Chapter 276: Illegitimate Daughter

Seeing this person before her, Jiang Sui’s first reaction was: the photo came alive?

She still remembered the old photo she had kept; this was the first time she had seen the person in it standing alive before her.

Although the person in the photo was already alluringly beautiful, after seeing the real person in motion, Jiang Sui found that the photo had still been taken conservatively.

Those golden eyes were far more captivating than in her cat form.

The long dress she wore did not match the style in the photo, but it was clearly not chosen casually either; it well displayed this woman’s alluring aura.

“Senior?”

“Catch.”

The Black Cat, having returned to human form, tossed the thing in her hand over.

After Jiang Sui caught it, she found that it was actually her own Storage Bracelet.

“I brought it along for you on the way. You go first; leave this place to me.”

“You?”

“Yeah. I still have some old scores to settle with this guy in front of me.”

After the Black Cat said that, her gaze returned to the front, fixing on the Puppeteer frozen in place.

Jiang Sui hesitated for a moment.

Feeling that they would not start “reminiscing” unless she left, she got up and hurried to Lu Yunze’s side.

The Puppeteer, taking the moment when Jiang Sui had completely turned her back, suddenly reached out a hand toward the back of her neck.

Just as the Puppeteer’s fingers were about to touch Jiang Sui, they were forced to stop in midair.

The black dress the Black Cat wore had a cutout in the back, revealing fair skin.

A black hand made purely of energy stretched out from it and grabbed the Puppeteer’s claw attacking Jiang Sui.

The Puppeteer’s heart skipped a beat.

She hurriedly shook off the black hand and stared fixedly at the Black Cat.

“You really are still alive, and you even dare to appear before me, Lu Weixin!”

“Of course I’m alive, because the final account between me and your Black Star Cult has not yet been settled.”

Called by her real name, Senior Cat tilted her head and smiled, but the smile was extremely chilling.

“I had originally planned to lie low for a while longer and look for you again when the time was right. But heaven has eyes; it actually let you appear in Donghai City.”

What was even more coincidental was that after being hunted by them, Lu Weixin had just happened to bury her human body in this city.

The enemy who had killed her Master was right before her eyes.

The Black Cat no longer intended to keep hiding; she would settle her grudge with the Puppeteer right here.

“Look at you now. When you were hunting me and my Master, did you ever think you would be driven into this state by two young people?”

The Black Cat continued.

“I was probably just as pathetic back then. If my Master had not held them off, I would not have lived until now.”

She had watched her Master die at the Puppeteer’s hands.

To avoid being hunted, she had no choice but to abandon her human body and hide inside a cat’s body.

“You were clearly the ones who betrayed the Black Star Cult back then. What right do you have to talk about revenge?”

“What do you mean, we betrayed? The real traitors should be you.” Lu Weixin immediately retorted, “You are nothing but profit-seeking nobodies, and you turned around to slander me and my Master as traitors. Have some shame.”

With every sentence Lu Weixin spoke, the Puppeteer’s expression grew uglier, until her inner emotions reached their limit and she directly launched an attack.

The ten repaired arms lunged at the Black Cat from all directions, and at the same time summoned a large group of puppets that surrounded her tightly.

The Black Cat merely sneered at this. More black hands stretched out from behind her, more numerous than the Puppeteer’s, and the palms were still constantly swelling in size.

As the Black Cat yawned and pointed downward, the black hands all slammed toward the ground.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Similar sounds rang out continuously. Each time a palm struck the ground, it caused a tremor and crushed the puppets near her to pieces.

The Puppeteer’s arms were also grabbed by the black hands, which forcefully tore them from the Puppeteer’s torso and threw them behind.

The Puppeteer staggered back two steps and nearly fell to the ground.

Seeing that she could still repair her wounds, the black hands behind the Black Cat spread out like a peacock displaying its tail and slowly approached her.

“How about we guess how many arms I can take off you?”

Her expression was serious, and a flicker of fear appeared on the Puppeteer’s face.

“Do we… really have to fight to the death?”

“Do you think there is still room for negotiation between us?”

“Of course!”

The Puppeteer’s words suddenly became agitated.

“Don’t forget my position in The Cult. As long as I spread the word, you can still come back. And about your Master, I actually regret killing him too. After all, he was one of the few senior veterans in The Cult.”

“And then?” The Black Cat spoke slowly, “Why should I believe you?”

“Because we share a common enemy.” The Puppeteer said decisively, “We both want the Luo Family destroyed, don’t we? The Lu Family is gone. The only ones you can rely on are us.”

The Black Cat put one hand on her hip, her lowered golden eyes seeming to ponder something.

Seeing this, the Puppeteer thought there was hope and smiled.

But soon, her smile froze because of the Black Cat’s next words.

“Forget it. I no longer need you.”

“…What?”

“I have already found better allies. Not only are they more reliable than you, but they are also strong-willed and of good character. They won’t stab me in the back.”

The Black Cat’s words left the Puppeteer stunned for a long time. Who exactly were these “better allies” she spoke of…

“You mean those two brats who escaped?”

