Chapter 359

Those rose-red eyes stared dissatisfiedly at Gray Serpent, and incidentally at Otto on the side, as if the next second she would take out a gun from behind and shoot both of these guys.

"You said let me come to handle the resignation procedures, but then you tell me there's a mission. Gray Serpent, it's one thing to lie to enemies, but now why are you starting to lie to colleagues too?"

"You can't say it like that, Raven. This mission is indispensable for you. For the great cause of our World Serpent..."

"Didn't we agree when I joined that I could resign and quit at any time? Mysterious organizations also need to keep their word!"

"Cough cough! I'm doing this for your own good too. One last job, isn't it fragrant to make a big profit before resigning? This Mr. Otto is a big client, very rich. Don't you want your villa island to be decorated better?"

Gray Serpent persuaded earnestly.

Even as a mechanical bionic person, it felt awkward, especially awkward. The excellent employee it had just introduced to the client suddenly indicated that she wanted to resign and quit.

Thinking of Otto's subtle look just now, Gray Serpent wanted to format its memory bank once.

However, it didn't know that Otto's look just now was not mockery and contempt, but sympathy and understanding.

(Tsk tsk tsk~ this damn sense of déjà vu. When my old friend Fu Hua suddenly sent a message saying she wanted to jump ship from Schicksal, I had the same feeling. Eh~ now some employees rely on their strong business ability and don't respect their superiors.)

However, Otto also flatteringly poured a glass of red wine for Raven, indicating that he hoped she would definitely take this mission.

Although according to Gray Serpent's statement, Raven's strength is only that of an ordinary S-rank Valkyrie, about the same as Sister Rita, but she has the super big killer, Seven Thunders of Retribution!

Third Divine Key, Key of Judgement: Seven Thunders of Retribution.

A Divine Key forged from the core of the Third Herrscher of the previous civilization, possessing the ability to decompose those hit into atoms!

In the past, Otto also had the fortune to taste the power of this Divine Key. One shot decomposed his Soul Steel body from the atomic realm. If he hadn't gone offline quickly, he feared he would have really died.

Well, can only say it's good at killing!

Whether it's an S-rank Valkyrie or even a Herrscher, as long as it hits, it can kill in one shot.

Such an unreasonable and powerful weapon will definitely be able to play a role in breaking the situation at a critical moment.

However, Raven still firmly expressed her refusal.

"Is this a matter of money? I was planning to retire, and you suddenly give me a high-risk mission!"

Natasha simply wanted to give these two guys the middle finger.

"That guy Bai Ge told me before that people in our line of work basically suffer a great disaster when they retire. If there is any sudden mission at this time, you must not take it, otherwise you're definitely going to die!"

She had already bought her villa island.

Even the construction had reached the final stages.

Raven was just waiting to pack up, and next month she could take the children she adopted to move in together, from then on ignoring the hustle and bustle of the outside world, enjoying life and retiring.

She didn't want to take this kind of mission that was obviously very deep.

Is this a matter of money? Do you really think I, Natasha Cioara, am that kind of woman who only cares about money?!

"Raven, this is the advance payment. The mission reward afterwards is... this amount."

"Pfft—! Cough cough! I, I'll consider it."

Raven took a look at the check Gray Serpent handed over, and a mouthful of red wine sprayed directly onto the guy.

That string of zeros made her swallow hard, and her eyes instantly turned into the shape of money.

This one job was worth her past three years!

Thinking carefully, it wasn't that she wouldn't need money after buying the villa island. Although she could live a well-off life with her current savings, who wouldn't want to live more prosperously in the future?

Looking at the black dodo bird who had fallen into the money pit again, Gray Serpent felt very disdainful inside.

(Eh~ this girl without ambition. How did I teach you? You think about villa islands all day long. We are World Serpent, shouldering the great mission of defeating Honkai. Don't just think about money, money, money all day. Can you have some sense of mission?)

(Right, just find a chance later to blow up her villa island. When the time comes, even if she doesn't want to, Raven will only be able to obediently return to World Serpent to work. Hmm, a mere villa island is not worth mentioning compared to our great cause of saving the world. If you want to blame someone, blame the island you bought for not being able to fly.)

"... Hm? Why do I feel a chill? Gray Serpent, what were you thinking just now."

Raven only felt a chill all over her body, looking at Gray Serpent, who had inexplicably fallen into a long silence, and questioned it.

"I was thinking about why the island would sink. Cough cough, I mean you really should take this mission."

Otto and Gray Serpent looked at each other, and the two scheming guys spoke in unison to bewitch her.

"Miss Raven, rest assured. All I need is for you to pull the trigger when the time comes. This is an extremely easy job that you can complete just by moving your fingers."

