Chapter 361: THE JUSTICE RING

“So... Basically your kids were kidnapped by some other gang over some influence dispute, and your late husband only managed to save Mona and Micheal before he was assassinated...” Victor asked, putting down the porcelain teacup on his desk after the reunion drama that he was forced to watch for an entire hour finally finished.

“Yes...” Vanessa, who sat between the twins, hugging them answered. “We tried to search for them after we managed to eliminate that gang, but they were not where to be found, and we didn’t have the personnel to spend in an extended search...” she confessed.

“I see... They must have sold them to some traffickers who brought them here and sold them to the family who took them after that. According to my report, those guys had been trying hard to get a baby for a few years before someday a miracle happened and they got twins...” Victor nodded reading from his report.

“That’s how it went, it seemed....” Vanessa nodded. Back then she had to deal with her husband''s death, and couldn’t really focus on the twins.

“Then I guess that’s it...” he said looking up. “You are free to stay here with your daughters for a few days... You are technically my mother-in-law! “ he said after noticing the desire in the twins'' eyes to get to know their family. They couldn’t hide the smiles on their faces. “You could also ask Hilda about anything you want... She knows about the twins more than I do...”

“So... You are letting us go?” Mona asked.

“You were never my prisoners... I just wanted to scare you a little because you dared to kidnap me..” Victor chuckled and said.

“Thanks...” Vanessa signed in relief. From the way the Twins were looking at Victor, she could tell that they were totally in love. “Can I ask you about the men who were with me?”

“Oh... Don’t worry, they are probably still asleep in that warehouse... They will wake up in a few hours at most, hopefully, no weirdo will get to them before that...” Victor said.

“Oh... Can you let Michael go check on them?” Vanessa asked. She didn’t want to leave her son in a cage.

“Ok... I will send someone to escort him out then drive him there...” he said.

Venessa nodded. She had to confess, Victor was right to leave Micheal locked up. Perverts like her son should never be allowed to roam a mansion full of girls like this alone... The poor boy would begin to question his own existence!

“Ah... Young master...There is one more thing...” Vanessa said, seemingly remembering something.

“Call me Victor... You are my mother-in-law!” he interrupted.

“Victor... I want to ask you about something privately...” she said, seemingly hesitant.

“Is it about my secret stash of porn?” he asked nervously.

“Eh... No...” she answered with a strange look on her face.

Victor sighed in relief. “Then ask the twins... They already know the answer to the thing you want to ask...” he answered. He knew she wanted to ask about Players. “And keep what you learn from them a secret if you value your and their lives...” he added as he stood up. “I have something to do now if you excuse me...” he began to leave.

“Wait!” Mona yelled. She was sitting to the side this entire time, not knowing what to think. She was clearly annoyed that the sisters she thought in peril were in fact happily married to a pervert.

“What?” he asked.

“What about the stuff you took from us?”

“Oh... I almost forgot!” Victor lied, clapping his hands twice and making two little maids who were waiting outside enter the study with trays, holding Vanessa’s and Mona''s stuff.

“This is not my phone...” Vanessa said after taking her knife and 3 phones.

“This one is Gloria’s... It is already unlocked, I wanted you to see what kind of people your son hired... She had been recording the entire time!” Victor said. He already downloaded everything on the phone, so he didn’t mind giving it to Vanessa.

Vanessa frowned and quickly opened the phone, opened the camera app, and reached for the last couple of Videos.

There she could see her children’s entire operation, the planning, how they kidnapped Victor, then their entire conversation at the warehouse...

“THAT BITCH! See! That’s why I told you that Gloria can’t be trusted!” Vanessa told Mona, who casually nodded. She didn’t really trust Gloria, it was all Micheal’s fault. She had more important things to worry about.

“Where is my belt?” Mona suddenly asked nervously.

“Belt?” Victor frowned and asked.

“Yes...a hi-tech looking azure colored belt...” Mona said, gushing her teeth.

“I remember taking something like that off you... It must have fallen somewhere... Let’s go downstairs and look for it...” Victor said then looked at Mina. “Why don’t you go take your mother on a tour around the grounds while we finish...” Victor said as he gestured for Mona to follow him.

Vanessa eyed the two of them as they left then sighed. This was not her business. Who knows, he might be able to rein in her rebellious daughter.

...

Mona kept her hand on her dagger as she followed Victor who walked back downstairs to the basement.

