Bastard NPC Chapter 26

Chapter 26

The experience of e16368caba pulling out weeds 39b94f3d0d came when I, 2a5d5e618a who didn’t want 531e9e2b29 to, just rolled 3d3c023fcc up my T-shirt 13380eafea with a bitter c81970806b laugh. I didn’t throw b185442f9c it off carelessly, 9e366415a3 just lifted it beec81e055 a little to b0f3248e87 store the gun f02126f463 in the vest 1bccea491b pouch. e04a29465ba13785

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?68810a744ddb2b49

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“I am not an f5b9aa7ca6 exhibitionist. I’m wearing b9ff9db7ce a sleeveless 6d236e1f6f shirt under a23e9e0e7d the vest.”13a6f82709caa237

“Turn around.”f391a13b98d44537

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He didn’t 763e933f77 even pretend 08f56f3edf to listen edaa8ffed0 to me, a0d21162d5 waving his 7e0887d79a hand dismissively. Without giving me b80f6ced12 a chance to 6fb3f356fd move, Black spun d9dbe31999 me around. Then he 016aa9dd31 said, “Let 0f8bcc2734 me just a9f97087c9 lift your fd7e7ddb07 shirt for caa4d2dbc1 a moment,” bfb903076b and yanked 1811fb7227 my T-shirt 7c11b8c2b5 up.fe7d71b1f286a785

“It’s really an 99ac5ecf45 M6.”806ac1d09ecb6574

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“…What?”a8f33c9c473b16af

“When, where, and how 9127340bc3 did you get it? It must f9f319af42 have been e1daad4ccd hard to b324ceb27b find since 53269b3d6c it’s a 94c2b7031c limited edition.”7f3dee0643620a1d

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Black, who was a456e79f8a usually relaxed and e0985986a9 calm, spoke rapidly fe51d5f97c without pausing. His voice, which sounded 16ce2c30ad a bit anxious, matched d9eaa9df40 the intense way he d8275588b4 kept spinning me around c4085a2741 like a mannequin. 5d584473c91d8c35

His pupils were f8e4f71082 dilated, twitching like d8b9859d64 the second-best student a86e3bf24f envying the top 0b4a56b9d7 student, or a de619a42fc crazy fan meeting b330d92b4c their idol. He looked just insane.a553e624807d02d8

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“Wow, it bb5aacf854 was customized. Bulletproof?”3a0e9a2139653e88

“…Yes, well.”7d3a2ac8f0df45c0

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“Isn’t it a 1c3a3e2f48 new material? Didn’t it just bba440bca5 get certification? How did 0de392bc95 you get 4334ecc06e this one?”f01acb9a1ec5fff6

“…I just…”2cd0cb69d0e886ae

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My pupils 307ce79c9a were shaking 5cf27d2741 too, but df0c5d1c44 for a 27eb6779cb different reason. I could tell b7f3ac8301 he was obsessed d166571691 with the bulletproof 16a6e3f1f1 vest, and I 343f72e6ee knew it was 87c9d0ed19 way more impressive 51814f1650 than I thought.468706db35891a20

However, the fact that d55abb66d8 I was only realizing 1b80fc5ba7 it now was the 7d0ae366d9 problem. I had just 07663a2d5e worn it because c06e33cf11 I was given 14e7be1ae9 it, and I 69381a5239 didn’t know anything 7c5689b494 about the materials 1b66f343d6 or anything else.ba4b9a3e198f9db6

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“Do you know someone df8801f459 at Fixford? Not just a da8da1e6c3 staff member. An executive, maybe?”d1c7939725b2416c

“…No. But… How long do I have to stay in this humiliating position? I feel like a grandfather getting his back scrubbed.”c392f53487b405d6

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“Ah, sorry. It’s my first time c85703b906 seeing the real M6.”a28f2d51cc64c011

For a moment, Black b71a3e246b smiled slyly, but as 5b6f34931e soon as I fixed 79caf67e5d myself, he started explaining ed090ec16b about the bulletproof vest 30d3239567 for a long time. To summarize, 465da79c9e he was 7777f27b01 saying he 4734b142cc wanted one c2554b6bdc too.0c1b9e8c646676c0

