Keith nodded and continued learning more while Vincent used the money to get more manpower for his search.
He expected that it would take him more than a month to find the girl but to his surprise, it only took two days.
All of the money he had saved up was now used and even though he was broke, he did not stop with the mission as he was so close.
In his dream, he had seen the girl in a gang but in reality, she was currently living with her uncle. The n that he had hired gave him all the information he needed.
Thanks to this, he knew a little bit of her backstory.
Her parents used to have a large plot of land and were living well until the girl was born. Her mother died due to complications during birth and her father irresponsibly took his own life due to his wife's death.
The child was then handed over to a relative, who was her father's elder brother. All the land that went to him, was sold to fuel his addiction to cock fighting, a sport where black feathered cocks fight against each other.
Gambling was a huge part of this and in just a few years, he lost all the money he had gotten from selling his brother's properties.
Vincent could tell that it was just a matter of ti for him to make use of the child for money. On one end, he was glad that he was about to save her life but on the other end, he wanted to know how his system found out about people like her.
He knew that he was going through sothing similar in the past and in a way, the system had helped him change.
As he stared at the small house from the safety of a narrow alley, he sighed, 'And then I went around brooding and wasting ti. I changed a lot, didn't I?'
He recalled the ti when his family wasn't in a dire state and he rembered how daring and brave he was as a child. He had never feared going out with his father to hunt for animals and he had actively tried to help with the farm work.
Even he couldn't explain how he had changed so much in such a short ti. Discover more content at empire
As if the system had been peering into his thoughts, a notification appeared.
[System: It was due to the lack of motivation and being content with your current situation. You are strong enough to fight against most people, but you gave up on the one person whom you really wanted to get a revenge on. I am a better system compared to Fabian, so I hope you don't give up again.
I am connected to you. This ans that if you die, I will also die. I'm not so inanimate thing and I also have the will to stay alive. Do you really think that Fabian will just sit back and watch while you waste your ti?
The answer is no. You killed his son. His system can sense so it can easily point out a direction for him to move at. So when he is confident that he has enough power to kill you, he will co for you no matter what. So please don't laze around now and die later.]
Vincent nodded, "Got it. Now how do I get this girl away from her uncle though? He mostly ignores her, but there have been rumors that he's been trying to talk to people about selling her away for so quick buck."
[System Administrator: Money solves everything. But you're a broke bitch, so I'll help you out once again. Tch.]
[System: Congratulations on receiving a gift! One silver ring.]
A small silver ring appeared in front of him and he imdiately grabbed it before silently looking at it.
It was a small ring that looked pretty simple. He didn't have too much of a design but it did have a small gemstone at the top. He took the ring with him and didn't think too much about the outco as he walked towards the small house in front of him.
Knock Knock Knock
He knocked the door a few tis and waited for an answer which did not co. He then knocked a few more tis until he heard a small voice.
"Uncle, is that you?"
Vincent paused and looked down at the door. He couldn't see her, but he could tell that she was right behind the thin wooden thing in front of him.
"No, but I'm here to talk to your uncle. Looks like he isn't here right now, so can you let in? I'll wait for him inside."
There was no response but just as Vincent was about to turn around and leave, he heard her voice again.
"I can't open the door...." she said and Vincent heart the sounds of sothing hitting the door at an uneven interval.
His gaze then moved to the small lock system that was built into the door and sighed, "It's fine. It looks like your uncle locked the door from the outside. I'll just co back another ti."
"O- okay..." her voice ca out and Vincent headed back to the alleyway to wait for her uncle. It was afternoon, so he knew that the guy would be back by night and just as he had expected, he saw him walk back to his house.
But what he hadn't expected, was to see two other n with him. He was known to be a lonely guy who only cared about money and due to this, he didn't have any friends. The alleyway was pretty far from the house, so Vincent couldn't hear what they were talking.
'I guess I'll wait for those two guys to leave before I go and talk to him. I'll first figure out the situation first and confirm whether the rumors are true or not before I decide whether it's a good idea to leave her with him or not.
Though, I don't have too much confidence that it'll turn out well. After all, there's no way my system would give this mission if everything was going well'
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