After deciding that I would unlock my meridian, I suddenly felt my stomach rumbled and an extreme hunger pervaded my entire body. And the suddenness of it, almost scared the shit out of me. Sighing slightly, I immediately wore some clothes and looked for my phone to order some foods. But after looking around, I realized that it might have been destroyed or fell down when I got tortured, or when I suddenly entered that dark and comfortable place.

Anyway, everything that happened to me are way too crazy to explain, so I didn't bother and just stopped looking. After all, how would I explain the moment I met someone who just straight up teleported me from an amusement park, to a fcking forest with a waterfall beside or below it. Then, I was tortured by this unknown fck shit for reasons I still don't know. And when he was tempering with my soul, I suddenly felt comfortable and everything went black. Then after coming out of that dark and comfortable place, I suddenly found myself standing in my own fcking bedroom, with all my limbs that were supposed to be broken and burned--- miraculously recovered on its own. But not just that, for some reasons, I also became three-to-five times stronger than before.

Remembering all that, I sighed and pushed it to the corner of my mind.

Walking out of my room, I was about to head out when I suddenly noticed that my living room, that was supposed to be empty and a little bit dusty, is now totally different from what I remember. It is now clean, with furnitures displayed everywhere beautifully. Like the sofa, some chairs, the TV, some speakers, a small table, and a small bookshelf with a few books on it. There's even a plant beside of it.

Even though the place is simple, it now at least looks like a proper place for a human being to live in.

Curiously, I walked towards the kitchen and I realize that this place also changed.

There's now finally a stove, some plates and bowls, utensils, knives, a complete cookware set, and a fridge in the corner. The kitchen that was properly cleaned and arrange systematically amused me. Since I'm already here, I decided to check the fridge to look for something to eat, but when I opened it, it was empty.

Slowly looking around my apartment, I realized that all of these are the things that Agnes and I bought yesterday in our date. But seeing all of these things that was supposed to be delivered only today, made me question if yesterday really was the day our date happened. If not, then how long was I stuck in that dark place?

Anyway, since I already inspected everything, and thinking makes my head hurt, I decided to just visit Agnes and directly ask her. But then, as I was walking, I remembered that Agnes left to visit her Grandma the night of our date. Then, who the hell received all of these and arranged my apartment beautifully?

Shaking my head, I continued walking and stopped in front of their door. Her cousin, the landlady, should also be staying in this place. Thinking about it, after seeing her face earlier when she saved me, I didn't recognized her at first. But now that I thought it through, she should be the one I met in that gang house that was burned to ashes a week ago. Actually, Agnes told me about it. But by the time I learned it, her cousin, Reyna, already hid herself and I couldn't even see a shadow of her.

While thinking about those things, I softly knocked the door and silently waited for an answer from the other side. But after waiting for a couple minutes, I still didn't hear a noise inside, so I decided to knock again. Still though, no one answered. Getting a little bit impatient, I silently apologized in my mind, then I used my Mental Sense to check out what's happening behind that door.

Strangely enough, when I did that, I felt my eyesight covered the whole building and even the alley outside of it. I could clearly see the old guard standing in front of the door in the lobby while texting someone, an old lady doing laundry on the first floor, some couples watching TV in their living room, an office lady who's sleeping with her uniform on, and a few family doing their own things on their own private spaces. I also see some stray cats scratching the trash and trying to open it, the garden outside, the street and the people in the neighborhood doing their everyday activities.

From my estimate, the radius that my mental sense can cover is now at least seventy-to-ninety meters. A huge difference from my originally seven-to-twelve meter radius. This is actually unbelievable, since from what I heard from Agnes, covering that huge area can be considered as amazing even for those who practices Mind and Soul type of cultivation. The thing here is, I'm not cultivating the Mind and Soul method, and the number of my meridians are way too few compared to Agnes, who almost have the same area of radius she could cover like me. Not only that, my mental sense is also a lot more focus and clearer than what I remember. Its almost no different from seeing and feeling it directly, or standing in front of it.

Reaching here, I couldn't help but imagine if some couples are fcking each other within my mental sense, I could probably watch them like i'm just beside them, making it feel like watching porn in high quality 3D Visual. Using it like that sounds fun for some reasons.

Anyway, from the looks of it, not only my physical body got stronger, but also my mental strength. Well, even though I'm happy about that, I didn't bother for now, and focus my attention in Agnes' apartment. But looking inside carefully, I found out there's no one here. Since that's the case, I didn't waste my time and went to the first floor.

