I'll kill you after I finish this game!

As a friend with a rather treacherous relationship, Lisa had long been used to this guy's relentless tongue. With a relaxed and leisurely expression, she looked at the two women in front of her and said, "So, Eluneore, what exactly do you plan to do? Are you planning to report the Fountain of Life and send me to jail?"

"Humph--"

Elunere gave a disgruntled snort. Lisa Brenner was now engaged to a high-ranking government official, so doing that would only make things difficult for her.

And report the Fountain of Life? Who would do something so stupid and brain-dead at this time of year?

"Let's get back to the things you asked me to do."

Seeing that Eluneore was no longer dwelling on the matter, Lisa Brenner's smile faded. She glanced at the documents on the table, her expression turning serious and earnest, and said:

"If you want to get involved in this matter, I can only give you a no."

Upon hearing that she had been rejected, Elunere narrowed her sharp eyes, but she did not immediately lose her temper.

Instead, she carefully observed Lisa Brenner, who had become serious and earnest, a stark contrast to her previous gentle smile.

"...Give me a reason."

After a moment of silence, Elunere asked softly with a furrowed brow.

Although their relationship was fraught with tension, they were still acquaintances, and Lisa Brenner generally wouldn't refuse work-related requests if possible, but this time...

"This is not something that ordinary people can interfere with. For your safety, please do not overstep your authority to get involved in this matter."

Lisa Brenner emphasized the word "ordinary people" when she spoke about it.

"Do you think we soldiers are afraid of dying?" Elunere looked coldly at Lisa Brenner; this reason clearly couldn't convince her directly.

Although Beatrice is quite lively, she naturally has the courage to step forward when faced with danger.

Lisa Brenner looked directly at Eluneore with a calm gaze and said indifferently, "What if it's a meaningless death?"

It is an honor for a soldier to die in the line of duty, but what about a meaningless death? What honor or meaning does it hold?

"You mean if we get involved, we'll definitely die, right?"

Elunere now understands the truth of what Lisa-Brenner said: the enemy is not simply a murderer who seduces officers.

If they go, they have little chance of success and will likely face a near-death experience.

"At least some of the super soldiers that the Fountain of Life cherished went there, and several were killed or injured. The murderer and vampire case that caused a great uproar in the capital also had inhuman power as the instigator."

Lisa Brenner hadn't expected Ellenore to overstep her bounds and interfere in this matter. Although their relationship was somewhat delicate, she didn't want to watch these two people go to their deaths.

In the incident in the capital, the perpetrator was no ordinary person; literally speaking, he could be considered an extraordinary being on par with 'Superman'.

When Elunere and Beatrice heard that the Fountain of Life's super soldiers had suffered casualties, they fell silent for a moment. Neither of them were fools; they naturally knew just how powerful the super soldiers were.

The two women prided themselves on having martial arts skills no less than those of men, but they were 100% confident that they could accomplish this mission.

"Um... besides the super soldiers produced by the Fountain of Life, are there other superhumans?"

Beatrice asked Lisa, somewhat puzzled.

"The world is vast, and at least until that great man arrives at the Fountain of Life, I don't believe there are superhumans in the world."

Lisa Brenner gave a wry smile; she had thought about the same thing regarding Beatrice's question.

She really wanted to explain the Superman question to the two of them, but that would be considered a leak to the Fountain of Life right now. She was just as serious about her work as Eluneore, so she couldn't explain in detail.

"...Grey Ncruff?"

Elunere whispered a name, the meaning of which would be unknown to most people, but for her and Beatrice, from a military family, it was naturally an important piece of information.

Grey Ncliffe, the creator of the Supermen, is a figure coveted by the high command of various military forces in Germany.

Who wouldn't want to be Superman? This man can make it happen.

"Could the creator of Superman be an ordinary person?"

Lisa Brenner asked rhetorically, and Eluneore and Beatrice nodded knowingly.

Just as Lisa was about to persuade the two not to get involved, and the two were hesitant and ready to give up, the phone in Lisa's office rang.

"Ring ring ring—"

"This is Lisa Brenner—"

Lisa immediately answered the phone on her desk and began to speak quietly with her back to Eluneore and Beatrice.

The two of them politely took a step back, but their ears were perked up.

Judging from Lisa's tone of voice, it sounded like she was receiving an order; it must have been a call from a superior.

Then her eyes widened in surprise, and she turned to look at Eluneore and Beatrice behind her with a puzzled and troubled expression.

That look really made the two of them suspicious and uncertain. Why were they looking at them? Was it related to them?

At this moment, Lisa Brenner hung up the phone and looked at Eluneore with a serious and solemn expression, saying:

"Although it's a bit late to ask now, Eluneore, you probably didn't get your credentials through legitimate means, did you?"

"...What happened?"

When Elunere heard Lisa Brenner ask this question, her expression became tense and serious, as did Beatrice.

So it really is related to those two? However, Elunere's document issues were indeed not handled through proper procedures, but rather through family connections.

