Foundation Angel, Containment Breach! Chapter 24

Just as she was about to reach out, Ku Tang barely managed to pull her hand back.

She suppressed the restless thoughts in her heart.

Forcing herself to begin reviewing the experimental records from this time.

Entity 096 had already been neutralized.

It had been tested by D-Class personnel.

Even when shown its photograph, it had no reaction at all. It merely crouched in the corner and cried even harder.

What exactly had happened to produce such a result?

The Foundation did not know, but it was absolutely connected to Xiao Huasheng.

The immense threat posed by Entity 096 had vanished.

After deliberation, the O5 Council unanimously concluded that Entity 096's execution had effectively been completed.

As agreed, Entity-173-1 was granted extensive freedom.

But its threat level remained Keter-class.

No matter what.

This was worth celebrating.

Of course, those were not the only changes.

The Foundation was fully capable of assessing that the energy Xiao Huasheng had released that day was no less than that of a small tactical nuclear missile.

No one knew how those bullets had contained so much energy, much less why those magical bullets had not damaged the surroundings and had instead almost entirely acted upon Entity 096.

Some unknown red-haired Angel: She activated it but never turned it off?

Put simply, the title of humanoid walking nuclear bomb could not have suited her better.

Another sixty-four hours passed.

Ku Tang had long since left to handle other matters.

Only Xiao Huasheng remained in the hospital bed.

She slowly woke up and groggily sat upright, her hair a complete bird's nest.

"Mm--"

She instinctively stretched both arms straight and yawned, feeling quite comfortable after waking from her sleep.

Then she looked around. The surroundings were utterly unfamiliar.

There was not a single person in sight.

"Mm?"

"Did I transmigrate again and again and again?"

A huge question mark appeared over Xiao Huasheng's head.

For the first time, the red-haired Angel who loved wandering felt that having a fixed home was a good thing.

No matter what, this was far too strange.

Xiao Huasheng had every reason to suspect that the Foundation had once again tossed her into some incredible anomalous containment object.

Just look at old man SCP-682's memories.

Basically, any anomalous entity that was fun, interesting, or full of tricks got tossed to old man SCP-682 to "play with."

Only after SCP-682 had been played into a state of half-paralysis did it barely manage to resist those entities, after which the Foundation happily collected them.

Leaving behind the violated giant lizard, crying like a young girl.

Thinking of this, if anyone said Xiao Huasheng had a good impression of the Foundation, the sun would have to rise in the west.

"Mm, looks like we have to play hide-and-seek again?"

She threw back the blanket and sat up from the hospital bed.

She first looked around. Everything was basically standard hospital-room equipment.

The air was thick with the smell of disinfectant, enough to choke anyone.

Her clothes had also been changed into a task force bulletproof vest.

Unlike before, this bulletproof vest was completely intact, fresh from the factory.

Staring at the black bulletproof vest, her expression was as awkward as could be.

She had realized that any clothing she wore never survived more than three days.

Whether it was the previous D-Class uniform or the clothes Exusiai had given her, none of them lasted.

"Where's the helmet? At least give me the full set of gear!"

Xiao Huasheng tapped the bulletproof vest on her body. She had shoes, gloves, and even tactical grenades.

Yet there was no helmet.

Did that mean this entity had something to do with helmets?

"Could it be that without a helmet, it'll twist my head off later?"

That was perfectly reasonable.

But she had never expected that even SCP-173 would one day have her head twisted off by someone else.

At that thought, all she wanted was to suck in a cold breath.

She had to stay vigilant.

The Foundation was even more terrifying than Lobotomy Corporation. Xiao Huasheng already wanted to go home.

"This really isn't a place for people..."

Still shaken, she patted her meager chest, then quickly trotted away.

For her, this was perfectly normal.

The doctor who had come over with medicine merely turned his head, and this girl had already vanished.

The doctor fell silent.

Angel, containment breach.

After leaving the medical room, Xiao Huasheng relied on instinct to find an area outside anyone's line of sight.

Standing in that area, she rapidly teleported.

Her goal was simple.

Escape the Foundation!

"Let's go. Hide-and-seek starts now."

Holding her breath and focusing, she teleported rapidly.

And in that instant, she flew into a strange, dark room.

The only light source in the room was the halo above her head.

The abrupt change in environment made her want to leave.

"Mm?"

Her attempt to teleport ended in failure.

Someone was watching.

Xiao Huasheng stood still like a wooden doll. Her halo could only illuminate the area around her.

Beyond that range, there was still nothing but darkness.

That made the room even more bizarre.

"Emmmm..."

In the silence, she fell into thought.

Where was the line of sight?!!

Holy shit!!!

That was way too terrifying. Something in the darkness was staring at her.

She quickly shifted through the room, trying to find an exit and leave, but things were not always so accommodating.

After feeling her way around in the dark for about half a minute.

A deep whisper sounded from within the dark room.

"Oh, let me see. Do you have permission to enter this room?"

A magnetic, soothing voice spoke beside her ear.

In this dark environment, however, it no longer sounded soothing. It was a complete and utter fright!

Her scalp went numb.

"Wah!"

"Don't! Don't suddenly speak and scare people!"

This was too bizarre.

So bizarre it defied description. Who knew what other strange things the Foundation had waiting for her?

The voice sounded again, very gentle.

"Oh, judging by the voice, should I assume you're a lady?"

Tap, tap, tap.

Steady, powerful footsteps rang out from the darkness.

Everything beyond the three-foot circle of light around her was pitch-black, making her shout.

"Don't come any closer! Come closer and I'll chop you to death!" Xiao Huasheng immediately pulled a handgun from her pants and threatened wildly.

The footsteps stopped.

"Does this lady seem to have some misunderstanding about me? Good heavens, can not even an Angel understand me?"

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This voice was strange. The Foundation really did have a ridiculous number of weird things.

Good heavens, I really want to throw you into Entity 096's room and let it kick your ass with its boots!

Xiao Huasheng suppressed her urge to complain.

"What are you? Before anything else, shouldn't you at least show your true face?"

The Angel looked toward where the footsteps had come from. She watched warily, already prepared to fight if anything went wrong.

First Spider Sense, then Kawi!

Super-male intangibility, jump five stages to trick off the opponent's underwear, then use a branch for a grab.

While the other side was grabbed, directly stab out their eyes, then twist their necks off.

Quickly! It would be over in an instant!

Setting aside some unrealistic fantasies, twisting off their necks was real.

With Entity 096 as practice, she was already very familiar with this sort of thing.

"Then, Miss Angel, may I come a little closer? Forgive my presumption, but the only light left in this room is the halo above your head."

"You can, but walk slowly. Don't make it so I can't react in time."

"..."

Tap, tap, tap.