Chapter 144
The Inuit, generally referring to the Eskimos, live in the Arctic region. The Jackal thought that if it dressed like the Eskimos, it wouldn't be afraid of the cold.
In fact, the Jackal felt a strange chill several times during the week.
Sometimes a sudden chill would even give her a feeling of icy cold that seeped into her bones.
"Hmph, I was mentally prepared for the betrayal. I either died on the spot or clung to Kiana's leg!"
Of course, she didn't believe that she had betrayed the World Serpent first, but rather that the World Serpent had betrayed her.
Because the Gray Serpent failed to come to her rescue, she was captured. At that moment, the World Serpent had to bear the consequences of not saving her.
"That's right, it's not my fault, it's the World Serpent's fault!"
What are you doing?
K422 spoke coldly from outside the door.
Although she had slept all day, she hadn't forgotten that someone was waiting for her to deal with.
Of course, the result of holding Rita all day was that Rita's back was so weak that she couldn't get out of bed, so K422 had no choice but to let Rita continue to lie down.
It has to be said that the habit of subconsciously hugging someone while asleep is really a powerful weapon. She used to complain that Theresa's dream hugging of a girl could kill people, but it turns out that her own dream hugging of a girl is just as powerful.
Fortunately, he only had his arm around Rita's waist, not around her neck like Theresa did.
Thinking of Rita's resentful gaze just now, K422 almost couldn't keep her expression in check.
"Jackal... I'm so disappointed in you."
"Kiana!!"
Although he didn't know what K422 was disappointed about, Jackal immediately knelt down in front of K422.
If K422 hadn't taken a step back, the Jackal would have been ready to kiss K422's shoes right now. K422, dressed in a priestly style today, was wearing a pair of white monk shoes.
"Tsk..."
K422 never expected that Jackal would turn into such a sycophant; his humble attitude left her with nowhere to vent her anger.
Even if you want to vent your anger on the other person for being spineless and shameless, you'll only make yourself look unreasonable and end up losing face.
"Forget it, it won't do any good even if I take it out on you... I was hoping you could still contribute your remaining strength, but those old geezers in the Senate are really bastards, they actually didn't fall for it."
"..."
Jackal was naturally very annoyed to hear K422's complaints.
The clever girl could easily tell that K422 was using her as bait.
But the Jackal dared not be angry or complain. No emotion could escape K422's notice, and she remained lying on the ground.
"I must say, he truly lives up to his reputation as a political old turtle. Tsk, I could never do what that bastard bishop does, targeting other people's children and grandchildren—"
K422 quietly removed the Valkyrie from outside the Jackal's room, and apart from arranging for someone to deliver meals to the Jackal every day, it was practically an open message to the World Serpent that they could take action to kill this traitor.
(You deal with the traitors, I'll deal with the Senate.)
However, the people of the World Serpent were not cooperating at all; of course, it's also possible that the people of the Senate were not cooperating.
They're not stupid.
After all, she's a professional in politics, having played the game for decades. With such a simple approach, a simpleton like K423 would definitely fall for it, and even a rather single-minded Siegfried might be fooled, but the old fogies in the Senate are indeed less likely to be fooled.
Obviously, I shouldn't have had any expectations of those bastards.
With such a timid nature, how could you possibly accomplish anything great?
"If we want to take down the Senate, we must start by eliminating their power."
"Kiana..."
The trembling Jackal muttered under his breath, "I know of several secret businesses in the Senate. They are black market businesses, but they are the Senate's main source of income."
"Well done. Although I won't pardon you or take you under my command, as long as you stay in this room obediently, no one will lay a hand on you. I will also replace this room door with one of the same strength as a bank vault door."
"Thank you for your grace Kiana!"
The Jackal breathed a sigh of relief; her life was finally saved.
At the same time, she finally managed to latch onto the powerful figure in front of her.
Jackal did not reject imprisonment; in fact, it suited her status as a prisoner. The room where she was held was just like the dormitory where the Valkyrie lived, complete with its own toilet and bathroom.
The room is also equipped with a TV, so you can pass the time by watching TV when you're bored.
Although they cannot make contact with the outside world, they can receive information from the outside world, just as Jackal already knows the final outcome of the war between Schicksal and the Shencheng Medicine.
She started the war, and naturally she has to bear the consequences.
As she expected, Shencheng Medicine was completely taken over by the Schicksal. However, it would take some time to fully take over Shencheng Medicine, especially considering the damage caused during the war.
