Chapter 167

"They're gone." Skadi's voice was muffled, tinged with a hint of grievance.

"I went back to look, but it's nowhere to be found, Captain, Specter... they're all gone."

She raised her hand and gestured awkwardly, trying to explain the seriousness of the situation to Xiao Huasheng.

"One person can't go alone in the deep sea; many Seaborn will come looking for us." She pointed to herself, then to the deep sea. "Hunters are safest when they're together. Right now, it's just me."

Xiao Huasheng watched her struggle to organize her thoughts, and saw her obvious panic.

The Angel roughly understood the situation.

It seems that the Abyssal Hunters, for some reason, voluntarily withdrew without taking Skadi with them.

That seems to be the reason Skadi came ashore? The timing is unexpectedly coincidental.

Skadi seemed a little anxious when she saw that Xiao Huasheng didn't speak.

She swam forward a few strokes, the seawater rippling behind her.

She looked at Xiao Huasheng and spoke frankly.

"You... are on land, you know everything about land."

In the end, to avoid being surrounded and killed by the Seaborn in the deep sea, Skadi had no choice but to go ashore.

Xiao Huasheng, standing right in front of them, was a ready-made guide.

After a moment of silence, Skadi finally spoke in a daze.

"You're a good person, I'll follow you."

"Pfft."

Xiao Huasheng couldn't help but laugh out loud; the orca in front of him was really quite silly.

Skadi tilted her head, wondering what she was laughing at.

At this time.

Weak, helpless, pitiful but gluttonous Skadi stood on the edge of the wave, waiting pitifully for Xiao Huasheng's response.

After hearing Skadi's words...

Angela, however, had a brilliant idea at that moment.

[Manager, I think we could lure this silly orca over to work for us. We're short-staffed right now, and having her replace the Queen of Hatred wouldn't be a bad idea.]

"But... okay, I think so too. But if it's just Skadi, her combat power isn't as good as Abomination's, right?"

After all, in the Warhammer Universe, the Queen of Hatred has the ability to destroy a satellite, so using Skadi as the Queen of Hatred is too far-fetched.

[Yes, supervisor, you should still remember that Armor of Fate, right?]

"Of course... but isn't that in Warhammer?" Xiao Huasheng asked curiously.

[I used my Reality-Warping Ability to create a replica of this armor, right while you were traveling from Mars. It's thanks to it that Phoenix Project was able to complete successfully. Of course, this armor isn't possessed by any random Chaos Gods.]

After being reminded, Xiao Huasheng recalled the near-shutdown incident, realizing that Angela had sabotaged the process.

"So that explains why the energy was dropping so quickly," the red-haired Angel exclaimed in sudden realization. "But what does this have to do with capturing Skadi?"

[An employee who can be resurrected simply by consuming energy—how much benefit could this bring us? Note, supervisor, this kind of resurrection is a perfect resurrection, with no damage to the soul. Even I could be resurrected completely.]

Upon hearing this, Xiao Huasheng's eyes finally lit up.

Finally, I don't have to worry about Angela dying suddenly!

Going to Warhammer has brought them such benefits; it seems that place isn't all dung.

Why are you only telling me now?

[The secret will be revealed last~ Now let's think about how to capture this little orca in front of us.] Angela said with a slightly playful tone.

Subsequently, Xiao Huasheng officially entered the recruitment phase.

She frowned slightly as she looked at Skadi and said, "To be honest, your request is really putting me in a difficult position."

To lure people into joining a company, the first thing you have to do is make it seem like your company is anything but casual.

Xiao Huasheng decided to learn from Emperor and put some pressure on Skadi.

Skadi, however, completely deviated from the expected strategy.

"Oh well."

Skadi nodded blankly after hearing Xiao Huasheng's words, "That's too difficult."

She silently turned around, her red eyes taking one last look at Xiao Huasheng, before stepping back into the sea.

The option of going ashore with strangers was merely a fleeting spark in her mind, quickly extinguished after being rejected, and she reverted to being the hunter wandering alone on the edge of the abyss.

"Hey! Wait a minute!"

Xiao Huasheng was completely taken aback by her reaction and quickly called out to her.

Shouldn't they have tried to get it back more? Why did they just give up and ask for it back?

Skadi stopped in her tracks, half of her body already submerged in the surging waves.

She turned around, looking at Xiao Huasheng with a puzzled expression, her wet white hair clinging to her cheeks. "... Is there anything else?"

"How about this, sign this contract, become my employee and I'll take you away. Only a contract can guarantee your rights!" Xiao Huasheng finally said, directly presenting the indenture contract.

Skadi, who used to be an electrician, naturally knew about the contract, so he nodded.

"Good."

Skadi signed it without even looking at it.

Everything was frighteningly simple, leaving Xiao Huasheng dumbfounded.

"Anything else?" Skadi tilted her head, looking at her through the rain.

"Uh..." The red-haired Angel was speechless.

"Bring her in, I need to give her a good makeover," Angela said with a laugh.

Soon, Xiao Huasheng brought the baby orca into the Lobotomy Corporation.

+1 employee!

Chapter 5: What to do without tools for the crime? [1 update]

As Xiao Huasheng brought Skadi into the Lobotomy Corporation, her external body closed its eyes at that moment.

It turned into a motionless sculpture.

