Fate Trading System – Chapter 124

Plan A

Interstellar Guardian 9

Fighting

Su Xin confirmed that her pheromones were indeed disturbing to Renee. The pheromones she released were not only probing but also carried a provocative intent, suggesting a desire to fight.

“General… do you want to hit me?”

Su Xin asked with a hint of anticipation, wearing a provocative yet innocent smile.

Renee felt somewhat better, but only physically.

Want to mess you up.

Renee’s eyes were filled with fierceness, and her expression was grim.

She didn’t understand why she was having such a reaction to a genuine Alpha. Was it because this person had something surgically altered and their pheromones mutated?

But it wasn’t the scent of an Omega either. As a general of the empire, even as a Beta, there were many Omegas eager to throw themselves at her, not to mention fervent admirers, yet she didn’t like their scent and wasn’t disturbed by them.

The last time in close combat, this person exuded an unusually indulgent scent that agitated her.

Something’s not right. Could this person have done something, like using the latest potion?

Renee was never shy about assuming the worst in others, and she was puzzled by her attraction to this person.

She scrutinized the person in front of her, shaking off the physiological disturbance, looking into their eyes.

From the first glance, she knew this was a confident person. Of course, Alphas are all confident, but her subordinates always showed a submissive demeanor toward her, as did her fanboys and fangirls.

She could see that this person trusted and respected her greatly, yet she couldn’t sense any willingness to show submissive obedience.

“Is this how you treat your superior?”

Renee straightened her back, poised and ready, like a sword drawn from its sheath, radiating a cold sharpness.

“Sorry, ma’am!”

Su Xin sprang up from the sofa, standing straight, and gave a military salute.

“Want to fight me?”

Renee stepped closer, showing a smile full of danger to Su Xin.

“No, I am asking for your guidance, ma’am.”

Su Xin replied politely. She indeed wanted to vent her emotions despite just coming out of hellish training, the pent-up depression roaring to be released.

The two of them started fighting right in the living room. Xiao Yi, not understanding the situation, could only set the clothes aside and use its two mechanical arms to drag furniture away, clearing space.

Renee’s home was already large and sparse, with not much furniture. Now that these things were moved aside, there was even more room to maneuver.

Su Xin didn’t expect it to start so suddenly; she wasn’t even dressed yet.

The collision of bodies produced a dull thud, a sound that was teeth-grating to hear.

Su Xin, panting, was pinned under Renee, her eyes, bright as stars, filled with defiance.

“Not convinced?”

Renee’s aura was extremely aggressive, full of fighting spirit.

Her elbow pressed against something soft, feeling the trace of damp skin.

Renee’s eyes darkened as she pressed her lips tightly together.

Su Xin had been “instructed” enough and was pulled up by the hand to stand.

“You’re very skilled, but it’s far from enough.”

Renee stated in a very calm tone, and Su Xin nodded.

Su Xin had to admit to herself the feeling of defeat; Renee’s physical condition had reached a freakish level.

The bath she just took was in vain; Su Xin headed to the bathroom once more.

After coming out, Su Xin put on Renee’s clothes. They were about the same size, so the fit was just right.

Renee’s clothes were in cool tones, and Su Xin, dressed in all black, stood quietly in the corner.

What should she do? She still wanted to eat cola chicken wings and spicy shredded pork. She really wanted to go home and see Qingqing.

Fourteen couldn’t help with this wish and could only encourage her to keep trying hard.

Su Xin decided that when she returned, she would eat until she was full, sighing softly.

Renee heard Su Xin’s sigh and looked up at her.

The emotions that had been stirred up in her had long since calmed down, leaving an abnormal palpitating heart.

“I’m about to go on an expedition. You can come with me, but of course, you can choose not to. I’m afraid you’ll find many old friends there,” Renee said to Su Xin.

“The current situation shouldn’t be urgent enough to require the General to step in, right? Just a few days ago, there were only some insect beasts on Planet B-32.”

Su Xin was very puzzled. As a squad leader stationed at the frontier, she was naturally very clear about border matters, so why was Renee suddenly going on an expedition?

“Planet B-31 has already fallen, and Planet B-30 is on the brink of collapse. The commander of the Second Legion has requested my presence on the battlefield to drive away the insect beasts.”

“How could they be so incompetent?”

Su Xin’s tone was surprised, pretending to know nothing, but her heart had already sunk. The intention was very clear: why were they so urgently and unscrupulously forcing Renee? It was very unusual.

