Chapter 82 - The Bump
Fifteen minutes have passed since the shootout ended.
The Balalaika people, after chatting a little with Jack and noting his rapid growth, retreated.
They had other things to do, and there was no desire to listen to speeches from the police officers who had nailed them.
The representatives of the law generally did not care about the corpses.
They only cared about the fact that they had to shovel mountains of these corpses for someone in combination with paperwork.
In addition, Coco had excellent connections with the commissioner of the local police department, as her organization had supplied them with equipment more than once.
So there were no problems with representatives of the law.
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The icy water splashed over his face, invigorating him and clearing his mind a little.
The fingers trembled periodically, as did some of the fate of the palm.
The vibration from the shooting was still felt in the hands.
My shoulder was slightly sinking, not allowing me to distract myself and forget what had happened.
Mental and physical fatigue knocked down and pulled to the floor.
His body was physically more resilient than any other person.
The same applied to the mind, but such alterations, on the verge of life and death...
...on the verge of losing someone close or just an acquaintance...
All this was exhausting, no matter how strong the body and spirit were.
Perhaps he will get used to it in the future, but not now.
Right now, he just wanted to sit down quietly and sit in the silence of his thoughts.
— Fu ~ u ... — Jack exhaled softly and turned off the tap handle, turned off the water
Reaching out with his hand, he took a fluffy soft towel and wiped his face.
When the towel returned to its place, the guy looked at himself in the mirror.
At the end of this whole shootout, Jack found that a good amount of evil points had accumulated.
And on them, he immediately improved the strength by one unit, and used the rest for survivability, raising it to eleven units.
The System of Evil
Specifications
Strength - [15]
300↑
Agility - [15]
300↑
Survivability - [11]
220↑
Perception - [17]
340↑
Mind - [16]
320↑
Will - [17]
340↑
Libido - [23]
460↑
Evil Glasses - [56]
Tasks
"Sweet Revenge"
Goal: Kill Qian Dongei
Reward: Increase of the "Survivability" trait by three units
"Dragon Fighter"
Objective: The destruction of the Dongfang Long Triad on the territory of Ruanapur
Reward: Modifier [Concentration - Level 1]
Modifiers
Unshakable Mind - [Ur - MAX]
The Devil's Body - [Ur - MAX]
Polyglot - [Ur - 1] [500↑]
Body Control - [Ur - 2] [5000↑]
Velvet Leather - [Ur - MAX]
Belial's Eyes - [Ur - 1] [5000↑]
When raising these two characteristics, the facial muscles were transformed again and as a result, the guy's face became more tempting and to some extent, not real.
Just as people see a beautiful drawing or sculpture with perfectly adjusted proportions, looking at Jack, they feel something artificial, something that was created not by mother nature, but by a virtuoso creator.
Some may find it repulsive, but there are few of them.
There will be much more fascinated and interested, whether Jack wants it or not.
Muscle strength, endurance, tone, explosive power, strength - everything has increased.
This especially affected the heart, probably the main muscle in the body.
The organ has become even stronger and more elastic, allowing the body to carry even greater loads without harm to the body.
The average number of beats per second decreased, but due to the fact that the heart muscles became more elastic and stronger, the organ carried much more blood at a time than usual, supplying oxygen to the entire body.
Among other things, Jack's tongue has also become stronger, faster and a little longer... which allowed him to speak much faster and clearer.
The increase in Vitality also had a strong effect on the body.
Raising this trait above ten units was a step beyond ordinary people.
With ten units of 'Survivability', Jack's body lost all diseases and errors in the genetic code.
This means that by taking a step further, the guy's body gained something more than just perfect health.
In a sense, this is a step in becoming something more than a person.
The regeneration rate has increased.
The threshold of cell division increased and life expectancy increased by ten years and now represented two hundred and ten years.
The cells have become more resilient and hardy, so aging has slowed down.
Some of the rudimentary organs began their 'disposal".
The third eyelid, coccyx, wisdom teeth, appendix, hairline below the neck, 'Darwin's Tubercle".
The other part, on the contrary, has developed a little.
The canines in the mouth were slightly transformed, without increasing in size, but in combination with other teeth, they found the perfect size and place, creating an equally perfect bite and a beautiful smile, not devoid of symmetry.
The long palm muscle that used to serve primates for climbing trees was not really needed by humans in modern realities, and therefore was a vestige, but in Jack's body this muscle became even more pronounced, with the rise of 'Vitality' and 'Strength'.
— Hmm... — Jack thought and for a second, it seemed to him that his own reflection looked at him with a strange expression — Wh...
Main Hero>
But when his eyes focused on the mirror, the illusion disappeared.
There was only his surprised face in the reflection.
— "Your tricks?" — Jack sighed mentally
- "Of course." — shrugged Gunther — "It's necessary to distract you from all these thoughts somehow."
