Chapter 7.1 - Night
The mission was completed without a hitch, but Su found that he didnât feel happy at all. It felt as if there was a hundred kilograms of weight on his back. After entering the Black Dragonriders, there had always been a question looming in his heart, one that would always surface in his mind. What exactly was all this slaughter for?
The number of lives that were ended at Suâs hands wasnât small, but when he was in the wilderness, slaughter was always for the sake of survival. However, inside the Black Dragonriders where most people lived an olden eraâs style of living, slaughter was mostly for benefits, for the sake of more resources, wealth, authority, and evolutionary points. The reason dragonriders fought against the outside world was mainly to plunder resources.
Su had read from a book left behind from the olden era that the natural resources of that world could still provide for many, many people. Even though wars never stopped, it was done so in moderation. Even though life was difficult, there was still order. In most places, casual killing was not allowed. When those in the wilderness heard this, they felt as if this was like heaven. However, the final war changed everything. It all began together with the countless devastating mushroom clouds that buried everything deeply within ruins.
The location to turn in the mission was a small tavern at the edge of a city. This place where chaos and sex was prevalent also suited the style of this mission. After handing over the bag carrying Steel Kahli to the individual designated at the very bottom of the mission statement, he finally released a breath of relief. He didnât want to stay here for a second longer, turning a deaf ear even to that individualâs proposed toast to success before leaving the tavern in an almost rude manner and heading towards Dragon City.
Su felt extremely conflicted inwardly. Thatâs why he didnât want any trouble and came here wearing a mask that covered most of his face. However, it was clear that there were still some people who recognized him from his light blonde hair and single eye. These people were all strong and robust, purposely exposing their bodies that were covered in sinister-looking scars. Most of them were equipped with one or two levels of Combat Domain abilities as well. In the surroundings of Dragon City, one could forget about surviving without a few levels of Combat Domain ability.
However, what surprised Su and even put him between laughter and tears was that those that recognized him not only didnât come looking for trouble, but even put on smiles while lowering their bodies and hiding into the dark corners.
Su couldnât help but smile, understanding that this should be the result of what Li and Li Gaolei accomplished on gray street, especially after Li seriously injured a private first ranked dragonrider and beat up half of gray streetâs robust men.
The rewards for the assassination this time was unexpectedly abundant, bringing Su a total of 300 thousand, as well as enough merit to promote himself to lieutenant colonel. General headquarters even showed a humane side to them for the first time, considerately allowing Su to postpone his promotion for three months but allowing him to have all of a lieutenant colonelâs level of authority first. Suâs lightning fast advance in ranking would bring him many unnecessary troubles; this was definitely not something general headquartersâ senior officers wouldnât understand.
Before he had time to decide what to do with the 300 thousand, Su received a message from Helen, requiring him to immediately pay the hospital a visit. As soon as he thought about that completely joyless physical examination, Su immediately replied, âNot going.â
âPersephone is here.â Helen unexpectedly threw out seemingly tempting bait.
âImpossible. You already used this reason last time.â Su immediately foiled Helenâs schemes.
âCome now, or else you will regret it.â Helen saw that her trick didnât work, so she immediately tossed aside her warm expression impatiently and revealed her true ice-cold appearance.
âProbably wonât regret it.â Suâs voice became a bit gentler. Helen seemed quite serious, and only when there were extremely important matters would she act like this. However, Su truly didnât wish to see Helen, didnât wish to go to her hospital. Every single meticulous instrument had repeatedly appeared in his nightmares before.
Helen didnât respond and instead directly cut off communications.
Su shook his head, changing his direction and heading towards Persephoneâs private hospital.
An hour later, the completely naked Su was lying flat on the ice-cold laboratory platform, silently watching Helenâs hand personally apply sensors to every part of his body. Even though Helen looked exactly the same as in the past without any changes, for some reason, Su just had this feeling that she was extremely tired and her mood was incredibly sullen. Her beautiful face that normally didnât have a hint of emotion seemed to be covered in a dark shadow.
Following Helenâs push of a button, the laboratory platform slowly carried Su towards a light blue circular device. Clattering sounds continuously sounded, and then the laboratory platform was completely sealed. A strand of anesthetic gas entered the circular device. Su cooperatively relaxed his body as well, from there on entering a state of sleep.
What followed was a peaceful and warm darkness.
