Chapter 100: Kill that bitch!

On the bus, Rover sat in the middle, Nanoe sat on the outside, while Morie sat all the way inside.

Rover glanced at Morie and asked softly, “You were able to survive because of the defensive power of the defense tower?”

Morie nodded lightly and said calmly, “That’s right. After all, I can improve and Upgrade defense towers. Missions like this let me bring my strengths into full play.”

“Staying in that mission longer wouldn’t have been a big problem. However, I had a feeling there was still something truly terrifying that hadn’t shown up.”

“It was a Humaculus.” At this moment, Leng Yan suddenly stood up from the row behind. Her hand gently caressed Rover’s face, making him shiver as he hurriedly dodged her hand.

In truth, Leng Yan being alive wasn’t particularly special or surprising news to him.

What surprised him was… if superpowers couldn’t be used, how had she still managed to survive? Could it be thanks to the items she already had in her backpack?

“Humanculus?” Morie frowned. “You mean… there’s still that kind of existence in this place?”

“Hold on!” Rover spoke up. “What are you talking about? What is a Humanculus?”

Morie explained, “A Humanculus is an urban legend about artificial humans. They’re created by culturing embryos from the eggs and sperm of people with special genes, then raised to become test subjects for various biological and human experiments.”

Rover was a little surprised. He frowned and asked, “How do you know about that?”

Morie shook her head. “It’s just an urban legend. Besides, I’m paralyzed in both legs and can’t go out, so I’ve read a lot of books and information online. That’s how I know about Humanculus.”

Leng Yan said, “That’s right. Under the hospital, there’s a massive tunnel system. That place holds a lot of Humanculus.”

Nanoe realized something and immediately said, “So… the reason we didn’t run into any ’people living here’ is because they were all concentrated in the basement, and you…”

That’s right. They immediately remembered the phrase they had seen on the [Survival Guide], saying they shouldn’t trust those who lived here.

But from start to finish, they hadn’t encountered any situation like that. Turns out the ones called ’those who live here’ were all gathered in the basement.

Leng Yan smiled and nodded. “That’s right! The basement is a secret passage leading straight to the Church. You could say it’s an ’Easter egg.’ And down there, superpowers don’t disappear. You can use them freely.”

Rover frowned and asked, “How did you get there?”

“Luck, that’s all.” Leng Yan shrugged, her finger idly brushing across Rover’s chin as if teasing him.

Of course, he didn’t believe her. But he thought of something and immediately stood up, walking toward Jonathan’s seat.

“Y-you… what do you want?” Jonathan startled, stammering.

They had already left the mission zone. Even though they could now use superpowers again, Jonathan’s ability was support-type and had no offensive capability.

As for the Catgirl he brought along, she was now like a soulless doll, her body covered in wounds, her eyes staring into the distance as if she were about to fall apart. How could she possibly fight to protect him anymore?

That was why Jonathan was truly terrified, afraid Rover would kill him right now.

At this moment, the atmosphere on the bus also grew heavy. Nick began to feel anxious as well, not daring to speak. Even though he could use superpowers again, after witnessing Rover’s strength, despair had taken root in his heart.

That young man… he couldn’t oppose him. Even if he couldn’t become an ally, he absolutely couldn’t provoke him or pick a fight with him.

“Don’t worry…” Rover lightly patted his head and smiled. “I just want to ask… where did you get this mission from?”

Jonathan still didn’t relax his guard, but he answered honestly anyway. “It was John. He gave me the mission invitation.”

Rover frowned, silently recalling what had happened in that gigantic spider’s lair.

Back then, John’s expression had been extremely calm and collected. Although after the mission ended, Rover couldn’t find John, he knew John was still alive.

Why?

Just intuition.

Rover continued, “Do you know what room John is in?”

“I don’t know.” Jonathan said, “I only know he suddenly appeared after I left my room. He told me there was a mission he needed to cooperate with me on, but I wasn’t allowed to reveal his identity.”

“Why? You weren’t suspicious or afraid of him?” Rover asked.

