Trafford's Trading Club

Chapter 1467: Chapter 94: Your Future Self

Meanwhile, Tai Yinzi, who was in the world of the Main God Project, suddenly shivered… He glanced around but didn’t find anything, so he buried his head back into the environment of drunken dreams that he had created himself.

…

“A swap… what kind of swap?” The maid asked with a smile.

Da Zhe replied neither obsequiously nor arrogantly, “He said he’s been in there for quite some time and wanted to come out for some fresh air… I suppose that place probably needs at least one Black soul envoy to be stationed there, right?”

Although Tai Yinzi didn’t specify that the Main God Mountain indeed required a Black soul envoy to maintain stability, Da Zhe deduced this with a little thought—otherwise, Tai Yinzi could simply have slipped out on his own without needing to ask for a swap.

“Indeed, it requires the presence of a Black Soul to maintain stability inside.” The maid nodded and said, “Actually, this setup was initially meant to punish Tai Yinzi for his previous escapades… But since you’ve guessed it, why did you agree to him?”

Da Zhe was about to say something when Boss Luo suddenly waved his hand with a smile and said, “Let’s deal with the purchases first; now that we’re home, why are we still talking outside?”

The maid compliantly responded and even obediently carried the items into the kitchen.

Behind her, Boss Luo and Da Zhe slowly strolled around the courtyard.

This boss is increasingly taking on the role of the family head… Da Zhe thought. At this moment, he was following behind Luo Qiu, slightly half a step slower.

This seemed to be how Da Zhe had always positioned himself… Luo Qiu turned his head to glance back, and as he stopped walking, Da Zhe would immediately get closer and take on a listening posture.

“If it were Tai Yinzi, he’d probably tell you to keep it a secret, wouldn’t he?” Boss Luo asked directly after thinking for a moment.

Da Zhe nodded, “He did say that.”

Luo Qiu paused, looking at the neatly groomed courtyard, and then smiled and said, “You know, my father originally wasn’t surnamed Luo; he was adopted later… I didn’t grow up in Luo Jia Village, so my feelings towards the people there have always been distant.”

Da Zhe seriously stated, “Boss, rest assured, I’ve never thought to rely on this layer of connection… Besides, even if I had such intentions, I long ago…”

Luo Qiu waved his hand, interrupting Da Zhe, and shook his head, “Honestly, sometimes I even hope you’d have such intentions… You’re too upright at times; perhaps being a bit slick like Tai Yinzi might be a good thing—of course, for me, your constant uprightness is naturally a good thing too. But the question is, can you ensure that you’ll always remain upright?”

Da Zhe pondered silently… Understanding this master’s meaning wasn’t an easy task—he suddenly found it difficult to grasp what this boss actually hoped for him to be.

“It’s not about what I hope for you to be,” Luo Qiu said calmly, “but rather what you hope for yourself to be. As Gan Jin, you’re already dead; now you are a Black soul envoy… However, even being a Black soul envoy is a different form of living.”

Da Zhe seemed thoughtful.

Luo Qiu smiled slightly at this moment, “But, this is just my personal thought, not something imperative… After all, as the Black soul envoy you are now, I can’t even find anything to criticize.”

Da Zhe was taken aback, then smiled bitterly, “Boss, you are really hard to please.”

“When it’s just us, call me by my name,” Luo Qiu suddenly said.

Da Zhe opened his mouth, then seriously nodded… He knew some things, knew that this young boss hadn’t held the position of the Club Owner for long and was actually quite young, even younger than him by a whole zodiac cycle.

So does he actually feel lonely?

Boss Luo suddenly said, “You’ve been with me for a while… When you have the time, take a trip back to Luo Jia Village. After all, the things made by the Magic Mirror in the Main God Project world are just fantasy.”

Da Zhe immediately shivered and quickly lowered his head, saying, “Boss, if I leave now, Ms. You Ye will be the only one by your side, which seems inconvenient… I’ll wait for later.”

