Chapter 220: A Worried Parent (1/2)

Jayden was currently on the black market website with a list of abilities she had in mind, however, there was one that Moby specified that she should go out of her way to look for, and the rest should only be extras or alternatives.

She knew that Moby would have most likely preferred to find a truly unique ability, but in the world they live in, all the unique abilities were all monopolized and kept secret by all the big families, which included her shadow ability, Alex's lightning ability, and Abby's fire ability. For now, he was stuck only being able to obtain what was on the black market, which was not that bad as there were many good abilities to choose from, some much harder to master than others.

And, the one that Moby told her to find was one such ability, extremely hard to find and extremely hard to properly use and master, which made it possibly the most unique ability he could buy since no one, even if they had it, could properly use it, most of them probably being arrogant parents foolishly thinking their child could master such an ability. Thus, it sat in a weird spot, one that many people want for its potential and rarity but want to stay away from due to its complexity and hard mastery, thus it was given a fair price compared to other abilities considered to be just as good and rare but much easier to use.

What was the point of having a device that you could not operate? Or a sword too heavy for you to swing? That was the mentality for the people who chose not to buy it, all behind its reputation.

Jayden's eyes grew tired with hints of red from how long she had been staring at the screen, endlessly scrolling and refreshing just for a chance to find the ability. It was an ability that Moby had found the last time the other day when he bought his ice ability. However, despite her suggesting he should have gotten it, he decided to go for the ice ability instead which she thought would be less versatile, and maybe end up being just a worse version of his pure demon energy.

Although, with his time-related ice skills, she would be lying if she said that she was not impressed as she had no idea how he was able to develop the ability in such a way, and if he was able to do the same with other abilities, maybe even her own which made her smile from her mellowly tired bored state just from thinking about it, closing her eyes for a split second.

*Slam*

”AHHHHH!”

Jayden's eyes grew wide, brimming with excitement as she could not help but yell out loud and slam her hands on the table.

Someone had just listed 3 of the same ability she had been looking for all at once, each for 150 million, 50 million less than they were posted the other day as she could not believe her eyes.

Without a moment of hesitation, she lifted her watch and rang her father's personal device with haste.

*Brrrrr*

*Brrrr*

*Brrrr*

”Hello, you have reached the-” an unfamiliar voice was heard from the other side of the phone, most likely his secretary.

”Hello! This is Jayden! I need to talk to dad as soon as possible!”

Her sense of urgency was clear, her heavy panting being heard from the other side of the phone, even increasing when she witnessed that one of the abilities had already been purchased.

Them suddenly, as Jayden looked down at her watch, her eyes immediately grew wider as she inwardly cursed. she had used her school watch to call him out of panic instead of using her phone as she had never used her watch to call her father before, so the number was still unrecognized.

”Ummm… is this a prank call? We are in a serious situation, I don't recognize this number, are you really Jay-” The secretary replied before being abruptly cut off, the sound of a massive crash and heavy ruffling along with a few screams and gasps were heard from the other side of the call, almost like they were hit by some sort of deadly tornado, making Jayden's worried eyes turn into that of shock and surprise.

”Jayden! My little honey bun! Is that you!? Are you okay!?” Mason's voice rang from the other side of the phone, clear worry and distress in his voice.

”Yeah, it's me father, don't worry, I'm completely safe…” Jayden responded with a smile, her heart feeling more at peace hearing her father's voice after everything she had been forced to go through.