Is there anyone who really wants to be a partner of justice?

"The target of the mission has died, and the mission has been aborted."

"what?"

Chapter 29: No matter whether they are human or not, all of them will be sentenced to death!

After Kaoru Kiba dealt with the poisonous scorpion monster, he returned to the van he was riding in and carefully searched the van for any clues.

The cell phone placed in front of the driver's seat naturally did not escape her attention. After opening the phone and searching, Kaoru Kiba called back the last anonymous call that the Scorpion Monster received.

"Hey, is the mission accomplished, Scorpion?"

"..."

Kiba Kaoru was slightly stunned. She was very familiar with this voice. Her eyes gradually became cold and she responded, "I was wondering when Clover Company became so high-profile that they actually let the executives go on a killing spree in the school...

If it's you, then there's nothing to be surprised about. I heard that you defected from Clover Company yesterday and had a big fight with the three leaders? And you've already developed your own offline business so quickly... I'm afraid you've been preparing for this for a long time, right? Sanada Masamune. "

The voice on the other end of the phone paused for a moment, and then rang again: "Since you are the one answering the phone, it seems that the mission has failed... Dr. Kiba, how long has it been since we last met?"

Kiba Kaoru snorted coldly and continued, "I definitely won't count. If possible, I'd rather see your corpse when we meet. However, since we've turned into monsters, I'm afraid there won't even be corpses."

"You are still so opposed to evolution..."

"Are you sure that's evolution? Can a technology that completely alienates human nature be considered evolution? Stop using the word evolution to justify yourself. From the moment this technology was born, it has brought nothing but death and pain!"

Kiba was visibly more excited when he mentioned this, and his previously calm tone turned angry.

However, Kiba quickly calmed down his excitement and returned to his initial calmness before asking, "Of course, I don't expect a madman like you to turn back from your wrong path. I still like your stubborn attitude, so that I can kill you with a clear conscience when I finally make my move."

"...That's really sad. We could have been on the same side and become geniuses who created the future together..."

"No, we were never on the same side from the beginning." Kiba Kaoru rejected it without hesitation, and then asked: "So what are you planning this time, you lunatic? If you kill like this, Clover will regard you as a thorn in their side."

"I have already broken off relations with them. An organization that is wavering and indecisive will only hinder my progress. As for the plan... hehe, do you think I will tell you? Ms. Kiba, you are outstanding as a new human. Why do you have to worry about your identity? It is better to be proud of being a new human. Because a new era is about to come!"

After saying that, Sanada Masamune hung up the phone, and Kiba Kaoru narrowed her eyes, snorted coldly, and put the phone in her arms. She really wanted to crush this thing with a slap, but if she did that, she would lose the way to find Sanada Masamune through the phone.

I don't know what kind of crazy thing this madman is planning. I feel a little uneasy...

"Wow, let me see what I found."

"?!"

Kiba Kaoru was startled, looked up at Shinichi who had been leaning against the car for who knows how long, and asked: "How long have you been here?"

Shinichi grinned and replied, "Ha~ I've been here since you called."

"..."

"Hey, Ms. Kiba, how are you going to deal with me, an outsider who knows some secrets that he shouldn't know?"

"..." After a moment of silence, Kiba smiled knowingly and said, "Then why don't I just make you my wife?"

"what?"

This answer made Shinichi completely helpless. Doesn't this Miss Kiba have a sense of humor?

Kiba squinted his eyes lazily and said, "Takahashi, please rest assured that I don't have that idea. Apart from other things, as partners, we must share this information with each other in the future.

Likewise, I will not stop Mr. Takahashi from wanting to know more about this. I hope you can be more honest with us, and please don’t hesitate to share any news you have.”

"is it?"

Shinichi raised his eyebrows. It was not bad to have such a good-looking and open-minded boss. Shinichi asked tentatively: "Then I won't hide it. Ms. Kiba, you are not a human being, are you?"

Shinichi searched for the SS-level Centaur monster according to the system's instructions, and in the end the only one he could find was Kaoru Kiba in front of him, so he had already guessed her secret to some extent.

"...Mr. Takahashi, could you be a little more polite?"

"OK, then dear Miss Kiba, you are not a human, right?"

"..." Kiba gave a polite yet awkward smile and stopped bothering to correct Shinichi's words.

She pulled her sunglasses down her nose, revealing her eyes behind the sunglasses. Only then did Shinichi realize that Kaoru Kiba's eyes were not black, but gray. No wonder she wore sunglasses, this gray pupil was indeed quite eye-catching.

After showing it to Shinichi, Kiba put up his sunglasses and said, "Mr. Takahashi, you guessed right, I am indeed a weirdo, and even in terms of purity, I am purer than most weirdos, so much so that it directly affects some of my physical signs.

But I think that as long as I still have a human heart and fight for humanity, then I am still a human being... Mr. Takahashi, what do you think? Do you think I am a human being or a monster? "

Shinichi responded nonchalantly, "Is it important? Apart from the monster's incomparable body, sometimes the difference between people is greater than that between people and monsters. As long as you don't care about the physical difference, no one can define whether you are a human or a monster."

