Origin: The Technological Empire
Chapter 31

The Beautiful Agent's Breakdown

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Things had gone too smoothly, causing Karina to let down her guard. Just as she was about to open the container door, she failed to notice that someone had already come up behind her.

A sharp whooshing sound cut through the air. Karina's face changed drastically. Her quick reflexes made her raise an arm. By the moonlight, she saw that her attacker was a Black man and confidently believed she could block the blow.

But the immense force transmitted through her arm gave her no chance to resist. She was knocked unconscious, with only one thought before blacking out: So hard!

"Ah, that hurts." Karina slowly woke up, feeling a throbbing pain at the back of her head. A blinding white light shone directly into her eyes. She instinctively tried to shield herself with her hands, only to find them tied to a chair. Then she remembered that she had been knocked out.

Realizing she had been captured, she struggled desperately in alarm.

"Beautiful miss, may I ask what brings you here in the dead of night?"

A man's voice rang out. Karina stopped struggling as the light shifted away, and she quickly assessed her situation.

She was being held in a room of roughly twenty square meters. Across from her sat a young man in his twenties. When she focused her eyes on him, she was secretly startled. She had not expected it to be him.

Chu Feng was also examining the captured woman. He had to admit that she was a natural beauty.

Her golden hair gleamed beneath the lights, tied back and falling behind her head. Her brows were soft as mist, and her sapphire-blue eyes carried an exotic allure. Her face lacked the freckles common among European women, and her fair complexion only made her skin seem even more delicate. Her smooth, pale arms resembled fine white jade. With her hands tied behind her, the thin short-sleeved shirt outlined her breathtakingly voluptuous curves.

Her slender waist, clearly shaped by regular exercise, looked as though it could be held in one hand. Her shapely, slender legs appeared even more captivating against her black hot pants.

With both her hands and feet bound, Chu Feng was reminded of scenes from certain island films. The word "bondage" flashed through his mind, making his nose itch.

Well, he was only appreciating her. Beauty was universal, wasn't it?

He shook his head, banishing the improper thoughts from his mind.

"Heh, men."

Karina, immensely confident in her looks, keenly caught the flash of heat in Chu Feng's eyes.

Karina smiled charmingly, her eyes rippling alluringly. She lightly bit her red lips and cast him a soul-stealing glance. Leaning forward slightly, her already lush and graceful figure became even more pronounced, breathtakingly seductive.

Her eyes seemed veiled in mist, carrying an intoxicating, bewitching gaze as she looked at Chu Feng with a sweet smile. "Mr. Chu, treating a lady like this is hardly the behavior of a gentleman."

The moment she finished speaking, a trace of regret flashed through Karina's mind.

Sure enough, Chu Feng's eyes had already cleared.

Good thing I didn't make a mistake... Chu Feng felt a lingering sense of fear. His self-control was still lacking.

"It seems this beautiful miss speaks Chinese quite well, and you even know who I am. But you still haven't answered my question. Beautiful miss, coming here alone so late at night is not the proper conduct of a guest, is it?"

Chu Feng sneered inwardly. Calling out his name the moment they met meant she was no ordinary person. Since they had not yet found her information, he would play along with her for now.

Her eyes shifted, and Karina took on a pitiful expression. Pouting slightly, she spoke with a hint of grievance. "I'm sorry, Mr. Chu Feng. I deceived you. I do know you. I've loved Origin Accelerator ever since I started using it, so I've always admired you, Mr. Chu, for developing this software. Today, I only happened to learn that you were also in Somalia, so I came out of curiosity. I mean no harm. Mr. Chu, you wouldn't blame one of your fans, would you?"

Looking at the delicate-looking woman across from him, Chu Feng could not stop himself from thinking, Keep acting. If the Oscars didn't give you a little golden statue, there really is no justice in this world.

"Then may I ask what my fan's name is?"

Chu Feng remained composed, as if he had not seen through Karina's scheme, and asked with apparent delight.

"My name is Anna. I'm a secretary at the USA embassy. Personally, I've always admired you, Mr. Chu Feng. I've been using Xiaoke from Origin Company, and I'm very fond of you too. I even have photos of you on my computer..."

After saying that, Karina's pretty face reddened slightly, as though she truly were a lovestruck fan meeting her idol.

"Oh? So today was a misunderstanding?" Chu Feng said with a grin.

Karina, utterly confident in her appearance, thought Chu Feng had taken the bait just like the other lustful targets from her past missions.

"Yes, it's just a beautiful misunderstanding. Mr. Chu Feng, could you untie me first?"

She looked at Chu Feng with a pitiful expression, feeling secretly pleased with herself.

You don't even have bodyguards with you. As long as you dare untie me, I'll definitely make you regret it, Karina thought smugly.

Just then, the door opened and a woman entered. Karina was greatly startled when she saw her, because the woman was simply too beautiful. An ordinary office outfit looked like an evening gown on her, and even Karina, a woman herself, felt a little captivated. Had Chu Feng really been bewitched by her?

For the first time, Karina felt uncertain about herself.

Seeing Alita enter, Chu Feng knew that the information on the woman before him had been found. He stopped teasing her, his smile fading as he took the documents Chu Yun handed him.

