CHAPTER 5 BETTER

CHAPTER 5 BETTER

It wasn’t long until Maasaru and Nishi were teleported with me. Kurono wasn’t teleported with Maasaru. The taller man was still bent over as if cradling his friends body.

“He’s gone dude. Get over it,” Nishi said. The middle schooler was pissing me off. Maasaru continued to cry, staring up at him. “Gantz will start giving out points now.

He and I turned to the black orb. White words appeared on the ball again.

TIME TO SHARE THE POINTS

I noticed then that the dog had survived as well. Nishi, the dog, and I walked over to the orb. A mugshot of the dog appeared on the orb. With the name Dog it received 0 points. My face was next displayed. By my picture was the name Know-It-All. I earned 0 points as well. Kato had his name listed as Crier and he had no points. Nishi was listed as Mr. Nishi and he had 3 points. The surprising thing was he had a total of 90 points listed under his mugshot. I was impressed.

“Only 3?” Nishi asked. “Barely worth my time.” He acted bored, but he had been hiding the whole time. The kid knew how dangerous it could be.

“Gantz, show me the reward list,” I said. Nishi gave me another surprised look.

You will be freed along with your memories erased.

You will be given an extremely powerful weapon.

You will be able to revive a human being from the memory.

“Maasaru, look here,” I said. The man wasn’t listening. Walking over I grabbed his shoulder My suit kicking in I picked him up. “Read those.”

The man did reluctantly. As he read the last line his eyes widened. “What? Really?”

“Yes,” I said.

“Is Kurono in the memory?”

“Gantz, show the memory list,” I said. The orb populated with mugshots of those dead. The last icon was that of Kurono’s face.

“H-How?” Maasaru asked.

“If we get 100 points, we can bring him back to life,” I said. The man’s eyes sparkled.

“Are you serious?” He asked, his lip quivering.

“I am,” I said. “I’ve seen it done. We will be summoned back here. Have to kill aliens. But some day we should be able to earn 100 points.”

“Why? Why would you do that?” He asked, hesitant.

“Because he deserves to live. I didn’t mean to kill him. We will have to risk death, but I promise. If you work with me. We can earn enough points to bring him back,” I said. I really wanted to do it for the quest. Nishi was a lost cause, but Kato was an asset.

“No idea. Think it’s random,” I admitted. We talked and headed to the apartment.

When we got there the dog and Nishi were waiting next to the ball. People began appearing as I pulled up my Status Screen.

Name

Weston Watanabe

Current Quest:

Bring Kei to Life

World 1:

High School of the Dead

World 1 Quest:

Escape the School

World 2:

Gantz

Passive Skills:

Memory Meld

Usable Abilities:

Status Screen

World Escape

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Bonuses

N/A

“Oh thank god,” I said aloud. Maasaru gave me a look. “Fuck this. World Escape.”