Chapter 153 I Refuse

Isyore coughed and said, "You win this game, but I don't want to see Ames. Black Star, can we discuss this?"

Han Xiao suppressed his killing intent and asked in surprise, "You don't want to see your own student that much?"

"Back then, I just casually adopted a little girl, spent some time with her, and taught her how to awaken her superpower. How would I know she would become a Super A Grade powerhouse famous throughout the entire star cluster?" Isyore shook his head and said, "If I had known, I wouldn't have adopted her. With her strength, if she gets entangled with me, I definitely won't be able to escape. Those days of losing freedom are just like being in jail. Just thinking about it makes me feel like I'm dying."

Han Xiao's mouth twitched. Casually adopting a little girl who becomes a top powerhouse many years later… why did it sound so familiar?

And this old man still looked unwilling. Hey, I allow you to show off, but don't overdo it, damn it!

Suppressing the urge to complain, Han Xiao narrowed his eyes and asked, "If you don't want to see her, then what are you doing back here?"

Isyore didn't act like someone who had lived for countless years. He lacked all airs and acted like a stubborn old child, sulking, "The more she wants to find me, the more I'm going to flaunt myself in front of her."

His personality was as bad as ever…

Han Xiao was speechless. He secretly recalled that in his previous life, Isyore had always wandered around, and was a mysterious merchant in the eyes of the players, until he was once involved in a dispute between two Star Cluster civilizations. As usual, he played a "game," but a person who walks by the river often is bound to get their shoes wet. Isyore failed, and this time it directly took his life. Until his death, he did not meet Ames. After hundreds of years of searching, Ames only saw Isyore's tombstone in the end.

Ames acted entirely according to her preferences, and this time she was even more impulsive, smashing all the planetary territories of those two civilizations, including their mother stars, in a fit of anger, causing countless casualties and causing a sensation. Survivors who had escaped abroad appealed to the three Universal Civilizations, claiming that such violence violated the Order Treaty. So, this time, Longtan no longer had any privileges and was surrounded by a massive army.

At that time, a large number of players accepted quests and participated in the encirclement.

Countless battleships exploded in this battle, and Longtan disintegrated, becoming a shattered asteroid belt. Although Ames did not die in battle, she disappeared from everyone's sight…

And the well-known Super A Grades in the Shattered Star Ring were replaced one after another in the changing times.

Of course, that was in a much later version.

Now, Isyore had been caught by him. If Ames met him, it would be something that hadn't happened in his previous life. He didn't know what direction things would go in.

…However, the massacre of two civilizations with populations of trillions, the destruction of Longtan, and Ames being seriously injured and missing—this series of tragedies should no longer happen.

*Forget it, I owe her a favor. I should hand him over to Ames. Killing him will only create unnecessary risks.*

Shaking his head, Han Xiao withdrew his killing intent. Isyore did have his strengths, but he wasn't a pushover either.

Isyore's predictions were only limited to a small range within a certain period of time, but what he controlled… was the big picture!

He wasn't afraid at all!

Han Xiao put his arm around Isyore's shoulder, hooking his shoulder and leaning close to Isyore's ear, he said in a whisper:

"I refuse."

Isyore's expression stiffened. He didn't need to say it so quietly, making him expect something for nothing.

Han Xiao opened his communicator and contacted Ames. As soon as the screen connected, Ames saw Isyore beside Han Xiao, her beautiful eyes lit up, and a playful look appeared on her face.

"Isyore, my teacher, I've missed you so much."

Isyore smiled wryly. From Ames' tone, he heard a strong sense of dissatisfaction. Even without foresight, he knew his situation was bad.

He had been hiding for so many years, and who knew how much resentment Ames had accumulated. It would be terrible to fall into her hands.

Then, Ames turned to look at Han Xiao, "Wait for me, I'll be there soon!"

After saying that, the screen went black, decisive and efficient.

Isyore looked depressed and turned to look at Han Xiao.

"Are you really not going to reconsider?"

"She's already seen you. Do you think I can still let you go?" Han Xiao said with a smile.

Before long, Ames' spaceship arrived at the port. She happened to be arriving at Norios today. Han Xiao took Isyore to the dock. As soon as Ames got off the ship, she saw him and walked over menacingly. Her presence was at least ten stories high!

Han Xiao, gripping Isyore’s shoulder, clearly felt the old man's body tremble.

"Dragon Emperor?!"

At this moment, the pedestrians near the pier were in an uproar, with horrified looks on their faces, and hurriedly retreated far away. They didn't expect the top powerhouse of the Shattered Star Ring to appear suddenly.

"Don't you have something to say to me?"

Ames' face was expressionless.

Isyore sighed resignedly and said helplessly, "Alright, I should have come back to see you a long time ago. I shouldn't have been hiding from you. Don't stand here and be watched, let's go, let's go."

With that, he stepped onto the boarding ramp. Before entering the spaceship, he glanced back at Han Xiao, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face.

Ames was about to return to the ship when she suddenly thought of something. She turned her head, looked at Han Xiao, paused, and said with a serious and solemn tone.

"Thank you."

Han Xiao waved his hand, "It's a small matter. I returned your favor."

"No, I owe you."

Ames' tone was unquestionable. She hesitated for a moment, then slowly reached out her hand. The soft, gauze-like black sleeve slid down her smooth forearm, revealing her slender, fair hand, and patted Han Xiao on the shoulder.

