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With Fusion of Video Game fictional thing, I become Irregular

I was just a regular guy from the modern world, but when I faced bullying, it turned into a tragedy. I don't blame them, but that's where my new life began. Getting three wish from God may sound cliché, but I don't mind. As long as I get what I want, which is definitely not world peace but how to change the world. I love fighting, war, and chaos. Living on the edge is my new motto because I'm tired of following orders from people here and there that are neither useful nor help me grow. Going to a world full of mysteries and challenges is good, but I don't want a peaceful or modern world that feels relatable. I just want to express what I like fighting, war, and making chaos. With the help of the system given by God, and as a link with God when I need to talk. It's time to start a new life, a new path, and change the world as my own canvas. ==================== First World Arknight. Next World will decided when Arknight story end

Shaywalloppp · Video Games
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Contingency Contract "Hollow Earth" : V-Units

We broke our kiss and looked at each other, I pulled my cock out of Kal'tsit's pussy which I had filled with my sperm.

"More?" Kal'tsit moaned then felt her belly was already too full of my sperm.

"I'm satisfied thank you, releasing the stress and aggression with this, is good. Valtor, what you said is right, Love is complex and drove me to something i want to seek and desire, love i seek right now is go with you, i will go with you to the edge of universe, as long you there. im good"

"But your jealousy"

"Sorry, please dont get mad, i know im little bit emotional for it"

"is okay, open to significant other is great. let's go create Cyber gear and Evolution pod" We get up and take a bath together but lust always win, we do sex again in bathroom, indulge ourselves again drown in pleasuring each other, not before we release the stress and desire.

Kal'tsit already lactated and her milk is my energy drink, she keep up with my endless vigor and stamina is not ordinary feat. after done doing the 8280318080 Round of Sex, dont ask how many year since it. we satisfied now ready to go to Iram.

We arrived at the research site where all the teams were ready, these teams had been divided by Angela, one to take care of the Arc Unit then a team to take care of the Evolution Pod then a Cyber Gear team.

"How is it?"

"Don't split it up, it will confuse the team and prolong the research, I want you to take care of the Arc Unit first. before you make New Type Originium, help me make this" We worked together to make a particle accelerator, with the help of Originium, we had to use all the Originium that Koshelna bought to make a large electrical super conductor, literally and logically this super conductor could release energy equivalent to half the energy released by the sun.

I helped design and build this Super conductor, some teams made a particle accelerator pathway that was very large because we were going to make 1/3 the power of bigbang or you could say make the first original Originium that fell from the sky as the biggest blueprint in there, everyone can see, many theorems and elements in that scheme, that also drives us to unite.

The second day, the Particle Accelerator is finished and I can say perfect, it's just that this Super conductor is quite difficult because the iron we use is not able to withstand the energy that will be generated, therefore we compensate by making new iron.

We made the iron with the help of the iron given by Jessica, I controlled the forging of the iron and supervised it with certain points, we even almost burned our own bodies because of the heat of the boiling point of this fire, but we succeeded.

"Doctor... new type of steel?" I put the ore and smile to it.

"Titanium steel. lightweight, ductile, strong, corrosion-resistant, and biocompatible metal with a high strength-to-weight ratio. this steel while be adapter for the Super conductor for now, with new Originium we will create Better version of the Titanium Steel" we improved the Super conductor and it was successful, it's time we make the core material of Originium ore.

We made schemes, Originium, Originite, Seaborn cells, and Pure Originium. Originium experts and even originium scientists began to experiment by following the scheme I gave, first I designed to make Pure Originium and Seaborn Cells assimilate and then unite Originium and originite into one unit. 

Pure Originium is infinite energy in finite vessel, while Seaborn Cell is Infinite adaptability in vessel yet lack of energy, then Originium Is Contained Energy in form of Stone while Originite Contained Bacteria with energy in form of stone.

The fusion is complete even though it takes more than 2 hours but with the experience and pedagogy skills I have, I have no doubts at all. if Iron man can make New Element on his garage, I can do it too, I must be like him, with help with these people, if I can save the world, so they can, we need a leader for it.

I called the engineering team to create a fusion core that will create a star by combining the Alchemy machine, this fusion core will suppress the flow of energy generated from the super conductor and particle accelerator so as to create a stronger energy condensation.

