Rebirth: The Universe's Hidden Heiress-Chapter 155: [Parallel World] One Night in The Bar (2)

Note: The Parallel World series happened in a parallel universe; the plot and settings are completely unrelated to the previous story. This Yuka is still the famous "Vase."

This individual had no records of arriving on Capital Octoxis via a regular starship, likely having arrived on a smuggler’s vessel. They had been monitoring him for two days, noting that his activities were confined to the underground bar.

When the man suddenly turned around, Kenji quickly hid around a corner in the corridor. Only after the man entered a private room did Kenji cautiously approach, placing sophisticated eavesdropping equipment on the door to listen in on the conversation inside.

"Boss, I haven’t found any new glands recently. The Alliance Army is keeping a tight watch. Should we pause our operations and lay low for a while?" one voice inside said.

’Glands?’ Kenji frowned. He knew the space pirates had a purpose for coming to Capital Octoxis. Typically, they kidnapped heirs of ruling families for ransom, but targeting human glands...

Only alphas and betas have these glands, and removal poses a significant risk of death. Even if rescued in time, the victim’s health deteriorates severely, leading to death without meticulous care.

Another voice from inside said, "No, Professor Humphrey said his research is on the verge of a breakthrough. We need to deliver more glands to him soon. He claimed that with enough glands, he could create a pheromone to weaken all alphas, making it easy for us to conquer the Alliance."

"Just find someone easy to target in the underground bar and extract their glands. Make sure to clean up after," the first voice instructed. "Now go, before the Alliance Army catches on."

Hearing this, Kenji quickly removed his listening device and hastened his steps, leaving the corridor.

A pheromone that could render all alphas powerless...

Although alphas don’t have heat cycles like betas, they are highly susceptible to beta pheromones, which can reduce them to mere beasts focused only on mating.

If what the space pirates said about Professor Hamphrey’s goal to create a pheromone that incapacitates alphas was true, there could be two possibilities: either it’s a high-level alpha’s pheromone, capable of overpowering and immobilizing regular alphas, or a high-level beta’s pheromone, forcibly inducing alphas into a frenzied state, losing rationality and combat readiness.

As the man left the private room, Kenji quietly resumed his stalking. The man scanned the bar, noticing nobody of interest around, and approached an unconscious, limp beta.

Pretending to be familiar with the beta, he hoisted him up and carried him out of the underground bar into a dark alley, preparing to make his move.

Just as the man’s dagger was about to touch the beta’s gland, Kenji, who had been hiding behind him, suddenly appeared.

He broke the man’s leg with a swift kick, followed by snapping his arm. Then he seized the dagger, and pressed it against the man’s throat.

Kenji’s waiting team immediately swooped in, taking the unconscious beta to safety and apprehending the man for interrogation at the Alliance prison.

After ensuring everything was handled, Kenji returned to the bar, redressed as a waiter, tidying up his uniform, ready for his next shift.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the bar, Yuka sat on a small couch, boredly watching Ayoi and Alex, their faces flushed from drinking.

She had met the legendary poet Morris, who almost knelt and proposed to her at first sight, exclaiming "Beautiful Rose."

Although Yuka didn’t understand how Morris could have detected her pheromone scent, she had no interest in an alpha and firmly rejected him, leaving a heartbroken Morris to drown his sorrows in alcohol.

Ayoi and Alex are both betas, and they would be safe continuing their drinking game in this bar filled with betas. Thinking of that, Yuka decided to leave them and head towards the exit, planning to return home for some rest.

Just as she was about to leave the bar, a sobbing cry echoed from a dark corner near the corridor.

"Don’t come any closer!"

Yuka immediately recognized the scent of lavender pheromones and knew the cry as coming from a beta.

Glancing around, she noticed that she was the only one paying attention; others either pretended not to see or scurried away upon making eye contact, showing no intention of helping.

Yuka turned and walked towards the source of the voice.

Vivian, a beta, was confronting a tall and strong alpha. She said defiantly, "Even though, even though they have agreed to the arranged marriage, I won’t submit! Even if you mark me by force right now, it won’t change my mind. I’d rather... I’d rather give up my gland!"