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There, I walked closer towards the old guard and asked him if I could borrow his phone for a second. The old guard looked at me weirdly and confusedly. But he still gave me his phone. So after thanking him, I immediately dialed a number.

"Don't you have a phone?" he asked.

While dialing, I smiled bitterly and silently looked at him.

"Well, I kinda lost it somewhere." I vaguely said. "I just don't know where."

Hearing the other side answering the phone, I immediately ordered two medium sized bilao of spaghetti, and two medium sized bilao of palabok. The voice on the other line said that it should be better to order a large sized bilao, instead of two medium. I decline though, since I'm sure it wont fit inside of my fridge. After some arrangements, I then called another number and ordered a lechon. Also, I asked if they could chop the whole pig to small pieces, and if its possible to deliver it now. They immediately agreed with the chopping part, but the delivery would take eight to twelve hours before it was ready.

Hearing that, I silently sighed and just agreed.

[Special note:

(1) Bilao is a type of basket. And from what I gather in searching google, it can be translated as a winnowing basket. And it was originally used in ancient times as a tool in agriculture. But at this era, bilao is now also being use as a container to deliver some foods. Like spaghetti and palabok.

In some small restaurants, bilao are divided into sizes. Small, medium, and large. For the small bilao, it could allow two-to-three people eat 'till they're full. Medium is for four-to-seven people. And the large is for ten-to-dozens of people.

(2) Palabok is another type of noodle food topped with an orange sauce. The sauce contains many ingredients and actually very tasty. Its popular in Philippines (since its a cuisine originated in their country), almost comparable to spaghetti there.

(3) Lechon is very easier to understand. Its a dish that features a whole pig cooked over charcoal. Yes, a whole pig. From what I gather, it originated in Spain and became popular in Philippines and other Austonesian regions.]

The old man beside me looked at me with curious eyes.

"You having some kind of party?"

I laughed and said, "no". I told him I'll just invite some friends and eat together casually. Of course that's a sad lie. Because besides Agnes and her cousin Reyna (who I talked to for a couple of minutes), I don't really know anyone here.

The old guard nodded his head and didn't pursue the topic. I also didn't say anything and just gave back his phone. As he silently receives the phone, he suddenly looked at me like he remembered something.

He then told me that there are people looking for me these past couple of days. Like those cops who kept coming back here and kept asking where I was and when I'll return. There's also Agnes who asked the old guard to inform her when I come back. And also some angry college students, and a parent who asked if I was hiding or something.

Learning all this, I smiled casually and asked an important question.

"What's the date today?"

He looked at me confused, but still calmly answered my question.

"August 27, tuesday."

After that, we talked more about some stuffs that I'm very curious about, and asked the things that I don't understand. A couple minutes later, we both heard my stomach growling, so with a laugh, I told him I'm off to carinderia to eat lunch. The old guard nodded and silently send me off.

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With a small rubber band the old guard gave me, I tied my shoulder length hair to a ponytail like what those girls usually do. But since I'm inexperience at doing this, it looks kinda messy with some strands escaping from my grasps. It doesn't look that bad though. When I glanced at the window of a shop and looked at my reflection, I actually look kinda nice. At least, the others wont feel disgusted looking at me.

Anyway, after arriving in the carinderia, like always I saw its popularity with the people of this neighborhood. Its full, busy, and a little bit noisy. The truth is, I don't really want to eat here since I caused a small commotion last time. But this time I don't really have a choice. So I thought, I just need to eat fast and silently get the fck away from here.

Walking towards the counter, I saw some college students talking and laughing to each other. They're standing in front of the counter while talking to the girl behind it. its the same little bitch who humiliated me earlier. Right now, they're talking about a homeless looking guy who couldn't pay, so he beat up the little bitch's boyfriend.

Fantastic, I'm quite famous around here. I sarcastically thought.

"If I was here then, I would've punch that shit directly!" a jock looking guy smugly smiled. "Its just homeless person anyway?"

"Yeah.. Your boyfriend is kinda lame to get beaten up like that." a girl teasingly smiled towards the little bitch behind the counter.

The little bitch rolled her eyes and said, "he's not my boyfriend."

The group of college students insulted and smugly said that if they saw this homeless man again, they would beat him up. They continued laughing and making noises that those who seated near the counter kept glaring at them. But these young people didn't notice, or maybe they're just not smart enough to know that they're being too much of annoyance for others.

After I arrived at the counter, these group of college students didn't move away and just continued standing in front. The boys glanced at me for a second before ignoring me completely, and the girls smiled and threw some seductive glances at me.

Seeing them not moving, I walked closer to them and smiled calmly.

