It had been a long time since she last shouted this line.
Truly, it was a rare moment.
Even though she was still carrying a burden on her shoulder, Yijinmo was moving swiftly, leaving the Thorn Rose far behind.
She couldn’t break others down into electric currents like herself, or she would have long since become an elusive beauty trafficking phantom.
With the aid of the magnetic field, her speed was still far beyond that golden magical girl’s, even though the latter had enhanced physical abilities—she simply couldn’t catch up to the lightning-fast Thunder Flame Guairen.
After just a few turns, Yijinmo had completely shaken off Alice.
Good.
It seemed those magical girls hadn’t improved at all.
Just like three years ago, they were all fools easily deceived by her.
Unlike Vita, Yijinmo was the embodiment of brains over brawn.
She fought with every trick in the book.
There was no one around, but to be safe, Yijinmo quietly released a trace of electric current into the power grid to monitor the surroundings.
She paid special attention to that elusive Red Spider Lily.
After finishing all this, the girl set the woman on her shoulder down on the ground and reached out to check her breathing.
Still alive.
What a lucky woman—stabbed by the Red Spider Lily’s blade, dragged away for experiments, and finally hit violently by this Thorn Rose’s punch.
Though the Guairen’s recovery was strong, the woman’s vitality had evolved to the level of Guangdong’s Twin Ponytails sitting at the same table.
Moving her palm to the woman’s forehead, faint arcs of electricity sparked, connecting into the woman’s brain.
But after just a moment, Yijinmo withdrew.
The condition of the Lieyan Guairen was… more serious than she had originally imagined. The woman’s entire brain was a chaotic mess, too complex for her to intervene.
It seemed that even the slightest touch would cause the Guairen’s consciousness to collapse completely.
So how did Thunder Company manage this…? She should have been declared brain dead by now, right? How were they controlling her?
Could it really be…?
“Better take her back first and deal with this later.”
Not only the woman, Yijinmo also took the helmet used to control the Guairen along with her. When she had time tomorrow, she planned to thoroughly study the system’s principles.
With Chunfeng and Steel Thorn guarding the house, she wasn’t worried about anything happening to the Lieyan Guairen.
Lifting the woman’s head, the girl studied her carefully again.
Her face was pale, pupils normal, and basic physiological reactions present—she was now a standard vegetable. Whether she would wake up was purely a matter of fate.
From here to her home, even with the magnetic field speeding her up, it would still take over half an hour.
Not to mention she had to return to find Miss Luo. The round trip would waste a lot of time, most likely causing her to miss the upcoming meeting.
…………
“Doctor.”
“There’s bad news… When our containment personnel arrived at the scene, they found that the Lieyan Guairen and the Alpha Helmet were both gone.”
Dr. Wang stopped packing when she heard her assistant’s words.
“Thorn Rose’s doing?”
“…Based on the scene, it’s unlikely.”
“Also, we detected a brief abnormal voltage fluctuation in some parts of the castle’s facilities.”
Just this one sentence made Dr. Wang nearly certain of what happened.
So it was you again, Thunder.
Indeed, causing such a commotion, it would be strange if you didn’t intervene.
“Lost or not, it’s fine. They’re just defective products anyway.”
The value of the Lieyan Guairen had been fully exploited.
All data had been collected, and after the dark energy release, she was half-dead.
The Alpha Helmet had self-destructed at the last moment to prevent reverse engineering.
Even if the ones who took them away were that Thunder Guairen, Dr. Wang wasn’t too worried.
“Should we have the mercenaries continue the search, Doctor?”
“No need. Stop at that. Don’t forget who that one is.”
In all of Jiangnan City, only the Red Spider Lily could defeat Thunder Guairen.
Unless they could bring that mysterious magical girl under their wing or form a partnership, encountering Thunder Guairen was best avoided.
“How’s the meeting preparation going?”
“All is well, Doctor. They’ve shown great enthusiasm for our products, and many investors have already begun contacting us privately.”
When they first arrived at White Night Castle, this team had been turned away more than once, having to endure disdain and scorn.
But now, they could finally hold their heads high.
Hearing her assistant’s report, Dr. Wang’s expression didn’t improve much.
“All right, you may go. I’ll finish organizing the combat data here and come over when it’s time.”
“Yes, Doctor!”
Not long after the assistant left, a small head quietly peeked out from the shadows.
Thin black mist concealed the corners, not alerting anyone.
Just as Yijinmo had guessed, the Hidden Mist’s concealment skill was exquisite.
Even a pervert like the Red Spider Lily couldn’t passively detect her presence, let alone ordinary people.
After parting with Yijinmo, Hidden Mist had set her sights on this “Dr. Wang,” watching her complete the preliminary arrangements, the banquet hall exhibition, and now the intermission.
She also gathered a great deal of crucial information from Wang’s words.
For example…
“Bang!”
The sudden sound of a door opening made Hidden Mist immediately retreat back into the shadows.
“You really are here. I’ve been looking for you everywhere.”
“…Looking for me for what?”
“Of course to pay a visit to our big hero. If the company manages to survive this crisis, your position will rise with it. Even the chairman might have to give you some respect.”
The woman acted brazenly, coming right up to Dr. Wang and reaching out to grab her, only for Dr. Wang to deftly avoid her.
“Don’t be shy. I sacrificed a dress just to keep up appearances for you.”
“Please maintain a proper social distance, Liü Nüshi.”
Hidden Mist scrutinized the woman carefully and recognized her as the one earlier in the banquet hall who complained her dress was wet and threatened to sue the company.
Well then.
Turns out they were all in cahoots—a chain of schemes.
Liü Nüshi sat on an office desk, crossing her shapely legs, and continued speaking to Dr. Wang.
“Just in the banquet hall alone, many have already started considering bidding.”
“They asked me to ask you—what price do you expect, Dr. Wang?”
“My technology is priceless, not to mention the system is still in an unstable testing phase. No matter what, we have to wait for the finished product.”
The errors during the recent combat far exceeded her expectations… which was why she had Liü Nüshi immediately initiate the dark energy release to quickly complete the demonstration for the authorities.
If the fight had lasted any longer, the Lieyan Guairen would have collapsed like her previous samples.
“Finished product?”
Liü Nüshi scoffed.
“Dr. Wang, the company values your project most and has invested countless funds, almost mortgaging everything, yet so far only one usable product has emerged.”
“I’m no tech expert, but I understand your troubles… Isn’t there a saying in computer science? No matter the code, as long as the program runs.”
“A program that runs on bugs—isn’t that still a good program?”
“…You don’t understand computers, and you certainly don’t understand my research.”
Turning her back, Dr. Wang ignored the woman.
She knew very well the company needed money or bankruptcy was inevitable…
But what did that have to do with her?
The technology was in her hands, and after tonight, Dr. Wang’s name would spread throughout the industry.
People rise, water flows downward.
Thunder Company falls, and other companies would naturally extend their olive branch to her.