Chapter 90 (1/2)
In front of him is the indo in the world seems to shake the will of this man
Xiao chuckled and turned his face toward the back of the sofa
”You surpassed ed to trap Heine Burton”
Xia's praise did not elicit any pride in Xiao He responded coldly ” General I gave hiainst an actual ene have you been training? Do you expect to reach the sky iently ”Xiao Yan, there a three things that are worthy of praise this time First, you remembered what I said to you, that the point of the bait is to make it irresistible to your opponent This tactic exploits their desire to believe it and ceave Colonel Burton a dream If I were not here to look after you, I suspect Colonel Burton would have never returned to the real world The reason that he illing to sink into that world is because of how special you are to hiy was sound and effective”
”The second point?”
”The construction of your illusion is the most complicated and detailed that I have ever seen You included people that you had never met before That was an extremely risky choice that could dismantle the ruse at any tie of the president frouide Heine inside That was quite clever”
”And lastly?”
”That point estured toward Heine
For a moment Heine did not speak and a cold air wrapped around Xiao's nerves as though their thoughts were still connected by the terminal
”Your patience in the ahts, you were not overly eager to resist You catered to my desires to lure me back into 'reality' and introduce ular daythe research, the suits, the dinner Details to make me think ere back in reality Even at the dinner, you were not too anxious You used Lily to compromise my reason and force me into your trap”
”But truthfullyeven before the dance you already kneas all an illusion didn't you?” Xiao Yan asked hesitantly
”Yes”
At Heine's confirmation of his suspicion, Xiao closed his eyes and pressed a hand against his head in frustration
”so where did I ? The peopleor”
”When I kissed your finger in the hall, I knew that I was still in your mind”
Xiao Yan is completely stunned, ”wh--?”
”You told me that you believed no one could deceive you with my kiss Similarly, you don't knohat I feel every time I touch you”
Xiao Yan looked at Heine dazedly After a long tihed
”It turns outthe whole tiuy is too hs uncomfortably ”Well no matterthe lesson has served its purpose Xiao Yan you know the skills and strategy for success and where the pitfalls are I cannot continue to directly guide you Killing another person in the e to the other's neurons But I believe that after today, if the enemy is trapped in your mind you will kno to defeat them Remember, don't sy is crucial You will only have a ht ratitude and stood to salute Xia
”I will see you again I hope that next time you come for a simple cup of afternoon tea with me”
”As you wish”
Xiao Yan and Heine left Xia's office
The talked silently down the hall, behind them trailed a whole special forces task squad
”Tell me Am I back in reality or did you trap me in your subconscious?” Xiao suddenly stopped and turned toward the cold faced hly pressed his ainst him He reached behind his neck and pushed his face closer, iorously plundered Xiao'swith Xiao's He ended the short but heavy kiss with no eaze ”What do you think,his back and limbs as he moved ”I don't even care It you are a trap, it is a sweet illusion”
The anniversary dinner is approaching Not only the military, but everyone in the shi+re prepares for the celebration
Xiao continued to torture Lauren with new tasks in his lab He showed him every error he overlooked and forced hi the data Xiao found that he especially enjoyed watching Lauren's forlorn expression after his pride took a hit when his mistakes were pointed out
Once the day's research was finished, Lauren stretched lazily but lingered in the lab
”Aren't you going back?”
”If I don't correct my mistakes I won't be able to sleep” Lauren waved him away dismissively
Xiao found his dedication adorable Just as he was about to close down the terize for interrupting your work, Major The Acade in conference roohed, he just wanted to have a nice dinner and then lay in bed and listen tonext to the special forces waiting outside of his door His arms were folded in front of hi there for soaze suddenly shi+fted over to Xiao Yan, Xiao felt as if a strange force and reached in and electrified him
His heart leapt wildly and his breath beca through his mind
Such an incredible dominance swept over him and his illusory meht surprised him It seems even constructed memories were incredibly powerful
This man steadily possessed him, memories from the terminal interfacehe reached to steady hi on the wall He felt silly for his sudden and intense response? Why was his heart beating so erratically? It is not his first ti Heine
He has always had to steel his nerves to stand under the oppressive presence of Heine Burtonyet at the same time he was incredibly drawn to him
Like now Heine's sharply cold features carve deeply into Xiao's gaze He watched the steadydirectly at Heine Xiao feels dazed
”I have ainside
”I'll wait for you”
Heine did not follow him He remained in place as the Special Forces escorted Xiao Yan
As they passed through a lab, Xiao Yan wasmy time with my crush fro about changing the lunch soup” Ritz lamented
Loch swept past hiht by you then her future is soup”
”Heyno need to ht's sleep you crazy man” Ritz went to lift his foot to kick Loch but he was already walking away
The three of them made their way to the conference rooathered
Everyone is talking over each other atteuess why they have all been assembled
”Do you think it is about the dinner tomorrow?”
”What about? Don't we just need to wear a suit and show up?'
”So who called the ed Ritz with his elbow ”Heyis General Ervel ever late?”
”Never” Ritz pulled out a chair and plopped doith a loud yawn
After the last Colonel entered the roo door slid closed and the whole roo was not right He hurried over to the front sliding door to find that it did not recognize his identification
”I am Major Xiao Yan, ID1665, activate identification syste his instructions but still nothing happened
”Hey, what's wrong?” Ritz ca The whole roohed and patted Xiao Yan's shoulder ”Well since it is such a secretwhere the host doesn't show up?” Xiao raised his brows and Ritz suddenly felt a sian to nervously talk
Xiao looked around and said sternly ”Almost all research heads are trapped here If soh the ventilation system ould all die and the entire Acaderew very low and somber and Ritz's face shi+fted expression draraphic ie popped up but it was not General Ervel on the display Instead it was a er to everyone in the rooant and aristocratic, his fine sense of style distinctive His h the syste research elites of shi+re You should be leisurely getting ready to enjoy your dinner at this tiret inthe festivities”
The voices of the researchers grew louder and overlapped in nervous confusion
”Who is this? Is it someone Ervel had to replace hi a military uniforlanced over and noticed his shell shocked expression ”Xiao Yan Who is this guy?”
The aze is fixed in Xiao's direction His expression is openly provocative as though he has met an old friend
”AhXiao Yan you have already ratulate you, or no? With your talent, a rank of uy knows you?” Ritz's voice lowers and a deeper h
”Heis Valentine”
”Who?” Ritz is a mid level ranked researcher at the Academy He has not heard of Valentin