Within two hours we finished, I placed the two combined stones in the Fusion Core and then looked at everyone.

"Ready?"

"Yes doctor" I nodded and turned on the machine, there was a powerful sound of energy filling the particle accelerator.

"40 percent energy output, it going steady"

"Release it to maximum"

"Doctor is dangerous, it can kill all of us"

"Death is inevitable, is risky but take it or you will be disappointed, if you scared then take cover"

"No doctor, we stay" Closure fully charges the machine, the particle accelerator emits excessive energy and even experiences energy leakage, I use Symbiote to suppress it.

"Arrggghhh"

"Doctor !!!"

"Dont mind me, Symbiote is..... absorbing the leakage and return it back, check the energy !"

"MAXIMUM OUTPUT" The light sound can be heard is too loud, some of us even almost our hearing for it.

"NOW!" Everyone push the valve and the energy redirect back to the fusion Core, the fusion core recharge the energy then explode, in nano second i protect everyone in this Hollow earth, a massive explosion can be heard in terra, creating total destruction to this City, this explosion is same as nuclear exploded in hiroshima.

the energy stabilize and everyone check their body protected by Symbiote cocoon.

"Valtor"

"Here" Symbiote return, i see myself critically wounded.

"MEDIC"

"No.. cough... cough... Originium.... priority" everyone sees the Orginium, it looks like a diamond prism that has a Rhombus logo inside. The Orginium released a unique gaseous energy, like stardust.

"So beautiful" That stone floats and approaches me who is still critically wounded, I heal myself in an instant then look at the stone.

"Strange....this stone"

"Why doctor?"

"........ this is original asteroid that fall before"

"You mean that half asteroid"

"Yes.... it..... thank us ? huh ? ... it say, it will help create the our invention but..... it only refine it"

"what ? is this your plan Valtor"

"No, I think we're going to recreate the Original Stone from the Ancient Era but instead of recreating it, rebirth the Original Stone that was divided at the time, we fulfill the requirements to recreate the Original Stone and huh?"

"What is it?"

"it says, twice time more powerful than the Original splitting. imagine half of infinity but this stone is twice of infinity, logically speaking this stone we create, more stronger than Original from ancient era"

"Is this bad news or good news?"

"Three bad news and two good news... which one do you want to hear?"

"Bad news"

"First bad news, this stone does not want to be used as a source of energy to create whatever we want to create. Second bad news, this stone has excessive energy intensity that is enough to make stars explode. Third bad news, it.... choose me?"

"Why?"

"It says, "I see you are worthy of me, I was previously a wandering star sent by my creator, I was previously happy to be able to travel and see the stars out there until I landed on this planet, I needed to create something and I was happy about it and did not mind until something tragedy came to this planet, I hid on this planet and begged one day someone could help this planet or save me. Then I saw you coming from the sky just like me, I felt the answer finally came, I watched you, read you, understood you as you came here in the shadows with this planet as my representative. Then when you created a way to sterilize the part of me that is the creature and its contents on this planet, I was touched. I watched you through every person you called Rhodes Island here, whatever they saw, felt and experienced with you was recorded in their Originium Particle and then channeled to me, maybe I don't have a real human body that can feel you directly but by seeing you and the entire Rhodes Island working together to make me again, I was even more touched. like, I was reborn with a new body, and more perfect than the body my creator created. thank you" and it stops there, but why me is the biggest question"

"So is true, this stone is alive and has consciousness"

"indeed literally this is Artificial stone has great energy, it's just that, the creator of this stone has perished, too bad"

"let's put aside that obvious, you should contain it. Good news"

"Good news is, this Original Stone will help us to stabilize the Originium Vein in the planet so the originium in this planet is pure, not harmful anymore. the second good news was.... it will help us to create the next invention"

"sigh, for 3 days, we create this stone?"

"it can't be helped, but this is good, follow me" we repaired this machine and then used the Original stone, only this once it was willing to help us and the new Originium Stone was created. it's just that this stone is different, the shape is an icosahedron. I locked up the Original Stone with a special tube and stored it in my dimensional pocket.

"Okay.... it more stable than before... check it"

"Doctor. we did it"

"Reach the requirement based on the blueprint ?"

"Yes... we did it !" everyone celebrate hearing that

"Yes, this is the breakthrough, only one stone, mass produce it ? tricky"

"Oh....." sudden change of emotion make me laugh.

