Life Dungeon Game

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As the dark figure's hoarse voice rang out, he also picked up the remaining box with his other hand, "Send his information to my email."

Then his figure slowly disappeared from Reed's sight, as if he had never appeared at all.

After confirming that there were no more shadowy figures around, the officer looked at Reed.

"Mr. Reed, can you handle the shadows?"

“There’s no one who can’t be killed by a shadow,” Reed looked at the officer. “What’s your reasoning for asking this?”

"Doesn't that Pete have a daughter?"

The officer said slowly, "Should I send someone to capture Pete before she goes back? If Shadow fails, we'll have a hostage to hold Pete hostage."

Reed looked at the officer, clearly moved by the officer's proposal, but he still hesitated.

He needs to make a choice.

Finally, he shook his head.

"No need. Rushing to arrest someone could easily cause complications. If someone takes a picture and posts it online, we'll have to spend even more effort dealing with it. Now is a critical moment, and stability should be our priority. Shadow can handle this discreetly on his own, so there's no need for us to go through all that trouble."

He slowly stood up and praised the officer, "Your suggestion is very good, I've taken it into consideration."

"Yes, Mr. Reed is right."

The officer nodded quickly.

Sitting in the taxi, He Ao came back to his senses, and his previously listless gaze returned to focus in his eyes.

He deactivated his super memory, feeling the intense weakness emanating from his body, and slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

Although 'Listening' cannot be used properly when Hypermemory is off, it still monitors the marked person's thoughts in a certain sense. When the marked person has thoughts that are detrimental to Heo, Heo will receive a reminder from it.

This capability is quite good and can play a certain monitoring role.

He Ao squinted slightly, carefully feeling the fatigue in his body.

He had just used 'Easy' to modify Reed's choices, causing him to avoid the option of capturing his daughter.

This wasn't the first time he had used 'Easy Thoughts' to change someone else's decision. Back in the main world, before Super Memory had even achieved perfect advancement, he had used the still incomplete 'Easy Thoughts' to modify the 'boss's' decision.

However, the feeling of using his physical body to control the ability is different from the feeling of using Pete's body to control the ability.

For He Ao, whose physical attributes are as high as 782, the Hyper Memory is basically no burden, so he doesn't feel anything when using the ability.

However, for Pete's body, which only had a physical fitness level of 4, this one use of the device drained away the little energy he had managed to recover in an instant, leaving him even more exhausted.

He took two deep breaths, leaned back in the taxi seat, and fell into a deep sleep.

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It was already 10:30 p.m. when the taxi arrived at Pete's building.

Many lights in the apartment building were still on, and even the elevators were a bit crowded.

Many people are just getting off work and going home now.

Pete's apartment is on the 27th floor, near the top floor, where she can see the city's dazzling night view from her window.

He Ao stood in front of the door, verified his face and fingerprints, and opened the door.

However, although there were many items to verify, the entire verification process was actually completed the instant He Ao grasped the doorknob.

So he opens the door without feeling anything; he just grabs the doorknob, turns it, and the door opens.

The lights in the house were off, but the light in the daughter's room was still on.

Public high schools in Limen City dismiss students at 2:30 or 3:00 PM, while private high schools dismiss students at 5:00 PM. However, in any case, the current time is much later than my daughter's dismissal time.

He Ao quietly closed the bedroom door, opened the refrigerator, and found a vegetable salad and roast beef prepared by his daughter.

Pete hadn't had a proper conversation with his daughter in a long time.

He was afraid to see his daughter, afraid that she would realize he was an incompetent father, and afraid of letting down his deceased wife.

But in fact, the family's savings were exhausted last week, and soon Pete will not be able to pay the apartment's electricity bill and her daughter's school meals.

He sighed, closed the refrigerator door, and walked to his daughter's bedroom door. At this time, his daughter should be playing on the computer or doing her homework.

He knocked gently on the door. "Aini, are you asleep?"

There was no response from inside.

He knocked on the door again.

There has still been no response.

He turned the doorknob and slowly pushed open the door.

Bright lights illuminated the pinkish-white room.

The desk lamp was on, and the textbooks were laid flat on the table.

However, the computer chair where her daughter, Annie, should have been sitting was empty.

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"Sorry, the number you dialed is temporarily unavailable. You will be able to access voicemail after the beep."

He Ao reached out and hung up the phone.

This was his fifth phone call, and he still couldn't get through to his daughter.

He found a rope, tucked the short sword inside his coat, and then opened the door.

As he walked out, he dialed the phone number of his school counselor.

Hello, may I ask who you are?

A somewhat unfamiliar female voice came from the phone.

“Hello, is this Ms. Elisa? I am Aini’s father,” He Ao said quickly. “Are there any extracurricular activities at school today? Aini doesn’t seem to have come home today.”

"There are no extracurricular activities at school today. We will be dismissed on time at six o'clock, and no students will stay at school."

The counselor on the other end of the phone quickly said, "Perhaps you could contact Aini's friends. Children this age are at a rebellious and playful stage, so you can communicate with her more at home."

"Okay, thank you, sorry to bother you."

He Ao hung up the phone.

He scrolled through his phone contacts but found that he didn't have any of his daughter's high school friends' phone numbers.

Pete hadn't had a proper conversation with his daughter for a long time. After his wife passed away, he had been engrossed in his work and rarely talked to his daughter. After losing his job, he was afraid that his daughter would worry, so even with more free time, they communicated even less.

As a result, Heo knew almost nothing about his daughter's social life and daily routine. Annie rarely brought friends home, or Pete was not home when she did.

Moreover, after his wife passed away, his daughter rarely spoke to Pete. The two lived under the same roof but rarely communicated.

In short, Pete's memory of his daughter was still from when she was just starting middle school. At that time, his wife's illness had not yet manifested, his income was not low, and his family was relatively happy.

He Ao thought for a moment and then made a phone call to a few of his daughter's close junior high school classmates on his way downstairs.

The responses I received were almost always "I don't know".

Most of them had less contact with Aini after graduating from junior high school and entering high school. Only one girl who lived near Aini's school said that she seemed to have seen Aini near the school at night before, and kindly told He Ao the approximate location.

night···

In Pete's memory, his daughter would be asleep with the door closed when he came home every night.

He rubbed his temples and took a taxi to the location the girl had told him about near the school.

On the road, he contacted Eve again.

The destination was a small commercial street, bustling with people, and everywhere there were teenagers holding flyers or dressed in mascot costumes beckoning customers.

He Ao walked around but couldn't find any trace of his daughter.

However, he did not stop calling his daughter.

Finally, just as he finished walking through the shopping street, the call was answered.

"Hello," came a somewhat youthful female voice from the other end of the phone, "Dad? Why are you calling me?"

Where are you? Why haven't you gone home?

He Ao lowered his voice and asked in a slightly hoarse tone.

"Dad, why are you like this today?"

Going home early?

There was a pause on the other end of the phone, followed by some kind of noisy shouting. Then, Annie lowered her voice and whispered, "Dad, wait a moment, I'll tell you when I get home tonight."

"Where are you?"

He Ao pressed for an answer again.

"Beep beep beep..."

The other end of the phone hung up immediately.

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He Ao sighed.

Raising children is really not easy.

Then he took out an earphone, put it on, and asked softly, "Eve, have you confirmed the location?"

"The real-world location corresponding to the target network address is near 37 Devons Avenue."

Eve's gentle voice rang in his ears.

Devons Avenue is roughly halfway between school and home.

He Ao immediately took a taxi and rushed over.