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Chapter 245: Chapter 245 Erase the Memory
The electronic lock was opened, and two soldiers came in, one on each side. They lifted Han Jiaojiao and took her out of the glass cell.
Someone pinched her chin, forcing her drooping head to lift. Han Jiaojiao saw He Jiang in front of her, as well as Cao Qi behind him.
He Jiang pinched her chin and admired it for a while before frowning slightly and asking, "Is the drug effect lasting a bit too long?"
The guard bowed and explained, "Because you said her ability is highly offensive, we, just to be on the safe side, that... the dosage of the muscle relaxant might have been a bit much. She should recover in about an hour or so..."
He Jiang released his hand and turned to instruct, "Take her away."
Two soldiers supported Han Jiaojiao following He Jiang and Cao Qi. They went through a long corridor, passed many glass rooms, and after numerous security doors, finally arrived at a very spacious white room.
There was only a sofa chair in the room, and nothing else.
The two soldiers placed Han Jiaojiao on the sofa chair and then left the room. When only He Jiang and Cao Qi remained, He Jiang’s face began to twist and shake violently, transforming into Long Yueze’s face.
Han Jiaojiao leaned weakly against the chair back, watching him calmly, with no surprise in her eyes.
She had already guessed He Jiang was just another identity of Long Yueze.
Seeing that Han Jiaojiao wasn’t surprised, Long Yueze couldn’t help but smile a little and asked, "Did you guess?"
Han Jiaojiao looked away, not wanting to take another glance.
She felt her limbs slowly regaining strength; perhaps in less than an hour, the drug’s effects would wear off...
Han Jiaojiao ignored Long Yueze, but he seemed quite interested. He propped his hands on both sides of the sofa chair’s armrests, looming above Han Jiaojiao and said flirtatiously, "The muscle relaxant should not affect your speaking. So, don’t want to talk to me?"
Han Jiaojiao glanced at him indifferently and replied, "Your face makes me feel sick."
"..."
Long Yueze quietly watched Han Jiaojiao without speaking. His smile contained a few more traces of ferocity.
Suddenly, he leaned close to Han Jiaojiao, almost face-to-face! Then, his facial skin! His facial muscles! His facial veins! All began to change violently!
As if there were countless worms wriggling under that face!
And as the skin, muscles, and veins heaved like waves, they inevitably touched Han Jiaojiao’s face!
Han Jiaojiao couldn’t describe the hair-raising sensation, as if numerous warm worms were crawling across her face!
She almost cried out in horror as she watched the face before her eyes transform into Han Yi’s face in an instant!
"...Does this face make you feel less sick?" Long Yueze’s tone was clearly mocking and teasing.
Startled into a daze, Han Jiaojiao couldn’t snap back to reality, looking like a pitiable and helpless lamb in Long Yueze’s eyes.
Long Yueze gently touched her cheek, his voice soft, "How pitiful, you’ve turned so pale from fear..."
He stood up and said to Cao Qi behind him, "Let’s begin."
Cao Qi paused, then stepped forward with hesitation, stammering, "Sir, if you want to lay hands on Han Yi’s woman, you don’t need to go to such lengths... A little drug or an injection would ensure she can’t be tamer..."
"What’s the fun in that?" Long Yueze glanced at him impatiently, "Her ability is quite special, and... she can control the Space-Time Beast. It would be somewhat wasteful to keep her like we do with the other women outside."
"But..." Cao Qi looked at Long Yueze cautiously and said, "Sir, I’ve only successfully erased a memory once, all the others... all failed."
"Wasn’t the last one a success?"
"Sir, it was a failure... Although I successfully made him forget his family and friends, his memory regressed to that of a four or five-year-old. That is to say, his understanding of the world went back to childhood, and everything had to be learned from scratch."
After listening, Long Yueze laughed carelessly, his fingers idly tracing down Han Jiaojiao’s slender neck, stopping at her elegant collarbone, and moving back and forth. "Isn’t that nice? In the future... I’ll just treat her as my adopted daughter."
Han Jiaojiao glared at him fiercely, her eyes ablaze with hatred.
But Long Yueze just watched her laugh, a laugh born of absolute confidence.
"In the future, you won’t remember him. From now on, your world will only include me."
He turned back and said, "Begin."
Cao Qi approached her.
Han Jiaojiao’s heart was pounding furiously! Everything before her eyes seemed to overlap with her past life. Again... and again!
If only she could have a bit more time, just a little bit more time! Perhaps she could have outlasted the effects of the drug!
Just a little bit... more... time...
Consciousness, under the control of the Mental Hypnosis Ability user, succumbed to deep sleep—
She couldn’t forget her brother... couldn’t forget...
But could this obsession withstand the hypnosis user’s cleansing?... She didn’t know.
The river of memories began to flow backward strangely, while she stood in the middle of the river, confused and perplexed.
She married her brother, she discovered the ancient city with her brother, she and her brother looted the armory extensively, she and her brother left Beicheng...
All of it, rapidly rewinding.
Faint voices were whispering in her ear.
"Is it successful?"
"... We need to see her reaction when she wakes up."
The fragmented conversation made her feel slightly irritable.
Han Jiaojiao slowly opened her eyes and saw Long Yueze before her. Her expression was filled with bewilderment, as if... she completely didn’t recognize the person in front of her.
Long Yueze was very pleased with Han Jiaojiao’s reaction, maintaining an appropriate smile on his face as he gently helped Han Jiaojiao up.
"How do you feel now?" he asked.
Han Jiaojiao frowned, looking at Long Yueze in a vague and bewildered manner.
She didn’t recognize this man.
Who was he?
Where was this place?
Why was she here?
Han Jiaojiao tried hard to recall, but she only remembered standing with a gun in hand atop that pile of ruins, with Pepper making urgent cooing noises behind her, though she didn’t pay attention to it, unhesitatingly pointing the muzzle at her own temple...
She remembered firing the gun, but what happened afterward?...
What happened afterward?
Was she rescued by someone? Was it the man in front of her who saved her?
So many questions swirled in her mind.
She was even more irritated now.
Han Jiaojiao slowly closed her eyes, reaching out to massage her forehead.
Long Yueze turned sideways to look at Cao Qi, admiration in his eyes.
However, before he could offer any praise, he saw a figure suddenly charging forward! Han Jiaojiao rushed up to Cao Qi in a few steps, driving her knee upwards fiercely—direct hit to Cao Qi’s abdomen!
Caught off guard, Cao Qi bent over in pain, then Han Jiaojiao wrapped her arms around his drooping head and forcefully twisted!
Long Yueze only heard a crack, and Cao Qi’s body went limp before his eyes!
Everything happened too quickly, in just a matter of seconds. Long Yueze inwardly cursed—Cao Qi’s Ability had failed! Han Jiaojiao hadn’t lost her memory at all!
They had not been on guard! Nobody knew that the effects of the Muscle Relaxant had worn off.
Long Yueze backed away while reaching for the gun he carried for self-defense at his waist. He hadn’t expected Han Jiaojiao to be so skilled; the few moves she used on Cao Qi clearly showed she had long-term military training.
He just didn’t know why she hadn’t used her Ability...
At that moment, after strangling Cao Qi, Han Jiaojiao looked up, her eyes confused as she asked Long Yueze, "Are you... with him?"
