Chapter 429 - 386: Suspicious Suicide

Chapter 429: Chapter 386: Suspicious Suicide

BEEP, BEEP... "Hello? Guan?"

"It’s me, Wang."

After meeting with Xu Xiaotian in the park, Guan Tong called Wang Yan the moment he left.

Once the call connected, he got straight to the point. "Wang, I just got back to Pinglu a couple of days ago. Xiaotian told me you and Na seem to be having some issues?"

"Sigh..."

Hearing Guan Tong bring this up, Wang Yan sighed.

"Nana... that child has been trying to run off lately."

"Run off?"

"She says she doesn’t want to stay at the base anymore. She says she wants to..."

Wang Yan hesitated for a moment.

"She says she wants to go help you."

"Help me?"

Guan Tong was a little surprised. He had never told Wang Yan and her daughter about his organization, the Origin-Tracing Expedition. Among his friends, only Shi Jingyi currently knew about it. ’How could Chen Na help me if she doesn’t even know it exists?’

"Yes. She thinks that since you’re always running all over the world, you might run into a lot of dangerous enemies, so she wants to use her abilities to help you. I told her she’s still young, and that it would be better to help you when she’s a bit older, but she just got angry. Besides, this base is an official government department; it’s not a place you can just leave whenever you want."

"...You’re right, Wang."

Guan Tong knew he often found himself in dangerous situations. He could bring Shangyuan Zi along because she was a powerful Ascender in her own right, and he didn’t have to worry about her ability to protect herself.

But Chen Na was different. While her detection abilities were strong, she had almost no defensive capabilities, which would put her in a very vulnerable position against dangerous enemies.

"See, Guan? You think so too, right? The kid is just being defiant with me." Wang Yan’s tone was helpless. "I think she’s reached that age. She’s hit her rebellious phase."

"..."

Guan Tong thought about it and realized it was true.

The year before last, when he first met the two of them during the blizzard Apocalypse Rule, Chen Na had been in the sixth grade.

Nearly two years had passed since then. If she were still in school, she would be in the seventh or eighth grade now. Kids that age really do have minds of their own.

"Wang, I’ll talk to Na later," Guan Tong said. "I’ll try to talk some sense into her."

"That would be great! I actually wanted to contact you earlier, but I didn’t know if you were busy, so I never called. Now that you’re back in Pinglu, if you have time, please help me guide this child... You’re the one she admires most. She’ll definitely listen to you."

"Of course, Wang. Don’t worry too much. Even if Na is being defiant, I’m sure she still cares a lot about you."

"Of course I know that... Well, that’s all for now. Thanks for your help, Guan."

After hanging up, Guan Tong wondered how he should persuade Chen Na.

Kids this age have a strong rebellious streak; saying the wrong thing could easily backfire.

’...I’m not very good at dealing with kids, either.’

Just then, the phone in Guan Tong’s hand vibrated.

Hmm?

He looked down and saw a special notification from the Ascender’s Home website.

He only had special notifications set for a few accounts. ’Who could it be?’

Guan Tong opened it and frowned instantly.

...

"MEOW-ROAR!"

In the valley of a mountain range outside Pinglu City, Coal Ball began to frolic happily upon returning to this familiar place.

Watching Coal Ball run toward the forest, Guan Tong thought it would be best to let it stay here from now on.

He had lived in this valley for several months while substitute teaching at the academy. It was during that time that Coal Ball had devoured the [Demon Flesh and Blood], transforming from a tiny thing into the great beast it was today.

The environment of this valley forest was, on the one hand, familiar to it, and on the other, suited its wild nature. Even though the shelter had been expanded and was much larger now, it was still a drop in the ocean compared to the great outdoors.

Moreover, this valley was in an uninhabited area. Barring major ecological disasters, ordinary Apocalypse Rules usually didn’t affect places like this.

Guan Tong figured he would let Coal Ball live here and just come by to visit it from time to time.

He entered the shelter and sat down at the computer desk, feeling a slight sense of unfamiliarity.

Ever since he teamed up with Shangyuan Zi to form their organization and later went to Sisiya, he hadn’t used this shelter in a long time.

However, its functionality was still irreplaceable. And if it could be further expanded in the future, he didn’t rule out the possibility of converting it into a "Mobile Base."

Guan Tong turned on the computer, logged into the Ascender’s Home website, and went to the private message interface.

The account that sent him the special notification had the username "Primordial Man."

That’s right—it was the person from the Soloma Empire who had given him the two "Qimo Star Fragments."

At the time, the King of the Soloma Empire had proposed a condition: in exchange for those two fragments, he would receive "one instance of assistance" from "Shadow."

As for what this assistance would entail, the King of Soloma had not mentioned it at the time, and after several Apocalypse Rules had passed, there was still no contact.

After the [Earth Dragon Flipping Over] rule was announced, Guan Tong had expected the King of Soloma to ask him to fulfill his promise by helping Soloma destroy the Earth Vein Pillar and reduce the earthquake’s intensity... But from the beginning to the end of that Apocalypse Rule, the King never contacted him.

And now...

Primordial Man: "Hey, long time no see. You haven’t forgotten about me, have you? Just a heads-up, His Majesty the King intends for you to fulfill that ’one instance of assistance’ request now."

’Why now, all of a sudden? What do they want me to do?’

Guan Tong stared at the message for a moment before typing his reply: "What request does His Majesty the King have for me?"

Since he had made a promise, he wouldn’t go back on his word. As long as it wasn’t something heinous, he would help.

Primordial Man: "The request is just one sentence: ’Eliminate the Pope of the Fire Worship Cult.’"

’Eliminate the Pope?’

This was exactly what Guan Tong had already planned to do in cooperation with the Strategy Research Room.