Bab 151: Ch. 145 - Life could be dream

[I apologize for the late chapter. I was in a meeting with my group Mates last night, discussing a Group activity. And before I knew it, I fell asleep. Probably from exhaustion.]

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After manipulating his way on the WaterGate Hotel. Jin successfully booked two rooms for him and Jeff separately. There's no way he would let them sleep in the same room.

'Coincidentally', the room that he booked was the same room that he booked before he died in his previous life. What a coincidence.

'It feels good to be back but...This is not my world, so the feeling is kind of different.' Jin would be lying if he said that he doesn't miss his home. Unlike other protagonists, he has a career, a family, friends and the only thing he lacks is a lover. But he could solve that easily if he wasn't reincarnated.

'Now that I'm here, I wonder what I'm supposed to do?' Jin tapped his chin several times again, since he's already here. And from what he knows, COVID hasn't happened yet, so there are many things that Jin could do thanks to his future knowledge advantage. Perhaps the only difference in this human world is that Apple is the most renowned phone in the world, surpassing even the famous ones such as Samsung.

'As far as I know' Samsung is just as famous as Apple so how come Android brands are almost on the verge of bankruptcy now?' Jin wondered to himself.

'I mean, the only way for Apple to beat every phone brand is to become innovative and have a competent CEO after Steve Jobs's death.' Jin's eyes squinted in suspicions. If his assumptions are right. Then that only means this world is either a different world than he knows or there's an unknown variable that changed this world.

'Hopefully, it's the former. If it's the latter either that variable is God or a reincarnator like me.' Jin chuckled to himself. Thinking that having another reincarnator is illogical.

'Wait, I'm also a reincarnator.' Jin stopped in his tracks and whispered to himself in realization.

'But God didn't tell me there's a reincarnator right? No, relying too much on him would result in a fifty fifty positive and negative. I'll have to answer this myself.' Jin said with a determined expression on his face before taking out a laptop that is provided by the Hotel by booking their luxury suite.

He opened Google and searched for any anomalies besides the Android-Apple thing.

'Hmm....Now this is a surprise, although I read it in Jeff's mind that the president is different but I didn't expect it to be this different.' Jin smirked while looking at the earliest photo of the President.

'This guy is surely a vampire in disguise.' Jin smirked in victory. Just from the pale face that he can see on the screen, he's already sure that either the president is a crack or a vampire.

He can see from the way he always wears black even on special occasions and not only his eyes were red, he also always wears a hat and umbrella outside even in warm weather.

What else could this be but a vampire? Though this can't confirm everything but it just increases the possibility.

"Fuck it, I'll see him for myself later. But for now, I need to satisfy my boredom." Jin cursed and stretched his limbs again before searching for anything on the internet.

"Since this world is quite the same as my previous world except for a few, maybe I could change some events." Jin scratched his chin and continued searching.

Jin suddenly stopped typing when a thought came across his mind. Something that made most people back in his world cry.

"Harambe...." Jin muttered before quickly typing about the shooting of a Gorilla named Harambe.

Soon, he sighed in relief when he saw nothing about Harambe's death.

"Hoo~ Thank God, he's still fine. What was the date he got killed by the way?" Jin scratched his head, trying to remember the date when Harambe was killed.

Why was Harambe killed you might ask?

Harambe is a gorilla in a zoo, he was killed around 2016 after a child fell inside his home or close to him.The zoo staff was then forced to make the difficult decision to shoot Harambe to ensure the child's safety. Using tranquilizers is too risky and would just agitate Harambe, which might accidentally kill the child.

'Tsk tsk tsk, if only the parent of the child didn't move their eyes away from him, perhaps Harambe would still be alive and breathing.' Jin shook his head in disappointment. If you're a parent, then it is your responsibility to watch over your child, being busy or talking to someone isn't a good excuse to not watch over your child.

'Idiot humans as always.' Jin shook his head again before stopping and raising his eyebrow in confusion.

'Hm? Why did I just say that as if I wasn't born human? Weird...' Still, Jin put this thoughts in the back of his head and focused on his current goal, which is to save Harambe.

