2026-02-20 14:00:35(A FEW HOURS AGO)
After leaving college, Mark didn’t drive to his new home in Riverton City. Instead, he headed straight to SilverCrest Restaurant to check on Alice. Fortunately, she had listened to him. She hadn't stepped foot outside all day, ensuring her safety, but she was restless. "I'm worried about my uncle..." she admitted, her voice trembling. Mark patted her back, his touch grounding. "Your safety is the priority right now, honey. I have
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(Mark’s POV)[Ding! A Highly Productive Day, Host!][You successfully manufactured 150 liters of 'Holy Healing Water' and alleviated the suffering of 563 patients.][Reward: +300 EXP | +11 CP][Passive Title Bonus: 'Little Hero' has granted an additional +106 EXP | +5 CP!][Ding! Level Up!][LV 50 → LV 53][Total Currency Points: 23 CP]I stared at the floating holographic system panel, a smug, entirely self-satisfied grin spreading across my face. Talk about a massive return on investment. All I did was dump a single high-grade healing potion into a tank of purified water, pass it off to a crowd of desperate people, and boom—I walked away with three level-ups and a healthy stack of Currency Points. At this rate, I’d hit level 75 in no time. I couldn't help but feel a spark of intense curiosity about what kind of absurd milestone rewards the System was gating behind that tier.With my system currency balance better and my conscience clear, I said goodbye to my team and headed home t
202. Birth of holy water
It didn't take long for the police presence outside the hotel to disperse. Mark had walked right up to the perimeter and assured the commanding officers that he was completely fine—he had simply checked into a room to catch up on some desperately needed sleep after pulling an all-nighter."Thanks for worrying about me, though," Mark said, offering a casual smile to the remaining government officials as the cruisers drove off.Helena crossed her arms, tilting her chin up. "Hmph. Who said anyone was worrying about you?"Smith couldn't help but chuckle, leaning against the car door. "Man, it is absolutely hilarious when an old woman acts like a teenage tsundere."*WHACK!*A sharp slap cracked across Smith's cheek before the last syllable could even leave his mouth."Ouch! What the hell was that for?!" Smith complained, rubbing his stinging, reddened cheek."For talking absolute nonsense!" Helena snapped, her eyes glaring daggers."But I was just telling the tr—""Keep flapping your gums,
201. Room 209
[Earlier] At The Divine Pharmacy... Outside, long queues of sick citizens still snaked down the block. Inside, the government officials, Mr. Smith and Helena, were locked in a tense argument over their next move. With the new contract between Mark and the government officially signed and sealed in his briefcase, Smith was eager to vanish. He wanted nothing more than to report back to his superiors and wash his hands of this chaotic block. But Helena couldn't just walk away. Her chest tight with maternal worry, she couldn't pretend everything was normal after seeing a bullet graze Mark's ear. "Let’s just get the hell out of here before the next bullet has our names on it!" Smith urged, glancing nervously at the shattered glass. "The shooter is completely unknown, which means—" "No!" Helena cut him off, shaking her head defiantly. "I am not leaving until I know Mark is safe." "The kid is fine, don't lose your mind over him," Smith said, offering a patronizing pat to her shoulder
201. Room 209
[Earlier] At The Divine Pharmacy...Outside, long queues of sick citizens still snaked down the block. Inside, the government officials, Mr. Smith and Helena, were locked in a tense argument over their next move.With the new contract between Mark and the government officially signed and sealed in his briefcase, Smith was eager to vanish. He wanted nothing more than to report back to his superiors and wash his hands of this chaotic block.But Helena couldn't just walk away. Her chest tight with maternal worry, she couldn't pretend everything was normal after seeing a bullet graze Mark's ear."Let’s just get the hell out of here before the next bullet has our names on it!" Smith urged, glancing nervously at the shattered glass. "The shooter is completely unknown, which means—""No!" Helena cut him off, shaking her head defiantly. "I am not leaving until I know Mark is safe.""The kid is fine, don't lose your mind over him,"
200.
Meanwhile, back at the Sai Hotel, inside Room 209...Mark was still dead to the world. Neko stood over him, the twin barrels of her suppressed pistols aimed squarely at his skull. She waited for a twitch, a breath, a trap—anything. But he remained completely still.Frowning, she leaned down and poked his cheek aggressively with the tip of her gun. His skin was unnaturally pale, and a dark trickle of blood was still oozing from his nose. It was painfully obvious that he hadn't gone down because of her bullets; his own body had simply given out."Get up, you idiot," she rasped, grabbing his shoulder and shaking him violently. "I don't execute corpses; I kill targets. If you die of a medical anomaly before I pull the trigger, I don't get the satisfaction!"Her pride as an elite assassin wouldn't allow her to take a freebie. Where was the glory in executing a vegetable? She wanted him awake. She wanted to see the panic in his eyes, to hear him be
199. Open sewer
"You bitch! You spiked the drinks!" Lana spat, her face contorting as she clutched her bubbling abdomen. "Do you have any idea who I am? I come from the—""Lana Del, of the Westgate Dels," Ben interrupted, stepping forward with the cold precision of a grand adjudicator. He didn't even look up from the tablet in his hand. "Your father runs a commercial laundry empire—glorified dry cleaners for the actual elite. You are the illegitimate product of a mistress, barely tolerated because your stepmother was thought to be barren. But," Ben flicked a page on the screen, his voice dripping with dry disdain, "seeing as your stepmother miraculously conceived two months ago, your inheritance is currently evaporating. Your 'big shot' persona is nothing but a fragile mask for a terrified bastard child. Shall I continue?"Lana turned a ghostly shade of white, her mouth hanging open. "How… how do you know that? Who the hell are you people?"Ben slid the tablet into i
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