Trafford's Trading Club

Chapter 1678: Chapter 28: Parents and Children

Taking advantage while people were injecting the Magic Energy Glamour, a black shadow swiftly darted into a small building.

After entering the building, Kaia didn’t immediately make a sound but instead became even more cautious… She checked each room one by one.

Suddenly, Kaia turned around, lifted her head, and executed a remarkably standard and impactful side kick.

“It’s me!”

The long legs stopped in front of the newcomer… Kaia was momentarily stunned, then hugged the person tightly… She buried her head into his chest, breathing deeply and murmuring his name: “Joash! Finally, I can see you!”

“Kaia…” The man… Joash also embraced her tightly, breathing in the scent of his wife.

This filled him with nostalgia and obsession, like a dream – not long ago, everything in the underground mine was still vivid in his mind.

Kaia quickly suppressed her excitement and firmly gripped Dr. Joash’s arms, rapidly asking, “Joash, how did you escape? Why was Longgang captured?”

“Mr. Longgang saved me in the underground mine…” Dr. Joash sighed, “It seems he sacrificed a lot.”

Kaia nodded, her face heavy, “The Destiny Organization took nearly twelve years to penetrate the underground mine… To rescue you, they did indeed sacrifice a lot.”

“You… you are indeed part of Destiny.” Dr. Joash silently gazed at his wife with a complex look.

“I’m sorry, Joash.” Kaia smiled bitterly, “Back then, the Undersea City liberated a batch of slaves from the Sea Demon Clan… My time living with them is my past. But it’s not as you imagine… Joash, believe me, the Undersea City is not as wonderful as you think! The Undersea City…”

“Don’t say anything.” Joash shook his head, stopping Kaia from speaking, “You mean the Undersea City is continuously devouring the residents here, don’t you?”

“You… you know?”

Joash smiled bitterly, “How could I not know… The Sixth Institute, in name, is a neonatal vaccination station for testing the health of newborns. But in reality, its existence is to deprive newborns of certain things… and extract certain things.”

“Joash!” Kaia suddenly shouted.

But Joash retreated two steps at this moment, distancing himself from his wife, “I knew before that you secretly read my documents… I initially didn’t understand why you did it; I even thought you discovered something, and that’s why you did those things. Even when I got arrested by the Gendarme Team, I always thought it was because of the thing I had done that was exposed. But it was not…”

“Joash, what are you talking about?” Kaia frowned immediately, “I don’t understand what you mean.”

“If you don’t understand, let it be.” Joash shook his head, then looked at his wife again, calmly saying, “This time, the Destiny Organization is willing to go to great lengths to save me, possibly because they learned something about the Sixth Institute from you?”

“That’s not true, Joash, I just…”

“You approached me, even fell in love and married me… was it all because of Destiny’s existence, to steal secrets of the Sixth Institute from me, wasn’t it?”

“No… I admit when I got married and started a family, part of the reason was to better hide my identity. But I promise, for this family, for you, for our child, I never intended to use you.” Kaia’s face turned slightly pale.

“You… you cannot fight against the Kingdom Government.” Joash painfully held his head, “You can’t fight that Witch… and the Emperor!”

“Joash, what’s happening to you!” Kaia anxiously rushed forward.

But Joash’s eyes suddenly turned red, and he grabbed his wife Kaia’s neck, pressing her directly to the ground, “Can’t escape! We cannot escape! Everything here is monitored… Everything is under that person’s scrutiny! It’s the same here, outside, throughout the Undersea City!”

“Mind… control…” Kaia seemed to realize something, fearfully spoke amidst the struggle, “Silver Moon… Witch? What did she do to you!”

However, Joash seemed unable to hear, completely lost in madness, his hands gripping Kaia’s neck, veins bulging with an intent to kill.

“Joash…” In desperation, Kaia had no choice but to act – she pulled out the Magic Energy short gun from her waist, even at the lowest power, it forcefully sent Joash’s body flying, slamming into the ceiling.

“Joash!” Kaia quickly got up, flipping Joash’s body, pressing his hands, “Snap out of it!”

