Max Level Return—I'll Protect That Fragile One

”...50.” Finally, Huo Canghai finished reporting all the numbers.

Huo Wen’an pressed the confirmation key, turned around, and stared sinisterly at Huo Canghai, gritting his teeth as he said, ”You better pray to the heavens, thank it for only making your legs weak and not giving you dementia.”

Otherwise, he’d never remember all these passwords.

Huo Canghai was already used to Huo Wen’an’s sharp tongue and laughed heartily upon hearing this.

Huo Canghai glanced at all three of them, asked, ”Did you all remember?”

All three had exceptional memories, and despite Huo Canghai only reporting the numbers once, they all remembered accurately.

”See,” Huo Canghai laughed, ”even if I do get dementia, there are successors.”

”You’re really optimistic, old man.” Huo Wen’an sneered sarcastically, seeing the door fully opened, he retreated behind Huo Canghai.

Huo Canghai said to turn on the lights, and the pitch-black weapon room lit up brightly. The dazzling light shone on the weapons emitting a chilling aura, making people squint slightly.

After squinting slightly and adjusting to the light, Song Chi carefully inspected the weapons in the room. Song Chi is a professional assassin, Rashomon can procure the best weapons from the Mortal World for them.

Of the weapons he’s used or seen, he always has some impression. But the weapons in front of him, he didn’t recognize any.

”Grandpa, where did you get these weapons from?” Song Chi found it incredible. ”I don’t recognize a single one.”

Xu Xingguang saw some weapons on the wall that looked familiar, their appearance somewhat similar to those she used in the interstellar age.

”Old sir,” Xu Xingguang spoke the mystery in one sentence, ”were you a thief in the Divine Martial Realm all those years?”

Huo Canghai’s old face turned red; he surprisingly didn’t refute.

Xu Xingguang was truly shocked, ”Did you really steal these?”

Huo Wen’an and Song Chi were equally astonished.

Was the old Helmsman of Huo’s consortium actually going off to be a thief in the Divine Martial Realm, was that reasonable?

Huo Canghai touched his nose, not directly admitting but obliquely reminded Xu Xingguang, ”If you ever go to the Divine Martial Realm, when you reach the Eastern Alliance, be sure never to mention the words ’Canghai’s Laughter’.

”Why?” Huo Wen’an asked with a stern expression.

Faced with three pairs of piercing gazes, Huo Canghai’s steadiness as an elder couldn’t be maintained. His voice was as light as a breeze, ”That’s my... stage name.”

”Stage name?” Huo Wen’an sneered, ”it’s your alias when you were a thief, isn’t it.”

Huo Canghai didn’t refute.

”Seems like I was right,” Huo Wen’an also found it amusing; he thought Huo Canghai had considerable status in the Divine Martial Realm, yet he was actually a rogue.

It truly was eye-opening.

Huo Canghai was getting on in years, thick-skinned as well.

He quickly regained his composure.

Huo Canghai told Huo Wen’an, ”The place where they imprisoned you is called the Toy Pool, an underground dark organization in the Divine Martial Realm. Just like our Mortal World, not everyone in the Divine Martial Realm is upright; they too are bound by laws and morals.”

”Raising Combat Dolls is something never permitted since ancient times. But the darker the business, the more money it makes. They raise you all there and every end of the month, they activate Star Surveillance 360, broadcasting the footage of your mutual battles to viewers on all underground websites.”

”My last time stealing in the Divine Martial Realm was ten years ago. It’s a good thing I went, otherwise, how would I have run into you.” He said with some self-satisfaction.

Xu Xingguang curiously asked, ”How did you get him out?”

Speaking of this, Huo Canghai felt a bit of heartache.

Huo Canghai said, ”That time I fortunately stole the design blueprint of a weapon freshly developed by the Eastern Alliance Weapons Research Department; it took the entire blueprint to successfully exchange his freedom.”

Huo Canghai looked at his hapless little son, shook his head, ”That blueprint in the Divine Martial Realm could buy a small city.” Huo Canghai sarcastically laughed, and said to Huo Wen’an, ”You should be grateful to me.”

Huo Wen’an sneered, ”I must be really valuable, huh. But I wouldn’t have been sold to the toy factory if it weren’t for your involvement, right?”

Huo Canghai raised his eyebrows, unable to refute.

He quickly changed the subject, marveling at the weapons, ”The technology gap between our two worlds is like a chasm. In another hundred years, our Mortal World’s weapon developers might still not be able to design these weapons.”