Chapter 45
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Wait...what am I doing...
"Leave!" I shout. "Before I change my mind."
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"Y-Yes I'm sorry!!"
And the man ran away.
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Shit!
I almost mixed up the virtual world with reality. Damn it.
If I did proceed to beat that man up, I will appear in the news and things will get troublesome.
Unlike in the game, where there is no obvious aftermath.
I look at Aini. She is staring at me. Not in fear but in surprise. "You...are you Karma?"
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This question, how do I answer.
After all, it's true. The current me...is very different from how I am supposed to be.
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Everything settled down and my shift ended.
When I was about to step out of the store, Aini stopped me. "Want to grab a bite?" She asked
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"Don't you need to take care of your sister?"
"Ah yes but she is eating at a restaurant with her boyfriend now." Says Aini.
"So you want us to go to that restaurant?"
She nods.
...hmm...I have nothing to do anyways. I can go.
The fourth stage will start 3 days later to let our minds rest. The headset made our minds go through a month worth of time in a single day after all.
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"Say Karma...you used to be very bright, sensitive, kind and...a bit cute like a hamster. Right now you just look straight up mature and silent." Says Aini. "What happened?"
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She asked the one question I don't want to hear. I suppose she still pays the most attention to me in my life...
We are currently on the bus and she's sitting next to me. Despite it being a peak hour, the bus is weirdly empty with only 5 other passengers other than us.
I look at Aini. She is worried.
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I smile and says "Come on! You are thinking too much. I am trying to be a bit more mature so...yeah..."
Aini hears that and smiles before nodding. Though her eyes say otherwise, she is still worried.
Damn it...
We arrive at the restaurant and Aini passed to the security guard a slip of paper. He nods and a waiter guides us in.
We went over to a table and a woman waves her hand at Aini. Aini waves back.
That's her sister?
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Suddenly, Aini drops her plastic bag when she sees a man walking towards that table.
"EIKO!!! YOU ARE STILL DATING THAT BASTARD!?" Aini shouts. Everyone in the restaurant started staring at us.
"Y-You...calm down." Says Eiko, Aini's sister.
"How can I calm down?! He is a gangster and he doesn't love you!! He is using you!!"
"So? I should already consider myself lucky to date the boss of the Yakuza clan. He also gives me a huge sum of allowance, don't you know that?!"
"I don't care!!! You really should spend your life with someone you like-"
"And? Suffer?" Says Eiko.
She looks at me then stared at me from toe to head.
"Is that your boyfriend? He looks very poor. You should choose your partner wisely, who cares about love, it doesn't bring you food, leisure and wealth."
The fuck is she saying about.
That "boss" of the Yakuza clan walks to Aini and looks at her from head to toe. Although he showed no signs, I sensed some sort of malicious intent.
"You...look sexy. Why not ditch this trash? Come to me." He says.
"Shut up, Andre. I rather die than do so." Aini says.
And why is Aini acting like we are a couple?
He grabs her shoulder and slaps her.
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"Hmph. Blind bitch. I will give you one more chance, come to my side." He says.
Eiko went over to Aini and whispers "Just come okay? It's not like he will treat you badly."
Aini stares at the ground and doesn't reply. She finally swipes out her phone and messages me to leave and apologizes.
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I look around and see a group of reporters.
Tch.
I hate the news reporters. So troublesome.
I nod and decided to leave.
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Waiting patiently outside the restaurant, I see Aini and Eiko with that boss walking into a car.
It droves off and I followed it on foot.
Arriving at what seems to be a company building, Aini bites her lips and follows the boss in.
Eiko somehow was stopped and she was left outside.
She sighs and walks away.
"Hm? You are not going to join them?" I ask.
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"You followed us?!"
... let's go with the couple story then.
"Of course. Why wouldn't I? My girlfriend was just snatched from me in front of my face."
"Ha! You didn't even do anything at the restaurant and you say you have the guts to raid this place?"
"Of course. But to do that, i need your help. Oh and don't bother rejecting, because I will show you something that you cannot reject."
I hold a photo out in front of Eiko.
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Her eyes widen in shock as her voice trembles. "H-How...d-do you get this?"
"I don't know."
It's a picture of Eiko seducing the teachers to get better marks collaged with another photo of Eiko seducing the bullies to give her money, causing the bullies to extort more money out of innocent prey.
"Now then, I wonder what happens when I post this online together with this recording." I swipe out a voice recorder from my pocket and places it near her ear.
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"S-Shut up!! Shut up!!!!!!!!"
She knocks my hand away and covers her ears.
