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After lunch, Ben returned to his apartment to rest. While he was sleeping, news of him and Leo receiving an SSS-level mission rating for the second time quickly spread.
Federal State.
It was already past 3 AM. The luxurious Smith Manor was still brightly lit. This was Mr. Ethan Smith's rule! As long as he wasn't asleep, no one in the manor could sleep! Ethan was still awake so late, of course, because he had just experienced the pain of losing his daughter and couldn't sleep. In any case, with his current spiritual attributes, even if he didn't sleep for a whole night, it wouldn't affect him in the slightest.
"Knock! Knock! Knock!"
The sound of knocking came.
"Come in!" Ethan shouted majestically from his study.
A black butler gently walked in and reported in a low voice,
"Sir, I just received news that the two freshmen from the East, Leo and Ben, have once again received an SSS-level mission rating in the second level of the spirit realm."
Hearing this news, Ethan instantly looked up, staring intently at his butler. At this moment, Ethan exuded a terrifying aura, and all the metal in the study was trembling. The black butler's face turned pale with fright, and he lowered his head, not daring to move or look at Ethan.
"That's just great!" Ethan's voice suppressed indescribable anger. "I believe that Dai'er also contributed to their ability to achieve such results."
The butler dared not respond to this. After a moment, Ethan seemed to regain his composure.
"Two consecutive SSS-level mission ratings? Envy-inducing and unbelievable… Immediately gather their information."
The black butler seemed to be prepared and immediately took out a file, saying: "It's already prepared for you. This is the latest information about the two freshmen, from the CIA."
Seeing that the butler was well-prepared, Ethan's expression softened slightly. Taking the file from the butler's hand, Ethan immediately started reading it. The content of the file was naturally the information on Leo and Ben.
Ethan glanced at it and didn't find anything unusual. He calmly thought for a moment before saying, "Since the birth of the Holy Land, there have been at least a hundred natural-type Devil Fruit abilities, right?"
"Yes, sir. According to statistics, natural-type Devil Fruits have appeared a total of 136 times," the butler said. "However, not many lucky ones can truly reach the end. Most of them have already died."
Ethan said, "Among the hundred or so natural-type Devil Fruit users, many have talents that are more destructive than the Flare-Flare Fruit, such as the Magma Fruit, the Rumble-Rumble Fruit… Even they find it difficult to obtain an S-level mission rating. Why can a Flare-Flare Fruit get two consecutive SSS-level mission ratings? Could it be that Leo is truly an unprecedented genius?"
As Ethan spoke, he looked at Leo's information. On the information, there was also a comment from the intelligence agency:
Great potential!
Threat level: X!
He stared intently at the photo on the information, looked at it a few times, and then turned to the next page. The next page was naturally Ben's information. The intelligence agency also gave a comment:
Limited potential!
Threat level: Ordinary!
Ethan smiled when he saw this and looked at Ben's "Talent" column.
"Kryptonian bloodline?"
He was a little surprised. This kid was actually the legendary trash talent?
"Why can a Kryptonian bloodline be with a Flare-Flare Fruit user? And become Leo's only teammate?"
"Sir, originally, this Flare-Flare Fruit belonged to…"
The butler explained the information of the two people and finally concluded: "The story of the two of them is very popular on the internet, and the authenticity is very high."
Ethan nodded.
Although the butler gave a reasonable explanation, he still felt that it wasn't that simple. He carefully looked at Ben's information again but didn't find anything unusual.
(Many people have experienced sunbathing, so Ben's behavior is not considered abnormal.)
All the information seemed reasonable.
Ethan frowned. Then, he remembered something:
"Regarding the Kryptonian bloodline, I remember there was one in North America as well?"
It wasn't that Ethan had a good memory, but the Kryptonian bloodline user in North America was quite famous. It was this person who proved with practical actions that the Kryptonian bloodline was a useless talent.
No extra abilities!
Training cannot increase attributes!
With the cooperation of the North American government, all methods had been tried, such as burning, electrocution, poisoning… They even tortured him into a near-death state in order to activate his potential, but it was still useless. After trying this for more than ten years, they could only give up.
"Yes, sir," the black butler said. "You have a good memory."
Ethan ignored the butler's little flattery and immediately asked: "Is that person still alive?"
The black butler was obviously prepared and immediately replied: "He's still alive, but he's already in his eighties. The day he meets God should be very close… No! With his behavior, the possibility of him going to hell is even greater."
It seemed that the North American guy must have done a lot of disgusting things that ordinary people didn't know about, which made the black butler give such an evaluation. Ethan ignored it and just said, "It's good that he's alive. Immediately bring him over and send someone to stare at that Ben. Let the old guy do everything he does every day."
"Sir, what you said may not be possible…"
Seeing that Ethan was about to get angry, the black butler quickly said: "About a month ago, the North American Kryptonian bloodline user was admitted to the intensive care unit due to a sudden cerebral hemorrhage. He is now completely in a coma. It is unknown whether he will wake up."
Hearing this, Ethan frowned. The old guy from North America was in such a state that he couldn't cooperate with him for experiments. He could only give up this plan.
"Go to the dark web and post an anonymous bounty!" Ethan gritted his teeth. "I want them to be buried with Dai'er!"
"Okay, sir."
The black butler wrote it down and asked: "How much bounty should we offer?"
Ethan thought for a while and said: "Leo, 100 million US dollars! Ben… 2 million US dollars!"
His money didn't come from thin air. Save where he could. Offering 100 million to Leo was because her life was worth that price! As for Ben's two million…
Alright! Although it was offensive to say it, two million US dollars was more than enough to buy the life of a Kryptonian bloodline user with limited potential.
"Sir, there's one more thing," the black butler reminded. "The CIA hopes that you can cooperate with them and put on a show."
"Oh? Explain clearly."
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