The Guts Test System? Who's Afraid!

Endless Stairs (II)

“Livia!”

“Thunder!”

“Adi!”

“Where are you guys?" shout Rian. Rian looked so panicked at their disappearance. Rian then ran up the stairs. But every time he went up, he always went back to the 4th floor. Five hours passed, Rian still returned to the 4th floor. Either when he went down the stairs, or up the stairs. All back to the 4th floor.

After he continued to run non-stop in those five hours, Rian became a little calmer. “There must be a mystery behind this ladder! System!.”

“System?” Rian called the system over and over again, but the Guts Test System screen did not appear at all.

“Hmmm, so so. All of this is not real. But it's not an illusion either. All this is a dream!”

Rian sat down on one of the stairs and began to ponder. “If this is a dream, then how do I wake up?”

Rian then tried to pinch his cheek. “Ouch! It hurts ... It's weird, if it's really a dream, why do I feel pain? Is the way it works the same as the illusion world I once created?”

Looking at the ground floor from where he was sitting, Rian suddenly got an idea. “Maybe I should kill myself? But if I'm wrong, then I'll really die!” Rian began to imagine how sad Alena and Livia would be if she died.

‘I'll make sure I come back!’ Rian stood up and looked at the ground floor with full resolution.

“AAHHHH” Rian yells and jumps down from connecting stairs of 4th and 5th floor. As soon as he arrived at the 1st floor, Rian's head immediately broke into the floor. Like a broken watermelon, brain matter and blood splattered across the floor.

Kratak Kratak

Slowly, cracks began to appear around Rian.

Kratak Kratak

Pyars

At once, Rian opened his eyes. He saw a very familiar ceiling. “Hospital room?” He saw the wall clock still showing at 00.00 WIB

As Rian turned his head to the left, he saw Livia lying unconscious on the hospital bed. “Livia!” Rian instantly woke up and lightning-fast clasped Livia's hand. But Livia did not respond.

“Livia ... It's all my fault!” Rian clasped Livia's hand with regret. “Sunday ago, you fainted after receiving a memory from Rika. And now, you fainted from still being trapped in a dream. I'm really not a good friend! I always put you in danger. What will protect you? I'm a real jerk!”

Then Rian looked back, there lay Thunder and Adi. Their condition was the same as Livia, still unconscious. “I will save you, whatever the risk!”

“It looks like you really want to save them, hihihihi ..”

“Phantom Doctor?” Hearing a familiar voice, Rian immediately looked towards the corner by the window.

“Yo~ long time no see, hihihihi ..”

“Phantom Doctor, do you know how to save them?”

“Since you were brought here, I have not seen a soul in your body. Which means, your soul is not here. However, for some reason suddenly your soul came back and finally woke up.”

“Hmmm Thank you Doctor Ghost, I think I know what to do. By the way, how did you decide? Did you accept my offer?”

“You're not strong enough yet. Come back when you believe you can kill me!”

Rian smiled with the Ghost Doctor's answer. “Okay then. Now, I have to go save my friends. Bye!”

Just as Rian was about to open the door, Pak Arta suddenly opened the door of the room first. “Rian? You're awake?” Pak Arta immediately hugged Rian tightly. “Thank God you are okay .. thank goodness!”

“Pak Arta?”

“Quickly tell Dad, what really happened?”

“I'll explain later Sir! But now I have to go back to school. To save my friends!” rian answered seriously.

“Well then, go and save Livia, Thunder, and Adi! When you return, tell the Father everything! For a while, I have not contacted my parents. However, if until 5 am you have not managed to wake them, then you will contact their parents. So, quickly save them before their parents come and beat you up!” Mr. Arta is very serious about this. Although he favored Rian, but if Rian made an irreparable mistake, then Pak Arta did not hesitate to punish him.

“Ready! I promise to save them soon!”

“Hopefully succeeded, Rian ..” muttered Pak Arta while looking at the back of Rian who was getting away in the hospital hallway.

......................

“ARGHHH” Rian yells loudly to fight drowsiness. Rian immediately ran as hard as he could up the stairs.

But unexpectedly, Rian again experienced repetition. Rian is back on the 4th floor. “Sial! I entered the dream world again!”

Without hesitation, Rian immediately jumped up with his head facing down. After Rian's head broke, the dream world was destroyed. Rian woke up again. However, this time he did not wake up in a hospital room, but rather on the stairs of the school.

Rian went back up the stairs. However, he again entered the dream world and experienced repetition. "Damn! Do I have to commit suicide repeatedly?" Rian killed himself again and woke up from his dream.

In the end, every time Rian stepped up, Rian would enter the dream world again and again. Rian has killed himself dozens of times to wake up from a dream.

"Haah haah haah haah .." Rian's breathing was stingy not due to physical exhaustion. But mentally tired. The shadow when he fell down and died still lingered in his mind. In the end, he managed to reach the 5th floor after about 50 suicides.

Ding

[Special terms and conditions are met]

[Detects the presence of two or more types of the same special abilities]

[Detecting Host has two special eye capabilities, Inner Eye and Fox Eye]

[Initiation of eye-specific ability enhancement]

[Combination begins]

“A merger? What is this?”

[1%]

[2%]

“Arghhhh, my eyes!” Rian again groaned in pain just like when he got his special ability. He held her eyes which were very hot.

[3%]

….

[20%]

….

[99%]

[100%]

[Composition Completed]

[Congratulations, Host has gained a special combined ability, Eye of Truth]

“Hah haah haah .. Finally this painful process is finished too!” Rian breathed a sigh of relief at the completion of this painful process. Rian's mentality was already so exhausted, that he was completely unable to endure any more pain than this.

Ding

[Host Detection has a special ability, Super Perception]

“There's more?” Rian was really panicking this time.

[Special conditions are met]

[Special ability evolution begins]

“APA!”

[1%]

[2%]

….

"Arghhhh .. You son of a bitch system! Fuck you!" Rian kept shouting and swearing at the system.