Click—
The door of the old office was slowly pushed open, and the gaunt figure lifted his head to look at the old desk in front of him.
A red swivel chair stood behind this desk, facing the window beside the desk, with its back to the door, and also to the gaunt figure.
The gaunt figure slowly moved forward, standing before the desk, and slowly spoke, "Bishop, the Abnormal Association is conducting a city-wide search right now. Most of the rcenaries we hired have been intercepted by them, and the church brethren who were out have returned to the eternal Abnormal."
"Do you know what mistake you’ve made?" A hoarse voice ca from the chair.
"I acted too hastily. I shouldn’t have gathered so many people at this ti to surround Loren, and I also put the church brethren in danger, delaying the church’s major business."
The gaunt figure bowed his head quickly and said, "But yesterday, a ssage ca from above, telling us to be careful of possible abnormal situations around us. This Loren is obviously an abnormal situation. The changes in his strength have already far exceeded what he should normally have."
"So, because of him, you caused us to lose a lot of personnel, threatening the whole plan?" the hoarse voice in the chair asked, "Do you rember what I told you before?"
"Do not destroy the entire mountains because of one mistake," the gaunt figure lowered his head, "But if Loren isn’t dead, won’t our plan have a flaw?"
"Loren is an important part of the plan, but not indispensable," the hoarse voice in the chair continued, "If he dies, that’s naturally a good thing. If he doesn’t, we can still carry out the plan.
"Everyone has their value. When the cost of killing him far exceeds the benefits that killing him can bring, then the killing is already uneconomical."
The hoarse voice gradually cooled, "Now, you have caused us to lose a lot of personnel, leading to the absence of an important link at a crucial stage of the plan. You paid such a high price, did you kill him?"
The gaunt figure lowered his head, seemingly sweating slightly from his forehead, "No, no, I don’t know what he acquired. His strength exceeded my estimation. I originally thought I could definitely kill him."
"You had a chance to pull back," the hoarse voice said calmly, "When you realized he could easily handle Mu He and erged from the Endless Corridor, you should have realized that the cost of dealing with him had exceeded what we could afford."
"But he took the ’Ceramic Doll,’" the gaunt figure dropped his head, rasping, "We’ve been planning in the Endless Corridor for so long just to get the Ceramic Doll. Doesn’t that an all our previous efforts were in vain? As long as we can retrieve the Ceramic Doll, we can gain the Archbishop’s favor and receive the Abnormal’s Grace."
"Oh?" the hoarse voice in the chair asked, "Is it ’we’ gaining the Archbishop’s favor, or is it ’you’ gaining the Archbishop’s favor?"
"I, I didn’t an that," the gaunt figure suddenly knelt on the ground, beads of sweat suddenly flowing down his cheeks, trembling he shouted, "Lord Bishop, my loyalty to you remains unchanged."
"If so, have you retrieved the Ceramic Doll?" The figure in the chair seed not to hear the gaunt figure’s agitated voice and asked calmly.
"No, no," the gaunt figure stamred, "Loren’s displayed strength surpassed my estimation. He’s too strong, he’s too strong, he even had the strength to rescue his coach, I originally thought I could definitely kill him and bring back the Ceramic Doll."
His body almost prostrated on the ground, "Lord Bishop, give one more chance, I can definitely kill Loren and snatch back the Ceramic Doll!"
"Oh, how do I give you a chance?" the figure in the chair laughed hoarsely, "Give you more personnel, more important Abnormals, exposing the core of the plan, waiting for the people from the Abnormal Association to co knocking?"
"No," the gaunt figure shook his head hurriedly, "I, I didn’t an that, Lord Bishop..."
This ti, the voice in the chair did not give him another chance to speak but said with a slight sigh,
"I quite like you, you know that, you would go to any lengths to climb up, would think of ways to please , would even plan in your heart how to secretly offer the Ceramic Doll to the Archbishop and sell at a good price.
"You are cunning, sly, greedy, these are all excellent qualities, you should be able to handle this task well."
"No, Lord Bishop," the gaunt figure hurriedly said, "Just give another chance! I will definitely do a better job!"
"Alas," the hoarse voice in the chair sighed softly, "You still don’t understand."
Twisted shadows writhed around, slowly climbing up the gaunt figure’s body, engulfing his struggling silhouette.
"It’s quite hard to guess your thoughts." Another voice sounded in the darkness, followed by the sound of a lighter trying to ignite.
"I’ve already set my expectations low enough for him," the hoarse voice in the chair said, "I left all the outside matters to him, he only needed to weigh the pros and cons, but even this he couldn’t do. Oh right, no smoking here."
No sparks flared in the dim night.
"Weighing pros and cons sounds easy, but it’s hard to do. You knew he couldn’t do it," the voice in the darkness put away the lighter and laughed hoarsely, "When you placed him in this position, death was already tolling its knell for him."
"I am not a bloodthirsty person." The hoarse voice in the chair said.
"I guess when you arranged it this way initially, you didn’t expect the losses to be this significant," the voice in the darkness laughed, "So, are you ready to deal with the Abnormal Association?"
"I don’t need to deal with the Abnormal Association," the hoarse voice in the chair said calmly, "The cost of a blind attack often far exceeds the benefits when at a disadvantage. I just need to wait quietly."
"Aren’t you afraid they’ll find this place and wipe out your base?" the voice in the darkness laughed.
The hoarse voice in the chair replied, "They won’t find this place."
In that instant, a shadowy figure in the darkness seed to realize sothing and suddenly dashed towards the open office door.
But just before he reached the door, it had already disappeared, rging into the hazy darkness.
The night closed in, sealing away everything in the darkness.
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Morin Apartnt
He Ao opened his eyes and looked at the dawn light outside the window, absorbing the flowing power of Dawn into his body.
Buzz—
His wristband lit up.
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