Chapter 1197 - A Change in Attitude (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“I…”

Jiang Fei was floored. What happened then was not how he had imagined in his head. He was preparing himself, for Akatziris to pop the question, “Do you love me?” But instead, the question she asked was something completely out of this world.

To be completely honest, Jiang Fei could not do it. Given any circumstance, Jiang Fei could not bring himself to actually end her life. He was still overwhelmed by guilt. Still, 0541’s message about her, about Akatziris possibly being a factor that could change his life. But he could not be sure! Was it something positive? Or would it be something detrimental?

“Stop,” Akatziris read Jiang Fei’s body language and when she had already gotten the answer, she interjected him immediately. She smiled before turning her back to him. In that glimpse of a second, Jiang Fei saw a glint of emotion in her eyes.

“I’m… sorry,” Jiang Fei apologized. He was never good at dealing with a woman’s emotion, much less reciprocate their feelings. He would regret not learning about it if he knew that in that moment of hesitation, Akatziris had steeled her decision.

“We’re done here. You can leave now,” Akatziris barked out of the sudden. Her attitude changed instantly.

“Mhm.”

Jiang Fei could not deal with that sudden change and left the room. What he did not know was that 0543 was leaking information to Akatziris, the same way 0542 did. When all of Jiang Fei’s attention was focused on Akatziris, he had failed to notice the ring’s odd behavior. The ring was blinking madly, like fireworks in the sky, as it transferred all the latest information about Jiang Fei to Akatziris.

As of then, Akatziris knew the real reason why Jiang Fei came to visit her. Naturally, she was not happy with it. She would not lend Energy Crystals to Jiang Fei nor would she be working with him to attack the Unknowns.

“Let’s go,” said Jiang Fei, defeated, as he entered the oval hall where Ariel and Isabella were waiting.

The two nodded and walked along. They did not want to cause a scene as they were in enemies’ territory. If anything happened, all they could do was teleport away. They made it to the Teleportation Pad and after all three humans were sent back to whence they came, Straz paced quickly to the room where Akatziris was.

“Leader, I have reasons to believe that Jiang Fei came here with not one motive in mind,” said Straz.

“I know. He came here to steal Energy Crystals. Thanks to you, he could not steal from us,” said Akatziris.

“What would he want energy for?”

“It’s to build his own force. The martial artists were not aligned with him. He may have the best biotechnology facility and equipment, but he lacks the energy to actually use them,” Akatziris explained.

“So it seems. It’s funny. He may be the captain of the ship but he lacks the power to accomplish anything. Compared to Veigar, and to us, he’s nothing but a piss-poor bloke,” Straz sneered.

“Leave him be. If he had energy, we might not get away from him,” Akatziris laughed bitterly before adding, “how is the ship?”

“We have made significant progress now. Based on the updated prediction, we will be finishing all construction by 20 days. After that, it would take another 50 days until the ship is battle-ready,” said Straz.