I Am Genie-Chapter 33: Lose Nine Years of Lifespan

For Michael, dying now wasn’t some huge deal. Lately he’d kept training his mindset, simulating the feeling of being stuffed inside a bronze oil lamp himself. He didn’t know how effective it was, but it was a lot better than three years ago.

In the first few days he’d even asked the system about if he was about to die and then he killed Leo, would he be imprisoned for ten years or a thousand years? The result actually surprised him, which was those two numbers multiplied together to become ten thousand years. The system clearly didn’t allow any cheating behavior.

Of course, if possible, he didn’t want to be imprisoned in a bronze oil lamp, whether for ten years or a thousand years. Plus, after a long time together, he also really respected Leo as a person. So no matter what, he’d do his best to help him.

"Alright, then wait for me a bit. Later, you just open your mouth and state your wish to pay half your lifespan."

Leo said and got right to work. This was the second time already so the movements were a lot smoother, not as many mistakes anymore. Not long after, a circle filled with all kinds of weird symbols and characters was drawn on the ground.

Michael placed his hand on the circle, took a deep breath to mentally prepare to welcome the big turning point of his life.

"I am willing to pay half my lifespan!"

Quiet, absolutely quiet. Nothing happened, no reaction, from physical to mental everything was the same.

"Weird, why isn’t it working? Or did you not shout loud enough?"

Leo frowned, extremely puzzled. Logically speaking, the two of them weren’t different in status. So then why could he do it but Michael couldn’t.

Michael now suspected the second possibility the system mentioned. He wanted to ask the system what to do.

’System, just how many years of lifespan does Leo have left?’

[System scanning...]

[Leo’s current lifespan is fifty years. If during this time he does not reach a sufficiently high level, then by fifty years old he will definitely die.]

Michael looked at Leo quite surprised. Losing half his lifespan and still having fifty years left, didn’t that mean he could live to a hundred? A hundred years was a dream many people could never achieve.

’So how many years of lifespan do I have?’

[One hundred and forty years. Your body was designed by the system extremely well, so of course your lifespan is a bit higher than normal.]

’What the hell? The lifespan record on Earth isn’t even one hundred and twenty-three years.’ Michael cursed in his heart.

Normally speaking, he should be happy, but the current situation wasn’t like that. Leo lost fifty years of lifespan, but he was about to lose ninety. Losing that much lifespan, how could he be happy?

Losing fifty years was already regrettable, now it’s a full ninety years, how could Michael easily hand it over. Even if the outcome couldn’t be changed, there was no way he’d obediently clasp his hands and offer up ninety years.

"It’s fine, it’s just that I haven’t paid enough. Wait a bit more and you’ll know." Michael threw Leo a confident look. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

"Not enough?"

Leo scratched his head, puzzled. Why was it not enough? Could it be that Michael was disliked by this world so he had to pay a higher price?

"I am willing to pay fifty-five years of lifespan!"

Michael shouted with full force, his expression determined as if wanting to sacrifice for a great cause. But this couldn’t fool the world’s rules, it was clear Michael was just trying to pay less.

"Sixty years!"

Still not a single reaction. Michael pursed his lips, the corner of his mouth trembling slightly from regret. This feeling hurt even more than losing money.

"Sixty-five years!"

Still no reaction.

"Seventy years!"

"Seventy-five years!"

"Seventy-nine years!"

Each and every one Michael shouted with immense force, but the result didn’t change. The world didn’t respond to his calls at all, not even a little.

Leo stood to the side, face scrunched up. He felt this scene was somehow off. Even though the forceful tone, the determined expression, and the huge number of lifespan years Michael offered all seemed pretty good, he didn’t understand why he felt it was like bargaining at a market.

"So we can even play it like this?... Wait no, looking at this situation, Michael’s lifespan must be huge. That’s not strange either, after all that body wasn’t born like a normal person."

If this happened to someone else Leo might have been a bit surprised, but with a genie it was normal. He still clearly remembered the scene of Michael’s body being suddenly created in front of him.

"Eighty-nine years three hundred sixty-four days! This is the final offer, won’t go higher."

Michael was panting, his face pale like someone who just went bankrupt. Now he wasn’t thinking about keeping more anymore, he just wanted to succeed in breaking the rules to vent his frustration.

Of course, there was no reaction at all. Don’t even mention a day, even a billionth of a second, don’t even think about taking it from the world’s rules.

Leo on the side was wide-eyed now. Awakening was supposed to be a serious matter, but what had he been watching? Even calling it like bargaining at a market still felt like a joke?

"You definitely know something, right? Stop messing around, awaken quickly. How can a revolutionary be stingy with their life? It’s just ninety years of lifespan, what’s there to dawdle about?" Leo said impatiently.

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Bro, are you speaking human language? What do you mean just ninety years of lifespan? Do you know how many people can even live to ninety years old?

"I... I am willing to give up ninety years of lifespan to awaken." Michael said, his tone no longer as forceful as before.

As soon as he finished speaking, the circle on the ground reacted. A blinding light flashed, causing a large patch of ground to ’vaporize’. Leo was dazzled by the light and immediately ran dozens of meters away.

In the final moment, Michael’s expression was truly indescribable. The regretful tears of someone just robbed of money and the victor’s smile, two completely opposite things existed on his face at the same time.

Right after that, Michael was enveloped by the sphere of light. The scale of this awakening’s effect was completely no less than Leo’s before.