Gurgle, gurgle.
Bubbles drifted upward. In the dark depths of the Hudson River, an engineering robot with a mechanical arm was shining its lights as it carefully explored the water thirty-three meters down.
This was an engineering team Natasha had brought with her, attempting to salvage the corpse of the vengeful spirit from the riverbed.
Ever since she had parted ways with Constantine and the others that day, Natasha had been working on this.
Suddenly, her eyes shifted. She leaned over the monitoring console in the cabin and tapped a spot in the lower-left corner of the screen.
"There. Just now, something blue, like fabric, flashed past. Have the robot move in and take a look!"
Following her order, her subordinates operated the robot, adjusted its angle, and headed in the direction Natasha had indicated.
"Oh, I can't believe it. That's a person!"
Inside the cabin, someone cried out in shock.
As the machine drew closer and closer, the image became clearer and clearer. First came a blue sleeve, then an arm. Following that arm downward, they saw a woman entangled in a straw mat and river weeds.
The woman's upper body was exposed, while her lower body was buried in the mud of the riverbed.
Her long hair floated upward, tangled together with the weeds. Her right arm reached upward, the blue sleeve drifting in the water, which was exactly how she had been discovered.
The robot at the river bottom possessed a considerable degree of intelligence. It adjusted its focus and automatically aimed the camera at the corpse's face.
Her eyes were closed, her skin pale, her features very beautiful, like a sleeping beauty.
Several subordinates in the room could not hold back their curiosity and gathered around, enthusiastically discussing her appearance, but Natasha suddenly felt her scalp