Heir to the Lord Pact

That night, Xiao Xiao was shrouded in a sense of confusion and bewilderment.

It was as if the scene he saw when he was promoted had infected him with the emotions of that Patient 000. He felt uneasy all the time. He was not excited about the promotion, and he was extremely tired because he had not slept for two days. So after thinking for a moment, he simply sent a message to Yang Jia and Mister Ye, and then lay down on the bed.

The dream was also extremely chaotic. In the dream, Xiao Xiao seemed to return to four years ago, when he had just started to have a headache and was begging his parents to take him to the hospital. His mother was very angry. During that time, she was in a state of extreme irritability and frustration. Any loud words he said would make her suddenly angry, scold him loudly, and even cry.

The father, on the other hand, was extremely indifferent. He responded coldly and deaf to any of the mother's reactions. This indifference also spread to her. She only vaguely remembered that occasionally when he looked at her, his eyes seemed to carry some strange emotions.

That...

... Is it disgust or guilt?

When Xiao Xiao woke up in the morning, he let out a heavy sigh, and the lingering images from his dream gradually faded away.

For some reason, he suddenly had the urge to talk to his father.

Logically speaking, this idea is ridiculous.

This world is fake, and so is my father. I can accept my mother just to enjoy the familiar warmth from my memories, but that doesn't mean I can accept this fake father. Besides, even from a realistic point of view, I shot and killed his brother-in-law in the hospital before. I don't know why the Guard Hall didn't find out, but the relationship was already over.

I had no reason to go to him, but for some reason, I had this Xiao Xiao impulse.

"Black Goat Club..."

He slowly found a reason for himself. "Rabbit said the Black Goat Club is a club for the rich people in this city, so when I first started killing someone in the hospital, the Black Forest people suddenly showed up..."

"There's no reason for this. Even calling the police wouldn't have been this fast..."

"Does this mean that my father is also connected to this club?"

"That makes sense. My father was very successful in business for a period of time..."

"..."

Having made up his mind to find an opportunity to visit his father, he finally left his bedroom.

I feel listless, unsure whether to visit my mother in the hospital or make myself some breakfast first.

Just then, the phone rang. Yang Jia calmly said, "Go outside, to the alley entrance."

"You've arrived?"

Xiao Xiao a little surprised and quickly said, "Then I'll wait for you for twenty minutes. I'll take a shower and change my clothes."

"It's going to take this long?"

Yang Jia was clearly somewhat surprised.

"What's wrong with waiting for me for twenty minutes?"

Xiao Xiao said, "We wait for you, sometimes for more than an hour..."

"..."

Yang Jia's expression also seemed somewhat helpless. "Fine, you wash it."

It was said to be twenty minutes, but in reality, Xiao Xiao took a shower, dried his hair, changed his clothes, and shaved. He came out in just eighteen and a half minutes. As soon as he stepped out, he saw three dogs excitedly staring at him in his neighbor's yard. He wanted to pet them as usual, but suddenly Yang Jia's SUV horn sounded at the alley entrance. Helpless, he quickly walked towards the alley entrance.

Behind him, the neighbor's little girl Nuo Nuo, had just come out and was about to say hello when she saw Xiao Xiao already get into the car.

"It looks like a woman's car?"

She thought to herself, "Does Xiao-gege have a girlfriend?"

"Is the third phase of enhancement complete?"

Yang Jia drove the SUV forward, speaking as he went.

"Right."

Xiao Xiao said, "It was too late yesterday, so I didn't call you. I just sent you a message."

"I didn't call back because it was too late."

Yang Jia said, "But I'm very curious, what exactly are the abilities of the third stage of the Insightful?"

Xiao Xiao was taken aback for a moment. "Someone as knowledgeable as you, do you still need to ask?"

"There aren't many people who choose the insightful path to begin with."

Yang Jia said softly, "After all, compared to the Strong Soul and Hunter routes, the Insight route doesn't have a very obvious advantage. The weakness in strength is hard to overcome, and they can usually only exist as scouts in their respective teams. Even as scouts, their advantages are not obvious before the second stage, so many people just regard the Insight route as a human alarm."

"Furthermore, those Insightful Ones who have completed the third stage of enhancement often become mysterious and unwilling to reveal their abilities. We do have someone like that in our Dante Organization, but every time we ask her, she blushes and says it's incredibly embarrassing..."

"..."

"This..."

Xiao Xiao was a little confused. What was so shameful about this?

Isn't it just about being able to watch people shower from a distance?

... Holy crap, it seems like this ability really isn't suitable to tell others!

"Hmm..."

