BXBX NOVEL Chapter 287 - Adoption Center
Chapter 287: Adoption Center
"Damn, that was refreshing,"
"I agree, It\'s actually a pretty good work out, I feel somewhat stronger than before,"
"How much do you think we made in cash?"
"I don\'t know, like 20 grand? It\'s not the best way of income but it\'s manageable,"
"Don\'t forget that the military\'s taking 25% of the cut,"
"Oh yeah, of course! How could I forget!?"
Moby and his team had just gotten out of the teleporter, stretching their stiff limbs and casually conversing with each other as they walked down that same long hallway they first took, heading back to the lobby and reception desk.
And, as soon as they reached the exit of the tunnel, they were greeted by a familiar face…
"I greatly apologize miss Layla! I promise you that I am not usually that kind of person! I was simply caught in the moment!"
It was the figure of a bowing James, bent almost 90 degrees towards the secretary he had previously disrespected.
"Oh please! It\'s really okay sir! Please lift your head up!"
The secretary pleaded, making him comply and speak before walking away.
"Thank you so much for your understanding! I wish we meet again soon miss Layla!"
That was when Moby and the rest walked in, their amusement hidden under their tired expressions.
"Hello again!"
Moby waved and caught Layla\'s attention, and before he could continue speaking, he heard her whisper in his ears.
"What happened!? Did you guys do something to him?"
"No, we never even talked to him. We did get close to him once though and I think he recognized our faces and is trying to do damage control…"
"Ohhhh… That makes so much more sense now,"
She couldn\'t help but chuckle at Moby\'s words and breathe a sigh of relief as she checked them out and allowed them to leave.
"Please come again!"
There, they walked out of the tower, noticing the bright moon in the stary sky. Although they were not able to tell from inside the still bright planet, they had been training for far longer than they expected.
As soon as they exited through the front doors, they were met by a sudden flash of light that later turned out to be the butler.
"Shall we go home, young miss? I hope you enjoyed your training,"
The butler bowed and smiled before looking up at Jayden\'s face.
"Yes! Let\'s go home!"
The car ride was a rather enjoyable one.
They had just conducted their first operation as a group and they all felt rather satisfied. It was their first time working all together yet it worked out almost perfectly. They were discussing things that would no doubt incriminate them if spoken in public so they used their mind-links instead.
Once again, this caused the butler to see the spectacle of four people laughing hysterically at the back of the car without even saying a word which at this point he was so used to it that it completely unphased him.
He dropped off Moby, Nags, and Ray at the school gates and drove off back to the mansion, not of course before letting them all say their goodbyes.
However, instead of heading back to his dorms, Moby had other plans that he had been holding out on for too long, something that he wanted to do alone…
So, he told Nags and Ray he was not able to join them which they did not question, yawning and simply going to the dorms after saying their farewells.
Most of his features hidden as to not be noticed, he took the bus to an adoption center to do something beneficial and something he should have done a long time ago, only now did he have time to do it.
Casually, he entered the nearly empty, marble white building and strode to the front desks.
"Hello sir… I\'ve come here to adopt…"
"Oh! That\'s great! Do you have a certain child in mind or are you willing to look?"
"No, I have 2 in mind already, although I don\'t know their names yet,"
Moby slightly chuckled before the man replied.
"I see… And who are they?"
"The younger brother and sister of Neia Spud, I promised to take care of them after her passing…"
*Click* *Click*
"Hmmmmm… Let me see… Ahh! Here we go! Leon and Avah spud! ... … … Hmmmmmm…"
The secretary looked deep in thought, his hands over his mouth.
"Sir? Is there something wrong?" Moby asked with a hint of nervousness.
"I\'m sorry sir… But it seems like they were already adopted by someone else…"
"THEY WERE WHAT!?"
Moby could not help but blurt his thoughts out loud, wide-eyed lucky that there was no one else in the building.
"When was this!? And by who!?"
The man at the front sighed and took a deep breath before he responded.
"I\'m sorry sir… But all of this information is confidential… All I could tell you is that it happened a few weeks ago… sorry… Rules are rules…"
Moby was still stunned. He took a deep breath and tried to calm his face.
"Thank you for the information sir… And sorry for that unsightly outburst, it was truly rude of me,"
"Oh no, no, no! Please! I know this must be stressful and important to you! I fully understand! I wish you good luck!"
"Thank you so much for your understanding!"
Moby bowed and immediately walked towards the exit and left the building with many thoughts running through his mind.
He seemed to have been too late due to everything else that was going on in his life…
Right now, the thought of the missed opportunity to level up his angel blessing was not the main thing on his mind but rather the safety of the children…
He had yet to receive anything telling him that Neia\'s brother and sister were in good hands.
So, in his mind, that meant one of two things… Either they were being abused and mistreated by their adopters or another tragedy befell them…
If anything happened to them simply for the fact that he was too busy to do this and did not think it was too urgent, he wouldn\'t be sure if he could so easily get over that.
For now, all he could do was wait. Jayden\'s butler was good with computers and intel gathering so maybe if he asked him tomorrow he could get some help to find them and who adopted them but for now he simply headed back to his dorms feeling immense disappointment.
When he entered his dorm, he found Ray completely fast asleep with two controllers laid in front of the TV.
"Hopefully those two are getting along better than at first," He mumbled to himself before hopping onto his bed, deep in thought.
And, the first thing that came into his mind was James which brought a slight smile to his expression. Of course, he had turned him into a demon and planned to squeeze him out of all he had before he finally killed him when his control runs out.
He will use him to anonymously gift himself any valuables or family secrets he might possess, along with using him to fight beasts every day to share XP until his eventual "accidental" death by his hands. He thought doing things in such a way was simply far more efficient and beneficial than simply killing him and brainwashing everyone to get past the lie detector test.
However, this did come with the side effect that he now might see James as some sort of family. Still, he decided to do it anyways as a means to train himself to differentiate between the good and the bad servants and eventually break out of his demon nature by his own personal evolutions and merits alone.
He began to ponder more and more about the future… How school will be… How will his team continue to work together… How Abby\'s mental state was going to fair… What will happen with his meeting with the supreme general… If he will eventually go back and visit his family dojo... What happened to Neia\'s siblings... Will there be other Aliens on the hunt for him in the near future… And what lies beyond the empty covers of that level 100 book… And, even what HikariYami was up to now…
There were so many things overloading his mind that it was almost too overwhelming…
In the end, he decided that he should not think too much about it as he stared blankly at the ceiling, taking in how far he had gotten since that fateful day in his dorm looking up at a very familiar sight.
He lifted his hands up with a soft smile and slowly mumbled to himself, even subconsciously talking to Alex too…
Although he wanted to train, in his current state that was simply impossible.
"This is gonna be one hell of a year… Isn\'t it? I will push through and succeed no matter what! I promise…"
Those were his last words before he went to sleep to rest his fatigued mind...