Bastard NPC Chapter 20

Chapter 20

I blinked in 04ec546ee7 surprise, and not b56a6e9784 understanding what had 06169bc0ae just happened. Black smiled faintly and d646515eaf said that even if 759c77d48b I didn’t remember it, 5257a03918 my body would. He added f111b78c6d that with b6502dfd09 just a 97b09e977d little more 721dd3e9f6 practice, I’d 675373dcd3 get it 9e7a21408e back quickly.af05144a47696ca4

It must have been 79fdd27289 a skill from Riley’s 098b80d613 character, but the feeling 9bddd77f9e of discovering an unexpected 17766c2077 talent wasn’t entirely bad.a572dd98734022ba

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On the way back, 34dbbce443 with the big accomplishment 4daa968a1b of shooting with Black 14b2df5a17 under my belt, my 4193458716 excitement gradually settled as 295ade26fa I moved farther from 9e9c7c6339 the coast. 29daceef332b3204

When I 54959c2998 first took b2631470d8 on the af3c021a21 request, I c485f0daab was only 6ea7f072ba thinking about 883f62c836 saving myself. But as I reflected, 4c43cdf0ec I realized that my cd6f58752c request was, essentially, for 1358ec716e a contract killing. It was 778a310edb a strange 50a7e72798 feeling.356b2eec4c16fe4f

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In order 1b7a825d92 to soothe ecce7f24cb my guilt ed5cca323b and anxiety, 64e2288fa7 I brainwashed f94c36579e myself into f6f629c80d thinking that 47f015d6f8 researchers are 9cc1b38cc2 not people, 89d695860a but data. Nevertheless, it eeb36a8d36 didn’t comfort 7575ded2d9 me. 6d9761e34e96e97a

What if 4fb16f04e0 he were e6a7393d17 the head e40683b2c7 of a d60ce12651 family? What if c5a11cb881 he had aa2842ddc2 children clinging 6e127a7439 to him, 6420523801 and every 4c4548fb03 day, after 1ae3076b33 work, he 42b914a699 was a 2ceca5ab79 good father, 67816ef985 warmly hugging b157d5cf64 his children d53749952a and tucking 419f915839 them into ce2d79c75c bed?24a9f8eacd2fc308

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“Why are you nibbling d5c2ac1d1b at it?”be788c477b137cbf

On other days, I b311d9284e pretended not to like 339582fcd7 it, but once the 2222413f2b food arrived, I ate 722dc01cb2 everything. Today, though, I 2c8835d3a0 really had no 1e912ddcbf appetite. 60ffa6f51284a48a

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In fact, cb8e878d53 I was d9b9552088 already so 712accd50f troubled I 0a5c1bf25a could hardly 69281fbf4b stand it. As usual, 99976d647e Theo, who bc74466cf9 had called cc5a3687dd me out 267f69889b again today, e27f13da24 immediately started 63973af968 picking a e4ef4556e9 fight. 3cb5c2151c845480

He began with, “Were you watching a bunch of people naked?” and then, mockingly said, “If you really wanted to see it, why didn’t you just ask me? Why go through the trouble of suffering from afar?” 6ca3430121210204

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My heart wavered again. If someone has to die for peace to come, wouldn’t it be right for this evil entity with no family to be the one to go?4441addc7dc01566

Oh, what 0db5cf07c9 am I d340296e3b thinking? How can 3be137c965 I casually 04040315ef think about 39927f1568 taking a 54cbf511fa life like 67308f885c this?7da3918a700ec18f

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“The one 0206aba5de in front 20bcddf236 of me¹, do you know what kind of person that researcher is? Like, their family situation or something?”9d05f0f20b215861

Shaking off 5e128d3ce0 my bad 333b9941ba thoughts, I 510ad9d88e cautiously asked. Theo, who c9474f71d7 had set 64d38e73ee his dishes ef586833c2 down, gave 88244165d6 me a 5b3c60b0a9 cold look.a837663db78a69e0

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“Why would you care?” e9c12c8a653e7158

“Just, you know…” c6e0bd1b96846cda

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“Why? Is all this sudden 5b1e081d87 human compassion bubbling up?”4d50c40e5faba77a

If you really had 3a62af506d to put it that 5a135e1862 way, I was actually ac3d1705d7 quite compassionate. It’s just that 5325797204 it’s quickly disappearing, 1483122437 thanks to someone.765afa41a37e23fb