Renee hadn’t been in her position just for a day or two, and attempts to topple her weren’t new either. The current urgency was surprisingly intense, making one doubt whether they had lost their minds. However, one had to admit that this was indeed a very effective method, admitting their own incompetence and cowardice, forcing the General to fulfill such duties.

Renee had to go because if any public pressure was applied, no matter the outcome, it wouldn’t be beneficial for her.

Renee’s pride and confidence didn’t allow her not to go. She was, for many ordinary people, a belief, a pillar of the empire. If, in the face of an Insect Race invasion, she remained indifferent and didn’t rush to the front lines, her heroic image would not only be shattered in the public’s mind but could also be used against her by political opponents.

At that time, people would harshly criticize the Second Legion and their commander, Renee, using the harshest language, while the other two generals could take this opportunity to expel the Second Legion from the frontier and station their own troops there.

The frontier was undoubtedly the most dangerous area, as the soldiers on the front lines constantly had to battle the frenzied insect beasts. Yet it was also the throat of military power, with the military’s two main powers distributed in two places: guarding the capital star and the frontier.

Currently, the capital star was jointly guarded by the First and Third Legions, while the frontier was the domain of the Second Legion. The safety corridor between the A and B star systems was the responsibility of the Fourth Legion.

Though the division seemed clear-cut, it wasn’t entirely so. Power intertwined, forming a vast network of relationships.

The soldiers were still the same, but the changes in leadership influenced changes at the center.

Renee remained expressionless, showing no reaction.

“Commander, Ge Wei will follow you for life!”

“In three days, head to Planet B-30.”

“Yes!”

Renee was caught in an unprecedented dilemma, as if her rationality was divided into two parts, one part doubting and the other wanting to trust.

In fact, in many past days, Renee had never doubted her choices, whether right or wrong. Her subordinates were always loyal to her, but there was a lack of closeness, and she didn’t need their closeness.

She wondered if this person approaching her had ulterior motives, if it was an elaborate conspiracy waiting for the final counterattack, or if it was short-sighted, planning to deal with her directly on Planet B-30.

Or was it… the choice she most wanted to believe in?

Could there really be someone in this world who would selflessly risk everything for her?

Renee didn’t believe it.

Su Xin was sent back to her room to rest; she hadn’t slept in many days. After taking nutritional supplements and hydrating sufficiently, she needed a good sleep.

Su Xin asked Fourteen for Renee’s information, which shouldn’t involve any core points. Su Xin needed to thoroughly understand her past to know why she had become the way she was now.

Fourteen retrieved the information and sent it to Su Xin, then went about its own tasks.

As Su Xin read through the information, she felt infinite sighs.

What a tragedy, what a badass.

A boss is a boss, truly extraordinary.

Renee wasn’t actually a Beta but an underdeveloped, incomplete Alpha. Her disability was caused by someone else, and that person was her biological mother.

Even a tiger, though cruel, will not eat its cubs (meaning even the fiercest people have a sense of family).

According to the setting of this interstellar world, female Alphas have two sets of reproductive organs. However, the female reproductive organs are generally just for show, a rather peculiar existence.

Among the six types of people, female Alphas are the most unique.

Other types only have a single set of reproductive organs corresponding to their gender, but female Alphas have two sets.

The “little flower” (female genitalia) is just for decoration. Who dares to invade an Alpha? That’s pure fantasy. Female Alphas use their other set of reproductive organs to invade and then mark others.

Renee was a child from an ordinary family; her mother was a Beta, but that was only on the surface. Renee’s real father was not that ordinary Beta man but an infamous interstellar pirate, an Alpha.

Renee’s mother, although not very gifted, was exceptionally beautiful. She was not content with her station and sought a better future, but her plans backfired. Instead of getting herself onto some noble lord’s bed, she accidentally ended up with an interstellar pirate.

Renee’s mother didn’t know that the man was a disguised interstellar pirate; she thought he was an Alpha living nearby. Naturally, an Alpha’s prowess and charisma were better than a Beta’s, so Renee’s mother continued her affair.

The interstellar pirate gave her a special medicine that could suppress the Alpha scent left on her, preventing others from noticing. This continued until the pirate left, and Renee’s mother realized, to her dismay, that she was pregnant.

She didn’t know whether the child she was carrying belonged to her husband or to that man, until Renee was born. When she saw the exposed reproductive organs, she was completely frozen.

Both she and her husband were Betas, as were their parents, so it was impossible for them to have an Alpha child.

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