Bastard NPC Chapter 26

Chapter 26

The experience of pulling 0e491903a6 out weeds came when 16b096a0f0 I, who didn’t want ab658e2e2f to, just rolled up 99fd0baf32 my T-shirt with a 5b2529f0b7 bitter laugh. I didn’t throw 41a336dd6c it off carelessly, bfe5117af8 just lifted it 23b1f7f9f4 a little to d19d6d591f store the gun 913ea97bee in the vest 97d8080a01 pouch. dfc66707edc75bfc

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?e48832ad74e50383

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“I am not 3106fba32e an exhibitionist. I’m wearing a sleeveless c1387cff45 shirt under the vest.”2fba42bd231cb403

“Turn around.”ac1abfb0962f628c

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He didn’t even pretend d00b5b198f to listen to me, 3505772ded waving his hand dismissively. Without giving me a 6ca227e0f2 chance to move, Black bfead28187 spun me around. Then he said, “Let b3bd41f91b me just lift your e44c8f3cfe shirt for a moment,” 092aa1d10c and yanked my T-shirt aff8348d3d up.27026d89e4fc1e91

“It’s really an 4882a68e2e M6.”82d5d27e6f41c086

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“…What?”74996dd1d4f015eb

“When, where, 677282e367 and how 46f333f8eb did you 9879c049de get it? It must have 392618965a been hard to e0ccd3d6a1 find since it’s 82c4354304 a limited edition.”621cd563e0f3e35a

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Black, who was usually a08c5cab14 relaxed and calm, spoke 34b2a1fa15 rapidly without pausing. His voice, which sounded 26d5e9b8fb a bit anxious, matched 8984053e85 the intense way he 586c6e2626 kept spinning me around d94c8df2fa like a mannequin. dec3f588cdf13704

His pupils were dilated, 8aa4ad1d3e twitching like the second-best 0a666360d1 student envying the top e03eea3580 student, or a crazy d5ea5b9b74 fan meeting their idol. He looked just insane.a00e3c9629e91b95

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“Wow, it 1f7ca35827 was customized. Bulletproof?”19c3a6b0a4efc954

“…Yes, well.”3eef102115acc72b

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“Isn’t it 53186771e4 a new 8ea75f25b7 material? Didn’t it d71542ec9d just get 5c935f81bc certification? How did you get 941ae8eb84 this one?”727be889c2ccad59

“…I just…”4592977ab31c16ef

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My pupils were 0f1bb89a5a shaking too, but acaca3a33e for a different 1fe8852516 reason. I could 8ea323d500 tell he 7cd806baab was obsessed e6d8c51df7 with the 4543afe26b bulletproof vest, 826e96a890 and I 56203c4a40 knew it 80ce191fb7 was way 87234522d6 more impressive 047b81a475 than I d425dc0e58 thought.e00ec2df6fce40fb

However, the fact dec30b49e3 that I was 757776cb21 only realizing it f6a438c9cf now was the 2b9fd51456 problem. I had just e944404318 worn it because 0682b05a95 I was given 4ef6decea4 it, and I 8b2d5fe031 didn’t know anything 5ae02ccea1 about the materials 1bc9af09d5 or anything else.6bb04fa988b16ad7

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“Do you know someone aab8b31b70 at Fixford? Not just 4dc09ffa3b a staff 493c6a62e3 member. An executive, maybe?”dc01480633e903c9

“…No. But… How long do I have to stay in this humiliating position? I feel like a grandfather getting his back scrubbed.”81484623c79bca9f

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“Ah, sorry. It’s my first 01efae65bd time seeing the 5840fcc2e6 real M6.”bc048c68ea4a5741

For a 119ee230ea moment, Black bb94b75e02 smiled slyly, 5363c79cf3 but as 09f032f8a6 soon as a2426db737 I fixed 899efa4b25 myself, he dea7b44831 started explaining 9b8a8ac86b about the 25ffd78087 bulletproof vest 877bc8319e for a 86d3b77537 long time. To summarize, he was 38d995d903 saying he wanted one 1f4fdc9c23 too.70c76f18d751e00d

