บท 7: Book 1 Chapter 7: Watch It Burn
Venus and David walked to the boss's room. She hoped her boss had a good reason to give David a deal. Well… She understood that they couldn't keep David locked away forever. Her only hope was merely whatever deal was made, it's not going to bite her in the ass…
Aside from the David problem. Venus was in a good mood. The meeting she had has given her an opportunity to help others. So her plan now was to find out what the deal was made with her boss then gain the trust of the village.
Samuel's office had a door but it seemed to be always open. Maybe that was his way to see what his employees were doing. It was close to the server room.
Apparently, Venus also had an office. She had a nameplate and everything! She decided to look later.
Venus knocked on Samuel's opened door.
"You may enter," Samuel announced. Judging from Venus's face and the conversation he heard with David and her. He already knew what this visit was about. "Please, have a seat."
They did as told, Venus and David got comfortable in front of Samuel.
"Okay, I don't want this to take too much time. I need to make sure everyone, including the village, is taken care of. To your best ability, please explain what David is expecting from your deal." Venus said calmly. It's not that she didn't trust Samuel's judgment. She just needed to know what the fuck he was thinking!
"In exchange for him to be let free. The deal between me and him was simple. He was willing to cooperate with us if I gave him privileges." Samuel said.
"Don't play with me, Bossman. Out with it!" Venus was getting annoyed. She hates it when someone dragged the issue…
Samuel sighed. "In exchange for being a team player... You will interview girls to be in David's Harem…"
Venus frowned. "Harem..? What is that...?"
She didn't know but she didn't really like where this was going…
Samuel thought about lying to her but he didn't think that would go well with this conversation...
"It means you will get me some girls. I want to have lots of sex, all the time with basically any girl I can get my hands on! They will be my girlfriends forever." David smiled; Samuel winced at David's words.
"Wait… So-... Let me get this straight: You want me to assign women to a psycho? Am I hearing this correctly, bossman?" Venus questioned while pursing her lips.
"Miss Myth... I understand why you would be upset... I need you to think about the bigger picture here…" Samuel reinsured her.
"Oh! I see! The bigger picture, you say?! Tell me! Why would I, a woman, would approve of this man? He is known for having short tempers. His girlfriend is terrified of him burning her alive. Why would I be upset with you asking me to give a man like this, women to play with?! I completely understand this is necessary! This is only business, right?! So, therefore, I shouldn't be angry! Huh?!" Venus happily smiled with a laugh.
Both Samuel and David looked at each other. They got the impression she was not actually okay with this.
She continued. "Oh! I have a really good idea! I'm sure you two will love this one! I know I would! I suggest you both 69 each other! With your cocks deep-throating in each other's mouths, I don't have to hear about this bullshit, again! Okay?! Good~~! Now, if you two assholes would excuse me. I have actual work to do! Buh-bye now!"
Venus waved as she walked towards the door.
"Assuming you still have work! Me and this old man made a deal! I don't know why he wants me to follow you anyway! You are a woman! So your opinions really don't matter!" David said.
"Ah~!! I see, I see! Then I guess you don't need me then! I was willing to cooperate with you. If your demands were reasonable that is. However, I don't plan on sacrificing any woman for your needs." Venus stared him straight in the eyes. "You, David, my good sir, is full of shit! I don't believe you deserve to get a second chance from me."
"Oh yeah, bitch?! Why don't I show you what happens if you cross me?!" David yelled.
"OH, HO! Big shocker! You are threatening me now! Ohhh~~!!! Well then! I suggest you put on your big boy panties and show what a man you are! I am not scared of you!" Venus jeered.
"Bitch! Do you not realize I would really burn your black ass?! Keep testing my patience! I'm going to put you in your place!" David stood directly in front of her.
"Can you two please calm down? I'm aware of both of your feelings, but you two need to act like adults!" Samuel said.
"This is where you're mistaken, Bossman! I am completely calm! I plan to calmly leave this room and not talk about this again! You can keep dealing with this bitch, all you want, by yourself! And if you're going to fire me, I think you should do it already! I'm not going to be bullied! Helping him will disregard my principles!" Venus said.
"Oh? So you don't mind getting fired, right? I say we have a battle, here and now! Mano a Mano! Whoever wins should be the boss! I don't honestly want you to be in control of me anyway!" David said.
"Oh, is the hothead angry?! Awww~ wah! I must have hurt the baby's feelings! If you want to handle the work that I go through, then go right ahead! That way I can sit back and relax. This way, I don't have to deal with this kind of shit with assholes. So by all means, Samuel. Replace me with this guy. I will watch everything burn! You can have a big man like David with fire powers. You don't need a dumb female with only x-ray vision." Venus had enough, she turned to walk away.
"Don't walk away when I'm talking to you, bitch! You talked a big game but you are weak!" David yelled.
