Godlike Beauty

"Hello?"

Yuri answered the phone from behind the counter, his legs crossed. Four Mutants sat before him, practically radiating tension. At their head, Vanax was being tested on her Inuit.

"What? You want me to come over?"

Silly Bird and the three men behind her, including Shack, lit up. Was the test going to be put on hold?! Hahaha! Silly Cat was so unlucky. She'd passed her test just now, but ours got postponed!

"Ten million?"

"I'm on my way!"

Yuri hung up and met four pairs of delighted, relieved eyes. The corners of his mouth twitched. He understood that strange feeling all too well.

"Boss, is the test going to be put on hold?"

Vanax let out an exaggerated sigh. "What a shame. I wanted to pass on my first try, just like Kate~"

"Heh."

Yuri stepped out from behind the counter and flicked her hard on the forehead. As he watched the silly bird clutch her head and yelp, he picked up a copy of Les Misérables from the front desk and shoved it into her arms. Then he turned to Shack and the other two and instructed them, "Keep an eye on her. Have it translated by tonight. I'll check it when I get back."

He pinched Vanax's little face, which was on the verge of tears, and used both hands to force it into an ugly smile. Meeting her resentful little gaze, he grinned wickedly. "How could a test that's already started just end? No need to feel bad. Once you've finished translating it, you'll pass on your first try, just like Kate!"

"Ugh!"

Vanax looked at the inch-thick "test material" and made one last attempt. "Um... I'm out of lead!"

"Haha!"

Yuri burst out laughing. He reached behind the counter and pulled out a dozen pen refills, then handed them to Vanax with an unusually gentle smile. "Don't worry. If you run out, just come get more at the front desk. There'll be enough even if you need to translate Les Misérables and the Oxford Dictionary."

"Hmph!"

Vanax took the refills and, furious but powerless, threw out one last remark: "Bad boss!"

Yuri watched the four of them take their places and resume their "test." After proctoring them for a while, he went back upstairs alone to change before heading out.

"Boss."

Yuri looked up in the stairwell and saw Kate dressed in a tight black leather outfit, with a cute cat-ear headband.

She held onto the doorframe with one hand and leaned casually against the wall. Her long legs rubbed against each other restlessly. "Could you not go...? I want to mate with you, right now."

Yuri blinked and forcibly tore his gaze away as it began to grow hot despite himself. He lowered his head as two little people in his mind began to fight: one shouted, "I want to mate!" while the other cried, "Ten million dollars!" They went back and forth, battling with gusto.

"Enough!"

Yuri strangled both little people, wrapped an arm around Kate's slender waist, and headed for the bedroom. "Go change into something more normal. You're coming with me."

"Normal clothes?"

Kate wrapped her legs around Yuri's broad waist, nimbly and seductively swung around his crotch, and did a backflip. Leaning close to his ear, she asked in confusion, "I think this outfit looks perfectly normal?"

"Whew—"

Yuri steeled himself, peeled the warm, delicate body off his back, and tossed her onto the sofa. He went into the bedroom, picked out a pure black off-the-shoulder evening gown, and threw it to Kate. "Wear this tonight."

He was about to turn away, but suddenly added, "And find a purse. Bring the leather outfit too."

"Yes!"

Kate easily unzipped the hidden zipper on the back of her leather outfit and took it off in a few quick motions. Yuri glanced at the bandage on her chest and twitched his mouth. He had no choice but to toss her a set of underwear too. "Take that off and put this on."

"Yes, boss!"

Yuri let out a long sigh. Not one of these five Mutants was easy to deal with. With their lifestyle... how was he supposed to feel comfortable sending them out to handle things on their own?

Yuri opened the car door for Kate, then pulled the silly cat—whose curiosity had made her want to test just how hard the door handle was—behind him. He addressed the burly young man smiling in front of them. "Thanks, Happy."

"It's my job."

Happy's gaze kept drifting toward Kate in her black lace evening gown. In fact, he'd already snuck several glances while driving.

How could such a perfect woman exist in this world?!

Yuri knew exactly what Happy was thinking. When he'd sculpted the faces and figures of Vanax and the other four, he'd racked his brains and gone to great lengths. They could be called world-class beauties.

Happy's reaction was perfectly normal.

It wasn't as if he could touch her anyway.

"So..."

Yuri gently drew Kate into his arms. She obediently rested her little head against his shoulder and rubbed it there. Yuri smiled and asked, "I'll have to trouble you to take me to Tony. You know how big this mansion is."

"Oh! Of course!"

Happy snapped out of it. He bowed his head, flustered, and led the way, apologizing as he went. "I'm sorry, Mr. Yuri. Miss Kate is just so beautiful."

"Thank you."

Yuri patted Kate on the stomach, prompting her to thank him too. But she tilted her head in confusion and asked, "Boss, am I beautiful?"

"Cough, cough!"

Happy nearly stumbled and fell. He cleared his throat to ease the awkwardness, then earnestly affirmed from up ahead, "Honestly, Miss Kate, you're the most beautiful and elegant woman I've ever seen. Mr. Yuri is so lucky to have found you as his girlfriend."

"I'm not... Mmph!"

Yuri clapped a hand over Kate's mouth. He didn't want to let the silly cat say another word, so he forcibly changed the subject. "Happy, do you know why Tony asked me over tonight?"

As a professional bodyguard, Happy had let himself go later on because Tony's suit of armor took over the close-protection duties, but he'd always remained reliable in his work.

When it came to anything concerning Tony, he could usually give a decent answer. "To be honest, I don't know the exact reason. But when I saw Tony, there was a man in a lab coat with one arm standing beside him, so... maybe it's some kind of experiment?"

One arm?

A lab coat?

Yuri and Kate exchanged glances. Her eyes were full of confusion and curiosity: Why was the boss looking at me? Did he want me to wear a lab coat while we mated? But I didn't bring one!

"I'm not thinking about you!"

Yuri promptly withdrew from Kate's mind. A silly cat with nothing but mating on her mind—could she be trusted?

As they followed Happy to the elevator, Yuri watched him operate the controls. To his surprise, a red button slid out from behind a panel.

"Tony told me to take you straight to his Secret Garden in the underground garage. This is the only way I know of to get there."

Happy explained with his back to them. He was genuinely afraid he'd lose control again.

Feeling the elevator descend at a steady speed, Yuri thought, What kind of damn underground garage is this?!

Was there really an underground garage fifty meters beneath the surface?!

"Ding!"

The elevator stopped, and its steel doors slowly opened. Tony, wearing a lab coat, hurried over. He ignored the other two people in the elevator and grabbed Yuri, talking as he led him along. "You finally made it! Come on, help me figure out what's going on here!"