《Residency in Paradise》


 Prologue - The end

    I remember...


    I remember...


    I remember...


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    Faith is only as strong as your determination, however through countless generations, faith has been turned into a weapon to oppress the servants of God.This book was originally published on Royal Road. Check it out there for the real experience.


    Every descendant of Adam shall have a residency with their name in Heaven and Hell, however whichever place you shall occupy depends on scales of your accumulation.


    Be faithfully and you shall be rewarded with a garden in Paradise.


    Be faithless and you shall taste the horrors of Hellfire.


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    A decree was sent to Mankind that the oceans will be set on fire and it shall disappear. The stars will lose their shine and they will come crushing down... There shall be eternal darkness.


    Nothing shall remain, the universe shall come to an end.


    Be prepared.


    The end is here.

 Chapter 1 - Three days to wish

    I hear a voice thundering and the Heavens shook as if it was scared of the existence.


    ¡°You have three days and three nights to ask me for anything you desire.¡±


    I pondered wondered "I could just ask to summon my phone?" as I had a list of what I wanted to have if I ever made it into Paradise.


    ¡°Should I shout it my wish or can I think of it" I whispered it to myself.


    The voice thundered from the sky, ¡°Speak¡± it said.


    I look at my surroundings to make sure no one was here to witness it.


    ¡°Well, I want to have my phone from where I had a list of everything I wanted to wish for! And¡­ and... could you give a game system with a countdown which freezes the time of wishes?¡± I said softly, thinking that it might be a joke.


    ¡°Done¡±.


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    <td style="text-align: center">Timer: 02:23:59 remaining (Status: PAUSED)</td>


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    "It worked! I can finally do anything I want... It truly was worth the wait."


    As I reminisced I felt a vibrating object in my pocket. I put my right hand into my right pocket and take the object out.


    "It''s my phone..", as I opened my phone it open the security pattern.


    "I locked it with a pattern? How am I meant to remember it when I set it more than 50+ years before my death." I sighed.


    I try to open the menu, it vibrated and unlocked.


    "Haha, it had fingerprint regconition, lucky me."


    I open my notepad and as I skim through the list, the first "1) To have an Imaginative Game System, where as long as I can imagine it, it''s creation is allowed."


    "I''m not sure if I''m extremely creative or very lazy but then again, I managed to create an infinite amount of possibitilies".


    "I wish I had an Imaginative Game System, so as long as I can imagine it, it''s creation is possible." I spoke with an excited tone.


    I heard a ding and saw a hovering blue status screen with opacity set at low so I can still see through it.


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    <td style="text-align: center">Name:</td>


    <td style="text-align: center">Malik</td>


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    <td style="text-align: center">Gender:</td>


    <td style="text-align: center">Male</td>


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    <td style="text-align: center">Age:</td>


    <td style="text-align: center">33</td>


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    "Boy... This is going to be very fun..." I shouted.This tale has been pilfered from Royal Road. If found on Amazon, kindly file a report.


    "Should I first create a house or should I create a universe? Or maybe achieve the peak in magic? Eat some devil fruits? Increase my intellgience? I should check out my stats! I wish to see my bodily stats and it''s limits."


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    <td style="text-align: center">Name:</td>


    <td style="text-align: center">Malik</td>


    <td style="text-align: center">Int:</td>


    <td style="text-align: center">142/?</td>


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    <td style="text-align: center">Gender:</td>


    <td style="text-align: center">Male</td>


    <td style="text-align: center">Str:</td>


    <td style="text-align: center">121/?</td>


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    <td style="text-align: center">Age:</td>


    <td style="text-align: center">33</td>


    <td style="text-align: center">Dex:</td>


    <td style="text-align: center">118/?</td>


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    "I wish for a shop where I can use or give skills and innate talents from any type of story, complete or incomplete."


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    <td style="text-align: center">Purchase</td>


    <td style="text-align: center">Gift</td>


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    I thought of purchase button. Ding~


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    <td style="text-align: center">Skills</td>


    <td style="text-align: center">Innate Talents</td>


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    I thought of the skills button. Ding~


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    <td>Creation: Able to create universes and the celestial bodies that encompasses it.</td>


    <td>0/1</td>


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    <td>Time Control: Able to control time. Past, present or future.</td>


    <td>0/1</td>


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    <td>Spatial Control: Able to control space. Store anything.</td>


    <td>0/1</td>


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    <td>Cloak of Invisibility: Set cloak to a universe and it shall hide your existence there.</td>


    <td>0/?</td>


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    <td>Fruit of Yggdrasil: Increases all bodily stats by 1000.</td>


    <td>0/?</td>


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    <td>Perfect-Grade: Elemental Control - Fire</td>


    <td>0/?</td>


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    <td>Perfect-Grade: Elemental Control - Water</td>


    <td>0/?</td>


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    <td>Perfect-Grade: Elemental Control - Earth</td>


    <td>0/?</td>


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    <td>Perfect-Grade: Elemental Control - Wind</td>


    <td>0/?</td>


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    <td>Perfect-Grade: Killing Intent - Hell</td>


    <td>0/?</td>


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    <td>Instant Teleportation: Teleport anywhere you can see.</td>


    <td>0/?</td>


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    "Eternal life will be great but I should take my time. I''ll choose time control, spatial control, instant teleportation and killing intent - hell".


