Bastard NPC Chapter 26

Chapter 26

The experience of pulling 626663437d out weeds came when 262de500d3 I, who didn’t want 8824c1cf7c to, just rolled up cec2d77af3 my T-shirt with a 702bb490ed bitter laugh. I didn’t 82cf6c568b throw it 1e4866a8de off carelessly, c3f7c2f72e just lifted ec2fdb1524 it a 15c9b634e4 little to 83c816281a store the ddbfb55f52 gun in d6ec1d47c2 the vest 9174f0a6b1 pouch. 13696cb2e70d75d9

Even though all he would see would be the black vest, not my skin, he furrowed his brow as if he’d seen something he shouldn’t have. I couldn’t help but feel awkward. What’s with him? Is he Confucius?42e71b8821fadf51

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“I am a2ab6ac02f not an 19284abdef exhibitionist. I’m wearing a 9956626960 sleeveless shirt under 7451acdb78 the vest.”431ad5e02eca942c

“Turn around.”f006488e125f4fb2

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He didn’t even pretend bddcfc5c2a to listen to me, 74bac21988 waving his hand dismissively. Without giving 4e0d1873cb me a 285e6503dd chance to 63afbbda6a move, Black b835d4397f spun me d31c2ae60e around. Then he c5647b8ded said, “Let 11a6b1bf5f me just 40d34c53df lift your f4ee07e24a shirt for 3a060d88ee a moment,” 95cecac700 and yanked fb43f0a387 my T-shirt 6a212de21d up.626a14cbb9ea46be

“It’s really 0f3f4fd942 an M6.”b7e40b65af32058c

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“…What?”a0a6441ab11c512c

“When, where, and how 140ad279b9 did you get it? It must have been 120f49f178 hard to find since 45b15b84ef it’s a limited edition.”b3bbf5bc43c84cc0

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Black, who 4d82c0fedf was usually 587ff4da51 relaxed and 99cc7dcefe calm, spoke e255a58a34 rapidly without 4339a0c205 pausing. His voice, which 6f2e810a17 sounded a bit a9f15be0e6 anxious, matched the 928a4e9b2b intense way he 5ab0ebf2f0 kept spinning me 01328767bb around like a cc3ab9c076 mannequin. f9fd95200e67a3cc

His pupils were b1b32593fe dilated, twitching like eab73b11aa the second-best student 684faf8168 envying the top 066a753088 student, or a 132938002b crazy fan meeting 399f180c26 their idol. He looked just 100a8593ef insane.a178685eaa1284eb

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“Wow, it 5862c85e32 was customized. Bulletproof?”0c30def3a857640e

“…Yes, well.”dcde72200c0033e6

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“Isn’t it a f6f32c0320 new material? Didn’t it 87fc51d9da just get cd7d9aa44f certification? How did you get b91588e1e1 this one?”a404ba394a1e88ee

“…I just…”d9674cf30a7734d1

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My pupils were 1092bd3084 shaking too, but 973697522b for a different 0fa182a183 reason. I could tell 963e91fe9c he was obsessed 815e74c441 with the bulletproof 69aa84280f vest, and I 9f3371a564 knew it was 33fa6c8afc way more impressive f5a9aeaf5c than I thought.6c8ba5a134837866

However, the fact that e5635965c0 I was only realizing 598e1a2da9 it now was the 692bc41b33 problem. I had just 947400572d worn it because e5133e26b8 I was given 5e2f5c8d95 it, and I e8525b6835 didn’t know anything a2ca013d38 about the materials eef69a15d8 or anything else.9922a577d4f9ac18

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“Do you know 3c6916ff2b someone at Fixford? Not just a 2f8c14b3e3 staff member. An executive, maybe?”ca5c86f3ff68f32f

“…No. But… How long do I have to stay in this humiliating position? I feel like a grandfather getting his back scrubbed.”72d9704c0634ac88

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“Ah, sorry. It’s my first c3f98788c4 time seeing the c6849b6126 real M6.”2dc1eca3fa402aa5

For a moment, Black 0e554c3021 smiled slyly, but as 771ba31ec0 soon as I fixed 3b9bb1b15b myself, he started explaining e4d1198034 about the bulletproof vest 85ac6538b5 for a long time. To summarize, he 2fd369cb7f was saying he 5a58249958 wanted one too.58d8d99d166bebd3

