After arriving home and giving all the groceries to Ellie, Lena, Maya, and Amy, as well as giving food to Aaron, Clara, Fiona, and Iris, Dylan sat comfortably on the side of his bed to rest before heading to the restaurant to work in about an hour. Suddenly, "click," Maya opened the door, came in carrying food, and placed it on the study desk. After that, she stood in front of Dylan.

"What's up?" Dylan asked.

"You're going to the restaurant, right? Let's go together. I have a shift today, too," Maya replied.

"Oh, okay. Fine, we'll go together," Dylan replied.

"Okay, I'm going to get ready. You eat first," Maya replied.

"Yeah, thanks," Dylan replied.

Dylan immediately walked over to the desk, then started eating his food comfortably, but suddenly "whoosh," a hologram screen popped up in front of him, making the hamburger in Dylan's hand jump slightly. He then read the screen.

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Urgent Quest : The show must go on.

Description : Free the Romeo actor from kidnapping so the show isn't taken over.

Target : Luther Marlando, the kidnapped Romeo actor.

Location : Grand Theater warehouse downtown.

Time limit : 90 minutes.

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Recommended skills : Teleport, 1000 face, steal, vanish, ray vision, illusion.

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Reward :

- $7500.

- 510 skill xp points.

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Auto quest mode ? [Yes] [No]

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"Hold on, CATS, I'm about to go to work with Maya. What's the deal?" Dylan asked in his head.

[This is urgent, sir.]

"Ugh... fine... how about this: I'll use a body double and you control my double. I'll go without using auto mode," Dylan said.

[Very well, sir. I can do that.]

Dylan immediately finished his food quickly, then used his body double skill and split himself into two. After that, he put on his black hoodie and opened the window, jumping out. CATS, who was controlling Dylan's double body, changed clothes and prepared to go to work with Maya.

Meanwhile, Dylan immediately vanished and then teleported toward the point on the map, leaping across buildings with beautiful, captivating parkour-like movements, if anyone had been able to see him and he hadn't vanished.

After 30 minutes of struggle, Dylan finally reached the roof of a large theater building across from the building he had started on. He looked at his watch. The time was 6:30 PM. He saw many cars arriving, and valet attendants were taking them to the parking lot while the passengers walked into the theater.

The performance was about to start. Dylan fired his grappling hook across and immediately swung to the theater roof. Then he ran toward the air vent on the roof and jumped inside.

Slowly, he crept down inside the air duct toward the warehouse located in the back of the theater building, guided by the hologram map beside him. "Clang," Dylan pushed open the grating and jumped down. The warehouse was very dark and full of items like costumes, background props, unused spotlight equipment, and so on.

Dylan used his ray vision skill. He saw a sack lying in the corner of the room. He immediately approached it and opened it. Dylan was surprised to see a man who looked more beautiful than handsome, with blond hair, passed out inside the sack. Dylan immediately checked him.

"Hmm... so this is Luther... he was drugged. The show starts in 30 minutes," Dylan muttered in his head.

[That is correct, sir. The person who drugged him is one of the actors who wants to take over his role.]

"I see. Alright, for now, I'll take him out first... wait, how are you talking to me? How's my job going?" Dylan asked.

[Do not worry, sir. I am currently driving to the restaurant with Maya next to me. I can still talk to you while driving.]

"Oh... okay... alright, just focus on driving. Don't let anything happen to Maya," Dylan replied.

[Understood, sir.]

Dylan immediately lifted Luther out of the sack, but he felt something strange—Luther's body felt incredibly light. Although he noticed it, Dylan paid no mind. He quickly exited the warehouse and vanished, then walked down the corridor toward the actors' dressing room while still invisible.

After reaching the actors' dressing room, Dylan set Luther down on a chair. He immediately loosened the costume, which looked too tight, but Dylan suddenly stepped backward and "thump," he hit the chair behind him. His face suddenly turned bright red because he saw two mounds peeking out from the Romeo costume in front of him.

"H... huh... s-she's a girl?" Dylan asked in his head, his face flushed.

"Click," the dressing room door opened. Quickly, Dylan picked Luther back up and vanished. Two girls dressed like men entered. One of them was wearing the Romeo costume. The two girls sat in front of the vanity mirror and began braiding their hair and then putting on wigs to truly look like men.

"Hey... so Luther... oh sorry, I mean Lexie, couldn't make it, and you're covering for her, Sandy?" one girl asked while clipping her wig.

"That's right, she called me and asked me to fill in. Said she had a sudden family issue and had to leave town immediately. Maybe her parents died," Sandy replied while plucking her eyebrows.

"But actually, compared to Lexie, I prefer your acting... I don't know why the director favors Lexie," the girl said, plucking her eyebrows.

"Because Lexie is sleeping with him, what other reason could there be?" Sandy replied casually.

"Huh... really?" the girl asked, turning to look at Sandy.

"Now what other reason is there, seriously? By all standards, I'm clearly prettier, a better actor, and more experienced than Lexie. If she wasn't sleeping with him, there's no way Lexie would have been chosen. It's like you don't understand what's going on in our theater, Winnie," Sandy replied.

"Hmm... when you think about it, you're right," Winnie replied.

Dylan, who was in the room and listening to their conversation, looked at Lexie's face, whom he was carrying like a passed-out princess.

"So that's it. Since she wasn't chosen, she drugged Lexie and is replacing her," Dylan said in his head.

[Approximately correct, sir. Oh, and Maya and I have arrived at the restaurant. We've started working.]

"Okay, please do. I'll handle things here... this is my first time completing a quest without using auto mode," Dylan replied.

[Consider it your first experience for future quests, you should avoid auto mode so you can improvise.]

"Hmm... okay, you're right," Dylan replied.

"Click," the door opened. A man wearing a headset with a microphone in front of his mouth peered in.

"Come on, girls, the show starts in 7 minutes," the man said.

"Alright," Sandy and Winnie replied.

They immediately tidied their clothes. Dylan looked around and then saw a glass of water near the dispenser. He kicked the glass, intentionally spilling the water onto Sandy's pants.

"Ah... what is this, seriously? Winnie, you go first, I'm going to dry my pants quickly," Sandy said.

"Okay, but hurry," Winnie replied.

After Winnie left and closed the door, Dylan approached Sandy, who was sitting on the chair and wiping her pants with a handkerchief. Dylan touched Sandy's head, used his illusion skill, and made Sandy pass out. Then, he reappeared, set Lexie down, and tried to wake her up while checking the time.

"Ugh... she's still passed out... what do I do," Dylan muttered in a panic, looking at Lexie and his watch.

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