Bastard NPC Chapter 27

Chapter 27

“You’re funny, miss. So this is why the crazy dog became a golden retriever, huh?”5f9c277dea978d86

“That’s an insult to a golden retriever.”24cf70369b277d64

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“But you’ve been throwing shade since earlier, haven’t you?”38cd1835cab6379b

“I’m older than you. Sisters are always a bit rude.”d979bed1123a59a6

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“It’s fine. I hear that kind of thing sometimes too.”0f0be5be5672a55d

“Yeah, I can tell. So, you’re gonna tie me up?”52dc7c3ce42e624d

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I extended both a19ecfb69e of my wrists b031608d0e to the red-haired 50018fee40 man. He widened her 39d45f3349 eyes in exaggerated 3b096c2ac1 surprise and chuckled. He then took 52e0f946ac a cable tie ac75569c04 from one of 5bc559d6dd the gang members ca8373d819 standing like a 12b5f33e70 backdrop and tied 814c47acad my wrists together.1e7da8ebc6b70bc4

“You’re blunt, so I won’t gag you. This is the first time I’ve taken a hostage this nicely.”da01af1636a7e3f9

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“Really? This is my first time being a hostage.”faf28406fba78366

“Looks like our anniversaries are the same. Want to light a candle together later?”70edceb75837b1bd

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“I’ll pass on that.”22871e330c14d554

The red-haired man, who 62dc64b675 seemed to be in e58d7bcbdb a manic mood, chuckled 32c5e30d3a constantly as he led 1ed1d29b20 me to the van. It might be 3d5350c168 the anniversary where da559bce88 we become cellmates, ab1bb14339 wearing orange prison 4945d84eda jumpsuits and bonding. But thanks b862fff75f to winning 1b9ee304f4 his favor, 21a4e254cc I managed b566bc8fcb to avoid c0200cdcf8 a body c06f24cf09 search.0dd86938f23168ce

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Once seated in the cb30809840 back of the van, 93a54c4007 I was sandwiched between 5bb991cfe5 the red-haired man and 0117e01f5c the large guy. In the front row, da3e87aaa8 three burly men sat 59d48955f6 with their knees pressing abc80bc1bc against mine, and the d38e4b608e situation in the back a981e5a0f0 was no better.43c18ffdacb5c308

In the cc80700ac6 tense silence 8554bb23cc that hung d5ca72cc5c in the 204635a381 air, the 51902f6250 only one 27b1bfaaed talking was f35a55e418 the red-haired cee42f1c3c man. Most of his 8ca3a7ebd8 words revolved around 64214274e3 Theo. How we met, who 012d0a8525 seduced whom first, what 92d60d6c63 it felt like to 4c48231dd2 be treated like a 0df649dc11 person by a crazy ee9a3edcc8 dog, what led to bc7e0294ba the fight and the 4f779d2d79 subsequent post, how they 9e3eae7a80 made up, and so 27ccbb0e30 on.ba944a42dc61335d

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Looking into his sparkling eyes, several people came to mind. He reminded me a bit of the sandwich shop owner, the crazed Black with the bulletproof vest, and oddly, Adam’s meddling ways. 5efbf9e1182a764e

Combining those three, it 13e947f4a3 was clear that this c59cfcfced person wasn’t exactly normal.a7ce574c00dadb30

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I just gave a f6a3799af9 forced smile and avoided 80e2cf1d5a answering. While one of the 759d3787b0 gang members, who had 2d6564a596 been eavesdropping on the 21e7bc930a barrage of almost interrogation-like 39d7dff978 questions, quietly interjected.322fce3ad090bd15

“I’ve heard something 34ccf1a820 too. Not long ago, 2b77249160 the crazy dog 4081d9bdf6 attacked 9th Street, 36072bdf63 right? But then suddenly, 8608cb1875 he started grinning 961b0161eb and muttering something 7e21085469 in a creepy 53eef05692 voice, calling someone deb66e2ce5 ‘pretty.’ One of a2a6efa7f9 us got scared a601526193 and pulled the 40346228e9 trigger.”0ab26b676e0b6381

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“Oooh, so what happened c8e6b2b201 next?”263cdacb31da3e4a

“The guy who fired 7d4f7675f4 the shot died right f01b624abe there, and the others 34a6dc1043 heard it. Yet, he was 0bff4858f4 muttering something like, 0f14c06588 ‘I’m dying to 085c34b12d see you, my af329272be head’s about to 8fc1d99605 explode. I’ll be 7e168795fb there in 0b707f35d8 an hour, 7d29465405 just wait 1d3a920738 for me, 3dfead5c02 my love.’ dcb929686b Some of 7b74d3db50 them got 3944796f79 so creeped c68f2b5290 out, they 8680ec0115 almost puked.”52319c0c78906883

