Chapter 567 - 282: Those Who Alter Fate Shall Suffer Divine Retribution
Chapter 567: Chapter 282: Those Who Alter Fate Shall Suffer Divine Retribution
"Describe the situation at that time in detail."
"From what I know, the young lady of the Grand Commandant Mansion, Su Qianxue, has been pampered and willful since childhood, and has never learned any Martial Arts. How could she possibly escape from the hands of an expert like you?"
"Are you certain you didn’t deliberately let her go?"
Even if it were Xing Lie or Chi Yun and the others, with Shadow Sparrow’s blade pressed to their necks, it would be absolutely impossible for them to slip away so easily.
There must be some hidden reason behind this.
He had thought that after failing the mission, he would be met with his master’s thunderous fury. Who would have thought, his master was not angry at all; his emotions were so steady it was downright unnerving.
Yet he was doubting his loyalty in handling the matter—how could that be tolerated?
"My lord may question his subordinate’s ability, but can never question his subordinate’s loyalty. I swear on my head, I absolutely did not deliberately let her go."
"That woman is strange. There’s something wicked about her..."
Being misunderstood, Shadow Sparrow hurriedly spoke up to explain, recounting the rough course of events in detail.
If he could, he truly wished he could twist off his own head to use as collateral.
"According to your orders, the moment I appeared I began to intimidate her, pressing the dagger against her neck."
"She was terrified, her body shaking like a sieve, but she didn’t resist at all the entire time. It really was as you said, my lord—she does not know any Martial Arts."
If she had Martial Arts, then no matter how good her act, she would never be able to show such realistic fear.
A normal Martial Artist, when his lifeline is in another’s hands, will usually first show weakness, pretend to be harmless, then use conversation to distract the assailant’s attention, hoping to find a chance to counterattack.
But she just ran for it directly, with no intention whatsoever of testing if she could beat him in a fight.
From this it could be seen she most likely did not know Martial Arts, and was also extremely timid.
However, what Shadow Sparrow could not understand was: such a cowardly woman who couldn’t fight actually escaped from his hands, just like that, fresh and alive, vanishing into thin air.
How on earth did she do it?
And what was that blinding light?
"I originally wanted to scare her a bit more, to see if she could say something useful, but she guessed that I was someone you sent and claimed she wanted to see you."
"I wanted to keep intimidating her, but who would have thought, a burst of intense light suddenly erupted from her body, so bright that I couldn’t open my eyes."
"By the time I realized something was wrong, she had already vanished into thin air. It was only two or three breaths at most."
"I know this matter is extremely unbelievable. Even though I personally experienced it, I still find it hard to believe. My lord surely will not believe it either."
"But every word I’ve said is true. There is not a single lie."
By the end, Shadow Sparrow was utterly helpless.
This kind of ridiculous story—he himself didn’t even believe it; how was his master supposed to?
It looked like his innocence today was destined not to be cleared.
After listening to Shadow Sparrow, Mo Yuanhao lowered his eyelids and sank into thought.
In his dream, he had witnessed the strangeness of that woman and her system, all kinds of miraculous, powerful items emerging one after another.
Could it be that the method she used today to escape from Shadow Sparrow came from those items?
If so, then that dream truly was his experience from his previous life, and that woman really was an evil thing from another world.
The real Su Qianxue had already been seized and completely erased in that unrelenting high fever more than half a year ago.
Heh. His original intention had only been to have Shadow Sparrow test that woman.
If that woman really was the evil thing from his dream, then Shadow Sparrow would definitely be unable to do anything to her and would definitely return in failure.
And in the end, she really was!!!
But how did she guess that Shadow Sparrow was someone he sent?
They had only just finished their entanglement, and only a single day had passed.
Although he had been cold and heartless when he left, saying many cutting words, he had left her the Token and had people escort her back to the capital.
If he wanted to kill her, he could have simply ended her with a single blade before leaving. Why wait until now?
So how exactly did she deduce that the thug with the dagger at her neck had been sent by him?
The only explanation was that she had found out he now loathed her to the bone.
That system was very likely able to monitor his emotions from every angle, as well as his feelings toward her—and perhaps, it could even monitor his every move.
In an instant, a bone-deep chill spread through Mo Yuanhao’s entire body, and he could not control the threads of fear that surfaced in his heart.
That evil thing—was he still unable to shake it off, even having lived a second life?
Seeing his master press his lips together and remain silent for a long time, Shadow Sparrow felt extremely uneasy.
Indeed, a matter that even he himself could hardly believe—if his master didn’t believe it, that would be perfectly understandable.