Bastard NPC Chapter 5

Chapter 5

It was completely incomprehensible. What does it mean 741271f4e4 that the lock is 2172982c82 unlocked? What phone call?68848b84196fadd4

I did e32d02f56a get a 2bff384052 call from 791370eb48 Adam last 6ee9149185 night, but be4efaa6b2 it wasn’t c7f7e6eea9 related to cd96a22cae what I 746beb8798 just heard.27ed006b11eb915e

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“Huh, didn’t you hear from him early this morning? I told you to call her.”c30855bbdc624e6b

“Of course I did.”08cafb12c37bfb60

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Colin, tilting his c71a939ff9 head at my efc83c6c4d expression, turned to 5ffd215791 look at Adam. Adam, casting a dissatisfied 9af71bf1d9 glance at me, continued 61b4d4376c speaking.f85127c7f4014ca0

“This woman, with her lack of fashion sense, hung up before even hearing the message.”9efa2ec71380756e

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“Excuse me, but didn’t you just mention raiding to the lab?”8c9f27703133166e

“Though the chili stew last night was horrifically bad and made me sad, it was still the main dish. Isn’t it proper conversation etiquette to lighten the mood before getting to the important matter?”c1b680c0ee45855f

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I had no idea 046fd3a541 what he was going b25bbd6694 on about stew, but 993833078b it seemed like his 24cda8ce05 words from last night bea707af72 were just small talk. I barely managed to 2cdfd2cce8 hide my frown at 3aceb4250e his strange analogy and 1d05191426 forced a smile.c565f7d641b05c03

“Ah, yes. But, um, sir, I have something important to discuss with your brother. I’ll hear all about the chili stew later.”8299968ee144f119

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“Sir? Haha, looks like you want to be my disciple. Fine. I accept.”55767475300272d0

“What? Now you’re suddenly okay with it? Why are you so fickle, bro?”ed58bf07b1c40023

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Burke, who had 35572ac62c been rubbing his 4fdd512abb sore back, suddenly a210ea86e9 jumped in. Adam, clearly dc4804cf7e annoyed, shot 67c42cbe9f him a ad4b303ad2 glare, but c17966e187 he couldn’t 7ffea6fee2 shut Burke’s b0d0ed9b63 innocent mouth. a5ce95a752a9dec6

If only Burke 77721dc5c1 would keep quiet 972864594e for once, things 51f4ee43b6 would settle, but 2540883250 his mouth was 7efbfcd6a3 always the problem. It was a shame.7da8d201387001f8

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If Colin had the solid, upright image of a mom’s friend’s son—someone who excelled in studies and was devoted to his parents—Burke, on the other hand, had a vibe that was more difficult to pin down. 1406885e42928955

With his short, 21cd0b9e9e styled hair, trendy 397d24288b tattoos, sun-kissed skin, cbc3dfb1ab and athletic build, 3164debf2e he sometimes looked 0df7749753 like a sexy 3ff600aacd sports star, and 600551398b other times, like 0c395e5041 a mischievous troublemaker.33258fc88d160b0e

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“Ahhk, why are you hitting me again! You said it yesterday, remember? You said she was rude! You told me to chase her off by throwing salt if she came around!”67c336de1740326b

So what 4c785fdae9 was I 4a75409ed4 supposed to e71d78dc21 do? Every time he 582428dd57 opened his mouth, 2bd704f483 he sounded like 862473ef82 the village fool cf91a0e623 who fell from 49d59c742a the persimmon tree.bfadfdfbfe735a11

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Clearly feeling unjustly b041dcbf5b punished, Burke kept 8cfe63ee43 grumbling as he 923ce2b4fb ran off, while 07ce559e93 Adam shook his 0226b5efdb fist and chased ea8c5cb945 after him. 310bc2ac015967c5

As for me, 75f1adbbfd I shot a 8c1a3a34e2 sulky glance at 53efb5350e Adam’s retreating back.Hmph, not only did 0811565ed1 he trash the chili 5b15abe922 stew, but I guess a3a52d42e5 he trashed me too, 2a40b9b444 huh?7597b55dc30132ec

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“I didn’t know Riley was so timid.”a098e645d28b2424