Jonathan said, “Why would I be afraid of him? Back then, his attitude was very humble, like he was begging me to help him with this mission. I also thought the mission would be simple, so I agreed without hesitation.”

“You didn’t see how miserable he looked back then. He even knelt down and begged me to help him.”

Rover: “…”

To be able to endure that kind of humiliation just to put on an act, if it were him, he couldn’t do it.

But he believed that young man named John definitely had some kind of scheme.

“Fine.” Rover sighed and said softly, “If later on you run into anyone who hands you an invite to a side mission, don’t accept it in a hurry like you did this time, understand?”

Jonathan glanced at his severed arm, then at the Catgirl, and finally at Rover. He sighed. “Do you think there’ll even be a next time?”

“Ack!” Rover scratched his head and chuckled awkwardly, then returned to his seat.

Jonathan also let out a breath of relief. As long as Rover didn’t kill him, he could still hope for the future.

But… seeing Nanoe sitting beside Rover, gently taking care of him, looking at him with eyes full of love, his heart hurt even more.

He knew full well… the bond between a [Tenant] and an [Owner] was merely a bond that forbade betrayal. It couldn’t change a [Tenant]’s feelings toward an [Owner].

That was why Nanoe’s love-filled gaze toward Rover wasn’t affected by the system at all. She had simply loved him from the start.

Jonathan ground his teeth, his eyes full of resentment. Then he looked at his stump, silently cursing, ’So what? He’s just lucky. Once we’re back at the apartment complex, I’ll work harder and buy her back from him.’

At this moment, even though Jonathan was heartbroken, what replaced it was a terrifying will, like a blazing fire.

Nick was different. He was quietly tallying up the rewards he’d received, sighing to himself, feeling that this mission had paid enough, enough for him to accept Laura’s death.

Rover returned to his seat. When everyone asked about the man named John, he honestly recounted the time he’d met Nick and John.

Morie and Nanoe seemed to realize something, but they didn’t say anything since they weren’t sure. In contrast, Leng Yan only smiled and said nothing, her eyes carrying a faintly mysterious light that Rover couldn’t see.

The bus charged through the fog, moving slowly as it headed back to the apartment complex.

….

“You bitch, you think you can take on all of us by yourself?!”

A young man shouted, his face twisted with anger. Behind him were many others, but they all looked anxious and afraid, not daring to move forward.

In the corridor, a breathtakingly beautiful figure stood. Her blonde hair, like strands of pure gold, was tied neatly into a ponytail behind her head.

Around her, on the hallway floor, lay seven corpses. Their hands and feet had been severed, some even decapitated. One corpse had been chopped clean through the waist, its intestines spilling out, horrifying to behold.

The woman stood still. On that perfect, beautiful face was an icy, murderous aura so terrifying that those people didn’t dare advance.

In her hand, she gripped a foil sword tightly, her eyes fixed on the group in front of her.

That gaze was like a beast looking at prey, with no mercy, no pity. In those eyes there was only madness, slaughter, and a chill to the extreme.

That’s right, she was Selina.

And the man standing at the very front was Ryu. Earlier, he had come here to attack Rover’s Room 2705, but because Leng Yan had stopped him, he could only retreat.

After returning to his old room, he was counterattacked by Millan and Millan’s older brother and could only flee.

But when he learned that Rover and Leng Yan had left to participate in a side mission, he gathered many people to lie in ambush here.

He didn’t know that when an [Owner] participated in a side mission, the durability of their door would increase to infinity.

After attacking the door with no results, he could only wait in ambush here.

Because she couldn’t contact Rover, Selina grew worried and decided to go out and wipe these people out, to keep them from endangering him.

Seeing the corpses on the ground, Ryu’s face gradually turned pale. This time, he knew he had kicked a steel plate. Not only had he gained nothing, he had completely made an enemy of a monstrous existence.

But… the arrow had already left the bow. There was no taking it back.

Now, he had no choice but to kill that woman, lie in wait here, then kill Rover as well.

If they didn’t die, then the next time they met, he would be the one to die.

“Kill that bitch!”

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