27: Second sister, go and max out the Eden card!

The first rays of morning sunlight pierced through the lingering odor of the Gu Family Manor, spilling onto the second-floor master bedroom balcony.

Gu Fan held a cup of hot coffee "shaken" out from the vending machine downstairs in one hand, while the other hand deftly twirled a black card with a cold metallic luster between his fingertips.

This card had fallen off that unlucky fake young master, Gu Yu, yesterday.

It had no bank logo or card number, only a golden relief pattern of a snake coiled around an apple.

Eden's Highest Authority Black Card.

"Is this the legendary source of happiness with unlimited overdraft?"

Gu Fan smiled.

Those gene-researching madmen might be a bit slow in the head, but they were certainly wealthy.

That waste Gu Yu could act high and mighty in this house, and even obtain so much contraband equipment in the prime real estate of Tianqiong City, all thanks to the capital flow behind this card.

"Since it's a delivery from the enemy, wouldn't it be rude of me not to sign for it?"

Gu Fan turned around and looked at the figure kneeling on the floor in the corner of the room, scrubbing the ground.

That was the Gu Family's second sister, Gu Wanqing.

At this moment, she had none of the arrogance of a former wealthy socialite.

She wore an oversized maid's uniform, her hair simply tied back, her face pale with deep dark circles under her eyes; clearly, she hadn't slept all night.

Hearing Gu Fan turn around, Gu Wanqing's body stiffened, and the rag in her hand almost fell to the floor.

She had witnessed the "bathtub assassination" last night, an event worthy of the history books.

The muffled screams of the bronze-Rank assassin "Night Owl" when he was trapped under the bathtub still echoed in her mind.

In Gu Wanqing's eyes now, Gu Fan wasn't her biological brother at all, but a demon in human skin, or some kind of indescribable collection of rules.

"Second Sister, scrubbing the floor? Hard work."

Gu Fan walked over with a smile, his tone as gentle as the boy next door.

"No... it's not hard! This is what I should be doing! Young... Young Master Fan, what are your orders?"

Gu Wanqing's voice trembled with fear, her head buried even lower, not daring to meet Gu Fan's eyes.

"Don't be so nervous. After all, we're a 'loving' family."

Gu Fan leaned down, holding the black card between two fingers, and held it out to Gu Wanqing.

"Here, take it and spend it."

Gu Wanqing was stunned.

She looked at the extremely familiar black card and was shocked.

Wasn't... wasn't this Gu Yu's most precious card? It was said that even Gu Zhan didn't dare touch it casually.

"For me to... spend?"

Gu Wanqing pointed at herself, her face full of disbelief.

"That's right."

Gu Fan shrugged. "Look, our family's economic situation isn't great right now. Dad's company is going bankrupt, Mom's face hasn't been fixed yet, Eldest Sister has turned into a frog, Third Sister has turned into a three-year-old, and Gu Yu is a cripple. There's no one in the family to take charge."

"I think you've been performing well lately; you're a promising talent."

"There's a bit of pocket money in this card. Take it to the city's largest mall, Tianqiong International Shopping Center."

"The mission is simple: Buy."

"Buy whatever you see, only the expensive stuff, not the right stuff. Limited edition bags, jewelry, clothes, or that red wine that costs millions a bottle for just one sip—sweep it all up for me."

At this point, Gu Fan's gaze darkened.

"Remember, you must be high-profile. Let everyone know you're spending with this card. It's best if you can make the mall's POS machines smoke from all the swiping."

Although Gu Wanqing was terrified, she wasn't stupid.

She immediately understood Gu Fan's intention.

This was bait.

He was using this card to lure out the people behind Gu Yu. And she was the bait hanging on the hook.

"I... I don't dare..." Gu Wanqing's eyes welled up. "Those people will kill me!"

"Sigh, Second Sister, you're thinking too small."

Gu Fan forced the card into her hand and helped straighten her collar. "Think about it, if you don't go, you might encounter some 'accidents' right now. Like choking to death on water, or slipping on this smooth floor and becoming a vegetable."

"But if you go, as long as you're still spending, I'll guarantee your safety."

"This deal is a bargain, right?"

Gu Fan's smile looked exceptionally bright in the sunlight, but to Gu Wanqing, it was hair-raising.

"I... I'll go! I'll go!"

Gu Wanqing gripped the black card tightly, as if grasping her only lifeline, and scrambled out of the room... Twelve noon.

Tianqiong International Shopping Center.

This was the most luxurious gold-consuming den in the entire Seventh Alliance District, where even the air was filled with the scent of expensive fragrance.

Gu Wanqing had been on a shopping spree here for two hours.

Behind her followed over a dozen mall shopping guides, each carrying hands full of shopping bags of all sizes.

Limited edition Hermes Birkin bags—she swept up ten in different colors at once.

Cartier high-end jewelry—she took them by the tray.

She even bought two toilet brushes made of pure gold that had no practical value other than being heavy.

"Swipe the card!"

Although Gu Wanqing's hands were still trembling, the dopamine rush from the shopping frenzy actually gave her a strange sense of pleasure and numbness.

If I die, I die! At least before I die, I've experienced what it's like to spend money like water!

"Beep—! Transaction successful! Amount deducted: 10 million federation coins."

The crisp sound from the POS machine was particularly piercing in the quiet luxury store.

However.

What Gu Wanqing didn't know was that on the top floor of the mall, several people wearing black tactical trench coats and sunglasses, with miniature earpieces in their ears, were staring intently at her through one-way glass.

"Target confirmed."

"Code Name: Gold Digger. Identity: Second Young Miss of the Gu Family, Gu Wanqing."

