At first sight, Xiao Huasheng had a somewhat bad impression of the woman.
She felt very similar to the incarnation of Slaanesh she had seen earlier.
That made Xiao Huasheng shudder, instantly recalling some unpleasant memories.
Item Number: Entity-166
Object Class: Euclid
Object Description: Entity-166 could be safely kept in an environment with only the minimum security level.
At present, Entity-166 resided in a Class-B containment chamber at Site-17.
The room was furnished with religious items and other objects requested by Entity-166. She possessed an extremely powerful seductive influence over men. Without authorization, no male personnel were allowed near Entity-166. Violators would be executed according to protocol.
A Daemonette girl. That was 166.
She stood before Xiao Huasheng in a dignified nun's habit. Her allure was so potent that even women could be charmed if they remained around her for too long.
"Who are you? Why are you here?"
Xiao Huasheng did not understand why the Daemonette before her was dressed like that.
So she took the initiative and questioned the Daemonette girl instead.
Hearing that, the Daemonette girl looked surprised for a moment, then covered her mouth and giggled. "Hehehe, you really are interesting. Shouldn't I be asking you that?"
That seemed true enough, but Xiao Huasheng did not want to get too entangled with the Daemonette before her.
"Where is the exit?"
But just then, the Daemonette girl leaned over and lightly sniffed her.
"You have the same scent as me..."
"How could I..."
Xiao Huasheng drew back her head. She felt that something bad was about to happen again.
The Daemonette girl's fingertips gently brushed beneath Xiao Huasheng's chin, lifting her faintly trembling face.
Those bewitching eyes gleamed with amusement. Her red lips drew close to Xiao Huasheng's ear, and warm breath carried a cloying whisper. "Don't be so quick to deny it."
She suddenly extended her tongue and gave Xiao Huasheng's cheek the lightest lick.
That cool, wet touch made Xiao Huasheng's entire body stiffen. The Daemonette, however, narrowed her eyes as though she had tasted some exquisite delicacy, a pleased chuckle spilling from her throat. "Just as I thought..."
Her thumb rubbed the spot she had just licked. "There's a mark here that shares the same origin as mine, isn't there?"
Xiao Huasheng abruptly shoved her away and stumbled back two steps, fiercely wiping her cheek with the back of her hand.
"How could that be?!"
But then she remembered how easily the incarnation of Slaanesh had let her go.
Suddenly, Xiao Huasheng felt as if the sky had collapsed.
Could it be that she was going to become a Daemonette?
The news struck her mind like a bolt from the blue.
Sometimes, even Angels were quite helpless.
"Shh..." The Daemonette girl raised a finger to her lips, and the collar of her nun's habit slipped open slightly with the motion.
"They'll hear us."
The Daemonette girl pressed herself directly against Xiao Huasheng, their bodies fitting tightly together.
"Wait, wait?"
Just like that, the Daemonette girl took the opportunity to push the red-haired Angel onto the bed, gazing at her with those pitiful eyes.
Xiao Huasheng blushed at once, and her breathing quickened.
The Daemonette girl gave a soft laugh, pinned down her hands, and bent over to look at the Angel before her.
"I really want to play with you until you're a complete mess."
Xiao Huasheng's brain crashed.
Fortunately, the thing she feared did not happen.
The Daemonette girl became serious again. She gave a light cough and spoke to Xiao Huasheng.
"In any case, be careful with that blessing. If you ever get the chance, make sure to remove it. Otherwise, you'll become the same as me."
A sorrowful expression appeared on the girl's face.
Xiao Huasheng clutched the bedsheet and replied with a shiver.
"I think... whether I have this blessing or not, it seems to make no difference. In the end, I'll become a complete mess anyway, right?!"
Even the Daemonette girl could not help coughing twice at her accusation.
The girl waved at Xiao Huasheng.
"If you get the chance, you can come play with me again."
Both Slaanesh and the Daemonette girl had come dangerously close to leaving her traumatized.
Thankfully, both of them were very good at stopping just short of the line.
[You were actually looking forward to it, weren't you?] Angela's voice popped up again.
"Of course not!" Xiao Huasheng immediately retorted, her face turning red.
The Daemonette girl lightly rose from atop her. Tilting her head, she revealed a sly smile.
"All right, I'll stop teasing you." She pointed toward the room's door. "If you want to leave, just walk out. The door isn't locked."
"Not... not locked?" Xiao Huasheng froze and instinctively looked toward the heavy metal door.