"That's right, Raven. Mr. Otto just wants a guarantee. Maybe you won't even have to fire a shot, just go to see the scenery and the mission will be completed. Such an easy mission with lots of money is hard to come by~"

At this moment, Otto and Gray Serpent seemed to have transformed into product salesmen, constantly telling Natasha that this was an extremely easy money-picking mission, you can't lose, you can't be fooled.

And looking at the string of zeros on the check, this little island-exploding raven finally couldn't withstand the temptation of money.

"Fine, alright. Then this is the last one."

"Very good, Miss Raven. Congratulations on making the right choice."

"That's right, Raven. As a colleague, I'm also happy for you. Afterwards, you send the Seven Thunders of Retribution back, and World Serpent guarantees it won't disturb your retirement life."

"Hmph!"

Raven glared at these two people, then took out the Seven Thunders of Retribution and started to tune this Divine Key.

In her words, this Key of Judgement is a willful lady. If you don't follow its temper, its state will get worse, and it can even refuse to be used.

The Seven Thunders of Retribution is extremely picky about its user.

Currently, in the entire World Serpent, only Raven can be accepted by the Seven Thunders of Retribution, and she has to maintain and indulge it frequently, otherwise it will turn into a slingshot and not let her use it properly.

Raven: (Speaking of which, what exactly was the designer of this thing thinking? What is the meaning of this slingshot form?)

Vill-V: (Ehehe~!)

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Seeing that Raven finally took the mission, Otto and Gray Serpent also let out a sigh of relief. Then the former looked at her with interest, and also thought of some things about Natasha.

"By the way, Miss Raven, I heard that you once had a partner codenamed 【White Dove】. The two of you were the strongest mercenary partners in the underworld during a certain period, known to everyone..."

"What do you want to say."

Raven's hand tuning the Seven Thunders of Retribution paused.

Otto continued to ask.

"I'm just a little curious. That partner of yours seemed to disappear suddenly a year ago. May I ask, Miss Raven, do you know any inside information?"

The reason he cared was very simple.

White Dove (Bai Ge), Bai Ge.

The pronunciation of these two names is exactly the same. Otto thought of a certain white-haired young man the moment he heard it.

"White Dove, hmph, he died long ago."

Raven's voice became colder and deeper, as if she didn't care at all and continued her tuning work.

However, Otto narrowed his eyes, then curled his lips into a pleasant/punchable smile.

"Died? No, no, no~ Miss Raven, your eyes don't look like you think so."

When mentioning White Dove, the dim and stubborn look Raven showed made Otto feel incredibly familiar.

He was like this five hundred years ago. During the time shortly after Kallen died, he also stubbornly hoped that everything was a nightmare and the Saint hadn't actually died.

He treated facts as lies.

He treated death as non-existent.

He fantasized that reality was just a dream.

He stubbornly and blindly believed that the Saint lived in the world.

"Miss Raven, humans always believe that their important people are immortal and eternal, but this is ultimately a false belief. You should look on the bright side. Although you lost your partner, you still have..."

Click click!

The next second, the Seven Thunders of Retribution in Raven's hand finished transforming, and a black, strangely shaped sniper rifle was pressed against Otto's head.

Blue electromagnetic light flickered within it, making this 'Dog-to' feel a real threat to his life.

"Mr. Otto, let me remind you. If you are hit in the head by this Seven Thunders of Retribution, even your most proud 'cicada shedding its skin' trick won't be useful."

Because before the consciousness switches to the next Soul Steel body, the head will be instantly decomposed into atoms.

The threat in Raven's eyes needed no further words.

Otto raised his hands awkwardly, indicating he wouldn't say any more.

Gray Serpent on the side also sighed.

"Mr. Otto, you really love to court death. Friendly reminder, that is Raven's minefield. Don't touch it."

"Gray Serpent, listening to your tone..."

"Eh~ just as you think."

Gray Serpent sighed and looked out the window. Thinking back to when White Dove disappeared, it wasn't that it didn't have clones that wanted to go and comfort Raven, who was deeply hit, but it was immediately headshot by the Seven Thunders of Retribution on the spot.

To this day, there is still a highest-amount missing person mission on the dark web, recruiting any information about 'White Dove' at a sky-high price. That was posted by Raven using a burner account.

And at this moment, as if by fate, a group of white doves raised by Schicksal on the floating island flew past the window. They just happened to fall into Natasha's eyes, and she couldn't help but be in a trance, her thoughts drifting away.

"The white doves in the church won't kiss the crow. Perhaps he just disappeared because he didn't like my black outfit..."