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Silver Wolf was completely dumbfounded.
She looked obedient on the surface, but inside she wanted to howl!
She could not understand at all why she had been captured and brought back.
Her real body was clearly infiltrating the Interastral Peace Corporation headquarters for intel; she had only used Aether Editing to project a hologram over to take a look.
And that so-called Aether Editing was Punklorde's planetary-class treasure, a hacking technology that directly acted upon reality itself.
She was even a top-tier expert in this field—her mastery of Aether Editing let her roam freely across the cosmos, entering and leaving restricted zones at will. Even destroying an entire planet would not have been difficult.
Even Herta and Screwllum, two genius-level minds, had only managed to block her with data puzzles and seize the chance to report her account to the IPC. They had never caught her actual body!
Yet now, this man had grabbed her projection and forcibly dragged her real body over.
What… was going on?!
But now was not the time to think about that. Escaping from this man's hands was far more important.
Silver Wolf shrank her neck slightly, trying to struggle free from Sol's grip, and said with an awkward smile, "Um… could you put me down? We can talk things through nicely. I promise I won't run."
"I still prefer the unruly look you had just now. Please go back to that."
Sol shook Silver Wolf in his hand and said teasingly.
Her petite body, not even a hundred pounds, swayed lightly like cotton—an undeniably cute sight.
Still, he very much wanted to see Silver Wolf's earlier demeanor again. Comparing the two would make it even more enjoyable.
"Um… sorry about that. I was a bit rude earlier."
Silver Wolf's tone was stiff. It was rare for her to back down like this.
She secretly clenched her teeth, trying to save herself.
Damn it, she could not break free at all. Being held by him was no harder than him holding a doll.
And his body seemed to contain an enormous amount of information. With her Aether Editing, she was being bombarded by massive informational interference, making normal calculations impossible.
She had once roamed the stars freely and stylishly. Who would have thought she would crash so hard during a simple mission check?
"Tsk tsk, quite a lot of little tricks there."
Sol shook Silver Wolf again and laughed. "But I like it when you want to escape yet can't."
Silver Wolf's heart skipped, and all her movements immediately stopped.
Had she run into a pervert who planned to toy with her mercilessly?
She grew anxious and hurriedly tried to recover the situation. "You've just arrived in Penacony, right? You probably need a guide. I can help you. I'm a Stellaron Hunter—I can do a lot of things. I'm very useful!"
She desperately wanted to prove her value. Being useful was far better than being broken and played with!
She still had many friends to see and many games to play. The fast-food shop owner who had helped her since childhood was someone she had yet to reunite with. She absolutely could not fall here.
If Kafka saw her in this state, she would probably laugh at her.
"When people carry regrets, they cherish life all the more. Looks like you still have many things you want to accomplish."
Sol sighed, then said casually, "Alright then. As you suggested, stay by my side for now and do some errands properly. And teach me Aether Editing as well—consider it compensation for your rudeness."
"Phew~, thank you."
Silver Wolf let out a breath of relief, glad that this man was not actually a pervert.
She should thank Sol for sparing her life—though her life had been spared under threat, which still counted as being polite. After what just happened, she felt that politeness was extremely important.
Once she was sure her life was no longer in danger, she could not help asking curiously, "How did you manage to grab me just now?"
She was far too curious. This was the first time she had encountered something so bizarre.
Her once-invincible Aether Editing had suffered an unprecedented, catastrophic failure.
Unlike the previous blockade by Screwllum and Herta—troublesome, yes, but still traceable.
This time, she had absolutely no clue.
Sol thought back briefly and said honestly, "I didn't expect to be able to pull you over either."
"You were just trying it out?!"
Silver Wolf felt like she was about to collapse.
This man himself had no certainty, yet he still succeeded.
What kind of logic was that?!
"That's right."
Sol nodded and said, "There was a bit of luck involved. Seems my luck is pretty good."
He only knew that doing this would have an effect—that the overlap of three forces would create massive informational interference.
He did not fully understand the essence of Aether Editing, but any form of editing was built on data and information. By disrupting reality's data, it naturally affected the ether data used to edit reality.
But since this was his first time facing Aether Editing, he had not been very confident. He only wanted to give her a small lesson.
Now that he had directly dragged her over, it proved that his triple-force technique had great potential. He decided to name it as [Void Wolf Seizure].
"Wait, an accidental attempt?"
Silver Wolf froze, then suddenly realized something, her entire body turning cold.
She suddenly recalled the security measures she had pre-edited. When Aether Editing encountered an unprocessable error, an emergency survival program would activate, rolling her data back to a safe state.
That survival program had not been used for so long since she set it up that she had completely forgotten about it.
Who would have thought that Sol's casual "try" would directly blow through her last-resort safeguard?!
She roughly understood what had just happened.
Her survival program had determined that the location of her real body was unsafe, so it had urgently transferred her data to the projection's location—right in front of Sol.
As for why it had not transferred her to any other preset location, it was probably because all other directions were judged to be dead ends!
In other words, she had almost died just now. Thankfully, her preset survival program had saved her life.
What in the world was this guy? He was terrifying!
Silver Wolf stared at Sol as if he were a devil. "You almost killed me!"
She finally behaved herself, completely giving up on the idea of escaping with Aether Editing.
If he grabbed her again, she was not sure she would survive it.
Sol shook the Silver Wolf in his hand and said casually, "It's fine. If I kill you, I'll just revive you."
"I'm serious."
Silver Wolf said earnestly. "What you did just now really almost killed me."
She had to warn Sol, so he would not casually use that technique to mess with her and accidentally get her killed.
At least until she cracked that technique, she did not want Sol to use it on her again.
"Oh."
Seeing her serious expression, Sol vaguely understood something. "Seems my [Void Wolf Seizure] technique isn't perfect yet. It still needs improvement."
Disappointing. He had thought it was a stroke of genius, but it turned out to be an incomplete move that could endanger lives.
If he wanted to capture wolves precisely, he would need to refine it further.
"…"
Silver Wolf looked at Sol as if he were a demon.
Void Wolf Seizure. He had already given it such a targeted name in such a short time—and he still wanted to perfect it?
Noticing Silver Wolf's mood, Sol put her down and patted her on the head reassuringly. "Don't worry. I was serious about reviving you too."
A little bit of rudeness was not a capital crime.
So, if Silver Wolf really did die by accident, he would probably revive her and keep her as a pet to train properly.
After all, wasn't the fate of a bratty girl to be trained into something obedient and cute?
Feeling the pressure of the hand on her head, Silver Wolf said unhappily, "Should I thank you for that?"
"Hm?"
Sol's voice turned slightly.
"Sorry, my fault."
Silver Wolf immediately admitted her mistake, very pragmatically, putting on an obedient look.
"Mhm."
Sol nodded in satisfaction and said, "Let's go. Lead the way."
Silver Wolf nodded and walked ahead obediently.
Soon, at the front desk of the dreamscape hotel, Sol redeemed a scratch card and obtained permanent Platinum Guest Room access.
"Sir, would the young lady with you like a separate room?"
The front desk clerk, Kayla, asked professionally.
"No need. One room is fine."
Sol patted Silver Wolf on the head and said with a smile.
"Mhm."
Silver Wolf looked troubled, but still nodded reluctantly.
Inside, however, she was wailing, screaming!
She prayed that Elio would notice something was wrong soon and send someone to rescue her.
No—redeem her.
The famous Stellaron Hunter seemed to be completely helpless against this man.