Fate Trading System – Chapter 120

Plan A

Interstellar Guardian 5

Taste

Some people always like to challenge limits, like Su Xin.

Su Xin didn’t doubt Fourteen’s calculation and analysis abilities, but there was just an inexplicable stubbornness.

After killing many times, people become numb and indifferent, as if what’s being ended isn’t life, but something not worth mentioning.

In the beginning, she also had “boiling blood” (meaning passionate enthusiasm) in her heart.

Just like those living in peaceful times who get excited about “jianghu’s quick vengeance” (referring to the martial arts world’s swift justice and revenge) or battlefield combat, it’s the restless stirring of blood, even though the body can’t reach that height, and if actually attempted, it would be impossible.

Sentiment, understand?

When touching the mecha, Su Xin’s heart had already exploded.

Renee’s speed became faster and faster, the places where the mecha brushed past became slightly distorted.

However, the training room was built with special metal, which would automatically repair after deformation, so as long as it wasn’t pierced through, there basically wouldn’t be any problems.

Su Xin’s dodging was hurried, not because she didn’t dare to attack head-on, but because if she did, her mecha might break down, and Su Xin had no doubt about this.

Sweat dripped from Su Xin’s forehead. Piloting a mecha mainly relied on spiritual power, but the body must also have strong qualities. Su Xin’s spirit was now highly tense, dodging left and right, gradually becoming overwhelmed.

She couldn’t beat Renee.

This was normal, but also quite frustrating.

Su Xin stared at the screen, controlling the virtual joystick.

【Host, need help?】

If Fourteen joined in, helping with precise positioning, analyzing where to be in the next moment including attack postures, or if Fourteen directly took over the mecha’s intelligent control, they could last longer.

But Su Xin didn’t plan to do so. Fourteen was her trump card, just like her true abilities. In life, never cut off your own retreat, unless you have no choice but to “fight with your back against the water” (meaning to fight in a desperate situation) or need to do something.

Eleven minutes passed, and Su Xin’s controlled mecha crashed to the ground.

In the final moment, Renee’s movements were so fast that Su Xin couldn’t even see clearly, only feeling her mecha being hit from behind before falling.

Renee suddenly stopped that kind of attacking mindset, heavily exhaled inside her mecha, pressing her forehead and hiding the madness in her eyes.

Can’t be like this, control yourself.

Renee bit her tongue, and by the time she got out of the mecha, she had returned to her original cold demeanor.

“Not bad.”

When Su Xin got out, her head was buzzing, and her steps were a bit floating.

For a moment just now, she felt Renee wanted to kill her. If it weren’t for the fact that Renee’s mecha attacks didn’t use weapons, just pure combat moves, she would have really thought Renee wanted to end her life.

【Based on the recent analysis, if the attack had continued, the host would indeed have died.】

Fourteen said.

Su Xin licked her lips; she knew.

However, Renee didn’t have killing intent, only fighting spirit.

“So can I stay by your side now?”

Su Xin made eye contact with Renee and hurried to ask.

“I think so.”

“Is it to join the General’s guard unit?”

Renee nodded, but when she heard Su Xin’s next words, her breathing suddenly halted.

“Can I get a bit closer to the General?”

Su Xin thought, she needed to provide close protection, could she get even closer? The client’s unclear wishes were driving her crazy too. Protection, safety, protection, safety – until when?

“How close do you want to be?”

Renee crossed her arms, raising her eyebrows while looking at Su Xin, her eyes dark.

“Not separated by an inch?”

Su Xin felt this wish might go down the drain, because the General obviously didn’t look too happy.

“Oh?”

Renee looked at this Alpha who was willing to become ‘disabled’ for her, finding some amusement in it. What exactly was she plotting?

An Alpha without a big ding-ding and marking ability, what else could it be but disabled?

Su Xin twitched her nose, catching a scent.

“General, what’s that smell on you? It’s quite pleasant.”

It’s somewhat like the fragrance of jasmine, but not quite; anyway, it’s a faint sweetness that smells quite comfortable, strangely pleasant.

“You can smell it?”

Renee’s expression became somewhat strange as she examined Su Xin with curiosity.

Betas also have pheromones, though not as intense as Alphas and Omegas, usually only appearing during intense exercise or dramatic mood swings.

Renee didn’t feel her recent exercise was that intense, though there were mood fluctuations, but she had already suppressed it quite well. How could the Alpha in front of her smell it?

“Yes, it’s not very strong, just a faint pleasant scent, like flowers, very comfortable to smell.”

Su Xin honestly shared her thoughts without any concealment, her expression very genuine.

“Pleasant?”

Renee’s expression grew even stranger as she repeated to confirm.

“Yes, although I can’t quite describe that fragrance, it’s somewhat like flowers but not exactly.”

Su Xin, poor at descriptions, scratched her short hair, making it messy.

Renee felt confused, but then remembered Su Xin’s scent she had just smelled, enticing like alcohol, and had a bit of understanding.

