ALL NOVEL Chapter 231: In Charge
"What's happening to you?"
"It's… my… oath. I almost slipped up. Don't worry, Oppa... It will stop on its own," Rei Mei gasped heavily, speaking between breaths.
She was vulnerable right now, so a sudden thought entered my mind.
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'Should I incapacitate her and try my suggestion?' I muttered to myself. It would be much safer for me if I could control and make her my puppet.
'Let's try to play safe first,' I added.
"Your head doesn't hurt anymore," I used my skills.
[Suggestion: Failed]
'Well, it turns out the Oath is stronger than my suggestion,' I sighed, a bit disappointed but also kind of proud. Mom had some serious power.
With no other options, I waited for her to calm down.
After a couple of minutes, she suddenly stopped squirming. Her clothing was now drenched in sweat, and I could even see the outline of underwear underneath it.
Unfortunately, she was flat as an iron board. Maybe because of her sonic speed, I figured a well-endowed chest wouldn't be the best fit for optimal aerodynamics.
Rei Mei power was better suited for a man, but it seems my mother figured sending an attractive woman was the way to go. Probably knew I'd just kill any male helper. My mom was a genius for thinking things through, or maybe she just knows me too well.
"OPPA, please help me stand up," she asked weakly, clearly exhausted from the ordeal.
I hesitated, contemplating whether to help her or not. After a brief internal struggle, I extended my hand and helped her stand up.
'Oh wait, ' I paused for a moment, then decided to use my telekinesis instead. I lifted her up in the air and settled her on a nearby tree.
"Are you alright now?" I asked with a tone that was not too friendly but not too rude either. I wanted to maintain a professional relationship with her while I figured things out.
"Yeah, I can manage," she replied while breathing in and out. She then started wiping her forehead from sweat; she looked really messed up right now, as if she had just gone one round with me on the bed.
"So, what are your plans? I remember you mentioning that you wanted to save Alice, but how do you plan to go about it?" I asked.
"I know where they took her. So, we just go to that place and bust her out!" She replied with energy in her voice. It seemed that she had recovered enough to start spouting nonsense again.
"Oh great, that sounds easy!" I replied with a wide smile.
"I knew you would like my idea, OPPA!"
"Yeah, it's a good idea for an airhead like you," I scolded her. This girl was a total numskull. She just gave me the worst possible idea.
Her sucking on a lollipop at her age should have been a giveaway that she was really childish. I thought it was her fashion statement, but at this point, she looks like a child who somehow managed to turn 18 and have powers.
'Wait? Why do I feel like I'm roasting myself?' I muttered to myself.
"You don't like the idea?" she asked with teary eyes.
I raised an eyebrow, giving her the kind of disappointed stare, you'd reserve for a puppy that just chewed up the food you spent half an hour in line to get.
She seemed to get the message and wisely chose to keep her retort to herself. Maybe, just maybe, there was a glimmer of common sense on her.
"Now just tell me where she is and what happened to her for starters," I leaned on the tree again , this time I lowered my guard a little.
"She's being held captive in one of Cerebrum HQ in Goyang. She was caught a few days ago."She answered.
"I see," I replied with a nod, pretending not to know the details about what happened to Alice.
I couldn't reveal to Rei Mei that the system had given me a mission, and I had just rejected it, inadvertently putting Alice's life in more danger. It wasn't really my fault; how could I have predicted that declining the mission would come back to haunt me?
"By the way, how did you know all of this? And have you been watching me all this time?" Another question popped into my mind. I didn't think she was smart enough to figure all these things out.
"Sister Alice sent me an email that she was being targeted by Cerebrum,"
"As for, OPPA, I went to see you after I discovered that Sister Alice was abducted. But you were out of town, so I waited. It was just a coincidence that I saw you at my university, so I followed you."
"You go to Seoul University?" I asked. She looked like an airhead, but if she got there, she must not be that bad.
"I got there through a sports scholarship. I'm on the track and field team," she answered with a proud look.
"Figures," I nodded my head, the pieces were finally coming together.
As if reading my mind, she protested. "Hey, OPPA, don't be mean. I'm really smart, you know!"
"Back to the topic, how did you know that she was in Goyang?" I redirected the conversation. I needed more information to form a plan.
She pouted her cheek again, but then she sighed, realizing that I wasn't planning to engage in any nonsense conversation with her.
"Because that's where she was abducted," she replied.
"You airhead!" I couldn't help but shake my head at her apparent lack of awareness. It was like conversing with her had a direct impact on my intelligence, as if my brain cells were gradually abandoning ship.
"Do you even know if there was a Cerebrum HQ in Goyang? Did you see them ? Did you research on them? " I asked with an annoyed tone. I felt like and idiot for being too cautious with this girl. There was no way someone like her could actually plot to hurt me.
"Nope," she shook her head. "Aunty told us to never show our powers or we would be captured, so I only knew about Cerebrum from Sister Alice's text."
'I know it, she's useless,' I sighed to myself ' But I could still use that power of her to good use.'
"Alright, but I'll be in charge here. You don't do anything until I tell you to. Follow all my commands, got it?" I asserted.
"Okay, OPPA. As long as we can save Sister Alice!" Rei Mei replied with determination.