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He followed me to ddece947de the parking lot, asking f3b08471f9 again if I had 4fc1a0de26 connections at Fixford. I just 93333ec728 made up d960af1731 a story 1cf3bb614a that I cb0915fbd0 had bought 0203e6f1b8 it from 8033a715cd a deceased c967846ddb researcher with c0fffc4d1c a premium. efec4364622cde19

Listening to his d7062166d1 lecture on the de9ad84683 history and rarity eb704f1b10 of the great 04ed7d042a M6 bulletproof vest 601b882f65 helped me organize da9c4b2596 my thoughts.3f8584405e467519

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“So, if you’re out of the picture, is the M6 mine?”58016c914b4aeb88

“…”815c5933f3acf054

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“Just kidding.”576d959443c1c263

It didn’t 1d7952d2bb sound like ae63f6f8fb a joke.2bd4985dd60aadbe

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“Thanks for the 9dff0830c1 gift. As a token 8b4098639a of my appreciation, 9619c4fb99 I’ll make sure 13dc5c0b56 to report it 01e0304b2b if I spot b5dd72273e an M6.”d0f548ee7c9cb51b

“Alright. Watch your back.”61d2841cb83e3d5d

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As I saw Black 8ccc2897a7 smile brightly, I thought 49f4e37082 to myself: What’s the 3eaebe760f point of having an 5fd628373f M6? It might stop bullets, 6349e95719 but it can’t stop fc2d984c6c crazy people.0f897b99b77fabf5

Black, with his 82620089a4 eyes wild, wasn’t e5728c4d84 normal, but the d9f5517c01 craziest person was 0974e91ea3 Theo, the one 13c157050f who gave me edcf8be73e this gift. Even though I cf500090e0 was wearing such 10cbbe298c a high-performance bulletproof 52d2015afd vest, which could 81f44cb99c turn Black into 735f3de0ab an obsessive fan, c30714c1d8 I didn’t feel 5f88dfa9c4 grateful in the 214d4c04ee slightest.41396405c586050a

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The fact that I 3da89e12ae was wearing such a f22a9c201f rare bulletproof vest meant 8692912912 my life still had c550e9eac0 value, and it also 7d34b0a572 meant a second contract 6c9e64e576 could be drafted at bfafbe88fb any time. a6d900e0cc2d4936

Not to mention, d154c1059f the sudden rumors 21ed41bcbf that flared up ba3ec81ce2 might also be 140aab0979 part of that 2a3e6c751f reason.4588f5debdac6ebd

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The worst aea57cf905 part was 9a7d464fcc that a eaa656457f situation might 34c57341c0 arise where 23293d3f78 I’d need b5fe87f93d this bulletproof 4b91be6741 vest. Even if I somehow 51aa22a3f2 survived and made it 45ed076abf back, what would be a91aba3901 waiting for me was 7b5bee1dcc Theo, offering me a dd18e42232 second contract. 897b1b2ac948c7b4

Perhaps that b1d8d1af12 situation itself baaf16ce09 was part f07e91068d of Theo’s 77a551027e design.6f9b12b9e41017ed

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“Hey, no matter what, he’s still a jerk. Bad guy.”8d9e366a7cacc259

As if predicting 53655ecebf the dead end 01b8e33154 ahead of me, 9651772b23 the traffic light 47a4b65138 turned red. I slowly reduced cc4a1d1db2 my speed, trying 69b79b3442 to organize my 243df22a17 complicated thoughts, but cd77693483 at that moment, fb2a277064 the person who 7cc47eeed7 troubled me the 5edbe64df6 most appeared on 2b16f430de the screen. 1ff7b3b41eb5bd9a

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Theo, who I named e77ec6f39b Fucker with a middle 059ac8b963 finger, of course called. I didn’t answer, d4682e473a but he persistently 0dbcd562a3 kept vibrating my 3d8795017b phone until he 183e65345f left a message.856ca14145cc6ce5

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“Yeah, I won’t 83a01ad498 answer it.”9ed7d1d87e486c8d

