BOOK 6. The story carries on briefly from the end of the previous book. Shen Wei is doing what he loves best, teaching and hasn't met the new Zhao Yunlan. The mansion where the hologram lives is for sale but it never will be sold, the mysterious p...
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In the vault, Kunlun was driving the boss round the bend, every answer was elongated, why say 'no' when he could imply the same meaning in ten words. He was trying to waste as much time as possible waiting for Shen Wei to return, and even when he did, he would be as Black Robe allowing the hologram to continue his role as the annoying university lecturer, talking to someone whose intellect was inferior to his. Boss was definitely going to torture him soon but as a highly advanced programme he wouldn't feel anything. His acting skills would need to be excellent to fool anyone.
"I'm back in the vault Kunlun, slow down a little with the boss, he's getting ready to kill you. The fake orb will be placed somewhere obvious for him to find, and thank you. Remember to find a safe place for your programme when the time comes please, our lives would be too quiet without you."
Kunlun's happy holo heart skipped a beat, he felt wanted and he sighed. Now back to business. Kunlun's programme was advanced further than the original designer had taken it because he could produce a solid substance which fooled a few people into thinking that he was real. He wasn't, he was synthetic but ultimately a programme, so even if his substance was damaged, it looked real but his programme was safe.
The boss stared at Kunlun knowing that there was a difference but not the reason why, he seemed too confident in this vault as if he had nothing to fear.
"You've changed professor, not the same person who watched a man die in front of him the last time we met, is it because you are here on home ground? It doesn't really matter that you think you are safe here because your lover isn't, he's still captive with four of my men who will harm him if I don't get what I want, because I know that you are hiding it, and you are not the powerful owner who is missing, presumed dead, only his guards are in this world and they are fewer than they used to be."
"I've already told you that I don't know where it is, you would need to ask the owner and as you said, he is missing, you have looked everywhere in here, you know I don't have it. There might be a problem with you contacting the four men holding Yunlan, mobile phones don't work here, the vault is firewalled."
Kunlun watched the boss's reaction and he was good at hiding his emotions, he never blinked but he did ask one of his men to try using a phone and he returned a minute later to confirm what Kunlun had said.
"It seems that you were accurate when when you informed us about the lack of service. If I can't hurt your lover, I can hurt you until you remember something of use."
The madman nodded to two of his men who grabbed Kunlun and secured him to a chair with his arms behind him and took turns in punching him hard across his face until he was red and swollen with a burst lip, and then stopped when they were told.
"Now that you know I mean business, let's see what you know. Why is there a painting of Black Robe in the library? Professor."
"This was his house decades ago before it was anyone else's." Kunlun answered