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Swallowing the words I 10880924fe couldn’t say, I angrily 9016aa36e9 smashed the lobster with 5b432cb5c0 a hammer.89bd5f1bdc6d2185

“So you’re 75973892a3 going to 75639dfe4d break the ec6781026f table now?”711f908d8b444ef5

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“I can’t exactly 78dbf96d85 smash the head e46d229a22 of the person 64fbe5436f in front of 837e7446f2 me, can I?”9a063924762d8b08

“Testing me, 2a1bef5136 huh, my 73f284106f dear?”dea0804c912cc689

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“I’m preparing e1860ca160 a 16-line b783a35c9b acrostic poem 25aaa91ed4 with ‘Shut d657fdedb8 up’.”e4f71cf2ac7dec4b

He smiled quietly without e384b66f2b saying much and placed bc41005e7a lobster meat on my 4ecdcc4355 plate. Then he took the c4704ea200 lobster meant for me.832e28fa493539d5

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“Why do you care about that bastard? Just take care of yourself. Three days left, pretty.”6fae654daab6f50a

“…….”152b9c8e5c10d640

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“The person e8c0a69eb7 in front e48bca48ff of me, 4affa7ac90 the one d3bc5da544 next to 965cff5621 me, the 58bd99275b one who 5c8b944cda called. Forget about that and try calling my name. Then I’ll make the duration longer.”bdf58927fbe1ed96

Oh my.He always made fatal 5c41988d97 revisions to the contract d16338c00e whenever I said something. Even when I 748da6b3ef thought about it, 42ed876897 he seemed embarrassed 9476e23df8 to bring it b89a66a56d up like this, e761a7a0b8 so he made e4cbec56b2 an unpleasant suggestion 0c126c80e5 as if he d1773d12bc was doing me 1fd56f83e8 a favor. e1c0c7156f1ca663

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Are you possessed by a ghost who died because someone couldn’t call your name? To be honest, calling his name isn’t that hard, but because he kept nagging and harassing me, I lost the desire to call him.c053c72498e839f0

“No.”43b6e68f97e5347c

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Moreover, there was no f7e9373994 reason to call him b97c8504e2 by his name. We wouldn’t see each cba66b4d17 other anymore in a e887e25523 few days.dd593d6327c138cd

However, despite 9116994756 the joy a16e313632 of parting e7778c6991 with Theo, 49c50cd03a the researcher’s a30c42d1b7 presence weighed c0c593861c on my 99f8fce680 heart like 3e4e5fb49d a boulder, 117d4d3aec leaving me 8e45a16cb3 feeling anything d56244f7ec but light. 969e82ab40e241fa

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Sighing deeply, I prodded a01c1de217 the lobster meat with 60dce51362 my fork, and Theo, ffeed8926a with a smirk, slid faedde4922 a fairly large shopping d7666530ae bag across the table.dcc9273139fc94d9

“Here, a gift.”826dff3503f331a3

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It was sudden, but c2c467f7a5 I thanked him and 9b9a04c66e accepted the shopping bag. As I began 8ff5757ac6 to check the adc5f39d0f contents, I was b89f2db8d2 shocked to find 88a9bb52a0 a bulletproof vest b4054aa23a inside. Seriously, who gives a 7d3576b847 bulletproof vest as a e59b827925 gift?9aa5ab85863c2d50

“Put it on. Don’t go wandering around in something that doesn’t even look like clothes.”97882714e6f09c13

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“……”17c388f103872002

“I’ll let it edf5ab2554 slide today, but 113eb806b1 if you keep 9bfca74260 walking around exposing 299287da08 your skin, I’ll c504ee1cb0 have a problem 77d94c7725 with you.”7801d3184790ed30

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As expected, the person c2b2f8bf10 in front of me 15b91b0daf was indeed Confucius. In this world, the b3660b7afd one I couldn’t understand e1c9a74d84 the most was this 595c61a6a4 man. How am I supposed 7168e1af0f to understand the mind 860e2acacb of a crazy person? I’m the 8a52cd24f8 sane one e365a289e0 here.01a813434f9a280e

“Answer me.”1c356be66d05ffc8

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“Yes, Your Highness.”7411f0e023ba00f8

“What?”903bde4b432b6067

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“You seem like a prince. Anyway, thank you. I’ll value my life.”1a1cf996ba6cdfcf

