Chapter 461 Goodbye, Father, and My Cowardice

"Nono, it was my fault in the past. I was too neglectful to take care of your feelings. But from now on, I want to be a good father."

In front of Nono, the head of the Chen family stepped forward, his expression was extremely sincere, and his voice was extremely affectionate.

With his acting skills, he must be a good actor in dramas.

Hearing this gorgeous and slightly artificial emphasis, Nono frowned, took a step back with a disgusted expression, put his hands across his chest and rubbed the goosebumps on his arms.

"Good father, are you worthy?"

Hearing her cold and harsh words, the head of the Chen family was not shocked, but continued to chant affectionately.

"Nono, I know you have misunderstood me and have been dissatisfied with the Gattuso family's engagement. This is indeed my fault."

After admitting his mistake, he changed his tone and explained.

"But I have no choice. After all, our entire Chen family depends on the Gattuso family for food. In addition, the power of the Gattuso family is so huge that we have no room to resist!"

It is a common practice for large families to marry their daughters for the benefit of the family.

Naturally, Nono would not believe him and immediately said sarcastically.

"There is no room for resistance. Do you mean that after the Gattuso family went bankrupt, you asked someone to marry into your family?"

In the past, to the outside world, the Chen family leader's actions might have seemed a bit forced, but the Gattuso family was bankrupt, and his reasons were simply untenable.

Not to mention, Nono knew this snake-like man very well and knew that he was a standard profit animal. He was the one who rushed to get the Gattuso family's marriage contract.

After hearing what Nuonuo said, the head of the Chen family shook his head.

"Even if the Gattuso family goes bankrupt, they are not someone ordinary mixed-race families can afford to offend..."

Having said this, he glanced at Xia Mi behind Nono, paused, and said.

"The big shot behind them is someone I can't afford to offend."

Hearing this, Nono raised his eyebrows slightly and asked.

"Then you can afford to offend me now?"

"If your friend is willing to shelter me, it should be fine."

The head of the Chen family is very honest, and he can't help but be honest in front of Xia Mi.

He was talking about Xia Mi, but Nono thought he was talking about Su Mo. In Nono's heart, Su Mo was the strongest.

"Ha! To put it bluntly, you just came here to wag your tail because you took a fancy to the benefits they can provide."

Nuonuo sneered and continued sarcastically.

"Why do you think I will agree to your request? Based on your fatherly love?"

The sarcasm and coldness in her tone were very obvious. She had stopped considering this man as her father a long time ago, and naturally she would not be moved by this non-existent fatherly love at this moment.

"..."

Sensing Noonuo's firm attitude, the head of the Chen family fell silent slightly and looked into the dark red eyes in front of him.

After looking at each other for a few seconds, he retracted his pretentious gesture and his tone returned to normal.

"It seems that I have failed very much as a father, and I have no place in your heart. But it doesn't matter. You can't even ignore your mother, right?"

Seeing that playing the emotional card was useless, he immediately changed his strategy and planned to use Nono's weakness to impress her.

Hearing this, Xia Mi and Su Mo looked at each other doubtfully.

Nuonuo was also slightly stunned, and then asked in surprise.

"Mother?"

Her mother's soul is with Odin, and her body has been rescued. What does it have to do with the head of the Chen family?

Seeing Nuonuo's really concerned reaction, the head of the Chen family nodded confidently, and then said with confidence.

"You must have discovered that your mother is not in my hands now, but in the hands of others... If you agree to take us in, I can help you show the way to find your mother's location."

Finding people's weaknesses has always been a tried-and-true threat tactic.

Nono has rebelled many times, but there has never been any room for rebellion when it comes to her mother, so this must be the case this time.

He fully expected that Nono would submit immediately.

Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Nuonuo looked very strange.

He thought that Nono didn't trust him, so he immediately whispered in a low voice, as if he was telling some absolute secret.

"I can only reveal one thing, your mother is not in this country!"

Seeing the mysterious look of the head of the Chen family, Xia Mi looked like he was looking at a fool.

The relationship has lasted until now, but this guy doesn’t know that they have rescued Nono’s mother?

Thinking about it, the fact that the Holy Palace Medical Association took away Nono's mother from the Russian branch proved that Odin no longer trusts the Chen family.