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He followed 549d7f09d8 me to cf032ef2ee the parking bacc662ef9 lot, asking 7606e6588c again if b887222f15 I had ec54b9aa93 connections at c609557321 Fixford. I just 5e7961fd2f made up 8daa7961fe a story 6bd91f31e8 that I 8a445ed228 had bought 8b64145e72 it from 38eed47aa2 a deceased c9187470fa researcher with b6e79b1e83 a premium. ad955f7e71396808

Listening to his 45051df499 lecture on the ee958d51e4 history and rarity 1207039fa6 of the great 064ce1672c M6 bulletproof vest bb8a1b034e helped me organize 93e8361c90 my thoughts.431f67c247ca1a81

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“So, if you’re out of the picture, is the M6 mine?”b1be038c42baf02d

“…”d0eaa910ac154b50

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“Just kidding.”907c5a442cc22343

It didn’t 0d10a818b0 sound like 323022109c a joke.70ef3e3299e1d496

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“Thanks for the 59eb14d0bd gift. As a token of 5cb529ccfb my appreciation, I’ll make 3f6f1ebf21 sure to report it d539091495 if I spot an ae68b36ba9 M6.”f902c88887439410

“Alright. Watch your back.”fb577f3ca0c35352

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As I saw 5d261b5895 Black smile brightly, 1f8cc1dcbc I thought to 6eeda52a91 myself: What’s the fd6cc23da2 point of having 30fd6e002e an M6? It might 75587624b5 stop bullets, 8defed9a27 but it fb1a3fe07a can’t stop 9a5c80f87d crazy people.c763c4c4f9e8db04

Black, with his eyes 69be609bd2 wild, wasn’t normal, but f5e5eb12e3 the craziest person was cc886fc930 Theo, the one who a82c4e8613 gave me this gift. Even though I was c3acaf01df wearing such a high-performance 96ef9edb55 bulletproof vest, which could c237501f3a turn Black into an d46d8f08ca obsessive fan, I didn’t fc53294904 feel grateful in the 3c6b1a7200 slightest.f62afe07508c9a61

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The fact a749d2ef6b that I f1d3e07d62 was wearing 803e8c8b1c such a 5416834d65 rare bulletproof c04101a1c0 vest meant 491044665f my life 76a87ea998 still had b2f4695ede value, and fa0de3dc7c it also 7c462a6488 meant a 63c8d3c20b second contract d5d74bbd5e could be eef426a2fe drafted at 4a3a9fca57 any time. a65955dc3dcd5380

Not to mention, the 03ad38fc4f sudden rumors that flared e23a6f7d25 up might also be b4bf107eb4 part of that reason.24695fe165025b83

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The worst part was 6cc5db683a that a situation might 563a5368de arise where I’d need dc88f0ca2c this bulletproof vest. Even if 82dd37a9ce I somehow 9128900de6 survived and 5a3c601fde made it 048cf0dab8 back, what d1de192b1e would be b211f0d514 waiting for 85d557a89e me was ef612fa845 Theo, offering 9c9f86fcea me a 3a56121429 second contract. 8c7fe9e3b875b110

Perhaps that situation 7f7cb3eb28 itself was part 63d507302c of Theo’s design.71357d2df223eb0f

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“Hey, no matter what, he’s still a jerk. Bad guy.”4bbfe2d96f248df3

As if predicting abbde01528 the dead end d62a57615c ahead of me, 15d9d43021 the traffic light d4f561a843 turned red. I slowly reduced my 90c8d4adff speed, trying to organize 2a25da371e my complicated thoughts, but 61b542a167 at that moment, the afab470386 person who troubled me 53a470f34b the most appeared on e11ceccc8a the screen. 30e297056fb40d91

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Theo, who a298b3e438 I named e104668911 Fucker with 47f5343566 a middle 50738a2248 finger, of a9e47b3f31 course called. I didn’t 56d8897ab0 answer, but fcd500dae0 he persistently 68d64363f6 kept vibrating c95debcaeb my phone 23309a2f89 until he ff16989296 left a 3758d8716a message.67b99f9be0fe6f6b

