Cheat Awakening

"Oh my, Aisha, honey, look, we have company tonight..."

Myne's casual way of greeting them didn't receive any reaction from the thief gang at all. Instead, all of them cast their expressionless gazes at their temporary member, who was also the core of their tonight's mission.

"Boss, I swear, I really didn't know anything about it," Lokka, the teenager who joined the gang hoping for quick money, stammered. "I'm as confused as you are, and why would I betray you? You have saved my family!"

Seeing everyone doubting him, Lokka, fearing someone might kill him in anger before he could prove his innocence, began sweating profusely and quickly explained nervously. However, everything he did seemed destined to fail, as someone wasn't interested in making things easy for him.

Clap-Clap!

"Well done, Lokka, well done! Finally, after searching for months, those rapists, beasts in hume skin, are finally caught in my hands, all thanks to you, our kingdom will always remember your great contribution. Haha, you don't need to act anymore, you have done more than enough. "

"Also as long as we're here, nobody can even touch a hair on your head, you can rest assured about your own safety. By the way, my people have already contacted me and your family is also safe. Don't worry about them as well. Now, come here quickly, what's going to happen next could get quite bloody, and I don't want you, our hero to get hurt just because of my carelessness.

After all, you're doing everything for a better future for yourself and your family. You don't need to put your life at risk, leave such work for people like us."

Myne, realizing the gang members had misunderstood and were targeting Lokka, their youngest teammate for nothing, suddenly an evil idea popped up in his head. A fake proud smile spread across his face as he activated his Lair skill and began spouting nonsense, even unbelievable to himself.

However, it clearly had a very good effect on others, his perfect acting, combined with the skill's power, momentarily convinced even Aisha, who knew his usual antics very well.

"Damn it! I told you, Boss, this guy's intentions are not good! But no, you never listen! Just because his slutty mother warmed your bed every day, you started trusting him like your own son! Now look what we have thanks to your blind trust! The Royal Knights have caught us, and tomorrow, we might be hanging from some random gallows!"

Fatty Nethan, whose weak mind was unable to comprehend that he was about to visit the prison and might never be able to walk out, instantly turned his anxiety and fear into anger, directing it all at Lokka, the poor little guy who, under Myne's influence, was himself stretching his head in confusion, wondering if he really is some undercover agent, such a professional one that lets along other, he himself didn't know he is a spy

Seeing Lokka's silent and enduring Nethan's constant accusations, the Boss, who at first only half believed in Myne's nonsense, became completely convinced that Lokka had betrayed them.

"You know what," the Boss said, his voice low and dangerous. "I never wanted to be with your mother. I wasn't interested in that gloomy woman who always dwelled on the past and cried for what she had already lost. But when she came to me to sell herself just so she could provide you better opportunities to grow, I reluctantly accepted and started teaching you everything I know according to promise."

"I even overlooked your minor mistakes. However, there's a limit to everything. Okay, before I send you back to your bastard father, tell me why you did it. You had everything you could desire: a good mother figure, a place to live, three meals a day, clothes, friends, and even a teacher.

While I may not be a father, I don't think you can deny the way I treated you was a thousand times better than your actual father. So, tell me, why?"

The Boss, on the verge of an emotional breakdown, asked with bloodshot eyes. His left fist crackled with milky white light, forming a bubble. A shiver ran down everyone's spine, especially Nethan and his bald brother.

Though they wanted to stop their Boss from using such a powerful attack otherwise the house definitely wouldn't hold and would bury them all alive – they saw the Boss's clearly unstable condition and silently moved to the sealed window. If their Boss attacked, they'd break the window and jump out without hesitation.

"Boss, I'm telling the truth! I really didn't know those two people! Just as you said, I have almost everything. Why would I betray my benefactor, who helped me when I had nothing? Do I look so ungrateful..."

Thud!

Lokka was still trying to prove his innocence, even making his Boss frown suspiciously a bit with his words. Suddenly, with a loud whoosh of wind, two finger-sized holes appeared: one on his glabella and the other on his left cheek, instantly knocking Lokka offline, his body collapsing to the ground under his Boss's dumbfounded gaze. At least now he wouldn't have to prove his innocence, right?

"Okay, playtime's over. We don't have all night for your childish drama. But I have to complain – what kind of gang is yours? You have no trust at all! I just spouted random nonsense, and you guys blindly believed it. If I'd said I'd f*cked all your mothers and you're actually my illegitimate sons, would you have started crying to see me?

You know what, I think you guys need a brain check."

Myne had been intentionally letting these idiots play their drama so he could check their appraisal results in peace and finally decided to take action with a disappointed expression, as for today's harvest, a total of 4 people combined couldn't give him even 6 skills. Checking their skill data could be done later – it wasn't like they could escape after falling into his hands anyway.

"You, you, you killed Lokka?!" The Boss, having received another critical blow – realizing he'd been played and even losing the child he'd begun to treat as his own – muttered dazedly, cradling Lokka's cold, blood-covered body in his hands.
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"I think I also said something like that just now," Myne replied casually, still in a teasing mood. He patted Aisha's shoulder, gesturing for her to deal with the fatty and the baldy who were trying to escape.

"YOU BASTARD! HOW DARE YOU PLAY WITH ME!"

The Boss, consumed by rage after a moment of silence, charged at Myne like an enraged bull. His half-disabled bloody right hand also emerged from his pocket, though the pain would only worsen his condition. But who said the pain couldn't become power, of course, provided someone hadn't stolen your skill.

The Boss, still fuming and imagining both hands engulfed in milky white light from his skill, lunged towards Myne, and was about to blast apart his body like a balloon (only in his imagination) when something slammed hard into his stomach, propelling him like a rocket at triple the speed he came at Myne. He flew back and crashed into the wall with a sickening thud.

"As expected of a gang leader with foolish members. You're laughably easy to manipulate. No wonder you can only bully the weak and run away with your tail between your legs when someone stronger comes knocking at your door," Myne spoke calmly as he approached the fallen boss, who was coughing blood while holding his stomach and kicking hard on his face.

"Now, if you don't want things to get very bloody and painful– something you clearly wouldn't want to see – tell me why you wanted to harm Gwen and her mother. Don't try to lie and say it's about Gwen's beauty or her mother's nonexistent wealth. We both know those are transparent lies. They might fool your pig teammates, but not me.

Oh, and if you tell the truth and answer my a few questions honestly, I'll let you go..."

And please, for god sake, don't try to tell some kind of cliche dialogue like you will do everything to take revenge for someone else's little shit just because of a promise.

If you care about his mother and her promise so much, then just spend more time with her, give her your baby, and train your own children instead of others," Myne while shaking his head, sat down in front of the boss with a red and orange, super-hot basketball-sized fireball floating on his palm, calmly addressing him, who fearfully stared at the fireball.

Bang!

Just as Myne finished speaking, two bodies were tossed beside the Boss. He instinctively turned his head towards the noise and saw his remaining two pig-like teammates groaning in pain after a thorough beating by a not-so-powerful-looking beautiful young lady.

"They are so weak. It only took me ten punches to deal with them. Are you guys sure you are seasoned rapists and not drunken brawlers?" Aisha, who had a face full of disappointment and a bit of regret, sneered while standing behind Myne with her arms crossed under her colossal bosom.