Bai Zhou stood where he was, a confident smile on his face.
His cheap old man, Bai Zhennan, looked at Bai Zhou's expression and seemed to have a concerned, almost sympathetic look in his eyes.
Then he reached out and touched Bai Zhou's forehead.
"Foolish child, do you have a fever?"
"Do you know why it's called a Life-and-Death Contract?"
"Well..."
Before his father could finish, Bai Zhou slapped away his large hand and said,
"Of course I know!"
"But Dad, after certain special Spirit Masters complete their class advancement awakening, they can awaken talent skills, right?"
Hearing Bai Zhou's question, Bai Zhennan nodded as though it were only natural.
"I know."
"Your father's talent skill is that the fewer Divine Weapon Maidens I contract, the higher my attack power. So up to now, your father only has your mother as a Divine Weapon Maiden, and it's even a Life-and-Death Contract."
"Why are you bringing this up?"
Facing Bai Zhennan's question, Bai Zhou merely smiled and looked at him quietly.
After saying that, Bai Zhennan suddenly realized the key issue.
His first reaction was to run to the study door, pull it open, and check whether anyone was outside.
Only after confirming it was safe did he quickly lock the door, return to Bai Zhou, grab his shoulders, lower his voice, and speak with an exaggerated expression.
"No way! You awakened a special talent too?!"
"Don't tell me it's the one you just mentioned?!"
Actually...
As the villain in the original story, how could Bai Zhou possibly awaken any special talent?
But he couldn't exactly tell his father that his Peerless Sword Casket had come from the system.
This special talent was the perfect cover.
Bai Zhou slowly nodded, his voice serious.
"My special talent is called the Peerless Sword Casket, and its function is that there is no upper limit to Life-and-Death Contracts!"
"No upper limit?!" Bai Zhennan's voice even sounded a little shrill.
His hands gripped Bai Zhou's shoulders so tightly that they hurt.
Bai Zhou could not help complaining.
"Come on, Dad, can you calm down? You're one of the Ten Great Masters, after all."
"Uh... ahem, ahem!" Bai Zhennan's old face reddened at that.
Yet he did not let go of Bai Zhou. Instead, his expression somehow took on a slightly ingratiating look.
Then he lowered his voice. "Well... Zhou, is your talent a passive skill? Or an active skill?"
"If it's an active skill, can you use it on other Spirit Masters?"
"Hey? Zhou, where are you going?"
Before Bai Zhennan could finish asking, he saw his son Bai Zhou turn and walk away.
Without looking back, Bai Zhou said,
"I'm going to tell Mom!"
"Shut up!" Bai Zhennan shouted.
With a single step, he appeared directly in front of Bai Zhou.
Then Bai Zhou felt as if the world spun before his eyes.
The next second, he was somehow sitting on the study sofa.
It happened so suddenly and so quickly that Bai Zhou did not even have time to react.
A gleam flashed in his eyes. "Dad truly deserves to be one of the Ten Great Masters."
By then, Bai Zhennan had already taken a seat across from Bai Zhou.
His elbow rested on the armrest, his fingers interlaced before him, one leg crossed over the other.
His expression had become incomparably solemn, and his voice was hoarse.
"Don't tell your mother about this."
"I only want to tell you that even if you have such a skill, you absolutely must not use it on other Spirit Masters. Do you understand?"
Looking at his father's serious expression, Bai Zhou only wanted to laugh.
Could his father's eager look just now really have meant what he said?
Yeah right. I'd believe a ghost before I believed you, you sly old man.
If that were really the case, why would he stop Bai Zhou from telling his mother?
Still, Bai Zhou smiled and nodded.
"Don't worry. Mine is a passive skill, so there's no way I can help other Spirit Masters do that."
"That's good, that's good..." Though he said that, why did Bai Zhennan sound so disappointed?
"Ahem, ahem!" Bai Zhennan coughed again before continuing.
"If that's the case, then I can contact your grandfather and eldest uncle. But your fiancée will probably be rather difficult to handle. After all, her status is what it is."
