I'll Remember This Grudge! (4K)

Chen Luo had some confidence in Mobius's technology, but the key question was whether Mobius understood things like souls and consciousness transfer.

But no matter what, Chen Luo couldn't just give Mobius this priceless treasure that had cost him 1,600 Primogems for free—unless she offered a higher price.

"Today was seriously exciting." Chen Luo finally sighed, putting a comma on the day.

The reason it wasn't a period was that the night might bring something even more exciting.

You never knew whether an accident or a new customer would come first.

"Maybe I should get some poker cards and mahjong sets for the bar? So they don't get bored? After all, the longer they stay in the bar, the more Primogems I can fleece from them. Mm, that's settled!" Chen Luo slapped his thigh and pushed open the door as he walked out.

Hopefully, Chen Luo's bar wouldn't turn into a game room in the future. Still, the problem probably wouldn't be that serious.

But just as Chen Luo stepped out of the bar, his phone rang.

"Yun Xia?" Chen Luo's heart stirred.

If Chen Luo had guessed right, this call was probably related to... the War Angel.

Right, her name was Yvette. Chen Luo always forgot her name.

"Hello." Chen Luo answered the phone.

"A-Luo, are you home yet?"

"Yeah, I just got home. What's up?"

"It's like this. Aren't you going traveling during summer vacation? If you're traveling, you probably won't have time to do your summer homework, right?" Yun Xia asked.

"???" Good lord, she had specifically called to ask about his summer homework?

"It's not a big deal. At worst, after school starts, I can just say I lost my summer homework." Chen Luo answered casually.

"That's too risky. I have a machine here that can automatically imitate handwriting and do homework. Later, I'll have it do yours too."

"There are actually machines like that? You people in the Dark World really are weird." Chen Luo was shocked.

"Also, don't tell me your previous homework was written by this machine too?" Chen Luo asked offhandedly.

"How could that be? I'm a model student. How could I do something like that? If it weren't because you're going traveling this time, why would I use this machine? Anyway, enough talking. I'll have someone come pick up your homework in a little while. Remember to give it to him."

"Okay, okay." Chen Luo nodded.

Yet even after she hung up, Chen Luo still looked utterly bewildered.

He had originally thought she might be contacting him because of Yvette, but he hadn't expected it to be for this reason. Chen Luo found it all rather strange.

Chen Luo's intuition told him this wasn't so simple, but he couldn't pinpoint what was wrong.

Ding-dong! Chen Luo's doorbell rang.

"Holy crap, that fast?" Chen Luo was startled on instinct.

Though he was amazed by the other side's efficiency, Chen Luo unhurriedly took out his backpack.

Holding the backpack in his left hand, he walked to the door. After looking through the peephole, Chen Luo opened it.

"Are you here to pick up the homework?" Chen Luo looked at the man warily.

He was someone Chen Luo had never seen before, not one of Yun Xia's bodyguards.

Chen Luo couldn't sense any fluctuations of power from him, but his instincts told him this person seemed very strong.

At least stronger than Chen Luo's usual combat ability.

"Yes." The man in the black suit nodded and took the backpack Chen Luo handed over.

"Please carefully check whether all the homework is inside." As the suited man opened the bag, he stared intently at Chen Luo.

This suited man gave Chen Luo the impression that he wasn't here to collect homework, but to chop him to death.

Chen Luo stiffly opened the backpack and checked the various subjects' summer homework inside, which was at least ten centimeters thick, before handing it back to the man.

Only after the man left did Chen Luo let out a breath of relief.

The visitor had clearly come with ill intent, yet he hadn't made a move.

That left Chen Luo somewhat confused.

"Your Eminence, no abnormalities were found. He truly is only a low-level Talent User with slight Wind Element fluctuations. His perceived strength is even weaker than mine. It is impossible for him to possess the power to kill Lady Yvette. Furthermore, there were no signs of battle on him, nor any remnants of curses or the aura of the Ring of Life."

After leaving the residential complex, the suited man tossed the backpack onto the passenger seat, pulled out a satellite phone, and respectfully reported to the person on the other end.

