Chapter 1: Rebirth, Puppet Manufacturing System

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

In a dark corner of Gotham City, in the middle of the night.

The surrounding shops had already closed, but in a corner that was barely noticeable, there was still a faintly lit small room. 

In the room, dozens of exquisite broken limbs were placed on the floor, along with many doll clothes.

The scene looked indescribably strange.

In the middle of the room, Hughes sat on the sofa, frowning, and his face was slightly pale.

His hand was holding a puppet that was about to be completed.

Brown hair, with a black and white striped shirt that looked like a prison uniform, and an exaggerated big mouth that looked very surreal.

The puppet looked exactly like the replica of the Joker in the Batman movie.

And with that faint smile on the puppet’s face, whoever saw this doll would subconsciously think that this puppet was a living being.

Taking a deep breath, Hughes completed the last step of carving the puppet.

“I didn’t expect that I would still have to come to such a state like this …”

Looking at the exquisite puppet in his hand, Hughes had an inexplicable bitter smile and helplessness on his face.

Hughes was a reincarnated person.

After being reborn, Hughes had awakened a special ability in him.

The ability of the Puppet Manufacturing System!

As long as he possessed the soul of the evildoers, he could create all kinds of puppets, and even vitalize these puppets.

Of course, the puppets were activated by evil souls, so naturally they were vicious and brutal. They could even do some terrifying things.

For example, this puppet in his hand could walk into another person’s dream while the other person was asleep. Not only could he peek into the other person’s thoughts, but he could also control one’s thoughts and provoke him to do things uncontrollably.

No doubt, it was very difficult to create these puppets. Even with the help of the system, Hughes spent a lot of raw materials and energy to successfully create one.

The raw materials of the broken limbs on the ground was the best evidence.

Naturally, Hughes had his own reasons for wasting so much energy to manufacture the puppets.

Last week, his sister was diagnosed with a rare terminal illness by the hospital.

Just to keep his sister alive had cost him an astronomical amount of money.

After his rebirth, Hughes had lost their parents.

All these years, his sister was all alone with him.

For Hughes, his sister was all he had.

So, when Hughes was informed about his sister’s illness, he was completely dumbfounded.

The medical expenses for this week alone had completely spent all his savings. He even mortgaged his house.

Nevertheless, if he did not have enough medical expenses by tomorrow afternoon, the hospital would stop treating his sister.

He sat on the sofa, Hughes recalled his sister sitting on the hospital bed with her big, doll-like eyes, enduring the pain and telling himself with a forceful smile, “Brother, I’m okay and healthy. I don’t need any treatment. Let’s go home. The hospital only cheated our money…”

His heart ached as if it was being stabbed after hearing those words.

At that moment, Hughes made a decision.

He would never allow his sister to die like this.

That was the reason why this exquisite puppet was created.

Yes, that’s right… Hughes decided to log into the one and only killer website in this world.

He decided to use his ability to become an assassin and complete the missions on the websites to earn enough medical fees.

As for the moral issues that everyone cared about, they were no longer important to Hughes.

As long as his sister could grow up healthily, Hughes would do anything.

Of course, Hughes also had his own principles.

He would only assassinate those who committed the most heinous crimes.

This was Hughes’ only principle.

He logged into the killer website and used his last 100,000 dollars in his bank account as a deposit.

At this moment, Hughes had no way out.

In other words, if he wanted to treat his sister’s illness, he had no choice but to accept an assassination mission on the website.

After the deposit was paid, not long after, a series of words popped up.

[Congratulations on completing the registration mission.]

[Please fill in your ID code according to the instructions. This code will be your final ID on the website.]

After a slight hesitation, Hughes filled in his final ID code.

“Puppeteer!”

…

[Puppeteer]

[Character Level: Rookie]

[Completed Missions: 0]

It was a simple few pieces of information. Indeed, it was the only standard for the website to select the killer’s strength.

Most of the people on this website were rookie killers like Hughes.

It wasn’t that there were many people registered on this website. The main reason was that these assassination missions were very difficult to complete.

Only by completing the assassination mission would one be able to advance to a higher-level assassin.

Moreover, once a higher-level assassin failed his subsequent missions, one would lose their assassin rating. 

At the same time, this assassin would forever lose the opportunity to complete the mission again.

Of course, there were many benefits to a high-level assassin.

For example, if a high-level assassin accepted the same mission, the commission would be much higher than a rookie killer’s commission.

Also, the time needed to complete the mission would be ampler.

The more time there was, the more the preparations could be made, and the success rate of this mission would be higher.

However, for Hughes, that was all for the future. He did not have the time to think about it now.

After he chose the area of his assassination mission, a series of assassination missions that were around Gotham City appeared on Hughes’ computer screen.

[Reward of 300,000 USD: Gotham’s Largest Real Estate Owner]

[Requirements: None]

[Assassin Level Requirement: Bronze Assassin]

…

[Reward of 500,000 USD: Manager of Edward Hotel, Gotham City]

[Requirements: None]

[Assassin Level Requirement: Silver Assassin]

…

There were less than five assassin missions in the vicinity of Gotham City. The rewards given by these missions were great for Hughes currently.

But the problem was that the requirements of the assassin level was much higher than his own.

This meant that Hughes could not accept them at all.

Just as Hughes was troubled by the mission, a message box suddenly popped up on the website.

[Reward of 1,000,000 USD: The Chairman of the Jerry Consortium in Gotham City, Jerry Mac.]

[Requirement: Must be an accidental death.]

[Killer Level Requirement: None]

When he saw this mission, Hughes’ eyes instantly lit up.

Because whether it was the bounty, the level of the mission, or even the location… They all met Hughes’ requirements.

Without any hesitation, Hughes immediately pressed the accept button!