The System In My Head
Relieves obstacles
"You guys look like you're having fun from anyone here!" Ben opens two women at the bar using the line Antonio gave him.
"Yes! Us!" Said the cute one as the two of them chuckled and looked at him.
He chatted with the two of them with jokes, remaining friendly, unfocused on his target. Choosing a target is easy on this set. One funny and one 3/10, unacceptable to the system and the human.
Everything went well. The three of them laughed and chatted for 5 minutes. Then the cute target excuses himself to call outside, leaving an obstacle with Ben.
Ben considered his next move. 'Okay, we've been talking long enough. Now is the perfect opportunity to defuse the obstacles.' He smiled warmly and approached to whisper something in his ear.
The woman giggled expecting another funny joke.
"Listen to the pig, your friend is mine. It's life or death to me. So you better go!"
***
Antonio gave Ben a look mixed with fear and respect. "Because..you really said that? That's too much."
Ben agrees. "I know, right? The response is too overrated! He did not need to shout like a trapped pig! It's just a joke/small threat..." Ben laughed nervously. The 8-day deadline made him uneasy.
He convinced himself. 'I'm a good man. That was a joke.' He was just kidding, mostly.
After a failed decommissioning, the obstacle screamed and the guards nearly kicked Ben out. They only retreated after Antonio calmed them down by saying it was a false joke, somehow easing the situation.
Things have not gone well so far, but there is one bright spot. He's got the achievement!
[Congratulations! You have opened Achievement: Forever Dry (rare) - Avoid 3 drinks thrown by different women within an hour]
[Sharing rewards: PUA Points + 200]
[Sharing rewards: PUA Points + 200 (Event bonus)]
'400 points! Double prizes are worth every drop!
'What else can I get from a woman to throw at me?'
It was the birth of an evasive master!
Ben has 750 points now, enough to redeem the Mystery Box. Anything he got could help him earn more points over this particular event. So he went to the bathroom to try his luck.
'The last time I did unboxing in a men's toilet, I got a garbage banana peel, I hope the bathroom wasn't the factor.' The bathroom is rarely a place where people earn a lot of money.
Ben walks into the bathroom of the little bar.
[Underground Prison Safe Zone detected]
...
'I am safe from what? The monster is bidding?' Ben shook his head. He could not understand how this system viewed the world. Still, it made him curious as to what other secrets this "Dungeon" had.
Ben entered a kiosk and went shopping.
Second, on the last occasion of her bathroom pillow talk, the system shows no love for her. 'Grunts. I won't kiss your cold ass!' Since he didn't appreciate it, he wouldn't talk about it sweetly anymore!
Ben wasted no more time and bought the Mystery Box. 'Give me something to get past this whore's hurdle!' Instead of a system, he prays to God for good luck. Ben heard he liked the harem a lot.
In essence, his belief was to be sold to the highest bidder.
A small light show later and Ben gazes at the treasure of six colors.
The colorful baseball cap with a plastic rotor spinning on it.
'No. There must be something special about this.' Ben read the description.
[Vane Hat(Needle, General) x1 - These hats. Oh. There's one special property. If you push the propeller, it gives spinage. Suitable for dogs and crazy humans.]
"F*ck!" Ben slammed the lid on the ground. As he was about to leave, he looked back, then sighed. 'In my platoon, there will be no items left behind...' A hero willing to save a propeller hat becomes eligible for a derple star.
Seeing Ben leave the bathroom, Antonio approaches him. His eyebrows shot up as he looked at the multi-colored hat hanging in his pocket. "The propeller hat hurts because! Have you ever had it before? Why didn't you say it all this time?"
Ben wants to curse. 'Because I don't want to die a virgin in a week, that's why.'
Seeing that Ben was not interested in the topic, Antonio talked about something else. "Alright, back to business then. That last approach is not a good person. You should take a gentler attitude when defusing obstacles. It's like a bomb, you gotta be soft, or it's gonna blow up your dick..."
Ben listen. "Then how do you defuse them?"
"Make them like you. Be nice and be friends with them. Then they'll be less likely to block you."
Ben nodded. "Nonsense, though I wish you'd said that before. Yeah, a friend wouldn't threaten you ..." He decided to try something else. "OKAY. I'm in again."
Ben opened two more sets standing by the window. Like last time, the opening went well. He chatted with them, became part of the group. A few minutes later, his target turned to say goodbye to a familiar partner.
Ben saw this opportunity. He was alone with the obstacle. 'This is my chance. Ease obstacles. Be friends with him.'
"You want to go play Hello?"
...
"Or can we pick up the girls?"
***
"What's going on?" Antonio asked why the barrier was pulling on the target and left with a look of disdain.
Ben's face revealed loneliness. "He doesn't want to be friends..."
...
He looked back at her. 'Mobile gamer asses..'