"we can improvise it, by" i take out our Factory machine and Workshop machine.

"by using our own resource" we remodel the machine once more to be able mass produce the Originium unit.

"Wait !" everyone stop whatever they doing, Some engineering team fall from the railing.

"We must name the stone first"

"Valtorium" they speak that in unison, i raise my eyebrow, what a weird naming sense.

"what ? why my name there ?"

"You invent it Doctor, obviously it name after you" I lost word, do I deserve that? My name was made into a new form of Originium, better and more refined than Actual Originium and Pure Originium. do I deserve that.

"you guys...." somehow i cried, im old yet this bastard can hit my soft spot.

"ahhhh, doctor overwhelmed.... is okay Doctor, you deserve it"

"Shut up.... you weirdoes make grown man like me cried, bring me to tear like this"

"Ahh.... doctor also part of weirdoes company called Rhodes island, you cage us here, we not stuck here with you doctor, you stuck here with us" i wipe my tear then i smile like angel and laugh.

"Fuck you guys"

"Fuck you too Doctor"

"Alright you guys win this time, first time i've been defeated not by war, not by something i proficient about, kinda ironic, defeated by random kindness..... sigh, i accept the defeat but first. WORK YOUR SORRY ASS, WHY YOU STANDING THERE LIKE A FUCKING MORON, WORK"

" YES DOCTOR " Everyone continue what they doing.

"First time losing ?"

"Second actually"

"The first losing ?" i get close to Kal'tsit ear.

" Fall in love with you " Kal'tsit blush and pinch my hand, i secretly giggle teasing her like that.

"Hey ! No flirting in work hour" Angela push us apart and we do our work again.

We succeeded in creating a Valtorium machine and the results were satisfactory, only needing one piece of Originium alone you can get one Valtorium seed, by taking Pure Originium sterilization and giving originite essence, Valtorium can be created.

We repaired a tool that could change our unit with Valtorium, by combining several systems, namely, Nanotechnology and Dimensional Technology manipulation we managed to make this Art unit.

"Arc Unit finish"

"V-Units"

"Excuse you"

"V-Units Doctor, Not Arc, V-Units" when unit came out from the machine, the form is V Glowing symbols, when everyone try it, it devour their unit and transform their unit into everyday item use, ring, earing, watch, sunglasses, many more.

"Good work. we will modify the unit when cyber gear created. now is Evolution Pod. but we need rest first, we deserve the rest for three day, until we continue the project"

"Yes Doctor" everyone goes walk around in Iram some of them already sold the Iram Gold and precious stone for pocket money they say.

I sat near the balcony of a tower looking at Iram City with the Astral Express parked nearby, some Rhodes Island visitors from several patients were also looking around.

I saw the V-Unit being talked about in Rhodes Island and Valtorium, a new type of Originium that is more perfect with the same capabilities as Originite, Originium and Originium Prime with Seaborn Cell Assimilation. Indeed, the implications are not yet mature because Cyber gear has not yet been created but the Unit already exists now the unit's task is given.

[ Sir, i congratulate you for your invention, Valtorium and V-Unit, i will add it to your personal Archive]

"Thank you. can you scan that Original Stone"

[Sir, do you want to know the mission of the stone ?]

"plot twist ?"

[Yes.. someone coming. have a good night Sir]

"have a good night" i hear the footstep and i watch over everyone above. 

"Are you free?" I looked at Saria who was sitting next to me.

"Im free, something bother you ?" 

"No... i just want to sit here"

"How's Rhine labs ?"

"worse.... please don't discuss it"

"I understand" the awkwardness between us was huge, especially since I managed to create something that Rhines Labs wanted, the Space ship was already a clear picture, Rosmontis and Ifrit cure, Oripathy cure, Astral Express, Seaborn Cure then V-unit to Valtorium. i help backward country for study, make peace with supposedly enemy and explore unexplored region below despite she always she see the planet surface from above.

I take care the soon to be incident by hijacking the president directly and save her colleague from inevitable doom by gaining Columbia protection and Aid to clean up the mess and make the Rhine Labs save from Public Opinion regarding their inhumane experiment that make Rhine labs disbanded if it continue.

