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Arc 5 – Slag that Dark Sentinel
Chapter 130

“If that was the case then it makes sense why the victims are young sentinels. Everyone would subconsciously reject external spiritual powers but the younger they are, the lower the compatibility between the spirit and the body and, similarly, the likelihood of rejection of foreign forces is also lower.”

Every once in a while, victims were born. It probably wasn’t only because the other party had changed targets but also because the body was beginning to show signs of rejections and he had no choice but to change bodies.

As for the hostage incident some time ago, it was now clear that those extremists didn’t have any intention to exchange hostages but had instead wanted to use that opportunity for that person to be exposed to a suitable host to move on to.

From the very beginning, they had been played around by those extremists.

The research assistant still didn’t quite understand, “Since they have escaped, why aren’t they leaving? For him to stay here, does it mean that he has his eyes on someone’s body again?”

No one answered him. The research assistant frowned, “Also, why hasn’t he ever parasitised on a dark sentinel? Chairman, haven’t you dealt with him before? At that time, you were also young but why didn’t he attack you?”

It wasn’t that he didn’t attack, it was because he was unable to succeed.

That black sentinel was called Evan. Although he had a very powerful mutant ability, he had a fatal flaw and that was —– Poor physique. It was also because of this flaw that he planned to change into a different body and at that time he had his eyes on Leo. But after a short exchange, he realised that he wasn’t Leo’s opponent at all. If he hadn’t retreated quickly, he might have died there on the spot.

Even if he survived, he wasn’t in a good state. The original body was completely rendered useless by Leo’s black mist and his spiritual mind was also affected for a long time.

As a last resort, he could only abandon his original body and parasitise a level one sentinel.

A level one sentinel could only be used for a short period of time — up to two years. After two years, he had to move onto a new body. Some lasted for two years while others only lasted for a few months before he was rejected by the body.

During his parasitic process, he needed to forcibly invade the other party’s spiritual mind which was equivalent to killing the opponent mentally and then transferring his own spiritual mind into that body. The remaining spiritual power of the original owner would then automatically form a protective shield to prevent him from being rejected by the body.

It took several years for Evan to discover that the ability to stay in a body for a long time had little to do with the person’s physique or age and was instead strongly linked to their spiritual power.

If the other party’s spiritual power was very strong, then after their death, the remaining spiritual power could protect him for a long time but if the other party’s spiritual power was very weak, it would very quickly dissipate and once it was all gone, he would be rejected by the body.

A young body did indeed have a lower chance of rejection, but it was spiritual powers that really played a decisive role.

In other words, if he wanted to remain in a body for a long time, he still needed to find a dark sentinel.

It was an endless loop. At the beginning, his physique was very poor, and he couldn’t fight against a dark sentinel so he was stuck in a situation where he had to change his body every once in a while, but even after changing his body, he still couldn’t beat a dark sentinel. Unless, of course, he could find a dark sentinel who was weaker than him.

Just when he thought there was no hope, he discovered Joey.

When he saw Joey holding a little red bird, Evan knew that the person he was looking for had appeared. Although Joey was still very young, after so many years of changing bodies, Evan was confident that he could easily disguise himself as a child without letting others notice.

And the identity of this child was just perfect; he was a descendent of a dark sentinel and would naturally also be a dark sentinel in the future. He was also an heir of the Grenoch family. Everything was simply working in his favour.

By using this identity, he could do many things for his organisation including overturning the current regime.

Evan had it all planned out. He first contacted Faria, took advantage of the other’s inferiority complex and dark personality and gave him a drug. That drug was the drug Noah had used on Leo back then and it was something that could make a dark sentinel temporarily lose their mind and awareness.

Evan’s task for Faria was to kill Leo but Evan never held any expectations on Leo actually getting killed. He only needed Leo to take that drug and once that was done, the terrorist leader would come out from hiding and kill both Leo and Faria together.

He himself parasitised the eldest son of the Sialaya family and borrowed his identity as an educator to get close to Chi Zhao to create an opportunity to be alone with Joey. Once an opportunity arises, he would silently parasitise Joey’s body without Chi Zhao noticing and be taken home with him. Following that, the news of Leopold and Faria’s death would be reported.

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This child was too young and needed a guardian, so Evan never considered killing Chi Zhao. After all, Chi Zhao looked like a typical golden-haired fool and using him as a shield wasn’t a bad idea.

Everything went smoothly but Even didn’t expect the vice-chairman to suddenly appear and there was also something else that suddenly appeared in the midst of his plans.

…….

At this time, Chi Zhao and Evan were still sitting in the lounge.

Today, the junior brother was the teacher in charge of guiding the students and their parents, so they followed him and entered a relatively quiet lounge and waited there to be called back to continue with the rest of the tests.

Chi Zhao was completely unaware that his son was in danger. Suddenly, his communicator sounded. When he picked it up to look, he saw that it was a message from the school asking for parents to go and confirm the child’s name and number as well as the time for the test.

What was strange was that the message specifically stated that only parents were allowed to go.

Chi Zhao frowned and looked at his junior brother, “I can’t take Joey with me?”