In fact, she was a germaphobe and never wanted to touch others. This time, however, she made an exception.

Although she didn't show it on the surface, she was actually very happy, and therefore very grateful to Han Xiao for catching Isyore. She knew how cunning Isyore was and had tried to get his whereabouts before, but every time she was disappointed. This time's success surprised her.

The touch was fleeting. Ames quickly retracted her hand and turned to walk onto the spaceship. Han Xiao didn't react much, but suddenly remembered something. He hurriedly used a blank character card in the panel and generated her character card before Ames closed the door.

Boom—

The spaceship made a rumbling sound of airflow and left the dock along the track, quickly disappearing into the universe.

Han Xiao was still at the dock. He had just notified the others, and everyone rushed over upon hearing the news, gathered together, and stared at the departing spaceship. Melos opened his mouth and asked, "Black Star, the matter is done. Where are we going now?"

"Let's rest in Norios first, and leave tomorrow." Han Xiao turned to look at Visant, "Do you want to travel with us?"

"I'm not in a hurry to go back, and it's too boring to stay in Longtan. Hehe, it seems I'm going to bother you for a while." Visant showed a standard cheap smile.

"As long as you don't spend my money, you can bother me as long as you want." Han Xiao shrugged.

At this moment, there was a commotion in the direction of the hall. A group of Norios Consortium executives heard the news of Ames' arrival and hurried over. They didn't dare to neglect such an important figure, but Ames took Isyore away and left immediately, and the entire process only took a few minutes. The group of consortium executives missed her.

The consortium executives then turned to Han Xiao with warm smiles and enthusiasm.

The Dragon Emperor was gone, so they couldn't have come for nothing. They would contact Black Star to cultivate their relationship and see if they could provide any help to show Norios' attitude.

Originally, when Han Xiao first arrived at Norios, the consortium executives only paid slight attention, and only had their subordinates greet him. But with the Dragon Emperor's appearance, the degree was completely different. They felt that they had to personally say hello to show sincerity, and these consortium executives' attention to Han Xiao rose several levels.

While they were talking, neat footsteps sounded not far away, and everyone subconsciously looked in that direction.

They saw a group of Godora people in combat uniforms hurriedly passing through the hall. They seemed to have just arrived, and the leader was extraordinarily heroic.

"The Godora people? What are they doing here?" Han Xiao's gaze was also attracted, and he curiously glanced at the leader of the Godora people. His expression suddenly changed.

He knew this person!

This was an A Grade esper!

…

On Ames' spaceship, Isyore stood in front of the porthole, silently watching Norios gradually move away.

"What are you looking at?" Ames asked from behind.

Isyore withdrew his gaze and showed a satisfied smile.

"You have a good cadre. He is trustworthy."

"Are you talking about Black Star?" Ames nodded, "He is indeed very capable. Haven't you met him before? You even had him deliver a message to me."

Isyore paused, then shook his head and laughed.

"I'm getting old. I almost forgot about that."

As he said that, Isyore lowered his head, opened his communicator, and deleted a scheduled email that had been set to send a long time ago. The original target was Ames, whose communication requests he had always blocked.

Isyore shook his head helplessly.

"If it weren't for you, you troublesome thing, I wouldn't have come to the Shattered Star Ring to throw myself into the net…"

Isyore knew Ames too well. She was willful, capricious, and not good at playing tricks. Just like Black Star asked, if he didn't want to be found by Ames, he could have just hidden far away. Why did he have to return to the Shattered Star Ring?

As for his motivation, it was naturally not to tease Ames. Although he was tired of living, he wasn't so bored… His target was Han Xiao!

What if someone was misusing his name to deceive Ames, and if this person had found out Ames' weakness and was deliberately approaching her to act as an enemy with malicious intent?

Isyore was very worried about this.

No matter what achievements Ames had now, in his eyes, she was still the little girl with a runny nose who needed someone to take care of her.

So, he returned to the Shattered Star Ring, exposed his whereabouts, and attracted the investigation of Ames' cadres. If Han Xiao hadn't caught him, then he was nothing more than that. If he caught him, then it was Isyore's new round of testing. He had already made follow-up preparations, deliberately showing his predictive abilities, and at the same time setting up a series of schemes to anger the other party. If Black Star was really the Dragon Emperor's enemy, he wouldn't allow such a dangerous enemy to live.

If he died, the scheduled message that had been set up long ago could remind Ames of his death. Whoever lied to her was the murderer.

Isyore was precisely putting himself at risk, betting with the life of a useless old man. If he died, Ames would not easily trust others in the future. He felt it was worth it. Having lived for so long, the habit of courting death had already been integrated into his blood, only making him feel excited.

Although he was verbally stubborn, he actually cared about Ames very much. Isyore had no children, and Ames was like his adopted daughter.

Han Xiao naturally didn't know that his casual remarks in Longtan to persuade Ames would cause such a butterfly effect, allowing the two people who had never met in his previous life to reunite for the first time, indirectly changing the fate of trillions of people.

"Black Star…" Isyore thought to himself, "A very promising guy. If he lives for a thousand years like me, he will be a hundred times more terrifying than me."

"With his assistance, Ames will be able to suffer less…"