No Time Like the Present

I'll keep the information about 0CP Enterprise to myself for now; my main task is dealing with the new employees from Russia at Cyber Technology.

Instigating business conflict and using others to do one's dirty work?

The idea was quickly dismissed from Henry's mind. In normal business dealings, at most it's poaching or stealing technology, it wouldn't escalate to murder.

Unless someone is extremely important and the interests involved are enormous, making poaching them an ineffective method, it's unlikely that a competitor would resort to such drastic measures.

How can a group of Russians who have only Cyber Technology for less than a month convince 0CP Enterprise that these Russian scientists threaten their interests and even the company's survival, making their elimination imperative?

Therefore, this path is not feasible.

So what methods should be used to resolve these pending tasks?

Although there were four tasks to be done in Russia, Henry directly appeared and assassinated the other party.

However, this approach is best avoided within the United States. Even in neighboring Canada, there are certain risks involved.

After all, this is his own sphere of influence, and police and intelligence agencies may try to implicate him based on certain clues.

Although he wanted to settle these old scores, Henry had no intention of giving up a normal life and playing hide-and-seek with the police, so he had to find another way.

This isn't the era where you can investigate someone's entire life with Google. Besides, the trackers he deployed have limited functionality, so Henry can only learn about a person's lifestyle habits from their movement patterns.

Among the group of people who had just arrived in the United States, some lived diligently, while others led a life of debauchery. For example, those who went to strip clubs every day.

In short, with limited intelligence, Henry didn't have many options. Aside from brutally charging at his target and using his superhuman strength to kill him with a single punch, the only cleaner approach was to continue gathering intelligence.

With the idea that he had nothing better to do than kill time, Henry chose a date and went to the top floor of his rented apartment in Toronto as night fell.

This is the oldest person on the to-do list, and he lives alone.

Unlike other men who come to United States and, as long as they have a little money in their pockets, can't resist going to strip clubs or nightclubs to spend money and indulge in sensual pleasures.

He rarely even ate out. After get off work, he would at most go to the supermarket to buy groceries, and then stay in his rented apartment.

When Henry arrived at the rooftop of the apartment building, the other person had already returned home, prepared their dinner, and was sitting at the table eating alone.

Based on observations using sound wave modeling, the other party's house was very plain, with little decoration. However, it was fully equipped with living amenities, including a kitchen, the Fridge, washing machine, and so on.

When we eat, they deliberately prepare an extra empty plate, with a picture frame next to it.

With his eyesight impaired, Henry obviously didn't know what the picture frame contained. His guesses were limited to family members...

He didn't know if his wife or someone else was dead, or if they hadn't been able to escape with him.

After dinner, he washed the dishes, watched TV, and drank alcohol. His actions resembled the nightlife of an ordinary, bored bachelor—devoid of passion, living a life of aimless drifting.

The only difference was that he drank vodka, not the beer or whiskey that United States usually drink. This is what distinguishes him from the United States.

He was so drunk that he actually filled the bathtub in the bathroom and then recklessly took a bath!

Henry, who had no interest in watching an old man taking a bath with his bare bottom, was about to return to Los Angeles when something caught his eye.

A hair dryer with its power cord plugged in in the bathroom -

Just as the other man was holding his breath and submerging his entire head in the water, Henry used his Molecular Phasing ability to enter the bathroom and look at the old man in the water.

The man, trying to open his eyes in the water, was suddenly startled to see another person standing by the bathtub. He choked on water, sat up, and muttered in Russian, wiping his face, "You damn thing—"

He couldn't continue speaking halfway through because he realized who the man who had suddenly appeared was.

"Ennu No Odin, what are you doing here?" the old man asked in alarm.

Henry gave a sly smile and said, "There's no time like the present. If I miss this opportunity, I don't know when I'll get another one."

As he spoke, he used his gloved hand to throw the plugged-in hair dryer into the bathtub!

Watching him frantically try to climb out of the bathtub, only to slip and fall inside, it truly lived up to the saying, "One electrocution and a silent person who couldn't climb out in time enjoyed an uninterrupted electrotherapy service, straight to heaven."

In the end, the old man's entire head and arms were half-hanging over the edge of the bathtub. The hairdryer, which short-circuited due to the water, also caused the power switch in the entire house to trip, plunging the house into darkness.

Watching indifferently as the other person's heart stopped due to the electric shock, Henry's mood was the same as when dealing with the previous four tasks. There were no ups and downs, just the boring sense of collecting one more piece of homework.

He entered the room while his feet were suspended in mid-air, so there were no traces that needed to be cleaned up.

Although it was in an apartment building, the power outage in a single apartment didn't attract much attention. There were no unusual noises either, which would have aroused suspicion among the neighbors.

So this old man is destined to die alone, until someone remembers him. It shouldn't rot and make the neighbors call the police, right?

Henry returned to the rooftop and felt the breeze under the moonlight.

The evening breeze in Los Angeles is certainly not as biting as in Siberia, but as autumn arrives, it still carries a chill.

My original intention was just to investigate, but I unexpectedly solved a pending task while doing so. More importantly, it inspired Henry.

Looking at the old man's case from the police's perspective: the empty vodka bottle was still in the trash can, and the plugged-in hairdryer and signs of a fall in the bathroom made it highly likely that the incident was an accident.

There were no signs of foul play. It was just a drunk old man who couldn't stand up in the bathtub and ended up pulling a plugged-in hairdryer into the tub, thus ending his life.

Murder is illegal. As a law-abiding citizen, one should not do it frequently.

However, given the capabilities of Super Brain, creating some unpredictable accidents doesn't seem that difficult. Besides, one can't always do everything personally; some alibis are necessary.

As Henry's thoughts gradually became clearer, he began to formulate a plan for his next move.

Although moving around with shackles on is very troublesome, it's not something you can't endure for the sake of a better life.

Henry may not be able to stop others from having doubts, but he should at least know not to leave evidence behind.

In short, there are currently twenty-three items remaining on the to-do list.