TRAPPED IN THE NOVEL WORLD

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"May I play with you?" Those words were simply thrown out of Zero's mouth.

All the children looked towards Zero, staring at him from toe to head. They look strange to see Zero, only this time there is a boy in Miwa's house.

"Where are you from? You don't seem to be a kid here?" ask one of them.

"I ... I ...." Zero was confused to answer the children's questions. He himself did not know where it came from, which he knew, he often moved around to survive.

"Basic freak! Don't mind him, let's play again" one of the children told the other.

All the children returned to playing ball, ignoring Zero who was staring sadly at them. He hasn't played with his peers in a long time. Seeing children his age play looks very fun, Zero is eager to come along. But what power, he is not allowed to only see while paying attention to their kicking movements one by one.

"I can even kick that ball up to the goal from here" Zero murmured.

They kick and pass the ball with their feet. Because so excited one of them kicked the ball too far to enter the yard of one of the residents. The house was bigger and grander than the other houses. Since there was a notoriously fierce pet dog, they were all terrified of taking the ball inside.

"You take it fast. If my mom finds out I lost the ball again, I'll be home" the fat boy told the boy who kicked the ball.

"I-I'm scared, Jack. There was a very fierce dog there" replied the frightened kicker.

"Then what about my ball? I don't want to know you have to take it now!" snapped the fat-bodied boy while pulling the clothes of the child.

He was scared and pushed back his steps. No one dared to enter the house. Let alone to take the ball, just look at the yard the house dog was barking about to bite them.

"I can take that ball. Provided ...," said Zero approached them.

All eyes looked towards Zero. The fat boys had underestimated Zero, their healthy and contained bodies did not dare to enter, especially with a thin body like Zero, he thought.

"Ha, ha, as long as what? Do you dare to face that fierce dog? Just look at one bite it can tear your skin loose." Point the young boy towards the tall black dog.

"Ha, ha, ha ...." Laughter interspersed with his friends.

"Okay, your challenge I accept! If you dare and manage to take my own ball in there. We'll take you to play" he added, pushing Zero's body.

Zero smiled and got up. He glanced at the dog. It was big and scary, but Zero immediately dismissed that thought. According to Zero, it was more frightening when he was sold than facing the dog.

"Okay, I accept. I'll go inside and get the ball as long as I can play with you."

Zero started to step up, becoming the spectacle of those children. They are sure Zero will not succeed, because the dog is notoriously fierce and likes to bite. Zero climbed the rough-textured wall with the strength of his hands and feet. Although his body is very thin, he is used to working hard so that the endurance of his hand muscles is very strong.

"We see the child, soon it will cry and scream in pain, ha, ha ...." They laughed again in doubt about Zero.

To all the children laughing out loud, they were watching from outside. Zero has now climbed the ladder. Zero already had a special strategy, first he had collected a lot of pebbles for himself to throw in the far direction so that the attention of the dog did not focus on seeing it.

Before the dog realized its presence, Zero directly threw the pebble very far away. Nah! It sounded so loud because it fell into the zinc, the roof of a cage. Zero did not want to waste this opportunity. He immediately came down, and ran very fast towards the red-colored ball.

"Hosh, hosh ...." Zero's breathing began to stir because he did not have time to take a deep breath before running.

The red ball had now been successfully grabbed by Zero, he immediately grabbed hold and ran back towards the gate where he had climbed. Zero did not look back, he did not know that the dog had run towards him.

Fortunately Zero's instincts were very sharp. Before the dog pounced on him, he had already looked over first. The dog has a pointed fang, one bite can tear his skin loose. Not out of sense, Zero immediately opened the shirt he was wearing. Put the ball to the ground, then take a long piece of wood to drive the dog away.

"She, woof, woof."

"Aarghhhh!" shouted Zero.

As fast as lightning, he tied the dog's mouth straight to the middle of his teeth with the t-shirt he had just taken off. Then Zero pulled the bond tight. "Give up! I'm not a criminal! I just want to get that ball!" yelled Zero loudly.

Apparently, the scene of Zero fighting a dog was witnessed by a daughter of the owner of the house. Her face was very beautiful and was the same age as Zero. The little girl smiled unceasingly, amazed to see Zero. With his personal assistant. He walked up to Zero while clapping.

"You're so great!" shouted the girl.

Zero immediately turned his head, looking at the girl with clothes and a body that contained, according to Zero confirmed that she was the son of the owner of the house.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to hurt your dog, just that he was trying to bite me. I'm sorry, I've also been sassy to enter your yard, I just want to take my friend's ball," Zero said, bowing.

Zero's dog let go, now he's not attacking anymore. Because Sindi, the little girl's name, told her to leave.

"It's okay. I saw him just now. Sorry my dog is guilty" Sindi said with a smile. Only this time there was a boy who dared to enter his house. "It seems I've never seen you. Introduce my name Sindi. What's yourname?" Sindi thrusts her hand towards Zero.

Zero stared disliked. Instead of accepting the size of the hand, he brushed it aside. "So you saw me from earlier? Why don't you help me? What if I was bitten by your dog? Excuse me, I'm sorry I entered your yard" Zero said with cold water.

"No, I actually wanted to help you. Unfortunately you defeated him first" Sindi reasoned.

Zero doesn't care. He does not like people who do not have empathy for others. He ran and climbed back up the wall. Not looking back, he ignored Sindi who felt guilty.

Outside, all the boys were stunned when they saw Zero was not injured in the slightest. They did not expect that Zero could return to bring the ball intact.

"I've taken this ball. So can I play with you guys?" ask Zero.

All the boys smiled, they nodded. They eventually acknowledge Zero's prowess and allow him to come into play.

The ball game goes on. Before playing, Zero had seen one by one the weakness of his opponent. Zero is very quick to learn, it is proven there has not been an hour he was able to win the game by breaking into the goal repeatedly.

"Zero ... You're so great!" they shouted while carrying Zero's body.

"Ha, ha, ha!" Zero let out a laugh, missing all of whatever problems were in his brain. For him just want to play and play until he can laugh out loud like now.

The incident was witnessed by Sindi from afar. For the first time Sindi came out with her assistant to watch Zero play.

"So his name is Zero" the little girl muttered with a smile.

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Sorry for the dear readers. Maybe the flow you think is slow. But believe me, the author has tried as much as possible to keep updating following the framework so as not to get out of the groove.

Everything will be beautiful in time, Zero's meeting with her parents is already in the skeleton section and is already in the chapter that has been determined.

Hopefully the author can complete this writing mission, and can finish this story so as not to break up in the middle of the road.

Thank you for reading this story, greetings from me.

_Afsheen_