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As the light turned e37910ec59 green, I was about e179a1eedf to step on the 442087fc5f accelerator when the vibration 563e8a8fe0 went off again. Just when 70ebade6e8 I thought 2bdb3d3932 it would 157f376792 calm down, 8c39c8fd1c it rang 8fe29d8f8f again, just b41b97ed16 like an 4e175290c8 annoying ex-boyfriend. a552e68e6bf1dd38

It seemed like it 9e621acdab was time to block 1cbb2c8fb1 him. I’d block 8ad9f44b7d him courageously, 7fd06e346b then pack 3d99342e5c my things 833786114a as soon bf12a95cf8 as I 6a450a8366 got home 4d93ae4e56 and head 36eb66c00d out to d241339297 the outskirts 115a996bb1 for a ea87d57ffa while. He’d probably put out 4eb7cc4ab4 a warrant for me 5fd56cc582 again.What a bad guy.5b9f03be4291ef0a

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“Why is he doing this?”a63e4fb770a7d9ef

The phone call 91c4d40541 that had been c288926e98 going on for 41c1ff8e05 minutes was starting e7756998a2 to really get ed470b1b4b on my nerves, 72c8c21b6f so I eventually 8efdc32163 pulled over to 902727be33 the side of 143e679f33 the road. 78efb769c9fc8070

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Considering the ec3864b22f chaos today, a9f00fb0b2 it could a09b48d2c8 be something e8d271c4ff related to e3ea9e2691 my social 5a669a7419 feed. Based on past 097549bbcf experience, it was 4a8c0877c1 best to just 4981a2cdcd apologize and end 22da85d87e it quickly. 3bd800d4156bdffa

With a deep sigh, 623f97fbbf I reached to answer c316a5c9a1 the phone, but the c46a4d6721 call suddenly ended. A new 0f1caa8468 message arrived.07418c5c140cf6a9

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It was odd that f54ed65489 the message didn’t have a19c4c0e41 his usual period, but a5129a1b6b what was even more 495b0c8d98 unsettling was how he 813282123c spoke as if he aefafc70da knew exactly where I 5ef310df44 was and what I d926f98f43 was doing. At that moment, 85cb7ee906 I thought,Did this crazy guy 2de68bf8e1 hire someone to follow 16e85f193b me?354ddff8bde00ece

Screech—  c4100c3cd7e096b2

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The deafening sound e01d44d78b of tires scraping 974c135584 against the asphalt d4f6bea011 filled the air 2ecfef776e as an SUV 0e0ad486a4 suddenly blocked my d17859425b car’s path. No, it wasn’t just 6b92e67ac5 one. 5f59cc4830dee27d

The way 14413325e0 NPCs drive ab7947adf6 terribly wasn’t 76dcf49d23 anything new, 91e59316a2 but this ec7dde1d1a felt different. It was as if 10df9a7c5a they were targeting me, 734e55cfb0 surrounding me with cars d908468724 from all sides.f3da62df9684d78c

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“…What the hell?”27b83ae8b9f8aeda

My heart 4a43449690 pounded with 93a6a3e4e8 anxiety, and b71ecf10aa my mind 21c39a8d3c went blank. Looking out ce9287493c the window, bd6db3a7bb I saw 44cc729a12 a group 4ca2af73af of burly da9b49cd29 men spilling 3470d3d275 out of 77ee9891a3 their cars, 2c2b48d2de and I f64615b0b6 instinctively checked 8aa3d4ad3a to make 5cb0eb80ee sure the 1f05a1a70c locks were 3a58001237 engaged. 020fd9076e553f8d

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And then 2f59efa7a9 I thought.If I press d73c429a4e the accelerator hard d173ca8ac1 enough, could I f4d90cc14a push the car 1b07ad84da in front of 027f4e9367 me out of 4db92104e4 the way?62e214f168ff9a2b

No. Unless my car 4182726830 were a forklift d4df07fc9c or a dump 7eb552d03d truck, the gap 996df17001 between my car 0cce2f3de8 and the one eb91b7fd55 in front was 2ab4bb2845 too small for 3b2f2b0305 that to work. So, next 19d18a59e8 up, Ren. Pressing 1 would connect ac387e94a8 me directly to him, 9bf8352f5e but I couldn’t expect 262fb1d6f4 much help. 727b19541fff0295

