A Bug in System

"So, in simple words, you will send me to a place where I have time to think about where to put my points. There are also some monsters there. I can leave anytime I want, but after level 10, I can't stay there, right?"

[Yes, that's how it is. Do you want to be a contestant?]

"Why not? I want to," Zetsu chuckled and agreed.

[Then have fun.]

With that, Zetsu's vision went black, and when his vision returned, he saw himself in a white space. He looked around, and there was nothing but a black place. Then he said, "System."

[Name: Bunk Zetsu]

[Age: 18]

[Level: 1]

[Strength: 1]

[Agility: 1]

[Vitality: 1]

[Defense: 1]

[Superability: None]

[Do you want detailed information?]

Zetsu sat on the ground and said yes.

[Strength: As the name suggests, it's all about power.]

[Agility: It's about speed and reaction speed to any small movement.]

[Vitality: Recovery speed and gives a long lifespan.]

[Defense: How much attack you can ignore.]

"Is this detailed information?" Zetsu's eyes twitched as he spoke, but then he shook his head. "Well, it's simple to understand."

Then he looked around on his status screen, and in the corner, he saw some points.

[Points: 9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999.....]

"Is this a bug? Is there an end to these 9 numbers?" Zetsu said as he looked at the endless string of 9s.

"Well, it seems like a bug, and a good bug. Haha, this is good," Zetsu laughed and added one point to strength, feeling a wonderful sensation in his body. Then he added another point to strength and felt it again.

"If I keep doing this manually, who knows how many years will go by. Is there an automatic feature?" Zetsu thought, and automation features appeared. He clicked on the features, and he saw his strength, agility, vitality, and defense increasing.

"I feel sleepy," Zetsu closed his eyes, fell on the ground, and slept.

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In the white room.

Zetsu was still sleeping without any dreams, just lying there without moving an inch.

Today, Zetsu's eyes twitched, he frowned as he opened his eyes, and his dazed eyes looked around for a while. He didn't remember anything. He kept looking at the white wall.

After some minutes, his mental gears started working, and he remembered where he was.

"Yeah, my status," Zetsu remembered as he opened his status.

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"What the heck? Where are my levels, my name, my strength, all of that, hey? Hey system?" Zetsu became worried, looked around, but found nothing. He touched his status screen, but it passed through.

"Shoot, what to do? What to do?" Zetsu was a person who calms down in dangerous situations and starts working on a solution. He took a deep breath and then he looked at the system, noticing something he had overlooked before.

[System Service]

"Is this the same as customer service?" Zetsu thought as he pressed the system service option.

After a while, he heard a voice.

"Hello, I'm System Service No.97. Thank you very much for contacting our System Service." It was a female voice. "For professional reasons, this call is going to be recorded, so please state something truly problematic regarding the system."

Truly problematic? It seems many just call for fun.

"Hello, I'm Bunko Zetsu, and I'm trapped in a tutorial place, and my status is just showing blank lines," Zetsu said. He thought of mentioning the many 9s at the beginning, but he didn't.

"Thank goodness, finally, someone with a problem," System Service No. 97 sighed. "Mr. Zetsu, don't worry, we will look at your status and resolve this issue as fast as we can. Please stay on the line."

"Okay," Zetsu said and he waited. He waited. He waited. He waited for a long time but got no response or anything, so he couldn't help but speak, "System Service No. 97, are you there?"

No response, he called two or three more times but got no reply. Zetsu felt uneasy in his heart, and this uneasy feeling kept growing.

However, after a long time, he got a reply.

"Mr. Zetsu, I'm extremely sorry for the delay, but it seems some sort of virus attacked your system, causing all the black lines. Our technician team tried every method, but we are incompetent; we can't remove the virus. However, we can let you out of the tutorial room."

"What? Then what will I do about my status?" Zetsu couldn't help but ask.

"We are really, really sorry, but you can't be a contestant. To compensate you, we will issue a task every day, and you can earn rewards by completing the task."

"What kind of rewards?"

"Money, a car, a villa, etc... materialistic things."

"And what kind of tasks will I get?"

"Help a stranger and deliver some things."

Zetsu thought and felt that this was way better than being a contestant. A contestant had to fight and level up, risking his life. Here, he only had to do some small tasks and could earn a lot of money.

"Okay, I accept this condition," Zetsu nodded his head.

"Thank you very much for using System Service, and I wish you the best of luck. Please don't forget to rate me," System Service 97's voice disappeared.

Zetsu saw five grey stars, clicked all five stars, giving a five-star rating. Then he felt his surroundings change.