It's a recording of her teacher's voice who attempted to rape her because of all the seducing she did. It traumatised Eiko and she stopped using such a vicious method ever since.
"So will you help me?"
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"Fine...Fine...i will." Says Eiko.
I smiled at her agreement.
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"Don't blame me if you get caught."
"I won't."
Eiko roughly describes to me the layout of the building up to the 13th level. That's the highest she went to.
I draw what she said on paper and show her. "Is this right?"
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"Woah...it looks like an actual map, yes it is right."
"Alright thanks, that's all I need to know."
"W-Wait!! Aini is probably on the 20th floor. Andre usually brings girls to the 20th floor...I don't why though. That's probably his bedroom?"
"Oh? So you are not his girlfriend but he went to you because he is eyeing Aini? Hahaha..."
"W-What...Aini and I needed money okay? ... For our mother's hospital fees. By staying near, I easily paid off all the debts and the surgical fees..." Says Eiko.
Is this an act?...
No, it seemed too real but something is off here. I know the fact that their mother is in the hospital but i didn't hear anything about not being able to pay the bills. She had insurance after all so Eiko is lying.
I see why she is so good at seducing now...this cunning little...
I bet this girl already snitched on me to that Yakuza guy.
Hmm...well whatever, all of them are equivalent to ants for me.
I left for the building and the men stationed at the front door stopped me.
Before they even start talking, I grab two twigs on the floor and stabbed their stomach, avoiding the vital organs.
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Before they even scream, I chop their nape, paralyzing them. They drop onto the floor with a loud thud and I pull them into the bush nearby.
Although they might die from blood loss or poisoning, it's not my problem as long as I don't directly kill them.
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Oh?!
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When I was about to leave, I realise one of them was carrying a sword on his hip.
I take the sword from him and check it out.
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It's an actual blade made from steel! I only have a wooden one at home. Didn't think I would get one here!!
Ever since my master confiscated my sword, I haven't touched a real sword.
I will be taking this, hope you don't mind.
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"Why are you doing this?" Asks Aini.
"What do you mean? I am only trying to convey how much I love you."
"Through kidnapping? Don't make me laugh."
"I didn't kidnap you." Says Andre. "You were the one who followed me."
"Bullshit, you threatened me."
Andre sighs and sips from his wine.
"My little beauty. What can I do to convince you that I love you?" Asks Andre.
"When you eat shit." Says Aini.
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Despite her sharp tongue, Andre continues smiling. Her frustration is cute to him as well.
But suddenly, his smile fades away.
"That trash from before...you seem to care a lot about him." Says Andre. "So much that you are willing to follow me to save him huh...should I just go kill him?"
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"You bastard!! Don't you dare touch Karma!!"
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"Karma?...where have i heard of that name before...well, doesn't matter. Since you like him so much, fine. I will only cripple him, how about that?" Says Andre.
Aini grits her teeth and attempts to take the nearest wine bottle. Someone from behind grabbed her hand.
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"L-Let go!!" Aini tried to pry her hand away but to no avail.
"That Karma, find him and beat him till he's half-dead and-"
"The fuck you say little shit?"
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While he was talking shit about me, I am casually leaning against the door.
The sword in my hand shows no sign of blood but has a slight smell of blood.
"Y-You are that guy!?!" Exclaims Andre. "How did you get in... No matter, get him!"
The man wearing black suits around him smirked and one walked to me. He cracks his knuckles and attempts to punch me.
I sigh and executed an uppercut following with a kick to his stomach.
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He flew back and crashed into the table, leaving everyone bewildered.
"W-What the?!?! EVERYONE CHARGE TOGETHER!!"
All of them dashed towards me and I sigh once more.
"Fruitless attempts..."
In the blink of an eye, I appear in front of Andre. The men surrounding me instantly receive 12 cuts all around their body and they groan in pain.
"Y-You...wait...no wonder your name sounds so familiar! You are that rumoured Master!! Shit!"
Rumour...so that guy spread a rumour about me huh...
I walk towards Andre and he jumped.
"W-Wait!! I will return Aini okay?! I didn't know her boyfriend is as powerful as you, I will never lay my hands on her again!!"
"Hm...alright."
Normally, people like him who pissed me off so much, I will torture them till they are half dead but... This is reality, I don't want to deal with troublesome consequences. Plus, this spreading rumour is convenient for me too, I can avoid fighting with gangsters, thus creating less attention to me.
But...that boss of the dragon yakuza clan will probably start finding me soon. There's no way he or she will let their reputation be tarnished just like that.
I gestured to the stunned Aini and she jolts back to reality. "Let's go."
"O-Okay." Says Aini.