The junior brother nodded gently, “If a child follows along, it can get too messy. The next one is also a written exam. It’s best for the child to stay in the lounge so that they are in their best condition.”

There were a lot of children here preparing for the test. Other children stayed in lounges in groups of twos and threes, but the junior brother very enthusiastically provided them with a room just for them.

With a slight frown, Chi Zhao stood up, “Okay, I’ll head over. Joey, you stay here.”

Joey nodded. The junior brother stood up, “Don’t worry, I’ll be here too.”

Chi Zhao smiled. He seemed to trust his junior brother but the next second he silently released Little Red.

As soon as the little red bird appeared, it flew towards Joey. The corners of Evan’s lips couldn’t help but twitch as he watched that pheasant stumble around.

He was clearly a very powerful guide but why was his spiritual body like this? It was just a low IQ pheasant with the only advantage of being plump and delicious looking.

That’s right, Evan had thought that Little Red was a pheasant and had never taken it seriously.

……..

On the other end at the Genetic Research Institute, Leo finally managed to put together the clues. Parasitism, young level one sentinels, the reason why he’s staying on the main star despite the danger and a particularly ugly spiritual body.

Suddenly, the usually calm chairman rushed out. Seeing this, the vice-chairman was confused for a moment before quickly realising that he was onto something and hurried to catch up. The research leader similarly anxiously chased after the two of them.

Only the research assistant was left in the institute. He blinked blankly a few times and only realised that it was probably better to go with them a dozen seconds later. Throwing down the things in his hands and rushing out the door, he found that it was completely deserted outside. There was not even a car in sight.

Research assistant: “……..”

Wait for me!!

Chi Zhao had left for about a minute. It was estimated that he had probably already gone downstairs. Evan turned to look at Joey who was sitting obediently in the chair, “Do you like it here?”

Joey looked back at him, “It’s okay.”

Hearing this, Evan laughed, “You’re actually a pretty interesting kid. If you didn’t have such an identity and talent, I would be happy to train you and bring you back to the organisation.”

Joey tilted his head in confusion. The smile on Evan’s face slowly deepened and soon, an ugly alien-like spiritual body appeared on Joey’s shoulder.

Joey’s eyes widened and he reached to get the spiritual body off his shoulder, but the slimy sensation was very sickening. Little Red let out a sharp cry that was different from its usual chirps. It was a cry that carried powerful sound waves powerful enough to not only affected spiritual bodies, but also their masters. It flapped its wings and flew up high and proceeded to spray a large ball of fire at Evan’s spiritual body.

The spiritual body was in pain and the original act of invading Joey’s spiritual mind was interrupted. Evan didn’t expect the pheasant to have such a powerful attack and the pain from the attack just now was directly transmitted from his spiritual body to him hurting him to the point that he couldn’t open his eyes for a while.

Evan’s expression instantly darkened and it was no longer the gentle expression he had earlier. He placed down Joey and got ready to kill Little Red.

His mutated ability wasn’t just parasitism. He could also destroy. After all, before parasitising, he would need to completely shatter the other party’s spiritual mind.

Before he could make a move, the door to the lounge was suddenly opened. Chi Zhao activated a large spiritual barrier to trap himself and Evan together, leaving Joey outside and glared furiously at Evan, “I knew you had bad intentions. What are you……..”

Before he could finish speaking, Chi Zhao noticed his spiritual body and instantly exclaimed, “What the hell, it really is ugly!”

Evan: “…..”

Even sneered, “Turns out I was discovered. Well, it doesn’t matter. I can kill you as well. There are many people in the Grenoch family anyway, I can just find another one to use.”

He had spoken without context and Chi Zhao had no idea what he meant but he at least knew that what he was saying was definitely not a good thing. The spiritual pressure in the room soared. Evan who saw Chi Zhao’s true strength for the first time was indeed very surprised but he himself was also a dark sentinel. Chi Zhao may be powerful, but it was nothing in the eyes of a dark sentinel.

In the case of spiritual powers, physical fitness was very important. He was a guide so his physique would never be able to match up with the body of a level one sentinel.

And so, Evan was at ease, “I suggest that you stop resisting. The more you resist, the more painful it will be. If you obediently accept it, you can at least die faster.”

Hearing this, Chi Zhao sucked in a deep breath.

He rolled up his sleeves and smiled, “It has been a while since someone dares try to provoke me. Here, call me daddy. Daddy here will let you feel good.”

Joey who was watching them nervously, “……….” Dad, is this the right time to find me a brother?

When Chi Zhao noticed that something wasn’t right, he had immediately called the police. The teachers in the school arrived the fastest and then it was followed by the police. Leo and the others were the last to arrive but they weren’t of much help anyway because Chi Zhao had already set up a spiritual barrier and if anyone was to try to break through, it would severely affect Chi Zhao’s spiritual mind.

The teacher who arrived first wanted to take Joey away, but Joey refused. Suddenly his eyes widened, “Dad, look out behind you!”

Unexpectedly, Evan’s spiritual body could not only parasitise, it could also split itself. At some unknown point in time, that disgusting spiritual body had split itself into two and chose the despicable method of attacking from behind.

