The World of Beasts: She's Got Their Hearts novel Chapter 169

"Why bother putting that device on a flimsy old metal gate? It'll fall apart if someone kicks it anyway." Analise entered the garbage dump with young Gideon.

"Yeah, it used to be like that. Those bullies often stopped by to do some damage. The door had been torn down many times."

He lowered his gaze and quietly pushed a tiny button behind the door. "But things are different now. They learned their lesson last time."

"How did they learn their lesson?"

Her gaze traveled with the movement of his fingers. The ground behind the door vanished, and a complicated-looking mechanical doll ascended to floor level.

He pushed another button again. The doll slowly lifted its arm and unfurled its fist. Every single finger was equipped with a weapon, ranging from knives, arrows, to guns.

After the initial shock, Analise regained her composure. "That's great."

After they stepped into the yard, she exclaimed, "Oh, do you plant flowers too?"

"Yeah," he replied truthfully with a nod. "The garbage dump is just next to this place. When the wind blows, it carries the stench around. That's why I grew different flowers here."

"The yard smells more like flowers," she commented.

Then, she walked over to a pot of jasmine flowers. She checked them out and bent over to sniff them.

"Ana, do you like jasmine?" He came up to her.

"Yeah. Jasmine has a light and comfortable fragrance." She picked one of the flowers. "You don't mind, do you?"

"It's fine. And it so happens the flowers are in full bloom." He bent over and picked another jasmine flower. "I'll put this flower in your hair."

"Sure."

"Analise, do not be manipulated by Ophir. Even in your absence, it will still murder Gideon. Its ultimate goal is to conquer this world, after all."

The leaders in the alliance would definitely disagree with Ophir's move. In that case, it would have to get rid of Gideon.

Analise drew her Purification Bow in the air. "Since you've made yourself clear, I can't let you have your way."

"Do you really think you can take me down?" Ophir raised a brow doubtfully. "Before this, I was struck by the Purification Arrow in a moment of negligence. Do you really believe you could hurt me again?"

"It's always a possibility."

Turning serious, the young Gideon assessed Ophir's position and pulled out a transparent board from his shirt pocket.