[System Update Completed.
Thank you for your patience.] an angelic voice resounded in Te-Ho's head as a blue screen flashed in front of his eyes.
[GOOD MORNING~ I am your freshly updated, sentient syste—OH GREAT HEAVENS. The hell happened to you?]
The screen flashed as the words switched to a confused and disgusted face. It had emerald green eyes and a small nose with tiny lips. Hearing the angelic voice, Te-Ho barely lifted his gaze, as blood slid down his eyelashes.
"Ogha— ue, ala—" Te-Ho spoke in his crazed state, trying to follow the source of light in front of him, almost like a curious animal.
[Um… have you gone senile?] The screen turned back to words, circling around Te-Ho as if inspecting him.
[Running Health Diagnoses…
Diagnosis complete.]
[Subject Status: CRITICAL]
[Vital Signs: Stabilized at 4%. Cognitive Function: 0.2%. Hormonal Stability: Fubar.]
[Trauma Index: …Unable to determine.]
[Yikes. To make a grown man go crazy in under a week, gotta hand it to the one who tortured your ass. Wait—I meant that figuratively. Ugh—]
A flicker of data flashed through the abyss—like a pulse shocking a corpse. The System's new voice was laced with biting sarcasm and mechanical indifference, yet oddly… familiar.
[Not gonna sugarcoat it, meatbag. You're clinically insane and physically wrecked. So, the good news is, you can only go up from here.]
[Initiating Emergency Mental Reclamation Protocol: Code Name—"GET YOUR SH*T TOGETHER MOTHER F**KER"]
[Reconstructing Neuron Structure. Injecting Neural Stimulant. Redirecting memory triggers. Restoring brain activity, Reducing Libido…]
…
[Reboot successful. Subject consciousness restored at 14%. Enough to formulate basic revenge fantasies.]
Te-Ho's body shook, as a wave of blood and mucus escaped his mouth. Tears rolled down his eyes as he screamed in pain. His body convulsed against the chains, stretching and bending at odd angles as if he were possessed.
"AaGH—AAAHHGH" Te-Ho gritted his teeth bearing the pain that rang throughout his body. Every cut, every wound on his body, even those that had long healed were hurting as if they were freshly inflicted.
His eyes shot back and for a second he felt like he was about to pass out, but then suddenly the pain alleviated, and a second later it was comepletely gone.
[Ye—That's my bad. I forgot to turn off your pain receptors before bringing back your memories. Hehe!]
The saintly voice resounded in Te-Ho's conscious mind as his eyes shot up, towards the translucent blue colored screen flashing those words.
"What the hell?" Te-Ho barely managed to utter the words as his memories, both good and bad slowly returned to him in the form of moving pictures. Te-Ho's eyes widened as he tried to rub his forehead, but his hands were still chained to the ceiling. They had turned pale and barely had any sensation in them.
Te-Ho's jaw trembled, his eyes bloodshot as he whispered into the air. "Sophia, that bitch!"
"I AM GONNA KILL HER—" Te-Ho shouted at the top of his lungs, his voice reverberating through the entire dungeon, underneath the castle.
[Shut up idiot! Or do you wanna bring all the guards in the castle to this place?]
Te-Ho's eyes shot back to the screen looking a little confused. "You could talk?"
[Ugh—let's go through this one more time shall we? Welcome back to the shit hole, Im you newly conscious system, call me whatever you want but if you say Jarvis I'll electrocute your prostate.]
The system flashed as it switched through an array of faces in between the text.
"Nice to meet you Jarvis!" Te-Ho said with a light chuckle.
The system is face flashed to a rather scary looking smile, as words flashed on its screen again.
[It's great that you are already making jokes and all, but alas I am a system of my word!] the smile on the screen stretched wider and suddenly Te-Ho felt burning pain rising in his dick.
"Ouch! I'm injured you fucker." Te-Ho groaned in pain.
[Does that matter? Your pain receptors are already turned off. Anyways… do you wanna continue hanging or are we gonna escape any time soon?]
"You got a plan?" Te-Ho asked, caressing his dick with his thigh.
The system flashed a sly smirk, before the screen flashed again.
[Sure do. Step one: Get the key to your chains. Step two: Kick the living shit out of anyone who gets in the way. Step three: Burn it all."]
"That's… vague." Te-Ho shot back, looking rather unimpressed.
[Says the guy whose last plan ended with him getting squished like a tomato inside a swimming pool.] the system, squinted its eyes in an arrogant manner.
***
A few seconds later, as Te-Ho and the system were busy contemplating their escape plan. A timid voice resounded from outside the cell, mixed in with the sound of a pair of approaching footsteps. "I-I swear I heard a someone shout just now."
"Ugh—How many times do I have to tell you that the only one in this row is the otherworlder and that thing is as good as a clump of meat at this point."
"But—" the timid voice, retorted.
"Bless me Goddess! You know what I'm just gonna go check so shut the hell up—"
Hearing the discussion outside, Te-Ho couldn't help but smirk. 'Now, isn't that nostalgic?'
"You thinking what I'm thinking?" He whispered.
[You do realize that I can read your thoughts right?] the system answered with a confident smile.
"Wait a minute—You can?" Te-Ho spat out, a little shocked.
[Ye—I mean it's a hassle to go through the brain logs but I can check them if I really want to.]
"Ehhh—you mean every thought?" Te-Ho said with a perverse smile.
[It is a conscious decision, so you can stop thinking whatever the hell it is you are right now.] the system answered looking indifferent.
[Ugh—why do I get all the idiots?]
Te-Ho shot the flashing screen a look and quickly pretended to be unconscious.
A few moments later, a guard wearing a full set of armour showed up. He had brown hair, a chilled face and had a sword to strapped at his hips.
With a lantern in hand he quickly checked the inside of the room, but finding it the same as before, and the otherwrllder knocked unconscious, he quickly turned around and shouted back to his partner. "I told you everything is fine! You seriously need to get your hearing checked."
But just as the guard was about to leave, he suddenly heard something rattle behind him.