This time they didn’t head to that room with the cells, but to a side room that looked like another study with a huge meeting table.

“Come in... We need to talk...” he said seriously as he walked in.

She followed.

“Two years ago, you escaped home, went to the Armain Federation... You worked there as a waitress at a club for a bit and were forced to witness some dark shit. After that, there is a hole in the info for three months before you appear again as a part of that team...” Lily said. “The one who is operating you is very smart, keeping your power level at a human acceptable range...” she said.

Mona kept her silence.

“Do you know anything about them?” Margret asked.

“On the surface, they are just a vigilante team who hunts dangerous criminals, they capture them alive as they have a strict no-kill policy, acting like the good guys...” Lily said. “The rumors on the streets are that they have created a big underground prison to house those criminals away from society!”

“They are collecting specimens, Aren''t they?” The one who asked was Margret.

“Precisely... ” Lily said. “In a few years, they will disappear after questions will begin to be asked...” she said, not clarifying.

“Who is behind them?” Elise asked.

“The Von Zwei family,” Lily answered. “They used them to collect candidates for their monster army project in their labs... They need a lot of able-bodied people for their experiments, and criminals are perfect.”

“Oh... Those labs are like the one you nuked?” Margret asked, making Lily glare at her and then look away. That’s the one.

“They have two others around the world...” Lily sighed.

“What to do now?” Margret asked as Mona tried hard to understand what they were talking about.

“We have two choices, to either ignore them for now, to expose them, or assemble a team and finish them off and take their data...” Lily said, looking at Mona.

“We will see about them later... We are not in a hurry,“ Victor said mysteriously, “Now what should we do about this idiot? Her soul is already 30% damaged from using this belt, she might have developed an addiction...” he added.

“Watch your tongue!” Mona threatened. They all ignored her.

“Can’t Ruby help her?” Margret asked.

“No... Ruby can’t increase soul energy... “Victor said, then looked at Mona. “Did you understand anything from what we said?” he asked.

“... You are claiming that the overseers are evil and they are using me and my pals to collect criminals and do experiments on them...” she answered she was not stupid like her brother.

“Yes... Do you believe us?” Victor nodded.

She looked away.

“What if we give you and your pals true superpowers? Victor asked. “Like for real, flight and shit. Not just increase in strength like this belt does?” Victor asked. “You just have to start working for me instead...” he said.

“Do you think I am a 3-year-old child?” she asked.

“You already have seen what the belt does... Why can’t you believe me?” he asked, pondering if it was still a little early to teach her about the existence of players.

“This belt is built on advanced tech....” She didn’t continue as Lily used her bare hand to grab the belt and then crush it.

“Ahhh...” Mona yelped as from inside the belt something flew out and tried to hit Lily, but seemed to have hit an invisible barrier, so it turned around and headed to the room’s ceiling. Too bad Victor grabbed it in midair, then in his fist, a cracking sound could be heard followed by an otherwordly scream.

“A cursed devil bone... This thing was supposed to kill the one closest to the belt and capture his soul in case it was let free... ” Victor said, opening his palm. Inside, there was a small cracked bone fragment that had many ominous symbols painted on it. “Do you believe us now?”

Mona didn’t answer. She was in shock... Was the bone always on Victor’s hand? Is this one of their tricks? Damn... The overseers are going to be angry now the belt is damaged.

Wait... Didn’t this happen before? She... Why can’t she remember? No... Wait... No...

Her head began to hurt.

She felt that she had forgotten something important. But she couldn’t tell what...

“They must have used some memory replacement technique on her...” Lily said.

Mona frowned. Not knowing what to think.

“How about a bet...” Elise suddenly asked.

“What?” Mona asked.

“We will create some fake criminal for your team to fight and defeat... And then we will follow this criminal secretly.... “ she said.

“Ah...” Mona didn’t know how to respond. She was supposed to keep the overseer''s existence a secret. Why did she say their name?

“If your ‘Overseers’ are really as good as they seem to be, I will not only apologize, I will also donate a few Billions to your cause!” Victor said. “However... If what we were saying was the truth, you and your superhero team will have a new boss...” Victor said, completing Elise’s suggestion.

“Why should I accept?” Mona asked.

“If you don’t, I will tell your mother and brother about everything you did when you left home,” Victor shrugged, making his point.