The Heart System Chapter 956

I panted over him. Blood, mine and his, soaking into the frozen floor of the bus. Nobody moved. Nobody even blinked.

I let go of the knife and slumped sideways, off him, onto the floor. Landed on my back. Fucking hell, it hurt. It hurt like hell. But it wasn’t that serious, thankfully. I’d live... if I could find a single person that was moving, of course.

Everything was still frozen. The girl with the pigtails was still smiling at the fogged window. The mothers still hung mid-air. The scarf still floated.

I blinked.

There was a woman standing over me... she wasn’t there before. What...

I couldn’t see her well, just a shape, backlit, blurry at the edges like a smudged photograph. But there was one thing I could make out clear as day. Her hair.

Silk-like.

Falling past her shoulders, dark and smooth and perfect, catching what little light there was. She crouched down beside me. Slow. Unhurried. And she opened her mouth.

Everything went black.

Then...

Carrie?

She was in the air. My arms were locked around her, hands buried in her hips, lifting her off the ground while she hung there gasping. And Kim was also there, still pounding into her ass, slapping skin against skin, the sound filling the room.

What... wha... fuck...

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│ T?H?E? H?E?A?R?T? S?Y?S?T?E?M?

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│ E?V?A?N? H?E?N?R?I?K? M?A?R?L?O?W?E?

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│ C?U?R?R?E?N?T? E?X?P?: 0?/0?

│ C?U?R?R?E?N?T? C?R?E?D?I?T?: 0?

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A sharp headache slammed into the back of my skull. I was still holding Carrie up, her soft body trembling against my chest. I groaned and pulled my cock out of her pussy. Kim didn’t stop, she kept driving the strap-on deep into Carrie’s ass with hard, angry thrusts.

What... what was that? What did I just fucking see? That had to be Silk. And that pervert on the bus... the thing he was about to do to those kids... fuck. He used Time Stop. He fucking used Time Stop. The same power I used to have.

"You fucking slut!" Kim roared, hips snapping forward. "GGHN..."

"FUUUUCK! FUCK!"

Carrie came again, hard. Her whole body shook in my arms, a broken cry tearing out of her throat as the orgasm ripped through her.

Focus. I couldn’t lose focus. Delilah’s pregnancy was on the line here.

But those... memories. Were they memories? A previous life, maybe? I already knew Silk had rewound time to save me once. Fuck. The unknown of it was killing me.

Kim finally pulled the strap-on free. I set Carrie down on the edge of the dinner table. She sat there panting, legs still open, both holes shiny and used.

"Okay, girls," I said, voice rougher than I meant it to be. "A little... a little break. Water break."

"Boo." Tessa called from the living room. "It was just getting better."

"Hey, I’m human too, alright. Chill." I forced a smile.

Jasmine studied my face. "Are you good?"

"Yep. Just need water."

"Alright."

I walked into the kitchen, poured a glass, and drank it in three long swallows. Then I slapped my own cheek hard enough to sting.

Okay... let’s do this.

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Well, that sucked. It seemed like the EXP I’d earned from yesterday only counted toward that quest. I didn’t gain any points toward my level. Just... that bar filled. And oh boy, I filled that bar alright. But it still wasn’t enough. I needed a lot more, and I had no idea how to get it.

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CRITICAL QUEST

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EARN EXP: 13500/150,000

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YOU HAVE: 1 DAYS

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If I wanted to finish it, I’d have to fuck nonstop. Man, this was a lost cause. There was no way I could earn that much experience.

And that vision from yesterday... I was on that bus, then that man appeared. He used Time Stop. He had to be another subject, but whose? Mana’s, maybe? She was an unhinged bitch. Fuck... there were a million questions in my head and zero answers.

"Fuck."

I spun slowly in my office chair, eyes distant, not really looking at anything. Just thinking. What a mess I’d gotten myself into. How was I supposed to earn 150,000 EXP in one day? It was impossible. Fuck... but Delilah was pregnant. And that bastard Mana was going to ruin it. I had to do something... but what? Maybe if I switched "my" goddess? Was that even possible? Hell, I’d take Karamine over Mana any day.

My phone rang on the desk, stopping me mid-spin. I grabbed it and saw Layla’s name on the screen. I had been planning to cancel our date, but with the quest involving her... why not? Not because I didn’t care about her, of course I did, but because of this damn Critical Quest. Delilah’s pregnancy was on the line.

"Hey," I answered, forcing a smile even though she couldn’t see it. "Don’t tell me there are more boxes to carry."

"Oh, no, no." She chuckled. "I’m just making sure we’re still on for today. Sorry I wasn’t available yesterday."

"It’s fine, and yeah, we’re still on. I’ll pick you up after work and we’ll head to your place."

"Alright. You’ll have to wait a bit for dinner, though. But that works."

"Hey, we can always order takeout. I’ve been craving a hamburger lately, not gonna lie."

"No takeouts. I’ll cook." Her tone left no room for argument. "Oh, a customer just walked in. Gotta go."

"Yep. Take care."

"You too."

I hung up, stared at the desk for a moment, then started spinning again. I wasn’t in the mood for anything. I just wanted to curl up on the floor and let the day pass. Delilah was going to forget she was ever pregnant... or worse, she might never even know if Mana erased it early enough.

I spun once. Twice. A third time... then someone stopped the chair.

I glanced back, eyebrow raised, and found Mana standing behind me, one hand resting on the back of the seat. When I looked around the office, everyone else was frozen mid-motion. Time had stopped again.

"Mana." I sneered. "You don’t touch Delilah, alright? We can... we can make a deal or... I don’t know. Just don’t."

"A mere mortal telling me what to do?" She put a finger to her lips and chuckled. "Funny."

"That memory," I pressed. "Did it have something to do with you? The man on the bus. Me getting stabbed..."

"Oh... so you’ve started remembering those, huh?" She shrugged. "Wow. You’re really resilient. Should’ve known better. You did break Time Stop, after all."

"That man." I stood and turned to face her fully. "Whose subject was he?"