When Odin escaped, he deliberately used the head of the Chen family to attract Xia Mi's attention. Compared with abandoning the car to save the handsome man, this was more like clearing out the non-performing assets that he did not need and completely giving up on the head of the Chen family.

When the incident happened, the Chen family's assets had been seized again, and they no longer had any access to external intelligence. Under such circumstances, it was normal for him to have no idea about the rescue of Nono's mother.

"I can also reveal some information, for example, my mother was in Moscow before."

Looking at the stupid and unaware head of the Chen family in front of him, Nono imitated his tone and said.

"What?!"

The head of the Chen family was stunned.

He actually said this just to deceive Nono. He didn't know where Nono's mother was transferred, he only knew that it was in Russia.

But now, Nono actually gave such a precise address, and his expression didn't seem to be pretending to be calm.

He glanced at Xia Mi and immediately understood something.

"It seems you have rescued your mother..."

After realizing this decisive and tragic news, the head of the Chen family remained calm, but cold sweat broke out on his back, and his brain started working rapidly.

If he can't control Nono's weakness, given the relationship between him and Nono, he can't expect the other party to speak for him!

He thought about the plan all night long based on the fact that Nono's mother was still in Odin's hands. If the foundation of this fact was shaken, all the preparations he made would be in vain.

Now, he was standing on the edge of life and death.

"Yes! Why, are you unhappy?"

Looking at the other party's heavy expression, Nono snorted softly and asked in a brisk tone.

Now she is no longer the Nuonuo whose weakness is exposed and can be manipulated by others. Now her weakness is only in the hands of senior Su Mo. Without any flaws, she is invincible!

After more than ten seconds of silence, the head of the Chen family, who was hovering on the edge of life and death, suddenly thought of something.

There was no time to weigh the pros and cons, so he could only desperately press on the remaining breakthrough point and spoke anxiously.

"Even if you rescued your mother, you couldn't wake her up, right? I have a way to help you. As long as you promise to let them protect me, I will do my best to help you!"

Hearing this, Nono was stunned again.

Her mother's coma was not only pathological, but the most important issue was that Odin had taken away her soul.

What can be done to treat a disease without a soul?

"The way to save my mother... You have lied to me about this for more than ten years. Do you think I will still believe it now?"

She looked at the head of the Chen family with contempt.

Do you really think she is a three-year-old?

"No, this time it's definitely not a lie!"

There was only the last straw left, and the head of the Chen family obviously didn't want to miss it, so he added in a hurry.

"Although there is no way to directly awaken your mother, I have your mother's genetic sample here. If you are willing, I can clone an identical mother for you and rule out the possibility of neurocysticercosis infection. You can cultivate your mother with your own hands. !”

His meaning is very simple. Since Nono's mother can't be saved, then give her a new mother.

Nono was stunned for a moment, feeling like her world view was being impacted.

Is this the mother who asked her to raise her with her own hands? What a conjugated mother and daughter!

Seeing her surprised look, the head of the Chen family immediately added.

"If you don't accept a mother who is too young, we also have growth-accelerating technology here that can accelerate the age of clones to an age you can accept. At that time, you only need to instill the corresponding knowledge into her, and she will regard herself as Your mother loves you even more than your real mother!"

Since Nono needs an emotional sustenance, then he will give Nono an emotional sustenance, no matter what setting can be added, so Noonuo will not be dissatisfied, right?

"Love me more than my real mother..."

Nono took a long breath.

When she heard the previous words, she was frightened by the Chen Family Patriarch's mature skills that ignored ethics. But when she heard the last sentence, she suddenly woke up and looked at the Chen Family Patriarch with pity and contempt in his eyes.

"Can people like you really understand what love is?"

How dare artificial clones and artificial emotions compare to real mothers?

How ridiculous!

Seeing Nuonuo's reaction and realizing that the last life-saving straw was about to slip away, the head of the Chen family became completely anxious.

"What feelings are just your desires! What mother, you just met her once, do you think you really love that woman? You just want someone to give her life for you unconditionally!"

"You only met that woman once and didn't even say a word. Do you think she really loves you? That's just your own fantasy. Since it's all fantasy, why can't clones do it? With a little training, new Your new mother will obey your orders completely. Your new mother can do things that this vegetative person cannot do now, and she can even die for you. What’s wrong with this?!”

