Champagne's eyes were filled with fear, and her body began to tremble slightly. After a good ten seconds, she finally managed to whisper in a trembling voice, "Third...Third Uncle..."
"Hmm, you still acknowledge me as your third uncle." The man nodded, his voice remaining as calm and indifferent as ever: "It seems you still care about this family. Come back with me."
After saying that, the man took two steps forward and reached for the champagne bottle.
Champagne seemed to hesitate for a moment, but looking at the man's outstretched hand, she couldn't muster even the slightest thought of resistance!
If someone from your family sends someone else to take you back, then you have no choice but to resist, whether it's by pleading or using force!
But... to my utter surprise, it was my third uncle who came?!
This third uncle is the most terrifying and authoritative figure in the Champagne family! Moreover, didn't this third uncle swear that he would never set foot on that island in his entire life?
"Third...Third Uncle..." Champagne's voice trembled, in the eyes of Ya Ya and Bai Cai beside her. They simply couldn't understand why Champagne was so terrified upon seeing this man!
"Third Uncle...you, why did you go down the island..." Champagne looked like she was about to cry.
"Why else? For you." The man smiled faintly. Behind his round glasses, a hint of reproach flickered: "For you, I had no choice but to break my vow."
Champagne's body went limp, and she almost sat down on the ground!
Third, Third Uncle, in order to capture me, he actually broke his oath...
Within Champagne's ancient family, they held a special place on Home Island. Even those at the Service Center headquarters treated them with utmost respect. And within this ancient family, Champagne knew all too well that her third uncle was the most terrifying being!
Due to some secret family reasons, direct descendants of the family are forbidden from leaving the island. This third uncle, however, has always lived in seclusion in a small courtyard of his family home.
From the time Xiangbin could remember until now, for over a decade, this third uncle has almost always lived in the courtyard! He rarely even steps outside the gate! This almost self-destructive lifestyle was incomprehensible to Xiangbin when she was a child! She couldn't understand how a grown man could confine himself to a space of only a hundred square meters for over a decade!
However, no one in the family dared to mention Uncle San's affairs, not even a single word. Even the title "Third Master" was forbidden within the household! No one dared to utter a single word!
In the past ten years or so, up until today, as far as Champagne knew, this third uncle had only left his courtyard where he lived alone once!
That was when Champagne was eight years old.
On Home Island, the inn owned by Champagne's family is the only place on the island where currency is exchanged. As one of the very few free gathering places for people with superpowers in the entire world, Home Island attracts countless people with superpowers every year. Some of these people belong to the Service Society, while others belong to various large and small superpower organizations from other worlds.
Home Island is a paradise for those with supernatural abilities. Although Home Island is within the Service Society's sphere of influence, it also serves as a commercial hub for the supernatural community.
Even hostile forces, such as members of the club, may appear on the island.
On Home Island, countless goods will be bought and sold throughout the global supernatural community. In addition to the trade of goods, there will also be mercenary groups with supernatural abilities.
Basically, the service organization only sets some relatively lenient and basic rules for the towns on the island. For example, as Chen Xiao knows, things from the outside world are not allowed in the towns, and permission from the service organization is required to land on Home Island, etc.
Apart from a few clearly defined rules, everything else is left to its own devices without any other management. Essentially, it's a laissez-faire situation; the town is basically in a state of anarchy and lack of control.
When Champagne was eight years old, several mercenary groups arrived on Home Island. It seemed that these mercenary groups were all receiving permission to set foot on Home Island for the first time, and it was their first time visiting this bustling commercial hub of the supernatural world. These outsiders were too excited and were unfamiliar with the rules of Home Island.
As a result, the Champagne family's inn, as the only currency exchange point on the island, incurred the dissatisfaction of those guys when trading with them, leading to some conflicts between the two sides.
The Champagne family holds a prestigious position on Home Island, a fact known to the locals but not to outsiders, who naturally don't respect them. Furthermore, these outsiders are mercenaries who believe in the supremacy of force; since soft tactics fail, they resort to hard ones! Besides, there are no explicit laws on the island prohibiting violence, emboldening these outsiders.
That very night, dozens of outsiders with supernatural abilities forcibly seized a cargo ship belonging to the Champagne family at the docks of Home Island, intending not to pay a single penny. They even injured several sailors from the Champagne family's ship during the robbery.
Even at this point, the Champagne family didn't react much, only sending people to negotiate, demanding the return of the goods or payment. At that time, this third uncle didn't show up either.
However, the Champagne family's negotiations were misinterpreted as weakness by that group. Furthermore, the service company failed to send anyone to maintain order, leading them to believe it was a place where strength reigned supreme and the strong preyed on the weak. That group even detained the Champagne family's negotiators and made several extortionate demands.
At the time, none of the island's natives spoke; instead, they watched with pity. This strange silence fueled their misunderstanding, leading them to believe that this so-called mysterious home island was nothing special, and that anyone could easily dominate it by displaying some formidable strength.
The mercenary group, blinded by their own greed, paid the price that very night!
Champagne will never forget that night!
That night, the third uncle from the courtyard came out and appeared in front of Champagne, saying to her, "You are the heir of the family. I'm going to do some business, so you should come along and make sure you understand."
Young Champagne was carried out of the house by her uncle without her even noticing, and her mother didn't say a word to stop him. She just let her uncle take her away from the house in the middle of the night.
As a result, that night became a nightmare that Champagne would never forget for the rest of her life!
She can no longer remember most of the details.
The only thing I remember is that this third uncle carried me in one arm, and then walked onto the beach pier in the darkness, onto the robbed cargo ship! The mercenaries gathered on the cargo ship, and those left on lookout outside, were the first to spot the third uncle, who made no attempt to hide, and just openly walked aboard, and then…
It's all about killing!
Starting with the mercenaries on the outermost outpost, Uncle Three, carrying young Champagne, fought his way in!
Throughout the entire killing process, Uncle San behaved like a cold-blooded butcher, unhurried and calm. No matter how his opponents roared, howled, or begged for mercy, Uncle San's face remained calm and indifferent, without even the slightest fluctuation in his eyes!
Six mercenary groups, totaling fifty superhumans, were granted their first opportunity to land on Home Island. In the time it takes to brew a cup of tea, this Third Uncle had wiped them all out! And this Third Uncle, from beginning to end, used only one hand!
When he stepped off the boat, his third uncle's robes were already stained red with blood, and the pungent smell of blood emanating from him terrified young Champagne.
She remembered standing beneath the boat, her third uncle, covered in blood, speaking to her young self in an almost cold, calm tone:
"Remember this: our family members don't bully others, but if someone comes to bully us, we won't stand for it. That's the rule."
Champagne will probably never forget what happened that night!
Later, as she grew older, she gradually realized that almost no one dared to mess with her family's business on the island full of superhumans, probably because of her third uncle who had always lived in seclusion in the courtyard! She had also secretly asked her mother who this third uncle was, but her mother sternly reprimanded her and forbade her from mentioning the topic again.
After that incident, the third uncle continued to live in seclusion in the courtyard as before, never stepping out of the courtyard gate.
Champagne later tried several times to sneak into her third uncle's courtyard. Finally, she mustered up the courage to go in, only to find her third uncle sitting in the courtyard. He saw Champagne walk in but didn't say anything.
Champagne remembers having a lot of questions for this third uncle. She had a vague feeling that although he was cold, he seemed to be very kind to her.