Inside the narrow and silent solitary confinement cell, Nic sat quietly in the corner, staring at the cell ceiling.
"Zeta, I'm sorry. Honestly, I can still sense your presence inside me... I think I realize why you disappeared."
---
Returning to Zeta's perspective as she was about to disappear.
In Nic's subconscious, or more precisely, Zeta's dwelling place, the area was initially quiet, peaceful, and white.
But when Nic experienced a mental breakdown, a darkness would appear, enveloping Zeta's home. This was dangerous, and Zeta constantly felt pain... that's why she always urged Nic to calm down so that this darkness would not consume her.
Initially, she could handle it by activating a new skill corresponding to Nic's emotions, allowing the darkness to enter Nic's mind as the God of Evil.
But when it was over... Nic became even more frustrated, causing Zeta to become increasingly damaged and confused. As a result, she decided to leave. Zeta's meaning of "leaving" was taking back the full power she had given to Nic in order to survive in this subconscious realm.
Zeta, who was initially white, slowly began to turn pink, and her hair became red. She tried to fight the darkness that had transformed into a monster. The more broken Nic was, the stronger the darkness became. If Zeta lost, her existence would vanish from Nic's body.
While Zeta was gone, she continuously fought the darkness, hoping Nic would calm down quickly and make this darkness disappear.
Zeta was almost defeated because the darkness, instead of subsiding, grew larger and began to make the entire subconscious realm dark.
"Is this the end for me..." Zeta thought as she saw the darkness almost engulfing her body.
But the darkness slowly started to stop, and Nic's voice was heard by Zeta.
Then the darkness gradually began to fade, and Zeta, with her last bit of strength, pushed the darkness away, finally succeeding in defeating it.
---
"Zeta? Are you still angry? Do you accept my apology? Oh... your presence is getting stronger... I'm sorry, I was too emotional and couldn't control myself. Honestly, I was shattered at that time, so I couldn't think clearly, but now I've realized... I must be strong," Nic said with a small laugh.
[ YOU STUPID MASTER... ]
"AH ZETA! YOU REALLY CAME BACK!? Huff, I thought you wouldn't show up again. I felt so empty."
[ I apologize too, Master Nic. I should have warned you then, but it was too late. ]
"Ah, that... that's my responsibility, not yours. Alright, let's forget it and start anew... Honestly, I feel so weak here."
[ GOOD. MASTER NIC, YOU SHOULD SLEEP FIRST because I need to restore your strength back to normal. ]
Nic immediately went to sleep, and Zeta began re-transferring all of Nic's power while saying, "Well... I have to stay with him until he realizes that he has to save me."
---
The next day, Quinn Calestra's subordinates went to check Nic's solitary confinement cell, and they saw Nic exercising with his hands on the floor and feet up against the wall.
"Hmm, what is it?" Nic said, continuing his exercise.
The subordinates looked annoyed and were about to attack Nic, but suddenly Nic dashed out first, striking the nape of all their necks until they fell weakly.
"Time to go back, Zeta. Cupid Arsenal > Bomb," Nic said.
[ ACTIVE! ]
Nic threw bombs at them.
[ DING! MASTER NIC HAS PERFORMED A RAID! OBTAINED 5 WOMEN WHO WILL IMMEDIATELY BE ADDED TO THE GIRLFRIEND LIST, AND BECAUSE THIS IS A RAID, MASTER NIC WILL ONLY RECEIVE ADDITIONAL STATS! ]
"Nice. Activate the God of Dictator skill."
[ ACTIVE! ]
Nic commanded Quinn Calestra's subordinates to take him directly to Calestra. With the God of Dictator skill, they obeyed and immediately escorted Nic there.
They arrived at the prison canteen, which was Quinn Calestra's headquarters because she aimed to control the food supply.
Calestra was confused to see Nic being brought in by her subordinates. "Huh? Why did you bring him? I only told you to check on him, damn it!"
But they remained silent, and Nic stepped forward. All of Calestra's subordinates present immediately attacked Nic.
"Zeta, activate the Synchronization skill and give them the Combat Fusion skill."
[ ACTIVE! ]
The five subordinates who were now on Nic's side immediately felt a huge surge of power due to the synchronization with Nic. They immediately protected Nic and beat up everyone who tried to attack.