Having said this, he said angrily when he saw Nuonuo's expression remained motionless.

"As for the authenticity of human clones' feelings, you are the only one who is not qualified to question this kind of thing. Do you think human cloning technology is-"

Before she finished speaking, Nono didn't want to hear him justifying his cloning plan and belittling her mother again, so she shook her head decisively.

"Shut up! Even if she is in a vegetative state, my mother is still my mother and cannot be replaced by a mere clone!"

After saying that, her eyes changed from anger to contempt.

"As for confusing desire and emotion, that's your personality flaw... You are a hopeless person!"

"..."

The head of the Chen family suddenly became speechless.

He had a thousand words to refute Nono's childish point of view, but these words had no meaning anymore. He could see Nono's determination, and she would never forgive him no matter what.

# ! There were veins jumping on his forehead. Under Xia Mi's surveillance, facing the desperate situation in front of him, he had no way out and could only make a last-ditch effort.

So, after thinking about it, his face gradually became ferocious, and his eyes became desperate.

Two seconds later, he spoke in a sinister and threatening tone.

"Nono, even if you don't agree with those clones, you don't want your mother's genes to spread everywhere and be trained into Deadpool, right?"

Naturally, he didn't dare to take action in front of Xia Mi. After being forced into a desperate situation, all he could do was threaten.

He understands the weakness of a fool like Nono who values ​​emotion, and valuing emotion means being indecisive.

Although Nono would not agree that the clone's mother was the real mother, it was impossible for him to really allow himself to train her mother's clone into a deadpool. In this regard, he still had the leverage to threaten.

"Don't think I can't do it. Even if I get caught, my clones are everywhere and they will obey my orders!"

Hearing this, Nono was stunned on the spot.

She never expected that the opponent would use the clone as bait with its front legs and as a threatening bargaining chip with its back legs. They did not treat it as a living being at all, not even as good as an animal.

However, the other party's words really made her have concerns.

Can she really tolerate the other party making a large number of clones of her mother and then using them as cannon fodder or even Deadpool?

the answer is negative.

But she couldn't compromise on this.

While she was hesitating, Miss Xia Mi suddenly said in an innocent tone.

"As long as we kill him, won't the other clones be unable to accept this order?"

As soon as these words came out, Nuonuo was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes lit up.

Yes!

No matter how many clones he has, as long as the message cannot be conveyed, isn't it all in vain?

There is only one thing he needs to do, and that is... kill him.

After realizing this, Nono breathed rapidly for a moment and fell silent.

She has never experienced killing someone before.

Seeing this scene, Su Mo and Xia Mi looked at each other and stopped talking in a tacit understanding, waiting for Nono's decision.

Are you obsessed with solving problems in a beautiful way and want to win without blood? Or do you focus on your goals and get your hands dirty for the people you care about?

Nuonuo's choice will determine their attitude towards her in the future. Su Mo and Xia Mi have enough self-awareness of their own camp. They are by no means a justice alliance, so people with too high moral bottom line are not suitable to be accepted as teammates. .

They don't want to lose their teammates at the critical moment because the enemy uses the old, weak, sick and disabled as a threat.

You can have a moral bottom line, but it can't be too high; kindness is okay, but you can't have Mary's disease.

In the frozen atmosphere, time passed by minute by minute.

Suddenly, Nono spoke.

"Senior Su Mo, what do you think I should do?"

Upon hearing this question, Su Mo answered casually.

"It's okay. If you want to let him go, or hand him over to the orthodox and secret parties for trial, you have to take the risk that he may pass information to the clones; if you want to kill him, you have to get blood on your hands. Both options have their pros and cons, you can choose for yourself.”

Of course, what he didn't say was that he and Xia Mi would never let each other go. He knew too much.

Hearing Su Mo's words, Nono nodded calmly.

"I see!"

Then, she turned to the girl and asked.

"Xia Mi, can you lend me your alchemical weapon?"

"Yes, yes, but you decided so quickly?"

Xia Mi took out his folding umbrella and unfolded the Scythe of Judgment while curiously asking.

"Well, I can't let him threaten my mother, even if it's a clone."

Nuonuo nodded calmly, his eyes shining with awareness.

Seeing this scene, Su Mo and Xia Mi looked at each other, nodded, and approved Nono's choice.

