Don't use yourself as payment for the commission!

“Parvis, your actions have brought shame upon Rhine Lab and betrayed the original intentions that Christen and I established in Rhine Lab.”

"Ahem... Director Seria, you have no right to punish me."

Coughing up a mouthful of blood, Palvis used trembling fingers to remove his shattered glasses, and with difficulty found another pair on his lab table, slowly putting them on so that he could still look like a scientist rather than a dejected old man.

“I want to see the Commander-in-Chief. You can’t treat me like this. I’ve given so much for Rhine Lab and made contributions to it.”

There's no need for that.

A light, flirtatious laugh suddenly came from outside the door, attracting their attention.

"Mebius, when did you arrive?"

Bai Xun turned to look at Möbius, who was approaching in an electric wheelchair. After nodding and smiling at Bai Xun, Möbius pulled a document from the wheelchair drawer and threw it in front of Palvis. As the old goat picked up the document, which bore Christensen's signature, incredulously, he laughed.

"I'm sorry, Palvis, you've been fired by Christensen."

Christen is going to hold a meeting of Rhine Life's section chiefs. Guess who won't be invited?

"No, this shouldn't be happening!"

For the first time, a look of panic finally appeared on Palvis's face.

He looked at the document signed by Christensen over and over in disbelief, hoping to find that it was forged by Mebius, but to his dismay, both the handwriting and the official seal were indeed Christensen's.

"It seems that Mr. Palvis, who is willing to sacrifice others for progress, has himself been sacrificed."

Bai Xun mercilessly added insult to injury from the sidelines, while Saria was quite surprised by Christen's choice.

She had originally intended to argue with Christen about this matter, but before she could even go, Christen had already dealt with Palvis so severely.

Based on her understanding of Christensen, Palvis is very likely to be unaffected by this incident, since Christensen herself could not possibly be unaware of the Balrog incident.

"If the teacher is fired, who will teach structural engineering...?"

Despite believing she had come to see Palvis with the same unwavering determination that Soyo had shown in ending Mygo, this sudden turn of events still left Himer somewhat bewildered.

But Mebius laughed when he heard this.

"It's very simple, isn't it me, Director Cheng?"

"Palvis was indeed fired, but there's still me, Möbius. I can definitely become the head of the structural engineering department and lead it to even greater heights, can't I?"

"Where did you learn this sentence structure?"

Upon hearing Mebius's somewhat disrespectful statement about Eden's Star's zero rated power, Bai Xun couldn't help but make a sarcastic remark.

But compared to his leisurely mood, the feelings of the others were much more complicated.

Especially Palvis, who had just been fired, took several deep breaths to steady himself and tried his best to maintain his last shred of dignity.

"It seems you offered a considerable price to get Christen to make this choice."

He gave the green-haired girl in the wheelchair, who looked as dangerous and mysterious as a snake, a deep look, then folded the document with trembling hands and put it in his jacket pocket. He then limped out of the office.

"But I won't stop here."

I've had enough of the cliché that science belongs to the masses. Science should belong to superhumans! It shouldn't be tainted by any irrational mediocrities!

Parvis stopped at the office door, turned to look at Himer—his last and most outstanding student—and resolutely and sternly stated his principles, whether in an attempt to persuade Himer and Seria or as his own exit statement, it was unclear.

"Therefore, I will never stop. I still have ideals to realize, research to complete. With my abilities, even if I leave Rhine Lab, many organizations will still invite me. I will be there to prove your fallacies, to prove..."

"Killer Queen!"

Before Palvis could finish speaking, Bai Xun, who was already getting annoyed, raised his right hand and pulled his thumb as if pulling a trigger.

The next second, Palvis, who had been boasting, suddenly widened his eyes, as if someone had detonated a grenade inside him, causing his body to instantly explode into a cloud of blood mist.

The change happened so fast that Himeru and Saria were stunned and didn't even realize what was happening.

Bai Xun waved his hand, dispersing the wind that had been blocking their way, and clearing away the blood mist created by Palvis's explosion, as if he had simply swatted away an annoying fly.