"I don't trust you, you are too dangerous..." Venus said as she walked out in the big hallway.
"If I were dangerous, I would do something like this!" David hurled a fireball at her.
She went down as the fire hit her shoulder, making her roll on the floor.
"Hahaha! Roll baby, roll! You are fired!" David mocked.
Her clothes were burnt as she got up. Although the fire was hot, she did get hurt, and there were markings to suggest she got hit. What was weird was the fire didn't burn her skin. Only her clothing was on fire? This made her wonder what he did in his previous lifestyle. The fireball itself felt like a metal ball hitting her, it hurt like hell!
As she watched him lean back his arm, time stopped for her.
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{Analyzing David's movement}
From his throw, he looks like a baseball player. This next fireball appears to be a straight shot. He will likely fake it as a curveball. The best way to dodge it is to wait until he throws it. When I'm positive where it's going to land, roll to the left.
{Conclusion: His big arms throws are dead giveaways}
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David threw his fireball, she made sure where he was aiming before dodging. Although she didn't get hit this time she winced in pain, her shoulder was still hurting from the first hit. David used her pain as an opportunity for another fireball, with this one, she rolled backward. She was getting used to analyzing, then dodging. Unfortunately, her mind can keep up with his powers, but her body could not. All she felt was a constant pain that was weighing her down as she moved from every throw.
He laughs. "How long are you going to keep running from me? I can do this all day!"
'Unfortunately, he is right… My body is not made for this. I did some exercise when I was younger, but I am really out of shape now… His fire is so hot it's hard to breathe!' She tried her best to think of a solution, she was in so much pain. 'I need to not think about the pain as much! Maybe if I put my mind power to work, I can ignore the pain! Mind Over Matter! Mind Over Matter! If I don't mind, then it doesn't matter!'
Venus was constantly convincing herself that she felt no pain. Eventually, she didn't feel anything; it felt like it was healing in some way, she wasn't sure. It's still painful to touch but not enough to pay it no mind.
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{Analyzing Solutions}
Come on! You have been learning so much over these hours! You know about combos, you know about psychology. There are a whole bunch of things that could help you in this situation!
Sure, I have no idea how to fight, but I have seen shows and movies! There has to be something I saw that can help me here! Think! What do you have available to you, right now?
Hmmm…. What if I borrow someone's skill? Who's power will be useful? Maybe Luther! If you use his powers, maybe you can think fast! If you have Bernard's power too! Maybe you can distract him with a dance! Maybe I can build with Jenny's power, or use Joshua, or somebody else's power that can help you here!
{Conclusion: Attempt to use combo skills}
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The first skill she used was {Think Fast!} with Luther's combo, she was able to think of several scenarios really quickly. She does this anyway, but it did help her with a solution.
Venus rolled in front of David to use a skill called {Battle Planner} with {Think Fast!}. This gave her a way to create a small wall for differences. David didn't notice her placing four walls to block him in.
"Let me out of here!" David was now screaming in a closed box, she even placed a ceiling to confine him.
She could have left him in there but she didn't want to be responsible for suffocating someone… In psychology, some psychologists use hypnotherapy for psychos.
'I don't have any pendulum but my big ass could work. I have been to a strip club before. There's a lot of men who get enticed by a big ass.' She thought.
The only stripper she personally knew was Bernard. She opened a peeping hole for David to see through. When she noticed he was looking at her, she moved her hips in a seductive motion. She began to move like a stripper. Her big ass bounced left and right, back and forth, then all around. She made sure to do it in a mesmerizing way. As she shook her body in her dance, Venus hummed a slight tune to calm him down.
"That's it, David. Relax, calm yourself. You are in a safe place, nothing can hurt you here. Listen to my voice, watch my hips swing. Let go of your anxiety. You don't have to be angry, just relax." Venus's sweet voice was getting into David's head. The world was spinning round and round as his mind went far. The fireballs he was frantically throwing inside of the box were getting harder to keep in his hands. "That's it, David! Let go of your anger, sleep, sleep, go into the void of sleep!"
David could've sworn he heard a light song, a beat that was almost like his heartbeat. His muscles let loose, he was no longer tense, he yawned.
"Your silly tricks can't do anything to me!" David yelled, trying to fight his sleep.
"David, why are you angry? Why do you need to be the best? Why? Is it Daddy problems? Or your Mommy perhaps." Venus wondered.
"Quiet you! You're not playing fair! And stop your silly dance!" David tries to burn himself but unfortunately, he's resistant to fire.
"Yes, look at your fire, watch the wave of the flames." Venus coaxed. While hypnotizing someone, you don't have to use something specific, anything would do. If he's looking at his fire, she can use that to her advantage. If he closed his eyes to look at nothing, that's actually even better to make someone sleep! He was in a losing situation here.