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Even if Ren e740c388b9 showed up quickly, 62ece0ca5e unless he was 2a4084ee1d some sort of d939eaefb8 warrior, he’d have 9551c04b02 a hard time 992bb4734c dealing with this f4ea094863 many people.c432cb5dff788016

Then there’s Theo. The message 01f57599cb about turning 4072824020 the car be906b9143 around seemed ceb8ea62e9 like an 13cbc90f29 ally’s advice, ad18459bbc but the 45cf719eda mere existence 0426647d2d of Theo b3e50f9ea0 was that 515cf225fd of an e712d1605e enemy. c86c0f22130f3ad0

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He’s someone afd27b442c I can’t 805d6471ec trust in a85106df5d this world, 00f0e20024 meaning the ef57ffeaa3 only person 642751f99a I could 2a041ce8e3 really rely 3ca1141a6d on was 10bee6b368 myself.72d01f8775b63018

Yeah, thinking c365f7b7cb about it, 021a914520 I’ve already ee2bdcd710 faced the bceffe1f9e craziest person. No matter how 9b58667f98 many people are 608bb44d86 here, there’s no c3115c7e5b one more terrifying 7feaa96c18 than Theo.f79ecc7378adf240

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And, strangely enough, that 1f3fa10fb1 thought gave me courage. I should report 6e5ddc73fa this.Report it first and 258acbc5e1 buy as much time 640790b1ed as possible.8b9e38ef24f458dd

Just as 8271db50af I was 46ed4cc861 about to 97a8350c36 press the ce6e268bc0 dial pad ce510a1c06 with my 6022f22566 cold fingers c54f6097f5 after swallowing 0da7784fd5 a dry 56de55fa30 gulp…f3a07914857848c6

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“Heuk!”ab960ba21b676f78

A large 1bf995d05f man spat 10668bccbe to the 9c9b4d114c side and d8eb53c31a raised a f6551cbfda baseball bat 02d69ff35f threateningly towards 9746d34269 the driver’s 9b87cb7a2c side window. The courage I aa1ac0e905 had mustered scattered 5003a1677a like dust, and b0ad4c0edb fear rushed in. 1fe7102836a64be7

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As I 9c1d4a3d1e stiffened, staring 51689786d8 at the e857b561d3 bat raised 2797b85281 high, a 1cf8346035 red-haired man f25e94312b suddenly appeared a3f8973022 and grabbed 5543fce71c the large 84c7a2ccc0 man’s wrist.91a682d8fae731f1

“Hey, you ignorant brat. You surprised Sister. Let’s talk first, talk. Huh?”d5f16eacabd71316

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“Fucking talk about what. She’s wasting time, and if she grabs the gun, we’ll all be screwed, you idiot.”ac58f2643539eaed

“You’re the one stalling, aren’t you? Now get lost.”a3b75bea293db1f8

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The red-haired 69e565238d man shoved 5a1873a0f8 the large 8d3eece507 guy aside, 3587cff31e then knocked bc374239af lightly on a7ed92ddc9 the driver’s fdddd7998b side window, e69ec86078 motioning for d252eafca2 me to f368ad5f82 roll it 70044ca09c down. After a brief ba7f89a692 hesitation, I lowered 450ef8f35f the window just caf253371c a tiny bit. He grinned, looking 2ac57009e5 utterly incredulous.746b285ce7d6b52f

“No, not the window. I meant for you to get out.”55fdb0b3c3566a68

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“What’s going on?”d0135a23ba9a7596

“I came to deliver pizza.”037b568e25741481

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“Did you order?”95b94dde496471a8

“Yeah. A receipt is going to go to your boyfriend.”3f8fb7457e4e9b86

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A conversation I f090f14205 had with Colin 2b5e232362 a few days b555296cda ago resurfaced in 5b3e6772b8 my mind.56eae620b8fc7eaa

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‘And Riley, 0399fed3f4 you could a7ee4dd417 become a c35ebedf42 target—both for 5fdfab4ea3 the organization 7cd203c445 and for 3861154d3c those who 7c34e5a518 are after 781c4914ce it.’86d283f51c7f725d