For example, the Europe headquarters of Shencheng Medicine was completely destroyed by a single "Cannon of Flame" fired by K422, from the first basement level to the bottom ten or more underground floors.
"A gift?"
The Jackal's humility left K422 helpless.
If Jackal had been a little more assertive, or if she had had a few more flaws, K422 wouldn't have hesitated so much before taking action.
Ultimately, K422 was not prepared to kill.
Yes, despite how enthusiastically she's been killing, she's only ever been killing Honkai Beast.
Even though she once thought Cocolia was a heretic who experimented on children in orphanages, she only overwhelmed the other party with her aura.
She had read the Jackal's information, and Liv, in particular, had seen through her thoughts and had already prepared the Jackal's resume for her.
As expected of a member of Otto's intelligence unit.
Of course, Liv emphasized that she no longer wanted to obey Otto's orders, so she had long since stopped contacting Otto. Furthermore, because K422 had forgiven her betrayal, Liv was determined to be his handmaid for life.
Although it was Liv showing her loyalty, K422 felt that something was off.
I always feel a weight on my head.
But the thought that Liv was originally a member of Otto's intelligence unit but now she was loyal to her made her feel like Otto had a nice hat on his head.
Jackal's information is quite ordinary; just like her appearance, she is indeed Egyptian.
And indeed, their ancestors included a pharaoh.
However, she doesn't know how to play cards, not even Dou Dizhu, and her hairstyle is very ordinary.
However, like the researchers of the Schicksal, although what she did was not good and she conducted many cruel human experiments, the results of her research did indeed benefit many people.
Just like some researchers conduct experiments on mice, they need to conduct hundreds or thousands of tests to get results.
However, researchers like Jackal, in order to obtain more accurate experimental data and faster results, directly capture live people as experimental subjects.
The Jackal' behavior is also inseparable from the World Serpent Organization's laxity.
Just as the research conducted by the Schicksal's scientists went completely off the rails, it was precisely because there was no Otto to restrain them that they completely abandoned the bottom line of being human when conducting experiments.
Of course, Jackal may never have any bottom line.
Based on the information provided by Liv, Jackal never objected to experimenting on living people. She was a demon scientist in the traditional sense, obsessed with experiments, and viewed those who died because of her experiments as mere dust. Since there was a greater cause of saving humanity, she considered the dead as the cornerstone of saving humanity, an inevitable sacrifice.
There are flaws, and they have indeed crossed the line for K422.
However, the Jackal's bad points were just enough to warrant her killing it, but killing it outright would be too much, leaving it in this awkward position.
Furthermore, she cannot ignore the role played by the Jackal in this war. Although his contributions did not outweigh his faults, the fact that this all-out war ended so quickly was not unrelated to the control system design blueprints contributed by the Jackal.
Jackal's betrayal also successfully brought Kevin Kaslana, the shadowy figure behind True Kiana, to the surface.
K422 successfully locked onto the third force— the World Serpent.
K422 may not care about Jackal's life or death, but she cannot ignore the various contributions Jackal made after his betrayal. This time, Jackal is even preparing to tell her about the secret industry that is the main source of the Senate's economy.
As far as traitors go, Jackal is practically the MVP.
However, the possibility of K422 making good use of such a demon scientist is indeed not high. Schicksal has plenty of high-level researchers. Jackal's amazing achievements are simply because someone guided her research direction.
Once the Schicksal has taken over Shencheng Medicine, Schicksal senior researchers will definitely apply to study the very areas that Shencheng Medicine is currently researching.
Whether it's drugs to combat Honkai Energy infection, technology to modify Honkai Beast, or technology to activate Stigmata.
Of course, K422 would also have blocked the technology related to Stigmata for security reasons.
K422 hesitated for a long time, while the Jackal remained kneeling on the ground.
"It's just pity. Anyway, don't expect to be given an important position. Write down the Senate's secret assets for me."
"Yes, Kiana."
Jackal showed no intention of resisting. She obediently responded, then slowly retreated to the table and used the pen and paper on the table to write down the location of the secret property.
Seeing the Jackal solemnly holding several sheets of paper after finishing writing, K422 could only keep his promise and, after leaving, instructed Liv to change the Jackal's room door.
K422 sent several secret properties of the Senate to Laguna then approached Raiden Ryoma, who was in charge of contacting her.
So half an hour later, Raiden Ryoma arranged for some Anti-Entropy members to attack those secret properties.
After all, it was a black market industry, and both Raiden Ryoma and the Anti-Entropy members who launched the attack had a satisfied expression after destroying those secret industries.
