Chapter 644 Unhappy Reunion, "Are you really my Brother?" (5)
Between Tobs' overdramatic display and the incredulous status profiles he was reading, Brance was stunned into silence. Especially when reading the latter part, it was one thing for Cynrik and Selene to vanish into the shadow realm over a month ago, but when he realized that the entire time he had been worrying about them, the two had been having sex and fraternizing around without a care in the world, he felt rage bubbling deep inside of him.
Sure, Tobs had already informed him a month prior that the two had completed their first time, resulting in them getting married, and she had even partially explained the benefits the two had received, but he still felt as if he'd been slapped in the face.
However, hearing about something and reading the physical proof were entirely different stories.
But when he remembered the intimate moments he had been having with Gabby over the last couple of weeks, he couldn't wholly blame his brother and new sister-in-law, and that thought slowly quelled the rage that threatened to spill over. The original content can be pinpointed to n0v3lbin•
Physical intimacy was obviously going to occur at some point, especially in a couple whose actual age far surpassed their physical, and the only solace that Brance found was that Cynrik had taken "responsibility" before engaging in anything.
However, he was astounded when Brance read through the changes in Selene's profile. She had obtained a percentage of his stats and a powerful boost; this alone was astronomical and had even closed the wide gap between him and Cynrik and Selene.
If before Selene was the unofficial 3rd strongest, it was now official. She barely lagged behind them now, and that thought caused Brance to furrow his brow.
'Tobs...'
"Hanging out in the DFZ, or as I call it, Divine Force Zone. Between training up your Grav Resistance, you also get minute increases in your Force Accumulation, but the percentage increase is qualitative to the pressure weighing you down."
"The higher the Divine force, the quicker you can increase your percentage; if memory serves, we capped out at 15% down here, and even that took about a week. It wasn't until we ventured closer to ground zero, or the Governor's Mansion, that we saw a spike in our accumulation."
"Uh...huh, now tell me the real reason you two have been ghosting our family and friends to stay down in the Shadow Realm, and don't you dare give me some crock of shit excuses." Getting to the next topic he wanted to address, Brance couldn't help but remember a few conversations he had with Jessup about how the man had spotted Cynrik and Selene running amok around town, getting up to trouble of the not-so-legal variety.
"That...well, you see, what had happened was..." Selene started explaining their actions; however, Cynrik quickly cut her off and came clean, as he knew it would only make his brother more annoying if he lied.
"We were looting all the empty houses of the deceased. I won't sugarcoat it because there is no reason to. Every house we hit was of some cocky stuck-up family, who were too ignorant to leave their homes without adequate strength to protect themselves."
"Also, before you ask, I feel no remorse for robbing them blind, especially since I found WAY more than enough evidence that these families were involved in multiple illicit and illegal activities."
"So before you chastise Selene and me, understand we basically only stole from the assholes who suppress others and left the homes of those who could weigh on your conscious alone." Rolling his eyes and refusing to allow his brother a moment to interject, Cynrik spewed out plenty of information to throw Brance off their tails, primarily about certain families' law-breaking habits.
From sex trafficking to drug trading or corrupt politicians or even murder plots, Cynrik had hundreds upon hundreds of documents detailing every single thing the rich and famous of Valor City had executed, leaving both Selene and Brance stunned as they watched a mountain of file folders dropping to the ground one after another.
This was something Cynrik had done in the background and why he had always headed to whatever office he found inside a mansion. It wasn't difficult to dig up this dirty information, and he knew that when it came time to reveal their loot to Brance, he needed a plan.
Initially, he had thought to just lie to Brance; however, around the time he and Selene had begun their raids, Cynrik was aware of a certain powerful presence constantly watching his every action, and he assumed this to be Jessup, which, in turn, cut off any opportunity of hiding their actions in Reality.
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