He said to his assistant, "I have to find Supremacy, Todd."
Todd chuckled. "Sir, if I may, there is nothing more beyond your position. You have unified all of mankind both on earth and beyond. You are the leader of the world government that you created. What more is there to find?"
Jason's eyes became cold with determination. "You are right. There is no more supremacy to be had here. I must find it somewhere else."
Todd didn't understand but he didn't question the president of the World Federation about it. He considered it to be another quirk of a genius mind so he simply shook his head and moved on to pressing matters.
He said, "You have a meeting with Vladimir Guirriro in the next 5 minutes about discussing the issue of mining rights in sector Alfa184 on Mars."
"Right." Jason drawled. "Mars. The stars. The World. The Universe."
Meanwhile, he was having a chat with an invisible system which awakened a few days ago.
-SYSTEM FULLY INITIALIZED.
-THE COORDINATES OF A REALM TREE HAS BEEN FOUND AND LOCKED ON.
-REINCARNATION DRIVE PREPARED.
-SYSTEM INTEGRITY AT 100%.
-OBJECTIVE: REINCARNATE AND SEARCH FOR SUPREMACY.
-REQUIREMENTS: DIE.
This is what is currently in his vision. It is like an invisible holographic display that everyone has nowadays. Only he can see it but he can't recollect when he installed this system with his neural link. It feels as if he has been hacked or had his mind hijacked.
"How am I supposed to believe you? You are asking me to die." He asked for the umpteenth time.
-I CAN'T ENFORCE BELIEF AND TRUST.
-I CAN'T FORCE YOU TO DO ANYTHING.
-I CAN ONLY DO WHAT I HAVE BEEN PROGRAMMED TO DO.
-I HAVE DONE WHAT I AM PROGRAMMED TO DO.
-IT IS YOUR CHOICE TO DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
-YOU WILL DIE SOON ANYWAY.
-YOU ARE NOT IMMORTAL YET.
-YOU WILL BECOME IMMORTAL WHEN YOU FIND THE PATH TO SUPREMACY.
He held his head and shook it. This is the same answer that he receives every time. The system has done what it said it was programmed to do. It has shown him snippets of his previous incarnations.
It was a shock to see. He has been several races in the past but mostly human in the past 1,000 years. That's because the reincarnation drive hadn't fully activated before he died so he simply reincarnated in the same race. But now he has lived a life long enough for the reincarnation drive to transfer him to a different reality.
As absurd as that sounds, that's what the system told him. He has asked for more explanations but the system has said he was free to believe it or not but it is not obligated to convince him.
As for the other times he was other races, it was due to the complete activation of reincarnation. But it has never locked on to a realm tree so the system has always been searching. And when he asked why, all the system said was that they were searching for Supremacy.
Each incarnation failed to find this supremacy just as he has failed to find it. Fortunately, there is a chance to find supremacy in the current target of the reincarnation drive.
But all of that is hearsay. How is he to believe whatever the system is saying? He himself doesn't remember his past lives. And yes, he has been questioning the meaning of life recently. That doesn't mean he has to listen to an unknown system tell him that what he has achieved is inadequate and he should die for it.
Anyone can question their life and that is right to do so. It is normal for someone who has achieved what he has achieved to question his life too. But that doesn't mean he has to entertain death from certain hallucinations that he can't seem to cure.
"Maybe I'm going crazy." He muttered.
-THAT IS FALSE.
-YOU ARE NOT GOING CRAZY.
-YOUR BRAIN IS UNDERDEVELOPED BUT YOUR SOUL AND MIND ARE FULLY FUNCTIONAL.
He nodded and said sarcastically, "Right, I'm not insane. Or I am so insane that I am unique."
-THAT IS FALSE.
-YOU ARE NOT INSANE.
-YOUR BRAIN IS UNDERDEVELOPED BUT YOUR SOUL AND MIND ARE FULLY FUNCTIONAL.
Jason snorted inwardly at the system's inept perception of sarcasm. But the system is not wrong though. He doesn't seem to be insane or crazy. That is one thing that all the technology at his disposal has confirmed.
He has performed and undergone a lot of tests which all conclude that he is mentally sound and there is no problem with his brain. But all those technologies can't find the system either. So maybe they are not so accurate.
Apparently, if the system is to be believed, it is attached to his soul and not to his body or anything in the physical world of manifestation. That's why it can't be sensed. Or maybe the technology he has at his disposal can't be trusted after all.
He had to stop thinking when he felt his head throb painfully. He groaned and said, "This is giving me a headache just thinking about it."
Then he joked to alleviate the stress, "Maybe I am super insane. My superpower is insanity."
-THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS SUPER INSANE.
-THERE IS SUPER INTELLIGENCE BUT YOU ARE NOT SUPER INTELLIGENT YET.
-THAT WILL REQUIRE YOU TO UNLOCK YOUR FULL MENTAL PROWESS.
-THIS RACE DOESN'T ALLOW FOR THAT.
-YOUR CURRENT BODY IS TOO WEAK AND YOUR STATE OF EXISTENCE IS FAULTY.
He rolled his eyes but that's all he could do in the face of probable mental sickness. He wished he could laugh but that might just lead him down the derangement hole that this so called system has dug for him. After all, if it is a figment of his imagination, laughing because of it is usually the first sign of mental sickness.
"Can't you show me more?" He pleaded.
The system became silent. It didn't even bother to reject his request.