Looking at the frightened head of the Chen family, Xia Mi did not hand over the Scythe of Judgment, but took a step forward and said.

"It's enough to have this awareness. After all, he is your biological father. If you do it, you will inevitably have psychological barriers. Let me help you!"

Although Xia Mi herself has no psychological barriers to killing her father, she is a considerate Dragon King. She has achieved her goal by confirming Nono's awakening, and there is no need for Nono to actually take action.

Miss Xia Mi is still very gentle to her own people.

However, when he heard her say this, Nono shook his head.

"No, I remember Senior Su Mo told me that having a sword but not using it and not having a sword are two different things."

"Well, that's what happened!"

Xia Mi nodded, she was at the scene at that time.

"Senior Su Mo gave me the sword, and now I am no longer as powerless as before—"

Saying this, Nono smiled at Xia Mi.

"But if I really have a sword and don't use it, Senior Su Mo will be disappointed in me, right?"

Seeing the calm but firm smile on Nono's face, Xia Mi understood her persistence, nodded, and handed the Scythe of Judgment to Nono.

Nuonuo dragged the Death Scythe and approached his father step by step.

Feeling the murderous intention radiating from Nono's body, the head of the Chen family was completely panicked.

When facing life and death threats, he was much more unbearable than those clones.

"No, no! Don't come over, don't come over!"

He hurriedly retreated. Facing the opponent with murderous intent, he could no longer care about the threats Xia Mi and Su Mo had just given.

"You will regret it, Nono! You will definitely regret it. Do you think your friend is any better than Odin? Do you think he-"

Knowing that Nono didn't know Xia Mi's identity, he panicked and wanted to expose him.

However--

"Shut up!"

Nuonuo scolded her coldly. The sickle made a quick arc and hit her father's face directly, causing his teeth to crack and blood to flow out, making him unable to speak a complete sentence.

She wasn't stupid, she didn't notice anything.

But she didn't need to know Su Mo's secrets, and she didn't want to accept provocation from outsiders, so she chose to silence her enemies.

In fact, Nuonuo originally wanted to cut off the other party's tongue, but unfortunately she was not familiar with how to use the sickle. Fortunately, with the blessing of the Immortal Word Spirit, she could do miracles just by relying on strength.

The head of the Chen family does not have a strong bloodline, and he has no power to fight back against Nonuo, who possesses top-notch alchemical weapons.

Nuonuo had no intention of abusing the other party. She simply raised the sickle high in a execution posture.

Her father looked at the death-like scythe in great horror, unable to believe that he would actually perish here.

This is impossible. He has not yet climbed to the highest position in the food chain. How can he be willing to end here?

He tried his best to open his blood-stained mouth and looked at Nono in front of him with great hatred, his eyes full of deep-seated malice.

"Chen Motong! You will never get your mother's love! One day you will understand that you are the biggest clown, and then you will regret not seizing the last chance today!"

At the end of his life, he actually uttered such words that were almost like a curse clearly.

It was clear that the person who threatened him to such a situation was Xia Mi, but he only dared to curse Nuonuo, and seemed to vaguely hope that Nuonuo's prodigal son would turn around.

However, no one would pay attention to such a ridiculous threat. The dragon's world view is not without curses, but his grievances obviously have no binding force at all.

Regarding these words as the other's gibberish before his death, Nono expressionlessly raised the sickle to the highest position, and then slashed it down in an arc-like trajectory.

"Goodbye, father, and my cowardice!"

Accompanied by the sound of the cage in his heart breaking, Nono finally shattered the cage that had trapped him for more than ten years, finally destroyed the biggest shadow in his heart, and gained freedom.

"Congratulations, you finally successfully crossed the thorn bush."

Nuonuo fell to the ground and looked up at Su Mo, who was congratulating him. His dark red eyes seemed to be lit by the golden sun.

The lightness of feeling like breaking out of a cocoon and becoming a butterfly, or escaping from the dead, made Nono's eyes well up with tears.

She didn't know why she was crying, but she knew that the tears were definitely not caused by sadness.

"Thank you, Senior Su Mo!"

With tears in her eyes, she showed a grateful smile and thanked Su Mo.

"Hey, I obviously contributed more this time!"

Miss Xia Mi murmured in her heart, then shook her head and didn't care.

Forget it, between her and Su Mo, it doesn't matter who she is.