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Chapter 43: What is a genius?
Seeing Mobius' childhood, most of the audience was shocked.
[What the hell? Is this the story of Dr. Mobius' childhood?]
[Her mother died, and her father was seriously ill and abusive. I didn't expect that Dr. Mobius, a genius scientist, had such a past.]
[How miserable and pitiful! She is still a child, but she has to go through such torture.]
[But somehow, even as a child, Dr. Mobius had the calmness of an adult. Should we say she is indeed a genius?]
[This kind of doctor is inexplicably cute.]
[Yes, I really want to hug her, the Doctor was so cute when she was a child.]
[If you don't want to die, you can give it a try. I think it would be easy for a nine-year-old doctor to kill an adult.]
Various comments flashed across the screen.
…
Schicksal Headquarters, conference room.
"Great, there's another video to watch!"
Lying happily on the sofa, Otto held a Coke in his left hand and potato chips in his right, looking like a modern lazy person, and stared at the big screen in front of him with great interest.
Seeing Otto treating the conference room like his home and using public property as his own, Siegfried and Cecilia immediately showed expressions of disgust.
Of course, no matter how much they disliked it, they still had to watch the video on the big screen.
This is also the reason the couple appeared here in the first place.
Schicksal's ultra-high pixel 100-inch large screen is so good!!!
"By the way, are we really okay doing this?" Cecilia, being kind-hearted, couldn't help but say, "Theresa has complained to me many times in recent days, saying that because former Bishop Otto hasn't helped with work for a long time, the efficiency of the entire Schicksal has seriously slowed down, and everyone's workload has increased several times."
"Hehe, what does that have to do with me?"
Otto laughed and said, "Hey, I just want to play, I just don't want to go to work! Anyway, I am a former bishop and I have reached the retirement age! I don't want to work, and no one can stop me from slacking off!!!"
"…"
Seeing Otto's "I'm proud of my laziness" look, Siegfried was speechless.
Cecilia couldn't help but reveal a subtle expression.
Because she knew that despite Theresa's repeated complaints, she had decided to contact Kallen urgently, who was traveling in the Far East with a certain Miss Yae Sakura, ready to make Otto pay for his overconfidence!
Otto, however, remained blissfully unaware of what was coming his way...
After a moment of silence for the former bishop about to face domestic violence, Cecilia turned her attention back to the screen:
"Is this Dr. Mobius from World Serpent? What a pitiful childhood. It's a relief she managed to persevere."
"No, no, Cecilia, you're mistaken." Otto shook his head slowly. "Do you really think Mobius would be as sad as an ordinary person in such a situation?"
"Isn't that possible?" Siegfried and Cecilia both looked puzzled.
"Haha, for most people, childhood setbacks may be unbearable torture, but for some special geniuses, torture itself is just a test—a necessary experience for them to break out of the cocoon and become a butterfly." Otto looked at Mobius in the picture with deep eyes, a slight smile playing on his lips. "Especially for someone like Mobius, the moment she leaves the warm cage is when she truly gains freedom and spreads her wings!"
"…"
Hearing Otto's words, which sounded as though spoken from experience, both Cecilia and Siegfried were stunned.
Meanwhile, the video continued on the screen.
…
In the video.
"We are also fleeting. The so-called happy story is bittersweet, mixed with pain and loss..."
The melodious music of the previous civilization slowly started to play.
Young Mobius, barefoot and dressed in a light white gown, with long green hair cascading down her back, walked through the messy streets like any ordinary homeless orphan.
A gust of cold wind blew, and the little girl instinctively hugged her shoulders, her petite body trembling slightly.
From any angle, she appeared to be just a lonely, pitiful vagrant.
However, if you looked closer, you'd notice her eyes were sharp, like a snake waiting for its moment, carefully observing everything around her.
The snake quickly found its target. She looked sharply at a shadow in the distance and said in a cold voice:
"The gentleman who has been following me for a while, are you not going to come out?"
"The crime rate in this city isn't high, but it's not low either. If I scream now, you—a poor human trafficker—will probably end up in jail."
"Or is it that your target isn't my body?"
"…"
Mobius' words fell slowly.
A black-haired man wearing a black windbreaker slowly emerged from the shadows.
He didn't seem to expect to be discovered so soon and appeared surprised for a moment.
Indeed, at this time, Mo Chen's physical abilities had already far surpassed ordinary people, and he even had the strength to rival large Honkai beasts.
Though he was still not very strong, being seen through by a nine-year-old child was beyond his expectations.
'As expected of a genius scientist like Mobius, she possessed observational abilities far beyond ordinary people even as a child.'
With this thought, Mo Chen slowly looked at Mobius and said:
"From the look of things, you seem to have nowhere to go. Do you need my help?"
"Unnecessary."
"Uh..." Mo Chen, who was caught off guard, hadn't expected such a straightforward rejection. He quickly added, "Don't be so wary. I'm not a bad person."
"That's what bad people always say. After all, bad people don't wear signs that say 'I'm a bad person.'"
Mobius spoke mockingly, clearly disdainful of Mo Chen's level of deception.
"Humph, with your low-level trickery, you can only fool elementary school students. Go home and find your mother."
"…"
Being ridiculed by a nine-year-old little girl, Mo Chen's face suddenly became awkward and his expression became stiff.
At the same time, the barrage was suddenly filled with comments.
Everyone couldn't help but burst into laughter when they saw the invincible Mo Chen get defeated for the first time -
[Hahahaha, as expected of the genius Dr. Mobius, there are absolutely no flaws.]
[Yeah, now let's see how Mo Chen is going to capture Dr. Mobius.]
[At such a young age, she has such a mind. This kid is not simple.]
[It must be very difficult. She is a top genius scientist.]
[I suspect that if it was a real human trafficker, he would be manipulated by Mobius into counting money for her.]
[Uh, don't doubt it, I think this is 100% true.]
(TL: Hey, is no one gonna mention that Mobius is technically only 9 years old at that time?)
All of a sudden, everyone was very excited and wanted to know how Mo Chen could open Mobius' heart and make this overly stubborn little loli willing to listen to him.
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