Soul Patch

Chapter 5 Home invasion robbery

The killer pulled a metal glove from his backpack and fastened it around his right hand. The metal glove seemed to be covered in spikes, sharp and pointed.

The murderer squatted down and untied the sack.

Yang Shanshan was in that sack... Wenjie tiptoed toward it.

"Who?"

The murderer looked over warily and was startled to see him standing in the doorway.

The murderer was clearly panicked. He looked down at the sack, then at the door, glancing around as if facing a formidable enemy.

police?

No, it wasn't the police, and there were no ambushes around. If there were, there would have been snipers when he shouted "Who's there?"

So... who is that person at the door, and why are they carrying an umbrella?

In the darkness, he couldn't see Wenjie's face clearly, but after a brief glance, he quickly made a judgment:

He was around 180cm tall, taller than me, with thin arms and legs, and looked frail. I guessed his strength and endurance were not as good as mine.

Thinking of this, his expression relaxed, and excitement flashed across his eyes. It seemed he had no choice but to kill a man today.

In the darkness, Wenjie stared at the killer's face, obscured by the brim of a hat, for a long time before realizing that the killer was wearing a mask. No wonder he had no idea what the killer looked like the last time he saw him.

Why wear a mask in the dead of night?

Afraid of being recognized? Could it be someone Yang Shanshan knows?

Wenjie yelled at the murderer, "Release Yang Shanshan!"

The murderer paused, the figure looked somewhat familiar, and then he heard the voice... he was sure he had heard that voice somewhere before.

The burlap sack twisted and turned on the ground, making a whirring sound.

Wenjie had been observing the murderer, and seeing him freeze in place, he couldn't help but wonder:

Did he heed his own advice?

Is crime so easy to stop?

Crimes are not so easy to stop, of course. After a moment of stunned silence, the murderer resumed his sinister expression.

He approached Wenjie step by step, his gaze icy, clenching the hand that was bound by the handcuffs into a fist.

Seeing the murderer walking towards him with a ferocious expression, Wenjie took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, and said in a deep voice, "Let her go, the police will be here soon!"

In fact, due to the principle of confidentiality, he couldn't call the police, nor could he use violence or intimidation...

This system is a total rip-off!

"I'm so scared, hahaha!" The killer laughed wildly, his voice strange and terrifying.

Wenjie felt a chill run down his spine. As the laughter abruptly stopped, a cold voice rang out:

"Why should I listen to you? Only by killing those wicked women will the world be at peace!"

abnormal!

Wenjie cursed inwardly, thinking he should have gotten a gun and shot this freak out.

A system notification appeared quickly:

[System notification: In one minute, the murderer will kill the patch carrier, and the life trajectory correction has failed. Do you wish to terminate this life trajectory correction?]

【termination】

The scene before his eyes gradually blurred. He saw the murderer pause for a moment, then angrily stride towards the sack, pull out the trembling Yang Shanshan...

Suddenly, the scene before my eyes vanished.

——Exit System——

Wenjie looked around and, sure enough, he was back in his office.

[System locked, will restart in six hours]

[Test countdown: 29 hours, 48 ​​minutes, and 16 seconds]

Wenjie packed his things and left the company.

Thinking about the journey back to the crime scene, I arrived home before I knew it.

Instead of having dinner, he prepared to turn on his computer and record the two instances of returning to the murder scene through the system.

He entered the bedroom, changed into his pajamas, glanced at the corner of the room, paused, and stared at the corner of the room again in surprise:

Where is my computer?

My laptop was clearly on my desk, but now the desk is empty. Where did my computer go?

Someone broke into his home while he was at work and stole his computer!

and many more……

Is the person... really gone?

What? The person might still be in the room?

He was startled, looked around, and pulled open the bedside table.

He glanced at the rolls of toilet paper, books, pens, chargers, screwdrivers...

He picked up the screwdriver and gripped it tightly in his hand, then quietly checked the second bedroom, living room, kitchen, bathroom, and balcony.

Well, how should I put it... the layout of this house is a bit... awkward. The bedroom faces the kitchen directly, and the kitchen connects to the balcony. There's a doorway between the bedroom and the kitchen, and the bathroom is on the other side of the doorway.

Sometimes Wenjie forgets to bring a change of clothes when he takes a shower...

The draft between the balcony and the bedroom made him feel like he was being spied on.

Although the situation wasn't ideal, at least he was single and didn't have any secrets. Then he thought about how this was an apartment building allocated to interns by his company—a privilege only graduates of M University received—and he felt relieved.

In M City, where land is incredibly valuable, the price of housing in the city center has already exceeded 10,000 yuan per square meter, and rents are skyrocketing. Internship salaries are already low, and if rent takes up most of it, I probably won't even be able to afford a pack of cigarettes by the end of the month.

Since it's just a lost computer, we should call the police.

He breathed a sigh of relief, took out his phone, and dialed the police.

While waiting for the police to arrive, he carefully reviewed the recent events.

He was a poor kid; what thief would be so foolish as to target him? The only difference between his life before and after was this strange system.

So, could the loss of a computer be related to the operating system?

(End of this chapter)