Luo Qiu smiled and said, “There’s also Nero, although she’s a bit active, she won’t be completely incapable.”

Unexpectedly, Da Zhe showed a perplexed expression at this moment, curiously looking at Boss Luo and asking, “Boss… Who is Nero? I have a familiar feeling, but can’t remember… Seems like there is such a person, yet also like there isn’t?”

Luo Qiu suddenly looked at Da Zhe, his gaze becoming deep… This gave Da Zhe a feeling of suffocation, as if his whole body was frozen.

Boss Luo’s gaze flashed by, but Da Zhe felt like he had just fought against tens of thousands of Void Primordial Demons, leaving him exhausted… His legs were as heavy as if tied to two mountains.

“Boss?” Da Zhe tentatively asked.

Luo Qiu shook his head, “Nothing, I just remembered you don’t know this fellow… I’ll introduce you to her another time… Hmm, then wait a while before having your vacation.”

“Alright.” Da Zhe nodded.

At this point, Boss Luo walked directly towards the maid… Da Zhe looked around in confusion, feeling like something was missing… Like the sound of bouncing, suicidal energy was absent… Nero?

Who is Nero?

…

“Nero?” The maid, handling dinner ingredients in the kitchen, turned around with a curious expression, “Is the Nero Master referring to Claudius… that Roman Emperor?”

Earlier, Boss Luo walked into the kitchen and casually asked the maid, “By the way, have you heard of Nero?”

Upon hearing the maid’s answer, Boss Luo said calmly, “Do you know anything about this Emperor?”

Although she didn’t know why the Master suddenly became interested in this Roman historical Emperor, the maid, who always answered the Master’s questions, nodded, “I’ve learned about some things related to him… Hmm, I remember the account books seem to have records of transactions with this Emperor, should I get them?”

“No need.” Boss Luo smiled slightly, “I’ll look them up myself… After all, I’m looking forward to You Ye’s cooking tonight.”

The maid smiled sweetly.

…

After this, Boss Luo returned to his room and walked to the ‘craftwork’ made by Luo Ya using a model of the castle… He casually picked a piece from this ‘craftwork’ to play with, pondering about this strange matter—the existence of Nero seemed to have disappeared from the memories of You Ye and Da Zhe.

If for some reason, the traces of Nero’s existence were erased, logically speaking, his memory of Nero should also have been erased—under such circumstances, it cannot be said that Nero’s existence is merely a figment of his imagination.

Actually, there’s another method to prove whether Nero was imagined or really existed, and that is to check if Nero’s Life Lamp exists within the Covenant Chest—the result is… it does not!

The Life Lamp of Nero is surprisingly absent from the Covenant Chest.

“Search for information, Nero… the Archangel of the Club of Michael in this sub-world, keywords: [The Tyrant].” Boss Luo suddenly whispered… his health started to deduct, but it was so slight it could be ignored.

Almost instantly after he said this, a sheepskin scroll appeared in Luo Qiu’s hand—it documented the intelligence he purchased this time.

Putting the component he picked from the ‘craftwork’ back in its original place, Luo Qiu spread the sheepskin scroll on the table and examined it closely.

Record:

[Tyrant Nero of Michael Club’s Twelve Divine Generals has been slain by Gongsun Shiyu in the Mount Tai incident.]

The information on the sheepskin scroll is just this—showing that Nero was already killed—she did not subsequently become a Black Soul envoy.

“Calculate.” Luo Qiu pondered for a moment, then suddenly whispered, “The possibility of historical revision.”

Another sheepskin scroll appeared in Luo Qiu’s palm, he opened it and glanced quickly, then frowned before whispering again, “Extract the transaction content.”

At this point, a third sheepskin scroll appeared in Boss Luo’s palm. He opened it once more… this time, his frown deepened.