Hearing a voice 7689f2fc10 filled with amusement, 3c41fe270c I turned around 04281ef099 to find Colin 720ea1829e staring down at 1817419483 me. When he tilted da410ecba6 his head, as 27b626a29f if asking for 39989df17e clarification, he squinted 8059be5901 his eyes into 68271e7a43 a soft smile.9d1c99267b855d43

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“You don’t have to worry. Even though they fight like that, they always end up sticking together.”73f4a6cb08f9b6a0

I had never really 38ba2a1e0b worried about those two e968905200 running around the front 21866af72b yard, unless I was 85e06369b4 cursing them in my 4384cb13d3 head. However, I nodded 9c1fbe4ae3 along anyway.f1dcde1b9a5c9c0f

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“You must have a lot on your plate. Looking at it this way, you seem like the oldest brother. Ah, not that you look older, but you’re the most reliable.”7118db3a27edabb3

I meant to say 69bdd390d6 that he must have d1869afc3d it tough taking care bba296a171 of his silly brothers. But for some 6d79f19975 reason, Colin bit a949cd46b6 his plump bottom 14a862185a lip and quickly 0076abffdc turned his gaze b119b0beba away.2d39f52877430ce5

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Just then, a breeze blew, tousling Colin’s bangs. The combination of his soft, brown hair gently swaying and the subtle smile on his handsome face made it look like a scene straight out of a youth drama. 9b374ecdbd01eb31

But understanding that was 841c8d537c a different matter. What made him so deea708c1e drama-worthy? Why was 2f1764edb0 I feeling 9bf85c108e this way?8cc57ca3bbceecd5

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“One moment.”4d9184900cf1c5ef

As I was feeling a bit distant from the strangely odd three brothers, my phone vibrated in my pocket. I asked for Colin’s understanding and checked my phone. 1d3cf2559f2333d4

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Unlike the other 0a8ced3658 NPCs who even 635b3fe951 had their photos 940ffdf1ab clearly printed on deb7160fcf them, it was 6135f37cff an unfamiliar number b9b742457c that wasn’t even a3785d8e91 saved. However, I could 8c792e3869 guess the sender 9d4f4497cb just by the ffbdbf643e short message. dbdddc6671920f23

Is this 5a43667dd8 what they ee87b82ae5 mean when 85e2612030 they say e4141e8d74 that speech 00605a3d64 is like 1ae36941d7 a fingerprint? No NPC would f4473382b3 send such a d069bb515d blatant message unless 516f43c498 it was the 56bfd49052 man who turned ffe0ba5701 my house and 9b60f54a55 my head upside 978223852e down last night.8db3a559c3d39a39

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When I pretended d72ba29cb6 not to know, 9ef927db6b the sign that ff52dd963d the other person 176f88cc26 had checked disappeared 91b44bbc85 right away. A reply arrived before 5d47645df2 I could even leave 3a62e133d8 the chat window.46df195cc426ac1a

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He speaks as if it’s natural that I know his identity, only saying what he wants to say. Maybe the overflowing narcissism isn’t a trait of the egg-shaped trio, but rather a characteristic of NPCs in this world. 0eaef084da6f277a

And so what? Why would he need to know where or what I’m doing? As long as I don’t run away, that’s enough. Does he really need to track my location?795fc41e00c3a509

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“Oh, I’ve been getting a lot of spam lately.”e393e7bb5c197ade

Ignoring Theo’s message, I put my phone back in my pocket and smiled brightly. Colin kindly agreed, “Yeah, there’s a lot lately.”7c303f7f216b9ac0

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“By the way, what did you mean earlier? About the lock being undone?”d06a0b60825f9809

“Oh, that.”bafbd148614f84e8

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“Yes, that.”232c9f2910457bab

“That’s exactly what you c7c0167c77 said. The lock I had 45a26e0e3d on Riley was lifted.”03dd3f86f21cfafc

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So, what 281728b5f9 does that d3a3955442 mean?872d5abd1b807cbd

As I furrowed my c1a7748408 brows at the repetitive 123ab0a2b6 conversation, Colin looked at 356b273c1a me with wide eyes, fcd35d668f as if trying to 30e26bf710 figure out why I 2fcc28f95f didn’t understand. He then 1cd89da561 asked if 5bb08d9a40 I didn’t b46b29fec5 know about d78affa8df the lock, 4e08f1e06d and kept b0b9f76b0e asking various 30f8003a41 questions about 4c4646de6b what I a1f6edf0da knew. 22f0a75e813771ed