    Ding, ding ding ~


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    <td style="text-align: center">Name:</td>


    <td style="text-align: center">Malik</td>


    <td style="text-align: center">Int:</td>


    <td style="text-align: center">142/?</td>


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    <td style="text-align: center">Gender:</td>


    <td style="text-align: center">Male</td>


    <td style="text-align: center">Str:</td>


    <td style="text-align: center">100/?</td>


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    <td style="text-align: center">Age:</td>


    <td style="text-align: center">33</td>


    <td style="text-align: center">Dex:</td>


    <td style="text-align: center">100/?</td>


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    <td style="text-align: center">Skill #1:</td>


    <td style="text-align: center">Time Control</td>


    <td style="text-align: center">Skill #2:</td>


    <td style="text-align: center">Spatial Control</td>


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    <td style="text-align: center">Skill #3:</td>


    <td style="text-align: center">Instant Teleportation</td>


    <td style="text-align: center">Skill #4:</td>


    <td style="text-align: center">Killing Intent - Hell</td>


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    "There isn''t much point if I cannot use my powers on Earth... I will replicate the milky way precisely".


    "I wish for an exact replicate of my previous universe set to the exact day I turned 16. It has to been stored in my spatial control in a hourglass that I can enter freely."

 Chapter 2 - Returning to Earth

    ~Ding


    Also give me enhanced senses, flight and ability to control gravity.


    ~Ding ~Ding ~Ding


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    <td>Enhanced Senses</td>


    <td>1/¡Þ </td>


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    <td>Flight</td>


    <td>1/¡Þ </td>


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    "Forget it, I''ll just get skills as I go to Earth, it is time to return. System set destination: Earth on 24/03/2015"


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    <td style="text-align: center">Time Space Destination:</td>


    <td style="text-align: left">Virgo Supercluster, Local Group, Milky Way, Solar System, Earth (24/03/2015).</td>


    <td style="text-align: center">Accept/Decline.</td>


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    I accepted and a second later, I''m in an alley way in the streets of London on Tuesday.


    A flashback had occured and I remembered the struggles I went through with in life with my little brother. Not knowing why my parents abandoned us, as well as leaving school early so I could save money for Karim (14) to have a better education.


    I walk behind the row of shops and approach up the rusted staircase, as I walked up the manager of the shop walks out and grabs me, maybe the rent is overdue?


    And I remembered... I don''t have money at all.


    "Sorry Mr.Singh, I don''t get paid until Friday." I said with a voice consisting of sorrow.


    "Malik, I have been taking care of you and Karim for a long time now, you don''t need to pay. You boys are like my children, do not fret over a few hundred pounds, Malik."


    I remembered how much Mr.Singh had helped me during our time of need and sadly, he died a painful death. What I heard was true, money truly did make the world go round, as he lost his life savings as an investment into his shop and due to local gangs scaring away the customers. After a few years he died from a robbery by one of the children he used to take care of like Malik and I.


    I should put monthly instalment of ¡ê10,000 into Mr. Singh''s bank account for safe measure. Money talks. I''ll convince Mr. Singh to hire some muscle to help around the shop.


    I think and pause time.


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    <td style="text-align: center">Time Control (Status): PAUSED</td>


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    I look through the System and enter in the Gifting section.


    ~Ding ~Ding


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    <td style="text-align: left">Millionaire Package: Includes ¡ê10,000,000 into a Barclays account, a villa and a Porsche.</td>


    <td>0/¡Þ </td>


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    <td>Billionaire Package: Includes ¡ê2,000,000,000 into a Barclays account, half a dozen super cars, a few mansions and ties G20 governments.</td>


    <td>0/¡Þ </td>


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    <td>Bank of Millions: Has ¡ê25,000,000 placed into a Swiss account (Untraceable). You''re given a phone to transfer money.</td>


    <td>0/¡Þ </td>


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    <td>Bank of Billions: Has ¡ê5,000,000,000 placed into a Swiss account (Untraceable). You''re given a phone to transfer money.</td>


    <td>0/¡Þ </td>


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    <td>Powerful Status: Become an extremely powerful and influential man (Given contacts of other powerful people).</td>


    <td>0/¡Þ </td>


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    Although this is a Gift shop, I should gift some of these items to myself.


    I see that the advantages to having a "Bank of Millions/Billions" is wise, I don''t want my details to be traced back to me at the moment. I want to explore the reason what happened to my parents, I''ve never been given conclusive details. And I will choose "Powerful Status" because money in my bank account won''t be visible to others so I need another economical disguise.This tale has been pilfered from Royal Road. If found on Amazon, kindly file a report.