"Bai Xun!"

Saria suddenly turned around and glared at Bai Xun, who had broken his promise again, but to her surprise, the latter showed a very innocent look.

"Saria, did I do something wrong?"

"You promised you you wouldn't... wait!"

Before she could finish speaking, Saria suddenly turned to look at Mebius in astonishment, as if she had suddenly realized something.

Bai Xun couldn't help but laugh out loud when he saw Saria's reaction.

"It seems you've realized it too, Saria."

I did say I wouldn't lay a hand on the head of the structural engineering department at Rhine Lab, but Palvis has already been fired, hasn't he?"

.............

Why does my public recruitment always result in the machine support option being crossed out, even though the time limit is full?

Chapter 94 Saria: Christen, you really only think about yourself. 4k

From the very beginning, Bai Xun had no intention of letting go of that old goat, Palvis.

Whether it was to fulfill Charmander's request or out of personal preference.

At the same time as he slapped Parvis, Bai Xun had already used the power of Jizo Mitsu to erode Parvis's body, allowing his Originium Arts to directly control Parvis's blood.

You could cosplay as an ordinary office worker who used the first bomb from Killer Queen to detonate this old man, Bitden, at any time.

It was expected that Möbius would persuade Christensen, but even if Möbius failed, it wouldn't prevent him from killing Palvis afterwards.

It just means that Saria's trust level will drop a bit more, but overall it's not a big deal.

Anyway, he didn't have any vulgar thoughts about Saria; he just wanted to lick her abs and say, "Oh, darling, you're got such strong muscles!"

Of course, it would be even better if she could be crushed by Saria. If it were Saria, Bai Xun wouldn't mind being a wild pony for once.

[Commission completed. Received 1 lottery draw chance and Blood of the Flame Demon.]

After Palvis died, a notification popped up at the right time that the quest was completed, which made Bai Xun breathe a sigh of relief.

He originally thought he would have to cause a huge scene at Columbia University to complete the commission, but it turned out that he only needed to solve the problem with Rhine Labs to complete it.

Instead of arguing with Bai Xun further, Saria directly unlocked the enamel handcuffs that bound her and Bai Xun together.

Parvis is dead; there's no point in saying anything more.

"Hemer, do not move around here. I am going to see Christen."

"I will personally end the mistakes of Rhine Life!"

"I..."

Hearing this, Himer opened her mouth slightly, but in the end she didn't say anything more and could only watch Saria turn and leave decisively.

"Wow, this little girl is quite interesting."

"Little bird, would you be interested in staying in the structural engineering department as my assistant? I'm much better than that old goat."

Saria had barely left a second when Mebius grinned and approached Himer, scrutinizing the Liberian girl before him. But Himer felt a chill creep down her spine from Mebius's gentle smile, as if it were an instinctive warning, and immediately shook her head in refusal.

"Thank you for your appreciation, but I'm afraid I can no longer stay at Rhine Lab. I don't want Ifrit to remain in this environment."

"Well, that can't be helped."

Möbius, who had only mentioned it casually, didn't dwell on it. Instead, he turned to Bai Xun, who was fiddling with an antique brass ring in his hand, and asked with a smile,

"Manager, what new goodies have you acquired this time?"

"It's just a storage ring, but the requirements are a bit strange."

When Bai Xun said this, his expression was somewhat strange, for no other reason than the ring he had just drawn.

[Item: Ring]

Description: This ring contains the vast universe within a mustard seed; all the myriad things of this world can be stored within it. It contains folded dimensions for storing various items, the size of which depends on the wearer's mental strength.

Special condition: If the wearer is male, he must shout a highly concentrated anime quote at the ring each time he uses it in order to activate the ring.

If the wearer is female, simply make a "na na na" sound with the ring.

While it is useful as a storage space, the conditions for using it are so subtle that they seem almost too extreme.

Sure enough, from the moment the first item I drew was a wheelchair with an electric baton, I should have realized how unorthodox this system was.