"Mm." The person on the other end merely grunted before hanging up.

The owner of the phone was currently standing atop a tall building, looking down over the entire city.

At the edge of the rooftop beside him sat a young woman, idly playing with a dragon-shaped jade pendant.

"Your Eminence, now you've finally proven that Chen Luo has nothing to do with your Yvette's death, right? Since that's the case, shouldn't you provide appropriate compensation as well?" After putting away the dragon-shaped jade pendant, Yun Xia looked at the cardinal with an unfriendly gaze.

"You understand how serious it is to offend three S-rank Talent Users at once, don't you? Especially when one of them inadvertently helped create Liu Wenxuan's Talent. You should understand that if Liu Wenxuan goes mad, he really is capable of overturning the Vatican."

Although Yun Xia didn't like bringing Yun Lian'er into things, if Yun Lian'er learned of this, she might go even crazier than Liu Wenxuan.

Compared to Yun Xia, Yun Lian'er was the genuine witch.

The elderly man in the white suit, his hair slightly gray, turned to Yun Xia and said, "I understand. I will deliver compensation to him later by other means."

It was common knowledge that cardinals didn't wear red.

Of course, the main reason was that wandering around in red in modern times was simply too eye-catching. Especially during such a sensitive period, it was better to keep a low profile.

Although the cardinal knew that, based on Chen Luo's currently investigated strength, he couldn't possibly have harmed Yvette in the slightest, Chen Luo was indeed the greatest suspect—at least the greatest known suspect for now.

Yun Xia and Liu Wenxuan might not understand, but how could the cardinal not understand?

The purpose of that War Angel's visit wasn't merely to fight S-rank Talent Users. If she didn't do something excessive, how could she provoke the other S-rank Talent Users into retaliating at all costs?

And from the current perspective, the simplest way to anger them was to kill Chen Luo.

Yun Xia and Liu Wenxuan might think Yvette had some strong person's pride, but the cardinal knew she absolutely didn't.

Therefore, even at the risk of offending three S-rank Talent Users, the cardinal still had someone probe Chen Luo's background.

At the same time, scouts had also been sent to investigate every other possible target.

Though less than ten minutes had passed since Yvette's death, the church's response was this swift.

"Oh, right. Remember to do his homework too. Have the best handwriting imitator do it, so the teachers won't spot any flaws." After standing up from the edge of the rooftop, Yun Xia spoke to the cardinal.

How could there possibly be a machine in the world that perfectly imitated handwriting to do homework?

It was merely the result of Yun Xia discovering that someone was going after Chen Luo and negotiating with the other side.

They used collecting homework as an excuse to briefly contact Chen Luo, and after proving his innocence, they would also give Chen Luo substantial compensation.

Although Chen Luo was not an S-rank Talent User, Yun Xia and Liu Wenxuan had enough influence.

Especially Liu Wenxuan—the ruthless man who, when bold enough, truly dared to overturn the Vatican.

As for whether Chen Luo might actually have been capable of killing her...

As Yun Xia leaped directly from a height of one hundred meters, a pair of wings appeared behind her. At the same time, an older sister figure whom only Yun Xia could see clearly flew over from the distance.

Just as the flying older sister figure was about to collide with Yun Xia, she instantly turned into a gentle breeze, helping the flying Yun Xia break through the limit of her speed.

This older sister figure who had rushed over had been sent near Chen Luo's home by Yun Xia as soon as she learned Chen Luo had become a key person of interest.

As one of Yun Xia's four most precious Element Cards, and sharing Chen Luo's attribute, the Wind Card could ensure that even if Chen Luo couldn't defeat the suited man, he could still escape.

Yun Xia had also sought out the cardinal early on, keeping watch over him to prevent him from using any tricks outside the rules.

Although Yun Xia didn't think Chen Luo could kill Yvette, it was better to be prepared.

Still, if Chen Luo could kill Yvette, crushing that suited man should have been as easy as crushing an ant, right?

After all, it was impossible for someone to defeat Yvette but fail to defeat that suited man, wasn't it?

Like knocking out a giant dragon with one punch, only to be sneezed to death by a brown bear...