Theoretically, this shouldn’t happen. Although Alphas can sense Beta pheromones, Beta pheromones are different, so the reactions should be different too.

Betas don’t have heat cycles, and the pheromones Renee just released were aggressive in nature. Although she had already restrained them, for an Alpha, that definitely shouldn’t be a pleasant smell.

Moreover, her own reaction to Su Xin’s pheromones was very strange; usually, she would be very resistant and rejecting, even wanting to fight.

“I agree to your request.”

Renee suddenly spoke.

“What?”

Su Xin was still fixing her hair, having given up trying to recall exactly what the scent was like.

The short hair was originally wet and hanging on her head, but Su Xin had made it messy, and now she was trying to fix the style.

Seeing her actions, Renee felt a slight urge to help fix her hair.

“Not separated by an inch.”

Renee spoke concisely, fulfilling Su Xin’s earlier request.

Since facing an unknown entity, it’s safer to keep them under one’s eyelids (“眼皮子底下” – meaning to keep under close watch), General Renee thought.

Whether they were sent by others with ill intentions, or were truly sincere, testing would reveal the truth.

Renee was never someone who craved stability. A person who only seeks stability would never be able to sit in the position of Chief General commanding the army through their own abilities.

Renee’s experience told her that risk-taking was inevitable in life, because if you don’t try, you’ll never know the taste of the fruit you pick.

Su Xin showed great delight, and in fact, she was genuinely very pleased. She thought she would have to struggle for a while at least, at minimum within Renee’s royal guard, but never expected such a pleasant surprise to come so quickly and suddenly.

“Yes!”

Su Xin gave another military salute, her face beaming with a brilliant smile.

Renee nodded, her face showing little expression. She was always like this, sometimes cold to the point of arrogance, changing faces faster than turning pages.

Perhaps one moment she could be all smiles and warmth, and the next moment she could raise a gun at you and bid farewell.

As long as she could get close, there would be more security.

Su Xin sighed worriedly; Renee didn’t believe she was just here to protect her.

The General didn’t understand the heart of a brain-dead fan, though truthfully, devoted fans didn’t quite understand themselves either.

In the system space, Ge Wei was sighing repeatedly, staring at the screen until her eyeballs nearly popped out, muttering continuously.

“How is it possible, how is it possible, how is it possible, how could the General, such an unattainable person, agree to her request!”

The brain-dead fangirl was crying storms internally.

Fourteen really wanted to block this client and turn off the screen. Dear, have you forgotten she’s working for you? And your wish is also troubling my host, okay?

But obviously, such Taobao-style complaints (“淘寶吐槽體” – referring to the informal, casual style of communication common on shopping platforms) didn’t suit Fourteen’s cool personality setting, so the big screen flickered a few times and suddenly lost its image.

“Eh eh eh? Handsome guy! What’s happening?”

Ge Wei called out to the cold, icy beautiful man she saw earlier, who should be an Alpha, looked like one, ah, what a pity.

That mission contractor should be a Beta, after all, no big ding-ding, and even chopped off her big ding-ding!

【Sorry, there’s a malfunction, maintenance in progress.】

Fourteen didn’t appear, telling the lie very calmly without blushing or heart racing, quite heartlessly.

Fourteen thought, anyway, the client couldn’t file complaints against it, there were no client rights here, and they couldn’t do anything to the clients anyway, since the clients’ souls still had to be handed over to the creator, who would know if anything went wrong.

Fourteen hadn’t done anything, just turned off a screen. Its host was about to start being inseparable from the main mission target, and Fourteen didn’t want to hear any negative comments about its host.

To be fair, although it had no heart, subjectively speaking, it didn’t quite like this client because she seemed to look down on its host.

It should be said it was the Alpha superiority complex that made her look down on Betas.

Although Su Xin wasn’t really a Beta, in Ge Wei’s worldview understanding, that’s how it was.

Thinking this way, Fourteen wanted to keep the screen off permanently, but not knowing if this violated system regulations, it went to find its creator with some worry.

The creator calmly agreed with its decision, only requiring it to provide some compensation to keep the client occupied.

Honestly, in business, one should protect their own people. For the creator, the system was their own people, and the system’s excellent hosts were also their own people.

Hopefully no one would say how this violates client rights, when they’ve already offered their souls.

Transactions are fair yet hide unfairness; no one held a knife forcing them to make the deal, and the hosts also paid their own price, as the system charged for every important assistance.

“Eh? Maintenance? Handsome guy, this isn’t good.”

【Sorry, we’ve received notice that image projection may be unstable, intermittent. Please understand. Compensation will be provided during this period.】

Must cut off during those intimate moments!

“What compensation?”

【Various media resources from other worlds.】

TV dramas, movies, and adult films more than you can watch.

“Good!”

Ge Wei thought for a moment and agreed readily.

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The author has something to say:

Su Xin & Renee:【MOSAIC】

Ge Wei: Conan, that person is the murderer!

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