The "Confession" Trap

"Woo... wah... woo... wah..."

At that moment, more than a dozen police cars and ambulances rushed into the Intercontinental Hotel and stopped outside the lobby.

The entire hotel lobby was quickly sealed off by the police.

Then the officers began questioning everyone present one by one.

"Officer, I saw Lucas suddenly go berserk, so I quickly took my son and left the lobby. Then the power suddenly went out. I have no idea what happened after that."

Rosalie told the police the story she had already discussed with Mark.

After recording Rosalie's statement, the officer moved on to question the next person.

In fact, everyone in the lobby gave more or less the same account.

The whole sequence of events seemed quite clear.

This book was first published on Taiwan Novel Network, t w k a n dot c o m. Read anytime for error-free, properly ordered chapters.

Lucas had somehow suddenly gone berserk and indiscriminately attacked the other people in the lobby.

The only suspicious part was the two minutes when the power suddenly went out.

During that time, Lucas, who had injured the others, suddenly exploded for unknown reasons.

Unfortunately, no one present at the time had been able to see what happened clearly.

The police could only collect the bodies of Lucas and the six dead victims, planning to take them back to the station for autopsies.

The remaining dozen or so injured people were also loaded into ambulances.

Rosalie and Mark, one a woman and the other a child, did not stand out among the people in the lobby.

No police officer would suspect them.

"Please refrain from leaving Los Angeles for the time being. Be ready to answer further questions if summoned by the police."

After saying that, the lead officer left with the other policemen.

"Let's go home too!"

Rosalie greeted Director Louis, then hurriedly left with Mark.

The others did the same.

No one wanted to linger at a murder scene like this.

Escorted by Michael and the other bodyguards, Rosalie and Mark soon returned to their home in Clem District.

"Tell me, what exactly happened to you earlier? I wasn't seeing things, was I? You went back into the hotel lobby, didn't you?"

After returning home, the more Rosalie thought about it, the stranger it seemed.

She immediately called Mark alone into her room and questioned him.

Mark had never planned to hide some of his abilities from Rosalie.

There was no need to.

Of course, he would not tell anyone about his most crucial cheat.

It had nothing to do with trust. Ordinary people could hardly keep secrets in front of superpowered individuals anyway.

"Mom, have you ever heard of Mutants?"

Mark lowered his voice and spoke in a mysterious tone.

"Mutants?"

"Mutants are people born with the X Gene who later awaken superpowers."

Mark briefly explained the concept of Mutants to Rosalie.

"You're not fooling me, are you?"

Rosalie looked at Mark skeptically. She clearly found the existence of Mutants, something far beyond her understanding, difficult to believe.

"Mom, look!"

Mark stretched out his right hand and grabbed the edge of the large bed beside Rosalie.

With a slight exertion of his arm, he lifted the entire bed straight up with one hand.

"Oh my God!"

Rosalie's mouth fell open in shock. She could hardly believe her eyes.

She knew exactly how heavy the large bed in her room was.

Whenever something fell beneath it, she had to use all her strength just to barely pull it aside.

Yet Mark had lifted the whole bed one-handed!

Even a world weightlifting champion probably could not do that, much less Mark, who was only six years old.

The sight before her completely reshaped Rosalie's worldview, making her understand what being a Mutant truly meant.

Bang!

After setting the bed back down, Mark continued, "Actually, Li Qianhuan in our house is a Mutant too."

"Is she as strong as you?"

"No. Her Mutant ability is different from mine."

Mark shook his head and ordered Alice, "Have Li Qianhuan come here."

Since he had already "exposed" himself, there was naturally no need to hide the fact that Li Qianhuan was a Mutant from Rosalie anymore.

"Mark, were you looking for me?"

Li Qianhuan soon knocked and entered the room.

"Yeah. I already told Mom that you're a Mutant. From now on, you don't need to avoid her when you practice your Mutant ability at home."

"You!"

Li Qianhuan glared at Mark, seeming to blame him for telling someone else about her without her permission.

Having gone through upheaval in her family, she was highly wary.

After Mark told her that a secret organization was capturing Mutants for research, she had been carefully hiding ever since and had never displayed her abilities in front of anyone else.

"Don't worry about my mom revealing your identity, because I'm a Mutant too, just like you!"

Mark explained.

Then he lifted the large bed beside them again, proving his identity to Li Qianhuan.

"Y-you're really a Mutant?"

Li Qianhuan looked at Mark in disbelief.

Mutants were far too rare. She had never encountered another Mutant in her entire life.

Her gaze toward Mark soon gained the delight and warmth one felt toward her own kind.

"Qianhuan, show Mom your Mutant ability!"

Mark said to Li Qianhuan.

Li Qianhuan's ability had previously only been useful for performing magic tricks and had possessed almost no offensive power.

During this time, Mark had been having Alice teach her subjects such as electromagnetics and plasma physics.

Now was also a good opportunity for Mark to see how far Li Qianhuan had developed her ability.

"Okay!"

Li Qianhuan nodded and extended her index finger in front of her.

"Sizzle..."

Blossoms of plasma fireworks bloomed before her, then rapidly arranged and combined in the air into different words and patterns.

Clearly, Li Qianhuan had made tremendous progress in controlling plasma compared to before.

"Ah! So this is Qianhuan's ability? It's so incredible!"

Rosalie could not help widening her eyes. She felt that Li Qianhuan's ability was far more dazzling than Mark's.

But Mark could tell that Li Qianhuan was still controlling cold plasma, which could not cause much harm to people.

Seeming to notice Mark's dissatisfaction, Li Qianhuan began increasing the temperature of the plasma in her hand.

Crackle...

Tiny electric sparks emerged from Li Qianhuan's hand, crackling in her palm.

Mark suddenly reached out toward the electric sparks in her hand.

"Mark, be careful!"

Li Qianhuan was startled and hurriedly tried to withdraw her ability, but it was already too late.

Crackle!

Electric light struck Mark's hand, sending bursts of sparks flying.

"Not bad! The plasma you're controlling is already over a thousand degrees Celsius. If you can extend its duration, it can deal considerable damage."

Feeling the temperature in his palm, Mark nodded in satisfaction.