"But since I don't know when it would happen, I guess I would just have to resort to mind 'tricks'." Jin grinned and said to himself before lying down on the bed.

"Welp, I guess I will be a bit busy tomorrow. What a vacation, Jin." Jin remarked before closing his eyes and falling asleep, failing to notice that his eyes flashed in red before he closed his eyes.

***

Jin doesn't know how long he has been asleep but the moment he opened his eyes, he was surprised to see himself in a dark space. Quite similar to God's space however instead of being an all-white, Jin only saw darkness. So dark that he couldn't even see his own hand.

'Where am I?' Jin said out loud however he didn't hear his voice which shocked him and put a chill in his spine.

'I must be dreaming....But I'm conscious of my dream, which shouldn't be possible....but since I'm no longer a human, perhaps that's why.' Jin murmured inside his mind while looking around for any clues he might find. But to no avail, everything and everywhere are nothing but pure darkness.

'This is getting creepy.' Jin also realized that he can't use his powers and abilities. He's powerless in his own dream!

'I thought I would be able to control my own dreams, that's what it said in the media, right?' Jin started to fear for himself. He's in an unknown space without any powers to protect himself just in case.

That's when he suddenly heard a voice that resounds everywhere around him, he heard it everywhere, not right, not front, not back nor on the left. It's like the sound has surrounded him.

[But I am your son!]

From what Jin heard on this voice, it was an angry male voice that seems to hold deep anger as an emotion.

[Everyone is my son and daughter, Luci.]

When Jin heard the next voice, his voice contorted in shock. The voice sounds familiar!

'God?' Jin uttered the name of the first person that came to his mind when he heard the voice. Noticing that there's still another reply, Jin put it in the back of his mind and continued eavesdropping or whatever he is happening right now.

Thankfully, he finally knows who are the two people talking. One is God while the other is a person named Luci.

[.....But I am your favourite.]

Luci replied but this time, there was deep sadness in his voice instead. Jin could almost imagine the current situation in his head which is quite weird but neat at the same time.

In his imagination, he could see God's figure in his white space while talking to a person in front of him. Jin couldn't see what the man looks like but all he could tell is that this Luci is a man taller than God in height. Both of them were standing which is why Jin could tell whose taller.

[....Not anymore.]

Jin heard God's voice again but his tone is quite similar to the man named Luci, the tone is even sadder.

[....I see....It's a mistake coming here.]

Luci then clenched his fists and his head dropped down before turning around and walking away. Jin's 'Imagination' is so vivid that he could even hear Luci's footsteps as he walks away.

[Sam!]

God tried to call out to him however much to Jin's confusion, God uttered a different name instead of calling the man as 'Luci'.

'Why does it feel like God's calling me instead?' Jin touched his chest and felt his heart beating wildly out of shock for some unknown reason.

[Don't call me that!]

Much to Jin's surprise, Luci turned around and rudely pointed his finger at God before yelling in rage.

God stopped in his tracks and could only stand in his place as he watched Luci turn around again and walk away.

Before Jin could further watch what was happening, his 'imagination' suddenly disappeared as if it had popped out of existence.

'What? What happe-' Just as Jin was about to question what happened, he felt someone forcedly pushing him away and before he knew it, he was already back in his bed at his hotel room.

Jin's bed was soaked with his sweat while Jin was breathing heavily as if he had just gone into a marathon. Which is impossible as Jin never saw himself sweating again after he left the world of Kung Fu Panda, so he was surprised to see himself drenched in his own sweat.

"Huff...Huff....Huff."

While breathing in and out heavily, Jin could only muster a few words out of his mouth.

"What was that?"

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[Next Chapter: Ch. 146 - Discovering]

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Bab 152: Ch. 146 - Discovering

After having such a dream, Jin quickly drank a glass of water and went back to bed. It's still midnight and there's still 2 hours until the sun comes up, so Jin still wants to take a long rest. However, as if the world doesn't want him to, Jin couldn't get a wink of sleep as the memories of his dream are still vivid in his mind.