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“Yeah, I e746d32b2f won’t answer 223c1c4080 it.”53b67719f11cdc11

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As the light turned 88e9e857eb green, I was about 5e32cf4220 to step on the dce2b9f211 accelerator when the vibration 3d0e21573c went off again. Just when I cd296e1071 thought it would 6e3afdeac7 calm down, it 1f19255ef2 rang again, just e0c1e30cce like an annoying 23db908119 ex-boyfriend. d03fe923dd4d4e83

It seemed like fdf8c7490b it was time 439789a487 to block him. I’d block him 91e0aec8cf courageously, then pack ce35a3b606 my things as 14de7d0ce3 soon as I a6b80d9a93 got home and e6353c09e9 head out to 72a33bd8b2 the outskirts for da37c3b091 a while. He’d probably put 0140a10439 out a warrant 5abc1f2b36 for me again.What a bad guy.0d38b4b2b8a70b36

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“Why is he doing this?”095afbd3e8d40fa7

The phone call dd2100c8ad that had been afbc8451d1 going on for 3d8a0bd621 minutes was starting 937c2cdb25 to really get 78091b82b8 on my nerves, 598b36b94e so I eventually 6fc3ba9acd pulled over to f3983ba58f the side of d94630c347 the road. 87dbdd6cd2f0717f

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Considering the chaos 4ac53c13b4 today, it could abc7219754 be something related dc7ab9b12b to my social 6bd3acbb29 feed. Based on past experience, 9d63776a31 it was best to 3bd836fa11 just apologize and end 93c30fc94e it quickly. 284f8de9820e80cf

With a 2c004202af deep sigh, d88dd691dc I reached 710bf6c22c to answer 187a07ce07 the phone, efdf37711e but the 656bc96dab call suddenly e49370c35c ended. A new message 9cbc1f61b6 arrived.9bcadf3416b57225

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It was odd 9cf41ebf91 that the message d20058d642 didn’t have his 7a5714110c usual period, but 034c6ddb58 what was even 35cdaedcd6 more unsettling was 23bf70b68b how he spoke a40af5ef1e as if he d8b2feaffe knew exactly where 5faa3e07ad I was and e161cd9ae9 what I was e40f013783 doing. At that moment, I bc549115d5 thought,Did this b2c13392b3 crazy guy eb9997aa2c hire someone 12588c127b to follow 3ce18c5b60 me?db7cd6c726b4dce4

Screech—  8d02b66555251801

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The deafening sound of 4c7e88f331 tires scraping against the 8b389a56d5 asphalt filled the air d157eba42e as an SUV suddenly 42d6113558 blocked my car’s path. No, it 0a12e450ba wasn’t just 466e871a64 one. 3872c48c1e7ce9c9

The way 5e54ef7a34 NPCs drive 50f5feac5a terribly wasn’t 2cf2447f6d anything new, 8141198ecc but this 021f62214a felt different. It was as if b02836e8b7 they were targeting me, 9dd00be94f surrounding me with cars 380d75459c from all sides.6dcddd660a87aab7

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“…What the hell?”633d25b6f2420724

My heart pounded 100f5c21e7 with anxiety, and 27a2a438b3 my mind went 95cde2b099 blank. Looking out 80c3ad821e the window, c1a4947883 I saw 14416d521b a group fd9e43bcc7 of burly 3a84252329 men spilling e8804455ef out of 07cbcd309a their cars, 5d6128da05 and I 7c41e1bb60 instinctively checked 0855fe7cda to make 820a41b0b4 sure the 4d898f4e0f locks were 5c71ce58ea engaged. faee0abd1e29f646

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And then I thought.If I press b1084b88da the accelerator hard 6046811df1 enough, could I be9bd45da5 push the car 1b242e6757 in front of cff15e619e me out of 384e2a951b the way?eb1615814a09f6c6

No. Unless my 7bd51165fc car were 83cc5e97df a forklift b04886bcb2 or a 782da5c8e6 dump truck, 131a8759dc the gap 9121928de4 between my 8b3e75c276 car and 67f5ff2fcc the one 4d58d27230 in front 0a3928a568 was too cc3bf01c24 small for da62d54c00 that to 3806f94ce3 work. So, next up, Ren. Pressing 1 would connect 7ebbac4e48 me directly to him, f1766307c5 but I couldn’t expect 0a8e7174db much help. bcddacc1ff0eec55