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He followed 798a118d36 me to 843e6826cf the parking 91483cd347 lot, asking afc810e8e2 again if 38251544e7 I had 341a3c4cb0 connections at 313351266e Fixford. I just made 54fcb4855e up a story d8f3313859 that I had ec2436f50a bought it from 9f2d47ea6e a deceased researcher 91640da66f with a premium. adba16fb70687ecd

Listening to his 609d8e6eda lecture on the 7bf83eaae8 history and rarity 5ef7a7b124 of the great cb7d40e6ed M6 bulletproof vest 5748086a68 helped me organize 29dcbd54b2 my thoughts.b3e9fe800ee0d915

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“So, if you’re out of the picture, is the M6 mine?”1b9c0aa4ca2b81e1

“…”5c75831088d3b0b6

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“Just kidding.”b1b9c2d4bb19a367

It didn’t sound f563c02baa like a joke.31b9d45014a025e5

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“Thanks for 3fad3d9459 the gift. As a 1202a9aea5 token of 20c523496c my appreciation, 5c1a6529d8 I’ll make cf2229db8f sure to 61cf48f35f report it d00ddaff1f if I e07801d138 spot an 410b8e248c M6.”a9edee61e2dc8d89

“Alright. Watch your back.”9333bd4046e7b267

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As I saw Black b8761ce0f9 smile brightly, I thought 0f4acd0fad to myself: What’s the 6edb785fdf point of having an cd8bd946c5 M6? It might stop bullets, 5bf128919e but it can’t stop 9740d57a1d crazy people.b8adc5b42047caec

Black, with 73dfe67431 his eyes 7a3148cd55 wild, wasn’t d75436bfdd normal, but 36e6bd86ca the craziest 41a8f22d2e person was 647e0471ad Theo, the caa56473d0 one who 6a58f69910 gave me 63fc669cfa this gift. Even though I eb9ab06be1 was wearing such 224e1e0687 a high-performance bulletproof 1d3f0fba12 vest, which could c890d57cb1 turn Black into b1b1b72f02 an obsessive fan, ba88c37caa I didn’t feel bc0e66f953 grateful in the 3145379b1e slightest.2200ef77c82d7605

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The fact that 1d26987961 I was wearing ac777c909d such a rare ac2c4d900e bulletproof vest meant 5ebcc2b889 my life still 686448a9a7 had value, and 841c7b95c0 it also meant 6a60d837a0 a second contract 0df5867d56 could be drafted 85fe43b8c0 at any time. 2cd5b73674e8e4fd

Not to mention, 41bad19728 the sudden rumors 1243f46edd that flared up 5cbd823447 might also be e115c0ef57 part of that 8de6448292 reason.f17bd482a4c2b67e

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The worst part was c2f390c6aa that a situation might c9a8f6c56e arise where I’d need c796753d16 this bulletproof vest. Even if I somehow b93c73cbf9 survived and made it 6263a13d92 back, what would be 629f596684 waiting for me was dcb403e305 Theo, offering me a 65b93eed7b second contract. 3f0fddc206509ce4

Perhaps that situation 051f94d25f itself was part 079a89df04 of Theo’s design.2b5bee7378f9b7c2

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“Hey, no matter what, he’s still a jerk. Bad guy.”887aa946f8242c8f

As if predicting 33c0aee3d1 the dead end fa3f9e7ff0 ahead of me, 6d9c43a208 the traffic light e5445ae819 turned red. I slowly reduced my 0ceea605f4 speed, trying to organize 09b7e760ab my complicated thoughts, but 0ba35585f9 at that moment, the 195be598d7 person who troubled me c4109375c5 the most appeared on b00372b3d1 the screen. c4363f62039c8f87

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Theo, who I e727c0b9d5 named Fucker with 66ed5495f2 a middle finger, d66ff74e6e of course called. I didn’t 41f24b5944 answer, but 2478c9b042 he persistently 93e64f6f8c kept vibrating 5ddea84862 my phone 557529c50c until he c27a3210fb left a 115e982c94 message.937cf5baf1cae4bd

