The System

Jung found himself lying on the floor, drenched in sweat. He got up.

'What was that feeling? Why am I sweating? Maybe it was just a dream.' he thought as he checked the time on his phone.

He realized that he has been "dreaming" for an hour already. He found it too strange, so he observed the surroundings.

'There's nothing wrong though... But why do I feel even stranger?' he asked himself quietly. Then he calmed himself and tried to organize his thoughts.

"Okay so... I recieved a package from an unknown person. Then the deliveryguy freaked out when he saw me-- wait, wait, that's not included. So the package, it contained a necklace with two interlocked rings with words "Game" and "Life" written on it. I liked the design so I wore it. Then I rubbed the surface of the rings to gesture my liking--" he paused for a moment.

"After that, I heard sounds ringing in my head, it said...uhmm..."game" or something. Then I woke up, drenched in sweat."

"In conclusion, the last thing I did while I was lucid was to rub the rings. Did rubbing them trigger those "hallucination"? " he said as he looked at the rings in the necklace.

He hesitated for a while then said as he rubbed the surface of the rings, "Then if I rub them again..."

A hologram-like system interface flashed before his eyes, and startled him.

"WHAT THE ****!!! WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!!! MOMMY!!!" his scream echoed throughout the building, but the system interface didn't disappear

An old woman came in his apartment.

"What's going on?! Why are you screaming?!! It disturbed my deep SLEEEEEP!!!!" the old woman's shout was a hundred times louder than that of Jung.

Kang Jung was scared to the bones.

"Please spare my life Mrs. Landlord, I promise it won't happen again." he said as he knelt down and rub his hands together.

That old woman was Kim Ro Sa the land owner. She can't survive a single day without shouting. Sometimes, Jung wonders about how large her lung capacity is, hai, as they say, age doesn't matter.

"I gave you a discount for the rent and even allowed you to stay the first month for free, you haven't even payed the rent for this month, but here you are causing trouble for other people! If you continue being like this, I will kick you out!!!" the old woman said in a fast manner as if she was rapping.

'She has a great potential as a rapper...' he was dazed for a while before coming back to his senses and said, "I'm so sorry Mrs. Landlord. I promise that I will pack up and leave if I don't pay the rent next week, I promise" then he remembered the system interface.

"But Mrs. Landlord..."

"What?!"

"Can you see a hologram-like figure in front of me?" he asked as he pointed something.

"What?! Ho-hol-holgoram... what?!"

"Hologram, or a system interface?"

"Sh-shytem what?!"

"System, like-- ugh, nevermind"

The landlady don't see the system. It seems that Jung is the only one who can see it.

---

It was already nighttime. Kang Jung was frying some saury for dinner as he stare at the hologram-like figure in front of him. He left the kitchen and observed the system interface.

The words "Game Of Life" was written on the background. "System" was written on the top. And there was a "New Game" button.

After hesitating for a while...a long while actually...he finally clicked the "New Game" button.

Then a series of options appeared.

' Choose a permanent power.

[Choose wisely. You are only allowed to choose once and for all. You can upgrade them later.]

Time manipulation

- ability to freeze time.

Invisibility

- You and any objects you choose will be invisible.

Four Leaf Clover

- Extreme luck.'

"Is this for real. These are all great. I can't choose anything." Jung said.

He was already sweating, you can already see the red veins in his eyes, but he still didn't choose anything. He was pointing the choices one-by-one as he read the descriptions again. He was planning to choose the Time Manipulation.

Suddenly, he smelled gas and saw smoke coming out from the kitchen...

"HOLY COW!!!" he hurriedly ran to the kitchen. The saury that he has been frying turned to ashes. The whole kitchen was now full of smoke, he can barely breath. He quickly turned the stove off and opened the windows.

"What do I eat now?" Jung was extremely disappointed.

"I guess I'll just buy some porridge outside." then he wore his jacket and went to a food stall.

---

In the food stall

"Yoo Ji Eun is so beautiful..." Jung said as he watched the drama in the T.V. while eating.

"She has the same name as Ji Eun... I wonder what happened to her."

But wait... What about the system!

Jung completely forgot about it. The system interface dissapeared until now. Jung rubbed the rings again. But the three choices are already gone, instead it showed three options; Missions, Status, and Item Draw:

'Mission(s)

Main Mission - Find a job to increase popularity.

Mission Reward :50 points

Mission Penalty :50 points

Daily Mission - Increase "Fitness" by 10

Mission Reward :10 points

Mission Penalty :50 points

...

Status

Points - 0

Fitness - 1 (Garbage: a punch from a preschooler will knock you out)

Intelligence - 98 - (Excellent: can surpass some above-average people

Popularity - 2 - (Junk: only your parents know you)

Communication - 73 - (Good: can communicate well with elderly people only)

Skill - Sharp Memory

Power - Four Leaf Clover'

"Cruel system. Am I really like that." he said as he looked at the Status. Then he noticed something...

"WHAT?! I didn't choose that power!" he said as he tried to recall what happened.

Then he laughed dryly. "I see, I see. I must've chose it by mistake while running to the damned kitchen."

"Why is the world so unfair..."

Then he saw a button at the bottom right side. It said "Details". Jung clicked it. It says:

'This system connects a game to reality. It will help achieve the dream of the sole player.'

"So it will help me become famous and successful, huh..."

Just wait! This bro will achieve that for sure!