I really can't control myself.

Chapter 4174 Information
After more than an hour, Linton finally stopped.

It wasn't because the system on this side had actually survived, but rather because Linton's patience had run out.

That's right, as I just said, this isn't something that can be stopped at will by the system's Xiao Hei side; it only stops when Linton's side does.

However, the system Xiao Hei was indeed not going to change at this time. Although he had never been beaten since he was a child, this beating made up for all the debts he had owed since childhood, and even made up for four times the amount.

The system, Xiao Hei, was somewhat numb now, and his expression as he lay on the ground conveyed a sense of utter despair. Indeed, his expressions after being beaten were even more varied now, revealing his current mental state.

"Alright, I'm satisfied." Linton shook his hands, looking like he'd had a good time. "Let's talk about what you just said."

"Huh?" The system Xiao Hei was clearly out of the loop, and when it suddenly heard Linton say something about what had just been said, it couldn't even remember what it was.

"Oh? You were just saying that offhand?" Linton's expression immediately changed.

Seeing Linton's fierce expression, the system Xiao Hei immediately panicked. Indeed, he was truly subdued now. His previous ambition to seize Linton's body had completely vanished; now, just seeing Linton's furrowed brow filled him with fear.

He quickly tried to recall what Linton had said, and then remembered what he had said when he was begging for mercy—something else about Zhang Tuo.

The problem is that he's panicking now, because he doesn't even know what he's talking about.

He knew a great deal about the investigator Zhang Tuo, after all, the two had spent a considerable amount of time together. The problem was, he didn't remember everything, and who knew what Linton really wanted to know?

He had only said it casually to beg for mercy, thinking that as long as he could get Linton to stop, he could think of something else later. But now he was beaten like this, and his mind was completely filled with pain. He couldn't remember anything at all.

"Yes, yes... I know, I know..." Although that was the actual situation, System Black didn't dare to tell Linton directly that he had just said it casually, right? Otherwise, judging from Linton's condition, he would probably beat him for another hour.

So, the system assistant, Xiao Hei, dragged things out while frantically trying to recall what he had learned. He clearly didn't have much time left, as Linton was right in front of him waiting for his next words. He had only dragged things out for a few seconds when Linton's expression began to change.

"Do you think I'm very good..." Linton clearly saw through the system's plan. Was it still using Phoenix Wright's method? Just as he was about to explode, the system suddenly seemed to have thought of something.

"Oh right, he once said he wanted to team up with that Xu Yuan..."

“You’ve already mentioned this before,” Linton said, frowning.

"Then they wanted to resign together..." System Xiao Hei suddenly said.

"Resigned?" Linton was taken aback; he'd never heard of this before. What did "resigned" mean? Was it even possible to resign?
That's right, his personal panel has always shown his job level, from ordinary employee to engineer. Linton completes tasks to earn contribution points in order to get promoted.

However, the system suddenly sent out a resignation message. Does this mean I can resign? Does resigning mean I can leave the identity of the Investigator? Does it mean I can leave the entire world?

Linton had always suspected that he was in a place similar to a giant online game. He just didn't know how he got there, having lost that part of his memory.

More importantly, there are no other players here for some reason. There should have been before, but now they have all disappeared.

Did all of these players leave? All of them? Did the company go bankrupt?
"Did Zhang Tuo mention what kind of work he does? What company does he work for?" Linton asked directly.

"This... I don't know, I've never heard of it." System Xiao Hei, still lying on the ground, answered weakly.

"Crack!" Linton didn't say much, he just clenched his fist and made a crisp sound.

Upon hearing the voice, the system, Xiao Hei, quickly replied, "I really don't know, sir. I really don't know much about this. The guy talked mostly about his girlfriend, Xu Yuan, and he hardly mentioned anything about work."

"Then... how do I resign?" Linton didn't dwell on the question any further, deciding to put it aside for now and ask for other information first.

Indeed, how to resign is also a big problem. After all, Linton had already carefully checked the entire personal panel and studied almost all the options, but there was no resignation option at all.

After discovering that this world might be similar to an online game, he tried to quit. However, neither the options on the page, nor directly telling the system to quit, nor asking how to quit, elicited any response.

Judging from Zhang Tuo's previous statements, it seems that resigning is not an easy thing to achieve. After all, if he really wanted to resign with his girlfriend, he could just resign directly. Why did he have to fantasize and talk to the system Xiao Hei in the tone of wanting to achieve some ideal?

"This...I..." System Xiao Hei clearly didn't know much about these things and was trying hard to recall. It was obvious that Zhang Tuo hadn't told him all of this at once, but rather pieced together information from snippets of conversation. He was racking his brains to remember what he had learned.

"Ah...we should meet up with Xu Yuan first, and then...establish a guild. Right, we need to establish a guild first, and then participate in some kind of competition." The system, Xiao Hei, seemed to have remembered something and said to Lin Dun.

"A competition? A guild tournament? A ranked match?" Linton asked.

"Ranked...right, ranked." The system assistant, Xiao Hei, immediately said after being reminded by Lin Dun, "We did talk about ranked."

"So resignation is related to ranking?" Linton asked. "Are the bottom-ranked employees directly fired? No... being fired is one thing, but resignation should be voluntary. So only those with higher rankings get resigned? Is resignation some kind of reward mechanism?"

“Yes, yes, yes…it should be…” System Xiao Hei said, following Lin Dun’s words.

"You know he said that?" Linton asked.

"Uh... I was just agreeing, he didn't say that..." System Black scratched its head, then, seeing Linton squinting, quickly added, "Wait, let me think... there seems to be something else..."