The expression on the man’s face twisted momentarily; he hadn’t expected her to be so opposed to marrying him that she’d rather risk death by losing her gland. However, his mission tonight was to forcibly mark her, securing her as a tool to maintain the cooperation between their families, regardless of her willingness.

Vivian was on the verge of tears. She was about to enter her heat cycle, and typically, she would have stayed safe at home on such a night. However, to celebrate Morris’s escape from their family’s control, she had decided to join him for a drink in congratulations before leaving.

Unbeknownst to her, the family head, sensing her rebellious thoughts, had informed her intended alpha heir about her heat cycle, instructing him to come and permanently mark her during it, ensuring she could never escape the family’s control.

Feeling her glands heating up and her limbs growing weak as her heat cycle neared, Vivian realized she was powerless against the imposing high-ranking alpha in front of her. freewёbnoνel.com

She wanted to scream for help, but the people around were already petrified by the high-ranking alpha’s pheromones, keeping their distance, too scared to intervene.

As she saw his hands reaching towards her, Vivian closed her eyes in despair.

But the expected pain of her gland being bitten never came. Instead, the alpha who had been about to force himself on her let out a miserable howl.

Startled, Vivian opened her eyes to see a girl in a pink dress standing before her.

The girl’s expression was cool. She looked at the alpha writhing in pain on the ground, then turned to Vivian with a gentle voice, "Are you okay?"

Vivian, still in shock, managed to respond, "I’m fine."

She recognized the alpha girl in front of her. Yuka was an infamous figure in their school, known as the most embarrassing student in the combat department due to her poor academic performance.

Vivian had found Yuka incredibly attractive since their first encounter at the freshman ceremony and had always wanted to befriend her, but never found the opportunity to talk to her.

’Yuka... just saved me?’

The alpha on the ground finally ceased his howling. Gritting his teeth, he snapped his dislocated wrist back into place. Then he dragged his broken leg, contorted his face in rage and addressed Yuka, "You’re faking it! You’re not as weak as the rumors say! You must be a high-ranking alpha too; otherwise, how could you have no reaction to my pheromones!"

Yuka was infamous among the alphas for her perceived weakness, known as the alpha who didn’t deserve the title.

The man, face contorted in rage, thought of exposing her, revealing her true strength. He planned to rally his brothers to teach her a lesson, refusing to believe that she could withstand them all.

He voiced these thoughts aloud.

"Do you think anyone would believe that?" Yuka tilted her head, "They’ll just think you’re so pathetic that you couldn’t even beat a weak alpha like me and had to make up excuses for your failure. How embarrassing."

Vivian, now understanding the situation, stood behind Yuka. Fighting against her body’s reaction, she mustered her courage to speak up, "Right, I can confirm that. You’re just too weak to defeat Yuka!"

Although Vivian didn’t know why Yuka pretended to be weak, she decided she would keep Yuka’s secret.

The male alpha, trembling with anger, pointed at Yuka and then Vivian, "Fine, you two just wait!"

Yuka shrugged nonchalantly, and Vivian made a face at him.

Once the male alpha had left, Vivian took out the suppressant she couldn’t use earlier, injecting herself to ease her heat cycle symptoms. She then gratefully said to Yuka, "Thank you. I’ll keep your secret!"

Yuka nodded. "Let’s go, I’ll walk you out."

As they walked, Yuka asked Vivian about her plans for the future.

Vivian thought for a moment, then boldly took Yuka’s arm, "What if... you marry me? We could have a sham marriage?"

Yuka gently pulled her arm away, declining, "I prefer male betas. We can only be sisters."

Vivian hadn’t been serious, knowing Yuka would refuse. She already had another plan: to have a fake marriage with her childhood friend Donny. Donny was being pressured to meet with Admiral Kuba, and a sham marriage would silence their families and free them both from familial arrangements – a perfect solution!

As Yuka politely escorted Vivian out of the bar, Kenji, now dressed as a waiter, emerged from around the corner.

They brushed past each other, with Kenji, still masked, glancing at Yuka’s companion. He noted that Yuka was with a different beta this time, one who looked familiar – likely an heir from one of the ruling families.

Kenji continued walking without pause, thinking to himself that Yuka truly lived up to her reputation, playing the field as the rumors suggested.