When he woke up from the darkness, Su unexpectedly found that he was a bit reluctant to leave that peaceful darkness. The data he received from his body told him that an hour and eleven minutes had passed. A few seconds later, all of the data converged, and from which Su learned that apart from a few pinholes, as well as having a few rays of light, Helen didnât do anything too different. The amounts of tests that were carried out seemed to be even less than before as well.
The laboratory platform had already reseted. Su sat up on the laboratory platform. He found that his uniform had been folded neatly and placed on a portable surface. Helen was holding a thin plate intelligence system, and right now, she was completely focused on the sea of data that poured down the screen. With his level of comprehension, Su could only understand a portion of the dataâs meaning. He had no idea what most of it meant. With the passage of every second, the data on the screen would refresh 15 times. Su could keep up with this type of speed, only, it would make him a bit tired unlike how relaxed Helen looked.
âAre there any problems?â Su asked customarily. He naturally knew that there was nothing wrong with himself. However, not having any problems was a huge problem in itself. After experiencing the tremendous explosion at Kahliâs house, Su broke a few small bones, but after a few days worth of time, these bones had already basically healed. In the past, Su never felt that this was a problem, but now, he knew that this type of recovery speed was definitely not something a normal person should have. At the very least, it wasnât something most people associated with the definition of human. Based on the value general headquarters placed on mutated creatures, Su reckoned that his own price would be enough to make most dragonriders go mad. As for who could stop this from happening, apart from Persephone, there might not be many others.
âYour body doesnât have any problems. This time, apart from a routine inspection, I also needed to obtain data on your bodyâs sizes to order a set of formal attire for you.â Helen didnât move her eyes from her screen as she spoke indifferently.
âFormal attire?â Su felt that it was quite strange. If it was a normal combat suit, then that would be nothing special. He had never worn a formal attire in his entire life, and he almost never made contact with this sideâs knowledge, to the extent where he didnât even know what parts formal attire included. Fine, he did skip one class in the dragonrider training, the etiquette class.
âThis is mandatory for the day after tomorrowâs evening banquet. Could it be that you wish to wear your dragonrider uniform or maybe even your combat suit to participate in Persephoneâs evening banquet?â
Su recalled the message Persephone sent him a few days ago, telling him that she was going to hold a birthday evening party and that Su had to attend. At that time, he didnât think too much about it, only agreeing to her request and mechanically recording it into his schedule.
Su knew the definition of evening party, but he had never participated in one. Evening parties were things people in the olden era who didnât lack basic necessities had. In this era where everyone was constantly struggling for survival, the term evening party was extremely out of place. However, since Persephone who was always fighting in the northern front was going to suddenly return and prepare what was supposedly an extremely grand evening party, she likely had some ulterior motive.
Su could almost smell a hint of gunpowder and conspiracy.
The entire examination process had been completed. Right when Su was going to bid Helen goodbye, his head suddenly felt dizzy and his body swayed back and forth.
âWhat is wrong?â Helen noticed the abnormality in Suâs behavior and reached out a hand to support him.
Even though he was in a state of dizziness, Suâs sharp perception strength still instinctively conducted a simple analysis of Helenâs strength. From her arm, Su only felt strength that was slightly greater than that of a normal woman, and he didnât detect any potential for other special abilities. Helen clearly didnât have a single level of strengthened power. This amount of power could only barely support Su, preventing him from falling.
âIâm fine.â Su steadied his body in a somewhat difficult manner. The world in his eyes was covered in a layer of shadows, as if everything was an illusion.
In the void world, Helenâs figure became somewhat indistinct as welL. Behind her was a large and tall black man with an overcast expression that was staring coldly at Su with snake-like eyes. His gaze couldnât be considered to contain hostility, but it was definitely not kindness. In addition, he seemed to be stuck closely behind Helen, with a portion of the void figureâs body overlapping with herâs.
This black manâs face was one Su recognized. He was Lynch, one of the three dragonriders that wanted to kill him in the past, but for some reason, later on, this most dangerous sniper never appeared on the battlefield. This allowed Su to smoothly deal with Kafen and Maria.
However, what did this scene mean? Could it be that there was some relationship between Lynch and Helen?
âSu, what exactly is going on with you? Do you need another examination?â Helen revealed a rare trace of concern. However, the weight of the word examination was too much, and it easily shattered the void world, returning Su back to reality. Those strange sensations naturally disappeared as well.
âIâm fine. Itâs nothing, really.â Suâs green eye lit up once again, and his smile seemed just as natural as well.
Helen carefully looked at Su, but she didnât mention the requirement to carry out another examination. Su inwardly breathed a sigh of relief before hurriedly leaving.
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