Colonial Suit

A slight stinging sensation came from my wrist. A steel needle extended from the box, took a blood sample from Blood瞳, and retracted. Then, a small light screen appeared on the box, flashing various data like a waterfall.

Robby quickly operated it. "The gene sampling is complete. All that's left is decoding and analysis. I have to say something first. If you let me check your ability, then I'll know what it is. Is that okay?"

"Oh? Does the ability need to be kept secret?"

"Generally, there's no need. Although abilities are very rare in this world, they are common in the fifth world and above. But as I said before, there are exceptions for some people who possess unique, exclusive abilities. Exclusive abilities are very powerful and are the greatest secret of their owners. They treat these abilities as trump cards."

Turning his head, Robby smiled at Blood瞳. "Trump card, do you understand? If someone discovers it, the only option is to kill that person. So, in order not to be killed by you, I need to ask you first."

"..." Blood瞳 smiled indifferently. "I don't mind, and I don't have the ability to kill you."

Robby shrugged his shoulders. "Who knows?"

After a while, the box emitted a beep indicating the analysis was complete. Robby glanced at it, slightly stunned. "Wait a moment."

"Has it appeared?" Blood瞳 stopped, a hint of joy in his eyes.

But Robby didn't seem as happy as he expected, instead looking troubled. After searching the data again, he sighed and shrugged at Blood瞳. "Looks like I have to apologize."

"What's wrong?" Blood瞳 was a little surprised.

"Deep scan failed." Robby reached out, put away the box, and stood up. "Unfortunately, not everyone's abilities can be deep scanned with portable equipment. Some people's abilities are too deeply hidden and can only be deep scanned with large equipment. But that's fifth-world technology."

"So, I still can't know my ability?"

"Not necessarily," Robby replied. "Actually, the purpose of deep scan is to know what your ability is in advance, not to guide your ability out. So, if you want to know your ability, you can directly guide it. You're lucky, although my deep scanner is portable, I happen to have a guiding agent with me."

As he spoke, Robby rummaged around and took out a deep blue needle. Illuminated by the campfire, the liquid in the needle sparkled like a sapphire, exceptionally beautiful.

Looking at the needle, Blood瞳 was slightly stunned, and then he felt himself becoming nervous, his breathing a little rapid. He knew that this was not as simple as knowing his ability in advance. If he used this needle, he would directly possess the ability Robby spoke of. The kind of ability that everyone in the advanced worlds possessed, which could greatly enhance themselves. This temptation was enormous. His heart began to beat faster, and he could even feel "it" within him waking up, emitting a strong desire for the needle in front of him.

But there is no free lunch in the world. Blood瞳 knew this well. He took a deep breath and looked directly at the young priest.

"What's the condition?"

Robby smiled slightly and threw the needle in his hand over. Blood瞳 caught it, a hint of doubt in his eyes.

"Inject it directly, the effect will take eight hours to manifest. It can induce shallow genetic abilities," Robby said indifferently. "This thing is nothing to a cosmic mercenary, but it's precious in this world. So, even though I don't care, I can't give it to you for free. According to the rules of the cosmic mercenaries, you need to do a mission for me as a reward."

"Mission?" Blood瞳 frowned.

"My private matter this time is actually my qualification test to become a trainee mercenary. You'll temporarily act as my subordinate and go with me. To be honest, the cosmic mercenary assessment mission is very difficult. I didn't know if I could complete it, but if you're willing to join, I'll be more confident. What do you say, are you willing?"

"..." Blood瞳 fell silent, looking at the sapphire-like needle in his hand, slowly clenching his fist.

"I accept."

The night deepened. The roars of mutated beasts came from around the camp. If it weren't for the hot campfire, this night would definitely not be peaceful.

But this was only for Robby. For Blood瞳, since he injected that needle into his body, he was destined not to be peaceful. As the effect of the medicine took hold, he felt an unprecedented sharp pain coming from every inch of his body. The intensity was enough to kill a strong wasteland dire bear. His blood vessels, his nerves, his muscles, his bones, every inch, every minute, were groaning in pain. Under this pain, even breathing seemed like a luxury. He desperately stretched his neck to take another breath, but it was no use. The air entering his lungs was like a burning flame, making him suffer unbearably.

"If it's too painful, I can knock you out," Robby's voice came from outside. He walked into the tent, looking at Blood瞳 with pity.

"I've been through this process too. This is a side effect of ordinary guiding agents. I'm sorry I don't have advanced guiding agents. Although fainting can reduce the pain, the induction effect is not guaranteed."

