NOVEL NEXT Chapter 673: Who Is Distributing These Drugs?
"Is this… What I think it is?" I murmured.
Amber nodded, "It is exactly what you think it is, Tera…"
I stared at the small metal container that had "P-105-N1C" engraved on the side.
Yep… The very same substance that turned Amber into a Psionic… The one that they were using to experiment on children to make more Psionics…
Amber had brought this over to me while I was still with Mara after she had finished her session with the creature.
"So… What is this doing here?" I asked.
Amber crossed her arms, "Either these guys somehow managed to steal it… Or there's someone within the UTG that is selling it to outsiders."
"So a traitor then? Why am I not surprised?"
"Because we've already seen it happen before where they even tried to sell it to organisations outside the USC… The reason why we managed to beat back The Confederation is mostly because of Psionics overpowering everything they could throw at us, forcing them to accept a ceasefire and demilitarising an area. And because of Psionics and our weapons, we are able to essentially be a superpower within the galactic community. If someone else were to also be able to awaken Psionic potential, the UTG might lose all its standing. So it makes sense that some traitors want to do stuff to undermine the UTG."
Mara suddenly appeared beside us, "Or… It could actually be a ploy by the UTG themselves to spread out Psionics to other civilisations."
Both of us turned to her and it looks like she was absolutely serious about that suggestion.
Amber crossed her arms at her, "That doesn't make any sense… Why would the UTG do something that would compromise their own positions?"
Mara shook her head, "You forget, Amber. The power of Psionics does not actually lie in the hands of the UTG themselves but instead, it's in the hands of another group that could also topple the government on their own if they wanted to."
"The Nobles…" I muttered.
My doctor nodded, "If the UTG wishes to neuter the authority that the Nobles have, this is one way to do it. Take whatever that makes them special and give it to someone else so that they are no longer as special."
"This feels like a dumb idea though… They're basically creating a new enemy and backstabbing what should be an ally. A dangerous ally, sure, but still an ally right?" I pointed out.
Amber shrugged, "I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't even think that far and that it's just some old bastards not being satisfied that they have to bow their heads to a couple of people who just so happen to be born special. So they just do whatever they can to kick them out of their positions and worry about the aftermath later."
To be honest… I can actually see that being the case…
I shrugged, "Well… Doesn't really matter since it doesn't concern us anyway. The real question is what do we do with this? Do we just shoot it out the airlock and pretend we never saw it?"
Amber raised a finger and a flame materialised above it, "I'll burn it. It's the only way to be sure."
Renata's voice came from my chest, "Can I eat that instead, Daddy?"
Amber raised an eyebrow and gave me a look after she heard that, making no movements to burn the box.
I guess she was leaving the decision up to me.
"Would there be any side effects or something? Would you gain more psionic powers? Would things suddenly start going haywire or…"
"Mmm… I don't think anything would happen but it should be fine!"
Should be fine?
If anyone else were to say that, I would definitely have doubts but so far, she hasn't really failed me so…
"You know what? Go ahead. Let's just do that just to see what happens."
Amber also shrugged and stepped aside, allowing Renata to eat that box in front of her.
My shirt expanded from the chest area and it reached towards the box and swallowed it up, the entire thing disappearing inside Renata.
She then collapsed back onto my chest, leaving no trace of the box behind.
Everyone was just staring at my chest including myself, waiting to see if anything would happen after Renata ate that thing.
A few tense seconds passed and Renata giggled, "Ehehehehe~ You can look at me more, Daddy~"
"Do you feel any different? Something out of place? What even is that thing anyway?"
There was a slight pause before Renata answered, "Mmm… This is quite interesting, Daddy~ It's a drug that is meant to specifically activate a certain part of the human's brain. I'm assuming that the specific part is meant to turn humans into Psionics. But if I'm not wrong, this part only exist in humans so if anyone who isn't a human takes it, it won't work and it might even cripple them instead."
I sucked in a breath and looked at the two Psionics in front of me.
Amber made a face, "Well, I definitely didn't know about that."
Mara tapped her cheek thoughtfully, "Now I'm curious about how they made it… What even is inside that?"
Renata giggled, "Ehehehe~ I can give you the formula of the drug if you like?"
Mara nodded, "If you can do that, that would help me greatly."
Amber scowled at Mara, "Please tell me that you aren't planning on reproducing it…"
Mara stared at her, "I'm more concerned about something else, Amber… If you remember what I told you about?"
My blonde haired lover jerked back, "Ah… Right, I remember…"
"What's this about?" I asked, worried that I might be involved in something big again.
Mara shook her head, "It's about a mutual friend of ours. We think that they might be someone with latent Psionic potential but we're still unsure. If I can understand how this worked with Amber, I might be able to understand more about how a Psionic might awaken."
I raised an eyebrow, "Wait… I thought Psionics have been around for quite a while and there's even a time where they were experimenting on the Psionics in the early days?"
"Not to understand them but more of how to use them. There might be research done on Psionics and maybe some information might have been obtained about them related to how they differ from normal humans… But if there are, it is not public knowledge."
"It's also not as if they have Psionics lining up to be experimented on either," Amber added casually from the side.
"And that's not even considering the fact that the Nobles also made it into a law that only Psionics are allowed to research on Psionics. So any research anyone does outside of the Nobles is doing so illegally," Mara finished.
Geez… This is why I hate politics… Just let me be a Merc and pay me to shoot stuff up, way more simple than what's going on.
Which reminds me, "So where is your friend? Do we need to help them or something?"
Amber and Mara shared a look and I think they might even be communicating telepathically with how they were looking at each other.
Amber eventually turned back to me to shake her head, "It's fine, Tera. There's no need for us to settle their problems. In fact, I would say that they are the one going around solving problems instead."
Hmm… Well, if they say so…
Changing the topic again, I gestured at my chest, "So anyway… Now we know that this drug is actually something that can only be used by humans? Maybe the person who's selling this is actually intentionally selling them to other civilisations in order to sabotage them?"
Mara shrugged, "We won't know unless we actually get the answer out of them. What I do know is that the Zwergers on this side of the civil war attempted to make use of one of these. In fact, I don't doubt that they might even have more than one and they may even be attempting to create a Psionic Zwerger to give them a fighting chance in this civil war."
"Desperate people do desperate stuff after all," I commented.
Amber chuckled, "That is true~ Considering the fact that even if they were to win, they would most likely not get what they want anyway. The UTG won't take this kindly if they manage to overthrow the Zwerger government in order to install a government that was antagonistic towards the UTG. They would have definitely sent a few Psionics to clear them out and remind them of their place."
In other words… This civil war was doomed to fail from the very start I see… I guess it's a good thing that we joined the 'right' side then.
Anyway, we're really just here to get this stuff to the Zwerger smith so that he can make the weapons for Yumiko. Whatever happens to them in this civil war is none of our business~