Chapter 1012 - Cutting Ties (1/2)

”Bella, Ariel, let's go,” said Jiang Fei.

”Mr. Jiang Fei, I have matters to tend to here. I won't be sending you off,” said Qin Tian in the coldest way before walking away without even a glance. The treatment towards Jiang Fei quickly turned 180 degrees when Jiang Fei announced that he had failed to capture the beast.

”Hmph! That's so rude of him! He'd toss you aside like a used tool! How insolent! I should capture that beast right now and shove it to his face!” Ariel barked, sulking as she did.

”Haha! My little cutesy pie. You're too naive if you think that I'm offended by his treatment,” said Jiang Fei as he patted Ariel's head.

”That man did not care if I could chase after that thing. They were only treating me bad because I am of no use to them anymore!”

”What do you mean?” Ariel looked at Jiang Fei while cocking her head like a curious little girl.

”Haha! That thing is not a beast but a machine created by the military themselves. The only reason they called me in here was to be the witness to justify the mysterious power outage incident! Now that they have confirmed that I have seen it, they could blatantly push the blame on the ”beast”. What they were really up to would then be covered. No Metahuman would be curious to know the truth. If you went ahead and captured the beast, it would only put everyone in an awkward position,” Jiang Fei explained proudly.

To be honest, Jiang Fei was torn. He did not want to go against the military. That was why he stopped chasing after the robot after knowing its real identity. If Jiang Fei did not ”give up” on the chase and captured the ”beast”, things might turn out worse.

”Wow! Darling, you're so smart! Had you not explained, I would never have guessed it!” Ariel praised.

”Pfff! Haha!” Isabella burst out laughing when Jiang Fei was enjoying being praised and revered by Ariel.

”Ariel, my cute little sister, you're so bad for tricking our darling!”

”Ehh? I didn't! He is smart! It's true! He figured it out himself!” Ariel barked again. Unfortunately, she failed to mask her lies properly this time.

”ARIEL!!! You sly little minx! Come here, you!” Jiang Fei playfully roared and held her close before softly pinching her soft pink cheeks. While Ariel's cheeks were red from being pinched, Jiang Fei's was glowing red from shame. The little mermaid princess knew about the machine and even pretended to be angry so that Jiang Fei could step in to be the alpha-male!

After having ”fun” with both Isabella and Ariel, Ariel snapped her fingers and teleported everyone back to Manda Square. Even though the matter with the electric-sucking beast was ”dealt” with, Jiang Fei knew that things would escalate. Things far worse than electric-sucking beasts would manifest.

Right now, the most logical explanation as to why the military had resorted to fooling Jiang Fei was hidden experimentation. They must have conducted some sort of experiment that drew in a huge amount of energy that led to the power outages. Most likely, the experiment would be linked to the Android project.

”Darling, what do you plan to do next?” Isabella asked.

”I… honestly? I don't know,” replied Jiang Fei.

From the perspective of a martial artist, Jiang Fei was afraid of the day when the military could deploy Level 5 Androids. That would be the day of culling. Even though he was better with the military compared to the other martial artists, the day would come when he too, would not be spared.