I looked around the place that was supposed to be my rendezvous with my mystery contact.
Seems like I was early since there isn't anyone here right now.
The eting place was supposed to be so garden which I now realised was sothing I was seeing for the first ti after coming to this universe.
Since the eting took place deep in the night, the place was currently deserted.
Speaking of which, we had to go through a lot of security just to step foot on this floor.
I had to show them the proof that I was invited to et soone here before they would let through and they initially did not even allow my girls to follow until we insisted on it.
I'm guessing they did not want to be the reason why I was prevented from eting my client which might implicate them which was why they gave in.
Heck, they didn't even try to insist I had to take off my power armour either and seem to even be actively trying to ignore that fact.
For the guards to step aside like that, I have a feeling that whoever I was eting must be so kind of big shot.
The girls went to hide sowhere while I stood in the middle of the garden wearing my power armour.
I figured that since the person shouldn't know what I looked like, this shouldn't be a problem and they would just assu the only person standing in the middle of this garden in the middle of the night would be .
I waited… And waited… And waited…
I checked the ti in the corner of my HUD, five minutes past the agreed ti…
Guess this guy isn't the type to be punctual.
I was just about to start walking around the garden to see if I might have gotten the eting place wrong when footsteps ca from behind .
Spinning around, I found a single young man flanked by two won in maid uniforms.
The man was wearing so really flamboyant clothes that were a deep purple in colour with green streaks running along the sides with ruffles along the edges of the jacket.
It kind of reminded of those Victorian era types of clothing except this one looks more futuristic and pretty expensive.
Heck, even the maid uniforms the two won were wearing looked expensive as well with how detailed the craftsmanship looked.
The young man stopped a short distance away from and the maid moved behind him to drop sothing on the ground which quickly projected light above it to transform into a regal looking throne which he sat upon.
He looked up and down, "Hmm… So you're the one then?"
I pretended not to know what he was talking about, "Sorry… Umm… I'm the one that what?"
He huffed at , "You don't need to waste my ti with that. I am the one who sent that box to you to sabotage that four ard peasant so you can drop that pathetic attempt at an act."
Tsk… Fine then.
At least he's not even questioning why I was wearing power armour and he doesn't even look that worried… Like as if a walking tank in front of him was no big deal.
I straightened myself, "Fine then. I'm just here to collect the promised money and I'll be on my way."
He steepled his fingers in front of him, "Hmm… Not so fast…"
I fucking knew it, he's going to ask to do sothing or so other crap before he will let have the money…
He leaned forward in his chair, "You… Didn't actually gave her the drug, did you?"
I managed to keep my face blank but then I realised I was wearing my power armour anyway so he wouldn't be able to see my face anyway.
Thus, I simply acted confused by tilting my head at him, "What do you an? Did I not win the competition?"
"You have, but you did not give her the drug, did you?"
I shrugged, "You wanted to win by any ans necessary, right? That's what I did. You didn't say that I must feed her that drug in order to fulfil your requirents."
"Incorrect. I specifically said to feed her the drug. I rely said that I do not care what thod you used to feed that drug to her."
"But your primary goal was to make her lose the competition, right? Which was sothing I had accomplished anyway so it still works out."
He stared at over the tips of his fingers before slowly leaning back.
"Which Family are you from?"
I blinked, "Family?"
"I told you to stop playing dumb with , this is just wasting both of our ti. The fact that I'm even speaking to you directly should show you how sincere I am in this, no? So stop testing my patience."
"I'm really sorry but I seriously don't know what you're talking about."
He paused to stare at before narrowing his eyes, "Really? Do you really take for so kind of idiot?"
"Err… No. I'm really just confused right now… I think there might be so kind of misunderstanding."
"Misunderstanding you say? Then please, do tell why you are here?"
I pointed at myself, "?"
"Do I look like I'm speaking to anyone else, right now?"
"I an… Haven't we already established the fact that I'm here just to collect the money you agreed to pay and nothing more?"
"That's not what I'm talking about, you obnoxious idiot. I'm asking why you are even on this station? Why are you sent here? Perhaps our goals might align and we might even be allies. I'm not averse to lending aid to one of our allies."
I shook my head, "I think there really is a misunderstanding here. I wasn't sent here by anyone. I just ca here for so vacation, that's all."
Now it was his turn to look confused.
"Not sent by anyone? Are you telling that you just so happened to co here, just so happened to et with that four ard freak, just so happened to challenge her and just so happened to be a much better bartender than she is?"
"Err… If you put it that way, it does look a little unbelievable… But I honestly didn't expect this to blow up into sothing big. I only wanted to have a drink that night and saw on the GalaNet that her bar was a must visit place so I went there… Then I wanted to skip the queue and found out about the challenge so I decided to just try it out for the sake of it and then it escalated to sothing like that."
He was just staring at with wide eyes and I don't even need to be able to read his mind to know that he's probably thinking about how ridiculous the situation was.
He finally leaned back in his chair and scowled at , "Fine… Whatever. Then let rephrase my question, which Family do you serve? Who is your master?"
"I… Do not have one? Oh! Wait! Are you talking about the Noble Families?"
"Who else could I be… Hold on, are you telling that you are not a servant of a Family?"
I shook my head, "Nope, sorry. I'm just a normal person living in the Outer Colonies. I have never been to the Inner Colonies before."
He slamd his fist into the armrest of his chair and a shockwave actually blew out from there, causing a gust of wind to blow through the garden.
"Liar!!" He growled. "If you aren't one of us, then explain why can't I read your mind?!"
Read my mind? Oh, shit…
"I… Ermm… I don't kn--"
I couldn't finish my words when I felt myself suddenly lifted up into the air.
Looking down, I realised he had his palm pointed at right before he swung it down.
I smashed face first into the ground, my entire body feeling like it was made of lead as I was unable to move.
An intense pressure pushed down on and I could hear the armour around cracking as I was held to the ground.
Slowly, the power armour started squeezing around and I realised this must be how Amber's and Mara's enemies felt right before they died.
You couldn't even fight back, there was absolutely nothing you could do but lay there and take it when you're faced against a Psionic.
"I can't believe I wasted ti on you," He growled, pushing even more force down on . "Whatever, just die then."
Just as I felt even more force pushing down on my back, sothing flew out of the shadows and the guy imdiately turned and raised his other arm, releasing from his control to stop the giant slab of a broken wall from hitting him.
From the darkness of the trees, Mara floated out with even more debris floating around her.
"Hello… Brother…" She greeted with an upturned chin.
Ah fuck.
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