Chapter 942

“It’s almost done.”

Atifé 00 replied:

“His soul is troublesome. I’ve used all my computational power up until now and can only perform basic encoding; occasionally he breaks free of control, but his brain is relatively easy to handle.”

Even after his brain is damaged, it regenerates rapidly, yet its structure differs little from that of an ordinary human. Injecting top-grade gel and installing a few specialized components is enough to deceive his mind.”

“So, did it work or not?”

Prince Andre frowned, turning his body and speaking with ill intent:

“I don’t care about those details. Right now, I only want to know—if even the cleanup agents sent after him failed, can I send the director of Scorpio Division to deal with him?”

“Almost, almost~”

Atifé 00 smiled sweetly:

“His body is fine; the problem lies with his soul.”

“If an ordinary person’s soul is mist, a low-rank cleanup agent’s soul is cotton, but the director of the Zodiac Division’s soul is the hardest diamond. Trying to control him and make him serve you is like carving flowers into a diamond—hard to guarantee no mishaps.”

“So he’s usable, but the risk of losing control is very high?”

“Exactly.”

“…”

“How about this—you go back to the Kill King’s Assembly and ask them for help?”

Atifé 00 suggested:

“Didn’t they help you before when dealing with the Scorpio Division director? Why not ask them again to handle Leon for you?”

“It’s not that simple.”

Prince Andre shook his head:

“The Watch Palace of the Cleanup Bureau is extremely troublesome. They paid a heavy price to barely transmit a small force through the Watch Palace to seal the Scorpio Division director’s soul.”

“Continuously striking the Watch Palace in a short time greatly increases the chance of drawing the Cleanup Bureau’s attention. At that point, both your and my situation will only become more troublesome than now.”

“Then there’s no solution.”

“Where’s there no solution?”

“My abilities are limited.”

Atifé 00 spread her hands:

“With my technical level, I cannot fully control the Scorpio Division director’s soul. I can only forcibly implant basic commands while keeping his will conscious. If his emotions become too intense, the chance of him breaking free becomes extremely high.”

“Then don’t let his emotions get too intense.”

After glancing at Atifé 00, Prince Andre said:

“Your research on brains and souls is at least a hundred years ahead of all scholars in the Krook Kingdom. Using materials of equal quality provided by the Kill King’s Assembly to deliberately damage part of the Scorpio director’s brain and keep his emotions perpetually detached—surely that shouldn’t be difficult for you?”

“Sigh… fine then.”

Atifé 00 nodded, then said with a hint of regret:

“What a waste—this is a cleanup agent’s brain on the same level as our ancestors. I’ve never obtained such an excellent specimen, and now I have to destroy his brain before even beginning research. It’s such a waste.”

“Waste is better than being killed by a runaway puppet. Also…”

After another glance at Atifé 00’s face, Prince Andre stared intently:

“Atifé, are you doing something behind my back?”

“Hm?”

Atifé 00 exclaimed in surprise:

“My dear nephew, how could you think that?”

Not answering directly means yes…

After watching Atifé 00’s unchanging face, Prince Andre nodded, then narrowed his eyes:

“If I remember correctly, you installed a soul-detection device on ‘Secret Nail.’ And ‘Secret Nail’ lost contact while very close to the target—the detector must have collected the target’s soul data. What did you find?”

“Yes, and I found a lot.”

Atifé 00 smiled warmly:

“His soul reeks of evil—biased, stubborn, arrogant, greedy, filled with a desire to dominate everything and a madness to destroy all. He feels far more dangerous than you.”

“I see…”

Prince Andre raised an eyebrow upon hearing this.

“So… you admire him?”

“Just a little~”

Pinching two fingers to show a tiny gesture, Atifé 00 smiled:

“Since you’ve figured it out, Auntie won’t hide it from you. These past years locked up, my life has been dreadfully dull. If you bring back Philia, I’ll likely remain imprisoned—so naturally, I don’t wish for you to win.”

“Plus, in these two confrontations, you’ve gained no real advantage. To avoid being purged after your failure, a little hedging on my part should be understandable, right?”

“Fair enough.”

After listening to Atifé 00, Prince Andre gave a slight nod, then said calmly:

“If I win, you’ll be imprisoned until my death, then destroyed by me just before I die. It’s natural you’d seek an escape route—I won’t be angry about this.”

“You understand—that’s good~”

Glancing at Prince Andre’s expression, Atifé 00 smiled:

“So, do you want to ask what I’ve done behind your back?”

“Not hard to guess. You can’t defy the Order of Time and Division’s command—you can’t truly betray me. So you’ve probably done something trivial to me but meaningful to them…”

After a brief pause, Prince Andre spoke calmly:

“You plan to use those cleanup agents to tell him the whereabouts of the woman captured with the Scorpio director. Am I right?”

“Exactly right~”

Atifé 00 blinked, then smiled:

“And if they don’t come straight to you but choose to rescue her first, then Auntie has bought you time to prepare your next moves against them. That’s helping you too… How’s that, nephew?”

“Decent enough.”

Glancing at Atifé, Prince Andre urged:

“Get to work. Fix the Scorpio Division director’s brain quickly—there aren’t many cleanup agents left.”

“On it, on it!”

…

“Ahhh!! Don’t come closer!”

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

Amid the terrified expression of a plump female cleanup agent, Leon—his face flushed with wine—let out a burp reeking of alcohol, then grabbed the nearby transparent fishing line and yanked the woman forward, cleanly severing her head with one stroke!

Seeing their last companion slain, the twenty-odd severed heads of the Twin Division cleanup agents piled on the ground let out a collective sigh of despair.

“It’s over…”

How is he immortal?!

“His strongest anomaly was sealed! Why is he still this strong?!”