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{Quick Summary}
When given the opportunity, use your combined Jenny skills on the wall, watch out for any fireballs, then discombobulate.
{Conclusion: Discombobulate}
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His weak knees gave out, making him fall to the floor. Venus saw this as an opportunity! She quickly pulled down the wall in front of him.
"Discombobulate!" She yelled as she kneed him in the face. The combination of his drowsiness and her attack knocked him the fuck out!
David was now snoring.
"I guess that's done now," Samuel said. He was writing in his papers the whole time.
"Weren't you worried about me or anything?" Venus asked.
Samuel stopped his writing to regard her through his door. "I have full confidence in your ability."
"Wait, what?" She questioned.
"My job is to know the people who work for me, see what they do. You have been constantly telling everybody you only have x-ray, why?" Samuel asked.
"It's a long story… I just don't want to stand out. If you tell people you're smarter than them, they will treat you badly. I want to avoid that from happening again… I keep my grades low and not be seen." Venus said.
"Here's the thing. I don't need a low IQ leader. The way I see it, you should not worry about other people's opinions about how smart you are. You are smarter than them and you can help them, it's that simple." Samuel said.
"You-you really feel that way?" She asked.
"I do, please sit with me."
Venus walked back into his office to take a seat in front of his desk.
Samuel continued. "I want you to make peace with David. Before you got angry, I had a full plan to deal with him. I already told you I am working with Joshua and Robert to help. People like David suck, I know. I want to reassure you that I have no intention of him hurting anyone in any shape or form."
"What exactly was the deal with you two?" Venus asked.
"The only deal I made with him is to be helpful to you. I told him I'll ask you if you can see to his needs. I already told him that he has to actually make an effort to cooperate." Samuel said.
"And why should I cooperate with him?" Venus scoffed.
"The alternative is to keep him locked away forever… We would always be fearful of him coming back to kill us. Now, I am not saying we should do everything he says, I'm only saying we should placate him. You are free to tell the girls in your interview that he is dangerous. It doesn't matter if you actually interview any girl at all. If you just simply tell him that we are giving him what he wants, this will calm him down. The only thing we need to do is prove that we are trying. In the world of business, you'll get clients who are going to be upset about things. In these scenarios, you have to make them happy by telling them what they want to hear. Do you understand?"
Venus quietly heard Samuel's long explanation. She understood, she didn't like it, but she understood where he was coming from.
"Okay… The only way I'm gonna do this is if me and you give him a contract. It will say that he can't hurt anyone, if he does then, then the deal is off! He goes back to jail. There should be consequences for doing bad things." Venus said.
"I agree. Please wake him up. We need to do this before the village decides." Samuel said.
Venus got Alex to heal Mr. Sleepy.
"Wake up asshole!" Venus slapped him awake after he was healed.
"W-What?! What the?!" David found himself sitting in a chair. Venus and Samuel were standing in front of him. Alex excused herself after she was done healing. "What was going on?"
"I am willing to see if any women would want to be in your harem." Venus lied.
David frowned at her. "Why? Is this one of your cheap tricks? I am still a little confused by your attack but I am not stupid! I want a rematch!"
Venus regarded Samuel and he gestured to her to make a deal.
"I hate you, but I don't want to keep fighting you. So here is the deal! You can take it or leave it! If you agree with my demands and work under me. I will get you, women. If you don't take my deal, you will get thrown into jail, because I have no problem letting you rot. These are your only options." Venus said.
"So, all I gotta do is listen to you?" David frowned.
"The official deal is you have to promise to not hurt anyone, only when I give the OK can you do otherwise. As soon as you hurt someone, the deal is off! If you can promise me you'll be on your best behavior, you can have your silly harem! Do we have an understanding?"
"Yes, I agree to those terms, if you can follow through!" David said.
"Then it's a no-deal, bye David!" She disregards him.
"What?!"
"I already told you the deal! You have to listen to what I say! I wouldn't lose any sleep in putting you in jail! Now, do you agree with this term? Do what I say or go to jail?" Venus said firmly. David looks to Samuel for guidance. "Don't look at him, he already agrees! You are dangerous and you have already attacked me! Technically I can take you to jail just for that! The way I see it, I am being reasonable."
David sighed. "Fine! I'll play nice!"
When they shook hands, he got a message saying that the deal was locked.
"What the hell is this?" David yelled.
"What do you mean? It's our deal we just made." Venus said.
"It says I will lose everything if I make one mistake!"
"Of course, that's what it says, that's the deal we just made, as I just said."
"I didn't think that it was going to be like this! I thought you were going to take my word for it!"
"Why the hell did you think that?! You literally threw a fireball at my back!"
"I refuse to have a leash over my head!" David yelled.
