Chapter 246: Duke

"Do you think handcuffs mean anything to me?" Naimi Xisi glanced at the four trembling guards who were scared yet still dared not fire and said.

"Enough, don't waste time, take me to Doctor Bu Lun Na."

The guards exchanged glances, and ultimately none dared to produce another pair of handcuffs. Moreover, as the Experiment Subject before them said, handcuffs have no effect on this kind of monster that can kill from a distance.

The guards led Naimi Xisi into the laboratory and reported the situation to central control via intercom.

Subject 17, long missing, suddenly reappeared and swaggered, demanding to see Doctor Bu Lun Na?

The lieutenant at central control was stunned upon hearing the news.

Soon a flood of soldiers streamed out, gathering on the plaza before the laboratory building and cautiously surrounding Subject 17.

Doctor Bu Lun Na, clad in a white coat, soon emerged from the building, and the moment he saw Naimi Xisi, a flash of surprise crossed his eyes.

Did Subject 17 really come to the laboratory base alone?

What does that mean? Has he reverted to that foolish state again? It doesn't seem like it.

Or perhaps he is confident he can safely leave the laboratory on his own?

Realizing this, Doctor Bu Lun Na's eyes flashed with apprehension; he recalled the crushed road he had seen before and couldn't help but raise Subject 17's danger level a notch.

Nevertheless, outwardly, the old fox spoke gently: "Long time no see, Subject 17, shall we go inside and discuss it slowly?"

Naimi Xisi nodded, walked into the building indifferently as if the surrounding soldiers didn't exist. His contemptuous attitude made Doctor Bu Lun Na even more cautious.

Reentering the familiar laboratory, Naimi Xisi found that the passing researchers were now unfamiliar faces, and unlike before, the number of guards in the laboratory had increased dramatically.

Previously, the laboratory guards were equipped at most with stun guns and pistols, while only the guards outside the building carried rifles and submachine guns.

But now each guard inside the laboratory wielded a ferocious assault rifle.

Even so, Naimi Xisi remained unmoved, calmly following Doctor Bu Lun Na into an interrogation room.

The two were not in the same room; between them stood an incredibly hard, yet transparent, aluminosilicate glass that allowed them to see each other.

"You've already escaped; why come back? Subject 17?" Doctor Bu Lun Na stopped probing and got straight to the point, his expression becoming confident.

Naimi Xisi chuckled lightly and said, "By someone's commission, and to retrieve a lost item."

Doctor Bu Lun Na's eyes flickered with a ripple; the lost item—so he really came back for that cloth bag? It seems that thing is indeed important, but what does 'by someone's commission' mean?

He guessed in his mind, but his guess was way off. The cloth bag he imagined was, to Naimi Xisi, merely a pile of obsolete rags worth no more than a few million gold coins.

For his current self-worth of over a hundred million, this Magic Item is just a drop in the bucket; even when the simulacrum brought it, it was merely a consumable to smooth the mission, and he never intended to take it back.

The Throne is the thing he must find.

Seeing Doctor Bu Lun Na still speculating about his purpose, Naimi Xisi bluntly asked, "Where is the silver gem you retrieved from Shi Yi?"

Doctor Bu Lun Na's expression changed, but quickly returned to normal.

He didn't expect that the mysterious Subject 17's goal was that thing.

Doctor Bu Lun Na curled his lips and said, "So you want that gem? But I haven't fully studied that item yet, so I can't give it to you for now."

He didn't say the whole thing, just mentioned 'for now'.

But Naimi Xisi wasn't going to play tai chi with him; three points of Mana ignited instantly, and the power of Suggestion Technique pierced Doctor Bu Lun Na's mind.

As an ordinary person, although Doctor Bu Lun Na is highly intelligent, he had no room to resist Naimi Xisi's Spiritual Power; his mental defense collapsed instantly.

"The silver gem is in front of the Door," Doctor Bu Lun Na said blankly. The lieutenant monitoring the scene through the camera immediately recognized the issue; knowing these superpowered beings could manipulate minds, he pressed a button without hesitation.

The next moment, a large amount of gas flooded Naimi Xisi's room; the dense smoke would put any inhaled creature to sleep, a method they had prepared long ago to capture Subject 17.

The thick white smoke blocked the camera's view, and the lieutenant didn't stop the hypnotic gas mechanism until ten minutes later; staying inside that long would knock out even a whale.

The gas smoke gradually dissipated, but the lieutenant's eyes widened.

Because the person he expected to collapse was still sitting calmly in the chair, sneering at the camera!

Naimi Xisi was deeply disappointed by these people's tactics—hypnotic gas?

Even without using any Mana to protect himself, this body wouldn't be knocked down by that thing.

After all, he is now a simulacrum! Eating only to maintain energy, a body that doesn't even need to defecate—how could it be hypnotized by gas?

Naimi Xisi snapped his fingers, instantly nullifying the Suggestion Technique, and Doctor Bu Lun Na regained his senses.

He glanced around anxiously; if the Suggestion Technique lacks a command from the caster, the subject can remember everything that happened while they were controlled.

The superpower of the person before him was terrifying, yet could manipulate him in the blink of an eye.

Naimi Xisi waved his hand again, and telekinetic force instantly destroyed all listening devices and cameras in both rooms.

!

"Doctor Bu Lun Na, I have a proposal for you. Personally, I suggest you don't let your subordinates hear it."

Naimi Xisi, looking at the guards who entered the room because the cameras were destroyed, said to Doctor Bu Lun Na slowly.

Doctor Bu Lun Na's face turned ashen; that earlier scene made him realize that this person's superpower could match, no, even surpass Shi Yi's before the amnesia, and if he wished, could kill him at any time.

For his own safety, he nodded and ordered the guards to leave the room.

"You've always wanted to know my origin, right?" Naimi Xisi said with a smile.

Doctor Bu Lun Na nodded.

"It's fine to tell you; according to your kind's understanding, I come from another world," Naimi Xisi said with a smile.

Doctor Bu Lun Na's pupils contracted; Naimi Xisi's words caught him completely off guard.

"The universe is vast beyond human imagination. In fact, you know almost nothing about the truth of the Multiverse."

"You don't need to know every detail; you only need to understand this: I am one of the six dukes of the Throne, and Shi Yi likewise."

Doctor Bu Lun Na furrowed his brows and asked, "Throne? What is that? Why would you let Shi Yi, a child, join you?"

In response to Doctor Bu Lun Na's question, Naimi Xisi shamelessly raised the banner.

"The Throne is an organization spanning the Multiverse, and we six dukes are the ZhuZhuZhe of the Throne."

Doctor Bu Lun Na was even more confused by Naimi Xisi's words; such an impressive organization, why let an underage child join? Could Shi Yi's superpower potential be that huge?

Seeing Doctor Bu Lun Na's question, Naimi Xisi looked at him with inscrutable depth and said, "The six ducal seats of the Throne are predestined; Shi Yi obtaining that gem signifies her qualification to become a duke."

"Every duke is destined to be the ruler of his world," he smiled at Burenna and said: "Shiyi, likewise."

(End of chapter)