"He only knew the location of the fishery, Bader has always wanted to find Chen Ke... He’s an FPI agent, I thought it was just because of the lost gun case..." Diana was also somewhat embarrassed.
"I killed him once, but it wasn’t enough, that thing seems unkillable," Chen Ke said.
"I don’t understand a thing you guys are saying, but I know there’s something wrong with that green Holy Diamond. I’m going to find Pihom now, Chen Ke, can you protect my daughter?" Hainerd stood up.
"I won’t leave again," Chen Ke looked at Lucina.
"Don’t let her get hurt again, Chen Ke," Hainerd cautioned.
Chen Ke nodded and watched Hainerd leave.
"Now it’s just us, so, Chen Ke, what’s your relationship with Diana? Who is Wang Ailin? And Sleery... who is she? How the hell do you know so many women? You said that your universe only had me as a star," Lucina looked at Chen Ke.
"How could there be only one star in the universe?" Diana shook her head.
"Now is not the time to get tangled up on that, my relationship with them is not what you think. I’ve only been gone for a dozen hours, yet I’ve inexplicably gained so many enemies... The consortium wants you dead, Yasla also wants you dead," Chen Ke said.
"Yasla? I thought that matter was settled," Lucina said.
"Do you know? I saw your future. Lucina, at some moment in the future, you’re hung on the wall like pork for dismemberment by those freaks, and you, Diana, Bader slashes you in two. I don’t know if it’s destined to happen, but that’s the future, so I dragged everyone in the world back to three months ago in the present. I want to save you, save all of you, so Lucina, it’s time to rein in your temper. We’ve got a tough battle ahead," Chen Ke said.
Lucina didn’t say anything, she lowered her head and moved her stool closer to Chen Ke.
"I was killed by Bader? That really does sound absurd... I’d believe it if you said I was killed by Steve Rogers..." Diana shook her head.
"Steve...? Captain America?" Chen Ke was startled.
"You read superhero comics too? But what is this ’United States’ you speak of? Shouldn’t the character you mention be Union Captain? Our CPA director is also called Steve Rogers. He is indeed referred to like that in the Administration Bureau... when I was attacked by several rounds of assassins, he called me. I suspect he sent the assassins, but why?" Diana said.
"Diana, the situation at the Administration Bureau is worse than I imagined... Bader is Yasla’s spy, your director might well be a Divine Descent Sect member... Your organization has been infiltrated by all kinds of groups, it’s like a sieve..." Chen Ke sighed.
"Divine Descent Sect? What’s that?" Diana was puzzled.
"That’s a foundation from the future, they are much more powerful than the Spiritual Ability Users of this era. Their leader might even be a god... I don’t know if you understand what I am saying," Chen Ke explained.
"Who have I offended...? People from the future want to kill me?" Diana looked bewildered.
"Right, I’ve suddenly realized something... Diana, why haven’t you rolled back to three months ago?" Chen Ke asked.
"She had a nosebleed..." Lucina reminded.
Chen Ke looked at Diana, his brow furrowed, the situation seeming to grow more complicated. These girls were inextricably linked to him now.
"Diana, did you see anything when you had the nosebleed?" Chen Ke asked.
Diana hesitated for a moment but decided to speak out.
"I... the feeling was strange, both real and illusory... but I still felt it was real. I saw myself surrounded by Flame, a green translucent person emerged from the fire, he said his name was Lear, and I was the fate of another world," Diana said.
"Lear..." Chen Ke felt the name was familiar but couldn’t remember where he had heard it from.
"Chen Ke... I think I should tell you what I saw back then..." Lucina also said.
"Go ahead, Lucina, you’ve been very tense since you got the nosebleed... filling the safe house with guns, what exactly did you see?"
"I saw many people in power armor descending from the sky, they were coming to kill you. And you told me to run fast," Lucina said.
Chen Ke laced his fingers together and propped his chin up, imagining the scene at that time; it was probably people from the Divine Descent Sect arriving from the future to hunt him down.
"Any more details to add? Both of you are being too vague. Like where was it exactly, what did the people you saw look like? That sort of thing?" Chen Ke asked.
"I’m not sure if there was anything else around, but the flames were too fierce... I wonder if I was in the midst of a forest fire. Besides the translucent green person, I can’t remember any other details," Diana said.
"That one called Lear? I’ll remember that," Chen Ke nodded.
"The power armors were all black or dark blue, very advanced, and there were quite a few people. We were in a building, you pushed me back, told me to get away fast. That’s all I remember," Diana said.
"Those tin cans from the Divine Descent Sect? Is it them, did the helmets have the letters ’HCP’ on them?" Chen Ke asked again.
"I didn’t notice, but there seemed to be letters on the side of the helmets," Lucina shrugged.
"Who are all these people? Are the ones who attacked Lucina and those who attacked me the same?" Diana asked.
"Unless Si’s consortium has a connection with the Divine Descent Sect, they should be different. The situation isn’t complicated, the Divine Descent Sect wants to kill you simply because you will do something in the future that hinders them, and in the future, it might be difficult to kill you," Chen Ke said.
"Are you connected to them?" Diana asked.
"I’ve killed for them before," Chen Ke stated bluntly.
"..." Diana looked at Chen Ke in silence.
"Lucina... The power that attacked the courier could be more than just the consortium, Yasla might send someone specifically to capture you because of your relationship with me, they want the green Holy Diamond, but I’m not planning on giving it to them," Chen Ke said.
"So...?" Lucina asked.
"Both you and Diana need to stay in a safer place until I’m sure they can’t hurt you," Chen Ke said.
"Chen Ke, I can’t hide away, I need to find Wang Ailin," Diana stood up.
"Do you know where to find her? You are now a person who transcends time, the Divine Descent Sect can’t find you in the future, nor in the past, by then they will notice your uniqueness, and you will face enemies the likes of which you have never seen in your life. I’ve killed one in the Great Void, believe me, they’re not easy to deal with," Chen Ke said.
"I feel like you’ve killed everything..." Lucina said.
"I think it’s time to tell you, I am an assassin, from the future, I travel through time and space to find those six green Holy Diamonds, there’s no Lin Ke and Lin Mo, your father saw through me a long time ago, my feigned death was just to lay low..." Chen Ke tried to weave a story, wrapping up all the lies.
"I feel like you’ve never told the truth... everything about you, from your name to your past, is fake..." Lucina said.
"My love for you is real," Chen Ke said.