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“Yeah, I 8190ae7af0 won’t answer 46a2d9943a it.”88bb65551b015601

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As the fb3fcc0399 light turned 0ece1b011b green, I 59a87b6807 was about 6b7f7cde8d to step 1ea0d8f226 on the aa6213c20e accelerator when fb9f62b193 the vibration a5a1e69ad9 went off c6811992c6 again. Just when I 022fb969e9 thought it would d0e58415bf calm down, it 70e29877df rang again, just 0fd7cdcf2c like an annoying c4ef6444c4 ex-boyfriend. 333996f4b46812bf

It seemed like 7b4042e95f it was time ac31aba0a0 to block him. I’d block him 75dd820bb9 courageously, then pack ac01b4483a my things as c3d7c192c8 soon as I 4d8605557d got home and 1e158e6947 head out to d6fa838369 the outskirts for 9ee4e2c9fa a while. He’d probably 7f162b9131 put out 041f58447e a warrant f585535f17 for me 9dd21a3f05 again.What a bad guy.23bce566624d7dad

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“Why is he doing this?”89cb24cbf614dacd

The phone call 61c56b8744 that had been 75db0e8c45 going on for c8af8ad851 minutes was starting 4492177e82 to really get fd0eb783f5 on my nerves, 338b0d3aab so I eventually 0e96c84f74 pulled over to 641cc6e4e4 the side of ed6fc80b7d the road. c5d63e949b0fb421

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Considering the chaos today, 3467c524be it could be something 6b42f52c3e related to my social aea0a83fff feed. Based on f77e95a69b past experience, 855d2632bc it was b1cc83084d best to 7319025c67 just apologize ba77282eae and end b490c67910 it quickly. 5a46d37838dfb264

With a 50043804ce deep sigh, 5a7c086a3f I reached 99e23f6044 to answer 2d16bc59c4 the phone, f0700f3e30 but the a7d66de115 call suddenly c5288f6991 ended. A new 9493b3d868 message arrived.b18fa867da3bfe94

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It was odd 3554f9b6ca that the message 8455b7a01a didn’t have his 9cb9675da7 usual period, but 414f8fd4a2 what was even a94ca0e472 more unsettling was a7aa0e54f9 how he spoke bd1d0417c2 as if he 9258c4e705 knew exactly where 69cc61ea38 I was and 30e6862572 what I was 8e27e1f922 doing. At that moment, 93212ba50f I thought,Did this crazy ff2a4fd5ec guy hire someone 3bfca9ff9e to follow me?37d34f3503ba35e4

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The deafening sound of 3757ef2222 tires scraping against the 826e44f906 asphalt filled the air bd305d0db8 as an SUV suddenly 12ac5ae8f4 blocked my car’s path. No, it 2883c6ab7b wasn’t just 1928efa78b one. c258ab651787820d

The way fd6b3581dc NPCs drive 070593e34e terribly wasn’t c49e2ed8fa anything new, 41a7d575d4 but this 8d919de1fb felt different. It was da44e21be4 as if 9246fefb87 they were 8e1af81c03 targeting me, 1108442e15 surrounding me 80d03e5061 with cars 368813fd79 from all c494b73660 sides.a27e0c500dd23482

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“…What the hell?”2b64d818bf278340

My heart pounded with dc85f0ae61 anxiety, and my mind 4b9f4f37bb went blank. Looking out b54924b621 the window, a2584efd2c I saw 893cad1de8 a group 094136fdc0 of burly feb19d0985 men spilling 11ddaafe09 out of 3d05772f75 their cars, db9af618da and I ab3c63d5fb instinctively checked 3f421d916f to make 621c72d258 sure the f6ef0ca292 locks were 528ee1931a engaged. 15c491d2476a0c82

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And then I 477b0c9769 thought.If I bd04a03276 press the 5ea6903e43 accelerator hard 40a6590f04 enough, could d444d15e15 I push 488eadd978 the car 1e80d6fd15 in front 65c1aeb3cb of me 4be781dc22 out of 4f24794acd the way?9ba22104539ec24d

