Bastard NPC Chapter 20

Chapter 20

I blinked c61e2272fb in surprise, 1f845c2292 and not 515105bf2d understanding what f6ea3029e8 had just e4f2e93d3f happened. Black smiled faintly f0442bbd67 and said that 31afd9f0cd even if I 1a64003363 didn’t remember it, d4db53e60e my body would. He added that 1c048ae1cd with just a 6e65b258a1 little more practice, bd9e897256 I’d get it 82c69b9b67 back quickly.1a49f0d114d9a4b5

It must e6bdd667b4 have been 4e17ef4f7b a skill 808db48d6c from Riley’s d1ece08fee character, but fff02cd3db the feeling a3c479b5f9 of discovering e757d38cd6 an unexpected 7b6436a673 talent wasn’t 110f7a1edd entirely bad.924e1eda133d6405

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On the way 259260c3e6 back, with the 18438acf38 big accomplishment of 46f1c3063c shooting with Black bbe9a0fc14 under my belt, 3fabd551de my excitement gradually b224352898 settled as I fed12a6126 moved farther from 96509fb703 the coast. 73dd8647d9ea7a83

When I first took 1b3693f080 on the request, I 1dfdab6cba was only thinking about ba9c540bac saving myself. But as I reflected, a655729c95 I realized that my b1ccfc1403 request was, essentially, for 7e3291f802 a contract killing. It was a strange 398be95354 feeling.3930356511c80f39

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In order 9db087e951 to soothe a71cb6473d my guilt 7ba82abbbc and anxiety, 63d96e27b5 I brainwashed 1e42c0825a myself into 4b5d3d7756 thinking that 3740189e96 researchers are d9803a4f5b not people, b0387473fc but data. Nevertheless, it didn’t comfort 9cd36f5b45 me. ca658ce65d2851df

What if he were e73c17245e the head of a 647a08880c family? What if he 8960b978f3 had children clinging e110a65728 to him, and dcd16afc9e every day, after b8578f00f6 work, he was 624b4dd0a4 a good father, 2c67d8cd62 warmly hugging his 291d511287 children and tucking e3ed80d0f1 them into bed?56d6c16c0b893556

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“Why are you nibbling e8c2660ade at it?”4dbb1ae19cb9da5e

On other days, de133e3d6d I pretended not 78506f1707 to like it, ada0b7f3b3 but once the 6818312b92 food arrived, I 783ed35341 ate everything. Today, though, I really 953744b609 had no appetite. 40f0eff6ef38432f

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In fact, 6269b6e4b4 I was c3c729b7f4 already so 46b96447fc troubled I 4a68dd6c79 could hardly f8f71aefb1 stand it. As usual, a61e9f327e Theo, who 970dbbf42a had called f74a999b4d me out 0885fd919b again today, f0135e2e35 immediately started 5a4b2ea019 picking a 1216506827 fight. 855b4076e74b4e76

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?” 1ff06301b614260a

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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?9f0c15a1ef7a9a2c

Oh, what 10f5f04c6a am I 8bc9f3f8ed thinking? How can I 09eba9ce1e casually think about 7888cad7ff taking a life 1ef86a6f0c like this?82e71cdcd63519ff

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“The one in f7c11aa9e0 front of me¹, do you know what kind of person that researcher is? Like, their family situation or something?”e1b1a2dfcce49e69

Shaking off 41ee8bd835 my bad 101c34c56b thoughts, I 3d90bed3f0 cautiously asked. Theo, who fcdc4c410a had set 087649a3d2 his dishes cc5b2a9d67 down, gave 67be6cf847 me a 4a7864d254 cold look.f025c478e995f096

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“Why would you care?” b565188dd8eb3e0a

“Just, you know…” 48fee2fc7117f6d6

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“Why? Is all 2f8a2615e9 this sudden ef66749341 human compassion 3540b9f262 bubbling up?”95e38e790bbd4300

If you 631b543a9e really had 458fb5c185 to put 024e772dd2 it that bea1d08e60 way, I d62ee79df1 was actually 23a5def2ad quite compassionate. It’s just that cfad0a50e0 it’s quickly disappearing, e202a538a7 thanks to someone.d6d87b4a7750695e