"Mr. Takahashi, do you think so?"

"uh-huh."

Kaoru Kiba asked again: "Well... since you, Mr. Takahashi, believe that there is no difference between humans, humans, and monsters, why are you so determined to destroy monsters? In your eyes, they should be no different from humans, right?"

"Yeah? So what if they are weirdos, so what if they are human beings, will it affect my ability to kill the scum?"

"……what?"

Shinichi rolled his eyes and responded speechlessly: "Hey, Ms. Kiba, just because monsters can be seen as human beings, can we forgive their mistakes? What kind of logic is this? Murderers are sentenced to death when they are brought to court, and you, a monster, can be exonerated when you kill someone in court?"

Kiba suddenly felt like he had an epiphany. He nodded and muttered, "...Um, it seems, it is indeed like this..."

"So what's the point of getting hung up on this? The weirdos are breaking the law, so why bother about whether they're human or not? Just give them a death sentence! Execute immediately!"

"Pfft~"

Kiba was amused by Shinichi's exaggerated tone. After laughing a few times, she asked curiously, "So, Mr. Takahashi, is this your motivation for eliminating monsters? No matter if they are monsters or humans, you treat them equally and strike hard at them as long as they break the law?"

"Hey, don't think I'm so noble. I'm just trying to make money. Do you believe me?"

Kiba naturally didn't believe it. How could you make money by killing monsters? The reason he found was too far-fetched. As someone who could express such a clear thought, Kiba naturally didn't think that Takahashi Shinichi's motivation would be so tacky.

But, I heard that some people are just like this... I think, they are called tsunderes? Tsunderes don't like others to point out their thoughts...

So, Kiba followed Shinichi's words and said, "Well, since Mr. Takahashi said so, then I believe it~"

Shinichi curled his lips slightly when he heard Kiba's answer. Although he was quite satisfied with the answer, he didn't know why he always felt that this woman was thinking something that would make him very unhappy...

While Shinichi was thinking, Kiba pulled a suitcase out of the trunk of the van and handed it to Shinichi.

"What is this?"

"Mr. Takahashi loves money, doesn't he? There are 10 million yen in cash in here. I found it in the van. It's not much for me, so I'll give it to you, Mr. Takahashi."

"..."

1000W... Well, the system paid the salary pretty quickly this time...

Chapter 25: years ago

Shinichi was not polite. After all, it was supposed to be his. He accepted it with confidence. He counted the amount and found it was indeed 1000 million, no more, no less...

After counting his wages, Shinichi continued to ask questions, he still had some questions he wanted to clarify.

Especially the person who was on the phone with Kaoru Kiba, because he heard a familiar name from Kaoru Kiba's mouth, Masamune Sanada.

This name is so familiar, isn't it the cheap idiot dad who snatched people from him yesterday? He thought it was a cliché of "I'll give you a million, leave her alone", but now it seems... something is wrong?

"Who is the man who called you, Masamune Sanada?"

Kiba did not choose to hide it, and told Shinichi: "Sanada Masamune? There is a lot to say about this. To make a long story short, everything started 25 years ago. Sanada Masamune and I were actually affiliated with Clover Technology Company...

He and I graduated from the same university, and our school is Qingquan Private University, which was founded by Clover Biotech. Its biology major is outstanding internationally, and the purpose of this university is to train talents for the company.

Masamune Sanada is my senior, three years older than me. I met him at a biological research conference, and after that conversation, he admired my talent and brought me into a scientific research team.

It was that scientific research team that completely changed the trajectory of my life... The object of our research at the time was a peculiar liquid, which we called photon fluid. Because its normal color was orange, we jokingly called it orange juice at the time.

I don't know where it came from, I only know that it was a research sample provided by Clover Corporation. At that time, I was immersed in the passion brought by the unknown, and I didn't think about the dangers of researching it. I just wanted to produce amazing results.

Finally, after the research team's day and night efforts and experiments, we successfully activated the photonic fluid. At that time, I watched the photonic fluid gradually change from orange to pure white, and finally suddenly emitted a dazzling golden light. All the researchers present were irradiated by the golden light, and I was no exception.

A huge pain swept through my body, causing me to lose consciousness. When I woke up again, there were only three people left in the research team of dozens of people in the institute, one of whom was me. The other two... you will probably get to know them later.

So, it can be said that I am the crazy scientist who created the monster, but the tragedy in the institute made me very secretive about photon fluid. On the one hand, I was shocked by its powerful power to change human beings. On the other hand, its cruel screening made only one in ten people survive this process, which made me very repulsive to it.

The successful activation of the photon fluid allowed me to be hired by Clover Corporation as an exception, and I was directly promoted to chief research officer. However, after experiencing the tragedy, I was not interested in researching photon fluid... You should know that the one who really cares about it is Masamune Sanada.

He was not the first group of people to be irradiated by photon fluid, and did not know the pain and cruelty firsthand. This ignorance made him more passionate about photon fluid than he could imagine. Coupled with his own outstanding talents, he soon took over my position and became the new chief research officer.

And this madman did something crazy afterwards..."

