324: Chapter 324: Fate Arises 324: Chapter 324: Fate Arises “The relationship with a companion.” When Nightmare heard this question, his eyes visibly flickered, and he dared not make eye contact with Ye Shikai, all typical signs of evasion.
“Why didn’t you fight back when she tried to assassinate you?” Ye Shikai’s eyes were blazing; his firm gaze was chilling.
“She moved too quickly, I didn’t have a chance to…”
Even I couldn’t do that.” Ye Shikai interrupted him, “Let’s talk about you and her.”
“I guess she was my girlfriend, our relationship was established back in the organization.” It was some time before Nightmare spoke faintly; memories flashed through his mind.
Many years had passed, and much had been forgotten by Nightmare, but his memories of Illusion Fox remained vivid.
Six years ago, when Nightmare was just in his early twenties, as a young cultivator, he was already making waves in the Underworld.
At that time, his ranking in the Dark List was either second or third, full of vigor, with an illustrious reputation.
But not long after, he disappeared unexpectedly, along with his position on the Dark List, for he joined the Tomb Spirit Organization.
Due to the organization’s tradition of title inheritance, he changed his name to Star Lian and became the second-in-command of the Tomb Spirit Organization.
It was there that he encountered Illusion Fox.
Although the Tomb Spirit Organization had few members, each had their own strengths, and Illusion Fox was particularly adept at disguising, changing appearances, altering voices, and was responsible for gathering intelligence.
However, in terms of strength, she was the weakest of the five, a supportive presence.
During one mission, she was arrested by a small Southeast Asian country.
That country even dared to demand a ransom of two billion from the Tomb Spirit Organization, or they would execute Illusion Fox.
Although the organization was well-coordinated in their actions, they had their principles: only the strong belonged in the organization; there was no place for the weak.
If a member was captured, they knew what was to be done.
At that time, what Nightmare pursued was thrill—the exhilaration of battling the strong, the rush of skirting the edge of life and death—but it didn’t mean he was heartless.
Nightmare never abandoned his companions.
When the four gathered to discuss this matter, aside from Nightmare, the other three tacitly chose to abandon her without a hint of guilty anxiety.
Three days later, a figure slowly emerged from the smoke of an explosion, cradling a woman peacefully in his arms.
Nightmare was wounded all over, his white robe stained blood red, and mournful shouts echoed from the ruins behind him…
He stormed the prison alone, was shot three times, stabbed twice, rescued the badly injured Illusion Fox from the bottommost water cell, and on their way out, dumped the bodies of the prison guards into the water cell.
Lastly, he blew up the entire prison, reducing it to rubble, and they took the chaos to escape from that small country.
In an underground room in Hong Kong.
“Where is this?” Illusion Fox groggily opened her eyes, realizing she was lying on a big bed, and in front of her, a handsome and suave man was sitting on a chair, staring blankly, seemingly lost in thought.
“You’re in the basement; you’re safe now,” Nightmare said slowly as he stood up and walked towards Illusion Fox.
what are you trying to do, ah ah!” Suddenly, Nightmare walked straight over to her side and reached out.
Illusion Fox then realized that she was stark naked under the covers, thinking Nightmare was about to do that kind of thing, and couldn’t help but scream, clutching tightly at the edge of the blanket.
“There’s no need to be so scared,” Nightmare rolled his eyes, took a coat from the bed and put it on himself, then glanced at Illusion Fox’s face, which was red as a ripe apple.
“In your work for the organization, you were responsible for extracting information.
Haven’t you ever seduced someone before?” Nightmare’s lips curled up slightly, teasingly.
there is but I have never done such a thing.” Illusion Fox said somewhat bashfully, then she immediately retorted as if eager to clarify.
“Is that so.” Nightmare’s expression changed slightly.
who took off my clothes?” Illusion Fox asked, her face flushed with embarrassment.
“A maid helped you take them off, and she also applied the medication,” Nightmare said indifferently.
not look?” Illusion Fox meekly inquired.
As the saying goes, natural desires are hard to resist.
A man seeing a woman’s body would inevitably react, yet Nightmare seemed completely uninterested.
“Do you think highly of your own charm?” With a single indifferent sentence from Nightmare, Illusion Fox felt both embarrassed and a bit annoyed.
“Then why did you save me?” Illusion Fox coldly asked, “Is it that people in the organization are now so merciful?”
“I went alone,” Nightmare turned around, locking eyes with Illusion Fox.
went alone to break into the prison?” Illusion Fox said in disbelief, her face filled with surprise.
“What else did you think?
Did you expect those soldiers to let you go just like that?”
When the prison break happened, Illusion Fox was already very weak, barely clinging to life.
Only when she heard an explosion, followed by cries for help and shouts, did she slowly open her eyes to find herself being lifted into someone’s arms, Nightmare’s handsome face coming into view, then she fell unconscious again.
“Then why me, if not for my body?” Illusion Fox’s voice was frail, seemingly lacking confidence.
“Because you’re my teammate,” After saying this, Nightmare turned to leave, but not before Illusion Fox caught a glimpse of the bandage on his back.
Is it because…” Illusion Fox began.
It was careless of me when we were leaving.
A soldier hit me,” Nightmare interrupted Illusion Fox, and then, adjusting his coat to cover the bandage, he left the room without regard for her astonished expression, leaving Illusion Fox alone.
There’s a saying that there is no such thing as a platonic friendship between men and women.
Would Nightmare really risk his life to save her just because they were teammates?
When he says it’s not for her body, is he pretending to be high and mighty, or is he truly a paragon of virtue?
A tiny seed began to sprout and grow in Illusion Fox’s heart; the fate between them had started from this point.
When the other three members of the Tomb Spirit Organization saw the two return safely, they no longer mentioned their previous attitudes, and Illusion Fox didn’t hold a grudge against them.
When she was captured, she had fantasized about someone coming to her rescue, but that was just wishful thinking.
Indeed, since that incident, besides their relationship as teammates, there seemed to be a hint of…
an ambiguous atmosphere between the two.
Yet Nightmare’s reaction wasn’t strong.
In the Tomb Spirit Organization, dating between teammates was a rarity.
Refining Mo didn’t have a strong stance on the matter—on one hand, Illusion Fox had been saved by Nightmare, and the other three had previously refused to help; on the other hand, it was also because of Refining Mo’s wariness of Nightmare.