"Move away." I said.

Immediately the whole group looked at me at the same time. Even though some of them didn't show it, I easily noticed that some of them actually wanted to shout or probably wanted to say scram, but when they saw me, a man older than them. More taller and more muscular than them, they all shut up. And slowly, they acted like they only notice that they're standing in front of the counter, so they silently gave way for me.

Seeing that a customer appeared, the little bitch acted diligently and accepted all of my orders. As I continue though, the college students looked at me weirdly, but stayed quiet. The little bitch also noticed something, and her eyes lit up slightly.

"You're that guy." she said while gritting her teeth.

The little bitch then made an eye contact with the other college students and made some sort of signals. I didn't bother though and I continued ordering food. After all, I'm way too hungry right now, and don't really have a time to waste with these shits. But even when I continued ordering food, the little bitch isn't doing anything. She's just glaring at me with a slight smirk on her face.

Seeing this, I stopped and look at the college students around me, then to the little bitch in front of me.

"I warned you once before, looks like you really don't care."

The little bitch snorted and rolled her eyes slightly, then with a smile she continued talking to her classmates while ignoring all the orders I made. The other college students slowly got it as well, and went back to their positions and started making noises like before. They laughed and chatted with smirks on their faces. The jock even walked closer to me and tried to shove me away. But no matter how he tried, he couldn't move my body. Since thats the case, he then moved closer to me and whispered slowly.

"You think you're tough?" the jock said while closing his face while smiling aggressively. "Once you get out of this place, lets see if you could still walk home tonight."

The other college students heard that clearly, and they all looked at me with amusement and mockery. Some of the boys even walked closer to me and sized me up and down while smiling arrogantly. They laughed and kept bumping me. One of the boys, even looked smugly at me and spit on my shirt. Seeing that, the other college students even made more noises and started laughing.

Looking at them, I smiled.

"So you wanted to play this game." I then looked at the skinny dark guy who spat on my shirt. "I'll make you enjoy this then."

Slowly, I walked away from the counter and I heard them mocking and insulting me. They were laughing and enjoying the sense of superiority. Or at least that's what I feel from them.

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Ignoring them, I silently willed my mental energy and used it to remove the saliva on my shirt. I made sure to do that without anyone noticing of course. Since my mental strength became more powerful, I thought maybe I could also use the telekenesis thing, so I tried it on the saliva. And it worked surprisingly easy. But, I didn't managed to remove it completely, the shirt is still kinda wet. Well, I just ignore it though.

Instead, I looked around the people of carinderia and used my mental sense to observe every items they have. When I found my target, I walked towards his table and smiled politely to the people sitting with him

"Excuse me." I said.

The three people in the table stopped talking and looked at me curiously.

"I'm sorry, but can I buy your phone?" I said while looking at the only man among the three.

The man weirdly looked at me and laughed slightly.

"Ah, no-- sorry, my phone isn't for sale." he said with polite voice.

The man looked at the two women on his table and laughed slightly.

"Well, he just bought it after all." one of the woman said.

"And he kept bragging about it," said the other woman while rolling her eyes teasingly.

Looking at it, looks like the three of them are having a good time, so I don't wanna interrupt them any further and directly asked him for how much did he buy it. He lightly answered that its about twenty thousand, and its the latest model of a certain brand. Hearing this, I smiled and took out some money on my pocket.

Seeing the thick amount of one thousand peso rolled over, they all looked at me with shocked eyes and a slight smile. I didn't say anything though, and just continued counting. Taking out thirty-five thousand peso, I gently put it on the table in front of the man. I then smiled and asked again if he's willing to sell his phone to me.

He looked at me with a hesitating look, and the other girls amusedly.

"... are you serious?" he asked. "This isn't some sort of prank right?"

"I am serious." I said. "I lost my phone, and I really need one right now."

"If you.. just need it for a short time, I could just let you borrow it." the man said with a slightly hesitated voice. "You don't need to pay."

I smiled and silently added another five thousand.

"I really need it now." I softly added. "Don't worry you can take your contacts and other stuffs. Delete everything you want. I just need the phone."

Looking at the money, the girls urged the man to just sell the phone to me. They laughed and jokingly said that he could just buy two phones later. In the end, after a couple minutes later, he finally sold his phone and took his sim card and deleted some stuffs there. After making sure that everything was fine, he then gave me the phone.

After taking the phone, I politely thanked them and walked towards the group of college students while fiddling it and looking for the video recording.

Smiling slightly, I looked at the group of college students and whispered with a soft voice.

"I always wanted to try filming a stupid movie."