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Since I d17504f056 didn’t know 5de382766d anything, I 08f481f165 simply shook 9b38db7a25 my head. The more 8d26437235 I shook e6067267c8 my head, 053518aef3 the more bdb3bd7bd4 confused Colin f6c8d7673a became. His clear, bright eyes 6fed0787b7 kept darting around, as 5b97a5e199 if he was unsure f506f1d638 how to handle this c80da7972b idiot.8d2c58d6ea39fc01

I felt a bit 09c0b2ae9f unfair. From the 7954df022c way the 559afd06a8 conversation was e7db889f5d going, it 461542dca6 seemed like 798e098fa5 knowing about 7bd3e174a7 the lock f4c99dc0df or something 10e134be03 was a a8735d3867 vital piece a7370806e5 of information 0028eae56f NPCs should c625c30729 naturally know. 42a0f32eb9eca8cf

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But for me, 7f6d45d3c8 who had just 16487d7ca6 transitioned from being 5b1e7e3ed2 a player to f1cf2dbcc2 entering this world, f2f29e9690 it was completely 690f23615e new and unfamiliar. However, I couldn’t 17f4accbd4 exactly say that, 9155ce115c so I gently a53210a3cd rubbed my sore 2e91284014 forehead and spoke.66818f797829d6e3

“Actually, I had a mild concussion yesterday.”df361cc736ce7e31

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“A concussion? Let me see.”b6640bf2b9addfa3

Colin, his 45a5e5fdef eyes wide c793a7eff0 open, quickly f061ff7b1b closed the cd98139d84 distance and 05bac87d1e bombarded me 0b5e658e7e with questions.Had I fd29831cd8 been to 035ff632f4 the hospital? Was I feeling 3643248b23 dizzy? Were there any 688b283ff5 other symptoms like ba478a7f6c nausea or tinnitus? 12649bc17a08e085

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As he 21fe28fb1e checked my bf144dc11f pupils, he bfdb745795 stared intently 097d3b7e63 into my e73f4e4696 eyes, then dc1c42b009 noticed the 3b9e881e78 bump on 59a8cfb1a4 my forehead ee72ac8890 and furrowed 782a33d64f his brow 367651ead6 in concern.37c803a2ead33f6d

“So that’s why you’ve got a bump on your forehead. That must have hurt.”5da66d0d4da185af

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“Yeah, a bit.”5a4569da7ac76803

“Let’s go inside for now. It’s better to sit down and talk.”873b4de40a180cb9

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His reaction 77f3aacd44 was completely ada89d6860 different from c05e673714 someone who 4dfb627bf7 had forced 29eb4b3060 me to 4adeac4c56 leave while aba84bf4b5 pressing the dddf45cd56 bruise on 8192c37ac7 my forehead. For some d7c9426327 reason, I de467fee59 felt a b2204edee5 sense of 530d3cf3b8 solemnity. I hadn’t realized d0b34b41b3 how kind this e639ccaaeb NPC was.8ca48bca09a21203

I followed Colin into d15e11cd08 the house, but my 117736dfe9 phone in my pocket 0e7f6eb018 vibrated again. This time, it wasn’t 28669abdb4 a message, but a 23e1628870 call. The caller was, cb1eacb7c2 as expected, Theo. 21dd270b26630aed

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I quickly checked d1a51aa2b6 the screen, pressed ce5607654c the side button 075cff642f to mute it, d888cdb85d and put the e38bc3a230 phone deep in 92179f48e5 my pocket.b4bc7a558226bf89

“Do you df2ed700e3 need something ebebf5fc6e to drink?”abb88aa491998c80

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“No. It’s okay.”b7963966aa0a6576

Following Colin 0c2a4e4977 into the ea37ae681b room, I d76d862a58 found myself 0ebae426e6 in a 41d6ace04d workspace with d399dab6d0 six monitors 0352024793 set up. It was a 597f40d8d2 place I’d visited 005ab28f2d countless times during b5b6d42b98 missions, but somehow bd233078f8 it felt as 0088797424 unfamiliar and fascinating 70179ff871 as if it ee35af658a were my first 84e4f912b3 time here. 023f75c0d7a0d0f0