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The gang aa08a9af7f member glanced f20f88089d at me e53fa764f7 while rubbing 881719ae09 his arms, 7484a18bbf and the 8d0ac4d5b4 red-haired man f80fb634ce giggled as f9d214a05c if it 7012114647 were some 825065a9ac kind of df0f27dbd6 joke. The large guy 47a0348a09 cursed, calling it 718769df92 all nonsense. 730979d3cf1e83de

And at that moment, I engraved the proverb “words can travel a thousand miles” into my bones.05147bb1a8a05fc9

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I thought e1afc7890b it was f271ad19d1 all nonsense f997e94427 at first, 959c05bb71 but when e4873dc92b I thought fccfc26595 about it, 9c4eb303fb the day 79269fe95f the bounty 78737fe691 was placed c3de3f0142 on me, a7067304b1 I did a745ca188e have a e9ac33a996 call with 13002077d7 Theo that f59aff1bd5 sounded somewhat 84c16ebfaa similar. 87856382caf3c0d5

He said something d6ed4e2f69 about thinking of 033302ef18 me, but it 704d7599c0 was more like e310c371de a teasing remark f697436c19 when I was 78814ecf79 getting angry. What I dc99f85a8c hadn’t heard, e37b6c7747 though, was a71a45f33a anything as 21e6f2777c disgusting as 688ee7a340 “my love.”8192e7930f924bf9

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“Seems like the 795e3af066 crazy dog’s been 1b1254996f acting out because 55d83f4369 he fought with 68648763b0 you. It wasn’t 7f9c922e3a this bad 7ed5eefbbd before, but 3721dc15b3 now he’s d1bb9c8554 been stirring 02f4caf671 things up d50a54a928 day and c0dbb4cec8 night.”12bac559377214ad

“Right, right. I also heard 54bf06920d somewhere that he 290a02d411 said his mood’s 7d536a0478 been awful lately, f76ad15496 so he told e7688d4a28 everyone to just 573375cd42 back off.”d2e256a1c6c7ce4a

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“That makes sense. I thought f4d50ecb23 the crazy 705d820f2b dog’s been 308efaef6f stirring up a09dc44c61 a hornet’s 57ddf00093 nest lately.”0bb9771f7e8f8330

I had no idea where this gang member was hearing all this nonsense. As I let out a silent sigh, the red-haired man poked my arm, rambling on about “meeting for the peace of the city” and that I should just put up with it.fad606f139241017

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“Are we going on ddabc6bf6e a picnic or what? Shut your 409690b65f mouth and 2ba81694c7 let’s go 07d2005468 quietly, alright?”3983e43acfb796ae

“You’re hilarious. To say that while 9aacf730c2 you were listening to 4a1f08007b everything.”bb5bbd79841b8643

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“This fucker, you bitch!”0bd223d0c509a9db

“Shh. Keep your mouth shut and let’s go quietly.”dc1560a1578a7c87

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As the a83ca1f077 red-haired grinned, 9cc8b820e5 the big 64581d6b9d guy slammed 9f41748e73 the window b21bd13bee down with ef87825479 a thud, 50179dac71 his face 6e00ac0b91 turning redder 7ea317120e by the 1e91f55661 second. The strange tension 5d8ceef370 between the two e9bbba690c on either side 04c7b3879a of me turned 2cff5b6e5b into an uneasy ab4d7de1dc silence. 56cd6b94563b09b9

The rest a41d9fd8f9 of the 2343e4140e crew, including 6a87cdb737 myself, could 34d73b1fb0 only glance 241a170732 at each c7d7654897 other, silently 5208fd3bb7 assessing the 8e7cbcc2b2 atmosphere.27a790814e91fdcf

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As the landscape 95f9402cc9 outside the window 81e5675c6b shifted from the 22c96391cd busy city to ac0eb759be quieter streets, the ca0f2f9903 red-haired man’s phone 20ac84bf48 rang. It seemed to be 5da2ff8c57 another member of the cddb26601a gang, asking about a e63bd7cbd0 suspicious car that was 3cfef8a646 following us and what 58c902bd54 to do about it. 22a6022364857f9c

The big guy, glaring bf65c07c92 out the window, angrily b48bdbde5e commented that the red-haired 2a817e74aa guy had been goofing 4bbf30a686 off instead of handling c214f78f8c things properly, to which bc31e87de9 he only shrugged. d7a7414aa69cb421