"She is using a lost S-Rank authority card for unauthorized spending. Total spending has exceeded 60 million."

The man in the lead, code-named "Viper," was the captain of the Eden Action Team. Half of his face was cybernetically modified, and his prosthetic eye flickered with red data streams.

"She's really seeking death."

Viper said, "That waste Gu Yu lost the card, and it was actually picked up by such a stupid woman. To dare use it so blatantly, does she really think our monitoring System is just for show?"

"Captain, should we shoot to kill?" the subordinate asked.

"No."

Viper shook his head. "The higher-ups are very interested in that Gu Fan of the Gu Family; they suspect his genes have mutated. This woman is Gu Fan's sister, so her genetic sequence should be similar. Capture her alive and bring her back for blood samples and slicing research."

"Besides, a vain woman like this will spill everything with just a little intimidation."

A hint of contempt crossed the corner of Viper's mouth.

A superior malice locked onto Gu Wanqing.

[Ding!]

Far away at the Gu Family Manor, Gu Fan, who was playing games, heard a pleasant notification sound in his mind.

[Detected 'Illegal Detention and Live Experimentation' malice from 'Viper,' captain of the 'Eden' Action Team.]

[Malice Nature: Genetic discrimination, violent kidnapping, inhuman experimental intent.]

[Malice Rank: A+.]

[Backlash triggered! Multiplier: 80x!]

[Random effect generating... Detected that the source of malice is in a mall environment full of plastic models and has a perverted obsession with "human anatomy."]

[Congratulations, selected: Plastic Love (All-Model Berserk: Passionate Hug Version).]

[Effect Description: Since you love studying the human body so much, let these perfect anatomical models give you an undying hug. Note: Although they are plastic, love is heavy.]

Third floor of the mall.

Viper ordered into his earpiece, "Action! Block the exits, don't let her escape!"

Five well-trained action team members lunged from their hiding spots like cheetahs, heading straight for the shoe store where Gu Wanqing was.

Their speed was extremely fast, and they didn't even make a sound on the marble floor.

Gu Wanqing was just a few meters away, still completely oblivious.

Just then.

The situation changed abruptly.

Those mannequin models that were originally standing in the display windows, posing coldly in the latest seasonal fashions.

Suddenly moved.

"Clack, clack."

A tooth-aching sound of plastic joints grinding rang out.

The nearest female model wearing a bikini suddenly twisted her stiff neck, and a strange fanaticism seemed to emanate from her originally featureless, smooth face.

"Wha... what is that?"

The team member charging in front was stunned for a moment.

The next second.

The mannequin pounced directly on him.

It wasn't a stiff fall, but a standard, explosive "flying pounce hug."

Bang!

Caught off guard, the team member was hit full-on by the hard plastic model.

If it were a normal collision, it would be fine, as he was a modified genetic warrior.

But the model's strength was ridiculously high; its plastic arms tightly clamped around his neck and waist, and its legs coiled around him like an octopus.

"Let go! Dammit! How can this thing move!"

The team member struggled desperately, but he found the plastic model's joints were like they were welded shut; the more he struggled, the tighter it gripped.

Immediately after, all the models in the entire mall went crazy.

Gentleman models from the men's section, child models from the kids' section, even half-body models from the lingerie section... hundreds of plastic people swarmed toward this action team of only five.

"Enemy attack! It's an ambush!"

Viper's expression changed as he pulled out the High-Frequency Vibration Blade from his waist and slashed at a male model pouncing on him.

Crack!

The blade severed the model's arm.

But it was completely useless.

The severed arm still gripped his clothes tightly, and the model missing an arm was "persistent despite its disability," slamming its head hard into his stomach.

"I can't take it! Captain! They're too passionate!"

One team member was already buried under seven or eight child models, with only one hand waving outside. "Help! Their poses are too shameful! Does this count as workplace sexual harassment?!"

The scene was once very chaotic and filled with a philosophical aura.

A group of fully armed, fierce-looking assassins were currently being ground into the floor by a group of fashionably dressed, cold-faced plastic models.

Some were put into "wall-slam" poses, some into "princess carries," and the most pitiful one was sandwiched between two models like a piece of meat.

Meanwhile, in the shoe store not far away.

Gu Wanqing had just finished trying on a pair of red-bottomed heels. Hearing the noise outside, she curiously poked her head out to look.

"My god..."

She covered her mouth.

She saw the group of people who wanted to capture her undergoing a bizarre "plastic carnival."

She understood immediately.

Gu Fan did this!

"Swipe! Quick, swipe the card!"

Gu Wanqing became even more panicked and frantic. she had to finish her mission and flee before these monsters could free themselves!

Ten minutes later.

Eden Headquarters.

An emergency battle report was sent back to the command center.

[Mission Failed.]

[Operation Code: Black Card Recovery.]

[Reason for Failure: Ambushed by an unknown force. Enemy units confirmed as... Mall Model Legion.]

[Casualties: All personnel captured (meaning locked down by plastic models and unable to move). Extreme mental trauma, multiple cases of Pediophobia.]

[Special Note: A trace sweat sample from the target (Gu Wanqing) left during her fright has been collected. Preliminary analysis shows a large amount of unknown garbled code in her genetic sequence, suspected to be... contaminated by some high-dimensional rule?]

Back at the Gu Family home.

Gu Fan looked at the series of consumption videos sent by Gu Wanqing on his phone and nodded with satisfaction.

"It seems Second Sister's work efficiency is quite high."

"Not only did she spend money, but she also helped the mall clear out its out-of-season inventory models."

"What a thrifty and industrious good sister."