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Even if Ren showed 2b56042e0b up quickly, unless he 4b9b345fce was some sort of e546848888 warrior, he’d have a 2dd5a25868 hard time dealing with f36036f536 this many people.0b33c7fa54e30f7c

Then there’s Theo. The message about turning b8ab3e4e18 the car around seemed 8fb3d7413a like an ally’s advice, 4d32e564d1 but the mere existence 72578eb2e0 of Theo was that f8e7a975a3 of an enemy. a6fb911128ca55c0

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He’s someone 064c558cd8 I can’t 88d25e1bf8 trust in eb8a4c6c4a this world, 2ac9d70235 meaning the 3e3b180827 only person 5e2c733ae6 I could e465320916 really rely fe4297cfa7 on was 2306114df7 myself.aba15beab37be29f

Yeah, thinking about it, c3eda91aca I’ve already faced the 2896590759 craziest person. No matter how many 09d1d2be17 people are here, there’s f60c178daf no one more terrifying 20b5a26b02 than Theo.cb935415b5aaa236

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And, strangely bb008ee93c enough, that 9ea89b2a0d thought gave e6a676317a me courage. I should ff299ff735 report this.Report it afd11efd88 first and 1cfb314610 buy as 0187fe0c3f much time 6f0c66fc6a as possible.d319ea66b9cb9ccc

Just as I d6a9e002c3 was about to 73c5a0ca89 press the dial 69619dc705 pad with my 6dba39eb88 cold fingers after dc766ed62e swallowing a dry c279cdb26f gulp…360414fe5adf6702

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“Heuk!”7a71a98c3c95b67f

A large man spat d28da3d27b to the side and d510ff8a6f raised a baseball bat 79645b696f threateningly towards the driver’s 360fe7da10 side window. The courage I had f7147dcc32 mustered scattered like dust, 6bb5775090 and fear rushed in. 7e239e823412f41c

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As I d2d29a0d98 stiffened, staring 03567825cf at the bc4a773246 bat raised 2821bf13ba high, a dcb1485c49 red-haired man 44246f3fa7 suddenly appeared c7af9cd3fd and grabbed 6521241f61 the large d77c2d66d4 man’s wrist.1fb3f9e6b62e7d74

“Hey, you ignorant brat. You surprised Sister. Let’s talk 8bebe235ed first, talk. Huh?”6cab6bb946fcd846

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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.”04d9f08ebd12df38

“You’re the one stalling, aren’t you? Now get lost.”ade694c0b9dbf49a

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The red-haired c68416c20d man shoved c30640e7e4 the large 23114f2797 guy aside, d67f876a6a then knocked b61fe4895f lightly on d98a594357 the driver’s 254ec022c4 side window, 68de298e6e motioning for c6b05d40d3 me to d913e487fb roll it 7d92262853 down. After a 50d05fead9 brief hesitation, cdbb3ca272 I lowered 936eaf3a07 the window e23eb8b972 just a 3382314c40 tiny bit. He grinned, a5abd16f93 looking utterly 2ed0ea7400 incredulous.7fa5d90e9fc4d633

“No, not the window. I meant for you to get out.”212116c8bc0852b9

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“What’s going on?”9a05d790186296be

“I came to deliver pizza.”4e9789949a2de277

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“Did you order?”01fcf3f0b7ae1cc0

“Yeah. A receipt is going to go to your boyfriend.”21e5e4932ef6474a

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A conversation I had 9d35e09416 with Colin a few 2f144375b2 days ago resurfaced in 313dbdfa20 my mind.5e19e1bf6564fcf6

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‘And Riley, you 52fc468e51 could become a 753a793d68 target—both for the 4725904e39 organization and for fdb7b988b4 those who are acc2f2e27a after it.’30e32b8c99651fc8

