Chapter 84: Tracking

Deken's struggle lasted for at least ten minutes. In order to avoid people's eyes, Su Jing and Xing Batian dragged him into the toilet and then placed a "repair" triangle card at the door.

"Um... um..."

As the Dark Wolverine's body gradually became softer, Su Jing cut open his chest with the bone claw and exposed the heart. He did not release Daiken's limbs until he was sure that the thing had indeed stopped beating.

"Another family tragedy, a psychopathic human tragedy caused by the shadow of childhood, and then died in the hands of both of us... I said, why should perverts have an unfortunate childhood? What do Marvel screenwriters think? Almost every powerful person has a tragic and unfortunate past, not only Dyken, but also his father Wolverine, and his relative Miss X23. Wolverine also slaughtered a large number of his sons and daughters - is the screenwriter trying to revenge on society or what?"

"It should be because I think the tragedy looks more profound. Coupled with conflict can cause tension in the drama?" Xing Batian carefully put Daiken on the wall, wiped away the blood from his face, and closed his wide-open eyes. "What a pity, he is also a powerful warrior... Do you think there will be other interferences after him?"

"This... probably won't be." Su Jing frowned, "I think even a level of Deken has come out. If we have a stronger one, or a level with him, we can't beat it. There should be no follow-up. There is really a follow-up, so I'll leave it to Miss Lorela and the others. Anyway, any of those two people are much better than us."

The two stood up a little tiredly. Su Jing picked up the mop and started to wipe the blood from the floor. Xing Batian quickly ran out of the toilet and went to the business car they rented before to find something that could destroy the body.

Su Jing was sweeping the blood on the floor with a mop. Suddenly, a series of black flames ignited on the floor. He didn't look back and greeted behind him: "Miss Lorela, isn't Carl Lace's speech not over yet?"

"Anyway, the speaker is her, so I'll come out to clean up the garbage."

The red-haired woman stood at the door of the men's bathroom, holding her hands and looking inside.

"...Miss Lorela, I'm not very satisfied with this arrangement." Su Jing carefully said, "We two miscellaneous fish were fighting to death outside, and you, a master who could blow Deken to death with a breath, told jokes to a group of college students who didn't know anything about the nonsense. I have to say that this division of labor is quite unscientific. I have a good time to make people laugh. If I let me get in and host, maybe I'll do a good job."

Lorela snapped his fingers and let the flames on the ground go out. The gray floor tiles in the bathroom returned to smoothness, and only the body of Deken, who had lost his life, leaned against the wall, motionless. The red-haired woman smiled and said:

"Why don't you regard this as an opportunity? Mr. Su? The Lord and I are paying attention to the battle outside. I trust you, I trust the combat effectiveness of you and Mr. Xing. We have the ability to protect you when you are in real danger, so... I regard this as a training of a difficult battle. And now it is Deken, not you, who is lying on the ground. Are you still dissatisfied with such an ending?"

Su Jing sighed and said, "I think this time I work for someone... I'm really a big loss."

Lorela smiled faintly, "Don't be angry, Mr. Su, I guarantee that Miss Carl Lace will give you satisfactory compensation. Compensation that will help you get stronger faster."

Xing Batian walked in with a black plastic bag, then put Deken's body into his pocket, then carried the body bag on his shoulder, and prepared to transport it back to the business car.

"By the way, I'll deal with the controlled mutants outside. You two have a new mission." Lorela said with a smile, "Please ask you two to check the origins of these characters. I believe this will be an interesting adventure for you. It can also save you some energy for the Lord. To be honest, because the Lord is facing an advanced Omega-level mutant, his ability has been temporarily weakened. I hope that the less disturb she will be, the better... Among the early adventurers, the abilities of both of them are second to none. Whether it is Mr. Xing's courage or Mr. Su's response, you all have very excellent abilities. I'm very optimistic about you."

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"…So, are we really starting part-time detectives like that?"

Five minutes later, Su Jing and Xing Batian stood on the campus of Columbia University, looking at each other.

"Why do I always feel...that there seems to be something wrong? Why do we have to do whatever Lorela says?" Xing Batian frowned.

"It's very simple. First, we can't beat her one hand together. Second, according to my estimate, we were hit by some kind of mental hypnosis, or hint... just like those mutants sent to death to make trouble, but the mental influence that Miss Carl Lace exerted on us was more clever and gentle." Su Jing pointed his head with his finger, "I also untied the first level of 'communication' ability, and only barely felt a little after my mental strength grew. This hypnosis technique is very gentle, but it only makes us more likely to accept the opinions of Carl Lace and Lorela...so that we won't be disgusted with them, but instinctively trust them."

"That's what... it's really a bit." Xing Batian clenched his fists, "If it were me, I would be very angry when I heard someone trying to manipulate my thinking. But even if I know about this, I still can't raise my hostility to them... Is this the influence of spiritual power? It's so terrible..."

Su Jing bit his finger and shook his head, "No, it's not so exaggerated. The main reason is that they have always been very friendly to us and have not imposed particularly unreasonable instructions on us, so we won't feel too strong incongruity."

Even if this conclusion was discussed, it would not help the two people's current situation. In the end, the two had to really start looking for the traces of these attackers before.

The unique... "spicy" feeling on Dark Wolverine Daiken made Su Jing particularly impressed. He tried his best to open his telepathy and strengthen his sense of smell, chasing the smell of Deken all the way, and finally found a large truck carrying containers on the corner not far outside the university gate, with the door not locked.

There was no one in the driver's seat at the front of the car. Su Jing sat in, rummaged through the locker at the front of the car for a long time, and found the driver's license, which was an ordinary name called Tom Vincent.

Xing Batian unscrewed the lock of the cargo box behind and opened the car door behind. It was empty inside, with only a few beer bottles and cigarette butts falling to the ground.

"Damn it." Su Jing climbed out of the truck, raised his head and sniffed it in the air.

"Can you track the smell of these guys from the air? Search all the way back to their base?" Xing Batian asked.

Su Jing's forehead veins bloomed and he shouted angrily: "What do you think I am? A hunting dog?!"

"Now, it's mainly... we don't have any resources." Xing Batian took out a cigarette and lit it, and said with the cigarette in his mouth, "If there is a satellite surveillance or something, it will be much more convenient. Now we have nothing, only you and me. If you want to fight, I'm a little confident, but when it comes to investigating..."

Su Jing pondered for a while, then shook his head.

"I thought at first that if the other party was a style that focused on partners, then we would drag the alive mutants out torture them in the street, then it might be of some effect. But regardless of the social impact, these guys were obviously sent to die. Even if we dismember them in the street, they would probably not be so good... If there is any other way, I think there should be some clues from Deken's previous whereabouts, but in this case, I need to contact the Science and Technology Union..."

Su Jing rubbed his forehead and connected the communication with the octopus girl Selina.

[Is Su Jing? What's the matter?]

"Miss Selina? I would like to ask, you should pay special attention to particularly powerful or dangerous mutants here."

【…Well, yes, what's wrong?】

"Okay, Daken Akihiro, Wolverine's son, do you have continuous surveillance?"

[You are talking about the one who was beaten last month and almost died? I'll take a look... Wait, it takes a little time to check the records... Since he was dying in Queens, he has been missing for a while, about a week, and then he often appears in a week... Please remember this address.]

Selina reported a series of addresses, and Su Jing kept listening silently and said nothing.

After he cut off the communication, Xing Batian gave him a questioning look.

"I have a clue, call a car and leave."

Su Jing snapped his fingers, revealing a confident expression in his chest.
Chapter completed!