Apocalypse: System of lotteries



Schneider faced the taunts without anger, instead looking at the man before him - a face covered with brown hair and a few black spots - with an incredulous expression. He questioned, "You... are Johnny?"

"Ha ha~"

The man he called Johnny laughed heartily, stepped forward, and threw an arm around Schneider's shoulder, " I can't believe you recognized me."

"You were a handsome young man back then, why choose to mutate?"

Schneider somewhat disgustedly pushed away the man who reeked of a musky odor, looking at the official red uniform the man wore, he asked, "Have you now become a man of the governor?"

"The governor is now an emissary of the New God, and I am now a devout believer in the New God."

Whenever Johnny mentioned the New God, reverence would flash in his eyes. He smoothed his hair, holding a cigar in his mouth, pointing to the brown hair and black spots on his face and neck, "This is the power given to me by the New God."

"What power?"

"Hyena."

"~"

Schneider nodded, not knowing what to say. What he couldn't believe was that the governor of 1001 had actually joined the New God and become an emissary. When did this New God appear?

"Schneider, heed my advice, join the New God, serve the New God, and establish a new world order."

"Johnny, to be honest, I don't want to become a dog, you know, I mean it literally."

"I understand, but you have to know that the abilities granted by the New God are not just that. There's only what you can't imagine, nothing it can't do. Most importantly, the power granted by the New God does not make its believers become fools like mutants."

At this point, Hyena Johnny pointed to himself and the people behind him, and mysteriously said, "And, we are the first group of people to be blessed by the New God."

"~"

Schneider looked at the people before him, who seemed no different from mutants in appearance. A handsome young man who used to sweet-talk beautiful women had now turned into a dog... some people are dogged, but you are literally a dog.

Looking again at the people behind Johnny, dressed in unified red uniforms, their mental states seemed somewhat hard to describe.

The first group to be blessed?

actually, they were the damned first batch of test subjects?

Schneider, adhering to his character of not revealing what he has seen through, didn't say much.

"Forget it, one day the New God will punish you apostates, let's talk about something else."

Johnny took a puff on his cigar and blew out a smoke ring.

"Er~Okay~"

Schneider curled his lips slightly. Yeah, whether people have become stupid or not is hard to say, but this guy's kind reminder is quite... straightforward.

Hyena Johnny pointed to a pile of a dozen storage boxes next to them, "Did you guys dig up all these elemental stones and fine gold?"

"Yes."

"Are you willing to donate some to the emissary of the New God?"

"No."

Schneider refused, "Johnny, if these were my personal belongings, I would generously give you some, but this is the private property of Mr. Gutmann, and without his permission, no one can take them away. You need to understand my predicament."

"Gutmann? Is he your boss?"

Hyena Johnny, seeing the nod from the man in front of him, disdainfully shook his head, put the cigar back into his slightly elongated mouth, and sneered, "A humble wage-earner~"

"~~"

Schneider curled his lips slightly. Okay, you're right about some things, he also wondered about this guy's brain. Could it really be as he claimed, that he hadn't turned stupid?

"Well, I need to complete the task assigned to me by the governor. If I fail, I will be punished. You need to understand that no one can defy the will of the New God."

"~"

So, the current you was a humble working dog, right?

Hmm? Something feels off...

"Hey~Schneider, I'll call you a friend once more and advise you for the last time. You better join the New God, otherwise, one day you'll be punished by him, and it'll be a punishment beyond your imagination."

Hyena Johnny crushed the recall scroll and left with the people who came with him.

"Yes, I indeed can't imagine."

Schneider watched the disappearing white light. He thought today would be a battle, but it turned out to be... informal brainwashing. Obviously, the other party's brainwashing technique was intriguing.

Hum~Hum~ Two rays of white light landed, and Sam and Gandis walked out hand in hand.

"Schneider, are you all okay? Where are they?"

"They left~"

"Left? How did they leave?"

"They crushed a recall scroll and left~"

"~~"

"You find it unbelievable, right? Let me tell you, my mind is still in chaos right now. Let's wait for the boss to arrive."

"Where's the boss?"

Hum~Hum~

Two beams of light landed, and Ming and Clos walked out respectively.

Ming introduced everyone and sent those dumbfounded men who were staring at Clos down the mine. After all, their job was to mine, not to admire beauties.

He also understood what had happened here just now through Schneider's narrative. That unseen Hyena Johnny and the governor of 1001, seemed to have joined a faction, a New God faction?

Ming was very interested, and he said: "Next time, when you encounter this type of person, you should keep him waiting for me. I'm quite interested in meeting such people. According to what you said, he should be a very interesting person~"

"All I was worried about at that time was that they might plunder our mine, but I didn't expect that he would ask me to change my faith."

Schneider was still somewhat incredulous.

Ming asked, "Did you just say that he was the first batch of people to be bestowed power by the New God?"

"Yes."

"Er~"

Maybe his brain had already gone bad. He wasn't worried about someone plundering, he just didn't want the hassle. So, he decided to keep Kyomoto Jiro here for a while and place some others here in the future. 

After the casual chat, Schneider and the others went down to the mine to continue their work. Gandis and Sam, who were originally supposed to rest today, naturally couldn't rest since the boss was here.

Showing some initiative was inevitable, mainly because the boss said sentence, "Are you guys heading back?" They understood everything between the lines.

Clos walked around observing Kyomoto Jiro, who was standing at the edge of the mine like a wall. After watching for half an hour, she sat down next to Ming and said, "This is the first time I've seen an Emperor-class zombie. It has such a big belly."

"Yes~"

Ming could only cope with such an idle chat, and then said, "Why don't you fight with it to gain some battle experience? How about it?"

"~~"

Hearing this, Clos was stunned, looking at her boss.

Are you a devil? Is this how you treat your secretary?

She shook her head, "I have plenty of combat experience, I don't need to improve anymore~"

"No, you didn't understand my point."

Ming put down the book in his hand and looked at the woman, "What I meant was, you fight with it to let it gain some combat experience."

"~~"

Clos stared at the man in front of her, "Boss, have you ever seen a secretary being used as a sparring partner for a zombie?"

"Now we have"

"~~"