Children Make Choices, I Want Them All!

Bai Zhou stood in place, a confident smile on his face.

His cheap old dad, Bai Zhennan, looked at Bai Zhou's current expression, a hint of sympathetic concern appearing in his eyes.

Then, he reached out and touched Bai Zhou's forehead, saying:

"Silly child, do you have a fever?"

"Do you know what a Life-and-Death Contract is, and why it's called that?"

"That..."

But before his dad could finish speaking, Bai Zhou swatted his father's hand away and said:

"Of course I do!"

"But, Dad, don't some special Spirit Masters awaken talent skills after completing their job change and awakening?"

Hearing Bai Zhou's question, Bai Zhennan nodded as if it were obvious:

"I know."

"My talent skill is that the fewer Divine Weapon Maidens I have contracted, the higher my attack power becomes. That's why, up to now, I only have your mother as my Divine Weapon Maiden, and it's a Life-and-Death Contract."

"Why are you bringing this up?"

Facing Bai Zhennan's question, Bai Zhou simply smiled and watched him quietly.

After saying this, Bai Zhennan suddenly realized the crux of the issue.

His first instinct was to rush to the study door and pull it open to see if anyone was outside.

After confirming it was safe, he quickly locked the door, came to Bai Zhou's side, grabbed his shoulders, and spoke in an exaggerated, pinched voice:

"No way! You awakened a special talent too?!"

"It couldn't be, could it be the one you just mentioned?!"

Actually...

As the villain in the original work, how could Bai Zhou possibly awaken any special talents?

However, he couldn't exactly tell his dad that his Peerless Sword Casket came from a system.

This special talent would serve as a perfect cover.

Bai Zhou slowly nodded, his voice serious as he said:

"My special talent is called the Peerless Sword Casket, and its function is the Life-and-death Contract, with no upper limit!"

"No upper limit?!" Bai Zhennan's voice became somewhat sharp.

He gripped Bai Zhou's shoulders so tightly that Bai Zhou's shoulders started to hurt.

This made Bai Zhou unable to help but complain:

"Seriously, Dad, can you calm down? You're one of the Ten Great Masters, after all."

"Uh... cough cough!" Bai Zhennan's old face turned red upon hearing this.

But he didn't let go of Bai Zhou. Instead, his expression seemed to shift into something almost fawning?

Then, he whispered, "That... Little Zhou, is this talent of yours a passive skill or an active skill?"

"If it's an active skill, can it be used on other Spirit Masters?"

"Hey? Little Zhou, where are you going?"

Before Bai Zhennan could finish his questions, he noticed his son, Bai Zhou, turning to leave.

Bai Zhou, without looking back, said:

"I'm going to report you to Mom!"

"Shut up!" Bai Zhennan shouted!

With a swift stride, he appeared directly in front of Bai Zhou.

Instantly, Bai Zhou felt as if the world was spinning.

The next second, he found himself sitting on the study's sofa.

This sudden turn of events happened so quickly that Bai Zhou didn't even have time to react.

A glint flashed in his eyes: "Dad truly lives up to being one of the Ten Great Masters."

At this moment, Bai Zhennan was sitting opposite Bai Zhou.

He rested his elbows on the armrests, clasped his hands in front of him, and crossed his legs.

His expression was extremely serious, and his voice was hoarse:

"Don't tell your mother about this."

"Your father just wants to tell you that even if you have such a skill, you absolutely cannot use it on other Spirit Masters, understand?"

Looking at his dad's serious demeanor, Bai Zhou really wanted to laugh.

Could his dad, who had been so expectant just moments ago, really mean what he said?

"I don't believe you, you old scoundrel, you're full of mischief."

"If that were true, wouldn't you have told my mom?"

But Bai Zhou still smiled and nodded in response:

"Don't worry, this is a passive skill. I can't help other Spirit Masters do these things."

"That's good, that's good..." Even though he said that, why did Bai Zhennan sound so disappointed?

"Cough cough!" Bai Zhennan coughed again before continuing:

"If that's the case, then I can contact your grandfather and your uncle. But your fiancée might be a bit difficult to handle, given her status."