He mumbled, "It's a kind of amazing reconnaissance ability. It seems that if I encounter an opponent in the future, I should choose more complex terrain. The more complex, the more advantageous it will be for me. Also, I think if I were in the real world, among the natives, I could become a very good detective. At least for now, I can't think of any case that I can't solve..."

"Why am I getting more and more confused?"

Yang Jia frowned, about to ask another question, when Xiao Xiao suddenly interrupted her:

"However, I also have something I'm curious about to ask you: who was the woman you saw during your advancement on the Insightful Path?"

"..."

"Woman?"

Yang Jia clearly didn't understand and glanced at him sideways.

"Yes, a strange, sick woman. I saw her twice..."

As he spoke, he described what he had seen to her.

Yang Jia frowned deeply, seemingly lost in thought, before finally saying, "We obtain some Enhancement Element through the will of the city to make ourselves stronger. However, these abilities are not originally ours. Some are imbued with other people's emotions or even memories, and some are simply special organs with magical abilities transplanted from the natives."

"Therefore, during the reinforcement process, we are often affected by their emotions."

"All sorts of illusions arise from this."

"Moreover, even if it is the same Pain Substance, the source is different, so everyone's hallucinations are different."

"Most of the hallucinations you experience are like this."

"If you're curious, I can help you look it up in Dante's database."

"..."

Xiao Xiao thought for a moment and said, "Let's talk about it later. Where to go now?"

Yang Jia said, "Naturally, I'll help you obtain the Lord Pact."

Xiao Xiao was somewhat surprised. "So eager?"

I've only just been promoted to intermediate Knight Pact, and I'm not even familiar with my abilities yet...

"They weren't in a hurry before, and even deliberately delayed."

Yang Jia chuckled softly, "But now, Mister Ye has successfully reshuffled the Black Gate City as he wished, and these people are getting anxious. After all, on the one hand, they also want to see what the Old Chairman left in his safe, and on the other hand, the Silver Bullet Family was a spies left in Black Gate City by the Hell Organization. Now that this spies have been removed, what will the Hell Organization think?"

Xiao Xiao suddenly became alert. "Will these lunatics come back?"

"Yes, definitely."

Yang Jia said, "So we don't have much time to waste."

Xiao Xiao understood and nodded slightly. "Then what should we do?"

"Let's start tonight!"

Yang Jia said softly, "All the Knight Pact holders will gather at the Red Eyes Club."

"The Red Eyes Club again?"

Xiao Xiao thought for a moment and said, "Let's meet at my Iceberg Bar this time."

"There was always something wrong at the Red Eyes Club before, there must be something wrong with the feng shui there..."

"..."

Yang Jia listened and chuckled, nodding and saying, "Okay."

She did notify the others and confirmed that they would meet at the Iceberg Bar at 6 p. m. Then, she took Xiao Xiao to the hospital again. After all, Xiao Xiao hadn't come for three days, and it wouldn't be good if he didn't come soon. Of course, it was precisely because of this that Xiao Xiao did see the cold-faced nurse. Not only was she cold-faced, but it seemed that he also heard her call him a "scumbag".

How is that scumbag?

Yang Jia and I are clearly just classmates!

But at night, the Iceberg Bar suddenly became lively.

The experienced store manager was quite uneasy when he suddenly saw so many strange and unusual customers in the store.

On the left sat two extremely hot women, practically naked, but with exquisite masks covering their faces. Their presence instantly elevated the bar's class. The bar's girls were all surprised and began pestering the Madam, asking when she had hired such two stunning women and if they could dress like that too.

The Madam coldly refused them. "We have our limits when it comes to things that are indecent!"

But these two were alright. Not long after, another group of people arrived. It was late at night, and in such a dark place as a bar, they were all wearing huge sunglasses. Occasionally, someone would take off their sunglasses and look around, and you would see that their eyes were bloodshot.

The man at the head of the group, dressed in a white mink coat and holding a cane, exuded an invisible aura that made those around him feel suffocated.

What's even worse is that a group of beggars actually came from behind.

They were all dressed as scavengers, wearing black top hats that made them stand out.

The security guards tried to stop them from coming in, but the leader simply pulled out a roll of banknotes, so extravagant that it was hard to look directly at him.

"Mr. Xiao, what do you think..."

After much anticipation, Xiao Xiao finally arrived at the store. The store manager hurriedly greeted him, looking embarrassed as he gazed at the group of people.

"It's okay, we're all friends."

Xiao Xiao glanced at them, smiled and explained, then thought that since they were on his own turf, he should be more magnanimous.

He then instructed the store manager, "For them, the store's minimum sales target should be tripled."

"Then, serve a bottle of beer to each table."

"..."

I've been driven crazy by these old foxes for a long time, now it's my turn.