The Husky in the Wolf Pack (cont.)

After the Gray Serpent made this move, a screen of light appeared in front of the two of them.

Within the light screen, Cocolia stared at the Gray Serpent with an unfriendly expression, clearly suppressing her inner rage.

"Mr. Gray Serpent, I feel I need an explanation."

"You promised that the World Serpent would also send its officers to the Nine Nether, but—where are your people?"

Oh dear, does Cocolia mean that she doesn't know the Raven has been captured?

That's great, it's even more advantageous for us.

After making his initial assessment, Gray Serpent immediately retorted in an impatient tone.

"You still have the nerve to ask this question? Cocolia, I really don't know how you could be so stupid as to let a brainless brat run around with Titans."

"Raven has already told me that after discovering Anne Mar's reckless actions, she judged that Anne Mar would expose her coordinates, so she chose not to contact her proactively."

"And now it seems that she and her team of Titans were still taken down, and Raven's judgment was clearly correct."

"But--"

"Are you saying that our World Serpent's act of liberating Chiyou was too extreme and affected your plans?"

At this moment, the scarlet prosthetic eye on the Gray Serpent suddenly emitted an ominous scarlet light.

"Find out who you are, Cocolia. Our World Serpent's actions..."

"—When did I need to report to you, a stray dog?"

Under the oppressive aura of the Gray Serpent, Cocolia really wanted to curse.

But she didn't dare.

After all, her forces were indeed further reduced after Xing's defeat.

Although I hate to admit it, Cocolia is now truly a stray dog, except for the last trump card she has left.

Even if Cocolia was unwilling at this point, after calming down, she didn't dare to offend Gray Serpent any further.

"Very good, it seems you've calmed down quite a bit."

After confirming that Cocolia was unaware of Raven's capture, Gray Serpent spoke slowly and deliberately to Cocolia.

"I've given you more than one chance, Cocolia."

"But unfortunately, you always disappoint me like this."

"According to my investigation, your adopted daughter Bronya has joined Schicksal."

"And now, your other adopted daughter has also been taken away by the people of Schicksal. Her fate is currently unknown, but..."

"I might be able to rest easy if she died."

At this moment, the Gray Serpent's tone gradually turned extremely cold.

"I'm really in a bind right now—if your two daughters sell you, all the help I've given you will end up being implicated."

"I rarely do business at a loss, but Cocolia, you really surprise me in this respect."

With the aid of Gray Serpent's already unsettling mechanical voice, his mocking words towards Cocolia made Cocolia feel even more uneasy.

However, now that Cocolia knows she's in the wrong, she can only try to gain Gray Serpent's trust to help her complete her next plan.

"Mr. Gray Serpent, please calm down. Although you may find it ridiculous to talk about feelings with you, I believe that my daughters have not betrayed me."

"Especially Bronya. If she had completely betrayed me, with her electronic warfare skills, I would have been located at my current coordinates long ago and surrounded by the Schicksal forces."

"Hmm, that makes sense, but can you guarantee they'll always be like this?"

"That's why I need Mr. Gray Serpent's help this time."

Hearing Cocolia's abrupt transition, Jackal almost cursed out loud.

How dare this woman make us clean up her messes every day!

However, because the organization is facing a crisis, Jackal's mind is actually working faster than usual.

She knew she wasn't as bright as Gray Serpent, and in this important negotiation, Jackal felt it was better to keep quiet than to speak.

Seeing that the Gray Serpent in the image had stopped speaking, Cocolia immediately continued speaking to it.

"Indeed, as Mr. Gray Serpent said, I really cannot guarantee that they will never betray me, which is why I need to take them all away from Schicksal."

"Hmm, so what?"

So this is also good for Mr. Gray Serpent, after all, you wouldn't want your organization to be exposed because of the betrayal of my two daughters, would you?

Cocolia had originally intended to say that, but now it was her turn to ask for help, and the initiative was in Gray Serpent's hands.

Now that she dares to use such threatening words to coerce the other party, if the other party backs out, the trouble she will face will only increase and become bigger.

"So... I hope Mr. Gray Serpent can provide some combat power so that I have enough strength to bring my daughter back."

Cocolia, whose brain was racing, immediately continued speaking to the clearly impatient Gray Serpent.

"Furthermore, Lin Yu has already gone to the Schicksal Headquarters at the St. Freya Academy and will not be back for some time."

"Among the remaining combat personnel, it is estimated that the elites were also severely weakened by Chiyou's uprising."

"If we want to kidnap Raiden Mei, we might achieve the best results if we can launch a surprise attack now."

After speaking these words at top speed, Cocolia didn't say anything more.

She knew very well that Gray Serpent was a person who didn't care about human relationships, only about interests.

Now, if Cocolia offers enough incentives to entice Gray Serpent to act, Gray Serpent will definitely choose to help Cocolia.

Ultimately, Cocolia's rapid rise to power was inseparable from Gray Serpent's covert support.

Because Cocolia was put to power by Gray Serpent knew exactly what cards Cocolia held.

For Gray Serpent, Cocolia is not a significant threat, and they have invested a considerable amount of resources in her.