“Kaia…” Joash seemed to regain a shred of sanity, looked at his wife with complex eyes, “Our child has… has a seed to fight against ‘It’… ‘It’. And… the secret of the Emperor’s immortality is… in the Sixth Institute. Go quickly -!”

“Joash?!”

The husband who should have been restrained suddenly gained frantic strength, not only that, some bodily mutations rapidly unfolded on Dr. Joash.

He let out a beast-like roar.

Kaia retreated in terror… Her body almost got pierced by Joash’s mutated sharp claws; she inhaled sharply, trembling while looking at her current husband, “Corruption… how could you…”

At that moment, Joash didn’t rush towards Kaia, instead, after another roar, he crashed into the window and leaped out onto the street.

The moment he landed, dozens of blue flashes came forth… They struck Dr. Joash’s body, and in just a moment, it turned into a beehive-like state.

Kaia mournfully watched this scene… She saw that it was the Gendarme Team taking action – evidently, they had been lying in wait here early on!

It was Joash… who brought her to this place.

He may have been under the control of the Silver Moon Witch.

Kaia’s mind was now in chaos, inadvertently glancing at the street-facing Magic Energy Glamour screen… On the screen, at this moment, a live broadcast was showing Lei Yaz stepping off Flywheel, rescuing a severely injured player.

“How could Lei Yaz…”

Kaia’s eyes immediately narrowed… But before she could think further, the Gendarme Team on the street had already noticed her, rapidly rushing forward.

Kaia bit her lip, sorrowfully glanced at Dr. Joash’s corpse on the street, and suddenly broke through the rooftop of the small building, leaping up.

“Chase! She’s gone up!”

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Arena, Emperor’s exclusive seat.

Girl Liuge suddenly put down the tablet she was holding and then picked up a nearby cup, drinking from the pale red beverage.

She glanced at Qin Chuyu, found she was still closing her eyes and said nothing, only beginning to focus on what was happening in the arena.

She reached out, controlling the viewing screen in front, zooming in on the scene of Lei Yaz, who was sitting dumbfounded on the track among many contestants.

“Does this young man have anything special?”

“I thought you wouldn’t come back to your senses.” Girl Liuge said with a half-smile.

Qin Chuyu replied calmly, “Out of so many contestants, it seems only he remains unaffected.”

“What influence.” Girl Liuge said indifferently: “I don’t know what you’re talking about, Miss Qin.”

Qin Chuyu said: “Today’s Undersea City is filled with an eerie fervor… those people, those competitors, have unknowingly triggered a mass of negative emotions, becoming aggressive without realizing it… aren’t you pretending not to know?”

“Do I look like a violent person to Miss Qin?” Girl Liuge asked with a smile.

“If you say so, then it must be true.” Qin Chuyu smiled indifferently and then closed her eyes again.

“A really annoying personality.” Girl Liuge chuckled, crossing her legs and adjusting her sitting position, then spoke to herself: “This child is called Lei Yaz, the only one over the years who has not been injected with the ‘Vaccine’. “

‘Vaccine’.

Qin Chuyu remembered this sentence, but did not ask – she knew this girl would say no more than this… this girl’s personality was also annoying to her.

“Take a look, this is Louis’s ability.” Girl Liuge pointed at the track ahead, smiled and said: “Within the Undersea City, Louis has the power to turn wishes into reality. He said his ‘Flywheel’ could have life, then the ‘Flywheel’ will have life, even evolve.”

Qin Chuyu slowly opened her eyes, casually glanced over and coldly sneered, “Pretending to be mysterious.”

But at this moment, Qin Chuyu’s gaze shifted slightly… she looked at the screen in front of Girl Liuge and couldn’t help but reveal a trace of realization.

So… the person you want to help is this young man.

Seemingly sensing Qin Chuyu’s gaze, Girl Liuge looked again at the screen—only to see Lei Yaz pushing his ‘Flywheel’,[…] Asla with a lost expression, slowly entering the temporary supply platform.

On the platform, his supporters were waiting… a man and a woman.

A young man with black hair and black eyes.

Girl Liuge’s gaze couldn’t help but focus, as these traits matched what Emperor Louis XXXIX had once told her.