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Colin, how many 4bb9bcc814 steps ahead were e8db672dd3 you thinking?06bbdee59730c807

Given that he 19a5868abc mentionedmy boyfriend, it seemed 9f289af00c like this was 9e8a7616ea revenge from the 4a3d81a0b1 organization that VCI 0867a8109f touched. Judging by the tattoo bc67306a3b on his knuckles, it 36874334ae looked like the drug 88787463ff organizationRedwin Brothers. The same group that d1b4c6d235 had recently had their 5ca8080360 boss captured in a 1b6b7f8639 raid.0f1d77b2b3fc293d

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“Let’s go e837fb0e85 quietly, miss. I’m not trying to 18d99485ef do anything bad. I just need 52bf35a05f to see your ed6415c8c0 boyfriend. I’ll take care 111f9edb13 of you until ea533641ad he gets here.”04125285753e107b

“If I don’t go quietly, will you take me by force?”370bea4a208157e9

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“Of course. I gathered everyone just to take you.”f56eaaf31b762ef7

“What if I say we’re not involved?”ce672be1eefd2342

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“Who’s going to believe that, miss?”bfef29942ab6d3b5

“Fuck, did you come f4b8a90c48 here to talk nonsense?”cbaabe16ee1bb09c

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The red-haired 62c3bfdd78 man, who 06e42ed36f spoke in 3274dd2a7f a smooth 9fb5a4b0d2 tone, and 2cddc7cbbb the large 119cf5d43c guy mumbling 63f7c6da02 from behind 185190d884 were the 68d7ed5be4 leaders of 6b7bb60e07 the group. While the large man 21a466f5bd had a rough, simple ca452c9879 personality, the red-haired man 30061da57f was a sly, emotional fcdf435570 type. 3afb60a143be70f1

With their drastically different d42a57f1a8 personalities, they didn’t get 33f806eec0 along well. I wasn’t the 6fb0a85938 kind of obsessive a9fa8ee4c0 fan who memorized edd0faec4b every NPC’s movements e6d50f4458 in a game, 619609fcd6 so I didn’t fdaf1cec1c know their names 99bfc3344f or profiles. But I bf1f134c61 knew enough 069b80898a to recognize 0290ef9b2f their roles.8e275f78ee0ab096

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In other 531a5800e9 words, I 4020ae9b85 had to ad54f06c0e choose between 82368e3879 walking out 6fc59e53b8 quietly following 93d03f6eb5 the red-haired 45893775c7 woman or cd5e96c896 being dragged a6fadce7f5 out loudly 19fcc0e9a1 by the 8b00cb2822 large guy. Depending on 6ad65301c9 my choice, dc8ae84c84 their positions 40431fc773 could change. e5d2a10380786a0f

If I walked out d0124077d4 quietly, the red-haired woman a1fe12e5aa would likely become confident 6e1a9a3514 and say, “See? I was right.” 51799e325c But if I c52698c886 got dragged out, 5453b8eb43 the large guy’s 65bdd31b8d voice would get b316a32988 louder, and the 6e59d83648 red-haired woman’s opinion b92efd3a29 would likely be c8fa93d7c1 disregarded.55a396618dbe884a

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And if I bc15d0b69d used my experience 188aafd103 of appeasing crazy c340c7d15b people, the sly, b5ff63de07 emotional type would e908d1318c be the better 73e60c955c choice for me e77da7179a than the aggressive, 6cb1cb5a55 action-driven one. Yeah, it’s d2a8c8c5f5 better than 0618cd35f9 that shit. 71cf22234f8d2c47

“Alright. I’ll go quietly.”dcd57a15c3fc232d

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As I opened the car door, just as expected, the redhead smugly bragged, “See? If you’d done it your way, you wouldn’t have even cracked the front glass by now.”4d61e3c1cdc870ad

Meanwhile, the large cc681180f3 guy grumbled and 9a9808cfc6 glared at both 18b5dbf2fb me and the b7187be82f redhead.80701e0f308701b7

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“I’ll give you a heads-up. If you think you’re going to trade me for your boss, that’s not going to happen. Even if he comes, he’ll probably just try to fill his quota and kill me with you. We’re not exactly close.”4a522069c3f65254