Contract

[Eston House]

Mark was back inside his room lying down on the bed.

His eyes are closed and his face shows that he's thinking about something important.

Very important to be exact.

For normal people, they wouldn't hesitate to become a main character of other people's lives and learn super powers that no one is capable of.

But they don't understand..

With great power comes great responsibility.

When there are casualities because of his actions, nobody would forgive him.

..and he wouldn't be able to forgive himself either...

However his greed and ambitions overcame the fears and reluctance inside his heart.

He needs money.

He needs power.

And overall, Mark wanted to make that man suffer... and in order to do that, he must learn to control the power inside him.

With an exhale, Mark got up from the bed and sat on the nearby chair.

"Agent?"

[Greetings.]

"I'm ready to sign the contract."

[For Mark to sign the contract, you must first agree with terms and conditions.]

A hologram appears in front of his eyes and Mark start reading as one of his finger keeps scrolling upwards repeatedly.

It took Mark fifteen minutes to finish reading but it felt like hours.

He felt really tired and his left hand was sore from scrolling constantly while lifted in the air.

"Agent, why do you need my blood for registeration?"

[It's so that no one can fake the identity and making it easier to identify the travellers whose appearances are completely different due to circumstances.]

"How are you going to take it though? Is someone coming to take it?"

[Negative. Agent can just borrow some of your blood cells and identify them without you noticing.]

Hearing agent's words, Mark was abit surprised but he decided to ignore and ask another question.

"Oh. I still have another question. From what I read, it says here that you come from an organisation called Keplar. So who are they?..."

[Humans.]

"Wait, so what are other reasons for creating Keplar? I know you have said that it's to protect these planets with human civilisations against Outlanders but come on! Why would they do it without getting any benefits?!"

[Keplar is an organisation formed by several Type 3 civilisations in effort to fight against Outlanders. Although it may seem like one group, there are several factions within it.

Travellers can sign another contract with these factions to be a member and get exclusive knowledge but in return they will become something akin to soldiers if war ever occurs between factions within the organisations.

Agent didn't tell Mark since you don't seem like the guy who can obey orders.]

"Well...let's ignore your last remark and talk about Keplar. Why would anyone even accept to become soldiers? And can you even tell me all these things?"

[Not everyone can become part of the factions.

Getting accepted into one means you're very strong. Even within travellers, there are various grades.

Factions only accept travellers with the lowest rank being B-rank.

However those who are part of the factions not only get the exclusive knowledge, they'll be given a prominent lifestyle that no normal non-faction members can ever get.

There are more benefits per se but agent don't think Mark want to know about it.]

Mark's eyelits that were starting to close lit up.

He wants to sleep already but this contract will be very important for his future so he's trying his best not to fall asleep.

"...Yeah. So... uhh. What am I supposed to do again? Just need to be symmarised."

[Mark's role is to become a chosen one and save those who are in trouble. It'll be easy for you since you already seem to know quite alot about the chosen one.]

"Well yeah.. Video game...*yawn* remember?...Seriously, I need to sleep."

[Mark should go to sleep. Teenagers aged 13–18 years should sleep 8–10 hours a day.]

"Seriously, you sound so much like my grandma."

[Is Mark's grandmother an AI as well?]

"NO! She just talks alot about how many hours a teenager should sleep for necessary rest..."

Thinking about her, Mark's eyes lit up but they went down just as fast.

She was the only one who encouraged him to do whatever he loves. She was the only one who actually cared about him but she passed on before seeing him successful.

And Mark..

Mark felt guilty. If only he could become successful sooner, his heart wouldn't be this painful.

He wouldn't be regretting this much about his past life.

Mark sighed finally deciding on what he should do after signing the contract.

With a swoop, his fingers start writing his signature on the hologram screen.

[You have signed the contract. Congratulations! From now on, you're part of Keplar 031.]

"..."

"Agent, why are there numbers beside Keplar?"

[Because Keplar has seperate bases in different universes.]

"Oh...okay then goodnight."

Mark went to sleep once his head laid on the pillow.

A hologram appears in front of his face but he didn't see it.

[Goodnight, Mark.]

...

Next day at 6 AM in the morning, Mark can be seen inside his room doing sit ups.

It was unusual for Mark to exercise first thing in the morning but it's all because of the knowledge he got when he woke up.

To control his power...no. He doesn't have any power inside him.

It's more like his soul can do some crazy things.

For example, he could learn to seperate his conscious from the body which is how he came to this world.

With enough training, Mark could learn to seperate for a long time without the body rotting.

This is not really that crazy to be honest.

There were a few legendary figures who can use astral projection in history but it's the basic skill that one should know as a traveller.

What seems impossible for the current Mark is travelling between universes or through time.

It's not that complicating to travel within one's universe with astral projection but travelling between universes would be another story.

He must travel through a higher-dimensional space called the "bulk" which is also known as "Hyper space".

And one can't just travel through bulk like crossing a road.

It's a bit more complicated.

Actually... really complicated.

This is also the reason why there are tiers within travellers.

Not everyone is smart enough to understand the power they have and use them efficiently and effectively.

"Seriously... I think too much... 99! Last one.... 100!"

As he finished exercising, Mark stood up.

"Damn..I look GOOD! My girlfriend would be really lucky get a guy like me..."

He 'unintentionally' looked at the mirror and admired 'his' sweating body.

"Welp...shower time."

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