I helping her yet do i ask her return ? nope, i dont deserve the thanks from her. after all, i see Rhine Labs as Umberella Corporation, i do own Umberella Corporation, but that is wrong. she using living subject and using just person beneficial purpose. 

we invent for humanity progress, not personal progress. if you want invent for personal progress, built it on your own, but the question is, are you competent enough ? that is the question.

" i hate you "

" pardon ? "

" i just hate you "

" Cause ? "

" No cause, just hate you "

" why you crying then ?" Saria aware her eye tear up, she never understood why she tear up, until its too late.

" no im not crying... im not " I pat her head and shake my head.

"Is okay too cry, let it out"

" I HATE YOU DOCTOR " Saria Scream her lungs out.

" i'm not expecting that answer. but please keep it down a little bit, everyone try to sleep there"

" SHUT UP, I HATE YOU " wrong suggestion to give her but i respect that nonetheless.

"I first sought you out for a reason to help Ifrit, because I knew you could do it, and you showed it by actually even teaching Ifrit well, helping her, educating her, giving her the childhood she should and deserves. I felt happiness when I saw Ifrit and many experimented Children have better early life with you, playing in daycare, study and many thing. despite the world treat them unfair yet you treat them here as fairly as possible, but something in my heart tell me that something missing. something has been robbed from me, you are the one who steal it.... YOU DOCTOR ! ARE THE ONE WHO STOLE MY DUTY, MY DUTY TO PROTECT IFRIT AND GIVE HER HAPPINESS, MY DUTY TO PROTECT RHINE LAB, MY DUTY TO FIND PURPOSE WHAT IM DOING, YOU ROBBED EVERYTHING FROM ME" Saria angry and her emotion become more unstable despite her strong attitude, she just normal woman who pretend and make her actually strong yet isn't, i feel sorry for her.

Her duty to defend and protect, yet i outshine her. i protect ifrit from supposedly evil organization and i succeed, i give ifrit happiness, friend to play, home to sleep, place to eat, place to study where her origin as Experimented Kid never be mentioned, i protect Rhine Labs from doom without her knowing and more worse, Saria both a capable leader and a warrior as tough as a diamond literally but me capable leader and schemer make enemy to ally, make everything work just using anything provided by the world and use any situation to minimize loss, many people in Rhodes island is hard listener sometime egoist yet they listen to me not because they fear of my godlike power. but the trust, the bond we build, the interaction we do everyday and ask their service for understanding which path for better enlightenment of each of their potential, hidden and obvious one. i use my power when enemy is not my team match and use it for greater good as Gladiia incident, i never intended to kill her and use it to cure her despite the method is cruel and giving her Ifrit PTSD moment when she almost accidentally kill her, which is unfair from her point of view, that is her breaking point.

when i angry feel disappointed and insulted by Gladiia mockery before, i'm not lashing it out by argument or pull up moment, i lashing it out by providing solution to make them happy and better, beneficial for both party. 

its complicated, and she basically depress by now, her weak side showing and she in vulnerable state, not strong as diamond but weak as twig. more worse, logically speaking Gladiia should hate me for that event but she apparently not, she indifference to me but respect to help her banish the very monster she assimilate with it and i help to purge the Seaborn from Coastal until my next target that is Aegir. jut like her relationship with Silence before, she want to mend it but i was the one who mend her relationship, with Ifrit as my proxy and it succeed. 

"... Im sorry"

" no you're not, i will never forgive you "

" then what should i do to make you forgive me ?"

".... I dont know "

" Then, hate me all you want. if that make your heart find solace" out of nowhere she punch me, i tank it and she lash it out by beating the shit out of me in this tower, bone breaking and meat tearing and someone wrathful tone can be heard.

Saria keep punching me, over and over, not stopping there she even doing combo how Kratos punch Zeus to the death, every hit she do with intention to release the anger inside her as me as her punching bag, to be honest getting punch by her is tickling me yet i let her do what her want to do after all im not that heartless by getting dominated by woman.

