Lin Caught in the Act

What else is there to say? With the thought that it was probably their own boss causing trouble, Raven chose to go back to sleep without hesitation.

No one can stop her from sleeping until noon today!

Then...

The members of the Unfading Blade team were in an uproar.

Okay, what does the Unfading Blade have to do with her? She's just a fake advisor; Raven didn't even open her eyes.

But then, the shouts from downstairs, "Charge into the Shencheng Pharmaceuticals Rescue Team Leader and Deputy Leader!" kept her awake.

—Of course, it's not because of Bianka and Rita.

Just kidding, she's even better than Bianka, Rita? She's probably hoping Rita suffers some misfortune.

It was thanks to her quick wit that Shiora was able to wake up instantly.

From the slogans coming from downstairs, Shiora could easily deduce that Bianka and Rita were at Shencheng Pharmaceuticals —it was that simple.

But why did they go to Shencheng Pharmaceuticals?

These two have already obtained the information they were supposed to—and to be honest, given their current work attitude, they're clearly not prepared to do any work.

The answer is then obvious.

It must be for the sake of their wise and mighty Lord Liu Bai.

Continuing to deduce, none of the women surrounding the wise and mighty Lord Liu Bai are easy to deal with, so they certainly wouldn't let these two sneak away.

In other words, there is a high probability that a major power struggle is taking place within Shencheng Pharmaceuticals, all centered around Liu Bai.

Well, the free-for-all has nothing to do with her. After all, her relationship with Liu Bai is just that of a mercenary who is blinded by money and her brilliant and powerful employer.

—Or to put it more bluntly, a shallow woman being kept by a sugar daddy and a wealthy tycoon.

Therefore, considering those people on Liu Bai's side... Mei, Tesla, and Kiana, all three of them are on Schicksal's wanted list, not to mention Mei, who looks like a mature version of Mei...

It must be said that Shiora is definitely a competent mercenary.

After considering the trouble those brainless teammates downstairs might cause their big spender, Shiora immediately jumped out of bed.

He got dressed in thirty seconds, used his long-dormant eloquence to persuade all his teammates to wait in place in three minutes and thirty seconds, and then sprinted to Shencheng Pharmaceuticals in one minute.

Total of five minutes.

"... It's really not easy."

After listening to Raven's story, Liu Bai sighed from the bottom of his heart.

Meanwhile, the Gray Serpent, which had arrived at some unknown time, fell into a subtle silence.

Forgive his bluntness, but this efficiency... isn't right?

Have Raven ever worked this hard before?

I doubt they were risking their lives as much as they are today when they were making money as assassins.

The Gray Serpent's face was expressionless, but anyone could sense the thought in its flickering eyes.

He was not unaware of the deal between Liu Bai and Raven.

It's impossible for Gray Serpent to keep the fact that he's made a hundred million dollars a secret.

But... is Shiora's integrity really that worthless?

Well, as someone who is familiar with human society and human nature, the Gray Serpent also knows that there is a way to knock people unconscious by throwing money at them.

However, as a person with ideals, integrity, and even faith, Gray Serpent genuinely despises the vulgar and unreliable method of using money to bribe people.

What kind of worthless scoundrels can be bought with money?

Coercion and inducement, a combination of kindness and severity—this is the orthodox method that Gray Serpent has summarized.

At the same time, the World Serpent are not lacking in lofty ideals. With excellent methods and lofty ideals, Gray Serpent successfully built a small but complete World Serpent.

But now that Gray Serpent sees Shiora like this, he realizes he might have been too one-sided.

... Perhaps we need to reflect on this.

"So, what's going on with that dragon outside?" Shiora asked with a subtle expression.

That's Judgment-Class Honkai Beast, right?

Shibao proudly puffed out his chest (which contained nothing at all).

"..."

What this guy did? Surprisingly, as expected.

"We'll talk about the specifics later, let's get down to business now."

Liu Bai tapped the table, then looked at Kiana.

"I don't think Sirin can wait for Mei's plan, right?"

Kiana nodded—though it was more that Sirin dared not wait.

However, neither Sirin nor Kiana is planning to sabotage Mei's efforts.

"In that case, I have a simple, quick, and even 100% effective method."

Liu Bai chuckled lightly.

This rekindled Sirin's hope.

She could sense that everyone present trusted the man in front of them.

"But..."

Then a twist of fate caused Sirin's heart to sink.

"Miss Sirin, what can you offer?"

"I..." In her mind's eye, Sirin opened her mouth.

What can she offer?

Or rather, what does she have?

When others are at their wits' end, they can at least say they have a worthless life, but what about her?