At this moment, the judge, who had already heard the strange noise, stepped out of the lighthouse, and Carmen arrived carrying a lantern.

"Are those things?"

Judge Carmen, carrying a lantern, slowly walked toward Xiao Huasheng, where the noise had come from.

Finally, they found a red-haired Angel with closed eyes and a halo above her head.

Carmen was surprised when she saw her.

"Sankta? Why would Angel be in a place like this?"

After observing Xiao Huasheng for a while, and seeing that he had stopped moving, Carmen placed her hand on Xiao Huasheng's body.

The first tactile sensation was the unparalleled feel of the cement, which made Carmen wonder if she had stumbled upon a perfectly crafted sculpture that had been swept ashore.

But soon, in order to investigate the suspicious points here, Carmen brought Xiao Huasheng's body back.

Family, we've found an Angel, and she wants to come with me!

On the other hand, at the Lobotomy Corporation.

The atmosphere here is quite different from before; the already colorful screen is now covered with flashing ribbons and the word "WELCOME".

Before Xiao Huasheng could react, a sharp voice rang out from behind.

Pfft!

Xiao Huasheng was startled by the noise and turned around.

Inside the monitoring room, in front of the main control panel, stood the blue-haired beauty Angela, though her attire was clearly not very dignified.

Angela wore a slightly comical colorful celebration hat perched on her head, with strands of bright blue hair falling from the brim.

On her usually expressionless, pretty face, a long, straight whistle was now perched on the corner of her mouth; clearly, the strange sound from earlier was its doing.

The whistle slowly curved, and Angela took it off, speaking expressionlessly.

"Welcome, Supervisor, to Lobotomy Corporation!"

"What's going on now?" Xiao Huasheng couldn't help but almost lose his composure when he saw Angela's outfit and the welcoming ceremony that was so incongruous with her temperament.

Angela blinked, unconcerned about Xiao Huasheng's teasing.

Her gaze passed over Xiao Huasheng and landed directly on the somewhat uneasy Skadi.

"Welcome to Lobotomy Corporation, Ms. Skadi. I'm Angela, your... assistant." She tilted her head slightly, her celebration hat swaying. "Don't be nervous. Although this place may be completely different from the deep sea, at least... there won't be any Seaborn pouncing on you at any moment, I assure you."

Angela forced a smile, which quickly vanished.

Although Angela treated Skadi very well.

But Xiao Huasheng keenly sensed that Angela's gaze towards Skadi held an unusual fervor that made Xiao Huasheng feel uneasy whenever she looked at her.

Clearly, the "Armor of Fate Trial" and "Special Induction Training" prepared for Skadi had already made this blue-haired beauty quite impatient.

Angela appears to be obsessed with research.

Skadi seemed a little bewildered by the overly enthusiastic welcome and the unfamiliar environment. She subconsciously shrank behind Xiao Huasheng and muttered softly, "Is it always like this on land?"

Angela took off her hat and the ribbon hanging from her body and placed them on the table.

Then he waved at Skadi.

"Alright, dear Skadi, I'll give you some employee training later... Now, I have more important things to do."

In an instant, Skadi disappeared from the monitoring room.

Xiao Huasheng:?

At this moment, eager gazes were completely fixed on Xiao Huasheng.

"Angela?" Xiao Huasheng stared blankly at Angela, wondering what she wanted to do.

But then, Angela's face flushed slightly as she gasped for breath, clutching her chest. She looked at Xiao Huasheng with a mixture of emotions she couldn't quite describe.

She was only made of flesh and blood, and she also had desires and an unreleased loneliness.

"Manager... I miss you so much. It's been so long since we last saw each other... Ah, those times were so agonizing."

"Angela, something's wrong with you!" Xiao Huasheng's eyes widened, and she hurriedly said, "We're the same soul!"

"That's why we're the only ones in this world whose souls are connected."

Angela's long-held facade of forbearance was torn away.

Her voice trembled unusually as she took a step forward, causing the lights in the monitoring room to flicker ambiguously.

"Now it's just the two of us." Angela smiled.

Looking at her flushed cheeks and those blue eyes that seemed to be veiled with mist, Xiao Huasheng felt alarm bells ringing in his mind—this was not the calm and composed Angela he knew!

"Angela? Calm down..." Xiao Huasheng instinctively stepped back, but her heel bumped into the control panel.

The timid red-haired Angel suddenly noticed that the surrounding air had become thick and heavy.

"I'm calm, Supervisor." Angela shook her head gently, a near-obsessive smile playing on her lips. "I just...missed you so much. Every second I spent in the Library was counting down the days until we were apart, but the situation was urgent and I couldn't...oh well, now I can finally..."

She extended her right hand, her five fingers slightly curled up.

Xiao Huasheng suddenly felt as if the space around her had solidified into transparent amber, trapping her firmly in place, unable to move even a finger.

"Huh? Angela! You used Reality Warping?!" Xiao Huasheng was shocked and furious, struggling desperately but to no avail.

She could feel that familiar power enveloping her in a possessive way she had never experienced before.

"Just to make sure you don't leave me again, supervisor." Angela approached slowly, her cool fingers tracing Xiao Huasheng's cheek, her hot breath greedily spraying against her ear. "You're always so reckless, risking everything to protect innocent people. Your gaze has been away from the company for too long, and away from me for too long."