- "No need to distract me." — Jack replied with displeasure, moving away from the sink — "I killed more than ten people today. And these people were not bad, they served society by doing their job. They protected the citizens. And I failed them... just fine."
"Well, they wanted to kill you and Coco."
- "Yes, I know." — Jack waved off — "Just... it's just complicated. Everything always goes through the ass."
Gunther shrugged his shoulders.
With another sigh, Jack left the bathroom.
Breaking the silence of the bedroom, he saw Coco.
The girl was lying relaxed on the sofa, her legs dangling from the soft armrests.
There was a thoughtful expression on her face, her eyes were looking somewhere into the distance, staring at the ceiling.
The upper lip kept pressing against the nose, creating a funny and rather cute caricature.
This is all good, of course, but Jack could not understand the girl.
The building was stormed, there were snipers and all in order to kill her.
Lam was wounded, and if not for the quick help from the Balalaika, then everything could have ended much more deplorably.
— Oh, you're all. — Coco noticed him and smiled, patted the sofa — Come on! Come here! Top-top.
Closing his eyes for a few seconds, Jack walked over to the sofa, looking all the time at the girl, or rather at her sly cheerful face, and sat down.
Coco quickly stood up, either on purpose, or accidentally showing her black lace panties under a short skirt in a cage.
She sat down next to him and snuggled shoulder to shoulder with the guy.
— Hmm, you're so big that my shoulder can only reach just above the elbow. — she pursed her lips in a smile
"You're exaggerating. Jack sighed, closing his eyes again, and then looked down at Coco's smiling face
In her eyes, Jack saw something... something that an ordinary girl of her age should not experience, as it seemed to him.
— Why are you smiling? Jack frowned
Coco froze for a moment, and then smiled wider — Why such a question?
— I asked first. — he squinted
— Because I want to? Coco shrugged her shoulders— A stupid question. Now answer mine. Where does this question come from?
— It's simple. — Jack blinked — I can see by your eyes that this smile is artificial.
Coco's eyes flashed, and her smile widened—Really?
- yes. Jack said seriously, seeing surprise, fatigue and sadness in the girl's eyes
— It seems to you. Coco waved away
— I don't think so. Jack quickly added, and then unexpectedly, even for himself, succumbed to an impulse and hugged the girl
Coco's eyes widened in shock.
Feeling a strong warm hand that pressed her to a strong but soft body, the girl did not pull away, but did not cling either.
She was really in shock.
She didn't expect this right here and now, after what happened.
After a couple of seconds, Coco relaxed and snuggled up to him in response, breathing softly and closing her eyes — "How nice it smells... warm... I don't want to come off his skin... the heartbeat is so loud, but slow... I would listen to him forever..."
- why? Jack asked again, stroking her back
Feeling her heart speed up its beating, Coco grinned — A friend once told me that the Boss can't let go of snot. Keeping a smile is my job. People should be confident in me, should not doubt me or feel sorry for me...
Jack frowned, and Coco pressed her face to his chest and took a couple of breaths with a satisfied smile — The fish is rotting from the head. If the Boss does not inspire confidence, if he is a crybaby, his subordinates will not live long, like himself.
— But you're not my Boss ... — Jack said calmly with warmth in his voice and Coco pursed her lips — ... you don't need to show me a fake smile and fighting spirit. I want to see the real you.
The girl froze.
— Coco?.. — with a little anxiety, he asked
Suddenly she threw her head back and looked at him tenderly, grinned — And who said that my smile is artificial?
Jack's eyes widened.
That smile was real.
He knew that for sure...
He definitely felt it...
Coco laughed, covering her mouth with her palm and puffing out her cheeks like a hamster — Hmm-hmm-hmm-ha, just look at yourself.
Jack rolled his eyes and sighed.
Unbeknownst to him, Coco's eyes shone with a strange curiosity — "Every day he becomes more beautiful and desirable... this is it... love?.."
Suddenly, the door to the room opened and Valmet and Chiquita entered.
—Oh, look at them! Valmet, Coco is being caressed here without you.
Valmet smiled fervently — It was hard not to caress her. I understand Jack.
Chiquita jumped on the sofa, on the other side of Jack and put her head on his lap — What? 'Let's make out' now all together? Otherwise it's not fair.
Jack smiled wryly—there's no time for that. I have other things to do...
— Hey!
Coco was mentally a little dissatisfied with the fact that the girls came and spoiled 'their moment', so they also 'scared off" the guy.
In fact, Jack really had things to do, and there was no mood after the shootout and all these murders for something more intimate than a caress or a hug, so he preferred to do more important things.
He needed to explore the Inari Casino, where Dongfang Long's meeting would be held in a week.
A plan was needed.
It was necessary to use every opportunity, every weakness.
— I'm sorry, but I really have things to do. Bye! He said quickly with an energetic smile and ran out the door
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When he left the hostel, his phone rang.
Jack pulled out his cell phone and saw the caller's name on the phone screen: "Sophie'