Anyway, Bai Xun doesn't plan to use this thing anymore. Just thinking about having to shout things like "It's not me who's wrong, it's this world" every time she uses it, "Hey, what exactly is this thing you're talking about?" and "The electric light dancing on your fingertips is my undying faith in this life" makes Bai Xun feel incredibly embarrassed.

I'm getting too old, I can't be silly anymore.

Anyway, he can now use the Cherry Blossom Stigmata on his back as a storage space. He can just throw whatever he wants into the stigmata space, and Himeko and Yae Sakura will help him tidy it up inside.

Consuming a bowl of fried tofu every day is low-carbon and energy-saving.

Thinking this, Bai Xun simply tossed the ring into his pocket. As for the other reward for this commission, it had already arrived in his account.

The scorching blood of the Flame Demon merged directly into Bai Xun's body. This blood from the ancient and powerful Sarkaz race should have ignited Bai Xun's body and assimilated him into the extinct Flame Demon race, but unfortunately, Bai Xun's own status had already far exceeded that of a Flame Demon.

In short, what are the base stats of your Balrog and mine? You want to assimilate me?

[Successfully absorbed the blood of the Flame Demon, increasing fire power by 4.1% and demonization by 2.6%]

Current status: 17.7% Fire Power, 14.8% Dragon Transformation, 30% Demon Transformation, and 21% Overall Fire Demon Transformation.

While Bai Xun was checking his spoils, Saria had already arrived at the headquarters office.

In the almost empty headquarters office, only Christen sat behind the sole desk.

Just as Saria knew her well, Christensen considered herself to be the one who knew Saria best, so she was not surprised by Saria's arrival.

"You came."

"I am coming."

Seria answered calmly.

"You shouldn't have come."

"But I'm still here."

"..."

Christen fell into a brief silence, finally putting down the documents in her hand and looking up at her dear friend who was still standing at the door, as if a sad, thick barrier had separated them.

"Saria, what else do you want?"

If you're here for that experimental subject, then I've already fired Palvis. Mebius is a far superior scientist to both of us, and she has no interest in the Balrog Project, so you can rest assured.

If you are concerned about the crisis facing Rhine Life due to the leak of information regarding Parvis's human experiments, I have already contacted Colombian authorities to help manage all related public opinion. The outside world will not know the truth; we remain the most advanced and accurate medical institution.

"Kristen!"

Christen's nonchalant and casual remarks made Saria unable to suppress her anger any longer. She suddenly swung her arm and punched the load-bearing pillar next to her, causing the several-meter-high, thick stone pillar to shatter and collapse instantly. Christen also turned cold amidst the alarm that echoed throughout the room.

[Physical attack detected; Bohai Emergency Defense System activated]

The entire room seemed to vibrate and tremble at that moment, and the fine metal lines that filled the empty room became an extension of Christen's will.

“Saria, there’s no point in venting your emotions. You told me that yourself back then.”

"But I am still angry!"

Saria stared at her former best friend across the trembling, surging Wave Havoc system, her expression a mixture of grief and indignation.

When exactly did that girl, who once yearned for the sky and dreamed of using science to save the earth, transform into the aloof and disillusioned person she is today?

When did I become an accomplice in her harming the people of this land?

“Christen, you once told me that ‘Rhine Life might go bankrupt, but it will never change its nature’.... In my opinion, Rhine Life has already changed its nature.”

Saria threw away the heavy shield she was holding, clenched her fists, and walked step by step toward Christen.

The triggered Wave System immediately fluctuated violently, with fine metallic lines converging and merging, creating a vast and powerful force that seemed to pour towards Saria like a galaxy.

But Saria simply clenched her fist and then unleashed a powerful punch!

"Deliberate—Boom Punch!"

With just one punch, the Milky Way shattered, and silk threads danced wildly.

Extreme anger, extreme power—even without using Originium Arts, how could mere metal possibly withstand Saria's incredibly strong and muscular body, which had been tempered to the extreme?