There were several A4-sized pages, a sign that the woman before him had quite an extensive history.

"Tut, tut. I really couldn't tell..."

Watching Chu Feng browse through the documents and make those sounds, Karina realized she had truly been played. Chu Feng had never been seduced by her at all. She felt somewhat dejected at first, then a little angry. Wasn't that woman just a bit prettier and taller than her? She was not inferior either.

Women's thought processes, especially beautiful women's, truly were peculiar. If he was seduced by her, he was a lecher. If he was not, then he had no taste. Either way, he was wrong.

"Miss Karina Ferro, when did you change your name to Anna?"

Chu Feng said with a chuckle.

Karina shuddered inwardly and looked at Chu Feng in astonishment. How did he know her real name?

Without giving Karina a chance to explain, Chu Feng continued, "Karina Ferro, born at 3:24 a.m. on May 6, 1992, at Florida State Hospital in the USA. Your father is a naval colonel in the USA Third Fleet, and your mother is a doctor at the hospital."

"How do you know that? Who told you?" Karina asked in shock and anger.

Ignoring Karina's question, Chu Feng continued.

"At the age of eight, you won the community's free-fighting championship.

By the age of ten, you were already proficient in French, German, and Chinese.

At sixteen, you caught the CIA's attention and were recruited, receiving CIA training."

At eighteen, she carried out her first mission and succeeded flawlessly. She caught the CIA director's attention and was appointed team leader.

By twenty-two, she had completed more than thirty missions, every single one a perfect success.

At twenty-four—her current age—she was appointed deputy director of the CIA's North Africa branch...

"Tsk, tsk, impressive, Agent Karina!"

Chu Feng could not help clicking his tongue in admiration. Now this was the neighbor's prodigy. Thinking about how, without that opportunity, he would have compared to her... he felt a little embarrassed.

"Enough, stop talking, enough..."

Karina was practically losing her mind.

Other than the director, no one knew Karina this well. This person had dug up every last detail of her past. Could the director be a traitor?

The thought spread through Karina's mind like wild grass...

"No, no..."

Watching Karina mutter to herself, Chu Feng was afraid she might actually go insane.

Her professional training quickly helped Karina regain her composure. No matter what, she had to escape first.

"Since you already know my identity, why don't you release me? The CIA knows I came here today. If I don't return, they'll definitely come looking for me. When that happens, you won't be able to escape either!"

Karina's serious expression made Chu Feng feel a little regretful. As for why, only he knew.

"Since Miss Karina discovered me, I naturally can't let you go back so easily. I'm not afraid of the CIA, but I'm tired of those flies constantly buzzing around me."

Chu Feng's words left Karina speechless with amusement. Someone actually called the USA's CIA flies—and claimed not to fear them? Ridiculous. Chinese people really were arrogant and overconfident.

Karina did not speak, but Chu Feng made his move.

He took something resembling a handgun from a box nearby, though its design was rather strange. A syringe-like device sat on top, glowing with blue light.

As Chu Feng approached step by step, Karina's face drained of color in panic.

"Don't come any closer! What are you trying to do?"

Looking at Karina before him, Chu Feng found the scene rather strange. The whole mood was clearly off. He seemed to have become one of those creepy uncles from TV dramas.

He rubbed his nose, paid it no mind, and walked up to Karina. Amid her terror, he pressed the device against her smooth, pale arm and injected its contents.

In truth, Chu Feng had gone through tremendous trouble to buy this thing on Planet Taibo's black market. Its purpose was simple: taming.

That blue liquid was nothing else but a massive number of nanobots capable of controlling a person's actions.

On Planet Taibo, every captured criminal was injected with these nanobots to restrict their movements. Removing them required specialized equipment to extract them. Even if every drop of blood in your body was replaced, the nanobots would remain inside and continue functioning.

On Planet Taibo, they were easy to manufacture, serving roughly the same purpose as handcuffs on Earth. But here, other than Chu Feng, who had the ability to make them? There was basically no solution.

"What exactly did you do to me?" Though she had received professional training, Karina was still only a young woman in her twenties. How could she not be afraid?

"Poison? Some zombie virus from a movie? Or..."

Seeing Karina nearly scare herself to tears with her own guesses, Chu Feng was speechless. Her imagination was truly something else...

Seeing Karina on the verge of being frightened out of her mind, Chu Feng helplessly explained.

"Don't worry. It's not any of those strange things, and you won't turn into a monster or a zombie. It's just that from now on, you'll have to obediently listen to me..." Chu Feng said to Karina Ferro with a smile.

"Listen to you? Dream on! I will never betray my country! As long as I can get out, I'll report this to the organization and make sure you..."

Before she could finish the thought, a violent pain exploded in her head. It felt as though thousands of ants were gnawing at her brain, leaving her in unbearable agony...

"Just don't think nonsense." Seeing Karina cry out miserably, Chu Feng kindly reminded her.

Hearing Chu Feng's words, Karina hurriedly reined in her thoughts. Sure enough, the pain in her head vanished, as if it had never existed...

"You're a devil... sob..." The broken Karina finally could not hold it in any longer and burst into tears.

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