Chapter 427: Lithe Snake’s Past 2

Chapter 427: Lithe Snake’s Past 2

Lithe Snake’s gaze turned hateful. “I could guess what the son of a bitch was thinking. I didn’t allow him to get his way. I let the twins go.”

“It was the first time Hyena lost his temper. He even raised his gun at my head. Benson stopped him and released the other slaves, complimenting me for doing the right thing.”

Gao Yang hid his surprise. Could the twins be Fresh Snow and White Dew?

White Dew was 27 years old, which meant she was 7 twenty years ago. It would fit the timeline.

“How did the twins escape?” Gao Yang pressed.

Lithe Snake paused. He didn’t expect Gao Yang to care about the little detail.

He tried his best to recall the memory. “I remember Hyena chasing after them as soon as they ran out of the cage, but he lost them. Only their clothes were left at the door. The twins seemed to have vanished into thin air.”

It was them!

One turned into a cat, and the other water, thus escaping easily.

Never would Fresh Snow and White Dew imagine that their savior back then was actually food to them.

Still, how did they end up in the hands of the trafficker? It didn’t make sense. Even though they were only seven at the time, it should be easy for them to deal with regular people—or untransformed monsters for the matter.

Lithe Snake hadn’t noticed Gao Yang’s bemusement. He continued, “That was only an interlude to Hyena. Afterward, he acted like his usual self, maintaining a pleasant relationship with others on the surface in order to rake in more money, while under the table, he had been looking into the faction behind the trafficker.”

“He traced the trafficker to the Godbearer Cult.” Qing Ling made an educated guess.

“Yes.” Lithe Snake scoffed. “Thinking back, he must have formed a connection to the Godbearer Cult at that time. The twins were likely Spectres, and the rich man was watching over them for the Cult. Perhaps the Cult was looking to tame them or experiment on them, but we threw a wrench into their plan.”

“Where exactly did Spectres come from?” asked Officer Huang. New novel chapters are published at novelhall.com

“Half a minute later, the mansion exploded. I tried my best to crawl my way to the balcony. I ended up blown up into three pieces and flying off the mansion. However, I survived.”

“It was...your Talent?” Chen Ying said.

“Yes, I comprehended Gecko and regrew my missing body parts. I was unconscious for a month. The one who saved me was one of the slaves we freed back in the rich man’s basement.”

“When I woke up, I was determined to seek revenge, but Hyena seemed to have disappeared completely. I couldn’t find anything on him.”

“I speculated that he must have joined the world of awakeners, so I came to Li City and joined the Qilin Guild. Over the years, I’ve been looking for Hyena nonstop, but to no avail. Ha, didn’t expect the bastard to have joined the Godbearer Cult.”

“The snakes and mice sure gather in the dirtiest corner.” Officer Huang halted after saying that and quickly gave Qing Ling and Lithe Snake an apologetic smile. “No offense. It’s just a saying.”

Qing Ling didn’t seem to care at all. Neither did Lithe Snake.

“What’s Hyena’s Talent?” Gao Yang asked.

“I don’t know.” Lithe Snake shook his head. “But the dollar sign seems to be a running theme. He had it tattooed on his chest and often etched it on the wanderers he tortured.”

“Before Hyena turned on us, he had shown me his ability to control wanderers through etching the dollar sign on them.”

Chen Ying frowned. “It’s likely a Summon-type Talent. Something similar to Black Tortoise’ Puppeteer, perhaps?”

Realization dawned on Gao Yang.

Is it Buy Off, serial number 193?

As one of the bottom twelve Talents, it corresponded with the top Summon-type Talent, Puppeteer.

Then it was basically a certainty that Hyena was a member of Tails, the group serving the Godbearer Cult.

Chen Ying thought of something then. After a moment of hesitation, she said, “Although this may not be the right time, there’s something that’s been bothering me.”