"I would already be dead by now. Oh, more like, you would not even get the Ring System if your finger if I was not dead-" he suddenly stopped in between.

'H- he is dead? Why would I not get the System if he was alive...?' The strange words of the man in front had confused Ryan.

"The videos you are watching right now, these were actually pre-recorded. But you might wonder why and how am I able to answer perfectly to your every question?

"Well, that is because of the System. It presents a specific clip of a video that would be the perfect answer for your question or a perfect reply to your words.

"You see? That is how good this system is, it is literally the best!"

"You... just who are you?"

"Oh crap. Did I just say that all?" the man reacted as he ignored Ryan's shock.

< Erasing the host's memory. According to the master host's programming, the master host wanted to erase the host's memory if the following words were spelled: >

< I am dead, package. If I ever said that I am dead, then I want you to erase the host's memory of this >

'Wait. what the heck?' Before Ryan could even react, he felt another jab of pain in his head.

< Memory reset activated. The host's memory will be reset to the time before he had heard anything about the master host's dead >

And then, his memory was erased. Ryan opened his eye once again after the jab of pain in his head.

'What happened? Why am I.. whatever,' Ryan quickly opened his System's stats screen, he searched for the video which was on the corner of his screen.

"Hello again. Please select a name you would like to refer to me by:"

A few options appeared below the video screen.

< Professor, master, teacher, sir, mister, System, father, dad, guardian, brother, bro, doctor, doc.. if there are any other words you would like to refer me by, please write them here. >

'....doc? No way.' Ryan thought as he took a glance at Doc's head on his shoulder, "Doctor? Why should I? Father, dad? What the heck even. Bro? No. master? Sounds masochist. Professor... Huh.... that sounds....'

< Word selected: Professor >

"Professor? Amazing!" the man cheerily jumped in his seat, "From now on, whenever you will recall me in your mind or by words, I will appear in front of you to guide you with whatever you want."

"Good... But, can I ask you why?"

"Why... because I do not want anything bad..." the same line from the previous conversation repeated. That he did not want the same things to happen again, etc.

Ryan sat there quietly without moving his body. He looked straight into the professor's body. The video was not moving either, as if it was paused.

"Tell me something then...." Ryan demanded.

"Of course, that is what I am here for. Before I let you off the hook and let you continue your journey on your own, I too have a few things I need to complete."

"What are those things then?" Ryan was still having a hard time deciding whether to believe the professor or not.

After all, he was a man who just appeared in front of him a few minutes ago. But still, that man knows a lot more about the System, and Ryan more than Ryan knows about it.

What the professor seemed to Ryan was the creator or one of the creators of the System, the one behind the Ring System but still, Ryan did not know whether to trust him or not.

"Your System... You might have already figured it by now, it is an RPG System. I would not go into detail about the System as you will have to discover them for yourself.

"But... I do have something to tell you about your System. You should, never, ever tell anyone about your Ring and your System. Never! I mean it."

Ryan fell into deep silence... 'I did tell Doc about it though...' he thought.

"Have you told anyone about your System? Even if it is not in detail?" Professor asked.

"Uh... I should not lie, huh."

"Do not lie. Just do not. Remember, I am here to help you. So even if you have told someone about your System, I will help you with that matter and would not scold you for that."

"Before I answer.. I want to know why I should not tell anyone about my System?"

"That is a stupid question. I am sure you know the answer to the question yourself. No one, I mean, literally no one in the world might have a System like you. Do you know how unique, different, and... Strange, weird that is?"

Ryan nodded in agreement.

"Good. and do you know what will happen if your enemy or someone greedy came to know about your System? The government will soon know about you, they will come for you, hunt your Ring, keep you and your Ring as a test subject. Tortue you, interrogate you for further information about your System... I guess that was enough."

Ryan gulped, 'Yes. that was more than enough.'

"Now answer me... Have you told anyone about your System?"

"Yes. I have."

"Man.... seriously..?" Professor leaned forward and then leaned back in his chair, "Alright,"

"But. I have not told her anything in detail. I have just told her that I have a Ring which I received from my parents that helps me heal myself. It has amazing healing abilities."

"....Are you sure you told only that much?" Professor asked.

"Yes. yes, only that much. Nothing more than that. They do not even know that I have a System! They just think I have a Ring that heals me."

"Sigh. Good then. That will help a lot. Okay, I will leave the decision to decide whether the person you told me this about is a trustworthy person or not. Whether the person will expose your Ring to someone else or not. Think carefully and decide it for yourself."

'Doc...? she... A trustworthy person...?' Ryan did not think for another second.

"Yes. she would not tell anyone, she is a trustworthy person."

"Oh, she is? Good then. That makes things even easier. Now... I want you to have a good relationship with that person, make sure you do not put the person in a situation where they will have to expose you. I believe you, Ryan Walker."

'She would not.... Would she? No, she would not do such a thing.' Ryan thought as he pushed away a string of hair from Doc's face to behind her ear.

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