Even considering the sunk costs, there's a very high probability that Gray Serpent would lend Cocolia a hand after hearing her initial plan.

After waiting for about a minute, Cocolia got the answer she wanted.

"Of the three Emperor-class, one can only maintain its Emperor-class combat power for a short period of time. This is the biggest loss I can accept."

After saying this, Gray Serpent looked at Cocolia and spoke to Cocolia indifferently.

"You have disappointed me time and time again. If possible, I hope this situation will not happen again."

"... I understand, please rest assured."

Meanwhile, on the other end of the communication system, Cocolia received news that Gray Serpent was willing to provide support, but this did not mean that Cocolia could rest easy.

If Gray Serpent continued to curse her in a fit of rage, Cocolia would only think that this cyborg didn't know how to control his emotions and was therefore easier to manipulate.

However, even though Gray Serpent was very dissatisfied with the negative consequences of Cocolia's repeated failures, he was still able to calm himself down and continue to cooperate with Cocolia.

The other party's calmness was not a bad thing, but in the instant she faced the Gray Serpent, Cocolia truly felt a dangerous sense of 'snake' emanating from it.

Tsk, I was originally planning to use those clones to pretend to Alliance Leader and calm those restless guys down a bit.

But now... never mind, if I can bring Raiden Mei back, then none of these problems are problems anymore.

After bringing Raiden Mei back, expecting her to cooperate with me is clearly impossible.

At this point, all I can do is take the gem out of her body and then work hard to fulfill my duty to God the Father by placing the gem inside him.

Strength...

The reason I'm in such a passive position is ultimately because I don't have enough resources.

But this time, as long as I can obtain the Gem of Conquest, my greatest weakness will instantly disappear.

So this time, I must take back Raiden Mei.

Bronya, I hope you really did choose to infiltrate the enemy, just as I suspected.

If you choose to betray me, I...

—The only way is to use the Valkyrie System to teach this disobedient daughter a lesson.

Meanwhile, after the communication was interrupted, the Jackal had to admire the Gray Serpent's skills.

Even though they were the ones who needed more combat power to rescue Raven, Gray Serpent immediately noticed the flaw in Cocolia's words after communicating with Cocolia.

Taking advantage of this opening, Gray Serpent immediately changed its offensive, making Cocolia obediently begin providing them with combat power.

If it were Jackal instead... she'd probably be quickly figured out by Cocolia and put in a passive position.

"However, speaking of which, Gray Serpent, although we don't have many combat troops, we do have three..."

The Jackal had barely opened his mouth when the Gray Serpent interrupted Jackal with obvious frustration.

"Three is what I said to Cocolia. I will use my intelligence network to find out where the Raven is."

"After rescuing the Raven, I will leave another 'me' there to disguise myself as Emperor-class and buy time."

"Don't trust Cocolia too much. If you tell her everything you know, you'll be ruined by this woman sooner or later."

"Ultimately, if Haiyuan City weren't within the sphere of influence of Anti-Entropy..."

At this point, Gray Serpent, who was clearly a cyborg, felt an inexplicable sense of fatigue creeping into his mind and body.

"Who would want to work with such a brain-dead idiot?"

The next day, the Schicksal Headquarters

Inside the banquet hall at the Schicksal Headquarters, Lin Yu looked at everything before him and felt...

—It was filled with tension.

From the time he traveled to the present, only about forty days have passed.

During those forty days, he was very busy and had no time to learn about high-level social etiquette, which he considered unnecessary.

Moreover, whether it was Lin Yu in the past or Lin Yu now, he was just an ordinary commoner.

For him, wearing a formal suit to attend such a high-end banquet, which looks and is indeed high-end, would only make him feel uncomfortable.

Okay, to put it bluntly, he's just a country bumpkin.

When a country bumpkin is placed in a high-society setting, he will naturally feel a sense of unease.

To others, the Apocalypse clan elites, whom Otto was now helping to build momentum for, were calmly observing the crowd, which was worthy of everything Bishop Otto had done for him.

But only Lin Yu knew that—if it weren't for the Cold-Faced Hunk's influence, he would have already started to panic.

Right now, he feels like a husky in a wolf pack—he looks fine on the outside, but he's panicking inside.

Panicked? The thought of the scene you've been imagining almost makes you chuckle.

[You are the strongest male warrior in Schicksal, and have even begun to possess S-rank strength.]

You're not a husky, you're Fenrir from a wolf pack.

[For you right now, why should you care about what other people think? You need to figure out...]

"—You are the star of this party! They should be the ones currying favor with you, not the other way around!"

Lin Yu did not respond after the system finished speaking.

However, in everyone's eyes, Lin Yu, who had been calmly observing everything, moved at this moment.

That direction is—is Branch Leader of the Far East branch?

However, after Lin Yu walked in that direction, he did not engage in conversation with them like the other banquet participants.

At this moment, Lin Yu stopped in front of the food, picked up the plate naturally, and began to eat by himself.

[Um, host, what's wrong with you...]

Although you're probably joking, I think what you said makes a lot of sense this time.

They actually think I'm some kind of husky, I'm such an idiot.

[What?]

Just now, I hadn't figured out the situation yet, and I was still thinking of myself as that helpless little orphan from the past.