Chapter 794

Jackal swallowed and carefully turned around.

Jackal being here dated back to the restructuring of World Serpent and Anti-Entropy after the Honkai ended.

Although the world was at peace, that did not mean the reckoning with World Serpent had simply been dropped. Especially not for someone like Jackal, who had done plenty of things Kevin had not permitted right under his nose. If World Serpent had gone to war with Anti-Entropy and Schicksal back then and ultimately lost, Jackal would definitely have been thrown into a black prison, never to see daylight again.

But the final outcome was somewhat delicate. Kevin was still around, and World Serpent had also contributed to stopping Zero, so the reckoning with World Serpent had to be a little more "lenient."

Thus, every World Serpent executive, Kevin included, had to work hard for Schicksal. Hare and Raven were responsible for "selling off" World Serpent's assets, while Jackal assisted with research into the Quantum Sea.

Everyone remained wary of this mad scientist. All the other researchers had another duty besides observing the Quantum Sea: keeping an eye on her.

And the person Jackal feared most was Lin.

Ever since learning that Lin was the man in the Imaginary Tree who had beaten her into complete submission—and had actually survived until now—Jackal had constantly feared that Lin would take revenge on her. Of all the executives who had entered the Imaginary Tree, she alone had not only received no help from Lin, but had also been treated harshly. Anyone could see that Lin disliked her.

"W-What is it, Lord Lin?"

Jackal did her best to keep her face from looking like she was about to cry. Seeing a mature woman with such a well-developed figure and appearance wearing that awkward, tearful expression left even Lin unsure what