"Whew, he's finally gone." Only after feeling that faint sense of surveillance disappear did Chen Luo breathe a sigh of relief.

The good news was that the surveillance had remained outside the room rather than invading it, so they had at least left him some privacy.

"It feels like I managed to fool that suited man."

Chen Luo wasn't stupid. He strongly suspected that suited man had come to test him, while the Wind Card, which could clearly sense the power of the Wind Element, had probably come to protect him.

Chen Luo felt that he had become the focal point of both sides' contest, but they should have shifted their attention elsewhere now.

Bzz! A faint vibration sounded, and Chen Luo discovered that his phone was ringing again.

But this time, it wasn't Yun Xia. It was...

"Crap, could it be that they found out I took my old man's collectibles? No, probably not. He hasn't come home either." Chen Luo muttered as he answered the phone.

"My dear father, what business do you have with this son whose birth was merely an accident?" The moment Chen Luo answered, he struck first.

No matter what the other side wanted, since they had called, striking first was always the right move.

"Hey, my dear son, I've only been away for a while, and you're already mocking me? You know your old man and your... young, beautiful, lovely mother are archaeologists. This kind of job has us flying all over the world. It's not like we're on a honeymoon by choice." A somewhat flippant male voice sounded.

Clearly, Chen Luo's father wasn't exactly a steady adult either. Otherwise, he wouldn't have collected three sets of capsule toy collectibles.

He was an old-school collector, perhaps with a bit of otaku in him too.

"Mm, let me guess. Mom is beside you, right?" Chen Luo said after pondering for 0.1 seconds.

"Son, you're so smart." A gentle female voice rang out.

"..."

The fact that his father, whose survival instincts had never been strong, had changed from "your mom" to "your young, beautiful, lovely mother" could only mean a greater crisis was pressuring him.

"Why did you think to call today? Are you planning to come back early?"

Holy crap, were they coming back early? How was he supposed to explain the sudden appearance of an older female cousin at home?

Or should he have Little Senti stay inside his body every day?

"Oh, not that. We calculated that you should be on summer vacation, so we called to ask about your plans for the break. But there was no need to think about it—you were definitely either staying home or going around helping people, right? Since that's the case, then..."

"Stop, stop, wait a second. I'm planning to travel this summer." Chen Luo hurriedly interrupted his mother.

"What? You're going traveling? Then what about your younger female cousin?" A surprised voice came from the other end.

"Younger female cousin? I have a younger female cousin? Where did she come from?" Chen Luo was utterly bewildered.

Chen Luo didn't know about other families, but he really didn't seem to have ever had relatives visit. Let alone some younger female cousin who had appeared out of nowhere.

Chen Luo had never even met his paternal grandparents or maternal grandparents...

"Your paternal grandparents and maternal grandparents went to a very faraway place..."

Didn't that obviously mean they had passed away?

Smart as Chen Luo was, he had never brought up such matters again since childhood. After all, he didn't want to reopen the hearts of his parents, which had long since been wounded beyond repair.

"This younger female cousin is somewhat distantly related, so I won't explain it to you. Anyway, you really do have a younger female cousin. She originally said she wanted to come visit during summer vacation, so I recommended our city. I thought you would be home... How about not going traveling?"

"Mom, don't you think that's a little... unfair to me? I finally decided to go traveling for once. It would be one thing if you didn't support me, but you're actually asking me to stay home and entertain some younger female cousin I've never even met?" Chen Luo hurriedly refused.

"Fine, then I'll help you turn her down. But Xiao Luo, can you really travel by yourself? Do you want to come do archaeology with your parents? Archaeology is really fun."

"Where are you now?" Chen Luo asked casually.

"Greenland. We plan to head to the Arctic next," Chen Luo's father said.

"What? The Arctic! Only a ghost would want to go there. It's freezing cold." Chen Luo hurriedly rejected the suggestion.

He hadn't planned to go in the first place, but after hearing the location, he wanted to go even less.

"Oh, all right then. By the way, Xiao Luo, do you like foxes?"

"Foxes?"