Chapter 131: Dreamstone

The Smithsonian Museum

A Museum specializing in the study of ancient civilizations.

Jack and Diana got out of the car, and the taxi drove away as if it were escaping.

"If he finds out the gold you gave him is fake, he'll definitely be angry," Diana said, with a slight smile on her lips.

"He won't be able to find me anyway," Jack replied, rolling his eyes, looking at the sign of the Smithsonian Museum.

"So, you work here?" he asked.

"It's not really work, just something to keep me busy so I don't have too much time to think about other things," Diana replied.

Diana seemed to have something on her mind, her expression slightly sad. She took a deep breath and said, "Let's go inside."

After speaking, she naturally connected her arm with Jack's and led him inside.

Jack glanced at his arm being held and thought of pulling it away, but when he saw the satisfied smile on Diana's face, he stopped himself.

'Oh well, let her do as she pleases.'

The two quickly entered the Museum.

The security guard at the entrance originally wanted to stop Jack. People are generally not allowed to enter here, after all, there are many ancient artifacts.

But when Diana spoke to them, the security guards let them through, which shows that she has an excellent position here.

The two snuggled together very intimately and walked inside. Most of the people here knew Diana. When they saw her holding a man's arm and smiling, they were all shocked.

Jack even faintly heard the sound of hearts breaking. He could only sigh that the charm of the goddess was truly tempting. The two arrived at an office where a woman was sitting at a desk talking, surrounded by people sitting and standing.

"Barbara."

Seeing this woman, Diana let go of Jack and walked quickly over.

Seeing Diana, Barbara, who was introducing herself about a major change, immediately left off the table and walked over.

"Hey, Diana, how are you?"

When the people around them saw what was going on, they left in a polite way. Diana took the opportunity to pull Jack over and introduce him.

"This is Jack. He's my... well, an old friend."

'Old friend, huh!'

Hearing Diana's introduction, Jack felt even more pain in his heart. He gently pulled out of Diana's embrace and politely extended his hand to Barbara.

"Jack Wayne, nice to meet you, beautiful lady."

It wasn't flattery or sarcasm. Jack couldn't explain it, but Barbara didn't look so beautiful, as compared to Diana, and dressed very plainly.

However, for some reason, he felt that she had a weird attraction that made people unable to help but focus on her.

"Jack, Diana's old friend, I'm Barbara Minerva, Diana's new friend."

Barbara seemed very passionate and grabbed Jack's hand without letting go, her eyes staring up and down at him.

Jack felt somewhat uncomfortable being looked at, but he was surprised to find that he didn't mind it. Instead, he felt secretly pleased.

'Was it an illusion?'

Diana didn't notice this and pulled Barbara to a private place, looking around to make sure no one was around before whispering, "Is the yellow crystal you showed me the other day still there?"

Barbara's gaze turned away from Jack, and after a moment of hesitation, she smiled and said, "Oh, but, that crystal was borrowed by Maxwell Lord."

"What?"

Diana's face instantly became serious, her eyebrows frowning as she scolded, "How could you lend it out? That was evidence that the Federal Bureau of Investigation asked us to identify."

"I... I couldn't help it."

Even though she knew she had done something wrong, Barbara didn't seem to care.

"Mr. Lord has provided us with a lot of funding. You also saw Carol's attitude towards him yesterday, and he said he would send it over early this morning."

"Well, he's probably a little late."

Jack pointed to his watch, "It's almost noon now."

"Maybe he's stuck in traffic."

Barbara's smile looked like force, but she still defended Lord.

Jack sighed helplessly and looked at Diana. "I think we should leave now if you want to find your things back quickly."

"You're right," Diana nodded and patted Barbara's arm. "Have a nice day."

They turned and left.

Jack followed closely behind but couldn't help turning back to look at Barbara again. His brow frowned even deeper.

'Something was definitely off.'

Outside, the two stood by the roadside, waiting for a car. Jack told Diana about what he discovered, and she was taken aback at first before her expression changed.

"It's exactly what I thought. That thing can explain Barbara's change and why Lord needs it," Diana said.

Speaking of which, Jack couldn't help but ask, "What are you looking for? What's the use of a yellow crystal?"

A taxi pulled up in front of the two, and Diana said, "It can grant the holder's wishes!" before getting into the cab.

"Well, that's not funny," Jack said, suddenly realizing why Diana was so nervous.

A wish crystal? Was that even a real thing?

As they sat in the back seat of the taxi, Diana explained how she had discovered the crystal.

A few days ago, she had stopped a robbery at a mall, and the thieves had stolen a batch of illegal artifacts from a jewelry store. The detectives were clearly not experts in artifact appraisal, so they sent the artifacts to the Smithsonian Museum for authentication.

Diana had unexpectedly discovered that one of the unremarkable yellow crystals had a magical ability. It seemed to be able to grant people's wishes.

One of her colleagues had used it to get a cup of coffee. Later, she found out that the yellow crystal was originally intended to be sent to Max Lord, and She thought that he might know what it was for. So, she went to the party to find him, but something stopped her.

Now they had to hurry to Lord's company, Black Gold Cooperative, to stop him from using the crystal.

Jack's face grew darker as he listened.

'If what Diana said was true, and the crystal could grant wishes, then this Max Lord may have already used it. Who knows what he wished for? They had to hurry.'

With that in mind, he pulled out a bunch of cash from his pocket and threw it at the driver in front, saying, "Get us to Black Gold Corporation within ten minutes, and I'll give you ten times the fare!"

"No problem, boss!" the driver replied eagerly.

Ten minutes later, they arrived at Black Gold Corporation.

"Oh no, it looks like we're too late," Jack said.

They had to get out of the taxi in the middle of the street, several hundred meters away from the corporation, because the roads were all blocked, and people who couldn't wait any longer were running towards the corporation as if it had some kind of strange magic that was attracting them.

"Damn it!"

Diana and Jack realized that something big was happening.

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