Chapter 9 File One

The officer appeared beside him and passed the contact card, then both of them surveyed the whole dormitory building.

'It will take a while; they will survey the whole school, even meet teachers and principals, and the parents of Bobby inside the school; media anchors will also arrive; at 5:35 everything will be subsided and the police will leave; till then I have to stay here outside the dormitory room and observe everything.' 

Neil thought to himself, looking at the next scene in the simulation replay.

He decided to wait and act in the simulation limit.

…

Few hours later,

Neil glanced at the time, which is 5:28, then he saw the police officer below leaving the empty school; a mild smile appeared on his face. 

'Its time,'

He thought and stood up and walked outside the dormitory room and followed them outside the gate, but the killer standing outside noticed his arrival.

Neil stepped outside and then glanced at the law enforcement car leaving. He inadvertently glanced at the tall man standing on the other side of the street.

Then he turned around and walked inside the school.

'It looks like the results are also in my favor; soon his guardian will visit him, and I will proceed with targeting both of them at once.'

Killer thought seeing Neil walking inside the school again, then he adjusted his cap, turned around, and walked toward the end of the street. 

Meanwhile, Neil counted his footsteps, and suddenly he stopped and turned around and walked outside the school gate following him.

Straight crossed the road and walked on the footpath, linearly behind the killer in order to keep the secrecy.

He knew the killer would observe everything in his field of vision, but he would never look behind him all the way to the John's International.

While walking slowly, instantly Neil's footsteps halted, and he heard a sharp creak as if a metal tearing sound, followed by a bang and pedastrians exclamations and cries.

Neil smiled playfully, then his expression became solemn.

He walked forward, looking at the corpse of the killer with a heavy pole lying on his chest and brain mixed with blood spilling out from his broken skull.

Neil then noticed the briefcase around the killer disappeared. 'Not only that, his smartphone also disappeared, and the one I have in my unlimited storage space became the real briefcase and smartphone; the gain function inside the simulation is really outrageous.'

Neil thought to himself and then observed the fearful and thankful appearance of the crowd around; some were even wretching and vomiting after seeing the killer's miserable death.

'No one among them will believe it's a planned murder,'

Neil thought to himself, shook his head, and then turned around and returned to the school.

…

Inside the dormitory building, 

Neil stopped beside his room, and then he remembered something and muttered thoughtfully, 

"I remember my guardian arrived after a while; I don't have any memory of this body; she will definitely find it out; maybe using the simulation I can find a way to interact with her like this body owner did."

After thinking about it, he activated the observer. 

"Move all the previous simulations in a separate folder,

(Case one; Beginning of an Art)"

"After that, start a new simulation from my current timing."

Neil gave a command; instantly everything around him froze, and a notification appeared in front of him.

…

[Complex command detected]

[saving all previous simulations in a separate file. One; Beginning of Art]

[Initiating the Text Simulation]

[Simulation One]

[You were standing beside your dormitory room when suddenly you heard hurried footsteps, and then you saw a female with an anxious expression walking toward your direction; you were surprised by her extremely young and familiar appearance.]

[Instantly a small amount of memory appeared in your mind regarding her identity; you realized she is the younger sister of your guardian; her name is Claire Xing.]

[After seeing the hidden worry on her face despite seeing you doing fine, you became suspicious as if something happened to your guardian, then you asked her.]

[She hesitated and then revealed that her sister (your guardian) can't be found.]

[Claire then explained her worry that your guardian left the home for her office in the morning and then somehow disappeared midway.]

[She also found out about her sister's disappearance after receiving a call from the law enforcement department.]

[After the incident, school and law enforcement tried to contact your guardian, but they didn't receive any response. Then they contacted her using emergency contact information left by your guardian.]

[After Claire said she also tried to contact her sister but couldn't find her; that's why she came here on behalf of your guardian]

[After explaining everything, she proposed to take you away from school and let you stay in her house; you nodded and decided to go with her.]

[After taking you away from the school, suddenly Claire stopped the car and answered the call; after returning, she changed her decision and told you that they were going to your guardian house, which is also located in Albert City.]

[You nodded, and then she said it was an important call; that's why she changed the decision; then she asked you about today's incident.]

[You nodded and said everything happened in front of your eyes, but you didn't tell her anything about the killer; you were sure that your guardian was being kidnapped; someone else beside the killer also accepted the assassination task.]

[While conversing with her, you found out more information about yourself and your guardian.] 

[You found out that you aren't related to your guardian in any way; you knew through recent memory that you are an orphan and she is just the legal guardian of that orphanage appointed by the court.]

[You also found out a lot of details about your guardian and Claire, like they live in different places in the same Albert City.]

[Your guardian Lara is married, while Claire is unmarried, but she has a boyfriend working in a software company.]