Momo sat somewhat stiffly and uneasily in a chair in the Living Room, her tail drooping over the armrest on the side. It was so tense she did not even dare let it sway. To a Jipuluo person, the chair was rather oversized, and after trying to place her hand on the armrest, she quickly pulled it back. That small action made the unease in her heart grow a little stronger.
The big shot who claimed to be a "Spirit Realm Detective from the Crossroads," but was respectfully addressed here as True Lord Yu Sheng, sat across from her. Beside him was an Argraidean Elf who was suspected to be a senior executive of the Black Dot Group, an Artificial Saintess who looked exactly like someone from the Hermetic Society, and a fox demon with nine tails.
There was also a black-haired, red-eyed little doll only a few dozen centimeters tall, running back and forth across the table. Eileen suddenly darted in front of Momo, her scarlet eyes fixed on the tightly wound Jipuluo girl. "Hey, don't be nervous. This place is perfectly safe—the Dark Angel caused some trouble here in the past, so there are angel remains all over beneath the crust, but they've all been rendered harmless now."
Yu Sheng was quite sure the little thing had said that on purpose. He did not need evidence.
So he cleared his throat twice, casually picked up the little doll that had been causing trouble on the table, and stuffed her into Huli's tails. Only then did he nod at Momo. "You've more or less learned about our situation. Now tell us about yourself. How did you become... uh, Old Qiao's 'laboratory assistant'? How long have you been 'working' in that fortress?"
"About, about ten years, I think, but I