Chapter 942: 540 Intrigue and Scheming

"It's almost done."

Atifi 00 replied:

"His soul is troublesome. I've been dedicating all my computing power to calculating until now, and I can only perform very basic encoding. Occasionally, he breaks free from my control. However, his brain is quite easy to handle.

Even though his brain can heal itself rapidly after being damaged, its structure isn't much different from that of an ordinary human. Injecting some top-quality gel and installing a few special small components is enough to fool his brain."

"So, has it succeeded or not?"

Prince Andrew frowned upon hearing this, turned sideways, and said with an unfriendly expression:

"I don't want to hear that. Right now, I only want to know: if even the cleaners sent in the past have failed, can I send the chief of the Scorpio Branch Bureau to deal with him!"

"Almost, almost~"

Atifi 00 said with a smile:

"There's nothing wrong with the body; the trouble lies mainly with the soul.

If the soul of an ordinary person is mist, then the soul of a low-level cleaner is cotton, while the soul of the Zodiac Branch Bureau chief is the hardest diamond. Trying to control him to work for you is like carving flowers on a diamond; it's hard to guarantee no mishaps will occur."

"So he can be used, but the possibility of losing control is also very high?"

"Exactly."

"..."

"How about this: go find that Slasher King Association again and ask for their help, how about that?"

Atifi 00 spoke up and proposed:

"Didn't they help you when dealing with the Scorpio Branch Bureau chief before? Just find them again this time and let them help you solve that Liang, isn't that enough?"

"It's not that easy."

Prince Andrew shook his head and said:

"The Watchtower Palace of the Cleanup Bureau is very troublesome. They paid a huge price just to barely send down a small stream of power through the Watchtower Palace to help me seal the soul of the Scorpio Branch Bureau chief.

And continuously assaulting the Watchtower Palace in a short time has a high probability of attracting the attention of the Cleanup Bureau. By then, the situation for both you and me will only be more troublesome than it is now."

"Then there's no way."

"What do you mean 'no way'?"

"There's no way because my abilities are limited."

Atifi 00 said with a shrug:

"With my technical level, I cannot completely control the soul of the Scorpio Branch Bureau chief. I can only forcibly add some basic instructions to his soul while keeping his will conscious. Once his emotions become too intense, the possibility of him breaking free will be very high."

"Then just don't let his emotions get too intense."

After glancing at Atifi 00, Prince Andrew said:

"Your research in the fields of brain and soul is at least a hundred years ahead of all scholars in the Croc Kingdom. Using materials of the same level provided by the Slasher King Association to directionally destroy part of the Scorpio Chief's brain, keeping his emotions perpetually indifferent, shouldn't be difficult for you, right?"

"Sigh... Alright then!"

Upon hearing this, Atifi 00 nodded, then said with a somewhat regretful expression:

"What a pity. This is the brain of a cleaner at the same level as our ancestors. It's the first time I've obtained such excellent material, yet before I can even start researching, I have to destroy his brain first. This is such a waste."

"A waste is better than being killed by an out-of-control puppet. Besides..."

After looking at Atifi 00's face once more, Prince Andrew said, staring fixedly:

"Atifi, you haven't been doing something behind my back, have you?"

"Hmm?"

Atifi 00 asked in surprise:

"My dear nephew, why would you think that?"

If she didn't answer directly, then she was indeed doing something...

After staring at the unchanging face of Atifi 00 for a moment, Prince Andrew nodded, then narrowed his eyes slightly and said:

"If I recall correctly, you should have installed a soul-detecting instrument on the 'Secret Nail'. The 'Secret Nail' lost contact very close to the target, so the detecting instrument should have collected the target's soul data. Did you gain anything?"

"Yes, and the gain was very significant."

Atifi 00 said with a beaming smile:

"His soul is full of an evil scent, extreme and stubborn, arrogant and greedy, carrying the ambition to dominate everything, and the madness to try to destroy everything. The feeling he gives off is far more dangerous than yours."

"Is that so..."

Upon hearing this, Prince Andrew raised an eyebrow.

"So... you admire him?"

"Just a little bit~"

Pinching two fingers together to make a 'tiny bit' gesture, Atifi 00 said with a beaming smile:

"Since you've seen through me, Aunt won't hide it from you. During these years you kept me locked up, Aunt's life was quite boring. If you bring Philia back, Aunt will probably be locked up even longer, so naturally, I'm not very hoping for you to win.

Plus, in these two confrontations, you really haven't gained any advantage. To avoid being held accountable after your failure, Aunt placing bets on both sides slightly should be understandable, right?

"That's fine."

After listening to Atifi 00's words, Prince Andrew nodded slightly, then said with a calm expression:

"If I win, you will be locked up until the day I die, and then I will destroy you directly before I die. It's normal for you to think about finding a way out for yourself; I won't get angry over such things."

"I'm glad you can understand~"

After glancing at Prince Andrew's expression, Atifi 00 said with a beaming smile:

"So, do you want to ask what I've been doing behind your back?"

"It's not hard to guess. You cannot disobey the command of the Time Scepter and cannot truly do anything that completely betrays me, so it's mostly likely something that is trivial to me but very significant to them..."

After pondering for a moment, Prince Andrew spoke calmly:

"You plan to use those cleaners to tell him the whereabouts of that woman who was captured along with the Scorpio Chief. Am I right?"

"Exactly right~"

Atifi blinked, then said with a beaming smile:

"And if they didn't come straight to you but chose to save people first, then Auntie effectively bought you time, letting you keep preparing your means to deal with them. That counts as helping you too... So, how is it? Isn't Auntie good to you?"

"It's passable."

After glancing at Atifi, Prince Andrei urged:

"Get to work. Hurry up and deal with the Scorpion Branch Chief's brain; the remaining cleaners are running low."

"Doing it, doing it!"

"Ah!!! Don't come over!"

While the aunt and nephew schemed against each other, the battle on the other end had reached its conclusion.

With a look of terror on the face of a plump female cleaner, Hearing Li Ang, his face flushed with wine-red, let out a burp thick with alcohol, then grabbed a transparent fishing line within reach, yanked the plump female cleaner in front of him, and cleanly beheaded her in one stroke!

Seeing the last companion also taken out, the twenty-odd heads of the Twin Branch cleaners piled on the ground nearby let out a collective sigh of despair.

"It's completely over..."

"How can this person not be killed?!"

"Wasn't his strongest anomaly sealed? Why is he still so strong?!"