Soon, Girl Liuge picked up the tablet placed aside again and fiddled with it.

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…

When Lei Yaz pushed the ‘Flywheel’ Asla into the temporary supply point and finally came to Boss Luo and the Maid, he suddenly fell silent.

The Maid said nothing, directly stepped forward, checking the ‘Flywheel’ Asla, and quickly replacing some worn-out parts.

Lei Yaz didn’t look at these, just suddenly sat aside, hugged his knees, lowered his head, silent all the way.

Boss Luo, not skilled in technological work, brought two bottles of water, sat next to Lei Yaz, “You don’t plan to continue the race?”

“I… should I continue the race?” Lei Yaz looked at Luo Qiu with confusion.

Luo Qiu said, “It’s your race.”

“This… this isn’t the race I want.” Lei Yaz shook his head: “The ideal ‘Flywheel’ competition in my mind isn’t like this. This is simply… simply not a race.”

“But you already knew these things before, didn’t you.”

Lei Yaz was once again confused, before… he indeed knew the ‘Flywheel’ competition was like this. Lei Yaz now looked at his own hands, trembling, “What’s wrong with me… only now do I realize I was just as crazy as those people, excited for those competitors who failed on the track… I… I feel, feel my own hands were just as sinful, I…”

He suddenly painfully grabbed his head, “I don’t know… I can’t figure it out! Undersea City… this isn’t the Undersea City I know!”

“What do you think this is.” Boss Luo opened the water bottle and handed it to Lei Yaz.

“Water… water?” Lei Yaz looked at Luo Qiu in confusion, this was indeed a bottle of water.

Boss Luo said, “How do you know it is water.”

“Isn’t this a simple question?” Lei Yaz responded subconsciously: “No matter how you look at it, it’s water… everyone knows this is water! What exactly are you trying to say.”

Boss Luo slowly said, “You think it is water because that perspective of it being water is bestowed upon it by everyone’s concept. But if this piece of cognition is stripped of the knowledge you have learned… how would you feel, what exactly it is.”

Lei Yaz opened his mouth, perplexed, and shook his head, hugging his knees, “I’m so troubled now… don’t want to think about this question. This is clearly water! What cognition or nonsense! Even if you cover my ears, don’t let me touch it, as long as I smell its scent, I would know it is water!”

“Your nose is really sensitive.” Boss Luo smiled and said.

Lei Yaz shook his head, feeling bewildered… Nose, nose, breathing… air?

Lei Yaz seemed to think of something at this moment, suddenly stood up… he looked around the massive arena, gazed at the surging crowd, and looked upward at the azure blue sky.

Suddenly, Lei Yaz closed his eyes, slowly exhaled, then took a deep breath—his breathing was exceptionally slow, as if to distinguish something.

“Something… appeared.” Lei Yaz muttered to himself: “They’re pouring out from everyone’s bodies… many, many—the scent is… “

Lei Yaz suddenly opened his eyes, “It’s the scent of the Sea Demon Clan!”

Immediately, Lei Yaz raised his hand, pointed at the massive sphere above the arena, frightened, “That thing… is absorbing these scents! Could… could today’s differences among everyone be because of it?”

Lei Yaz suddenly looked at Boss Luo, as if seeking an answer.

But Luo Qiu didn’t speak, simply handed the water bottle he was holding to Lei Yaz—and in Lei Yaz’s bewildered gaze, walked aside.

The Maid’s voice sounded at this moment, “Alright, Lei Yaz, Asla has been refueled.”

Lei Yaz instinctively looked toward his ‘Flywheel’, only to see Asla’s shell, glowing as new, and… and being stripped of nearly a quarter of its outer shell.

At this moment, Asla’s size was also not much different from Lei Yaz’s body size.

“I…”

“We’re just here to support you.” Boss Luo smiled and said: “Whether to continue the race, the decision is yours.”

“Do I still have a chance.” Lei Yaz laughed bitterly, looking at the massive ring-shaped track above him, where the nearest competitor to him had already lapped him nearly ten times.

As for the Emperor, at this moment, Trader’s breaking everyone, crashing through, devouring other ‘Flywheels’, charging into the first echelon… already forming an invincible stance.

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