No. Unless my d8586a5e15 car were f1e9cc0ca8 a forklift 98fa756bd5 or a d686998327 dump truck, 68229d9384 the gap 2657508401 between my c52f61aa0d car and 8d88ec3757 the one eb9c4c031b in front f97bf48756 was too ad0ce2e991 small for b07ebd58b4 that to 9e00f16c4a work. So, next up, 80dabfa839 Ren. Pressing 1 0225ba4332 would connect 359cc18607 me directly 0698a0c78b to him, 6765454a37 but I f248bf8184 couldn’t expect 1f177deb20 much help. 20ffcbf505398a10

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Even if Ren 10472abcf3 showed up quickly, 66c4c2a9f0 unless he was ce239fb123 some sort of 8f162fd9c7 warrior, he’d have 2ba04be8d0 a hard time 8847d64628 dealing with this fd2dc1380a many people.0e68ed8ec1c28a46

Then there’s Theo. The message about 9cf172eb88 turning the car dd00591640 around seemed like b1e635647f an ally’s advice, 032533aa95 but the mere ed601b8532 existence of Theo d39fd3b23c was that of 893ceab2f9 an enemy. f9f4bbc6fed59447

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He’s someone 638139c932 I can’t f02b84e733 trust in b2af44bd52 this world, 1b1019950c meaning the 8e045b5087 only person a494102399 I could c8c1fc3dc6 really rely bbed81138e on was 50ef070586 myself.5d817c69801c755d

Yeah, thinking acf68f14fc about it, 1bdf329582 I’ve already b98ebec3eb faced the 8ebf031f70 craziest person. No matter 325737cb7a how many 1c7c304b26 people are ec671bd8dc here, there’s 4a55341eea no one 1783ab4ba1 more terrifying 799e7c0bae than Theo.1943c0195866913c

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And, strangely enough, 3d50f458da that thought gave 359230e5ef me courage. I should report a73042b6ce this.Report it 52ade57979 first and 6237bb9b70 buy as 2b60c00c80 much time 53028a23c0 as possible.74ae93758eb19962

Just as I was 36d64e2a34 about to press the a64289398c dial pad with my 1435e12f75 cold fingers after swallowing 8b791f9df1 a dry gulp…3cfad3cd5e386557

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“Heuk!”8bea652e4d82ef7b

A large 486e903abf man spat ea34a9a98f to the 6e239a9a9f side and 02192654bd raised a 331ce8c2a5 baseball bat 018159db5c threateningly towards 11b1c5c86c the driver’s d0ab380441 side window. The courage 517bbab317 I had b3419c7138 mustered scattered 7806da7e75 like dust, a5a6251fa4 and fear 5811dceec8 rushed in. e6245c68eee8c483

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As I stiffened, 9c6887b77d staring at the 15fcd89077 bat raised high, eb8b7bf746 a red-haired man efa556f289 suddenly appeared and e2b806a414 grabbed the large e9c39f2493 man’s wrist.186d70a1ca5c231c

“Hey, you 92f4750fbd ignorant brat. You surprised Sister. Let’s talk first, talk. Huh?”3b32cf5791b6a251

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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.”5bcb5c955a3c244b

“You’re the one stalling, aren’t you? Now get lost.”b7b505efb369a2d1

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The red-haired man e9f388dd97 shoved the large 27f210e787 guy aside, then 05b74b71ca knocked lightly on 737e387529 the driver’s side bcdd647e85 window, motioning for 8e45135b5f me to roll 6e34a1d2d3 it down. After a 40203bb029 brief hesitation, 8e280f375a I lowered 0d246ef7f8 the window 7d70fd2b80 just a ed6dae4221 tiny bit. He grinned, looking 5ecfe25a1f utterly incredulous.fe1508a381c07b3e

“No, not the window. I meant for you to get out.”d1bb049e8784c4a8

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“What’s going on?”8a6871d568c36a08

“I came to deliver pizza.”72baae59f0b7b355

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“Did you order?”2fd72e0ba9e456e8

