Chapter 101: Collecting before Hunt
Inside his luxurious office, Kuruda nearly crushed his phone.
His face twisted in disbelief. "What the hell are you saying right now?!"
The terrified warehouse worker gulped. "Sir, there’s a bunny....!"
"A WHAT?!" Kuruda slammed his hand onto the desk. "What bunny?! Is it a bunny or a bunny-helmeted person?!"
Before the worker could answer, a different voice suddenly came through the phone. A familiar voice.
Kuruda’s eye twitched. "Who is this!!!!"
"Meow meow."
A brief pause.
Then...
"Guess who’s back. Back again."
Kuruda froze. His expression instantly darkened. "...It’s you."
Inside the warehouse, Nobody casually sat on top of a safe while holding the worker’s phone. "Miss me?"
Kuruda gritted his teeth. "Who are you? And why are you involving yourself in my affairs?"
Nobody immediately corrected him. "Getting involved in dangerous stuff is my hobby." He twirled a crowbar. "And kicking jerks like you is my passion."
Several unconscious guards nearby would later confirm this statement. One even said,"Yes sir, he showed us 18 counts..Aargh!"
Kuruda’s forehead veins bulged. "That’s bulshit. You’re just some nobody involving himself in matters that will make him dig his own grave."
Nobody leaned forward. The crimson rabbit helmet reflected the warehouse lights. Then he laughed. "Whose grave it is...time will tell."
The room became silent.
Then Nobody added,"And one more thing."
Kuruda already hated where this was going.
Nobody pointed directly at the phone. "Accept this as an advance kick to your face."
CRUNCH!
He stomped on the phone. The device exploded into pieces.
Nobody stared at the broken phone. Then looked upward. "...Dang. That felt satisfying."
The system appeared.
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[EMOTIONAL DAMAGE DELIVERED]
User is acting reckless
Well its cool looking
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"Maximum satisfaction indeed."
Meanwhile, inside the office....Kuruda slowly lowered the dead phone.
The room felt colder. Several assistants looked terrified.
Kuruda’s eye twitched repeatedly. "Tch..." He clenched his fists. "That rabbit bastard again."
The memory of the kidnapping incident immediately surfaced.
The same mysterious figure, the same interference. Every carefully arranged plan somehow attracted this lunatic.
Kuruda took a deep breath. Then another. None of them worked. Finally he shouted. "CALL BACKUP!"
The assistants immediately scrambled. Phones appeared everywhere.
"Hello, we can offer any amount you want!"
Calls were made, connections activated. Gangsters, mercenaries, street fighters. Kuruda possessed many connections.
After all corruption was easier when you knew dangerous people.
Tonight he intended to use every one of them.
Far away...Somewhere outside normal observation..
Ray watched everything, floating comfortably in a chair made from pure energy oḟ his. A bucket of popcorn sat beside him.
Ray watched the entire scene like a movie. "...Interesting." He took another bite.
The warehouse, Kuruda, Nobody. Everything unfolded before him.
Then a grin slowly appeared. "Oh? Why not spice things up a little?" He snapped his fingers.
Golden energy spread outward. Reality slightly warped.
Three gangsters currently heading toward the warehouse suddenly gained strange enhancements.
Their future battle potential increased dramatically.
Ray laughed. "If Nobody’s gonna fight NPCs....they might as well be interesting NPCs. Let me see if this NPC can still fight gangsters who’re enhanced like that."
Another handful of popcorn vanished. The cosmic being leaned backward. Completely unaware of one important fact.
Nobody wasn’t the same person anymore.
Not after tutorial hell, not after demonesses. Not after an immortal clone. Not after everything.
Ray still thought Nobody was weak. And that misunderstanding would soon become hilarious.
Back inside the warehouse,
Nobody was working. Or rather the system was working.
Thousands of files floated around him.
Documents, photos, financial records, transfer logs, money laundering evidence, secret transactions, corruption reports and everything.
Nobody watched the process. "Yo system."
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[YES?]
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"Package everything nicely."
The system immediately understood.
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[UNDERSTOOD]
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The files vanished.
They became compressed, organized, sorted and labeled. A professional package appeared.
Nobody nodded approvingly. "Nice. I’ll deliver it somewhere safe."
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[UNDERSTOOD]
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Several additional windows appeared.
Nobody suddenly became nervous. "...Wait. What are those?"
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Preparing Anonymous Delivery Card...
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Nobody blinked. "Delivery card?"
The system answered.
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[YES]
Adding message that user would normally write.
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Nobody froze. "...System."
The system continued.
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Message Draft:
"Ding Dong...Evidence ready!
Expose that bitc* and tell him
He has skill issue."
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Nobody immediately burst out laughing. "NO WAY! You actually understand me."
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[USER’S BRAIN PATTERN
IS UNFORTUNATELY WELL DOCUMENTED]
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"Fair." Nobody stretched. "Noicee."
The system appeared again.
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[USER IS USING
MEME DIALOGUES LATELY]
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Nobody pointed dramatically. "Well..my audience loves them."
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[CONCERNING]
The user is hallucinating
( ˶°ㅁ°) !!
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Then...
the warehouse lights suddenly flickered.
Nobody paused.
The system immediately reacted.
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[WARNING]
Multiple Hostile Signatures Detected
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Nobody’s grin widened. "Oh?Already?"
He stepped outside the evidence room. The warehouse had become strangely quiet. The unconscious guards remained unconscious. The staff had mostly fled.
Then...heavy footsteps echoed from outside.
THUD.
THUD.
THUD.
Nobody slowly walked toward the entrance. The giant warehouse doors stood partially destroyed from his earlier arrival. Moonlight poured through the opening.
And there three figures appeared.
Nobody immediately sensed something different.
These weren’t ordinary guards.
The first figure was massive. Over two meters tall, covered in scars. His fists looked large enough to crush concrete.
The second wore a black trench coat. Numerous knives hung from belts around his body.
The third smiled constantly. A strange smile. The kind that made normal people uncomfortable.
Nobody tilted his head. "...Well. That’s not suspicious at all."
The system appeared.
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[WARNING]
Enhanced Hostiles Detected
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Nobody frowned. "Enhanced?"
That wasn’t normal. The three figures stepped forward. The giant cracked his knuckles. The knife user spun a blade. The smiling man simply laughed.
Nobody slowly twirled his crowbars. Then adjusted his bunny helmet. "Alright."
"Which one of you ordered the premium as*-kicking package?"
None of them answered.
The giant rushed first. The warehouse floor cracked beneath his foot.
BOOM!
Nobody’s eyes widened. "...Okay. That one definitely works out."
Outside reality....
Ray happily watched.
Inside reality...
Nobody prepared for battle.
And for the first time since returning from the tutorial he would test his new strength against enhanced enemies.
The giant’s fist came flying toward his face. Nobody grinned beneath the helmet.
"Let’s see what tutorial hell actually taught me."