I love the kind of woman that would actually just kill me. You know when I have my godlike power, I was thinking "Damn, I really hope some hot chick paints my brains all over some fucking place" And here we are, the hot chick beat the living shit out of me. I mean really, just absolutely destroy me by her wrath. I'm talking full on Doom level of carnage. And I want it to scare the shit out of me, yet i don't feel scared at all more like, Adrenaline make me more want to get beat. I mean I hope I become more unhinged as she keep throwing that mighty punch. I hope I shit myself. I want her to fuck me up not in literal way, but literal way is acceptable though. I mean I want her to make me her bitch, more submissive and more docile. We should be entirely different people by the end of the first eight hours of this beating section. Do you understand what I'm trying to say here? I mean, I'm a real freak. I'm not normal in literal sense.

Saria stop her punch where my bone can be seen by her, blood dripping on her fist and her hand hurt badly, she not using her art rather pure physical build and honestly, i impressed by it.

"Ma'am, please... you have to beat me. continue your anger, just make sure hit harder" i ask for it and i get what i ask. Saria continue beating me to death for 8 hours straight with her art now, i'm not that mad, i just wanna try my endurance, despite my brain scatter all over the place. Saria gone after satisfied punching me, absolutely maul me to oblivion, while me just scratching my groin, she actually sit there for 8 hour, her ass jiggling and moving up and down, sexually speaking we in situation woman on top position but that is not the right time to have sex, after all, having sex with kal'tsit is enough for me.

"You good ?"

"No" Mael throw me the green herb, and i snort it like cocaine. quick healing mechanics is great.

" Which timeline, you know ORV has Novel and Webtoon, Webtoon have more extension story arc than novel"

" I choose 0 Round Yoo Joonghyuk timeline first, because i must gather much stories and stigma, i do have stories such my experience in Arknight and Expedition before, I will make him stronger because the 0th Round never mention in Original three way of survival in ruined world, so i can explore many Constellation such Historical-grade, Narrative grade, Myth grade. many option we can use and make a sponsor, There is more insane being out there not mentioned in Novel or Webtoons, so that is why i need go to 0th Round to check every possible constellation"

" we cheat basically based on true timeline"

"no we improvise. the different between cheat and improvise, we know the fact the game was rigged from the start, we not exploit the thing but we use everything provided by the rigged game by using their own player ability and the game feature"

" ahahahhhhahha, i see, Giant Story... you want to exploit this type of Stories"

" yes, that is our "Cheat" code, but the Giant Story need to be group of individual, you also count as individual, you and me are one, your story shared with me and my story also shared with you as opposite of the mirror. we literally a walking Giant Stories and as our Otherworldly Origin count as unknown Story that even Star Stream can't deduce, we have ascendant as the "game changer" or Developer "Patcher", so we play rigged game with rigged skill in the beginning but play along, after all, we two player in single console or we could say"

"the world we stay"

"Correct. we also have Absolute superpower in our side, We have God with The Archangel, Cherubim and Lesser Angel, We have Satan and His True Demonic Army and Subordinate, We have Azathoth the Absolute Dreamer, We Have White Phoenix, We Have Jenova and Horakhty, We Have Amaterasu, We Have Carmilla and many more. we have many power house on our side, and i have You" Mael scoffed and put his hand on his pocket.

"Thank you, You Kim Dokja while i'm Yoo Joonghyuk, We have same Origin, You are the only child on your family and had same misery with him, it resonance with Dokja history. While me are not same as Yoo Joonghyuk, despite i created based on mirror version of you but we have same connection, Dokja believe he Yoo Joonghyuk, while you believe me and you are different but we are same existence"

" no, i dont like that approach, let those MC exist, after all, Story without the Actual MC especially we are just traveler from different world, is not worth travel"

"Interesting, why you choose that world in the first place, we have many Eastern world cultivation or Murim to be next destination, We have many option yet you choose this one ? why ?"

" i miss modern day....." Mael look at me who look at Iram, he know my desire after all, he part of me and he knew what i seek the most.

" i can't argue with that i do also miss modern day where everyone struggle to live in industrial revolution. yet we currently in world with technological advance but the people is primitive "

" that is the Irony of this world, added with those Life implant to the planet making magic thing exist too its getting complicated. We already save the Source Of Problem, Oripathy. Now, We already Solve Originium Vein problem but i need time to make use Original Stone "

" Valtor "

"Yes ?"

" take that stone out "

" why ? "

" Curious reason "

" Fair enough " I take out Original Stone and Mael inspect it.

"Fascinating..... Original Stone where artificial stone created by ancient civilization from the outer space..... Can i keep it ?"

" what you gonna do to it ?"