After learning that their secret properties in Asia, Oceania, the Far East, and North America had been destroyed by the Anti-Entropy, several members of the Senate collapsed on the spot, clutching their hearts.
These illegal industries were the lifeblood of the Senate. Once they were destroyed, the Senate completely lost the funds to expand its power.
Do these Schicksal privileged researchers really care about the Senate, whose power has been constantly diminished? What else do these old fogies offer besides research funding that makes them look at them differently?
"It's over, it's all over..."
"Oh no, the funding has dried up, and several experiments have to be stopped."
"Aaaaaah, you damned World Serpent!"
"They actually destroyed our secret industry just because we didn't cooperate! That despicable World Serpent!"
"War! It must be a full-scale war against the World Serpent!!"
The elders of the Senate were cursing angrily.
However, the Anti-Entropy members who attacked several secret properties were destroying uniforms bearing the World Serpent logo.
Yes, long live the World Serpent! So said a member of Anti-Entropy.
159. If that's the case, then I'll listen to Xiao Er in everything from now on.
As agreed, things unfolded as planned: the Schicksal took over Shencheng Medicine's territory, and K422 did not completely wipe out the World Serpent.
"Xiao Er, you big liar!!"
In the consciousness space, True Kiana naturally grabbed K422's arm and started nibbling on it, while K423 stood by with a troubled expression, raising his hands, unsure of who to pull, and ended up looking like he was kneading some kind of dumpling.
"I didn't lie. Didn't I fail to destroy the World Serpent Organization?"
"Still denying it? Shencheng Medicine is also part of the World Serpent Organization. I was wondering why you hadn't been online for several days. If our Great Ancestor hadn't told me about this, I wouldn't have known that Xiao Er could end a global war in less than ten days."
Although True Kiana released her mouth, she still held tightly to K422's arm with both hands and said to K422 in a rather annoyed tone.
The Great Ancestor she mentioned, who was also the Lord of the World Serpent, Kevin Kaslana, even gave her a day off because of this incident. In the Stigmata Space, he didn't hold back his praise and said that he had been caught off guard by K422.
Although K422 received high praise from the Great Ancestor, which made True Kiana very happy, the World Serpent organization also became very bad, just as the Great Ancestor had said. The list leaked by Jackal caused most of the World Serpent members in high positions to abandon everything. The sense of loss from falling from the clouds of power to the mire also sowed discord within the World Serpent organization.
Most importantly, the war ended too quickly. The World Serpent Organization only managed to evacuate its personnel, but it was unable to transfer various valuable large-scale equipment. Although it managed to transfer the research data, it also destroyed the data in the base to prevent it from falling into the hands of Schicksal.
Even though the World Serpent Organization still possesses the data, it is unable to do anything due to a lack of funds.
Just like the Senate, which was dismantled due to the black market, the World Serpent Organization is also facing the embarrassing situation of having its main source of income cut off. Now, tens of thousands of World Serpent members have lost their original status and the organization's financial support. If the Schicksal were to issue arrest warrants for members of the World Serpent Organization at this critical juncture, it would be the last straw that breaks the camel's back, and the World Serpent Organization might even collapse on its own.
Without the mecha force, unable to relocate the Honkai Beast, and having abandoned numerous branch bases, members are beginning to show signs of disaffection. Gray Serpent, a senior executive of the World Serpent Organization, is now overwhelmed with these problems.
It can be said that it was precisely because K422 quickly ended the all-out war with Shencheng Medicine that World Serpent was forced into a predicament.
It must be said that K422 successfully recruited two of the most important figures to the World Serpent Organization.
One of them is Cocolia, who is currently a multi-faceted spy. Incidentally, her identity as a multi-faceted spy has been basically exposed, but Kevin has asked Gray Serpent to contact Cocolia more often, since an open multi-faceted spy is much better than a traitor like Jackal.
Secondly, there is the traitor Jackal, whom we have been emphasizing. As the World Serpent Organization's top researcher and the head of Shencheng Medicine, she possessed a great deal of intelligence about the World Serpent. Her betrayal dealt a significant blow to the organization.
This is like Tesla and Einstein suddenly betraying the Anti-Entropy organization; Kevin would also want to rush to the Schicksal Headquarters with the Heavenly Fire Sacred Judgment and kill the Jackal directly.
"Well, how could a war with a mere Shencheng Medicine be on such a global scale?"
K422 disagreed. If Tesla hadn't developed the controller for the mech forces, and the Schicksal had waged a full-scale war against Shencheng Medicine, and then against the World Serpent Organization, it could indeed have been called a global war.