Upon hearing Eluneore's silence and lack of a direct answer, Lisa Brenner wore an expression that said, "I knew it."

"The person in charge of the Fountain of Life specifically asked me to take the two of you to see him, but he didn't say what it was about."

Lisa's expression also became somewhat subtle at this moment. After all, she was an acquaintance of Eluneore and Beatrice from the Fountain of Life. If the two were to be questioned, she would probably be implicated as well.

Even if there were problems with their documents, why would the person in charge get involved?

"Um... Lieutenant, are we going to be held accountable?"

Beatrice also looked at Eluneore, the pillar of strength, with a tense and slightly desperate expression.

If she is held accountable and her family finds out about the punishment, her father will definitely give her a good scolding.

She just wanted to be lazy at first.

Elunere glanced speechlessly at this idiot, and although she was a little nervous, she calmly asked Lisa-Brenner:

"May I ask, who is in charge of the Fountain of Life?"

"...It's the name you just mentioned."

Lisa Brenner answered directly.

"The name the lieutenant just mentioned...wait, what?!" Beatrice recalled the name Eluneore had whispered earlier, her face immediately turning to shock. She turned to Lisa Brenner in bewilderment and said, "Grey Ncruff, he wants to see us!?"

"...Let's go then. I'm quite curious about the creators of the Supermen anyway."

Elunere paused for a moment and then readily agreed, while simultaneously giving the fussy Beatrice a light tap on the head to quiet her down.

If she was to be fined because of her identification, she would accept it. Besides, Elunere was also quite curious about the rumored existence of Grey-Enclave.

"Sigh... I hope it's nothing serious." As Elunere's friend, Lisa didn't want to see her punished, so she could only pray that it wasn't anything serious and said, "Come with me."

After saying that, Lisa opened the office door and led Eluneore and Beatrice out.

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At the Fountain of Life organization, those truly responsible for research are all deep underground, because a certain Gray is so efficient and capable that his own value has also increased.

The headquarters of the Fountain of Life was recently relocated, and many scientists were transferred here.

All the well-known talents in Germany have gathered here, and the German leadership, which values ​​talent, naturally has to consider their safety.

After the air-raid shelter in a certain place was transformed, it became an underground base that could be used for research by researchers from the Fountain of Life.

Beatrice and Elunere followed Lisa Brenner, and along the way they saw many horrifying things.

For example, the huge, writhing chunks of flesh and the bizarre creatures made Beatrice's hair stand on end; they were disgusting and shocking.

"Huh—! Lisa, what's that?!"

Through a screen covered with iron mesh and special glass, Beatrice saw a dark, humanoid monster inside a room, howling at her.

It has a long, strange, banana-shaped head, a ferocious appearance, and its entire body is covered with bones that are obviously extremely hard.

Strong, powerful thighs, sharp claws, and terrifying fangs and mouthparts.

Behind the head is a skull-like structure extending downwards, and behind the tail is a long, thin tail that appears to be made up of segments of bone.

Moreover, there was a human in that room dressed as a prisoner, and judging from the way he was pressed against the wall and screaming in terror, he was being used as a test subject.

When Elune looked over, her pupils contracted. It was impossible not to be frightened by the monster's appearance. Her heart skipped a beat, and her hand instinctively went to the holster on her waist.

"Hehe, this is a very efficient killing creature."

Outside the room where the monster was kept, a large group of people in white coats were recording something. A middle-aged man with gray hair heard the surprised voices of the two strange women and explained with a mocking expression.

Lisa also looked over with disgust and rejection. She knew very well what the monster locked in the isolation room was.

"Why didn't that creature attack that person?"

Elunere looked at the monsters and humans in the isolation room. She noticed that the monsters had fangs and claws all over their bodies that could take lives, but why didn't they attack the people in the room?

Could it be that they've been tamed by these guys?

Upon hearing these words from someone who clearly spoke to a stranger, the other researchers responsible for studying and observing this creature all looked over with wicked grins.

Beatrice felt so disgusted by their hostile stares that she almost drew her sword to teach them a lesson.

"Even though it's quite aggressive, it won't attack people who parasitize its own kind," the gray-haired middle-aged man explained with a light laugh.

Parasitism!? What does that mean? Could it be that the man in the isolation room...?

Elunere and Beatrice's pupils dilated in shock as they looked incredulously at the prisoner in the room, whose face suddenly contorted in pain and who was now crouching down in a feigned state.

"what......"

The prisoner, dressed in prison garb, began to scream in agony, and the chest of his garb began to throb violently as bright red blood began to seep from his mouth, nose, and chest.

"Snapped--!"

"Hiss—!"

Under the horrified gazes of Eluneore and Beatrice, the man's chest exploded, a burst of blood erupting from his chest cavity, leaving a large hole.

Then two ferocious claws emerged from the blood hole, followed by an even more grotesque head.

Through the bloody, fleshy opening, you could see a small, cat-sized head inside. The monster cub, with its limbs fully developed, was covered in blood and flesh, and it raised its head to let out a sharp roar.