Chapter 6: How about signing a contract for life?

“Me? Me?”

Su Yu looked at the mountain-like figure, her throat unconsciously moving.

“You… you’re joking… right?”

The girl’s expression was worse than crying.

“Didn’t you say that yourself? What, changed your mind?”

Lin Mo stood to the side with a teasing look, intending to provoke the girl.

However, after a brief moment of thought, she simply shook her head decisively:

“That’s right, I regret it.”

Su Yu admitted defeat straightforwardly.

“…”

Lin Mo was speechless.

He had only intended to scare her and not actually go through with it, but he didn’t expect her to have no backbone at all.

“Don’t worry, I won’t actually make you fight it. I just want to test your tolerance to magic. No one will die.”

“Really…”

Su Yu didn’t quite believe him.

After all, that was such a huge robot.

Even a single sneeze could blow her apart.

If something went wrong…

“Relax, this is a safe environment. Even if you do get hurt, I can heal you immediately.”

“…”

“This is completely abuse, hey…”

Su Yu was on the verge of tears.

Wasn’t this treating her like a Japanese person?

“What do you actually want to do?”

Lin Mo put away his tablet, folded it, and placed it in his pocket, then pointed at the robot not far away.

“I told you, I’m testing your magic tolerance. Simply put—you’ll be the target, to see if the robot’s attacks can affect you.”

“What?!”

Su Yu’s eyes widened.

She stammered, unable to speak properly.

“Are you crazy?”

“It’s so big. If it punches me, I’ll die…”

“It won’t use physical attacks…”

Lin Mo felt a bit exhausted, but patiently explained.

“I’m testing your magic tolerance, so I’m naturally having it cast magic on you. Don’t worry, it’s not offensive magic.”

Hearing this, Su Yu felt a bit more at ease, but still uncertain.

“But I’m still a little uneasy…”

“…”

Lin Mo was completely out of words.

His eyes sharpened, and he said coldly, “Less talk, just stand still.”

With that, he gave the robot the command to cast magic.

The robot raised its arm, and a green magic circle condensed in its palm.

Su Yu watched the scene and couldn’t help but feel nervous.

She curled her hands in front of her chest, then turned to look at Lin Mo watching from the side.

She steeled herself and silently closed her eyes.

‘Forget it, forget it, I’ll reluctantly trust him this once.’

…

…

The air froze for an unknown amount of time.

In a dark world, Su Yu felt her heart beating fast.

“Unbelievable…”

A man’s exclamation broke the silence.

Su Yu cautiously opened her eyes, first checking herself all over, then shifting her gaze to Lin Mo.

“Fi… finished?”

She said uncertainly, not forgetting to glance at the robot.

‘Why does it feel like nothing happened at all?’

She stepped closer in confusion, but to her surprise, Lin Mo didn’t pay her any attention.

His eyes were vacant, muttering to himself, clearly in a state of brainstorming.

“What just happened?”

Hearing the girl’s question, Lin Mo snapped out of his reverie, but didn’t directly answer her question.

“I need the data analysis just now… to make a judgment, right…”

With that, he left a bewildered Su Yu and ran off.

“Ridiculous…”

Su Yu muttered, confused but still followed him.

“Hey… I said, what are you doing?”

Chasing all the way to the laboratory core, Su Yu found Lin Mo already sitting at the control console, his hands continuously typing on the keyboard.

After a while, he spread his hands, revealing a look of surprise.

“The result is even more surprising than I predicted. Who would have thought…”

Before Su Yu could ask, Lin Mo jumped off his chair, his eyes full of undisguised excitement and fervor.

“I never would have imagined that a small City A could produce such a precious sample as you. This is truly…”

“Heaven helps me…”

Facing his excitement, Su Yu remained calm, even a bit helpless and sad.

‘Am I not even a person anymore? What a miserable fate…’

However, complaints aside, she still remembered the issue she cared about.

“So, can you tell me what just happened?”

“Ahem…”

After the excitement waned, Lin Mo realized he had been too animated.

He cleared his throat feigning seriousness, returning to his usual calm demeanor.

“My initial hypothesis was that you possess some degree of magic resistance, which is why your magic energy level is not high.”

“Just now, I had the robot apply a very advanced spell technique on you. I wanted to see how much you could resist, but I didn’t expect you to be completely unaffected by the technique.”

“Do you know what this means?”

At this point, Su Yu shook her head cooperatively and put on a curious expression.

“This means that while you have innate magic affinity, you also possess a magic immunity constitution… This is unprecedented in the entire world!”

“What?! So that’s it?”

Su Yu was shocked, her heartbeat starting to quicken.

Although she couldn’t understand any of these magic-related terms, from Lin Mo’s tone and the words “unprecedented,” she could tell she seemed impressive.

‘Could I really be the protagonist of a novel?’

Su Yu thought to herself.

Lin Mo, seeing her back straighten and her eyes clear up, immediately knew what she was thinking and poured cold water on her.

“However…”

“Each of these constitutions alone would make you a one-in-ten-thousand genius, but when combined, it might not be so wonderful.”

“Because of your constitution, your current magic energy level is very low… I think you know that magic energy level is almost fixed from birth and difficult to improve later. If your magic energy level is too low, it will still be hard for you to achieve anything.”

Su Yu’s spirits immediately deflated.

Although she was very unhappy with Lin Mo’s bluntness, she knew it was the truth.

Then, Lin Mo changed the subject.

“Unless…”

“I’m begging you, big brother… Just say everything in one go.”

Su Yu bowed 180 degrees, not wanting to experience the roller coaster of emotions anymore.

“Unless… you sign a lifetime agreement with me.”

Lin Mo narrowed his eyes, his gaze at the girl no longer casual, but sharp and full of seriousness.

“I have a way to raise your magic energy level. As long as you continue to cooperate with my research, I can help you overcome your current predicament.”

“At the same time, I’ll give you a compensation you can’t refuse, on the condition that we extend the previous agreement indefinitely.”

“Wait a minute!”

Su Yu instinctively stepped back a few steps, crossed her arms in front of her chest, and leaned back tactically.

“How did it suddenly become a lifetime? That wasn’t what we agreed before?”

‘Why does this talk of a lifetime sound so strange…’

“The past is the past, the present is the present.”

Lin Mo’s answer was calm, and he gave his reason.

“I always treasure precious samples, and you, Miss Su Yu, are the most special one I have ever encountered in my life.”

“If I can’t study you for a lifetime, I’ll be very regretful.”

“No, no, no, no… I still can’t understand.”

Su Yu still couldn’t accept this reasoning.

In her eyes, the guy in front of her was not a scientist at all, but a complete madman and pervert.

“I understand that you can’t understand my thoughts, but this is really important to me.”

Lin Mo knew that his words had scared her a bit.

After all, a seventeen- or eighteen-year-old kid would naturally feel fear.

But every person has weaknesses, and he happened to know exactly what Su Yu wanted.

“Alright, I’ll give you a reason you can’t refuse.”

“What reason can’t be refused…”

Su Yu was just wondering when her phone suddenly vibrated violently in her pocket.

“Your bank card has received a transfer of one million yuan!”

“…”

“Any more questions?”

“No, boss.”