Chapter 184: Celebrate!! (3/4)
Shencheng Medicine.
The enormous Shencheng Medicine had long since achieved automated production. Production robots handled manufacturing, security robots stood guard, and even cooking was done by chef robots.
The only actual living person was a woman codenamed Raven.
"Sigh."
Life was hard. Raven sighed.
Whenever a woman had nothing to do, boredom was inevitable.
Raven was practicing her specialty.
Peeling apples with cold blades.
Her hands were fitted with long finger blades, icy and frigid as if they had come from Nine Nether. Whenever she swung them, an aura of the underworld spread forth, making anyone who saw them shudder.
Yet Raven used such a weapon to peel apples.
What else was she supposed to do when she had nothing to do?
The bright red apple spun between her finger blades, dancing amid steel edges—dangerous yet beautiful.
It required tremendous control.
Ring, ring, ring~
A sudden call request broke the silence.
Raven stumbled and shuddered all over. The bright red apple instantly turned withered yellow. She lowered her long legs from the table, sat up properly, and accepted the call request.
The caller was Gray Serpent.
He connected only by voice without turning on the camera. That was unusual.
What was there to hide about that ugly mechanical snake face? Perhaps he was in too miserable a state to show himself.
"Gray Serpent, what do you want?"
"In an hour, fireworks as bright as the sun will burn above Shencheng Medicine. Remember to watch."
"Huh?"
Raven could no longer sit still. She licked her cold blade.
"Is someone about to attack us? I'll go get ready to kill people right now. I'm bored to death."
"No."
Raven immediately lost interest.
The excitement she had just mustered vanished in an instant.
"Listen carefully. You must watch these