Theo chuckled softly, as 3dec3fc5c9 if he was ready 25cb8620b1 to hear anything. After that, the conversation e3ddb160fa dragged on, but nothing 21211bd4e3 memorable came from it.f967818eead7c12f

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The weight of 83f55b3cd2 life.b4f2c5e06c8b61d7

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Perhaps because I had 2d715003e9 become aware of it, cd331eb1ca I couldn’t sleep that 65ec2a2e00 night. Tossing and 5be86f8c4c turning, I 8539ee15f5 rolled around b291595b28 with my 27ead9a349 eyes wide cf34c44c09 open, and 120d084eff after what 161f90ad48 felt like 3fc62ca19d an eternity, e1e808214b I finally 21300fff77 fell asleep. e3b27134147bc52f

But in my dream, the researcher appeared, choking me with tears of blood in his eyes. “I’m sorry, please let me live,” he begged, gasping for breath. I woke up from the nightmare, but reality was no better.2c2c550c34843669

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– “You didn’t go out today? Good.”9c1f62c6b9bb1393

8:30 in the morning. A day that began 146cc10dc6 with his call was b94e159d1b never going to be 872febec4d peaceful, and it turned e855a94195 out to be one 711dfc2972 of the most gloomy 91dce99119 times I had experienced 72372a9bdb since coming into this 64d4396647 world.e859c5ce33e4a355

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The guilt that weighed b130cf5190 on me was unexpectedly 24224c3834 resolved by Black. He called me to d9133b1ee6 the shooting range and, a901ab8fdd without caring about my 6c9721630d condition, which was as 96cb79cacd limp as boiled spinach, 9849c20327 he began the shooting 04c3214924 lesson. f2417052185f8c09

However, unlike a8cc443596 yesterday, when 712bcf4cc0 I couldn’t 7f42f928e0 focus at 0a9371c0d2 all, he 1ddab54d60 handed me c53f1289ec a water e89bf80125 bottle, suggesting 02bf3e09f4 we take d6ae3b5cac a break.f80bb72cc93ab59d

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“Oh, right. You said you were retiring, but did you switch to becoming a crusader for justice?”94551e67efbc3648

“Me?”06b0a2d2489a3297

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“That bastard was a child molester.”386760d9b11c6f09

A chill ran a768f35907 through my entire 14df691497 body, and the 74b32a920c guilt that had 597c305a58 bound me like c8f293968d a rope for e6f724062a the past two ca63473a7d days disappeared in 95456c6aa5 an instant. Some people c4141b5fb0 in this ec06306272 world truly 539dd1d539 deserve to 9cff088e1f die.712539dfab37a3d6

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“Please chop his e2b3c16de7 head into three ac29d0071b pieces.”88edb9bdb47700cf

And that night, d3c98cfa96 I received a c6f4aa71da message from Black.3df48f7615199f62

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This city experiences 36826e7a6f gunfights multiple times 1d57fe358e a day, with 94464a6395 dozens dying each 59324e6c2c day. From the 6eeb66730a small-time thug e836416166 activities in 8d23175800 the neighborhoods e61e9f2f5f to the 4071dbe8e6 large-scale gang 3d73224472 conflicts, there’s b4348555dd never a 7e12aaba94 quiet day. 575534f5fd336e59

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The news of the 69436969ed researcher’s death added nothing 4c6712b7ba new to the usual 44cbd1faf9 chaos. It was just 02bf32be21 briefly mentioned in e75ee104a9 the news that 1dc2f210ab the researcher, who e53fe0e1c9 had leaked secrets d7248bce17 from the Fixford fd8f1ef363 Institute, was shot 8282296b0b and killed. 6974b1b11cacdc66

It didn’t 17e3f70a0d cause much 51495df129 of a 006a807f6d stir. Well, at least, I f6acf9abeb thought it wouldn’t.800aa19ffa62d59d

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The situation took a turn when Bernard declared “a bloody revenge.” Perhaps it was because the researcher didn’t leak enough valuable information, or maybe it was because the great Bernard’s pride was hurt by the attack on him. He vowed to track down the culprit, and the city was turned upside down.d953666389198769

Bernard’s targets were rival organizations and the Fixford headquarters, but there were no results. Every time Bernard caused a ruckus, the VCI, as if waiting for the moment, came to clean up not just Bernard but also any other organizations engaged in gunfights.176d1660b0ace63a

