Recruitment

Agatha Strather

Pushing open the heavy iron door bearing a metal nameplate, the nunnery, decorated entirely in metal, comes into view.

One bedroom, one living room, and one bathroom.

In some ways, it is similar to the European Middle Ages in the Human World.

However, all the furniture and decorations are made of metal, or rather, the entire room is a metal partition, with all the tables, beds, and chairs formed by stretching metal.

It's clearly a room designed by Agatha herself, with all the metal furniture featuring columnar characteristics. For example, her bed was pieced together from hundreds of iron rods.

However, the fact that there were no props related to suffering inside the room reassured Luo Di quite a bit.

Although Luo Di does not reject suffering, he absolutely refuses to be disturbed by pain during his rest.

"Mr. Di, I estimate you'll be staying at the Grand Monastery for about a week. My metal house is customizable; it can create autonomously simply by utilizing your metal properties."

You can create a suitable bed for yourself to rest.

"OK."

Luo Di arrived at the corner of the bedroom. As his palm touched the metal floor, wires quickly grew out and intertwined to form a wire bed resembling that of Mental Hospital.

This relatively soft and flexible structure was more suitable for his rest, and he had long been used to sleeping in the Fifth Hospital.

only,

Although it is already night, Luo Di has only just woken up and has undergone a series of physical remodeling processes.

Both my mind and body are in a state of full energy, and I have no desire to sleep at all.

Since that's the case, let's just fulfill our agreement with Agatha and exchange her help for a story.

The two sat cross-legged on their respective beds.

Luo Di continued the story of the simulation practice, talking about how the class monitor came to his home during the winter break and they encountered a regional lockdown, as well as the attack by the Pseudo-Human.

As soon as the story ended, Agatha was incredibly excited, and even stood up from the bed.

"There's definitely something wrong with this class monitor... She ran into the Pseudo-Human the moment she came to find you, what a coincidence! Luo Di, tell me quickly, is there something wrong with this class monitor? Was the Pseudo-Human attack something she deliberately instigated?"

"Let's talk about it in the next story."

Luo Di found it quite amusing to look at Agatha's eager expression and the way she was rapidly inhaling through the breathing tube around her neck.

This feeling of sharing stories isn't bad; at least there's someone to talk to and chat with. Luo Di doesn't reject this feeling now.

"Ah~ I have to wait for the next story! Okay."

Even though Agatha was itching to get closer, she held back. "By the way! There seems to be something wrong with this story. The class monitor is female and seems to be deliberately trying to get close to you, while you are male."

"Didn't you two mate while you were together last night? Humans with her active lifestyle should be able to produce many offspring, right?"

Luo Di paused for a moment before answering. "Humans are rather reserved in this regard. The propagation of offspring requires careful consideration, and I don't have any plans in that regard at the moment."

"Oh, that's great!"

Agatha's gaze suddenly turned strange; her usual level look now tilted slightly downwards. She then nodded solemnly, as if she had made some important decision.

Luo Di quickly changed the subject, "Alright, it's Agatha's turn to share the information."

Could you elaborate on the situation at the Grand Monastery, what I need to do during this time, and what state I need to reach before starting the next leg of my journey?

"This is very simple."

According to the letter from Mr. Hook, the Grand Monastery will cooperate with your "path" and train you into a formal "Hell Monk" in the shortest possible time.

Once you have this identity, you can embark on the next journey.

After all, the place you're heading to could be deadly if your identity as a Spinewalker is exposed... but being a completely neutral Hell Monk makes things much easier.

Where are we going?

"I don't know either. The letter didn't mention it directly. I guess it might be some dangerous Hell's Dark Side. After all, you are a special individual from two factions. The higher-ups probably want you to achieve a completely different kind of ascension."

"The Hell's Dark Side? By the way, before that, can we still carry out the ' Hell Wanted Poster ' and earn contribution points like before? I want to contact the so-called Chamber of Commerce before heading to the dangerous area."

Agatha nodded repeatedly, "Sure! The Grand Monastery's [Sin Chamber] is a place that specifically produces Wanted Poster. Any individual who commits a crime in the True Hell and breaks the rules of Hell will have Wanted Poster directly produced by the Sin Chamber."

Most Wanted Poster are sent to various factions via messengers for coordinated handling.

A small portion of the matters related to the Order will be handled by us... As Iron Pillar Nun, I belong to the Order's armed force, specifically responsible for handling these matters externally, and incidentally, I can also establish the Gate of Demon Ascension.

After your 'ritual' is over tomorrow, let's take a look at the Sin Chamber when we have some free time.

After all, most monks just want to stay here and don't want to go out, so having someone help deal with Hell Wanted Poster the best thing ever.

Furthermore, Luo Di, you seem to possess the ability to spot a prank! Working together will definitely be much more efficient!

"OK."

This is exactly what Luo Di wants.

Just staying here to cultivate feels like something's missing and a waste of time. If I could both cultivate and earn hellish contributions, that would be perfect.

Agatha stretched her body. "It's getting late. I need to go to sleep... I'm quite tired from giving you a massage today."

"Go and rest, I'll just stay in the living room."

"Oh."

Agatha went into the bedroom, but left the door open, knowing that Luo Di would be coming in to sleep later.

The Monk's leather coat she wore seemed quite special; she didn't need to take it off even when sleeping, nor did she require any bedding.

She fell asleep instantly on the large metal bed, and strange snoring sounds came from between the metal pipes arranged around her neck.

Do not look at what is improper.

Luo Di didn't cast a glance at him; full of energy, he had other plans.

Sitting upright in the metal chair in the living room, with hands resting flat on the armrests...

"It's time to go back!"

The projection of consciousness was actively severed.

Buzz!

Steam filled the air.

Luo Di wakes up in his prison cell with a peculiar parchment scroll in his hand.

Looking at the robotic maid, produced by Atom Military Industry, who was washing his body, Luo Di said softly, "I need to see the warden. There are some very important things I need to discuss with him in person."

Even if a death row inmate's words could be transmitted, they would still need to go through layers of approval. Reaching the warden's ears would require even more complex procedures.

But Luo Di seemed to be different; the warden had already granted him special privileges.

The mechanical maid quickly responded:

"The warden has agreed to your request for a meeting. Please proceed to his office with me."

[One night passed]

Agatha woke up and planned to do her usual morning exercise, but found plumes of hot steam coming in from outside the door.

She first glanced at the empty wire bed, then got up and walked towards the living room.

Luo Di was steaming, his body was red, and there were even some wounds on some parts, but he had a smile on his lips.

It was as if he had achieved a very important goal that night.

"Luo Di, you're not asleep?"

"No... I've already rested enough, so I don't need to sleep."

I returned to my own world to do something. Because I became a special Black Spine Emissary, I lost my New Recruit status, and the vacant position needed to be filled.

We just happened to find a suitable candidate on our side, even a more suitable candidate than me.