Embers Ad Infinitum

, “How was it?”

Shang Jianyao replied smugly, “Found something.
I realized that most Awakened have personality flaws.
Sometimes, it really can be bad.
There aren’t many like me—uh, us.”

As he spoke, he deviated from the topic.

Jiang Baimian glanced at Gitis’s male body.
Considering the urgency of time, she didn’t want to involve the other party in the Eighth Research Institute’s matters and nodded at Shang Jianyao.
“Let’s discuss it when we get back.
We’ll deal with the scene now.”

At this moment, Long Yuehong and Bai Chen had already been woken up by Genava.

Due to the incomplete memories implanted and the contradictions they noticed, they escaped the influence.
They treated it as if they had watched a movie starring them—no, it couldn’t be considered a movie.
It was only a few edited scenes.

“How should we deal with Professor Qin?” Bai Chen—who was wearing a military exoskeleton—asked Jiang Baimian.
She had already locked onto the unconscious target through the comprehensive warning system.

Before Jiang Baimian could answer, ‘ Search newn0vel(0rg) ‘ Shang Jianyao spoke first.
“I promised him that he would be dealt with leniency if he surrendered!”

You bought into your own kool-aid? As expected, there are still some repercussions regarding Thought Implantation.
Yes, it might also be a certain Shang Jianyao’s characteristic… Jiang Baimian muttered inwardly.

“This is your promise, so you don’t have to interfere with how we deal with him,” Bai Chen replied calmly.

Shang Jianyao fell into deep thought as if he had encountered a computer bug.

Jiang Baimian then said, “Compared to handing Professor Qin to the White Knights and the various large factions to suffer prolonged torture, finishing him off now might be a lenient punishment.”

Controlling an Awakened deep in the Mind Corridor wasn’t easy for the Old Task Force.
It was unknown when they might commit a mistake.

With Thought Implantation, who knew what would cause the effects to collapse? With prolonged injections of anesthetic, Professor Qin might develop a certain level of resistance and quietly wake up before the expected time.

“Alright.” Shang Jianyao finally nodded in agreement.

Jiang Baimian then said to Bai Chen, Long Yuehong, and Genava, “Go over, eliminate the target, and bury the corpse.
Yes, Old Ge will be in charge of checking the other party’s items.”

“Alright,” Bai Chen replied coldly.

Long Yuehong nodded.
He then looked at Qiao Chu’s corpse not far away, and it was all red.

He really didn’t expect that he would end up killing this Old Task Force ‘acquaintance’ at close range.

At this moment, a joke from back then flashed across his mind: Kill them and turn them into specimens…

It’s all Hey’s fault for always saying disgusting things! Long Yuehong cursed Shang Jianyao inwardly and rushed to the hill with Bai Chen and Genava.

He was wearing the Blackmarsh Iron Snake bionic artificial intelligence armor, so he definitely couldn’t match the military exoskeleton’s speed and ended up straggling.
When he arrived, Bai Chen had already given Professor Qin a short burst and ended his life.

Genava picked up the Pen of Hobbies that had fallen to the side, pulled off Professor Qin’s Maze Glasses, and said to his companion, “These two should be items.”

Bai Chen and Long Yuehong didn’t dare to touch them.
They only nodded to indicate that they would get their team leader and Hey to confirm it later.

Genava then searched Professor Qin, rummaged through his small backpack, and found a pistol, bullets, and explosives, but he didn’t find any money.

“Does he usually freeload using his abilities?” Shang Jianyao had a look of indignation when he heard this.
He no longer had the dilemma of wanting to deal with them leniently.

On the other hand, they found two Grand Knight gold coins and more than ten Knight silver coins on Qiao Chu.

Jiang Baimian then turned her head and said to Gitis’s male body, “You can choose either of the two items.
You can also take half of the other spoils, including the Gauss rifle.”

Gitis played a rather important role in this battle.

“We’ll discuss it after we return and confirm the effects and price.” Gitis’s male body fell silent for a moment.

‘He’ wasn’t an Awakened yet, so his desire for other items wasn’t that strong.

At this moment, Genava and the others finished burying Professor Qin and Qiao Chu’s corpses and cleaned up the scene.

“Should we carry out a search? It’s impossible for Professor Qin and Qiao Chu to come on foot.
Their vehicles are definitely within a kilometer or two of us.” Bai Chen asked for her team leader’s opinion.

“There’s also our exoskeleton!” Shang Jianyao agreed.

Jiang Baimian thought for a moment before saying, “Don’t stay any longer to prevent any accidents from happening.
The most important thing now is to return and analyze our gains, lock onto the target, and report to the higher-ups.”

Apart from Shang Jianyao, nobody objected.

The Old Task Force members disarmed themselves one after another, got into the jeep, and returned to Gesterbourg.
The dark-red SUV driven by Gitis’s male body followed closely behind.

On the way, Shang Jianyao asked in confusion, “What about the bloody disaster?”

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