At this point, Kiba's peaceful expression suddenly turned gloomy.

After thinking for a while, Shinichi asked, "Are we using babies as experimental subjects?"

Kiba was shocked and responded, "You are right, he did experiment on babies afterwards... and not only that, he founded an orphanage and took in children of all ages from 0 to 10 years old as experimental subjects.

In addition to the orphanage, he also set up nursing homes, youth shelters and other institutions, and all the people in them served as materials for his research on photonic fluids.

Fifteen years ago, he gathered all the "materials" and carried out a large-scale photon irradiation. I don't know what he did. Although the fatality rate of photon irradiation is high, it is not so fatal that there is no possibility of survival.

But that time, he gathered a total of 1200 people, and none of them survived..."

"Fifteen years ago?"

Shinichi raised his eyebrows. Wasn't this time... the year he found Ai Yi? Shinichi immediately had some guesses in his mind. Such a coincidental time, plus what Sanada Masamune said... there must be something fishy going on.

It is possible that there was actually a survivor among the 1200 people back then, but... this survivor was rather special, and Masamune Sanada was unwilling to hand him over to Clover Corporation even if he wanted to throw him away.

Kiba was still immersed in her past, and it was easy to guess what happened next. She was fed up with Sanada Masamune's inhumane research methods, and was extremely disgusted with Clover Company's indulgence of Sanada Masamune.

So, not surprisingly, Kaoru Kiba defected and later formed a new organization to fight against Clover Biotech to the end.

After Kiba finished telling his story, he asked Shinichi, "Do you think I am the Pandora who opened the box?"

"Me? I don't have much to say. After more than 20 years of development, and with things like photon fluid, Clover Corporation is still only able to operate in Tokyo... How can it be qualified to touch Pandora's Box?"

"……what?"

Once again, Kaoru Kiba was confused by Shinichi's unique way of thinking. How to put it...it seems to be true.

Although Kiba is well aware of the effects of Photon Fluid and knows how terrifying it is, it is also true as Shinichi mocked that although Clover Corporation owns Photon Fluid, it has not expanded on such a large scale.

From the beginning to the end, I have been cultivating my own small piece of land in Tokyo. In this regard, is it a big impact? It seems not to be a big impact. I have not even gone abroad. Even Masamune Sanada felt that the company had no ambition and wanted to jump out and work alone.

From this perspective, it is indeed not qualified to touch Pandora's box.

Thinking of this, the depression in Kiba's heart was inexplicably dissipated a little. Although he created a horrible thing, fortunately the disaster it caused was still controllable.

She looked at Shinichi with a strange look, and her liking for him increased a little. Although Shinichi Takahashi's words were always a bit sarcastic, the pragmatism and black humor brought about by this sarcasm always had an unexpected comforting effect.

"So, sometimes don't think too much. You've already gone against Clover, why are you still dwelling on the fact that you worked with Clover in the past? If you really feel guilty, then just kill Clover and destroy all the photon fluid to prove that you regretted it. No matter how much I confess, can it be as effective as this?"

Listening to Shinichi's consolation which might not be considered as comforting, Kiba's mouth couldn't help but raise a little. Not to mention, after being complained by Shinichi, she also felt a lot more clear-headed.

"Thank you for telling me so much."

Shinichi quickly waved his hands and refused with a look of disgust: "Don't thank me, I don't actually mean to comfort you at all, it's just that your train of thought made me feel uncomfortable."

Kiba raised his eyebrows. Well, with that tone and attitude, he's definitely the legendary tsundere.

Shinichi didn't want to continue talking about this, so he quickly changed the subject and said, "Hey, come to think of it, I found a very interesting place..."

"Ok?"

"Um... 25 years ago you were in college... You were an adult in college, right?... In other words... You are actually a 40-something aunt!?"

Hearing this, Kiba's newly-risen good impression of Shinichi suddenly dropped sharply, his calm eyes suddenly turned cold, and he kicked Shinichi directly on the knee, causing Shinichi to jump in pain while holding his knee.

"Mr. Takahashi, don't you know that it's rude to ask a girl's age casually? Regarding her age, I suggest you choose to forget it. She's still young and beautiful now."

As he spoke, Kiba elegantly swept his beautiful long hair with his hands, showing off his youthful and beautiful beauty.

Shinichi's mouth twitched continuously, and he didn't know if it hurt, but he now understood that the woman in front of him was the same kind of person as a certain purple old woman...

Chapter 31: Desperado

"Eh!? Is this really your first time playing a game?"

"Uh... yeah, my family doesn't have that much spare money to buy video games to play..."

"Then how did you manage to master all the fighting moves so quickly in your first time playing a fighting game?"

"Well... just... remember them and press them in order, right? It may not be easy to operate at first, but you will remember them all after getting used to them a few times. It's still very simple."

After hearing this, Lidou gently adjusted her glasses frame, and her glasses reflected a strange white light: "...Oh Moses Roy~ I didn't expect that I, Guishui·Shen·Lidou, would actually meet such a genius opponent in the game. Takahashi Ai, I acknowledge you as my nemesis!"

"Uh...huh?"