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Colin, how ccb2d259d1 many steps 222b1feeb3 ahead were edd56c8942 you thinking?71fc0b376b4f7a0c

Given that 9ad089f38b he mentionedmy boyfriend, it b199880dcd seemed like 355ba6b72f this was 8353b8178c revenge from c552594c32 the organization f0feecbf28 that VCI db83919eab touched. Judging by 809f60aaf7 the tattoo e4cbc0a640 on his 5c501a3265 knuckles, it e0fdcd3569 looked like ffc877aca3 the drug 65dae8b581 organizationRedwin Brothers. The same 04bb3f6bf7 group that d4f8e9d6f9 had recently 6674bb722e had their 938077d354 boss captured b2fb692160 in a e94545c0c9 raid.f094bb76d4d754c2

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“Let’s go quietly, 293882eb10 miss. I’m not trying to b995b27001 do anything bad. I just need to 6ba29687df see your boyfriend. I’ll take care 3d916c8276 of you until 4b34f85c93 he gets here.”7b8880022d26e5b2

“If I don’t go quietly, will you take me by force?”36344814ada179d8

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“Of course. I gathered everyone just to take you.”bb25dee7ae246097

“What if I say we’re not involved?”f25d4d53ccbb6938

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“Who’s going to believe that, miss?”543e5d02226179da

“Fuck, did you 8a826ea37e come here to ed94f49d96 talk nonsense?”25ee72ee0eacb15f

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The red-haired 1b257e66e1 man, who 47174d737d spoke in 10a956450e a smooth 2caa4ffdd5 tone, and ab6fa73b45 the large 83f8374188 guy mumbling c29cfade41 from behind 4b7bf7207b were the 7e2bc983f4 leaders of d81e5bf1ec the group. While the c4feba0df9 large man afa9c54345 had a 20c186d219 rough, simple af58d72b16 personality, the 5dd47809a9 red-haired man 1d299a2305 was a 2a8907fef3 sly, emotional 6000fa71e1 type. 9f08e6e7ae879caf

With their drastically different 26aac8ed11 personalities, they didn’t get 5171e3e0fc along well. I wasn’t the 69e07690a3 kind of obsessive e890e2e49e fan who memorized 0c0a89e210 every NPC’s movements ec05bfe656 in a game, 000530fd66 so I didn’t 40d4306de3 know their names b534d26d34 or profiles. But I knew 525dcd692d enough to recognize 20de478d35 their roles.3a50d277253206cf

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In other 7f484552d8 words, I c755cdac66 had to 239a136d63 choose between ff22895a84 walking out 6de596fbdb quietly following 018b8a1956 the red-haired 8d4a59c68d woman or 17aab15097 being dragged 6c8da367e8 out loudly 08ba2d4230 by the 8c2e8ee8d6 large guy. Depending on my 2ba8b00666 choice, their positions 8a93917b8c could change. 13443a77205b95e7

If I f9e33a8a9e walked out d5b47157fe quietly, the c8fd17b8a1 red-haired woman 3532b58031 would likely 2178102d77 become confident 11f8675c1f and say, 983133b6af “See? I was right.” But dbc4cae1c4 if I got dragged af9a5e6419 out, the large guy’s f927b18ce2 voice would get louder, 24ad95a5a0 and the red-haired woman’s d36624c49d opinion would likely be ae60d02759 disregarded.2b1ca3339df5e74b

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And if 1222302a43 I used 0d327b7227 my experience dde8369ca9 of appeasing d0a5e76615 crazy people, 73bebd0bf7 the sly, c843e71878 emotional type 8ad75a5f6e would be 5395143858 the better 90599a73bc choice for 89545ea27f me than 9c48cf04f4 the aggressive, c69016a25c action-driven one. Yeah, it’s better than 24e204ac5f that shit. e07e07c4ec99792c

“Alright. I’ll go quietly.”24491d127c773c97

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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.”eafb26f6c665b986

Meanwhile, the d5f531a052 large guy 4721c6988d grumbled and d1eec45027 glared at 352157f151 both me c479a45d61 and the 3efbeee1d7 redhead.a65e2f5f32328360

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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.”84d6586e5c187255