They Hated Me in My First Life, But Now I Have the Love System-Chapter 64 - Mission Failing

Reuben went rigid.

His hands shot up in a frantic gesture, signaling for the woman to be silent.

But it was too late.

Courage had already seen everything.

Understood everything.

Reuben’s face paled as panic gripped him.

He quickly gestured for the girl to go back inside, then, with hurried steps, hobbled toward Courage, his weight pressing on the walking stick.

“Listen to me,” he begged.

“It’s not what it looks like!

She, she’s my sister!

She came to stay with me for a while… to take care of my injuries!”

His words tumbled out too fast, too forced.

Courage’s lips parted slightly as she stared at him, her mind struggling to process the sheer audacity of his lie.

His sister?

Really?

Her hands clenched into fists.

The weight of betrayal, humiliation, and heartbreak crashed down on her all at once.

“Your sister calls you baby with that tone?” Nurse Courage repeated, letting out a hollow laugh.

She shook her head, trying, really trying, to restrain herself.

But at this point, she couldn’t hold it in anymore.

SLAP!

Her palm crashed against Reuben’s cheek, the sharp sound slicing through the night air.

Reuben staggered back, nearly losing his balance.

A bright red imprint of her fingers bloomed on his face.

“You’re unbelievable!” she yelled, her chest rising and falling with each furious breath.

Reuben wobbled but quickly steadied himself, his grip tightening on the walking stick.

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His expression darkened, his mask of remorse slipping away.

There was no point in lying anymore.

She wasn’t going to believe him.

But that didn’t mean he was going to let her go, not when he still needed that 500,000 she had promised him before.

Fine.

If she wouldn’t fall for sweet words anymore…

he would just have to use another method.

Swish!

He pulled out a black pistol with a silencer from his belt and racked the slide back with a sharp click, chambering a round.

The quiet but deadly snick of the safety being disengaged sent a chill down Nurse Courage’s spine.

Her eyes widened in shock.

She instinctively took a step back, heart pounding as she looked into Reuben’s face.

It was then she saw it, the same terrifying expression he had in the last picture, the one where he had been staring at the photographer.

Over at the hospital, Nnenna’s body was burning up.

A fever had taken hold so fast that she barely had time to register it before her consciousness slipped away.

A nurse doing her rounds entered the room and immediately noticed something was wrong.

She called out to Nnenna, shaking her lightly, but there was no response.

Alarmed, she pressed the emergency button and called the attending doctor.

Minutes later, the doctor arrived, frowning as he examined Nnenna.

“Unresponsive, fever spiking, she’s burning up.” He checked her vitals, but there was no clear cause for the sudden rise in temperature.

His expression tightened.

“Call Director Ikenna,” he instructed.

Ikenna arrived within minutes, his normally composed face tight with concern.

His sharp eyes flickered over Nnenna’s still form as the doctor explained her condition.

Without hesitation, Ikenna took charge.

“Initiate cooling measures immediately,” he ordered.

The nurses hurried to follow his commands.

A cooling blanket was placed over Nnenna’s body, designed to lower her dangerously high temperature.

Ice packs were positioned under her armpits, around her neck, and between her thighs, key areas that could help draw the heat from her body more quickly.

A nurse adjusted her IV drip, switching it to cold saline to cool her from the inside.

Another nurse administered an intravenous dose of paracetamol, hoping to bring down the fever.

Ikenna observed everything closely, his hands clenched into fists.

“Her breathing is irregular,” a nurse reported, concern in her voice.

“Put her on oxygen therapy,” Ikenna ordered without hesitation.

A mask was placed over Nnenna’s nose and mouth, providing much needed support as her body fought against whatever was happening to her.

Beads of sweat formed on her forehead.

Despite all the interventions, she was still unresponsive.

Ikenna exhaled sharply, his jaw clenched.

‘This isn’t normal.

There is definitely a hidden illness at play here.’

In Nnenna’s subconsciousness, the Love System spoke, its voice calm but unwavering.

“Your mission regarding Nurse Courage and her fiancé is about to fail.

The penalty for failure is 2,000 Good Points.

Since you don’t have enough to cover it, your body is slipping into a coma.”

Nnenna’s mind reeled.

‘What?!’ The weight of those words sent a ripple of fear through her.

“I thought I exposed him!

She was going to break up with him, why is this happening?!

Am I going to die?!”

“You will not die,” the Love System replied, its tone devoid of emotion.

“But you won’t be able to wake up either.

Unless your past good deeds earn you enough Good Points from the people involved, you may remain like this…

forever.”

A shiver of dread washed over her.

Forever?

Stuck in this endless darkness?

No, no, that can’t be!

“How did this happen?!” she demanded, desperation thick in her voice.

“I did everything right!”

“I am not allowed to tell you freely,” the system responded.

“The information will cost you 100 Good Points.”

Nnenna’s heart pounded.

‘100 points?

I dont even have enough to keep me alive!

But what choice did she have?’

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