"WHAT!? HEY, ARE YOU CRAZY!? ARE YOU BETRAYING ME, HUH!? Wait, why are they so strong?" Calestra said, confused.
Nic approached Calestra, but Calestra immediately went on guard. She was very strong. Calestra lifted a table and threw it at Nic, but...
CRACK!!!
Nic punched the table, splitting it in half. "Relax, Madam..."
Quinn Calestra was shocked. She thought Nic was deliberately pretending to be weak at first to observe an opponent worthy of being tormented back.
"Tch... so that's how you play, huh? Do you think you're the strongest one to take over this prison!?" Calestra said, pulling out her chain weapon.
Nic just remained silent and immediately aimed his Cupid pistol at Calestra. Calestra thought Nic was going to shoot her with a real gun, so she quickly hid behind the canteen pillars.
"Huhu... it's funny, hiding won't help."
Nic shot, and the bullet immediately tracked Calestra and hit her.
[ DING! CONGRATULATIONS! QUINN CALESTRA IS 100% LIKED AND LOYAL TO MASTER NIC ]
[ DING! HEARTH CLAIM ACTIVE! QUINN CALESTRA HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE GIRLFRIEND LIST ]
[ DING! SKILL TRANSFER ACTIVE! OBTAINED SKILL GOD OF PRISON: THIS SKILL CAN MAKE ALL PRISON INMATES IN ANY PRISON RESPECT THE MASTER, AND YOU CAN GAIN INSTANT STATS FROM ALL INMATES ]
"Yesss... gotcha! The leader of Hell Prison is the best," Nic said with a smile.
Seeing this, Calestra was confused why Nic hadn't shot her yet.
"DAMN YOU, ARE YOU PLAYING WITH ME???" Calestra leaped toward Nic and kicked his face.
But Nic easily held the kick and put on an innocent face. "Just a moment, okay."
Calestra immediately backed away and froze. That kick was extremely powerful; it could send people flying, but it was easily blocked.
"Who is he really... no wonder his label is black."
Then Nic used the God of Prison skill. Instantly, all the inmates felt like they were struck by lightning and experienced a strange aura that made them both terrified and awestruck.
Calestra, who was standing in front of Nic, was immediately shocked by Nic's terrifying and authoritative aura, like a super-powerful dictator leader.
"What the hell... is this aura!! Ughh, I feel like I want to salute him!! AGHH SALUTE!!!" Quinn Calestra couldn't resist, and she immediately knelt in submission to Nic, followed by her subordinates and the other nearby inmates.
Nic, seeing the sight, could only say "wow" in his heart. This skill was truly terrifying.
Then Nic headed to his cell, followed by Calestra and the others.
There, Deguns began to behave the same way and saluted Nic instead of Quinn Calestra, but Nic laughed and choked him.
"You were very arrogant yesterday..." Nic said, looking at him with the God of Intimidation skill.
Deguns couldn't speak while being choked by Nic, and Nic threw him, knocking him unconscious.
And Nic intended to change Hell Prison with new rules.
First, Nic made all the inmates understand by beating them up. Whether male or female inmates, anyone who disobeyed would be beaten by Nic. Nic truly became a dictator in this prison to change them all.
And Nic ordered them not to fight each other and to live a normal life. If they didn't, Quinn Calestra would beat them. Calestra was now extremely obedient to Nic.
In just one day, Hell Prison had become Unity Prison, where all of them were united and peaceful. There were no more different gangs in each cell, and everyone lived side by side without bloodshed, even though they were high-security criminals.
"Hah, this is much better, peaceful... now I just have to wait for the right time to return... but when will I return? The damn Western government, I helped them but they sent me to this hell... thankfully I have Zeta... I would die without Zeta."
And because Nic was bored, he decided to raid all the female inmates in this prison, a total of 50 inmates.
[ DING! ] x50
[ MASTER NIC HAS PERFORMED A LARGE RAID AND YOUR TOTAL GIRLFRIEND LIST AFTER THIS RAID IS 120! CONGRATULATIONS, MASTER NIC WILL OBTAIN 5 NEW SYSTEM SKILLS! ]
"Okay, okay, okay... I can't wait to see the new skills... hopefully they are more useful," Nic said.
To be continued...