The next marker was beside the river.
Nobody arrived just as several vehicles were leaving the area. He looked at the System. "How many?"
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Hostile Presence:
14
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Nobody stared. "Fourteen?"
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[Correct.]
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He sighed. "This is starting to look like a group project."
The first vehicle accelerated toward him. Nobody jumped aside. The vehicle passed. Nobody landed on the hood. The driver looked terrified.
Nobody waved. "Hi."
The driver stared.
Nobody tapped the windshield. "Could you stop?"
The driver accelerated.
Nobody sighed. "Alright." He jumped off the vehicle and landed beside it. Then he grabbed the side door and pulled.
The vehicle stopped abruptly. The driver looked at him in disbelief.
Nobody opened the door. "That was rude."
The driver immediately surrendered. Nobody looked behind him. Several more men were approaching.
One shouted. "Get him!"
Nobody sighed. "Everyone keeps saying that."
The fight quickly spread across the riverside yard. One attacker tried to tackle him. Nobody sidestepped and allowed the man to slide across the wet concrete. Another swung a wooden plank. Nobody caught it.
The man pulled. Nobody held on. They stared at each other.
Nobody gave a grin. "You’re dead."
Nobody released the plank. The attacker stumbled backward. Nobody gently pushed him aside.
Another man rushed forward. Nobody jumped over him. The man turned.
Nobody was already behind him. "Hi again."
The man froze. "How?!"
Nobody pointed toward the river. "You’re standing too close to the edge."
The man looked down.
Nobody gave him a tiny push. The man fell backward onto the hard floor.
Nobody nodded. "See? Safe."
The System updated.
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[Secondary Objective Progress]
Hostile Individuals Defeated:
26/200
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Nobody stared. "Twenty-six." He looked toward the warehouse. "Where’s the target?"
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[Inside.]
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Nobody walked through the building. He found a small boy hiding behind several crates.
Nobody crouched. "Hey."
The boy stared at him. "Are they gone?"
"Yeah."
"Did you beat them?"
Nobody smiled. "Most of them."
The boy looked impressed. "You’re really strong."
Nobody proudly placed his hands on his hips. "I know."
The System appeared.
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[User’s arrogance has increased by 3%.]
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Nobody’s smile disappeared. "Why are you monitoring that?"
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[For accuracy.]
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"Delete it."
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[Denied.]
(¬ᴗ ´¬ )
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....
The next marker appeared only twenty minutes later.
Nobody looked at the map. "Another one." He entered an old apartment building.
This time, the opposition had prepared for him. A man waited at the end of the hallway. Another stood behind a doorway. Two more were positioned near the staircase.
Nobody stopped. "...You guys rehearsed this?"
Nobody moved first. The hallway became a blur of movement. He avoided one attack, redirected another and used the narrow walls to prevent the men from surrounding him.
One attacker charged. Nobody stepped aside. The man collided with his partner and both fell.
Nobody looked at them. "Teamwork."
Another attacker tried to grab him. Nobody slipped underneath the man’s arm and pushed him toward the staircase.
The man sat down hard.
Nobody looked down. "You okay?"
The man groaned. "Yeah."
Nobody took out his crowbar and smashed his head which made the man unconscious. "Good rest in piece. I know, I did not mean peace peace."
Nobody continued upward.
The System updated repeatedly.
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[Secondary Objective Progress]
31/200
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Then...
36/200.
Then...
41/200.
Nobody stopped. "Forty-one already."
The System displayed the rescue notification.
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[Rescue Target Located]
Target Status:
Safe
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Nobody opened the apartment door. A frightened child was inside.
Nobody smiled. "Hey."
The child stared at him. "Are you the bunny hero?"
Nobody froze. "...How did you know?"
"My friend told me."
Nobody scratched his helmet. "Your friend has excellent taste."
The child smiled.
Nobody extended his hand. "Come on."
The child took it.
Several Hours Later
The city had become a blur of locations such as warehouses, abandoned buildings, back alleys, parking structures. empty offices.
Every time the System produced another marker,Nobody went. Every location was different. Every group of enemies fought differently. Some tried surrounding him. Some tried ambushing him. Others ran the moment they realized who had arrived.
Nobody simply kept moving.
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[Rescue Progress]
Targets Rescued:
23
Remaining:
77
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
Nobody stared. "Twenty-three."
Then the combat counter appeared.
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[Secondary Objective]
Hostile Individuals Defeated:
87/200
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
Nobody smiled. "One hundred thirteen left."
The System displayed another marker.
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[Next Target]
Danger:
High
Distance:
7.1 Kilometers
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Nobody looked toward the distant skyline. He was tired.
But the number of remaining targets had fallen. That mattered more.
He stepped forward. "Alright."
The System appeared beside him.
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[User appears exhausted.]
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Nobody shrugged. "Maybe." He looked at the rescue marker. "But we’re not stopping."
The System displayed the route.