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Swallowing the words 51f90fa699 I couldn’t say, 45d21445d0 I angrily smashed 38cdbf281a the lobster with 97bc1af3fc a hammer.27ee8b8ee212c15a

“So you’re going 7f095d38ac to break the b3250acc25 table now?”697bf6cf0be670c3

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“I can’t e852e2c584 exactly smash e1c68270a6 the head 54812c98b0 of the bbaa6f74a5 person in 4af68f9ecc front of 5a1176f641 me, can bfc2d52bb0 I?”91d5cb1eae9a1c8b

“Testing me, b582f435ba huh, my 9199698e26 dear?”6d0c253af705abb9

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“I’m preparing a 16-line dd0fae5dac acrostic poem with ‘Shut 1d07f0aef7 up’.”373515f89c708775

He smiled 80d024927c quietly without 0a66dba1ab saying much 93e39882b7 and placed 597d63bd30 lobster meat f2e30ca330 on my 59d93ae264 plate. Then he took the 6d6dae5efc lobster meant for me.9a37300e69125510

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“Why do you care about that bastard? Just take care of yourself. Three days left, pretty.”d6e7bb0abafa66b0

“…….”58dd82d750ab8a52

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“The person in front 1ebd0f3dbb of me, the one 2a081fdfe1 next to me, the 74f931b5b7 one who called. Forget about that and try calling my name. Then I’ll make the duration longer.”5753fc7a684d9f20

Oh my.He always made fatal b0a58dc17c revisions to the contract c83b34b570 whenever I said something. Even when 7bfac34ada I thought 8f73441787 about it, e98a2527b1 he seemed 127b2e3266 embarrassed to e93a93ee7b bring it 07377e5673 up like 4365ae3a63 this, so 3e67f69199 he made 41ed2219b7 an unpleasant b9ece5a88a suggestion as fae6537395 if he 2251c13ad6 was doing 027f9bd851 me a cf1621d6a7 favor. b247139f3c3a25d4

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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.524be646bd254614

“No.”fa4cb921bb793bd5

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Moreover, there 743cde1be9 was no 78d03dcdd7 reason to 555019fc72 call him 49eee94914 by his 9e1a907680 name. We wouldn’t see b46a97e2d4 each other anymore 0d1abb4d32 in a few 09e965fa34 days.617667af574d8481

However, despite 6c8efd5431 the joy afd07c0cdf of parting 78e4050479 with Theo, 3664504bb0 the researcher’s eb808484e0 presence weighed 0f4c06b2e2 on my f2ad3db511 heart like 32893a53ac a boulder, 5262651073 leaving me a29f9da969 feeling anything 4dac908e09 but light. d8b9e6ac2677d8cb

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Sighing deeply, I prodded d26c2a9fe4 the lobster meat with b5b3f84d1e my fork, and Theo, 9a428f8937 with a smirk, slid e5af258583 a fairly large shopping 5db666d5d5 bag across the table.5f5d54dece4203f1

“Here, a gift.”664b623768c63ee0

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It was e0c4ebf3f6 sudden, but 08c8477923 I thanked 43299dc244 him and 33009421e8 accepted the 2634848240 shopping bag. As I began 49d7bf18c1 to check the 8f015bec18 contents, I was 2d24740152 shocked to find 9561ea28f3 a bulletproof vest 3af7e67929 inside. Seriously, who gives a 08fb7990ab bulletproof vest as a 147558f61d gift?b92272d0a4e49d3a

“Put it on. Don’t go wandering around in something that doesn’t even look like clothes.”f4664ba3d33460bc

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“……”488351de38825e66

“I’ll let it c3b7fce224 slide today, but b39fe69cb2 if you keep 9b94cbdb7f walking around exposing 7264884b79 your skin, I’ll 9a3322e4da have a problem b9b3cabb24 with you.”56d1719a34d4d9c5

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As expected, the 9c775ce8bb person in front 858a968bfa of me was 3684de7c78 indeed Confucius. In this a4f26b316d world, the c38faa1eb8 one I ff364126d3 couldn’t understand 880fe28173 the most 57d13934ce was this d871cc95a5 man. How am I supposed bc05fad0cc to understand the mind 3a218fa63c of a crazy person? I’m the sane 751590a98a one here.8d07fc8767c01ae3

