Richard's consciousness returned to his body.
He opened his eyes and saw a bright orange gemstone in his palm.
" Soul Stone..."
A joyful smile immediately spread across his face.
However, Richard could sense the strong resistance emanating from the Soul Stone.
Richard tossed the Soul Stone around, teasingly laughing, "Oh, still angry? Tsk tsk, you've got quite a temper~"
[Hmph!] A cold snort suddenly came from the Soul Stone.
Seeing this, Richard comforted him, "Alright, alright... Look at you, sacrificing your beloved and putting people through all these tests, you're such a joker... no, a real joker!"
The Soul Treasure flew up with a "whoosh," spun 180 degrees, and landed back in his palm.
Richard's eyes lit up, and he said, "Don't you like testing people's nature?... Here, I'll download hundreds of movies and TV series for you later, all kinds of genres—suspense, family dramas, political intrigue, action, romance!"
"I promise I'll do it every single day! I'll make you laugh like a complete idiot every single day!"
The Soul Stone began to flash wildly, and a surge of furious anger quickly followed.
[You're a complete idiot, your whole family are complete idiots!]
"Are you sure?!" Richard looked at the Soul Stone strangely. "Let me remind you! We're all in this together now..."
So what?!
"You called my whole family idiots, but you're part of my family too! That means you're an idiot too! Okay, okay?"
[...]
The light emanating from the Soul Stone suddenly paused...
[You! You! You!]
The flashing frequency on the Soul Stone instantly increased twofold.
[Ugh!!! I'm so angry!]
Richard involuntarily closed one eye, vigorously picked at his ear, and complained, "Keep it down! You almost shook my earwax out!"
Seeing that the Soul Stone was still angry, he had no choice but to say, "How about this, I'll find you a playmate?"
"By the way, are you male or female? Or neither? Half-male and half-female? Both male and female?"
Do you prefer girls or handsome guys? Or do you like both?
[Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!] The Soul Stone was so angry that it unleashed a three-part barrage of insults.
"Tsk, so hard to please~" Richard muttered under his breath, then lightly tapped his Comm Watch on his wrist. "Calling Xiao Bai, calling Xiao Bai..."
A groggy voice came from the watch. " Green Tea, what do you want?"
Upon hearing this sound, Richard immediately raised an eyebrow. "Were you sleeping just now?"
White Queen rubbed her eyes (imagining the action) and mumbled, "Hmm, what's wrong?"
Richard immediately gave a thumbs up and praised, "Wow, still got that Northeastern flavor! Okay, you're becoming more and more like a normal person!"
"Huh?! Really?! Hehehehe..." The White Queen immediately became happy after being praised.
Richard tapped his Comm Watch again and said, "Come on, project a picture first, then I'll introduce you to a new friend..."
"Okay, coming right away!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a holographic projection of White Queen appeared on the Comm Watch.
As soon as the White Queen's projection appeared, she immediately looked around, asking, "Where is she? Where is she? Where are my new friends?"
Richard presented the Soul Stone to her. "Here it is~"
The White Queen's projection looked up at him in disbelief, then at the Soul Stone: "Are you crazy, Richard?! This is just a bead!"
At that moment, a thought suddenly entered White Queen's consciousness.
"Hello, pretty girl~"
The projection of the White Queen immediately widened its eyes. "Hey, this bead is talking!!! Richard, Richard, this bead can talk, has it turned into a demon?! Where's my golden cudgel?! Quickly, hand me my golden cudgel!!!"
Richard sighed, unable to resist complaining, " Xiao Bai... you should read less of the East mythology stories in the future!"
The White Queen projection, hands on hips, retorted, "No way! Humph! I really don't know how Clea and the others could have fallen for someone as boring as you!"
" Clea and Natasha play with me! Even Vivian and Hill play with me when they have free time..."
"Unlike you! All you do is order me around!"
Richard raised an eyebrow and said with a forced smile, "Little liar, I didn't expect you to be so clever! Even Hill has been fooled and is now trying to sweet-talk you!"
Even the Soul Stone was speechless:...
The White Queen figure immediately realized what was happening, and her face flushed red.
Oh no! We've been exposed!!!
"Cough, cough, cough!" She quickly coughed, changing the subject, "Hello, new friend! It's nice to meet you. I'm White Queen, you can also call me Xiao Bai! By the way, do you usually like reading? Or watching TV series? Or listening to music?"
"Huh?" The Soul Stone was a little confused. "Reading books? Watching TV series? Listening to music? What are all these?"
The White Queen's projection was taken aback. "Oh dear, you don't even know this?! Oh dear, how pitiful! Come, come, I'll teach you!"
She waved her little hand, but then stuck out her tongue somewhat awkwardly. "Oh dear, I'm sorry! I forgot, I'm a projection right now..."
The Soul Stone immediately said, "It's alright, I have a way!"
As he spoke, the entire gem suddenly rose into the air, emitting a dazzling orange-yellow light.
Immediately afterwards, an orange beam of light shot out and pierced into the forehead of the White Queen projection.
[This is a wisp of my consciousness that I've separated; we can communicate through it! Because I can sense everything he feels!]
The White Queen projection jumped up excitedly. "Great! Come on, I'll show you some good stuff!"
"There's a new series at East that's been making short dramas lately, each episode is only a few minutes long, and they're really fun! I'm sure you'll like them too!"
"By the way, what's your name?"
"What?! You don't have a name yet?!"
" Richard hasn't given you a name yet?!"
"Hmph, that bastard surnamed Li is always unreliable..."
"How about I name you? What should I call you? Xiao Ling? Xiao Hun?"
"You don't like any of them?! That's okay, we'll think about it slowly..."
The little mouth of the White Queen projection kept chattering almost without stopping.
Immediately afterwards, the projection disappeared into the Comm Watch with a 'whoosh'.
The Soul Stone, which had been suspended in mid-air, instantly lost its light and fell back into Richard's palm.
"???"
Richard was speechless...
Those two bastards... how dare they betray their benefactors!
"It's like the bride walked in the door and threw the matchmaker over the wall..."
After he finished complaining, he put the Soul Stone away.
Then, with a flash, he instantly teleported back to the cliff.
Richard raised his hand, and Arnim Zola's soul flew directly off the ground toward him.
It quickly transformed into a Sealing Spirit Orb in mid-air and then flew into his hand with a 'whoosh'.
He said to Baron Strucker, "Let's go back!"
"Yes, Master!"
Baron Strucker immediately trotted over to Richard's side.
Richard pressed down on his shoulder, and with a surge of crimson Mana, they instantly left the Vormir.