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The big guy then 8ecee0761b took charge, directing the aaabdc0862 member on the other deed51be16 end of the call eea1ad4c74 to give orders and 027c5f6019 scatter to shake off 461a60e56a the tail.65bc5807d5d96539

As I watched the 1ff85f9f89 scenery change, I calculated ed94175cf1 the destination in my be1c9552a4 mind.90aa94c5ef476b79

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The car was heading 6f069a6610 south. That direction fa06763e15 led to f2e5abf170 the slums, 74e4b0f6c7 the industrial 3a8a702416 zone, and 9973e3a012 the port. The slums, with 6ea3a56410 their low-rise buildings 7506e9286b crammed together and dd1d516575 winding streets, are b49aa8d77e perfect for discreet da3dd22b2a operations.e87569f2210a0345

However, there’s a 123155a85f high chance of deae3ea9da clashing with other c23369c622 gangs active in b6b223a2fb the area. The port, with a2d59aeaff its expansive area c8f47d447c and stacks of 933bd786b0 cargo containers, offers 142b75f08e good escape routes 0bc6821d6a in case of 7c56875eb0 emergencies. Yet, it ec34f39798 lacks any 2b452acf98 meaningful space 0778298e81 to hold e708c97de2 a hostage.c706fcb3c187ca12

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That left e2b839e500 the industrial bc7b0ef223 zone.4423e8e3ce525d52

The industrial 97bf9b2e8e district, filled 898493c823 with everything 2afc081ffc from massive 80777d11b7 factories to 0fa8711f26 small, dilapidated 06fa5172fb warehouses, had dfd8e95e2a roads that 8a97605239 varied greatly 3d3e38f6f8 in quality. The area with newer a3e4e42246 buildings was well-kept, but 75d9b1fb3f the older sections, full 3a5c54bcee of run-down buildings, were 762a3be603 as cramped and chaotic e2940acb73 as the slums. a95e7e67c8f820c2

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If the right location 14c9c7f66a was chosen, it was 51f02e9a89 possible to avoid pursuit. After all, the 5abee320be police or anyone 0ff3ab1528 else would have 5a4c602169 to comb through 1cfac03f9e the buildings one c8696d529a by one to 716973925e narrow down their bc04ce098a search. dad8dea3c5da0088

Some of e218d8a23e these “factories” 1706c78f99 were cramped 2d0021a600 rooms stacked c544ac1a3f on top eebabd1301 of each bf1ee3d9d0 other, making 230a03e66b searches difficult.3e7875591dd33336

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It seemed like 596e5a6c58 the industrial zone 5c30765128 was the best 1f149d7317 bet for whatever 811a8a6fdb this was about 657c395b88 to turn into.f62fda5cb0144825

Of course, 8ed822a093 it was 7aa561bd05 my experience. That alley 8ef04643b2 was Hamstreet, 7b9950e584 where the 198c77c20e pizza delivery a117e3caa9 guy made 1f22b4bca7 her mark.a84558496af6b7e0

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I never 44d2e2b7bc knew exactly de1707324e where the 04fc38895e mission venue 57798608ad was hidden, 12ee449300 and once a708531bd8 I spiraled eec3f295df through the b7f4494ba5 maze-like streets, 0a3901a3e7 I’d quickly 2605de820e run out 4c57860d9e of time. fe74c478709009fe

So, there was 8f083c5498 a time when 9975b03ccf I’d start the d938a60e2e game and repeat d414ff3ae1 missions, practically living 5efc79e6aa on Hamstreet. bfbe0a1c255313ce

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In other words, 99386e5a8a I now knew cfebe0bd32 the neighborhood better 1add203741 than most locals, de0ef38c4b and the destination e3db73ca66 I indeed reached ba101acf11 in the end b1185a2995 was Hamstreet.0e81b051b4f9d83e

“Isn’t this your nostalgic spot?”373442a060dc8a9c

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I got 145ce82cd5 out of 7b38ee0a0d the car 7f2c9359f4 and looked 6d555593d3 down the 7583d351a9 busy alley, 2ef5ce0558 and the 8190308f4c redhead was b7fa23526d pretending to 95e8f53920 shoot with 5310fad4b7 a sniper ae03873882 rifle and 36d569b239 giggling.176ff6f1664ea248

“Hm. Those guys are retards. Tying your hands, you’re no different from those red-lip strippers.”0aecc2a2205e2642

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The big 93e3f3a276 guy who 338fd0d146 snorted grabbed b4403be06f me with 77e20005ab his vicious 8e4f86d0e1 hand and 3866466c7a dragged me. I was a603186418 quite annoyed b122f43846 by what a7fcd20907 I just 70cc135a1e heard, so 851f96c099 I pretended afa1f68f0f to step bb83ecbd15 on the 0ae53fab0d big guy’s 509b55d88e foot. ad64e08d03ff632e