It was as if he was there himself. Not eavesdropping but he's experiencing it himself. Jin doesn't know how to explain and he doesn't want to bother trying to explain it.

And so, 2 hours have passed and Jin could begrudgingly get up from the bed, frustrated that he didn't manage to get a full 8 hours of sleep.

'Hopefully, that dream would be the last.' Jin silently prayed in his heart.

At first, he was thinking of asking God about it but as if his instincts told him not to, Jin decided against it. Jin doesn't know why his instincts are acting up but as someone who has always trusted his gut, Jin trusted it again this time.

'Is Jeff already awake?' Jin pondered to himself before changing his shirt and leaving the room to the next room beside his.

*This!* x3

"F.B.I, Open up!" Jin loudly smashed his knuckled on the door while shouting, causing a commotion on the hotel floor.

A few seconds later, several heads popped out of different rooms, wanting to witness a possible scandal. Jin even saw someone taking out their phones and possibly started recording what is happening. Though they would be disappointed to see nothing but an average looking man standing in front of a hotel room door.

"There's nothing to see here, people. Scurry off." Jin's irises glowed in a moment like a flash and soon, everyone else's irises also shone like his and they all took off their phones and went back inside their rooms.

At the same time, Jeff finally opened the door and Jin met a man with an unkept hair while yawning and stretching his limbs.

"What time is it?" Jeff asked..

"It's time to save a Gorilla." Jin simply answered before continuing.

"A what?" Jeff's previous sleepy expression disappeared and was replaced by a confused expression. Save a Gorilla? Why does someone like Jin come to the human world just to save a Gorilla?

"Don't ask too many questions. We'll be leaving after 5 minutes, so make sure you're ready or else I'll throw you back to Blobby." Jin strictly said while grinning to himself as he threatened Jeff using Blobby.

"Not him!" Jeff shivered. Until now, he's still having that nightmare. Nightmare of having a tentacle invading his mouth, suffocating him and gagging him. No matter what happens, Jeff doesn't want to experience that again. From now on, Blob is the greatest nightmare in his entire life.

'The moment he mentioned Blobby, I felt my throat being suffocated again.' Jeff touched and held his throat in discomfort. Wondering if it's just this body responding to a trauma.

Jeff then went back to his room to quickly freshen up and fix himself. Although he's not sure if Jin is telling the truth and he would really do it if he's late however, it's much better to be cautious than regret it.

In the lobby, Jin was scrolling through his Iphone 7. Well, it's not his Iphone as he just 'kindly asked' someone to let him borrow it. Who knew there were such kind people in this rotten world.

"Candy Crush? This thing still a trend? Thankfully, there's no TikTok yet, which means this world is still capable of being saved." Jin was scrolling on the App Store when he suddenly came across a certain game that hooked the entire world back then.

"Flappy Bird, huh? So this still exists. What if I play it right now?..." Jin pondered to himself. He doesn't want to accidentally rage himself over a game and accidentally causes an accident.

Though it might be impossible for him to be defeated as the Flappy Bird game required fast thinking and fast reflexes or in other words, fast fingers.

Heh.

While Jin was busy scrolling on his phone, hurried footsteps suddenly greeted him from behind followed by a ragged breathing of a man.

"Huff...Huff...Jin?"

Turning around, Jin faces Jeff who was pale and seems to be out of breath as he was breathing heavily nonstop.

"Hmm..." Jin looked at the large modernized wall clock in the hotel lobby then turned back to Jeff.

"Well, you're just in time. Let's go." Jin stood up and left the hotel through the front doors, followed by Jeff.

***

While Jin was busy in the human world.

After Mavis finished reading Jin's letter, she didn't hesitate to pack her clothes and jump through the same window where Jin jumped after turning into her bat form.

*Sniff!*

"Thankfully, I could still track his scent." Mavis sniffed in the air and sighed in relief. She was thankful to his uncle Wayne for teaching her how to track scents and how to differentiate them. It's one of his birthday gifts for her a few years ago.

