Chapter 85

Seeing how docile 096 was under Xiao Huasheng's command.

The commander's lips twitched beneath his mask.

At that moment, the communicator crackled with the O5 Council's hoarse command, "Authorize 173-1 to assist in containment."

The Nine-Tailed Fox is directly connected to the O5 Council, which clearly indicates that the O5 is paying close attention to this containment operation.

After all, Xiao Huasheng was involved, which was something they needed to pay attention to.

The next moment.

The twelve team members suddenly moved in unison.

They brought in a standard tempered glass containment chamber and contained 096 while avoiding direct contact with its face.

Under Xiao Huasheng's soothing words, the crying, abnormal creature suddenly quieted down and allowed itself to be taken in.

The transportation process went surprisingly smoothly.

As the helicopter lifted the containment capsule into the air, the commander finally relaxed, and then instructed one of his team members to negotiate with Xiao Huasheng.

Of the twelve team members, one remained where he was.

"Actually, there's something they want us to tell you," the special task force member said as he approached Xiao Huasheng.

"What did you say?" Xiao Huasheng couldn't help but ask, curious.

"Do you want to contain it? You can take care of it?" the task force member said, pointing to the back of 096's head.

Xiao Huasheng politely declined the offer.

What if 096 slaughtered all of her company's employees?

A single glance could mean death; such stringent containment conditions are truly terrifying.

At this point, Xiao Huasheng was indeed starting to resemble a manager.

"If there's nothing else, I'm going to go enjoy myself," Xiao Huasheng said casually as he watched them collect 096.

"Grateful."

After the task force members thanked her personally, they ended the containment operation that was originally expected to result in countless deaths.

As he ate the ice cream that had been conjured up, Xiao Huasheng watched the helicopter disappear into the distance and couldn't help but sigh.

"I don't know if I've made the world a better place."

At that moment, Angela's voice came through.

[The Queen of Hatred wants to play with you, and I think it's necessary to consider her feelings.]

Regardless of whether Xiao Huasheng agreed or not, Angela released the Queen of Hatred.

The first thing she did upon emerging was hug Xiao Huasheng, grinning as she said, "I saw it! You defeated evil!"

"Actually, I'm enjoying peace..." Xiao Huasheng muttered to himself.

"But I think we can enjoy it together," the Queen of Hatred said.

Looking into the magical girl's bright, sparkling eyes, she finally agreed.

"How about trying to work?" Xiao Huasheng had an idea: to let her see how human order is established. Perhaps this would let her know that all of this was hard-won and wouldn't be easily destroyed.

"I'm willing to do anything as long as I'm with you."

The Queen of Hatred embraced Xiao Huasheng and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek.

The Queen of Hatred is, after all Abnormality transformed into an employee, so she must receive the care and attention she deserves.

What if it turns into a snake again?

Ku Tang: I was here first...

Chapter 48: The Magic That Makes Food Taste Better? [1 Update]

"We need to obtain the relic before the 'Wolf Pack' arrives. We should request the Foundation to share intelligence; they seem to have some connection to this relic."

The cardinal, holding the object that was showing signs of abnormality, began to speak.

The nun at her feet nodded slightly. "An Angel who can move, as recorded in the holy books, may be the key to connecting us with God's will and the key to our fight against the 'Crimson Son'."

(PS: The Crimson Son is actually the Scarlet King, but that's how He is referred to in the Horizon Initiative documents.)

The Horizon Initiative is called an initiative, rather than the Horizon Alliance.

A large part of the reason is that it contains many religions, large and small, which are connected by a 'holy book' and share some common doctrines.

Even so, this only prevents different religions from attacking each other.

For the sake of the relics, they will still fight individually, unless the situation requires them to unite against a common enemy; otherwise, minor skirmishes are entirely unavoidable.

Similarly, as an organization, they also have departments for action.

This cardinal, and even the nun under her command, belonged to the unit of 'pastor'.

Their daily work involves educating, propagating, and maintaining the necessary resources for spreading their faith. On rare occasions, they will launch attacks on low-threat cults, but more often they rely on one or two items with slightly anomalous properties to obtain relics.

Correspondingly, with Shepherds came Wolf Pack.

The Wolf Pack is such an extreme action unit that other Horizon units feel a slight fear of them.

The daily work of Wolf Pack is to kill, fight, and then enjoy the spoils. They usually use extremely powerful artifacts in battle, such as those with dazzling light, like wind, rain, thunder, and lightning. They also enjoy using these artifacts to demonstrate the divine power of God to their enemies.

The struggle between the Wolf Pack and the Shepherds was also very fierce, so the two sides argued endlessly over the relic.

Even if Wolf Pack and Shepherds belong to the same religion, they can still have disagreements.

Religions are inherently divided, and such struggles are all too common.

The cardinal, the shepherd, did not want the Wolf Pack to know this.

She needed to acquire the relic before the Wolf Pack arrived.

Therefore, she contacted the Foundation.

"Hello."

The cardinal's communicator flashed a cold light, and the Foundation's emblem slowly rotated.