Only Joey saw this, others couldn’t see it. Chi Zhao who was caught in battle naturally didn’t notice it either. Just as he heard his son’s cry, he felt a sharp pain in his head.

When Leo rushed over, what he saw was the sight of a spiritual body covered in slime digging into his partner’s head.

Leo’s heart was torn. Chi Zhao wanted to resist but just like Evan had said, the more he resisted, the more painful it was.

Once it found an opportunity, it was impossible to drive it back out.

Evan couldn’t parasitise Chi Zhao. He knew this. He also knew that since his identity was discovered, everything was over, and he would probably die here today. Since he was going to die, he wanted to drag someone down with him.

Seeing the horrified expressions of the father and son not far away, Evan was pleased but before he could laugh his fill, his expression suddenly stiffened.

Immediately afterwards, he clutched his head in pain, “W-what is this?!”

After the system returned to report the outcome of its competition, it saw a disgusting tentacle reaching into its space.

The system was dumbstruck.

【What the hell is this? Get out! Don’t dirty my bed!】

Then, the system pulled out two strips of data and fiercely whipped the thing trying to take over its bed.

After quickly reviewing the recordings from earlier, the system was even more angry. I see, you’re actually trying to kill my host? Since you’re here, I’ll teach you a lesson!

It wouldn’t be called a good system if it didn’t beat this thing up!

…….

Chi Zhao dazedly watched the system morph into a Hulk-like appearance, turn strands of data into a mace and used it to violently beat-up Evan’s spiritual body.

As it did that, it continued to curse.

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【You dare bully others! You dare be this ugly! Being ugly isn’t your fault but it’s despicable of you to come out and scare people with that appearance! How dare you do that!】

As Chi Zhao watched, he suddenly felt that the main system was right. The system’s source code was indeed very cute. There are so many zero’s there.

………

 As a system that can change the course of the world, it was a very formidable existence to ordinary people in the world. It didn’t take long for the newly split spiritual body to be withdrawn following the attacks from the system. On the other side, Leo had also broken through his spiritual barrier and dealt with both the other spiritual body and Evan. Holding Chi Zhao tremblingly, when he saw him open his eyes, Leo’s tears were almost about to fall.

Chi Zhao knew that he must’ve been frightened. He quickly comforted him with a warm voice, “I’m fine, don’t cry. There are still so many people here.”

Leo didn’t speak. He silently tightened his hold around the person in his arms, almost suffocating Chi Zhao in the process.

There were still many things that needed to be dealt with. The vice-chairman asked for the head of the school to send away the uninvolved people to prevent them from disturbing the family of three. Once everyone was driven away, the vice-chairman looked at the two people embracing each other with jealousy.

He also wanted someone to hug.

Haa.

……….

The chairman was originally insecure and after something like that happening, for a whole week he didn’t let Chi Zhao go out. No matter what he did, he stuck to Chi Zhao and it was the same for Joey too. Chi Zhao could only comfort both the big one and the little one and was tired to no end because of this.

Only when sleeping at night, Chi Zhao had the chance to talk to the system.

The system had tried its best and managed to get second place. Coming first was the very formidable rice cooker. The system was quite calm about this result, but the main system wasn’t happy and wanted to interrogate the organiser of the competition.

【Once I’m done with you, I’ll be resigning. I don’t plan on continuing as a system, but I will still be working for the same company. The main system daddy and I signed a new contract. Part of the money I earn as a singer will be given to the company and the rest will be my own.】

Chi Zhao listened quietly.

In fact, with his completion speed, Chi Zhao himself was not confident about being able to succeed in being revived but the system continued to look confident, as if it had already known about the ending in advance.

The system wasn’t that smart. It had unintentionally revealed a lot of information. Chi Zhao felt that he was getting close to the truth, but he didn’t know what truth it was either.

“Thank you, for saving me.”

When the system heard the words of gratitude, it couldn’t help but twist around shyly.

【Hey, there’s no need to be polite between us.】

Chi Zhao laughed, “Thank you too, for giving me a chance to continue living.”

This continue living wasn’t about continuing in this world but for him to continue living in his original world, although it might still take some time to get there.

After experiencing so much, even if he couldn’t return to his own world, Chi Zhao felt that he had lived enough. He had experienced everything others had never experienced, and he had also lived a life other people would envy. It was all because the system had chosen him.

The system was silent for a while.

【Actually…..It’s not me who you should be thankful for.】

It had chosen Chi Zhao, but other hosts were also chosen. They however weren’t so lucky and had to do things that they didn’t like to do, deal with people they didn’t like and were forced to accept another person’s unfortunate life. Chi Zhao was lucky from the very beginning, but this luck wasn’t because he met the system but because he met a certain person.

The next world was the last world and their cooperation with No. 6 was about to end. The main system had also said that once No. 6 is gone, Chi Zhao can also return.

There is always calm before the storm. The system was conflicted for a while and didn’t know if it should tell Chi Zhao these things. After thinking for a while, it decided to test out Chi Zhao’s mood first.

【Host…..】

Chi Zhao didn’t respond. After taking a closer look, he had already fallen asleep.

System: “………”

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