Chapter 318: Depends

Chapter 318: Depends



"What? How is that possible?"

Cassarae hated Professor Broussard. The issue wasn't just that his actions would lead to the deaths of tens of thousands in all likelihood, but that he was also cruel enough to try and suppress her mother.

The entire reason for why her hand was forced was because the government tried to arrest her mother. They might as well have been watching fascism play out in real time.

However, even with this being the case, Cassarae hadn't thought that the Professor was actually a traitor. All things considered, the government wasn't stupid; how could they trust someone like that to be at such a high position?

No, even further, when was there even time for Professor Broussard to become a traitor in the first place? The System Cities weren't present during the Trial and they had only just appeared. Also, someone like Professor Broussard was the brains of the operation, not the muscle. He wouldn't be sent out to the field, so he wouldn't even have time to interact with the System Cities after they had already appeared.

Whether he entered the Trial or not, it didn't seem like any of this would be possible. It was ridiculous.

However... Cassarae had simply never seen Sylas be wrong before. At the very least, he wouldn't be wrong about something like this.

She took a deep breath and calmed herself.

"I don't know. But I'm 80% sure," Sylas replied.

Sylas could obviously think of the same things that Cassarae could, he saw all of the same problems with his theory. Another person would have dismissed the thought because of these alone. But Sylas wouldn't do such a thing.

It couldn't be said that he trusted his gut, but rather that he trusted his own intellect and what The saw with his eyes.

"Explain."

"It feels very convenient for that to happen. It allows them to benefit from helpless creatures that fall out, and now you're telling me that they've been benefiting from the Gene Cores with hardly any effort at all while simultaneously ruining all the ground around you." Cassarae's heart skipped a beat. "Are you saying they've been targeting me the whole time?"

Sylas looked toward Cassarae with a hint of surprise, as though he didn't expect her to suddenly leap to his conclusion before him.

"What's with that face? Don't make me punch your nose into your gut!"

Sylas' lip slightly quirked again.

"Yes, I think they've been targeting you from the very beginning. It might not even be a coincidence that your mother was targeted. A System City would find it very difficult to deal with you on their own because there's likely a very high price to pay."

"But why?"

Sylas gave her a look. "That depends on where you got your necklace from."

Cassarae blinked, not knowing what to say for a moment.

Sylas had suddenly cut to the heart of the matter despite only having small tidbits of information. Maybe she shouldn't have been surprised that he had a guess, but she couldn't

help it.

In the end, Legacy had gone out of its way to target Cassarae, and now there seemed to be a continuous layering of plots and schemes against her this time as well.

If Sylas had to guess, it should surely be related to the necklace. And further than that, unless they didn't know that Cassarae's necklace had already been stolen, then it should be the case that there was far more to how she had gotten the necklace than she had told him.

Cassarae hesitated for a moment. But then, Sylas saw a screen flash in front of him.