How could there be an unlocked door in a Foundation containment facility?
But the Daemonette girl merely blinked, her smile meaningful.
"If you don't believe me, why not try it yourself?"
Xiao Huasheng hesitated, but she still climbed off the bed and carefully walked toward the door.
The moment her fingers touched the handle, she discovered that it really was unlocked.
With a gentle push, the door slid open without a sound.
The corridor lights were cold white and glaring. Surveillance cameras hung silently from the corners, while distant footsteps and the static of communicators could faintly be heard.
Everything was normal.
Xiao Huasheng glanced back. The Daemonette girl was still standing beside the bed, her hands folded before her and a gentle smile on her face.
Taking this opportunity,
she slowly made her way through the Foundation.
At the same time, she greeted every staff member she encountered.
But whenever those Foundation employees saw the halo above her head, every one of them was terrified out of their wits.
They immediately fled in a panic.
Xiao Huasheng helplessly shrugged. She slowly made her way into the cafeteria and casually picked up a tray.
She served herself some mashed potatoes and a small apple, then began to eat.
As she ate, she began to think.
Sometimes, she suspected that the portal was not the reason at all. Perhaps there was another possibility: perhaps the problem was entirely her own.
Was her body simply too unusual, making it impossible for her to leave this world?
No matter how far she ran, would she be pulled back into the Foundation after a certain amount of time?
Xiao Huasheng still needed enough speculation to verify that guess.
But at least she had gained a slight lead.
Having been teleported back twice gave her the urge to uncover the truth.
Just as she slowly finished her mashed potatoes and lay back to eat the little apple,
a task force surrounded her.
Facing the black gun barrels, she silently raised her hands, preparing to surrender.
If she wanted to learn some secrets, perhaps cooperating with the Foundation would be a good choice.
At this time,
three months had already passed since Xiao Huasheng escaped from the Foundation.
Inside the surveillance room, Supervisor Jin Li worked without rest. Watching the contained red-haired Angel on the monitor, he lightly bit his index finger.
Then he slowly lowered it, drank some coffee, and said wearily, "Contain her. Give her better conditions. I have something I want to ask her."
Since the death of his adopted daughter, Ku Tang, the supervisor's mental state had deteriorated further and further.
The Foundation was considering whether to erase his memories in order to maintain his efficiency.
But to avoid that outcome, Jin Li had not slept a single day for three months.
All to preserve the precious memories he had shared with Ku Tang.
Chapter 52: Will You Become a Star and Keep Me Company? [1st Update]
When Jin Li set down his coffee cup, the ceramic struck the metal tabletop with a crisp sound.
The blue light of the surveillance screen flickered in his eyes, reflecting those bloodshot pupils.
He stared at Xiao Huasheng being escorted across the screen. The red-haired Angel obediently followed the task force members, her halo giving off a faint glow beneath the fluorescent lights.
"Prepare Interview Room A-12." He suddenly spoke, his voice hoarse like sandpaper scraping. "I'll conduct the interview myself."
The new assistant hesitated. "But you've already gone seventy-two hours—"
"I said, now." Jin Li raised his voice, loosening his tie. The veins at his throat pulsed with each swallow.
He grabbed the memory-enhancement injector from the desk and drove it into his carotid artery without hesitation.
The moment the drug entered his body, his temples began to throb.
Surveillance footage from the day Ku Tang died flashed across his retina. How desperate had the girl been when she was torn apart before her death? Her hair, which she had always carefully groomed... had been scattered all over the ground that day.
There was no light left in his eyes.
"This isn't a containment chamber. Where are they taking me?"
Xiao Huasheng looked around, and suddenly a terrifying thought appeared in her mind.
Could the Foundation be planning to execute her?
After all, she really had been rather unruly, and she had escaped twice.
If they tried to execute her without cause again, Xiao Huasheng's choice
would absolutely be to flee on the spot. It did not matter where she ran, as long as she got away from the Foundation.
But before things reached the point of no return, perhaps Xiao Huasheng could still fight for a chance.
Unexpectedly, when the door opened again,
what appeared was not a barrage of bullets or some terrifying monster.
It was merely a man—a man who looked very tired.
The man in a suit dragged his shadow into the room.
At last, Jin Li sat across from her. Electrode patches for monitoring brain waves peeked out from his cuffs, and blue fluorescence from the injection still remained on his skin.
"What exactly are you?"
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