“Kerke, what do you mean by ‘this blood is the monster’?”
Inside the space constructed by Jiang Yuan’s superpower, Hongye Qiu frowned at the test report in her hand and questioned the Head of the General Research Department at the other end of the table.
Aside from the three of them, Ke Lin from the Special Threat Countermeasures Department was also sitting nearby. There were only four figures in the vast conference room, making the strength of the Council of Elders appear somewhat meager.
“I know it’s bizarre. Even our Research Department didn’t consider this direction before reaching a conclusion,” Kerke explained, adjusting his glasses, a standard accessory for top students.
It was a mystery how this old man maintained the habit of wearing glasses in an environment where laser eye surgery was completely safe and risk-free.
“Initially, our research focused on the components of the blood samples brought back by that little hunter under your command. Of course, aside from some essential material components being severely missing, there was nothing wrong with the blood itself.”
“However, during the DNA testing phase, we couldn’t isolate any nuclei from the samples that could be used for testing.”
“But surprisingly, what we found in the samples was…”
“Just give us the results, Mr. Kerke,” Ke Lin said irritably, rubbing her aching temples.
“…Alright. In short, we found a virus in the blood samples. To be precise, they are monsters living in a form similar to a virus.”
Kerke realized he was talking about science with three people who didn’t really understand scientific principles. For a scholar, this was worse than playing a lute to a cow.
‘Virus…’
As the Honorary Hunter among them who dealt with monsters the most, Hongye Qiu silently repeated that familiar yet terrifying word when associated with monsters.
The reason was simple: the driving force of a virus was Magic Power, while biological energy was converted from various sources. If a bacterium or a virus possessed an energy source other than biological energy…
Then its destructiveness would be immeasurable.
“And so the Council of Elders just sent you few to Satellite City?” Hongye Qiu took a sharp breath and questioned.
Nearby, Ke Lin harbored the same curiosity about the matter.
“Don’t be in such a hurry, Miss Hongye. I haven’t finished yet,” Kerke said, adjusting his glasses again.
“We spent some time studying the habits of this monster virus and found that it doesn’t seem to have any interest in living blood organisms… Furthermore, it doesn’t continue to multiply; it only infects dead bodies that possess blood.”
“After being infected by this monster virus, the subjects developed a certain life-like directionality. Blood began to seep from the skin due to hyperplasia, but unfortunately, this monster virus did not appear in that blood.”
“Next, we discovered the most critical issue — these viruses seem to have a sort of mother entity. Moreover, the larger the infected subject’s volume, the more virus it consumes.”
“…Just tell us how you need us to cooperate. Even if I can understand your explanation, I’m too lazy to listen to it,” Hongye Qiu grumbled, prompting Ke Lin to give her a thumb’s up.
“Can you at least respect…”
Kerke was about to lose his temper. Ordinarily, during his speaking time as a veteran, no one dared to interrupt him. Countless people wanted him to teach them a trick or two. Now, he was patiently explaining things to these youngsters, and they weren’t even interested!
Hongye Qiu reached her hand into the air. Crimson Magic Power suddenly solidified, gradually transforming into a katana. A spine-chilling aura suddenly filled the entire space.
Kerke turned his head away, simply choosing not to look at this overbearing hunter. Instead, he looked with satisfaction at Jiang Yuan, who was listening to him without moving…
“Jiang Yuan, you too! Stop sleeping!”
Seeing that Kerke had settled down, Hongye Qiu withdrew her blade and kicked the young man who had been sleeping in his chair for a while.
“…Forget it! In short, we need you and that little hunter of yours to cooperate with us…”
—
Hongye Qiu lay on her sofa at home, reflecting on the arrangements mentioned in that small meeting, glancing at the clock on the wall from time to time.
“It should be about time.”
In her impression, if she called Ye Xin over for a mission, that guy always arrived right on the dot. Therefore, after knowing him for a long time, she never mentioned the mission whenever she called him.
Under her “half-treating, half-assigning” mode, our Miss Ye Xin finally made a difficult choice — to arrive at Hongye Qiu’s house 10 minutes early.
“My dear sister, why did you suddenly think to leave the door open for us today?”
Speak of the devil, hadn’t the person in question arrived? She even brought her little girlfriend along.
“Less nonsense. There’s another mission, handed down by the Human Alliance. The reward is that they won’t interfere with the Star Elf for the time being. The details are on the table. The two of you can share a copy.”
Seeing them arrive, Hongye Qiu sat up and pointed to two sets of documents on the table. After thinking for a moment, she picked one up herself and began leafing through it.
“They won’t interfere with the Star Elf for now? Isn’t that just a blank check? Can’t they give us something practical if they’re going to order people around?”
Ye Xingyao grumbled irritably. He sat on the sofa with Yi Shiyue and spread out the documents containing the mission details for both of them to see.
“Yeah, it’s a blank check. But even if they wanted to investigate you, could you stop them? They’re just doing it as a favor to me. You should know, you were the one who attacked the Human Alliance’s combat squad back then…”
“Ah, haha… I almost forgot about that.” Ye Xingyao scratched his hair and laughed it off.
“What? Tonight? Attend a banquet?”
Not long after, Ye Xingyao cried out in surprise after carefully confirming the words in the documents. Even Yi Shiyue’s expression beside him became strange.
“Mm-hmm. Is there a problem?” Hongye Qiu looked as if she had long expected this reaction. She nodded with satisfaction and asked in an unquestionable tone.
“A problem? Am I, your dear sister Ye Xin, some kind of high-society person? Me? Attend a banquet? And my identity is the daughter of some pharmaceutical company?” Ye Xingyao said, thumping his flat chest in distress.
“Of course. You can look at what needs to be prepared first. We’re going to get your dress this afternoon.”
“Is there some mistake? Why would a country girl like me attend a banquet! I don’t even look… Uh, I… I only look mediocre.”
Just as he was about to say he wasn’t beautiful, he recalled his reflection in the mirror and found himself unable to say it.
This reaction caused Yi Shiyue to burst out laughing.
“It’s not like they’re asking you to be a hostess…”
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