"Of course, you just said earlier that you would handle this matter."

Oh~

So it's my turn to handle it now?

Bai Zhennan changed the subject, looking at Bai Zhou, and spoke again:

"Now I need you to answer another question for me."

"That is, why did you contract an E-Class Divine Weapon Maiden? And your E-Class Divine Weapon Maiden's performance just now didn't seem E-Class at all!"

This is even easier to explain.

Bai Zhou said directly, "Actually, my Peerless Sword Casket has another function: it can perceive the hidden attributes or hidden potential of a Divine Weapon Maiden!"

The Peerless Sword Casket, a system reward, had already convinced his father that it was his awakened talent skill.

It was perfect to use the Peerless Sword Casket as a scapegoat at this time, wasn't it?

Speaking of which, Bai Zhou paused slightly, a meaningful smile appearing on his face as he slowly said:

"Lin Wei, she only appears to have E-Class potential on the surface, but in reality, her potential is..."

Bai Zhou leaned forward slightly and whispered something in his father's ear.

"What?!"

After a startled cry, Bai Zhennan jumped up from his chair.

His eyes widened, as if his eye sockets weren't large enough to contain all the shock in his gaze.

His hands even trembled slightly:

"You said, she... she is..."

"Hahaha!"

"Hahahahahahaha!"

Bai Zhennan stood in place, laughing heartily at the study's ceiling!

"This is truly heaven blessing my Bai family, heaven blessing my Bai family!"

Then, Bai Zhennan clenched his fists, raised his hands excitedly, and solemnly patted Bai Zhou:

"Xiao Zhou, you must treat this girl named Lin Wei well!"

"Although your Spirit Master quality is only A-Class, if she can become your aid, I believe that sooner or later, you will also become one of the Ten Great Masters of our Dragon Country!"

Lin Wei's hidden quality was actually Ultra SSS-Class.

But Bai Zhou had clearly anticipated his father's agitated reaction, so he actually told his father it was SSS-Class.

Even though the "Ultra" was missing.

Bai Zhennan still became like this, making Bai Zhou almost regret telling his father the news.

However, his father's words were not wrong.

With Lin Wei in hand, becoming one of the Ten Great Masters would be within easy reach in the future.

But how could Bai Zhou be satisfied with just Lin Wei?

What Bai Zhou wanted was everything from the original novel!

And everything that belonged to the Protagonist!

While his father was going mad alone in the study, Bai Zhou seized the opportunity to escape his father's clutches and slipped out of the study.

As soon as Bai Zhou stepped out, he saw his former head bodyguard standing at the corner of the villa's hallway.

And when the head bodyguard saw Bai Zhou, he stepped forward and said:

"Young Master, I have news about the matter you asked me to investigate."

That's right, when he got out of the car outside the villa, Bai Zhou hadn't forgotten to instruct his subordinate to handle something.

It was naturally related to the Protagonist, Chu Yun.

The head bodyguard quickly said:

"After we left school, the school leaders immediately began treating Chu Yun."

"Later, Chu Yun was transferred to the Third Hospital."

"Oh?" Hearing the familiar place name, a hint of amusement flickered in Bai Zhou's eyes.

The bodyguard leader spoke curiously, "Apparently, Chu Yun woke up once during that time and voluntarily said he wanted to go to the Third Hospital for treatment."

"It's truly strange. He's already awakened an SSS-Class Talent, so why would he go back to that kind of small hospital?"

The bodyguard obviously didn't know, but Bai Zhou understood Chu Yun all too well.

It was because Lin Wei's father had previously stayed at the Third Hospital!

Seeing that he couldn't snatch Lin Wei away from him, was he planning to start by targeting Lin Wei's father?

"Heh heh! Chu Yun, I'm truly sorry, you're one step too late!"

[Ding! Detected Protagonist suffering mental damage +99999, obtained Destined Villain Value +500. Villain Roulette requires 2000 more to activate!]

Just as the system prompt sounded in Bai Zhou's mind.

In a private high-class ward at the Third Hospital, Chu Yun's enraged roar could be heard:

"What?!"

"You're saying Uncle Lin was taken away by Bai Zhou?!"