    Thinking logically I chose the Powerful Status and Bank of Billions. A phone fell as if it had been casted a feather falling spell and as my finger gained a firm grip on the phone it opened. I transfer and make a monthly instalment of ¡ê10,000 to Mr. Singh, in hopes that this money will let him live a stress-free life.


    I resumed the flow of time.


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    <td style="text-align: center">Time Control (Status): RESUMED</td>


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    As I greeted Mr. Singh with a good bye, I climb the stairs to see Karim at the window desk studying his lessons.


    I stuck my head at the window and shout "BOO!".


    Karim now shocked said with a moue expression "Malik! Why do you have to do this everytime? I''m revising."


    I wanted to have fun because what felt like an eternity was nothing for Karim, he probably last saw me yesterday or this morning... I haven''t seen Karim in a long time. He diseappeared and we never found out what happened to him.


    "I promise I will protect you and give you a powerful status, Karim." I whispered under my breath ensuring he didn''t hear anything.


    As I pause time, I teleport out of the universe into my spatial dimension.


    System update.


    Open gifts and purchase 10 powerful bodyguards.


    ~Ding ~Ding ~Ding


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    <td style="text-align: left">Millionaire Package: Includes ¡ê10,000,000 into a Barclays account, a villa and a Porsche.</td>


    <td>0/¡Þ </td>


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    <td>Billionaire Package: Includes ¡ê2,000,000,000 into a Barclays account, half a dozen super cars, a few mansions and ties G20 governments.</td>


    <td>0/¡Þ </td>


    </tr>


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    <td>Bank of Millions: Has ¡ê10,000,000 placed into a Swiss account (Untraceable). You''re given a phone to transfer money.</td>


    <td>0/¡Þ </td>


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    <td>Bank of Billions: Has ¡ê5,000,000,000 placed into a Swiss account (Untraceable). You''re given a phone to transfer money.</td>


    <td>1/¡Þ </td>


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    <td>Powerful Status: Become an extremely powerful and influential man/woman (Given contacts of other powerful people).</td>


    <td>1/¡Þ </td>


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    <td>Powerful Bodyguards: Have them protect assigned personnel discreetly, ensuring nothing will harm them.</td>


    <td>10/¡Þ </td>


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    ~Ding ~Ding ~Ding ~Ding ~Ding ~Ding ~Ding ~Ding ~Ding ~Ding


    A group of men wearing black suits salute and shout "God, command us!".


    As I get angry, killing intent - hell activates, "Do not call me God, be careful of that term.", they shiver and beads of sweat tracing down their foreheads.


    "Instead call me... Master". They nod their heads.


    I am overpowered even though my body has the same stats of a regular 16 year old.


    As I finished pondering, I get back to the point and tell them, "Follow my little brother from the shadows and protect him from all dangers, I don''t care how you do it, just make sure he is safe or be prepared for consequences". My killing intent - Hell reactivates and they nod their heads with insane speed.


    "Also, do not ever reveal my power to Karim. I will tell him when needed, lest he becomes lazy, am I understood?", feeling sorry for them I spoke with a gentle tone.


    "Understood, master!" they saluted me.


    I teleport them into the universe and they begin to envelop themselves into the shadows of Karim.


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    Relaxing in Paradise I begun to consider that my thoughts were parallel to those on Earth, I found reuniting with my brother a joyful reunion however the current circumstances are much too tedious.


    After mere moments of walking on Earth, I''ve already become a secret billionaire and I think with my current abilities, I don''t really need to have the system activated as I want to have some fun.


    "System update."


    "Rename from Purchases to Acquire, I don''t want to create a point system to get things."


    "Also disable shop ''Acquire'' as I want to take my time and savour the scenarios, however keep the Gifts enabled, I may just gift a few sorry children or adults some talent."


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    <td style="text-align: center">Acquire (Disabled)</td>


    <td style="text-align: center">Gifts</td>


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    ~ Ding ~ Ding ~ Ding


    I teleport back onto Earth and I rewind time to when my parents dropped us off at the shops.


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    <td style="text-align: center">Time Control (Status): REWIND - 11/09/2009</td>


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    I teleport 30,000 feet into the sky and I enable my enhanced senses and flight, so that I don''t crash. I begin to observe from a safe distance.


    I shivered in anger and thought "What reasonable explanations could cause them to abandoned Karim and me?".


    My vision zoomed in x200 and my hearing set on that precise location, in front of Mr. Singh''s shop.


    "Mother... Father..." I get a flash back from all the harsh realities the streets of London taugh me as a 13 year old.


    Anger begins to dominant my rationality and the planet begins to corrode in nanoseconds...


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    <td>SYSTEM E%RR%$OR: WA#RN&%ING</td>


    <td>KILLING INTENT OVERFLOWING..</td>


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