"I... can still endure..." Swallowing a mouthful of air with difficulty, Blood瞳 spat out a few words through his teeth. At this moment, his eyes were bloodshot, and the blood spots in the depths of his pupils had expanded. He could even feel "it" within him experiencing the effects of the drug. But he had to bear "it's" pain himself.

In other words, he was now enduring twice the pain of ordinary people, not the one-fold that Robby had taken for granted. And the increase in pain was not a simple additive superposition, but an exponential increase. Every bit of pain was like a trip to hell for Blood瞳.

But he stubbornly refused to make a sound, enduring it stubbornly, until the pain overwhelmed him like a tide, his fingers sinking into the hard ground.

A hint of appreciation flashed in Robby's eyes, and he turned and walked out of the tent. Only then did Blood瞳 groan in pain, spitting out a large amount of blood.

"The induction of shallow genetic abilities is so painful, could it be that you possess an exclusive ability?" Looking at the bloodstains slowly seeping out of the tent, Robby smiled.

"Impossible... you're not that lucky."

Time passed quickly, and the sky finally began to brighten. Just as the sky was about to dawn, the pain that had tormented Blood瞳 all night quickly receded like a tide, as if it had never appeared.

"Is the induction complete?" Robby's voice came from outside the tent, and then a figure walked in.

"Does it feel particularly comfortable? Oh, don't be too happy. That's just your body's natural reaction after experiencing too much pain. It doesn't mean you've really become stronger. The important thing is the ability. Can you feel your ability now? Strength, reaction, speed, agility, and sensitivity to certain things?"

"..." Blood瞳 felt around as Robby prompted, and shook his head.

"No, nothing."

"Not physical enhancement?" Robby thought for a moment. "Then what about sensory control? Can you sense things that are about to happen, or can you use your mind to control the objects around you?"

"No, neither can I."

"So that's how it is..." Robby scratched his head. "Not physical enhancement, nor sensory control, could it be mental? In that case... it needs some special environment..."

Raising his left hand, the Broken Wing Butterfly already appeared in his hand. "May the Lord forgive my sins."

"Wait, what are you doing?" Blood瞳 looked up and saw the dark muzzle. His pupils suddenly contracted.

Robby smiled slightly. "Creating an environment suitable for miracles to appear for you! Don't you think that only the sound of the Lord's servant's gun is the most suitable background music?"

The gunshot rang out. Robby's lightning-fast speed left Blood瞳 no time to react. In an instant, all the blood in Blood瞳's body seemed to rush to the top of his head. An unprecedented sense of danger suddenly gripped his heart. He had witnessed Robby's marksmanship. That kind of deadly marksmanship, which could even calculate his trajectory like the lines on his palm, could even put six bullets into the same bullet hole. Blood瞳 had once imagined what he would do if he faced such marksmanship one day. But he never thought it would come so quickly.

So deadly!

Three bullets spun rapidly, drawing a wonderful trajectory, accurately shooting towards Blood瞳's face. Under the stimulation of life and death, Blood瞳's spirit reached the highest point in his life in an instant. He only felt a blur in front of him, and the whole world froze. Immediately afterwards, Blood瞳 saw the three bullets shooting towards him.

But... wait!

Why can I see it?

Why can I see it?

The speed of the bullets should not be captured by the naked eye. But why can I see it? Even their trajectory, the rotation leaving the muzzle, the texture on the bullet, all are clear. And Robby's expression, why is his smile so rigid, without change?

Most importantly, why is the speed of the bullets so slow? As slow as snails, moving little by little in the air... Is it a joke to hit me with such a speed? I just need to dodge a little...

Wait, my body, why is it so heavy, so painful. Why can't I move my feet, why does my heartbeat stop? Why... can't I even move my fingers?

Damn it, even if the bullets are slow, I will die if this continues. Move... move for me!

Why don't you move, you move for me! Even if you break your hands and feet, your muscles rupture, you have to move, move for me!

Move!

With a "boom", Blood瞳 only felt a terrifying explosion suddenly occur deep in his mind. Then his body really moved. Slowly, only a little faster than the bullets... moved...

The muscles were still torn, and in the tearing pain, Blood瞳 watched himself dodge the slowest, deadliest three bullets in history at a turtle's pace. Then he fell to the ground in a mess.

He saw Robby's mouth moving, but he couldn't hear what he was shouting at all. Then he passed out.

Of course, he didn't know that the last thing Robby shouted was just a name. A name that sounded meaningless, but had once turned countless people pale...

"Bullet Time! Your ability... is actually Bullet Time!"