"So, the deal is off? I didn't think it was gonna last long anyway. If you truly are going to do this. I will give you a minute to reconsider. The moment I leave the room the deal is over and you will be marked as a criminal. I know some people may feel that I am being unfair. However, we have children now. Having someone who will strike someone in the back with a fireball, just because they're not getting their way is not someone I want running around. Especially while we're trying to make peace with other people. David, you are basically a liability." After her speech, Venus made her way towards the door.
"Okay! Fine! You will get no trouble from me! Just give me what I want!" David said.
"Good, now come. I'd rather you guard me than be somewhere I can't see you." Venus said then regarded Samuel. "Later, Bossman!"
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After some time had passed, the natives were making a decision to deal with outworlders or not.
Blaze, Randall's talking dog summon, was being watched by Venus. The villagers knew about this, it's why they brought it to the meeting. Venus waited in the server room, while being asked some questions. She told Blaze to only respond if they ask something. She wanted them to think for themselves and make a decision on their own.
"We understand that you are all reluctant to trust us. This is why we are not pressuring anyone to make a deal with us. If you need time, that's completely fine. If some of you want to come now, Miss Venus is willing to provide her interview. This way you have powers to defend yourselves. Her only goal is to help maintain peace." Blaze said.
It was still unnerving to them, seeing a dog talk was strange. The Elder's son stepped forward, his name was Jaco.
"It's not that we don't want to believe all of this, it's just that we have trusted outsiders before and it led to our chaos. If it is okay with the rest of the village, we are willing to send volunteers to participate in Venus's power interview…" Jaco said.
Redny tried to do the interviews himself, but it wasn't working. He asked a couple of people but he couldn't figure out their abilities.
"How do we know these questions work? They seem kind of stupid to me…" One of the villagers said.
"You are not wrong, I too was skeptical. All she did was ask these ridiculous questions then basically said, do what you've been doing. I was highly upset, but… After using my powers I can see that they are not lying. I am able to sharpen my spear, craft many other weapons. The children I have trained are learning quicker now. I know how stupid it sounds, but the things I've already done in life improved. The woman didn't actually give me the powers, it's like I always had it… It's hard to explain…" Redny said.
"Yes, it is true that the questions were strange, but she helped us. We can trust her. If you don't trust her with powers, then let's still let her help us with food. I thought we brought back enough, but eventually, we'll have nothing." Annika said.
"Okay! I am more than convinced! For those who want to receive their powers follow me. I am leaving right now!" Jaco said. He gathered his things then kissed his parents goodbye.
The Village Elder himself was very old and wise; he trusts his son's judgment and he was very proud to see the man that he will become. He watched his son take 20 people with him. Most of them were women, due to the fact that a lot of men died from the creature's invasion.
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{In the server room}
"Okay, David, they are on their way. This will likely take time, are you ready?" Venus asked.
David smirked. "There are a lot of girls coming, I can't wait."
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Ghostblood
Ghostblood The situation with Samuel and Venus happens a lot… Even with this book, people misunderstood or miss interpreted what I was saying. They assumed that I was trying to push my opinion onto others. I never said that or implied such things. I don’t like arguing because people are going to think what they wanna think, and no matter what I say, they are going to think wrongly of the things I say anyway, so what’s the point?
Here's an example of the difference between knowing and understanding. If a boss says, “If you are late again I have to let you go…" and the person will reply and say "Yes, I got it." The difference is, yes, of course, you know that if you are constantly late for work, then the result is going to get you fired. However, they don’t understand why the boss is saying this. They don’t realize that he is giving that person a second chance. He cares if the person gets fired or else he wouldn't warn them. Instead of getting annoyed with your boss, say thank you for telling me.
The main idea for this book is harems, which I have already explained that it’s pretty much like a relationship. The next thing is social anxieties. Everyone wants to feel love. Having a lot of girls love you is very special and they've always taken it for granted. I am fully aware that normal harems are not about any of this. Most people don’t want to hear opinions. You may think I’m lying or I am mistaken but you don’t live the life I do… The fact that some people got upset when I made my own opinions from this book is proof of that. Some may feel like it’s wrong for me to tell you to thank your boss. I’m not telling someone not to be a jerk, but do not expect people to appreciate your bad behavior. I'm not trying to change it, I am just simply letting you know that it is not OK...
Remember, there’s a difference between knowing and understanding. I only say this stuff because I care, or else I wouldn’t say anything at all.
I think my new slogan is to respect your harem! Treat them kindly and they will treat you the same. Yes, yes, it sounds dumb I get it. You are the alpha and they are the beta. Just hear me out, all you have to do is treat girls, guys, or whoever gender you are into like human beings, they will appreciate you more.
I love you all in my own way! I hope you all keep safe out there! Thanks for reading!
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