novelzi Chapter 2 - 2: The Multiplier System
Chapter 2 - 2: The Multiplier System
CONGRATULATIONS ON ACTIVATING THE MULTIPLIER SYSTEM.
Rayne sat up and looked down at the holographic screen in front of her.
She read the bold words on the screen repeatedly, as if reading them one more time would change something.
"Is this some sort of new technology?" Rayne mumbled to herself. She figured that surely, in just a year of coma, technology wouldn't have advanced so much that mobile phones were replaced with this holographic screen.
"What is a Multiplier System anyway?" Rayne questioned.
She decided to try and touch the screen. Once her finger touched the holographic display, a new screen popped up, showing new words.
Length of activation: 1 year, 3 days, 23 seconds...finalized.
Rayne froze when she saw that. Isn't that the exact length of time Dr. Henson said she'd been in a coma? Could her coma somehow be related to this system?
Before Rayne could continue her thoughts, the door to her room opened again. Nurse Judy walked in, smiling and holding a tray with food.
Rayne froze.
How would she explain this holographic screen?
But to her surprise, Nurse Judy walked over to the side of her bed and placed the tray down on the table.
She looked over at Rayne and said, "Hi, how are you feeling? I noticed that you fell asleep earlier, so I decided to plug your phone in to charge. I also brought you some porridge. I know it's a little bland, but we need to reintroduce foods slowly since you haven't eaten normally for an entire year."
Rayne looked at Nurse Judy, then down at the screen in front of her. It seemed like only she could see the screen.
Rayne looked up at Nurse Judy and smiled. "Thank you for the food and for plugging in my phone to charge."
Nurse Judy smiled in response and picked up the strawberry candy she had left on the table earlier. She handed the candy to Rayne, her hand passing through the holographic screen.
"I brought you this candy earlier. I know your food is going to be a bit bland, so maybe this sweet candy will make it more bearable." She then turned and left the room, leaving Rayne alone once again.
Rayne looked down and opened her hand,
She looked closely at the 20-dollar bill and realized that perhaps the system could be used to take the stored item "out" the same way it was stored. Rayne concentrated and visualized the icon of the 20-dollar bill.
A moment later, another 20-dollar bill appeared in her hand, on top of the previous one.
Rayne was ecstatic. This was an incredible and life-changing ability.
Deep down, she knew she needed to be extra careful because this system, which could bring her wealth and good fortune, could also send her to a research lab where she would never know freedom again.
Multiplying things like this 20-dollar bill would have to be done carefully, so she wouldn't get caught. Each bill had a serial number, and it would be suspicious if someone found out there were hundreds of copies of the same exact 20-dollar bill.
After contemplating for a few minutes, Rayne concluded that storing as many things as possible would still be very beneficial, and she would consider the risks before taking anything out.
With her thoughts sorted, she lifted her head with a determined smile.
"Now, what to do with this pile of drawing pencils?" She looked at the pile of identical pencils now piled up on her lap.
"I guess I could just throw them all back into my backpack, but that could be inconvenient in the future if I accidentally took out too many of a larger item," she said to herself.
While Rayne was contemplating a solution, she glanced over at the holographic screen.
As if responding to her thoughts, a new icon appeared. This time, the icon was smaller than the others and located in the bottom left-hand corner of the screen. There was also some text written under the icon in bold: Dematerialize.
Rayne's eyebrow raised at this. How interesting, and convenient.
She picked up a pencil from the pile and clicked on the "Dematerialize" icon. The pencil that was in her hand vanished, as if it had never been there!
Rayne was amazed and wondered how this system worked. It felt very magical!
She continued to delete the rest of the pencils until only one remained, then tossed the last one back into her backpack.