“Answer me.”0c37cb831bc7162d

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“Yes, Your Highness.”214bfd286406f2bf

“What?”bc5964a69ccb392d

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“You seem like a prince. Anyway, thank you. I’ll value my life.”7df32cf7e2f3e1c1

Theo chuckled softly, as a0cbf61ce4 if he was ready 71000ed7ec to hear anything. After that, 836b863826 the conversation 3aa113b62e dragged on, 783f4c4284 but nothing 2ae2ef8513 memorable came c576dc1451 from it.f8254206253a40c8

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The weight of life.6e3bb0f84faf5760

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Perhaps because I 639941f952 had become aware 16f6d30a2b of it, I 0457812453 couldn’t sleep that 67eba6c261 night. Tossing and turning, I bd38341889 rolled around with my eeabef2af4 eyes wide open, and 0366905112 after what felt like fa2857feeb an eternity, I finally 3311ed3e3a fell asleep. ec3a20ce35747c6f

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.8a076ba56b74138d

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– “You didn’t go out today? Good.”1dd589f4890e21f9

8:30 in the morning. A day efda97f21f that began aa9e466447 with his 17d044a337 call was 1e8bdb4ef9 never going 273d40d60c to be 12f41bf7b9 peaceful, and 566449c070 it turned 32edbdbe1f out to 2f3f2400e1 be one 4df5980378 of the 54ec31ef40 most gloomy 7878ca244a times I 2a6348770e had experienced 66aeae9b4a since coming df9d4e60bc into this 6e62132a49 world.2f4ad6206a4f001b

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The guilt 37b0f2754c that weighed c0b4b348b1 on me dc9cb4c759 was unexpectedly 57c38c71b2 resolved by f5829f333d Black. He called me to a66b0cbb1d the shooting range and, e45b19f6fa without caring about my 45711020fb condition, which was as 33308332a3 limp as boiled spinach, 159f2c7414 he began the shooting 5f9b7ef4ae lesson. bff793d3847385c5

However, unlike yesterday, 00aab21176 when I couldn’t bcb8df2ac5 focus at all, 204ec8bf06 he handed me e145d609ca a water bottle, 8fd8bbf132 suggesting we take 8cd7b9619b a break.247205b9002b0547

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“Oh, right. You said you were retiring, but did you switch to becoming a crusader for justice?”82a67d3be564e2c4

“Me?”1e2871e604b8fdff

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“That bastard was a child molester.”048a48be325b0fff

A chill ran 2668d94ec4 through my entire e868f66318 body, and the 67e4879e18 guilt that had 4b86b54a36 bound me like fa493fd955 a rope for 105a76daa6 the past two 04d67da899 days disappeared in 86252cd389 an instant. Some people f531184b93 in this f9bbfa89d0 world truly 35207389b9 deserve to 29e8f5fc3e die.db474c912ce4840b

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“Please chop 5a3440478c his head 7854c8a802 into three 5b960f42c5 pieces.”73f5dbf0f9d53a0e

And that e634864585 night, I 42f1ac73c2 received a af74e18a7e message from aa3c1a66fd Black.2504110063359e64

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This city experiences 661127222f gunfights multiple times deccd5f426 a day, with 12f7dedb3f dozens dying each 18e1b73c73 day. From the small-time thug 09c575ed89 activities in the neighborhoods d93bfb5479 to the large-scale gang fed73d8c94 conflicts, there’s never a d2f05c28c0 quiet day. 13e0e5a737b043ed

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The news of the 3c47f62892 researcher’s death added nothing 9fbc2090d8 new to the usual ca3cc60aa6 chaos. It was just briefly 04704c01d5 mentioned in the news 2ce8f33f29 that the researcher, who 18cdb25061 had leaked secrets from 63719a881c the Fixford Institute, was 28c2200738 shot and killed. 41db291ed3c01805

It didn’t cause much 4b7425c7db of a stir. Well, at least, I a208885f4b thought it wouldn’t.0320f16897b7a162

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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.aff35b5f559ec740

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.5039084e7c3b8049

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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. 60a4644884ac7ab5