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Route Generated
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Nobody started walking. "Seventy-seven more." He smiled beneath his helmet. "And one hundred thirteen more bad guys."
....
The next rescue marker appeared above a district that Nobody barely recognized.
Tall buildings surrounded the area,but most of the streets below were unusually dark. Several streetlights had stopped working,and a thick layer of clouds covered the moon.
Nobody looked at the map. "System, this place looks cheerful."
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[The System detects sarcasm.]
hmmm(⇀‸↼‶)
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"Good. At least you’re learning."
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[Next Rescue Target]
Danger Level: High
Distance: 7.1 Kilometers
Estimated Location:
Old Commercial District
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Nobody looked toward the dark streets. "Let’s go."
He activated Zig Zag Teleportation.
The familiar blue energy gathered around his body.
Then....
FLASH.
Nobody disappeared.
A moment later, he reappeared on the roof of a building nearly two kilometers away. Before his feet completely settled, he activated the skill again.
FLASH.
Another rooftop.
Then another.
FLASH.
FLASH.
FLASH.
He crossed the district through a series of rapid movements,never staying in one location for more than a few seconds.
The city below seemed to jump beneath him. Buildings, roads, streetlights,alleys and everything blurred together.
Nobody finally landed on a rooftop overlooking the old commercial district. He looked at the System map. "Almost there."
Then he noticed something. The entire street below was nearly black.
Nobody narrowed his eyes. "I can’t see anything."
The System responded immediately.
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[Night Vision Activated]
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The darkness suddenly changed. What had looked like an empty street became surprisingly clear.
Nobody could see every doorway,vehicle,and narrow passage. He blinked. "...Oh." He looked toward a nearby alley. "I can actually see everything."
A figure moved behind a wall.
Nobody’s eyes narrowed. "There."
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[Hostile Presence Detected]
Estimated Count:
11
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Nobody sighed. "Of course."
He jumped from the rooftop. Instead of falling normally, he activated Zig Zag Teleportation halfway down.
FLASH.
He vanished.
FLASH.
He reappeared beside the alley.
The eleven men immediately turned. One of them shouted. "He’s here!"
Nobody tilted his head. "How did you notice me?"
The man pointed at him. "You just appeared!"
Nobody considered that. "...Fair."
The first man charged.
Nobody’s reflexes activated almost instinctively. The attacker swung a metal pipe toward his head. Nobody moved only slightly. The pipe passed beside his helmet. He immediately brought one frost crowbar upward and struck the weapon from the man’s hands.
The pipe spun across the alley. The attacker stared.
Nobody smiled. "Bad choice of weapon."
Another man attacked from behind. Nobody didn’t even turn. His super reflexes reacted to the movement.
He ducked. The punch passed over his head.
Nobody pivoted and struck the man’s side with the other crowbar. The man staggered backward.
Two more attackers rushed him simultaneously. Nobody stepped backward. Then activated Zig Zag Teleportation.
FLASH.
He vanished from between them. Both attackers stopped in confusion.
Nobody reappeared behind them. "Looking for me?"
They turned. Nobody was already moving. He swept one crowbar across the first man’s arm, knocking his weapon away.
The second man tried to grab him.
Nobody twisted aside. His reflexes allowed him to predict the attack just enough to avoid the man’s hands. He then struck the man’s shoulder with the flat side of the crowbar.
The man dropped to one knee.
Nobody glanced around. "Four."
The System appeared.
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
[Secondary Objective Progress]
Hostile Individuals Defeated:
91/200
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
Nobody grinned. "Only one hundred nine left."
The remaining men looked at each other.
One whispered. "He’s counting us."
Another answered. "Why?"
Nobody heard them through the darkness. "Because it’s fun."
They stared. "...What?"
Nobody shrugged. "Never mind."
Three men suddenly attacked from different directions. Nobody’s super reflexes kicked in. His body moved before his thoughts completely formed. He leaned away from the first strike.
The second attacker came from his blind side. Nobody twisted. His crowbar caught the man’s weapon halfway through the swing. He redirected it downward.
The third attacker tried to tackle him.
Nobody jumped. The attacker passed beneath him. Nobody landed behind the group. Then he activated Zig Zag Teleportation.
FLASH.
He appeared beside one attacker. A crowbar struck the weapon from his hand.
FLASH.
Nobody appeared behind another. The second crowbar intercepted an incoming strike.
FLASH.
He appeared beside the third. A quick strike to the shoulder sent him stumbling away.
The three men looked completely confused.
Nobody stood several meters away. "Okay." He rotated his shoulders. "That was pretty cool."
The System displayed:
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[Hostile Individuals Defeated]
95/200
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
Nobody smiled. "Five more."
The remaining attackers looked nervous. One suddenly pulled out a flashlight and shone it directly toward Nobody.
Nobody covered his eyes. "Seriously?"
The man laughed. "Now you can’t see!"
Nobody slowly lowered his hand.
"...You do realize I have night vision, right?"
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