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Arc 5 – Slag that Dark Sentinel
Chapter 129

The person Chi Zhao ran into was Noah’s junior brother from when he was attending this school. Both were under the same professor, but Noah was a PhD student, and this junior brother was doing his Masters.

There was a higher chance of making a mistake if he continued speaking. Chi Zhao didn’t want to have anything to do with a friend of the original owner so after a casual greeting, he used the excuse of needing to bring his child to the interview to leave.

Hearing his words, the junior brother immediately smiled gracefully, “I’ll take you there. There are many people today. If you go there early, you can leave the interviewing teacher with a good impression.”

Thinking that it sounded reasonable, Chi Zhao gently hooked up his lips, “Then, thank you in advance.”

When Leo arrived, he was met with this scene.

His legal partner was smiling kindly at another single sentinel who was both young and handsome. That sentinel had his head lowered slightly and his gaze was focused on Chi Zhao’s face.

From a dozen metres away, Chi Zhao could already feel the chill emanating from a certain dark sentinel. He looked over helplessly and when Leo walked over, he said, “Let me introduce you. This is my junior brother.”

Junior brother.

Hah, are there still pure relationship between junior and senior brothers these days?

………….

Leo’s heart was about to collapse from all the vinegar inside him. Chi Zhao ignored him and turned back to the junior brother, “This is my husband. You should already know his name, so I won’t introduce him.”

The moment the word husband was spoken, the cold air coming out from Leo immediately stopped and it was then slowly stored away. The junior brother looked at Leo only to see that the latter had his eyes fixated on Noah. Seeing this, he smiled nicely, “Yes, Mr Chairman. Hello.”

When other people see Leo suddenly appearing, they would all feel uncomfortable. After all, it was the chairman, a big shot most people would never be able to reach. This junior brother however didn’t show any particular reaction the entire time and he considerately guided the family of three to the interview site before leaving.

Chi Zhao felt that this person was a little interesting, so he said casually, “That young man is pretty good. He’s still so calm even after seeing you.”

Leo was holding Joey’s hand and was originally looking at the big screen ahead. Hearing Chi Zhao’s words, he immediately turned his head back. It was so fast, it was as if an enemy army had suddenly invaded this place.

Chi Zhao: “……I was actually complimenting you, you couldn’t tell?”

Leo was silent for a moment.

“He’s the eldest son of the Sialaya family. His father is the CEO of the Sialaya Planetary System.”

In other words, that person was also a rich second generation with dozens of planets waiting to be inherited. People like this have seen all sorts of big shots so seeing someone like Leo wasn’t a big deal.

Chi Zhao didn’t expect the junior brother to have a background like this but in any case, what did it have to do with him?

And so, Chi Zhao only let out a nonchalant hum and no longer spoke.

Seeing that he really didn’t care about that rich second generation just now, the last haze in Leo’s heart was also gone. He secretly hooked his lips up and turned to look back at the screen.

On the other end, the rich second generation they were talking about didn’t go straight home after leaving the school. Instead, he arrived at a civilian area and entered a very small restaurant. After going around for a while, he found the person he was looking for sitting in a hidden space in there taking an afternoon nap.

This person was the leader of the extremists who had been controlling them from the shadows.

“Faria just gave me an answer.”

The person with closed eyes instantly raised his eyelids, “He agreed?”

“Of course.” He answered both confidently and arrogantly. With someone as stupid as Faria, he had never even considered the possibility of him refusing.

Pulling up a chair and sitting on it backwards, he saw looked over at the man standing there, “You give the item to him and then come back. When it’s all done, you can go kill him.”

The leader had no objections over killing Faria but he didn’t understand, “To kill him so soon, is he that useless?”

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That sunny and bright looking junior brother chuckled and nodded, “That’s right. The Grenoch family can only have one heir and that hair can only be our dear little Joey. Someone like Faria who is ambitious but stupid is useless.”

Hearing this, the leader looked blankly at the man in front of him and then showed a knowing smile.

Those who are useless and not strong enough should die.

That was the truth these extremists believed in.

………

The interview was divided into several rounds. Today was just the first test and Joey performed very well. After the family of three returned home, Chi Zhao who was in a good mood for once went into the kitchen and stayed as an assistant for Leo.

