I felt the taste of salt touch my touch as I quickly get submerged by water. Chains surround my neck as it pulls me lower and lower deeper by the heavy concrete attached to the chains.
I'm dying.
My eyes see nothing but blur and my temperature is only getting lower.
Born out of poverty, I was forced to work 24/7 and never got to finish high school. All I could depend on was my wit.
I stole, outsmarted a lot of people. I could've gotten away with it, I could've gone home with a million USD and live the rest of my life in bliss; but just before I could reach the finish line...
I remember the mouth of my so-called comrade open as I hear the voice come out, "It was him."
Just remembering the thought of his face makes my blood boil.
I was caught not because I wasn't smart nor strong enough, but because I saw my million USD in the hands of that damn traitor.
He was bought.
Money. It's an object made by humans, for humans. They say that a person could live a happy life even if you no money—but I know it's all just bullshit conspired by the rich just so they can have it for themselves.
They could never understand what I've been through. The choices I had to make simply because I did not have the money to afford a choice that could give me the necessity to survive in this time and age.
Lucky are those who are born with even a stainless-steel spoon, even those who are born with wood because for all I remember, I only ever ate with my bare hands.
Money are the source of all evil, they say.
I guess it's true.
I'm exactly in this situation simply because of money.
BUT!
I would accept all evil just to have the luxury to spend, just to have the ability to live like a human should. Even if I was given a second chance in life, I will always chase for fortune!
[You have been chosen as a Player!]
Hah, I must be imagining things now that I'm dying. An interface, hologram-like thing has appeared in front of me.
Damn... It's cold.
My chest feels so heavy. Is it because of the water that's gone to my lungs?...
Haaa...
[You have met the requirements to become a Player!]
[A certain constellation has taken a liking... ]
[You have earned the achievement....]