Tranxending Vision - Chapter 925

Chapter 925: 925

Xia Lei had some time to kill before meeting Caitlin so he decided to get some work done at the hotel .

He opened his laptop which showed a stock trading software, where the progress and status of Giovanna’s account were displayed clearly . Five stocks were bought under her name . Among them, three had suffered some losses while the other two profited . A comprehensive calculation showed that one hundred thousand USD was lost from the principal ten million USD . The same phenomenon had occurred to the accounts of the other three female knights . Their five purchased stocks had shown some growth but Rosa, Theresa and Stella’s account had gained a profit totalling to around fifty thousand USD .

Four accounts, forty million USD worth of principal stocks and losing fifty thousand USD in a day was not considered a failure . Without much consideration and hesitation, he bought every single stock the app could detect randomly . After the purchase was done, there was no further entry into the market .

Xia Lei had thought this through . It would be dangerous to utilize his impeccable analytical skills and estimation abilities offered by his brain to cause a surge in profit to all four of his proxy accounts . Doing so would just attract unwanted attention . For now, he’d let himself lose a little each day and wait till the transaction data updates before he starts playing for real . His puppet, Honick, might have been a manager to a financial securities company but this was something that required his own effort . There was no way Honick could come close to Xia Lei’s level .

A bait was required before fishing . In the world of the stock market, be it a farmer who sold leeks or a vegetable retailer who hiked up the harvest prices, the rule of thumb was to be calm and generous . It was crucial to give and take .

“Uncle Xia, what is that?” Zhu Xuanyue came to stand behind Xia Lei, resting her head on top of his . Together, she studied the stock trend with Xia Lei .

Xia Lei corrected her . “Are you asking what this is for?”

Zhu Xuanyue replied, “Why the hassle? We could just go straight to the person who sells the stock and have me hypnotise him . That way they’ll give away all their money to you . Wouldn’t that be easier?”

Xia Lei chuckled . “This is the world’s largest stock market . Everyone all around the globe trades in this market . There’s so many of them involved here, are you really going to hypnotise everyone?”

“There’s a lot of people involved? Ah, nevermind . ” Zhu Xuanyue’s interest immediately diminished . The woman moved her head away from the top of his skull .

Xia Lei closed his laptop and stood up . “Your time will come but not so soon . ”

“Who do you need me to hypnotise?” Zhu Xuanyue’s interest was piqued once again .

Xia Lei looked at her . “There’s no target at the moment . Caitlin’s brother could be one but I need to confirm his worth . If he is unworthy, I’ll use him and Caitlin to get in touch with important figures in Lockheed Martin . You’ll come in handy when the time comes . ”

“Okay!” Zhu Xuanyue nodded fervently . “I’ll turn anyone you want into your puppet . ”

Extending an arm, Xia Lei patted the top of her crown lightly . “Alright, it’s about time . I’m going to meet Caitlin now . ”

“Come back soon, I’ll be waiting for you in bed,” reminded Zhu Xuanyue .

Xia Lei could feel his temples throb but decided to nod instead . Following that, he left the hotel to head towards The Flaming Skeleton .

There were isolated flakes of snow dropping from the clouds above . It wasn’t particularly heavy but the roofs and streets were veiled in white snow . The road lamps along the street were broken but despite the lack of illumination, the black tar road was obvious thanks to its stark contrast against the snow .

Due to the temperature, there was no one on the streets tonight . After walking forwards for a little while, Xia Lei spotted The Flaming Skeleton . There was a good number of motorcycles parked in front of it .

“I knocked Michael out cold, I sure hope he doesn’t bring me trouble . If he does, the only thing I can do is to have Zhu Xuanyue eat him . ” Xia Lei deduced internally .

Abruptly, a black shadow flashed before his eyes .

Xia Lei halted his footsteps in shock . The black shadow was moving at an incredibly rapid speed, but it took him no time to realize that it was just a black cat . Xia Lei was not someone who would be easily spooked by a mere cat but he was always on guard . However, as the cat crossed the road, he felt an unsettling sensation bubbling in the pit of his stomach .

His advanced evolution had allowed his sixth sense to be more sensitive than regular people .

The black cat left behind a few imprints of its paws on the snow, quickly disappearing out of sight .

Xia Lei instinctively averted his eyes to where the black cat had come out from . In that direction was a very small church .

The dread of danger crept up his spine rapidly . Under the influence of that feeling, Xia Lei felt as if a threat could appear from any direction and attack him . Perhaps it was waiting for an opportunity to seize him and tear his body apart!

There were only two things that could bring him such fear . One of them was Zhu Xuanyue and the other was the black-robed man . There was certainly no need to suspect Zhu Xuanyue as she was back in the hotel room awaiting his return . Eliminating Zhu Xuanyue, the only possibility left was the black-robed man .

Weirdly, as his sixth sense came to a peak, the black-robed man had not made his appearance .

