12dz Chapter 23 Thunder Dragon Horse Imprisoned
Chapter 23 Thunder Dragon Horse Imprisoned
"Three women and one man, at least one of the women isn't a Valkyrie but an Infected? What are the people of Schicksal doing?"
Although it took some time, Raven managed to pinpoint the location of the jackal's potion. Simultaneously, she detected the potion's faint Honkai energy and discovered Asakura Miyuki. However, this wasn't her concern.
At least on the surface, the deployment here seemed like paper to a master of Raven's caliber. She didn't recognize either of the two Valkyries; they weren't even on her intelligence network. And the Valkyries who could threaten Raven, she considered only three: Theresa Apocalypse, Rita Losweiser, and Durandal. Could any other Valkyrie defeat her?
The disparity in strength between them and the enemy was so great that Raven considered outright robbery, but she quickly dismissed the idea. Outright robbery wasn't theoretically a problem, but if it wasn't handled properly, it could easily expose her and World Serpent to Schicksal's watchful eye. If that happened, Grey Serpent would probably consider withholding all her reward money…
Raven isn't like the gray snake with a sense of mission or the mad jackal. Why does she work? It's all for the money! To avoid the client maliciously reducing her payment for any reason, Raven unhesitatingly chose the relatively conservative route of burglary.
Anyway, if they get caught, they can always resort to open robbery.
In short, I'll change my look first and then go scout out the location.
After Raven knocked out and drugged a hotel waitress, she took her to the bathroom and stripped her of her hotel uniform. Moments later, she was disguised and was now the hotel waitress Nata! Now all she had to do was sneak into the target room when the opportunity arose. As she cautiously surveyed her surroundings, she couldn't help but give herself a thumbs up for her foresight.
Standing in the lobby was a petite girl dressed as a nun, carrying a giant gold and red cross on her back—Theresa Apocalypse.
Raven had only seen this person in photos before and knew that Theresa was very powerful when paired with Judah... but Theresa didn't know her, a mere mercenary, so Raven decided to approach her to find out more.
"Hello little friend, how can I help you?"
Not knowing Theresa's true identity, calling her a child is reasonable, right? But for some reason, Theresa stared at her after hearing this.
Raven was startled. Had she been exposed? No, that couldn't be right. Her disguise was so perfect that even the gray snake couldn't see through it immediately!
Raven tried to remain calm, intending to say something with a professional smile, but Theresa didn't give her a chance to speak.
"First of all, I'm not a child! Secondly, I'm here to find someone."
"Who are you looking for? Maybe I can help you."
The raven looked at Theresa with a smile. So she just didn't like being called a child. Never mind then.
"A woman named Alvitt, shouldn't she be staying at this hotel?"
Unfortunately, neither the Asakura family's place nor Kiana's rented apartment, which Rita provided, were occupied. Logically, it was already long after school had ended, and those who wanted to go home would have already gone home. Helpless, Theresa could only try her luck at Rita's subordinate's place—it wasn't a complete waste of time, as she had promised Teacher Bai to take the person to St. Freya.
“I happen to know the way, I’ll take you there.”
Arvit was naturally unfamiliar with the place, but she knew the destination and decided to go in to explore its internal structure.
At that moment, a news report suddenly interrupted the broadcast on the hotel lobby television.
Breaking News: ME Corporation has been embroiled in an economic fraud scandal. It is reported that ME Corporation President Raiden Ryoma is suspected of financial fraud involving a staggering $34 billion. The ME Corporation board of directors has removed him from his position as president, and the case is still under further investigation…
"Tch, they're really rich... Go in there and reflect on your actions for the rest of your life!"
How to put it? A woman in China spent $60 million to acquire the permanent usage rights to a 700,000-square-meter island in the Far East and became the "island owner." Raven's dream is a bit bigger: to have beautiful island scenery and build a villa, but it's impossible for her to spend $100 million! Meanwhile, those people defrauded a total of 34 billion yuan, which gave Raven a sense of satisfaction from "catching them right."
Both are crimes, so why is there such a big difference between risking one's life and fraud?
"Excuse me, waitress, please take me there quickly."
"Oh, okay, okay."
Let's focus on the tasks involving the Gray Serpent and the Jackal right now...
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"Chicken-hair mess, what Joachim said has come true."
Tesla tugged at her pigtails in frustration.
"That guy Ryoma actually embezzled public funds and he's in jail!"
Worse still, if Welt's statement about Ryoma's imprisonment is true, then the possibility that Cocolia framed Raiden Ryoma and then took control of ME Corporation, cutting off this important source of funding for the conservatives, has greatly increased—in addition, there is the possibility that Raiden Mei is the Herrscher of Thunder.
"Can the power of the Lawbreakers of Difficult Principles truly predict the future?"
Tesla could not explain his ability to predict the future using scientific methods; he could only explain it as the power of the Laws.
“Dr. Tesla, just like I said, the Alliance Leader’s order must have its reasons. If the task of bringing people back had been given to Ryoma, then the people would probably be in Cocolia’s hands by now.”
Einstein looked at Tesla, who was agitated by "phenomena that science cannot explain," and shook his head helplessly.
"Is the problem now that the man? It's the power of prophecy, prophecy!"
If such an ability truly existed, any force with a modicum of resources could grow strong, let alone someone who is the leader of Anti-Entropy and the second acting Herrscher.
"Calm down. What we need to do now is not think about these things, but stabilize anti-entropy and carry out the leader's orders."
Walter himself went undercover in St. Freya and acted as a hands-off manager, leaving all the affairs of Anti-Entropy to these executors. Now that the conservative executor, Raiden Ryoma, has been arrested, there will definitely be turmoil within Anti-Entropy. And political infighting is not something that these two beautiful female scientists, whose skill points are mostly in scientific research, are good at.
"By the way, have the people I asked you to send to Changkong City to pick up the people and the people who are keeping an eye on Raiden Mei arrived yet?"
"Don't worry, Chicken Head, I've arranged for several Titans to go together, it's perfectly safe!"
Einstein nodded in agreement. Glancing at the messy lab and the frustrated Tesla, Einstein had lost all interest in continuing his research that day.
"Go home and check Coralie's homework."
After all, it seems like she hasn't been paying attention to Coralie's studies for a while, right? There's no time like the present, so let's do it today.