“Yeah. A receipt is going to go to your boyfriend.”e0e8f9aebf6cf7d1

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A conversation I had b47e491945 with Colin a few d3fa70f5c7 days ago resurfaced in 7af8aa3048 my mind.3e0196d8c670cfa5

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‘And Riley, you could af33e0a043 become a target—both for e4654fe7be the organization and for 2b349bff5c those who are after e91b6a7700 it.’387ccf12fbd6d005

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Colin, how many steps 1969b838f6 ahead were you thinking?6ccfa281da0194e0

Given that he mentionedmy boyfriend, it seemed 699d769b13 like this was 84b61db338 revenge from the 06f7b94222 organization that VCI 300a4cb300 touched. Judging by the 3ccc90465f tattoo on his bb517e73d3 knuckles, it looked cb0755339f like the drug f04f4cb10e organizationRedwin Brothers. The same group dea99534ec that had recently d72c9fca08 had their boss 18cf32f792 captured in a 7a644516d2 raid.3b9c28e6ef728f5f

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“Let’s go quietly, miss. I’m not trying to 9c662ff578 do anything bad. I just need to bdbc331d3d see your boyfriend. I’ll take 68e4de4da3 care of 4d11350bf8 you until 369efc53af he gets 3ab60bd88e here.”d64966e6d7058250

“If I don’t go quietly, will you take me by force?”68b64caa683093dc

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“Of course. I gathered everyone just to take you.”1dba8300998528d9

“What if I say we’re not involved?”8dd57276775fc3c7

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“Who’s going to believe that, miss?”0edf57159a329d7b

“Fuck, did 3433374295 you come 6f7d524dac here to d1b68257dc talk nonsense?”0c057f98f87f116e

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The red-haired man, 6fb137690d who spoke in f63a05c78c a smooth tone, f904c29d96 and the large b798800b4c guy mumbling from eca24b3c8e behind were the 1ed1437783 leaders of the 3c71ea2a47 group. While the large 330bfafc66 man had a e92c3e1f02 rough, simple personality, c2c4fe0ab2 the red-haired man 718228a2f2 was a sly, c6c7658582 emotional type. f5a99c9bdb766769

With their drastically 35aa4c2e85 different personalities, they 8fb49edc2e didn’t get along 3ba5411cc4 well. I wasn’t the kind 28697719f3 of obsessive fan who da29d031cc memorized every NPC’s movements 537b8c65c5 in a game, so ed55e33a87 I didn’t know their d6abc77ead names or profiles. But I knew enough adb2908d2e to recognize their roles.fb70b63c082197b0

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In other ff097d5eb2 words, I 27af3066ea had to 389a3ca5fc choose between 5653f0a0da walking out 87a15edee6 quietly following 002a2b2e21 the red-haired cd3f47095c woman or 1095253caf being dragged 10b88da775 out loudly c6da9eb968 by the eabb571536 large guy. Depending on my choice, be83de9f1c their positions could change. 6b5d4cf2be36aa16

If I walked 083e3787f0 out quietly, the d903bfd13e red-haired woman would 02d74cdf69 likely become confident 16c6c0f6a6 and say, “See? I was right.” But 9b694bf762 if I got dragged d873b2b4d4 out, the large guy’s 763bdc9009 voice would get louder, b15861d110 and the red-haired woman’s 937ce10927 opinion would likely be dcf04efea9 disregarded.0bdb0d82233efcc8

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And if I used 0f6265fb37 my experience of appeasing cf68aa2bfd crazy people, the sly, 836559f64d emotional type would be 84e4144a96 the better choice for 86325a798f me than the aggressive, caee00ed7a action-driven one. Yeah, it’s better than ca95584b2a that shit. 3280dbd789e147f3

“Alright. I’ll go quietly.”02c22224e048e366

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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.”4feaa847eed7d4af

Meanwhile, the large guy 9b2b185b28 grumbled and glared at 033452dd66 both me and the 6e905abe9e redhead.c240d487bac3c762

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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.”427a84e1fa2795d5