《The Crawford's Multiverse of Madness》Chapter 225 - Crystal Crawford
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Zeel immediately recognized the usefulness of his newly acquired ability to see the defining moments in a person's life.
It offered him a unique insight into the human mind that he had never experienced before.
Previously, he had been looking through a microscope at the growing bacteria of Humanity, but now he could mingle as a bacterium as well.
Still, seeing the journey of others was a considerable emotional strain on Zeel's fragile emotional mind.
Sean walked over and slumped in a seat next to Zeel's as the bus started moving.
"How could you know that?"
Zeel did not answer immediately but thought about the answer for a while "I have seen a lot in my life,"
Sean was quiet for a moment then asked "Do you have a phone mate? I can give you my number so if you need a place to stay, you can camp with me.
I don't like to brag but I am pretty minted, and we can keep our knees up all night,"
"Just tell me the number and I will come to you when I am hungry," Zeel said without any decorum.
Food was not necessary for his physique but it still helped the Zeelinium in Zeel's body synthesize energy much faster.
Sean quickly told Zeel his number and then paused "What blinding things have you witnessed?"
"Everything," Zeel said not sparing Sean a glance "I have seen the world bless criminals and fail to reward the devoted.
I have seen entire civilizations slaughtered for one bad deed when they contributed good deeds for thousands of years.
I have seen fathers and mothers give everything for their children only for it to be squandered away. I have seen true love that changes as much as the seasons but it does not lose its potency.
What have I not witnessed at this point?"
"Sounds like a lot," Sean muttered already registering Zeel as a crazy person in the back of his mind.
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Sean did not discuss what Zeel had seen anymore, instead, he sat next to Samantha and relaxed.
When Sean was gone, Zeel took out an iPod he had created with his nanites earlier, but then he realized that he also needed headphones.
"Fuck! I still can't understand these old gadgets," Zeel said.
He had spent so much time surviving that he had not truly figured out how to live like a normal person.
The only thing he learned was not to vaporize items in the kitchen anymore.
"How are the girls?" Zeel asked.
Codes flickered across Zeel's eyes as The Red Queen started a full comprehensive report on the situation of Alice and Elizabeth.
"Subject Alice has improved her Applied Research Skills by a large margin. Her level of emotional growth has been the most significant over the past two years.
Her correlation and cross-sectional skills show a breakthrough in the psyche, but this is due to my leaking of the Demand Characteristics associated with this experiment.
Elizabeth has also improved significantly but this improvement has shown signs of the Hawthorn Effect.
She lacks the proper motivation to improve herself genuinely and instead hinges her improvements on Alice's progress.
I believe she has a lot of untapped talent that could be useful from henceforth we just need to find the right trigger,"
Zeel raised his hand signaling the Red Queen to stop.
"Tell me about those three girls,"
"Alle and Ella were initially thought to be Elizabeth's Sword Spirits, born from the Sentient Energy within The Rainbow Ruler Orb, but after a period of observation.
I have found this investigation to be inconclusive. They formed their base forms from Elizabeth's DNA but they seem to be unfamiliar with physical existences," The Red Queen reported.
Zeel stared at the image of Ella and Alle "These girls are not my children. Anytime a Homo-Superior has a child, the name of the child will be branded into the backs of the mother and father.
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It was tradition and one of our most advanced technologies. It did not matter where, how, or why the child was born.
The child would be burned into your back like a scar and then transported to wherever you are across the Multiverse,"
"Is it possible that the extinction of your race could have altered the appearance of the scar?" The Red Queen asked.
"No, things are more sophisticated than your 6th Generation Sentient Core can comprehend. It would be impossible for me to have a child that I am unaware of.
But you are right, Ella and Alle are not simple spirits.
Continue their observation and keep them close to Elizabeth at all times. It would be counterproductive if the children they raised would die and burden them psychologically,"
"The last child is named Zil. She was born in Afghanistan, her mother was raped and killed,"
"She looks more like my child with her skin color and temperament," Zeel complimented.
"Yes sir. She had demonstrated borderline sociopathic behavior near Humans. Alice and Elizabeth did not account for the psychological changes in raising a child as a Lorien and Homunculi.
The child was raised as a warrior in a modern environment and has suffered an identity crisis because of it.
But she is normal by our standards. The child is seventeen years old this year and has shown great promise as an inheritor or protector of Alle and Ella.
The three sisters are close but Alle and Ella still keep a distance from the human," The Red Queen reported.
"Any alterations to her body?"
"No significant alterations, but due to the nature of Elizabeth's skill. The child has developed the ability to extract emotions from a person and use it against them; however, this skill has only begun to blossom and has not been discovered as yet,"
"Okay," Zeel mused and then made up his mind "Kill all the children in Alice's orphanages across the world within a year. Leave no traces of us in this Universe.
That should act as a stimulus to Alice and Elizabeth after you show them the images. Give the Zil girl a ten percent chance of survival.
If she survives, send her to Indis for training and if she dies… then she dies,"
The Red Queen did not comment since Alice and Elizabeth were her main concerns.
The Zil girl was just a blimp in their lives.
Zeel materialized a Pseudo-Beamer from his storage Dimension along with a white vial of energy and tossed it into the air.
The objects disappeared into the air, and would only reveal themselves should the girl prove herself useful as an inheritor for either Alice or Elizabeth.
However, Zeel's interest peaked when he reviewed the data of Alle and Ella once more, he felt as if he was missing something to put it all together.
Just to be sure, Zeel extended his left hand as multiple scars moved from his back to his left hand.
Zeel stared at it for a moment and then started to send the scars to inconspicuous locations on his body once more.
When no scar remained, Zeel was sure that he had no children, or the brand of a name would have been present on his arm.
Sadly, Zeel failed to notice the slight white flame that lingered on his hand after he turned his face away.
When Zeel had directed his attention somewhere else, the flame flashed briefly as the faint outline of a name appeared on Zeel's hand – Crystal Crawford.
Sadly, it was a name that was nearly transparent and still too light to really notice, but every day it became bolder and bolder.
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