【Pursue violence, tear all these hypocritical things to shreds, and make those twisted monsters tremble in fear before us】

【Shiver and shake, you bastards!】

【……】

【Stealth Instinct: 100 points/unit】

【Possess the instinct and talent to hide yourself using any environment, hiding in the safest place so that those monsters and malice cannot find us—】

【Shh, they're coming】

【……】

【Extreme Sensitivity: 100 points/unit】

【Sharply perceive the malice hidden beneath any smiling face, see through the truth behind the disguise】

【Don’t even think about fooling me, you’re all out to get me!】

【……】

【……】

Henry Bennett only felt his scalp tingle slightly. “What the hell are these things?”

Sophie smiled sweetly, but Henry Bennett felt that she seemed a bit mysterious at this moment, and she whispered, “These are things that can help us fight against this crazy world.”

“We call them: enhancement elements!”

Chapter 11: The Gambler’s Path

“Enhancement elements?”

As Henry Bennett listened to Sophie's explanation, he couldn’t shake a lingering sense of strangeness in his heart.

Are these really enhancement elements?

Why do they look more like... certain symptoms?

Although he hadn’t managed to get a doctor’s note four years ago, he was more or less a self-taught expert from long-term illness—not completely clueless...

But then he thought of those malicious gazes at the class reunion, the eerie feeling in the alley where his home was, the ratmen in the subway station, and the city’s bloated body and sticky tentacles. Thinking of these “enhancement elements,” his resistance gradually faded, and he slowly suppressed the strangeness and discomfort in his heart, asking in a low voice:

“Then, how can I get these things?”

“……”

“Points!”

Seeing Henry Bennett react so quickly, Sophie showed a satisfied smile and said softly, “In this city, whether it’s people, buildings, monsters, or weapons, everything belongs to the city.”

“And we can use points to exchange for anything with the city.”

“……”

“Then I…”

Henry Bennett looked at the things on the tablet, his expression becoming conflicted.

He felt that every one of these things sounded dangerous and abnormal.

Even if he could accept it mentally, he still wasn’t sure which element to choose for himself.

“I know you must be troubled.”

At this moment, Sophie seemed in a very good mood and said, “Actually, when newcomers face these dazzling elements, they usually don’t know what to choose.”

“Of course, I’ll help you.”

“People like us are called enhancement designers because we thoroughly understand the world’s enhancement elements and can help you allocate points and combine elements better.”

“……”

Henry Bennett was moved and looked up at her, asking, “Then which one do you think I should choose?”

“In fact…”

Sophie squinted her eyes and then smiled, “You can’t afford any of them…”

“?”

Henry Bennett was stunned, blinking his eyes.

“You’re just a newcomer who’s only just signed the contract, and you’ve only eliminated one ratman for the city…”

Sophie said with a smile, “I estimate that you have at most thirty points right now, Brother Henry, and that’s including the goodwill the city gives to newbies…”

“And even the lowest-level violence factor requires three units to be used together, which is sixty points—you only have half.”

“So, you actually don’t need to worry about what to choose right now…”

“……”

Henry Bennett helplessly accepted this fact. In reality, he did only have thirty points.

So it was a false alarm—he didn’t need to struggle over it.

Meanwhile, Sophie wore a sweet smile. After swiping a few times on the tablet with her slender fingers, she was about to say something when her expression suddenly froze.

Henry Bennett quickly asked, “What’s wrong?”

Sophie turned the screen around, looking surprised: “This is…”

【Name: Henry Bennett】

【Age: 21】

【Points: 130】

【Contract: Low-level】

【……】

“Huh?”

Henry Bennett was also a bit surprised. “Why do I have an extra hundred points?”

Sophie checked and suddenly understood, saying, “It’s because Miss Grace lent you a hundred points. Didn’t she tell you before?”

“No…”

Henry Bennett was also a bit surprised.

Is Grace Cooper really this nice to me? A hundred points, and she didn’t even mention it before transferring them.

Of course, it seemed normal for acquaintances to look out for each other.

Back in high school, Grace Cooper lent him two coins for the bus, and he never thought about asking her to pay them back.

He glanced down at the list Sophie provided, frowned again, and didn’t know why, but he didn’t like any of the abilities or items mentioned.

He still felt these elements were all a bit abnormal.

Torn, he looked at Sophie: “So now…”

Sophie was also frowning, silently calculating, and said to Henry Bennett, “You still don’t have a choice…”

“?”

Henry Bennett was confused for a moment. Didn’t a hundred and thirty points already exceed the price of most things on the list?

“Brother Henry, you’re thinking of this world as too simple…”