92 Before The Meetup 1 (1/2)

The shock that crossed Sofony's face could only be described as immense. He saw her laboriously taking a deep breath, her eyes telling him she expected something like this to happen yet she was still caught off-guard.

She even absentmindedly said, ”I... why did she want to involve you? No... I already made your information hidden!” A second later she looked down, then began mumbling again as if she realized something, ”Wait... I see... In the end, your people and companies can't move. This... I should have known....”

The girl shut her eyes. When she opened them again, she had already taken a few more deep breaths. Then she nervously and apprehensively asked, ”Did she say anything else?”

Gio took in her worrying eyes. Of course, the voice message mentioned other things. But since he has no plan to tell her that, he only shook his head and replied, ”No. She only wants you to come. And I can come along if I want.”

”No!!!”

To this sudden outburst, Gio merely batted his eyes once but he showed no hint of being surprised. However, he frowned a little when a crazed expression appeared on Sofony's face.

'Fear?' he asked himself as he analyzed the emotion that could be seen from her eyes.

He disliked it. It was not hard to see that she doesn't want him to meet another person like her. But why? Was his girl not confident she would be able to deal with the other? If so, was she also not confident in him, thinking he was a useless and powerless man?

Doesn't she know that harboring the same mentality as her peers won't do her any good? He narrowed his eyes, displeased that Sofony was seemingly thinking no normal person could go against people like that Guzman surnamed woman.

”No! You're not coming with me! Please! Y-you don't know what she can do!” she pleaded, her eyes still widened.

”You told me last time she possesses some mind control abilities,” he calmly said as he held her hand and pulled her into the car.

To this answer, Sofony shook her head, ”I-I don't know her other abilities! I don't know what else she has, what else she can do, and who she can control! I can't allow you to see her! W-what if she manipulates you into doing something you don't want! What if she also has items or abilities that can hurt you! No! You're not allowed to see her!”

The girl tried to show protest by not entering the passenger seat. However, Gio simply tugged her in, her lesser strength did not pose any resistance against his puzzlingly high strength.

”Ouch,” she whimpered when her head bumped into the headboard.

”Sorry,” he blinked and said. He then pulled her gently to his embrace and inspected her forehead. ”What are you saying earlier again?”

Sofony's hands covered the slightly aching part, shielding it to his prying gaze while also rubbing it. She then went back to shaking her head after remembering the pressing issue.

”No! I'm saying you're not coming with me! You don't know, but compared to me that woman is much stronger,” she paused a bit to think of the appropriate word then added, ”and more resourceful!”

Sofony remembered how a casual move against her best friend almost drove her mad just to think of countermeasure.

What if that Clarissa could also mind-control multiple people at the same time? Sofony doesn't know the specifics because the system was as useless as ever. But precisely due to this, she has to be extra careful. She doesn't dare expose this person before her to any danger because when she tried to picture him getting hurt, a sharp pain assaulted her heart.

And it was just from picturing this in her imagination...

Sofony madly shook her head again. When she stopped, she intentionally met his gaze. ”Actually, we don't need to meet her, right? If so, then we should just go home...”

Gio stared at her for a fairly long time. He actually saw her eyes flickering and all he wanted to do was tell her that his experience in the military raised his resistance against hypnosis to a very high degree. When he went after the blind her at the dim park, the reason he remained calm facing her was this. He had enough confidence that no hypnosis would work on him.

Only, he didn't know if the girl was aware of it.

But even if she was not... Does too much agitation cause her to forget that she gave him a ring which she said could resist mind attacks?

He could only sigh.

What else could he do when his girl was being brainless like this?

After shaking his head, while she was busy chanting commands that had no effect on him, he removed the hand covering her forehead and gently kissed it.

Afterward, he ignored her stiffened expression and whispered to her left ear. ”Baby, reserved that to your enemies. Don't use that to me even for practice. You know it won't work on me. And we're coming. Because I already prepared something for that annoying woman.”