Is it Wrong to Copy Abilities in Apocalypse?

Sonam Singh was a genius at the university where she studied.

She had black hair and black eyes, the most common hair and eye color in Indians. But she was beautiful, with a beauty mark on her chin.

She had always been the one to make keen observations. She would keep her eyes open, no matter where she went, and she was doing pretty well with her life.

Her parents were rich, and she was good at studies, meaning a secure and bright future. But things didn't go the way she had thought they would, and the apocalypse hit the world.

But Sonam, as capable as she was, returned back to her house around the time the second tutorial had started, only to find debris and no one waiting for her.

She cried for a while, thinking that she had probably been abandoned or her parents had died before she left the area.

Since then, she had been surviving on her own, sometimes taking the help of some passerby, who, looking at her beauty, would readily help her.

But things are not always good, as a guy tried to force himself on her the moment he saw her vulnerable. She was sleeping at that time, only to wake up the moment she felt her clothes being torn apart.

That was the time she, for the first time, killed a human.

Now, during the second sub-scenario, she found out that the guardian was none other than Alex; Sonam decided to let go of the scenario like many other wise people.

But just then, Alex started this new game of his where he would give people a chance to find the egg, and as he was the righteous devil, many people, including her, readily agreed to participate in the game.

Unlike other people, though, Sonam wasn't in a hurry. She came to the area before anyone else; she had been standing in the line since it was created. She just didn't move forward.

She stood back and observed the ongoing events. Sometimes frowning and sometimes wondering.

Her focus, however, soon got attracted to something rather strange—something she had found weird since the start, but as time went on, she became more and more suspicious about it.

Her suspicion, however, soon turned into realization when she saw something that Alex did.

No one else ever noticed it, as they weren't thinking about it deeply, but Sonam was different; if not for the apocalypse, she would've really become someone worth being recorded in the annals of history.

But she didn't directly make a move yet. She looked at her coins and decided to invest them in her stats. She had enough coins to enter the area two times, but it was something she earned after fighting for hours, so she decided to use them on herself.

As for how she was going to get the coins required to enter the area...

'They look like some easy targets...'

She searched for people who looked weak and poor, and she soon found quite a few of them in just a while.

All of them seemed to be observing the events unfold from afar. They were berating the people who were coming out empty-handed, seemingly dissatisfied with the way things were being done.

'Losers...'

In Sonam's eyes, however, they were all just some losers who couldn't do anything on their own, but they would make it look like they knew it all.

They were the perfect targets for her, and in just a while, she had already roped them in. All she had to do was make them look even bigger, and as she was a beautiful girl, their male ego got boosted the more she praised them.

And soon, she got to the main topic.

"You sirs might have already noticed it, but I think I know where the egg is."

That was where things started to turn.

She then made them all agree to submit 1000 coins each, making it 5000 coins, and then they would do a toss, and whoever won that toss would use the coins to enter the area.

But as the four men were oblivious to the location of the egg, they urged Sonam to reveal the location.

"I-I know where it is, but why don't you point it out for me? I feel like you're just bluffing and want to be carried by our clues."

This was the exact word one of them said, but Sonam wasn't going to reveal it yet.

"I will, but only after we have decided who's going to enter the area."

She spoke with a resolute expression, making her stance clear. She didn't fear them right now, since she had seen people dying right here because they were creating a scene, and so had the four men.

That was why she was fearless enough to reveal everything she needed to.

The four men gritted their teeth but relented to her conditions, and when it was finally their turn, they moved forward and gave their 1000 coins to her.

"Remember your promise."

The first guy even reminded her of that as he gave her the coins, and Sonam just smiled at him, reassuring him that he wasn't being cheated.

"Don't worry. I won't."

The four men were worried after all. She did say that she would pay them 2 folds if the spot she pointed at turned out to be empty, but what if she ran away?

But they still decided to trust her.

'Beautiful girls don't shit, so maybe they don't lie as well?'

One of the guys muttered to himself, staring at Sonam, who finally transferred the coins to Alex.

"Here."

Alex's hard stare stayed on Sonam for a while, causing all of them to tense up, as their coins were at stake as well. But soon, Alex accepted the coins, causing them to sigh in relief.

Alex then gestured for Sonam to enter the area, but instead of going in...

"One second, please."

She made an apologetic gesture before turning back toward the guys, causing them to smile in relief.

'I knew it was true...'

The guy, whose thoughts were shown before, muttered to himself, nodding again and again.

"Do you have a coin? Or any flat metal piece that could be tossed like a coin?"

It was then that Sonam stood in front of them, smiling at them as she asked them for a coin, causing them to hurriedly rummage through their pockets.

Money didn't work now, but people still had the money they had with them before the apocalypse started. Some people were even trying to get the money out of the debris of the banks and companies, collecting them for the possible future when everything would return to normal.

"Here. Toss it."

One of the guys took out the coins—the only one he had, causing Sonam to raise a brow before she nodded and took that coin.

"Alright, I'll toss it."

*Ting*

With that, she tossed the coin, and it started to spin, going higher and higher.

"You two, choose one."

She then hurriedly picked two of the four people, telling them to pick one choice, which they did and one of them lost.

"You're out."

He stepped back while clenching his fists, as he knew that he had lost 1000 coins for nothing. The process, however, continued, and the coin was tossed, leaving only three people, including Sonam.

The next round was between Sonam and one of the men, which she won with a confident smile, leaving only her and another man in the game, and the coin was tossed again.

The man chose a side, and it was now Sonam's chance to choose, but instead of looking at the coins, she turned to look at Alex, who was staring at the coin with a frown before she grinned.

"Tail."

She chose tail, but unfortunately...

"Fuck yeah, baby!"

The man won as the coin fell to the ground with its head facing the sky; this caused Alex's frown to deepen, but he didn't say anything.

He could see Sonam whispering something into the man's eyes, causing the man's eyes to widen in disbelief, but he still remained silent.

They were cooking something, especially the girl; she seemed like the person who stays behind the scenes and manipulates things, especially with how she used her ability to manipulate the toss results to what she wanted.

"I will be going in instead of her! The coins she gave you were for me!"

The man finally jumped in front of Alex, excitement clear in his eyes as he spoke in a hurry, causing Alex's frown to grow deeper and deeper.

His eyes turned to look at the girl, and seeing her nod, he waved his hand, gesturing the guy to go on into the area, but...

"Hey, can you move aside?"

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The guy stood right in front of Alex and asked him to move aside, causing a cold light to flash past Alex's eyes.

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