The third sheepskin scroll astonishingly reads: [This transaction content has been encrypted per customer request… the current time the Club Owner has is insufficient to offset the encryption, please keep up the effort]

The notion of keeping up the effort seemed quite spiritual… Boss Luo couldn’t help opening his mouth—didn’t it seem that for a long time the altar hadn’t urged him to do business… after all, the Main God Project had been steadily earning, and the profits weren’t too bad.

So, was he being looked down upon?

Holding the third sheepskin scroll, Luo Qiu slowly paced in the room, until the sunlight outside finally disappeared, the earth completely covered by the approaching shadow… only when the last beam of light on the horizon vanished did he softly say, “Calculate… the scope of customers capable of historical revision… add another condition: encoding authority quantities that exceed my current health points.”

The sheepskin scroll this time did not appear immediately.

Luo Qiu wasn’t anxious… he had always been patient—as he quietly sensed the decrement in his health points—when the reduction reached almost one-third, the fourth sheepskin scroll finally appeared in his palm.

Without any expression, Luo Qiu opened the intelligence, glanced at it casually, then after a silence, collected it slowly… eventually, this fourth sheepskin scroll, along with the previous intelligence scrolls, turned directly to ashes.

“The answer is only one…”

Luo Qiu slowly exhaled… the final result calculated on the last sheepskin scroll was only one: [Your future self]

“My future self… why did you erase Nero’s history.”

Luo Qiu couldn’t help but fall into deep thought—the disappearance of Nero, it seemed that even he couldn’t find out the reason now, brought him a sense of relief.

As the Club Owner, theoretically, apart from the altar, nobody else could restrict him… even the altar lately was in a state of [I don’t care about you]… but if it’s his future self?

Only his future self could restrict him this way… because his future self would be more powerful… or know more than the current him.

The question is, why would his future self do this—why only make himself remember Nero’s existence… was it to deliberately let himself discover this matter, then calculate the answer [Your future self]?

“Does my future self… want to communicate with me.”

This was the conclusion Luo Qiu reached after considering many factors… but if he were to communicate with his future self, it would be equivalent to peeping into the future.

You Ye once said, the previous Club Owner peeped into the future, but his life almost completely depleted… to be frank, at this moment, Luo Qiu didn’t have the confidence to undertake this expenditure.

“Not right…” Looking at his remaining health points, Luo Qiu suddenly frowned—his future self couldn’t be unclear about his current state, nor unfamiliar with his current health points, so [Your future self] definitely wasn’t wanting him to have a conversation.

“The key is…” Boss Luo smiled slightly at this moment, “solely on the condition that only I remember Nero.”

Because he still remembers Nero’s existence, he would care about the content of the transaction involving [further history of Nero’s existence]—so in the short term, to access this transaction content, he would need to achieve substantial earnings.

Suddenly, for some reason, from this incident, Boss Luo suddenly felt a sense of urgency revealed by [Your future self] in handling this matter.

…

At dinner, Luo Ya had still not awakened, so at the dining table, it was just the Boss, Ms. You Ye, and Da Zhe.

Luo Qiu didn’t bring up any matters concerning Nero here… mentioning it would be pointless, as it was already a part of erased history—this was the power of the altar.

However, Luo Qiu did bring up a bit about the Main God Project… he casually asked, “By the way, how is the profit effect of the sub-world currently within the Main God Project?”

Ms. You Ye was a bit surprised, having the impression that the master wasn’t personally concerned with specific profits, but she still carefully reported upon hearing the question.

Da Zhe was attentively listening on the side… perhaps someday, he might be like Tai Yinzi? If that were the case, naturally, the sooner he understood it, the better.

“… Overall, with the abilities of Zhao Le and Chen Mingming, they can fully handle the entrance to the sub-world; given the current progress, I believe it will take another ten years until the population of this sub-world will fully enter the Main God Project world,” Ms. You Ye finally concluded.

“Ten years…” Luo Qiu nonchalantly said, “Can we open another entrance to the sub-world?”

When he said this, Ms. You Ye and Da Zhe both paused for a moment… feeling that the Boss seemed suddenly intensely interested in this matter?