But for Akari, this kind of speculation based on political maneuvering was truly laughable.
Her goals weren’t many: to live well, complete the system’s missions, obtain system rewards, and become stronger.
If she had to insist, there were actually just two.
As for what happened afterward and what she herself encountered, it fundamentally all started because of Mari.
If it weren’t for her wanting to street race in the middle of the night, Mari father wouldn’t have mobilized his connections and deployed a large number of military and police forces to rescue Mari, and naturally, all these subsequent troubles wouldn’t have happened either.
Thinking of this, Akari felt even more mentally exhausted.
Judging by Mari father’s attitude regarding today’s incident, it probably wouldn’t be settled so easily.
As for having other motives, or even trying to leverage a favor for personal gain…
To be honest, Akari didn’t have any thoughts in this direction at all.
“Uncle, if there’s nothing else, I promise I will never come looking for Mari ever again.” Now, Akari had no choice but to bite the bullet and accept her losses; if she couldn’t get that overtime commission fee, so be it.
But Mari father just smiled slightly, without continuing to speak or taking a stance.
At this moment, he had completely seen through that Akari was just a simple-minded young girl.
Such a person could be kept around for the time being.
“Ding!
Congratulations to the host for unlocking a side mission!” “Side Mission One: Gain the recognition of the Municipal Government’s First Chief Administrative Officer and avoid the ending of a premature game over.” “Rewards: Attribute points x10, portable custom weapon x1, dennies x10000.” “After completing Side Mission One, Side Mission Two will be automatically unlocked.” XN suddenly appeared and spoke at an extremely fast pace.
Looking at the descriptions and information in the mission, Akari quickly realized that Mari father held a high and powerful position as the Municipal Government’s First Chief Administrative Officer, responsible for overseeing and handling all core affairs of the entire Municipal Government.
No wonder such a big figure could freely mobilize the Defense Force to save his own daughter.
Turns out, it was all because her father held a high and powerful position.
Now, the other party’s estranged attitude toward her naturally made sense to Akari.
Her appearance indeed looked very much like someone with ulterior motives who wanted to get close to the other’s daughter to achieve some unseen objective.
“XN, are you saying that Miss Miri’s father is the Municipal Government’s First Chief Administrative Officer?” Akari only felt that if she didn’t clear things up at this moment, she really might game over.
“Yes, Host, the man before you is the Municipal Government’s First Chief Administrative Officer, one of the mayor’s right-hand men, and also the head of a certain prominent family affiliated with the Municipal Government.” “And your employer, Mari, is his daughter.” Seeming to fear that Akari wouldn’t believe it, XN deliberately added.
Seeing her dazed, Mari father stared at her, not knowing what he was thinking.
Such a person wasn’t entirely valueless to him; could she perhaps be used as a chess piece?
Thinking this, he patted his daughter’s shoulder with his hand and spoke earnestly: “Daughter, don’t blame your father for being ruthless; sometimes, many things are beyond my control…” This time, because of his grand mobilization of a large contingent of the Defense Force to rescue his daughter, it had already caused extreme dissatisfaction among the people from the Financial Consortium and the Public Security Bureau.
Because of Zhu Yuan’s report, this matter fermented all the way up, directly reaching the Public Security Bureau.
After learning about this, the mayor did not suspect Miri’s father.
However, the mayor still ordered him to go to the Public Security Bureau to explain his unauthorized mobilization of the special operations squad to carry out a mission at an unprescribed location.
Meanwhile, the Financial Consortium took advantage of his predicament, becoming even more aggressive over this matter and demanding that Miri’s father step back and share the results of the research data.
He knew clearly in his heart that those people came for his daughter; they wanted the research data in his hands.
This research concerned the core business of the entire Municipal Government and the Hollow Agency.
As the person in charge of the research, he never dared to slack off and no longer trusted anyone except his own daughter.
And Akari’s appearance naturally raised his vigilance.
If such a person was subverted by the other side, or simply belonged to the Financial Consortium, and turned traitor or backstabbed at a critical moment, he didn’t know how tragic the consequences would be.
Therefore, he had to ensure there were no people with ulterior motives around his daughter.
Even if there was a one-in-ten-thousand chance, he had to nip it in the bud.
Yet Akari was completely unaware of these matters.
“You go back first.
If it weren’t for the fact that you saved my daughter, I should have sent you to prison.” Mari father snorted coldly and spoke expressionlessly.
“If there is anything else, I will send Bolen to contact you.
During this time, stay away from my daughter.” Finished speaking, he waved his hand, and two guards walked in from the door, carrying Akari directly out of the room.
That’s right, directly carried out of the room.
The two supported Akari, each dragging one arm, forcibly dragging the slender young girl out of the room.
Soon, Akari was sent back to Sixth Street by someone.
Standing outside Sixth Street, Akari couldn’t help sighing that staying alive was truly too difficult.
She seemed to be as unlucky as ever; that commission she accidentally took had dragged her into a new whirlpool.
Furthermore, this could really cost her her life; she might not see tomorrow’s sun if she wasn’t careful.
The life-and-death crisis just now left Akari lingering with fear in her heart; if the other party really wanted her to disappear just now, it probably would have been just a matter of a single sentence.
“It’s great, it’s so great to be alive.” Akari stood in place; although the warm sun was overhead, her body felt ice cold.
“Congratulations to the host for completing the mission, rewarded with Hollow Absolute Resistance.” “Congratulations to the host for completing Side Mission One, obtaining attribute points x10, dennies x10000.” “Help me upgrade my attributes.” “Current host panel: Stamina: 15, Physique: 15, Strength: 10, Speed: 15, Reflexes: 10, Defense: 10, Adaptability: 10.” “Help me upgrade Strength to 15, Reflexes to 13, and Defense to 12.” After a brief thought, Akari decided to boost her strength and reflexes so that her combat power could become stronger.
“Congratulations to the host for a successful upgrade!” “Current host panel: Stamina: 15, Physique: 15, Strength: 15, Speed: 15, Reflexes: 13, Defense: 12, Adaptability: 10.” Akari could feel that her reflexes had become faster, and her strength had become stronger compared to before.
Roughly estimated, she was probably more than twice as strong as an ordinary person.
With a constitution like this, it would be pretty decent if used for doing manual labor.
But if she wanted to become an Agent, with just this bit of strength, she clearly wasn’t qualified.
Therefore, Akari yearned to become stronger, yearned to become a Void Hunter, or even someone stronger than a Void Hunter.
In this city, only by possessing powerful strength did one have the qualification to dictate their own destiny.
It might not seem tempting right now but who knows what the future holds?
“And If you’re enjoying it, drop a Power Stone for me!”