114 Awkward (1/2)

”You said my private meeting with Lisa might hold the clues to her disappearance,” Kiba looked at Emily, ”So I don't understand why you are suddenly shouting?”

Emily didn't know how to answer. Indeed, when she thought back, it was her who was fully adamant to know the details even after he declined by saying it was a private matter.

”My apologies,” Emily regained her composure, ”Did you two only had sex and didn't discuss anything else?”

”Yes,” Kiba nodded.

Emily was not embarrassed to use the word sex. She wouldn't even have reacted in a strange manner before if she wasn't caught off guard.

Murder, sex, and violence were an everyday matter for an investigator like her.

”So you two only had sex without any conversation?” Emily's eyes were on the tablet.

”Obviously we had a conversation during sex,” Kiba answered in an obvious tone, ”How can you have sex without any conversation at all?”

”...I mean conversation not related to sex?” Emily's forehead was covered with dark lines.

She would have thought he was playing around but the readings on the tablet made her realize he was being serious.

”We did at the end,” Kiba said as he tried to remember details, ”She asked me if I can participate in an experiment for her.”

”Oh?” Emily was intrigued. She has read Lisa's history and knew she was interested in getting powerful specimens for her experiment.

”Obviously I refused,” Kiba continued, ”I'm not interested in being a lab rat.”

”I see,” Emily agreed with him. No sane man would agree to be used as a specimen.

She recalled Lisa has hypnosis ability but it seems either she didn't use her ability or it proved useless on him.

”Maybe he has a strong mental will,” Emily contemplated in her heart, ”Or he is using some drug or chip to prevent psychic intrusions.”

The greatest fear for any person would be to be manipulated by someone else especially in the current era of mutants. Therefore, scientists have created drugs and other enhancements to overcome psychic intrusions.

These drugs and enhancements were very costly and also, they could offer protection to a certain degree only. If the attacker was of Akshobhya level then they would prove useless.

”Perhaps she had sex with him to make him volunteer for an experiment,” Emily further thought.

From eons, seduction has been a very powerful tool used by women to control the men. After all, the greatest weakness of men was their thirst for sex.

Seduction was not just sex but offering a man something greater: the chance of owning an extraordinary work of God.

This was even a greater weakness than sex. It involved the vanity and ego.

Which man wouldn't like to own a beauty for himself? A beauty desired by everyone but only reserved for him?

A woman who can manipulate this desire could make a man do anything no matter how bizarre. It was the peak of seduction and even the concept of love failed in front of its power.

”Obviously Lisa wasn't an expert in seduction,” Emily concluded in her heart.

”Are there any more questions?” Kiba asked.

”No,” Emily shook off her head, ”But I want you to check your memories of that meeting.”

”You wish to barge in my brain?” Kiba's gaze turned cold.

”Of course not,” Emily quickly clarified.

It was illegal to barge in someone's consciousness to check their memories. Only in the worst crimes could this be allowed and even that there needs to be sufficient evidence.

”You have to imprint memories of that event in a memory crystal,” Emily added.

”Do you have court permission?” Kiba enquired.Even imprinting memories couldn't be done forcefully.

”Yes,” Emily clicked a panel on the virtual screen to display the necessary documents.

”Fine,” Kiba agreed after verifying the documents, ”I'm ready.”

”Thank you for the understanding,” Emily took out a memory crystal from a drawer, ”Please inscribe the memories.”

Kiba took an orange crystal from her hand. The crystal was in the form of a bead the size of a pigeon's eye.

Kiba closed his eyes as a connection with the memory crystal was established.

”It is possible to deceive the sensors but not the memory crystal,” Emily thought, ”Unless one can manipulate own memories. That would require the help of a very powerful psychic mutant.”

A few minutes later, Kiba returned her the crystal.

”Please wipe out the memories after you are done,” Kiba said in a sincere tone, ”It involves the honor of a woman.”

”You can rest assured,” Emily was impressed by his conduct.