“They have great potential, don’t they? If you hadn’t been lucky, you would have died by their hands long ago.”

The corner of the Puppeteer’s eye twitched. She could not believe what the Black Cat said.

“They are not from the Luo Family…”

Halfway through, the Puppeteer understood something and immediately changed her words.

“They have nothing. Could they really be stronger than the entirety of The Cult?”

The Black Cat raised her head and looked toward the horizon where dawn was approaching, her tone still calm:

“Hard to say.”

Whether it was Lu Yunze or Jiang Sui, their performances exceeded her imagination.

At first, the Black Cat had not held much hope, but as time went on, she found that she seemed to have unearthed treasures, and two of them at that.

“I think I finally understand how my Master felt when he took me in. He did not want gold that could shine to be buried.”

As the Black Cat said this, she scratched her head, seeming a little embarrassed.

“Oh no. I haven’t even married or had children, yet I’ve become like a mother hen.”

She looked at the Puppeteer again, but the other could no longer speak.

“Any last words?”

“I am very sorry for disappointing you, Saint.”

Almost the moment the Puppeteer’s voice fell, those black hands descended from the air and crushed the Puppeteer into pieces.

Knowing the Puppeteer would revive, she deliberately left one head, picked it up, and made it stare into her eyes.

The golden eyes instantly filled the Puppeteer’s vision, making her consciousness gradually become dazed.

“End yourself. Don’t come back to life and scare people again.”

“Under…stood.”

The fragments of the Puppeteer’s body, along with this head, burst into flame out of thin air.

The Black Cat just stood there, watching her enemy turn to ashes.

By the time the flames died out, the sun at the horizon had already been up for a while.

The warm sunlight shone on her body, dispelling some of the chill.

The Black Cat was just about to leave when she turned and saw Jiang Sui standing not far away.

The two looked at each other, and for a moment the atmosphere was somewhat stiff.

“Lu Weixin?”

“It’s me.”

“You are from the Black Star Cult?”

“I was. Not anymore.”

“What is your relationship with Lu Yunze?”

The Black Cat… no, Lu Weixin thought for a moment, “My mother was Lu Yucheng’s stepmother, so I am of the same generation as Lu Yucheng. Then Lu Yunze and I should be…”

“Aunt?”

“Yes, Aunt!”

“…”

Jiang Sui was momentarily speechless.

“So that’s what you meant when you said the Lu Family had not completely died out?”

There had always been a member of the Lu Family by their side, and neither Jiang Sui nor Lu Yunze had been aware of it.

Then she could somewhat understand why Senior Cat had sought out Lu Yunze and wholeheartedly supported and trained him.

With the Lu Family destroyed, Lu Yunze was practically Lu Weixin’s only relative.

Seeing that the wariness in Jiang Sui’s eyes had not disappeared, Lu Weixin had no choice but to continue:

“Eleven years ago, when the Lu Family was destroyed because of the East Sea City Disaster, I was not here. In fact, most of the time I had no contact with the Lu Family.”

“Why?”

She was clearly Lu Yucheng’s younger sister.

Logically, Lu Weixin should have been someone of fairly high status in the Lu Family.

“Because I am an illegitimate daughter. I only share half of Lu Yucheng’s blood.”

“I see.”

Because she was illegitimate, Lu Weixin did not have a good relationship with most of the Lu Family.

As a result, she was away all year round and narrowly escaped the massacre.

At that time, Lu Weixin was only twelve years old.

She suddenly lost her family and did not know where to go.

It was also at this time that her Master appeared and took her in.

“Master gave me a lot, and even let me have the chance to escape.”

As Lu Weixin spoke, a trace of sorrow rose in her eyes.

“Since then, my goal has not only been to take revenge on the Luo Family, but also to destroy the Black Star Cult and avenge Master.”

Jiang Sui looked at her profile and asked again:

“But you were once part of the Black Star Cult. Did you also take part in evil deeds?”

“If I say no, would you believe me?”

Lu Weixin looked directly at Jiang Sui, without any intention of avoiding her gaze.

“Master was the last normal person in that sick organization. He never let me, still a child, take part in those things.”

During that period, most of the time Lu Weixin was either improving her own strength or scheming against others within the Black Star Cult to secure her place.

Thanks to Master’s high prestige in the organization, she could remain safe without taking on missions, until the accident suddenly happened.

“If you don’t believe me, you may as well cut ties with me now. I will leave immediately and find another way until my goal is achieved.”

After Lu Weixin finished speaking, she waited for Jiang Sui’s answer.

If Jiang Sui turned and walked away, Lu Weixin would not stop her.

As long as their goals were the same, they would meet again in the future even if their paths differed.

But Jiang Sui did not. Instead, she let out a heavy breath. “You really did deceive me quite badly, Senior.”

Hearing her address her that way, Lu Weixin touched her nose. “After all, one cannot be too careful of others.”

Both of them could not help but laugh, bathing together in the morning sunlight.