Chi Zhao said as he wiped the dishes, “After the last round of interviews, it will be the wedding. When the wedding is over, the three of us should have a holiday at a resort. Anyway, there are still two months left before school. During those two months you should also stop thinking about work and take a break. The environment will help with healing your spiritual mind. I will try to take care of all the scars in your spiritual mind during those two months.

After chattering for a while, Chi Zhao didn’t hear Leo’s answer. He turned to look only to see that Leo was looking at him with a strange expression.

Chi Zhao was puzzled, “What’s wrong?”

Leo shook his head, “Nothing.”

He just felt a little……unaccustomed to this.

Everything had gone too smoothly. Except for the fact that he wasn’t able to find this person for the past five years, everything that happened later was as if the heavens suddenly wanted to do something good for him and gave him a huge luck buff. Without much effort he had attained everything he wanted, and his life was filled with so much happiness…….it was so good that it almost felt fake.

Although it may sound like the words of a masochist, Leo really felt that things shouldn’t be going this smoothly and that his life shouldn’t have anything to do with the word happiness.

When did that start to change?

It was probably ever since his little guide appeared.

No matter how well Chi Zhao knew Leo, it was impossible for him to understand everything he was thinking. He placed down the plate in his hand, walked over to Leo and tiptoed to kiss his chin, “I’m going to the bathroom. You can finish this off yourself. Call me when the food is ready.”

No matter how many worlds he had gone through, Chi Zhao’s cooking skills still hadn’t improved, and he also didn’t like being in this small kitchen space. Leo wasn’t surprised. He lowered his head and pecked his partner’s pale pink lips before chuckling lowly, “Alright, go on.”

…….

A week later, it was the next round of interviews. Leo originally wanted to accompany his wife and child, but he suddenly received a call from the vice-chairman.

Although he didn’t like the vice-chairman, Leo could tell that something must have happened, or the vice-chairman would not have called him directly.

Chi Zhao didn’t show any reaction. It was just an interview. It wasn’t anything important, so it didn’t matter whether Leo came or not. And so, he alone took Joey out and Leo went to the Genetics Research Institute.

From the moment he entered through the door, Leo’s expression wasn’t too good. After he entered, his eyes fell directly onto the vice-chairman. Although he didn’t say anything, everyone immediately understood what he was thinking.

—— It better be important, or I will beat you into a fool.

Vice-chairman: “……”

Barbaric! Vulgar! Violent beast!

Before the vice-chairman could speak, a middle-aged man next to him walked over and nodded at Leo, “Hello Chairman, I am the leader of the Sentinel Gene Anomaly Research Group. The vice-chairman is the person overseeing our project. I asked him to call for you.”

The vice-chairman scowled and said, “There was a new development in the research, and it seems to be related to the extremists you have been dealing with, so I want to combine these two projects into one and allow information from each end to be shared openly.”

Leo frowned, “Then you should apply through the speaker first and then contact my secretary.”

“……….By the time those steps are taken, the enemy would have already disappeared! Besides, haven’t you been on break for a while now? It should be time for you to come back to work.”

As the politicians spoke, the bookish researcher leader next to him was watching on. Seeing that they have been talking for a while without touching on the important topic, he pulled the vice-chairman away and said anxiously, “Don’t talk nonsense! Vice-chairman, our research group was established three years ago. In those past three years we have been studying the issue of genetic mutation and modification in sentinels because our team leader saw that some sentinels were in strange conditions following their deaths and may have been involved with genetic modification. Of course, those were what we thought at first. The first sample was discovered eight years ago and the most recent one was from two days ago. The method of death for both were the same and with the same characteristics. Today we suddenly noticed that this wasn’t genetic modification but murder! The person committing these murders is probably still on the main star, currently plotting to kill his next victim!”

After saying all of this in one breath, the research leader was almost deprived of oxygen. Leo looked at him with furrowed brows and didn’t say anything. It was obvious that he was letting the information sink in.

The vice-chairman had no dignity here in this place and had long grown used to being dragged around. He quickly continued the research leader’s words and said, “The above are all speculations but I would rather believe it than dismiss it. The sample from two days ago was one of the extremists who had tried to escape after being captured. Of the thirteen samples we have studied, five of them were extremists. We believe that the culprit has something to do with the extremists and may be someone at the top or their enemy.”

After all this talk and seeing that there was no response from Leo, the researcher who had just caught his breath frowned. But before he could speak, Leo asked, “What are the common characteristics found?”