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.fee6bfa9d6fadbcc

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While the 30a22e9d29 researcher was f767075b98 dealt with a766f4fe0b in his dfa735859f own way, 8b0f619521 Theo systematically b4aa23e031 eliminated the 572eb578b6 organizations that 04c32ba32d interfered with 884fa568d6 me, while 8fe9732aa6 also reaping d9646d5a6d huge profits. 04bc3d40dcfa7d39

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.c2415b90fde12cf8

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He was 924213f684 an impressive 7975ba27ab man in 5e8225859c many ways.8be35de7d9ed991d

– “Good job.”2e08d865f90336a3

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The morning after Black 905022c621 took care of the c5c9d54af5 bastard who deserved to 025a409757 die, Theo called me 433983555f early, casually saying with 977723180e an indifferent tone.97e228f78b09c49d

“By the 3c68aefd0c way, why 76fa531ca3 didn’t you 99145293e6 mention that 39d8682e4e the researcher 4357506e4b was a 7ce39b4105 pedophile?”0fc248684cc776cb

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– “I told you not to worry about other people.”c83368a7dfe6057a

“Wait, you knew about 0f3f53ce30 it?”0a8566f47fc0dd0c

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– “Who told you about it? Ah, your bastard friend?”c43748667bf77fe3

“Bastard friend? You’re the one who 5ebba2426a kept that beast around da9a157c00 as an employee.”47ccdc081fcf01f3

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– “You were behaving well for a while, but why are you acting like this now?”cbe105d61008a163

“……”db358df94e810238

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– “Get a grip, my pretty. Who are you trying to protect? You’re about to screw yourself over again.”fa0b142532f1614b

The urge 88ec41485a to snap d8e39d7883 back with 3afa73a2cd a “mind 4671276c58 your own 99f785e29d business” surged a26ba3c351 up inside b23ea8f2ab me, but 1b24f9bf37 the warning 7250c4b80d of “do ad923320e9 you want 31f0418d1c to screw 3d023220e9 yourself over 6b71f26ebe again?” echoed b8c225f26e in my fd1d6fb621 mind. e2d82a9f3fa23dae

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I stayed f675a04409 silent, and 2809d7aa29 then, as dc986e0ef0 if he e567c48f73 could guess 57f4b97373 my thoughts, cf2d56323f I heard a91d1579b2 a small 00fa044d6f laugh through 26bcfa0068 the speaker. He added 03f1a8056f that he b40fe8a4a6 only found 1c70b331c3 out about 3985fc57c4 the researcher’s 5a715f763f actions while d605127c2e investigating the 346576da8e leak of cc02372622 confidential information. He didn’t 5bd7ee4e7b need to 7334f1e448 hire someone c7aec408f7 who would 40d9cd98e1 mess around e1fd370291 with kids, 8dd6d0b167 making excuses 3589439372 in the 3bb7fb5ba2 process.e2e63d8e36aeb984

– “Don’t worry. My dick only stands for you.”21d7e3d064e776c2

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“Goodbye.”e86bf34803da4c8b

This time, I 23719519be hung up first. It felt incredibly satisfying. The phone 37492b9065 rang immediately 2320dca62a after, but d5781c453c of course, cdbb9567d7 I didn’t 6708749213 answer. I considered blocking him, 6e9b6a5956 but that felt a 1d3c66c5b5 bit too extreme, so 4a29af4831 I decided to leave bd7a813e57 it to my future bbe16a89f4 self.ff1ab51232a39ade

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“No shit.”338424c4d58188f2

I smoothly ignored the 2d288c1ae5 message that came shortly fe66618893 after.baeff93762b9761c

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The message 327efd06e8 that arrived ea48a137ec thirty minutes 2381fc2bd0 later was a5fe2c1eb7 a bit 1524f40423 dreary, but 86ca387a8e I shook bf60ab40db my head ac8ba75e7e and braced aee8bbc48b myself. The chilling feeling 83a514e3a1 was probably my 9bde5d6281 imagination, and contact f6fec4bd3c ended after the 55ca6a3a87 last message.fb441ea6047e6b64

Sweet freedom had come.f6f7e6f68308a422

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