Sakura Prepares to Assassinate Chang Yuan, and Chang Yuan Prepares to Recruit Her.

"Ah, you disagree? That's a shame. In that case, I'll have to ask you to die. We'll kill a few of you until you're scared enough to agree."

As Chang Yuan spoke, he looked at Velvie and gestured with his eyes.

Receiving the signal, Velvie immediately took out the remote.

She found a button and pressed it.

However, after she pressed it, none of the council members present exploded from within.

At once, all the council members thought it was a false alarm and were about to get angry.

But who knew that in the next second, one council member clutched his stomach and fell to the ground in agony.

"I forgot to mention, these things don't just explode; they can also cause you to thrash around wildly. They can even forcefully rupture your stomach. So, you can just die slowly in pain.

After all, compared to instant death, perhaps this is how you'll truly feel fear, won't you?"

"Ah—! I'll give up my power! I'll hand over all my authority and wealth! Spare me! Ah—!"

Only by experiencing it firsthand could one truly understand how excruciating the pain was.

It was like swallowing a hedgehog, and that hedgehog was still alive and kicking inside your stomach.

It was one thing to be nauseous and have your insides churning, but the pain of being stabbed by the stomach lining was another matter entirely.

Seeing their colleague give in, the remaining council members all swallowed hard.

However, they still didn't agree. They were convinced that Chang Yuan wouldn't dare kill them; he only dared to scare them.

Seeing their stubbornness, Chang Yuan looked at Velvie again.

Velvie didn't hesitate any longer and let everyone experience the sensation.

In an instant, the entire conference room was filled with everyone's pained cries.

Of course, Mebius, Chang Yuan, and Velvie were all seated on a high platform, watching like an audience.

After giving them about ten minutes, Chang Yuan finally had Velvie stop.

Looking at the council members, who were already sweating profusely from the pain, Chang Yuan spoke again like a demon, "What have you all decided now? Or do you really want to experience the feeling of dying in agony?"

"No, we agree."

"That's right, that's right. It's just power, we'll give it to you."

For the first time, the council members agreed in such unison.

There was no other way; the feeling of living a fate worse than death was too unbearable.

If they could, they never wanted to experience it again in their lives.

Of course, agreeing was one thing, but once they returned, they would definitely find a way to deal with these robots.

At that time, they would make Chang Yuan, Velvie, and Mebius pay.

Seeing their fawning expressions, Chang Yuan immediately understood their intentions.

Unfortunately, they would never know that these nanobots also had the ability to monitor.

If anyone dared to secretly tamper with them, he wouldn't mind detonating one or simply letting them die in pain.

After all, as he said before, compared to instant death, only prolonged pain could make them remember.

"Alright, you can leave now. I want to see results within a day."

With Chang Yuan's permission, all the council members wiped the sweat from their brows and stood up.

They then hurriedly left the conference room that had held their torment.

As soon as they exited the conference room, the fawning expressions on all the council members' faces immediately turned sinister.

One of the council members immediately took out his phone and contacted Poison Pupa.

"Forget-me-not, I need you to kill someone. No, three people. I'll give you their information later."

"...Understood."

Hearing that she had to act again, Sakura looked at Ling, who was waiting for her not far away, and felt a bit annoyed.

Why did those guys have to show up now, of all times? It was a rare day for her to spend with Ling.

But there was nothing she could do. One had to bow their head under the eaves of another's house.

Although she wasn't afraid of those council members, her sister wasn't.

She knew that not far from her home, there were eyes and ears everywhere belonging to those people.

They were there to keep an eye on her and her sister.

This was the only way they could better control her.

"Sister, why are you back so late? Didn't you say we weren't going to talk about work today?"

Seeing that her sister had finally finished her call, Ling pouted in dissatisfaction.

They had agreed at the beginning that today would be spent playing, not working.

"Sorry, Ling. I had some urgent work come up. I'm sorry."

Sakura ruffled Ling's head, her voice filled with guilt.

She didn't even know how many times she had broken her promises to Ling.

Hearing that her sister had more work, Ling's pouting expression turned into helplessness.

"Then, Sister, can you give me a hug before you leave?"

"...Mm."

Sakura couldn't refuse such a small request.

After hugging her sister, Sakura turned to leave, leaving Ling to wander the amusement park alone.

But she didn't notice that as she turned away, her sister's eyes held not reluctance at parting, but worry.

Perhaps she didn't even realize that her sister had already guessed what her job was.

Ling simply didn't say it out loud.

Meanwhile, the council member quickly sent Chang Yuan and the others' information to Sakura.

Seeing the mission list, Sakura's eyes remained unfazed. After all, many of her past assassination targets had been high-ranking officials.

These were just a doctor and a vice-captain, with the rest being some unknown ordinary genius.

"Heh, why are these guys so impatient? They're already trying to have us assassinated the moment they step out of the conference room."

Having perfectly overheard the words of the council members who had just left, Chang Yuan said with a smile, resting his chin on one hand.

"So, should we kill the chicken to scare the monkeys?"

Velvie asked Chang Yuan, who still showed no signs of nervousness or fear.

"No need. I'm actually looking forward to that assassin showing up soon."

After all, this was the person who, in the original story, could capture Qianjie alive after becoming a Fusion Warrior.

This was, in a way, comparable to the power of a Herrscher.

The only condition Dr. Mei had set for recruiting Sakura was to guarantee Ling's absolute safety.

He could also fulfill this condition, so why couldn't he have Sakura become his subordinate?

"You, you might not be afraid of assassination, but what about Meibius and me? We're both completely ordinary people, you know!"

"Huh? You haven't injected yourself with the Honkai-resistant Serum?"

"Uh, yes, I have."

"Then what kind of ordinary person are you now? An ordinary person whose grip strength is at least a ton? Or someone who can jump from the fifth floor without a scratch?"

In an instant, Velvie was left speechless by Chang Yuan's words.