Staring at the neatly wrapped package in front of him, Aditya furrowed his brow. His displeased expression betrayed his failed plan to tear apart and discard the package.

The reason behind his dissatisfaction was the clear Pendant of War logo displayed on the package, identifying the sender.

Aditya had tried to find the sender's address on the package but couldn't find it.

This oddity made him feel uneasy, as he knew no delivery company would send a package without a return address.

Yet again, Pendant of War exhibited peculiarities that made Aditya, who was usually reckless, become more cautious.

After seeing the Pendant of War game application frozen on his smartphone screen, Aditya repeatedly tried to open and close the app.

However, the outcome remained the same: a white text reading "Please wait for the game equipment to arrive within two days."

As a result, Aditya attempted to uninstall the Pendant of War app, but once again, he failed.

Not only did the uninstallation process fail to start, but even the option to uninstall disappeared as if the app were an integral part of his not-so-smart smartphone.

This led Aditya to wait for the package from the game developer company for two days.

During this time, he also tried to find information about Pendant of War on the internet, but inexplicably, he found very little information.

The limited information he found only explained that Pendant of War was a money-making game created by a company in America whose name couldn't be found.

Aditya also searched for Pendant of War game forums, but he only found empty forums with no user.

As foolish as Aditya could be, he knew that companies aimed to profit, and game companies gained profit from their popularity among players.

However, apart from the accidental advertisement he came across while scrolling through social media, he found no other ads related to Pendant of War.

Aditya also tried to persuade (forcing) Shandy to download Pendant of War, but strangely, despite searching everywhere, Shandy couldn't find a place to download the game.

Aditya eventually gave up and chose to wait for his package to arrive. And now, the awaited package lay right in front of him.

Slowly, Aditya began to unbox the package.

He found a device shaped like a necklace and a user manual.

Seeing the necklace-shaped device, Aditya inexplicably felt something was odd, but as usual, he shrugged it off.

Aditya read the user manual and discovered that he only needed to wear the device around his neck. After that, the device would automatically activate and start the program.

With this device alone, could only Aditya play the Pendant of War game.

Curiosity overcame Aditya's worries and fears.

Living peacefully without any danger around him except for Mrs. Murni's occasional visits, he once again ignored his instincts and started wearing the suspicious device around his neck.

Unbeknownst to him, the green light was blinking on the device around his neck.

Initially, Aditya felt nothing, but suddenly, a searing heat began to sting his neck.

Startled, he tried to remove the device from his neck. Unfortunately, like a tightly coiled snake, the device choked Aditya's neck and couldn't be loosened.

Not even ten seconds passed before the heat turned into a pain that made him scream loudly. But as if losing his voice, no air could escape from Aditya's vocal cords.

Blood flowed from the back of his neck as a sharp needle emerged from the device, digging into his flesh.

Aditya writhed in pain like a slave punished by his master. Almost losing consciousness, but as if something was holding his brain function, Aditya was forced to remain awake.

His eyes started to whiten, and foam began to come out of his mouth.

The pain he endured almost drove him insane.

He thrashed about, turning his once tidy room into a mess.

Not only did his kicking legs hit the wooden table legs, but he couldn't feel it. The pain in his neck caused all sensory perceptions in Aditya's body to disappear.

Until finally, the needle emerging from the device pierced his neck bone, and the pain stopped. But Aditya, who was already lying helpless, lost consciousness immediately.

Bleeping sound was heard from the device that kept blinking with green light.

Aditya, who was unconscious, did not know that his hearing was currently being filled by a robotic female voice.

[The process of adjusting to the body begins]

[Data collection of body quality completed]

[Starts the process of inputting data into the brain]

[The brain is in a healthy state to switch off the control function]

[Connecting with server...]