In some ways, she didn't even own her own life!

"...Anything is fine." In her mind's eye, Sirin seemed to have given up everything, crouching down and curling up. "Tell him anything...I have nothing left anyway..."

Chapter 233 Lin Qianmu's Criminal

In the afternoon, at the deepest underground laboratory of Shencheng Pharmaceuticals.

What should have been Shencheng Pharmaceuticals's most top-secret laboratory was now filled with irrelevant personnel.

"... Can you guys get out of here?"

Mei securely tied her experimental subject to the lab table, then looked with unbearable glare at the group of people who had set up chairs in the lab to watch.

"This is just me being a little curious about your experiment, Dr. Mei," Rita said with an innocent smile.

"I also want to see 'another me' showing off my skills on the lab bench," Mei chimed in from the side.

For some reason, it seems like the relationship between these two has been getting better lately?

"I don't want to miss out on processing such extremely rare materials—even though I'm not a biologist."

Tesla stood to the side, swinging a wrench around a few times in the air.

"Sirin asked me to keep an eye on you, she's worried about you..." Kiana turned her head away somewhat shyly.

"... I really hope you remember this is a laboratory, not a roadside where old ladies chat."

Mei made a complaint, but didn't insist on kicking them out.

It's just a small experiment anyway.

Mei picked up the special scalpel that Gray Serpent had prepared for her and walked expressionlessly to the side of the terrified test subject— the Herrscher of Domination.

"Waaaaaah!!!"

The doll, its mouth gagged, shook its head frantically—not because it was cowardly, but because the aura emanating from the woman before it was simply too terrifying.

Is he just like the legendary Asura?

A scientist? She felt this guy was more like a serial killer.

"The Herrscher of Domination are like a swarm of cockroaches in your house. You can't solve the problem by stepping on them, but you can at least kill one or two."

Mei ignores the doll's terrified struggle—you can always trust the quality of World Serpent equipment.

The Herrscher of a Thousand was not known for violence, so even with his violent struggles, he only trembled a few times.

"Do we need to administer a sedative? We developed similar medications to capture Herrscher."

Gray Serpent asked respectfully from the side.

"There's no need."

Mei casually stabbed it in, not even bothering to see where she stabbed it.

"Waaaaah—!"

I have to say, the scalpel that Gray Serpent gave me was really useful. With one cut, it felt like cutting butter.

Although the Herrscher of a Thousand is not known for its defense, it is still Herrscher after all... This sword can probably cut through Judgment-Class Honkai Beast with heavy armor, right?

Mei pulled out the knife; it was spotless, still gleaming silver.

Everyone around couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat at the sight—including Gray Serpent —if he even had the ability to "break out in a cold sweat."

"... Rita, is this really an experiment? It looks more like..." The honest child Bianka, asked bluntly.

What does it resemble more?

Slaughter?

Maybe, but Bianka doesn't think it would be out of place to call it torture.

"... High-end experiments often use simple methods—this is what is called returning to simplicity."

Rita reluctantly began to defend Mei.

Although it may not seem like much in itself, she was, after all, a veteran of many battles.

But the aura emanating from Mei...

Rita racked her brains but couldn't come up with a suitable word to describe the current lack of momentum.

Perhaps... just like the analogy I just used, Dr. Mei really does see the Herrscher of a Thousand as cockroaches?

"... Now you know why I'm so obedient, right?" Jackal nudged his old colleague with his elbow. "I'm afraid I'll have nightmares about being tied to the doctor's lab table—but luckily I haven't had time to sleep these past few nights."

"... Thank you for your hard work." Shiora felt that this was the first time the two of them had been able to understand each other so well.

"... This stab was somewhat driven by personal grudge." Liu Bai twitched the corner of his mouth. "Well, maybe it's not exactly a personal grudge, but Mei, you'd better hurry up. This inappropriate scene shouldn't last too long."

"It's just getting used to the feel of it; after all, it's an old friend," Mei said casually.

The dummy on the experimental table, which had just been stabbed, was now shaking even more violently.

What old friend? Do I even know you?

Will she be torn to pieces?

... Absolutely.

Seeing Mei's cold, expressionless eyes, the doll genuinely believed it.

Did I offend her in some way?

Not at all, right? Although Raiden Mei, who looks exactly like her, has been secretly targeted by her, not to mention taking action, none of them dare to get within a kilometer of Raiden Mei.

They are not fully developed yet, and they are not so eager to seek death.

So, since we have no grudges or hatred, let's just end it quickly!

I really don't know you!

Unfortunately, with its mouth gagged, all the doll's "mmp"s turned into meaningless wails.