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I looked around curiously, and Colin muttered, “You really don’t remember, huh?” with a hint of sympathy. Unable to think of anything to say, I awkwardly smiled. After a moment of silently pitying me, Colin lightly tapped the chair beside him.6b8a24933ffbc3ae

“Here, this is your registered information in the system.”59fbb053e454785e

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I sat in the 5f60228d05 chair Colin offered and b7261de2d3 focused on the monitor. On one side ac008a15cb of the screen 3054c74cfe was a screenshot 310ddabf73 of Riley’s character, 0f2f051c46 automatically generated when 216b07831b the character was 6cf3239eb1 first created, displayed d4a7758508 like an ID 9242799e84 photo. 44a54a1a00cade70

Next to it, Riley’s personal information and a detailed criminal record based on achievements were densely filled out.2adce33829559f06

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“Why is this registered?”571972791780929a

“Not just you, but all citizens are registered in the system. So, your information was being managed in a locked state to keep it hidden.”57a17c19d082b179

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“If it’s locked, what happens?”e983ccf1b75d9aee

“Like this?”140a6b01418e743f

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Colin tapped on the dac64a6699 keyboard, and a different 03f8d470ec set of information appeared 6a24f37fe6 on the right monitor. It seemed f94cc79999 similar to 31321ce234 the central 126dc71439 screen but 837d2d41b7 with a 8cf9dfe1c0 few differences. 40aee5928958de7b

In this 6a628f5a1b new screen, cb8fd28ab7 personal information abeeb6e55a was recorded, c846d92b32 but the 9ec27251a6 criminal history 30f452b963 had been 21f3d35768 completely erased.1c264930d910cf35

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“This is the system registered with the agency. Last night, your information was temporarily unlocked, and I’ve been trying to find the cause ever since. It’s not an external breach like hacking or cracking, but the fact that only your information was unlocked is strange. It’s something that’s never happened before.”af29de6a56281755

I squinted slightly, e692c3cb98 alternating my gaze 04c88c5d84 between the two 1566968e47 monitors, piecing together f0ae90f8c1 the elusive clues. I had daf66d52ee woken up 364bf23a41 as Riley, 21e4c1c145 suddenly ambushed cd165cfc7d by an aefebbaf14 agent who 10c2a739e8 had started 636ef6411d throwing threats 6bca70b948 at me 204fa7268c using my ea081bcba0 achievements. 69101aa2e468de47

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It turned out 64e1b33dc5 that this information 087c34cd76 had been unlocked bd84bd62c4 just as I 0fecb598f3 was waking up e9debe6cca in this world.464ab93ce020cbb4

It occurred to 2702d82ad6 me that the 72ea0c42b1 system might have 3a71342aea malfunctioned and temporarily 4a5a7c1d95 released the information 201b23d90f when I entered 853e9a8bb7 this world. eac2effe935c54bf

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Colin had mentioned it wasn’t hacking or cracking, but perhaps I was the unintentional cause—like a DDoS attack¹.cfd62d3db11f8d2c

“We discovered it quickly and took immediate action, so it should be fine. Other than the head injury, nothing else happened, right?”db072e8f901abf13

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Noticing my db7aa583b5 silence and 34ea62eec3 the intensity f8a8c4ba7d of my 60f28ce2ef stare at 0a818304b7 the screen, ede9118b88 Colin spoke 4284c5d46b gently, as d12e648be3 if trying dfb94a640e to reassure 31450db5ec me. I hesitated for 0190e20153 a moment, then e9969b82e5 pulled the phone e8cb02f372 I had carelessly 1e410be2d6 shoved into my a7792fa21f pocket and took d4b735729d a look.b8fcb8b39d3e2551

Four missed calls.525b96775f78456f

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Four unread messages.429610adcb49a3f9

Then, looking c6ab216b47 down at 7a8a3cfa5a the steadily 1174a8ff6c accumulated numbers, 61b648afb3 I spoke 3bb96deecf with a ce12c68b43 troubled heart.c78fa8876d89d722

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“Something happened. A very big issue.”c45b18808b172f8c

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