Feeling somewhat unfamiliar with technological products, she adjusted her voice, making herself sound both authoritative and polite.

"Foundation representative, we hope to obtain information about that 'red-haired Angel '."

"According to our intelligence, you have had contact with her."

In fact, we have contact with most of the Foundation that have unusual activities, and it's fine to say that regardless of whether we have actually contacted them or not.

The Foundation agent on the other end of the line was silent for a few seconds before replying in a steady voice, "The relevant intelligence is classified; I have no authority to view it."

The Foundation respects Xiao Huasheng's choice.

Since she has said she doesn't want to interfere with her during her vacation, the Foundation will try its best to meet her requests.

This applies even to allied organizations.

Sending Xiao Huasheng to contain 096 was already a huge disservice to this lovely Angel.

Faced with this group of religious fanatics, the Foundation certainly couldn't tell them anything.

The cardinal's brow furrowed almost imperceptibly.

The nun behind her frowned and muttered quietly, "They're hiding something."

"We are not enemies," the cardinal said slowly, his fingertips tracing the cross on his chest. "The Horizon Initiative and the Foundation have a history of cooperation; we have even shared intelligence. This time, we simply need to confirm her location, and... whether she is connected to the 'Crimson Son'."

The Foundation agent's voice remained cold and utterly unapproachable. "We have no information to provide. If necessary, please investigate on your own."

The cardinal's fingertips paused in mid-air, then slowly clenched.

"What do they know?" she whispered, her voice trembling with suppressed anger. "They've clearly seen her, but they refuse to admit it."

As the bishop muttered to himself, the nun's eyes seemed to be drawn to something, and she couldn't help but look in the other direction.

"The Wolf Pack won't wait," she said coldly. "If the Foundation won't cooperate, then we'll take matters into our own hands, you damned abelievers!"

She gritted her teeth and viciously insulted the other person in the street.

However, the Foundation gave a completely lukewarm response.

"Good luck."

After saying that, the other party hung up the phone, which infuriated the cardinal. "I knew these faithless bastards couldn't be trusted!"

At that moment, a nun tapped her shoulder.

"Bishop, look over there."

"What?"

Soon, she saw a scene she had never seen in her entire life.

Through the glass, her eyes widened.

In an ordinary maid-themed restaurant, a red-haired Angel dressed in a maid outfit is accompanied by a girl also dressed in a maid outfit and carrying a magic wand.

The two women were serving omelet rice to the guests at the head of the table. They had become waitresses, serving guests omelet rice with a smiley face drawn on it with ketchup, but with a price that had increased several times over.

WTF?

This is the first time in many years that this cardinal has used such a rare and offensive language.

"Magic to make food taste better~?" The Queen of Hatred stuck out her little tongue and drew a heart with her magic wand.

"The magic that makes food taste better." Xiao Huasheng placed her hand on her chest, making a heart shape with her fingers, looking utterly dejected.

The office worker wearing wire-rimmed glasses pushed up his frames and suddenly pointed at the pink heart floating in the air, exclaiming, "What kind of magic trick is this? I've never seen anything like it before!"

Upon hearing this, the Queen of Hatred proudly raised her chin and revealed a faint smile.

"It's not magic!" she suddenly whispered, leaning closer mysteriously. "It's magic full of hope!"

As she spoke, she lightly turned her wrist, and the floating heart, pushed by the Queen of Hatred, quickly and slowly floated above the customer's omelet rice.

When the heart touches the smiley face drawn with ketchup, pink special effects immediately drip down onto the entire dish.

"Please have this enchanted omelet rice, wow." The red-haired Angel read aloud, making a flower petal-scattering motion with a blank expression, even though she had nothing in her hands.

Jingle bells.

The bell at the door rang with a clear, melodious sound.

Someone else came in.

The cardinal and the nun walked in with their heads bowed.

Chapter 49: Master, shall we have some hope? [2 updates]

"Welcome, masters!" the two exclaimed simultaneously, looking towards the doorway.

This surprised everyone.

This kind of shop is probably only frequented by men; it's quite rare to see a nun and a high-ranking church member like that.

"Disgusting."

The bishop looked around at the lustful men and muttered something in disgust.

But after Xiao Huasheng came over and handed her the menu...

"Master, what would you like to order?" Xiao Huasheng asked tentatively, determined to do his best for this job today.

Her expression immediately turned joyful and instantly became friendly.

The disgust and annoyance in his eyes melted away like ice and snow, replaced by a gentleness that bordered on reverence.

"Ah... Angel..." she murmured softly, her voice so low that only she could hear it.

Xiao Huasheng tilted his head, looking at the bishop who had suddenly frozen in shock with some confusion, and then tentatively waved the menu in his hand. "Um... Master? Would you like to order something?"

"Oh! Oh, yes!" The bishop seemed to wake from a dream, and hurriedly took the menu, his fingertips even trembling slightly.

She took a deep breath, trying to make her voice sound less agitated, "You, you work here?"

"Yes, that's right~" Xiao Huasheng smiled sweetly with a professional demeanor. "Today is my first day at work, please take good care of me~"