" fuck around and find out " i smile and point at him.

" you son of bitch i'm in " we both look at Original stone with sneer, is like we gonna gangbang this unfortunate stone, and we actually did. the stone get split by us, we split twice of infinity and each of us gain the Infinity.

"it mad...really mad..."

" ungrateful huh.... Lets put it on its place " Mael swallow the Stone.

"MAEL WHAT THE FUCK !" Mael was bathed in light, this light illuminated the hollow earth so brightly that it blinded everyone.

Trihexa consumed this light and suppressed it, the world seemed to be divided into light and total darkness, from the darkness it consumed all the light and then from a little bit of light exploded to form a new wave of light, from that light appeared Mael. with his new appearance.

"..... Why the fuck you choose Zanza ?" Mael look at his new profound power and Zanza blade.

"You long hair while i short hair, some people mistook us same person but we indeed same existence, Curious enough this stone let me become independent from you but i still same existence as you. now with this powerful and Godlike power in me. do you want to spar ?" i sneer then i spit my hand, Heirarch Armor and Boo appear.

" this is like Vergil and Dante Moment "

" no more like Kiryu and Majima"

"You the Kiryu while me is Majima"

"You admit it first not me"

" warm up " I raise boo just like Vergil, Mael Raise Zanza blade and point at me.

" set and go " we strike each other out rupturing Slip-space where we get thrown to outside creation by Azathoth.

we fight throwing all our abilities to the fullest, our swords colliding with each other, Boo has never felt this tension, It wants more power. Boo absorbs my power and Outer World energy, Mael does the same with Zanza blade.

We attacked each other again and threw magic at each other, our magic was so varied that we had no chance of getting an absolute strike.

Our attacks were so fatal that one hit could seriously injure us. it was interesting because we expressed our passion for fighting, I fight for fun, Mael fights for entertainment. but we definitely had a laugh out of it.

Our fight got to phase two, Mael and I used Zenith. I became Safer Sephiroth, Mael also Safer Sephiroth but the difference was his wing was black and his halo was Inferno curse sigil.

We attacked and attacked each other without thinking about the consequences of our attacks that were watched by everyone, Greater ark, Svarga, Kalimdor, Hell and Heaven, And Rhodes island too.

"GO PAPA GO, DEFEAT UNCLE MAEL" Alice as always encouraged me, Yumi and Nier were amazed how amazing my power was, Orion for the first time never blinked too see his father fight with his equal.

"Otherworld fight is something else....if he's holding back that much power from the beginning, we definitely won't survive just by his presence alone." Our fight ended with an absolute vertical slash attack that created a powerful explosion. our bodies bounced off and I returned to Iram, with a badly injured body. Amaterasu appeared and immediately gave me a lap pillow.

I look at Amaterasu, originally she was a Giant wolf, now her humanoid appearance is the same as Onmyouji series with her Wolf tail, ah divine fluff.

"Have fun ?"

"yes..... fluff ?" she hide her tail and pinch my nose.

"no. i miss you"

"i do, look at you" i touch Amaterasu face, she not ama that i know, a Caucasian female but now more like Asian like lady. Amaterasu hold my hand and smile.

"You now a different being, but you still Ama that i love"

"Just add little extension to the name. i still Ama Ismael. abbreviation Ama Ismael is Ai, Love in Japanese language. You will bring me to the next world right ?"

"i do but now you don't need too stay in Svarga, you will sit with many godlike being"

"I don't mind, as long i stay in same world with you. is a wife duty stay with her husband"

"I'm your ex husband now" Amaterasu close her face and put her big wolf tail to close our face.

"Remarried with me" She kiss me and i accept her kiss, when she release the kiss, we look each other.

"your throne as Queen still preserved, Ama. married or not, you still my wife. is just status, a legal Status, God already bond you with me, as how he bond Adam and Eve....... Ama, everyone watching us"

"i spend my moment with my husband now.... they aren't important for our moment"

"i do aware everyone out there but in here"

" focus on me Valtor.... not everyone" she try to kiss me again, and i flick her forehead, she vanish return to svarga and i get glare by everyone.

"Oh hey, sorry. lets continue create Evolution pod shall we"

"Who is that ?"

"my ex wife" and i get interrogated by everyone. sigh, fuck. 

Inventor must add their name to their invention, is the law

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