Chapter 539: Scheming and Intrigue
Chapter 539: Scheming and Intrigue
"It's almost done." Artifex 00 replied.
"His soul is quite troublesome. I've been using all my computational power to calculate, but I can only perform very basic encoding, and occasionally, he manages to break free from my control. However, his brain is relatively easy to handle."
"Even though his brain can heal itself rapidly after damage, its structure is not much different from an ordinary human's. Injecting the highest quality gel and installing some special components will be enough to deceive his mind."
"So, is it successful or not?" Prince Andre frowned and turned away, his expression turning stern.
"I don't want to hear that. Right now, I just want to know, if even the cleanup agents from the past fail, can I send the director of the Scorpio Bureau to deal with him!"
"Almost, almost~" Artifex 00 chuckled.
"The physical aspect is not a problem. It's mainly the soul that's troublesome. If an ordinary person's soul is like mist, then a low-level cleanup agent's soul is like cotton, and the director of the Ecliptic Bureau's soul is like the hardest diamond. Controlling him to do your bidding is like carving flowers on a diamond; it's very difficult to ensure nothing goes wrong."
"So, it can be used, but there's a high chance of it going out of control?"
"Yes."
"...What if we ask the League of Slaughter Kings for help again? They helped you deal with the director of the Scorpio Bureau before. If we ask them once more, they can help you solve the problem of Lyon, can't they?" Artifex 00 suggested.
"It's not that easy." Prince Andre shook his head.
"The Palace of Vigilance of the Cleanup Bureau is very troublesome. They paid a heavy price to barely penetrate the Palace of Vigilance and send down a small force to seal the director's soul. Continuously attacking the Palace of Vigilance in a short time is very likely to attract the attention of the Cleanup Bureau. If that happens, our situation will only become more difficult than it is now."
"Then there's no other way."
"Where is there no way?"
"There's no way with my limited abilities." Artifex 00 spread her hands.
"With my technical level, I can't completely control the director's soul. I can only add some basic commands while keeping his consciousness awake. Once his emotions become too intense, the possibility of him breaking free becomes very high.
Prince Andre glanced at Artifex 00 and said, "Your research on brains and souls is at least a hundred years ahead of all scholars in the Corlock Kingdom. With the same-level materials provided by the League of Slaughter Kings, it shouldn't be difficult for you to selectively damage a part of the director's brain and keep his emotions in a state of apathy, right?"
"Alright... I guess so!" Artifex 00 nodded, then sighed regretfully.
"What a pity! This is the brain of a cleanup agent on par with the level of our ancestors. It's the first time I've obtained such excellent material, but before I could even start, I have to damage his brain. What a waste!"
"Waste is better than losing control. Besides..." Prince Andre looked at Artifex 00's face again and said intently, "Artifex, are you keeping something from me?"
"Hmm?" Artifex 00 was taken aback.
"My dear nephew, why would you think that?"
Without a direct answer, it meant there was something she wasn't revealing.
Prince Andre stared at the unchanging expression on Artifex 00's face, then asked, "If I remember correctly, you installed a soul-probing instrument on 'Secret Pin'. 'Secret Pin' lost contact near the target, so the instrument should have collected the target's soul data. What did you find?"
"Yes, and it was quite fruitful."
Artifex 00 smiled slyly, "His soul is filled with an evil scent, he's fanatical, stubborn, arrogant, and greedy. He has ambitions to dominate everything and a madness that seeks to destroy it all. He feels even more dangerous than you."
"Oh..."
Prince Andre's eyebrows rose slightly at her words.
"So... you quite admire him?"
"Just a little~"
Artifex 00 pinched two fingers together, making a tiny gesture, and smiled, "Since you've figured it out, I won't hide it from you, Auntie. These years locked up have been rather boring. If you win and free Princess Felicia, I'll likely remain locked up. So, it's natural that I don't want you to win."
"And after these two confrontations, you haven't gained much advantage. To avoid a reckoning should you fail, it's understandable that I hedged my bets a little."
"That's fine."
After listening to Artifex 00, Prince Andre nodded slightly, then calmly said, "If I win, you'll be locked up until the day I die, and I'll destroy you before I pass. It's normal for you to seek a way out, and I won't get angry over this."
"It's good that you understand~"
After glancing at Prince Andre's expression, Artifex 00 smiled slyly, "So, do you want to ask what I've been up to behind your back?"
"It's not hard to guess. You can't defy the Time and Space Scepter's commands and can't truly betray me. So, it's probably something insignificant to me but of great importance to them..."
After a moment of contemplation, Prince Andre calmly spoke, "You plan to inform those cleaners about the whereabouts of the woman captured with the Scorpio Bureau Chief, right? Am I correct?"
"Absolutely correct~"
Artifex 00 blinked and smiled, "And if they don't come directly to you but choose to rescue her first, I'll buy you time to prepare against them. Isn't that helping you too?"
"It's passable."
After glancing at Artifex, Prince Andre urged, "Go work. Hurry up and finish processing the Scorpio Bureau Chief. There aren't many cleaners left."
"I'll do it, I'll do it!"
...
"Ahhhh! Stay away from me!"
As the aunt and nephew schemed, the battle on the other side was reaching its climax.
A plump female cleaner, her face flushed with alcohol, let out a drunken belch. Lyon, his face also flushed, grabbed the transparent fishing line beside him and yanked the woman forward, swiftly beheading her!
Seeing their last companion killed, the remaining two dozen Gemini Bureau cleaners lying on the ground couldn't help but sigh in despair.
"It's over..."
"How can we kill this guy?!"
"His strongest aberration is sealed. Why is he still so powerful?!"
(End of Chapter)
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