She then flapped her bat wings and followed Jin's scent, which will eventually lead her out to the human world.

Back to Jin's room, a few hours have passed before Jin's women entered the room.

Obviously, they were confused by Jin's absence and thought that he was just somewhere around the hotel walking around, or worse flirting with the gothic vampire again.

At least that's what they assumed until they saw a folded paper on Jin's bed.

"What's this?" Rapunzel was the first to pick it up much to Elsa's grumble as she competed with Rapunzel on who would be able to pick the paper first.

Rapunzel then proceeded to read it out loud for everyone to hear.

A few seconds later, their faces were twitching in frustration while Rapunzel was the only one different. Instead of being frustrated, she was actually happy for Jin. She knows what 'Me Time' means and she fully supports Jin's decision for it. She also used to like 'Me Time' back when she didn't meet with Jin yet.

Aside from her, Tigress and Elsa were the only ones confused about the letter, though their misunderstanding on the letter is the reason why they're frustrated. As they thought that Me Time is not a good thing.

"You guys....know what Me Time means, right?" Rapunzel asked them with slight doubt in her tone. Why does it feel like the two of them are being frustrated for no reason.

"Me Time means he'll be alone doing what he wants right?" Elsa answered first with a slight tilt of her head while Tigress also answered soon after.

"It means he'll be pleasuring himself, right?"

"What the? Elsa is kind of right but seriously Tigress? That's literally not what Me Time means." Rapunzel shook her head and said. She was right! Tigress and Elsa indeed didn't understand the meaning of the message!

"Me Time means he'll be focusing on himself and relaxation, without worrying about his problems and issues. Relax, it's just like a vacation, but by himself instead."

"By himself? Then, why do I smell the scent of that vampire here?" Tigress asked referring to the gothic vampire, Mavis.

"That....I don't know." Rapunzel awkwardly smiled as she replied.

***

While Jin's women were having a conversation about Jin's sudden leave, Dracula and his father, Vlad were having a conversation on their own.

"What?! You lied to Jin that you didn't know he appeared again?!" Dracula just had the biggest shock in his life as his father just revealed to him that Vlad has long known about Jin's resurface to the world.

"You know me, Drac. I've always been looking at him everywhere. There's no way I would miss him when he comes back. What confuses me was where he has gone off after that war. Trust me Drac, I've searched around the world and there's no sign of him. As if he had just vanished. Until...." Vlad then slowly stopped, irritating Dracula as he's already so interested in Vlad's story.

"Until what!? Continue, dad."

"Until I came across the Bible."

"Bible? What's that?" Dracula was very confused by the word that came out of Vlad's mouth.

"It's some kind of story book that most humans read especially in churches." Vlad waved his hand away, as if telling Dracula not to focus on it too much.

"Anyways, where was I? Oh right, the bible. You see, I read this bible when I found one lying around in a human's house. My curiosity got the best of me, so I couldn't hold back and started reading the bible."

"So? That's it? You just read it?" Dracula felt more and more bored and on the verge of leaving the old man in front of him who has probably gone senile due to his old age.

"Let me finish first, dammit!" Vlad couldn't help it anymore and directly smashed his fist on Dracula's head as he shouted angrily.

"Ahh! That hurts!" Dracula rubbed his head and wanted to curse Vlad. But he's his father, what can he do?

"Ehem. Anyways, in this bible, there's a man called Lucifer. Or the bible referred to him as the devil. You know what else is interesting? I searched around a church and found one of the Pope's descriptions of this Lucifer. And guess what, Drac."

"What?"

"This Lucifer might not have the same face as Jin but his body and wings are the exact same as Jin's! They also describe the devil as a creature with long horns on their heads. Do you know where I'm getting at, Drac?"

"That err- Jin is this Lucifer?" Dracula answered with unsureness in his voice. He has heard from his friends about this but he didn't truly believed it.

"Yes! And the reason we can't find him is because it was said that the devil has a home that is very far away from Earth called Hell."

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