Xia Lei inhaled deeply and yelled in the direction of the small church . “Is it you? Quit hiding, show yourself!”

There was only silence . No one answered him and nothing moved . The wooden door of the church remained tightly shut .

“I know you’re there,” warned Xia Lei . As he spoke, the man activated his X-ray vision to spy if anyone was hidden behind the wooden door .

The church was empty and dark . At the very front of a few rows of long benches was the podium, where pastors and hosts carried out masses . At the back of the podium on the wall was a cross and the statue of Jesus Christ . As Xia Lei focused his gaze on the statue, Jesus’s eyes felt like it was staring right into his soul . In the dark, his expression held no warmth . The darkness of the statue’s eyes felt like a spiralling black hole that threatened to swallow him whole!

Xia Lei’s heart jolted at Jesus’s uncanny stare . But as he focused his left eye once again on the statue, Jesus was back to his merciful self . His gaze was cast down at forty-five degrees, his expression filled with compassion .

“What…” Xia Lei couldn’t fathom what had just happened .

Bewilderingly, the earlier sense of threat had disappeared . Xia Lei tried to jog his memory, what happened earlier felt like an illusion and not reality .

“If that was the black-robed man, why is he here? He gave me three years and I’ve got two years left . An entity like him can’t be someone that breaches their promises, right? If he is really here, then his target must be…” Xia Lei quickly snapped his head around, letting his X-ray vision penetrate through the winter night to go through the hotel walls . The hotel was about a few hundreds of metres away from his position .

He saw Zhu Xuanyue, peacefully asleep on the bed . The woman’s underwear was scattered about on the top of the covers . In his absence, she had gone to bed in her birthday suit .

Xia Lei looked away and sighed . “Maybe it’s just my imagination . The pressure must be getting to me now . ” He shook his head with a troubled smile, continuing his journey to The Flaming Skeleton .

He kept his alert high as he walked down the street . Nothing out of the ordinary had happened and the same sense of dread hadn’t occurred again .

Perhaps it really was nothing more than an illusion .

Finally making it to the entrance of the bar, Xia Lei glanced at his Patek Philipe wristwatch . There was still a few minutes to spare before his date with Caitlin . He ultimately chose to wait for her outside instead of entering the facility .

At this moment, a middle-aged Caucasian exited the bar . He noticed Xia Lei and immediately came forth to greet him enthusiastically . “My Mexican friend, it’s so nice to see you!”

Xia Lei responded with a polite smile .

“My friend, I’d love to talk to you but Caitlin is in trouble . ” The man continued, “Michael had brought a biker gang over and they’re not letting Caitlin leave . Perhaps they’re waiting for you to rough you up . You need to leave now . ”

Xia Lei furrowed his brows . Though he was just using Caitlin for her interpersonal network in town, not once had he expected Michael to bring him trouble out of jealousy .

Noticing that Xia Lei was unfazed, the Caucasian man shrugged his shoulder . “I know you’re not afraid of those people but I must warn you . Those rowdy youngsters might have guns with them . ”

“Thank you, my friend . ” Xia Lei extended a hand . “My name’s Costa, I work for a family business . It’s really nice to meet you . ”

“Ah, not bad . My name’s Ton, I work for Lockheed Martin . ” Ton laughed at himself for a bit . “Oh, friend . I’m not half as good as you . My salary is barely sufficient to treat you to a round of booze . ”

“Hehe, making money isn’t that difficult . If you’d like, we could meet tomorrow and talk about business over coffee . ” Xia Lei smiled . “But I must excuse myself now, it’s time to take care of some matters . ”

“My friend, are you really going inside?”

“Of course, I’m not someone who’d be terrified by jeering delinquents . ” Xia Lei was resolute .

“If that’s the case, I’ll meet you tomorrow . ” Ton continued, “I’m good friends with the sheriff in town . Perhaps Michael would spare me some face . ”

“Thank you in advance Let’s head in . ” Xia Lei and Ton entered the bar .

As soon as they stepped foot inside, Xia Lei spotted Michael among a small crowd of muscular leather jacket-clad bikers . Caitlin was circled by those strong men, looking anxious and troubled .

Caitlin noticed Xia Lei . The freckled woman hurriedly waved at him . “Leave! Leave!”

As soon as Michael spotted Xia Lei, he lifted his hand and pointed at him . “It’s this damned Mexican, it’s him!”

The group of men in leather jackets left Caitlin alone to size up Xia Lei .

Ton advised, “Michael, quit it . Mister Costa is a friend of mine, please just…”

Before Ton could finish his sentence, Michael interjected rudely . “Shut up! I’m going to paralyze this fucking Mexican today! Do not come in my way!”

“You…” Ton shook with anger .

Michael came closer to the older man and shoved him, causing the older man to stumble backwards . Ton itched to say something but the man was quickly silenced by intimidation, ultimately opting to stay silent .

A biker replicated Michael’s action, hurling a palm towards Xia Lei .

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