"Diana told me."
"I've already sold those jewels of yours. Since I didn't know when you would come looking for me, I found Diana and told her I was your person, and asked for your address."
"Is that okay for me to do?"
Barbara Minerva looked around the room with curiosity while placing the two boxes on the coffee table in front of the sofa, then looked at Samuel with a smile.
Many people who are not doing well will swell up after suddenly gaining great strength or wealth. Otherwise, there wouldn't be words like 'a nobody getting his way' and 'nouveau riche'.
Clearly, Barbara Minerva had swollen up, she had gotten carried away!
Samuel came to her with interest, reached out and pinched her chin, lifting her head: "Knowing that Diana is my person, you told Diana that you are also my person, and asked for my address."
"Tell me, what gave you the courage and confidence to do this?"
Barbara Minerva didn't panic, and her eyes didn't flinch. While looking directly at Samuel, her right hand was already on his shoulder.
"It's because of—power!"
Barbara Minerva smiled proudly and pushed her right hand forcefully towards Samuel's shoulder.
"Ding!"
"Detected battle, dropped reward: Super Strength (Barbara Minerva)"
The current Barbara Minerva had not yet become Cheetah and could only be considered a copy of Diana.
However, Diana did not make a wish and lose her powers like in the movie, so the yellow crystal wishing stone should only be able to make her reach the level of a normal Diana, and should not be able to give her divine power like Diana!
"Huh?"
Looking at Samuel, who was completely still and didn't fly out as she had expected, Barbara Minerva's proud expression instantly froze, and she subconsciously pushed again with force.
As a result, he still didn't budge!
"How could this be? I was clearly—" Barbara Minerva eagerly knocked away Samuel's hand, turned around, grabbed the sofa with one hand, and easily flipped it over.
"Bang!"
The sofa hit the wall and instantly made a mess of the living room.
Barbara Minerva didn't care and chuckled as she looked at her hand.
Her strength was still there, she hadn't lost her ability.
The brief panic disappeared. Barbara Minerva turned around, just wanting to figure out what had happened just now, but as soon as she turned, she felt a punch to her chest. The severe pain made her grunt, and she couldn't help but fly backward.
Just as Barbara Minerva was about to hit the wall, Samuel suddenly reacted, instantly catching up to Barbara Minerva from behind, and directly grabbed her neck with one hand, stopping her.
The sudden stop almost snapped Barbara Minerva's neck. The tips of her beautiful high heels scraped back and forth on the ground several times before finally touching the ground, steadying her body.
The pain and suffocation instantly sobered up Barbara Minerva, who had thought she was powerful!
She was not as powerful as she had imagined at all!
Strong unwillingness surged into her heart. She had originally thought that with her acquired strength, she could finally be as generous and confident as Diana, no longer feel inferior, and no longer worry about being ignored.
But why?
Why, even though I'm already this powerful, and everyone else has already started to pay attention to me and flatter me, it's still useless in front of Samuel?
That's right.
Because Samuel is stronger than me, because I am not strong enough yet!
Samuel waved his hand, and the overturned sofa instantly turned back to its original position. He glanced at the wall where the paint had peeled off and frowned at Barbara Minerva.
"When did you make a wish to that yellow crystal?"
"Yes, yesterday, I went to a Black Market wanting to sell them the jewelry my friend had left behind, and then I saw a yellow crystal that hadn't been delivered to the buyer yet."
"It said I could make a wish, I—I saw you and Diana leave together the day before, so I wished I could be like Diana, and that's how I got my current strength."
Samuel glanced at the two boxes on the table. Since she had already gotten the money from selling the jewelry, it meant it had been sold to the Black Market, and that Black Market hadn't been robbed?
"What about that yellow crystal?"
"It was, it was taken by the buyer. I know him, he's that Maxwell Lorenzano from the Black Gold Cooperative on TV. If you want it, I can help you steal it back."
Barbara Minerva's immediate offer to steal was enough to prove that what she needed to lose should be kindness, or conscience?
This was one of the fundamental reasons why a kind and honest person turns into a villain!
"Alright."
Samuel smiled brightly and released her neck.
Barbara Minerva, regaining her freedom, rubbed her neck and gasped for air, a hint of resentment flashing in her eyes...
Samuel saw it but didn't care. Not to mention she had already lost her conscience and wasn't truly acting on her own volition, even if she were, he wouldn't care.
Although he wouldn't actively kill women to prove his point, if a woman courted death by provoking him and touching his bottom line, he wouldn't be so saintly as to let her go.
He could give chances, once or twice was enough. If she kept courting death endlessly, then he could only fulfill her wish.
"I, I'll go find him now," Barbara Minerva said softly after recovering, preparing to leave.
"Is all the money here? Where's your commission?" Samuel asked, pointing at the box.
"It's all here."
"Hmm."
Samuel nodded and said casually, "I originally promised you a tenth of the commission, but you came to my house, flipped the sofa, smashed the wall, and even acted tough with me, so the money is gone."
"Any objections?"
Barbara Minerva gritted her teeth and said in a low voice, "No objections."
"Alright, then come with me."
Samuel grabbed Barbara Minerva and disappeared with a 'whoosh'.
The next second.
The two appeared on a wide but desolate road, with endless desert stretching on both sides.
Barbara Minerva was stunned for a long time before asking, "Where, where is this?"
"Cairo."
Samuel pointed to the road ahead and said indifferently, "Didn't you want to snatch the yellow crystal wishing stone for me? In about five minutes, Maxwell Lorenzano will appear escorted by several heavily armed armored vehicles."
"If your performance satisfies me, I will give you the opportunity to truly become my person and possess even greater power!"
"Okay!"
Barbara Minerva was now completely obsessed with power. As long as she could obtain power, she was willing to pay any price.
In the movie, in order to keep her power, she went from being Diana's helper and a just companion to directly becoming Maxwell Lorenzano's protector.
Even after being enhanced a second time and truly becoming Cheetah, she became even more indiscriminate between good and evil.
World destruction?
What does that have to do with me? All I want is power!
On a side note, the complete form of Cheetah was indeed very powerful. Diana, wearing the golden eagle armor, was almost suppressed. It was just that the ending was a bit of a plot kill; she was actually knocked out by electricity in the water.
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