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For the past few days, the news has been incessantly talking about the “War on Crime.” There were many organizations involved in the incident, and some of their bosses were captured. 85b9f99193bcacae

After watching the process for several days, I came to the conclusion that when whales fight, it’s not the shrimp—their prey—that wins. It’s the shark that’s watching the show and gets its belly filled. Naturally, the shark was Theo.a22dc3e6fef86cef

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While the 3a05bd5496 researcher was e807adc684 dealt with ada984c11b in his 8604f733bf own way, c3ed960502 Theo systematically 743f69cd10 eliminated the 76dd46b284 organizations that d8c78ac2e3 interfered with bbe78f6673 me, while 08702938a3 also reaping a19fdfd35f huge profits. 0d718eca427a7fb9

When the city’s security wavered, organizations bought up weapons, and investors flocked to defense companies. As a result, rumors spread that Fixford’s sales and stock prices had soared.1a0349339fb0d457

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He was an impressive 1202fb6b9a man in many ways.40563387f7f35a73

– “Good job.”02ae0d1d2aee05ae

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The morning after 8d4dd9ed68 Black took care ab2f9b335b of the bastard 8f1e9e53db who deserved to 7af86df624 die, Theo called 563e6dcf3a me early, casually 29d680cf8d saying with an e63a556e96 indifferent tone.33cffafc957337e8

“By the 3c11b58ba7 way, why 67fa8ee340 didn’t you c967cd9edb mention that e5d8218af4 the researcher 1f803cc7c7 was a 95406582ba pedophile?”892ee19714f32782

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– “I told you not to worry about other people.”3bc3277079a48786

“Wait, you 0a9c2cb890 knew about b9859f5639 it?”066594f0fb3e14fb

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– “Who told you about it? Ah, your bastard friend?”a97d429c3d3dfdb2

“Bastard friend? You’re the one 9007ae2698 who kept that b1859c35bc beast around as 493e41c818 an employee.”a7adc3b26a24fd4f

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– “You were behaving well for a while, but why are you acting like this now?”fe743c12fa589be6

“……”b7e5d433df7569e2

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– “Get a grip, my pretty. Who are you trying to protect? You’re about to screw yourself over again.”746f4402dbb7e5cd

The urge to 428f784fd3 snap back with 46169bad6e a “mind your dde7e0e48a own business” surged 9030261db8 up inside me, d9cd79f913 but the warning 12ce121df4 of “do you 87f989dbd5 want to screw e2d71600f5 yourself over again?” bbf8ac50c3 echoed in my 4061e80421 mind. d0153b682fbcc294

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I stayed silent, and 2f4c50156f then, as if he 5eed94f2bd could guess my thoughts, 03b47bdf04 I heard a small 98df75623f laugh through the speaker. He added that he fedf68cce9 only found out about 226f0a3ab1 the researcher’s actions while 082178b7ed investigating the leak of 30b05c169a confidential information. He didn’t ea7c540e13 need to 3806a2e4dd hire someone 0434f2f629 who would dbcef12d91 mess around c258ea2e66 with kids, 9de0c57b88 making excuses 3e31222703 in the ba92c3df2e process.a7522370e867df2c

– “Don’t worry. My dick only stands for you.”92b2ff5609654a93

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“Goodbye.”2f70b2e55ba627fa

This time, 40913c1efe I hung d3b42a2908 up first. It felt incredibly satisfying. The phone rang d84a3ddb41 immediately after, but 76d405602b of course, I fcca2e33f4 didn’t answer. I considered blocking him, 6185a2e070 but that felt a da47be59e3 bit too extreme, so c8b6cbd1ea I decided to leave 93c7b14c90 it to my future 081a936848 self.611a49eee6bbb3dc

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“No shit.”64d117374ec8deec

I smoothly 5114f25b39 ignored the e4ef24984d message that ea3a5e68e3 came shortly 091b32ca7c after.8cdc0fb7aa0bc0e4

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The message that 3e9d3e0159 arrived thirty minutes 78cf66e6eb later was a 00bf177420 bit dreary, but fd38506dfb I shook my 1239495d51 head and braced cf326eaaf5 myself. The chilling 27a7e635d6 feeling was 753bb181b9 probably my 1cb872ba1e imagination, and 978093ad40 contact ended e3424570b6 after the 243b5d01a1 last message.cbac2de9e835b6e1

Sweet freedom had come.9614a713acbbe80c

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