jay's mother finished cooking, she called for everyone to gather at the table.
With everyone sitting around the table, they prayed before they started eating.
Tonight, there's audible silence surrounding the dinner table.
Apparently, despite a whole afternoon passing, Jay's mother, Jay's father, and Jean are still in a low mood.
Jay looked at them but didn't say anything.
After all, they just experienced something traumatic, it can't be helped if they are not feeling all too well because of it.
Especially since they saw a lot of blood today thanks to those terrorists that Jay killed.
So, the evening dinner passed by with everyone keeping their silence.
After eating, Jay volunteered to wash the dishes and asked everyone to rest back to their respective rooms.
From what he can see, it is currently only him who's in a better mental state at the moment.
While washing the plates, Jay can't help but wonder why that is the case.
"Hmm, it must have something to do with the Cube, right?"
When he thought of that, surprisingly, he actually received a reply.
[That is correct, Owner.]
Jay's hands that are scrubbing the dishes suddenly froze at the sudden synthetic voice in his mind.
But after realizing that it was the Cube, Jay continued washing the dishes like nothing happened.
However, the speed of his movements were visibly much faster than before.
After he was done with the dishes, Jay saw that everyone was already in their rooms.
Walking out of the house, Jay found a random spot to sit on.
Making sure that there's no one around, Jay turned his full attention to the Cube interface.
[Owner: Jay Mendez]
[Soul Talent: Unlimited Experience] [0]
[Profession: Live Streamer]
[Title: Flag-bearer]
[Skills: Singing(LV2), Dancing(LV1), Fighting(LV2), Driving(LV1)]
[Item: Popularity Card x3, Automatic Livestream Camera Director]
[Possession: Subic Homes Apartment Building]
[Achievements(9): Sing to your viewer in your live stream, Stream your live performance, Reach 100 followers in your live stream account, Reach 10 thousand viewers in your live stream, Let your live stream become viral, Receive 1 Gift in your live stream, Get noticed by a popular figure, Outdoor Livestream, Livestream a Big Incident, 100 Thousand Followers.]
(AN: I'll just drop all of this here for update. With this, we can keep track of the changes. Tell me if you guys want it like this or not.)
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"I already completed 9 achievements so far, huh."
Jay muttered, staring at Cuba's menu.
"Unknowingly, a lot of things have changed since the moment I gained ownership of the Cube four days ago…"
Thinking back to that moment, Jay still felt that it was such a magical moment in his life.
Suddenly, Jay remembered something important.
"Wait a minute, back then, the notification said that my ownership was temporary… right?"
A frown appeared on Jay's face.
Along with it, the visible worry on his expression could also not be hidden.
The Cube is an item that could change one's life. Such an item, Jay doesn't want to lose possession of it.
As if it knows his thoughts, the synthetic voice of the Cube once again sounded inside Jay's mind.
[The owner only has temporary ownership of the Cube currently. This limits the owner's authority over the Cube.]
[However, only having temporary ownership doesn't mean that the Cube will just disappear from the owner. Instead, it only means that if the owner dies, the Cube will enter the same inactive state as before until another owner unlocks it.]
Jay listened carefully to the words of the Cube and after hearing those words, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
"Haa~ I'm glad that's the case. At least while I'm still alive, I will own the Cube."
A smile took shape on Jay's lips and a hopeful look appeared in his eyes.
With the Cube in Jay's possession, he can't help but visualize a future that looks more and more promising!
…
Then, Jay thought about another important thing and asked,
"By the way, since this is temporary, there should also be a permanent ownership of the Cube, right?"
At his inquiry, the Cube immediately responded.
[Permanent ownership can be granted to the owner after fulfilling certain requirements.]
Jay's eyes lit up after confirming that he can really gain permanent ownership of the Cube.
"So? What are those requirements?"
Unlike the previous times, the Cube didn't answer Jay's question this time.
Tilting his head, Jay tried asking again but once again, the Cube didn't respond.
A deep frown formed in between Jay's brows.
"Why aren't you responding?"
"Does this mean that I have to discover those requirements on my own?"
Without getting any response, Jay could only sigh and give up his inquiry.
He raised his head and turned to the sky, watching the bright stars sparkling bright up above.
"... I guess I should hold back from doing live stream for tomorrow."
"With all the things that happened today, those people will probably pester me about it."
"It'll be for the best to let the heat of today's events calm down for a while before I start live streaming again."
Unlike before when he needed to live stream everyday to attract viewers, Jay doesn't have to worry about that anymore.
Because back then, Jay was doing live streams in hopes of earning money from it.
However, now that he already has some money in him thanks to the rewards from the Cube, Jay doesn't have such pressure anymore.
Since that's the case, it's better to avoid facing the people for now is what Jay thought.
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Just as Jay expected, at this time of the night where most of the people are already out from their work and school.
Everyone started gathering on the internet or TRIBi.
TRIBi is the social media platform that is widely used by everyone all over the world.
In this social media platform, everyone can share anything from their daily life and even to some important government announcement.
At this time, a certain news is being spread and talked about by almost everyone.
Terrorist attack!
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received Weekly Power Status
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