"Of course, you said just now that you would handle this matter."
Oh~
So now it was my turn to handle it?
Bai Zhennan changed the subject and looked at Bai Zhou again.
"I need you to answer another question."
"Why did you contract an E-Class Divine Weapon Maiden? And that E-Class Divine Weapon Maiden's performance just now was anything but E-Class!"
That was even easier to explain.
Bai Zhou said directly, "Actually, my Peerless Sword Casket has another function: it can see through a Divine Weapon Maiden's hidden attributes or hidden aptitude!"
His father had already decided that the Peerless Sword Casket was the talent skill he had awakened through the system's reward.
Wasn't it perfect to let the Peerless Sword Casket take the blame now?
At that point, Bai Zhou paused slightly. A meaningful smile appeared on his face as he slowly said,
"Lin Wei only appears to have E-Class aptitude, but in reality, her aptitude..."
Bai Zhou leaned forward slightly and whispered something into his father's ear.
"What?!"
After crying out, Bai Zhennan actually leaped straight up from his chair.
His eyes were wide open, as if his eye sockets were not large enough to contain all the shock in his gaze.
Even his hands trembled faintly.
"You said she... she is..."
"Hahaha!"
"HAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Bai Zhennan stood there and laughed heartily at the study ceiling!
"Heaven truly blesses the Bai Family! Heaven truly blesses the Bai Family!"
Then Bai Zhennan clenched his fists, raised a hand excitedly, and solemnly patted Bai Zhou.
"Zhou, you must treat this girl Lin Wei well!"
"Although your Spirit Master quality is only A-Class, if she can become your support, I believe that one day, you can become one of Dragon Country's Ten Great Masters too!"
Lin Wei's hidden quality was actually Ultra SSS-Class.
But Bai Zhou had clearly anticipated that his father would react so dramatically, so he had only told him it was SSS-Class.
Though it was missing just one word, "Ultra."
Bai Zhennan had still become like this, and Bai Zhou almost regretted telling his father the news.
Still, his father was right about one thing.
With Lin Wei by his side, becoming one of the Ten Great Masters would absolutely be within reach.
But how could Bai Zhou possibly be satisfied with merely one Lin Wei?
What Bai Zhou wanted was everything from the original story!
Everything that belonged to the Protagonist!
His father was going mad alone in the study.
Seizing the opportunity, Bai Zhou escaped his father's clutches and slipped out of the study.
But as soon as Bai Zhou stepped outside, he spotted his former head bodyguard standing at the corner at the end of the villa corridor.
When the head bodyguard saw Bai Zhou, he immediately came forward and said,
"Young Master, there's news on the matter you asked me to investigate."
That was right. When he got out of the car outside the villa, Bai Zhou had not forgotten to assign his subordinate a task.
Naturally, it concerned the Protagonist, Chu Yun.
The head bodyguard quickly continued.
"After we left the school, the school leadership immediately began treating Chu Yun."
"Later, Chu Yun was transferred to Third Hospital."
"Oh?" Hearing that familiar name, a playful look appeared in Bai Zhou's eyes.
The head bodyguard continued curiously, "Apparently, Chu Yun woke up once during that time and specifically requested treatment at Third Hospital."
"That's strange. He clearly awakened an SSS-Class Talent, so why would he return to such a small hospital?"
The bodyguard naturally did not know, but Bai Zhou knew Chu Yun far too well.
Because Lin Wei's father had been staying at Third Hospital!
Unable to take Lin Wei from Bai Zhou's side, was he planning to start with Lin Wei's father instead?
"Hehe! Chu Yun, I'm really sorry, but you were one step too late!"
Ding! Detected that the Protagonist suffered mental damage +99999. Obtained Destined Villain Value +500. Villain Roulette requires another 2000 to unlock!
At the very moment the system notification sounded in Bai Zhou's mind,
Chu Yun's furious roar came from a private premium ward at Third Hospital.
"What?!"
"You said Uncle Lin was taken away by Bai Zhou?!"
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