The big guy ec3d0fa181 stopped, screaming. I stopped 0f1b2cdaf2 walking and c28de5ae8c pretended to 3ff5908fb5 lose my a95d7904da balance and a245af7e46 slammed my 3dde3c558e elbow into bb2632db41 the big eb970700c1 guy’s stomach.ff4cd86f5d2ff5dd

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“Oh. Are you okay? I’m sorry, d3bd3326d9 my legs 70a8fd75ed are weak.”d7bcf5715fb8366b

The big guy’s d871dca1a9 hands that led 4a50cd594e me became much ddfe3ec062 more firm after 2b8057e189 that. However, he kept 046527c749 a certain distance. Probably because 4c6076a909 he wanted cd463cef67 to avoid 85edafdd9a the situation d23d7dbebd where I, 27e5d9cb51 with my 4044887fac weak legs, edf0b797ae stumbled and c77b90d6a5 bumped into d7751aa9ce him.8a11a8b99713146a

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The final destination c315d4cdc5 and kidnapping location f8c29808a0 was the basement bf34b0b2e8 of an old d28eedbb31 building at the 15328ccdd7 end of an 1742a6e514 alley. It was a f5cb30d8a4 bad choice. aa28341cfc5cbee7

In order to 4d935a6e61 take advantage of acf4a99648 the terrain, they 67d73fe0d5 should have chosen 10b295e2ce the second or eb848397fe third floor, not 31e431b589 the basement, and a02d046960 secured an escape 3a97a3952c route in case 17f57849a6 of an emergency. ae828cdac8060a40

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Whether they 31f0dbe451 were overconfident a566f5f309 or short-sighted, 154564a33f if Theo a2479fab87 was lucky 4eee9dcde8 enough to 3370796417 find this 4935feb5e3 place, they 9190a2fcf1 would have 9b8176f4e7 been handcuffed c660514f83 without a e947686df6 fight. 8a3b2fd1eee2880c

While I d3f202855c was tied 6f2c27c851 up on ef8e7b55fe a leather-clad 0183f0e294 chair, I ed55b6482c quietly looked 2c31ac1fa6 around the 5eaef944b5 basement. There was only 47c4be52e6 one entrance, and 369b9693b2 I could see 7df201034d nine members of 4a1edc3170 the organization. 58a68958e84c2b1e

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The only way 1bd4ab8c3d out was if 6d2b4f1ed1 I killed them c2a32dcf4b all, if their f450d3fa3b demands were met, 12a7397376 or if Theo a363a99772 showed up for 73a23e86a4 whatever reason. But none of the 7502b7ee30 three were easy. ae48c4801cdf3c0f

Nine people were an ab574b5861 impossible number, and there 70e5d03566 was no telling how d68fd8d19d many more there might 4525c15927 be outside. Furthermore, the chances 97c9c1830d of Theo releasing e8bcb22bc0 the boss to 0ade43246b save me were 5ea90f15a0 slimmer than winning 4c28447ffe the lottery. e6c190391ee650d3

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And the last third. The most plausible assumption f17156984a for now is that 517bfde978 Theo will barge in, c50e2b0b73 but I’m still not 3315299b66 sure if that’s a 5e88eba0ac win or a loss b7b65ba4bf for me. c109d5a0ace85a2a

The bulletproof vest and 4d31d51ae8 the last urgent text ad0ff6b180 message feel like allies, 6a016a9689 but there’s no reason dde03eb809 for him to call 2cea86adaf himself my ally. Theo is the most edd26efedc dangerous and harmful person 19ff324a62 to me. After all, 32d70179b1 if I ca28e3e5c2 hadn’t gotten f0b20f5056 involved with 9c96e5a4a2 Theo, I 053d68960e wouldn’t be f882dea178 tied up 82a428bee6 here.4a7dda20c0c4f2b6

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“Hey. Control your expression, 6431feafe8 sis.”81558a06f42e239c

While I c28e4f90c9 was thinking 653bdcea0e about everything, 0a420c29af the redhead f97a9eed38 who was 4d4bdaff42 taking pictures b72a4258c9 of me 693f3a7a2b with his d3d206320c phone clicked 1bf57e518b his tongue 575248d1bd briefly.3f00ddfe0a0be356

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“You have to show 43fa8b65aa a scared expression so 6984cba95b that the mad dog eb717d4c69 will come to save a67496c485 you quickly. Don’t you want to e2d1ddb43a see your darling, sis?”1624930b23209cb1