“They were all level one sentinels ranging from the age of eighteen to twenty-three. The cause of death is brain death. After autopsy, it was discovered that it wasn’t due to gradual deterioration but a sudden loss. To use an analogy, it’s like someone had dug out their brains.”

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At first, they had thought that someone was carrying out experiments on these sentinels that involved genetic modification of spiritual powers. Something like this was absolutely forbidden and that was why they paid so much attention on this matter. They had studied day and night to find out what exactly they were doing but they had been unsuccessful.

The vice-chairman and his subordinates have been on this matter for many years, but it was all for naught. When the vice-chairman brought back the body from Leo a while back, that was their first time receiving such a fresh test subject. This test subject had also been alive with Leo for a while and that meant that they could also get information about his vitals from when he was still alive.

It was this information that allowed for them to realise that they had been thinking in the wrong direction the entire time. From the beginning, there was no genetic modification and no secret organisation. There was only a very terrible, mutant sentinel.

With the result right in front of them, it was self-evident what his mutant ability was.

“The specific name is not known yet but what is certain is that the other party has the ability to eat, destroy or absorb another person’s spiritual mind and those that he can destroy are level one sentinels. That basically means that he should at least be a dark sentinel.”

Dark sentinels and level one sentinels are not the same. The latter requires only a small team to capture while the former requires the involvement of an entire army and even then, there would be large-scale casualties involved.

And this was when they deal with an ordinary dark sentinel. If they were to capture a mutated dark sentinel…..

The research leader’s expression was very grim. He didn’t continue speaking. The vice-chairman sighed gently, “What I’m most worried about is his purpose of doing all this. For example…..was it to become stronger?”

That was the most terrifying kind of speculation. The other party was already strong enough and if he could get stronger by devouring others, wouldn’t he become an existence that even the heavens cannot go against?

The others looked worried, but Leo felt that something didn’t seem right.

He heard the vice-chairman opposite him ask, “You have spent a lot of time dealing with these extremists. There should be a few dark sentinels in their organisation. Are any of them likely to be this mutant sentinel?”

Leo shook his head.

A dark sentinel was originally very rare. At present, Leo only knew of three. One of them had died a long time ago and he had seen the remaining two. Leo was certain that those two didn’t have any mutant abilities.

The room fell silent. Leo raised his eyes and looked around the laboratory. Everything here was related to that project and a lot of data was recorded on the virtual walls.

After Leo glanced at it casually, he looked back and stared at it more intently.

The wall was very high and in the upper left corner, there were thirteen photos with personal information recorded next to it. Leo walked over, selected the pictures and zoomed in.

The communicator sounded twice. Leo glanced at it, turned it off and then pointed at the first picture on the wall, “Why is he here?”

The research leader looked at the picture, “He was the first test subject found. Why?”

Leo’s actions stopped. He looked at the leader, “You said……he was a test subject?”

The leader was stunned for a moment, “Yes, what’s the problem.”

The man in the picture was very young when he died. Leo glanced at his picture again before turning to look back at the others.

“Weren’t all your subjects level one sentinels? This person is a dark sentinel.”

A moment of silence followed.

The research leader immediately refuted, “Impossible! We used genetic testing to determine his physical fitness level. He is a level one sentinel and his physique is the lowest level for a level one sentinel. I personally tested it and he——”

Halfway through his words, the research leader suddenly fell silent.

He———

What if he was a mutant dark sentinel?

If even the genes were changed, nothing else could be certain.

There was not a single person here with an IQ lower than 180. Ever since the leader stopped speaking, all their brains started working at a rapid speed.

If the first person wasn’t the victim but the perpetrator, then the previous assumption of being ‘eaten up’ no longer worked.

The victims are all level one sentinel and all very young. These people have one thing in common — they have not been affected by Mania. Even if they had symptoms, they were mild and didn’t require a guide’s assistance.

Since he didn’t need a guide then as long as he didn’t want it, others wouldn’t be able to see his spiritual mind and spiritual body. With that, he would be able to conceal himself very well.

Of the pictures on the wall, five of the thirteen people were government officials or senior military officials. It was because these people were involved that this project was held with high importance and it was also why they hadn’t withdrawn the funds for it over the past three years.

Everyone suddenly felt a chill down their backs.

The stunned research leader who was left dumbstruck for a while muttered, “If it’s not being eaten then…….”

Parasitism.

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