Chapter 1679

NO．294：Heaven Gate City has always been very free.

Although assigning Na Te to investigate the suspect list could be said to be destructive to the results, because that single-minded knight is not good at disguise; even if infiltrating, he should have no interaction with people, or if there is interaction, it's the type that leads to fighting.

He is therefore more suited to making the arrest than to investigation.

But since Aomo has done this, he naturally harbors the intention of stirring the grass to scare the snake, to see how they react over there.

Put in a variable, observe the chemical reaction and record it, then choose another variable to form a control group, from which we summarize the other party's chemical properties… This straightforward procedure, when in Aomo's hands, always appears mysterious and somewhat cryptic due to lack of information. But in the end, it's merely because the proof is not yet solid enough, the conclusion is not sufficient to emerge, so the result is also ambiguous, impossible to directly declare dead.

However, when discussing the monster girl Ano Silas the Second Generation, abbreviated as 'Second Generation', the office-lady-clad girl and Na Te's interaction observation, the demon indeed acted as a cryptic speaker, going so far as to give a roundabout interpretation of the answer that was plainly laid out.

This is all to prevent that Witch Beast from spewing abusive language.

Yes.

Compared to the ultimate biker-girl leader type who is carefree and spontaneous, the mature-phase Witch Beast is still in an early stage that is spontaneous but not carefree.

Sensitive and delicate yet not transparent, meanwhile a bad taste showed up early; in the past few months of daily interaction at the office, there have been very unconventional results:

Theoretically, the Belstark Beast should be the most troublesome, most often igniting daily conflicts, and most able to provoke the nerves of all women by exploiting that default overly emotional attire; but in Aomo's recollection, with his habit of reviewing statistics and keeping records, the one who actually started the most wars in the office was rather the Witch Beast form that possesses the most imposing dignity.

The reason is simply that she has an overly strong self-esteem.

Her spontaneous personality makes her not reject minor details, not feel bound, but an overly strong self-esteem makes her nitpick, easily bound by emotions; this self-tugging contradiction actually manifests as troublemaking due to narrow-mindedness.

—If a prank fails, she will chase after a new prank; if called out, she will eagerly seek an opportunity for revenge.

Just like the hatred spiral of 'revenge for revenge, when will it end?', Aomo's girlfriends are not all easy to deal with; the Witch Beast, taking them as opponents, easily falls into the cycle of 'mistrike → try again → success → chance to try again → failure → find a chance to try again today!' of troublemaking, thereby easily racking up more troublemaking counts than the Belstark Beast.

And the reason she is not remembered is that, surprisingly discovering the fact only through review, it is because her failures are too numerous.

Numerous failures aside, even when she succeeds she still cannot provoke the antagonistic spirit that the Belstark Beast can. The Witch Beast is like a small shrimp that is tasteless yet addictive; neither women nor men regard it as a threat, but this still involves a comparison—before a low-ranking, unfated young couple, the Witch Beast still poses a danger.

Na Te and the Second Generation, at first glance seem quite mature, at least looking like college students, but when asked their age they are only in their early teens.

This is also recorded in the setting of the Gu Li Te spaceship magazine supported by Bi Ze. It also lets Aomo feel relieved about An Qi Jun's often childlike reactions.

Then let's take it slow… he thought, and thus he didn't intend to rush like urging Yu Tai and Liu Hua to do.

Thus, this Witch Beast, which is just as childish and quick-tempered in dealing with people as a human child, fails to exhibit the astonishing lifespan numbers unique to Digital Beasts, becoming an immeasurably bad influence.

Let's remain cryptic a bit more; in the face of something that's neither small nor big, the wisest choice is actually to recall the Witch Beast and have someone else watch over it.

But……

Our usable forces in the Digital Domain are originally few. Among them, the Electronic Foster Father is not even as mature as the talkative sickly child-type vampire Witch Beast; Jie Si Ti Si is likewise, like Gu Li Te, a super agent cruising different data worlds; commanding the new universe and her over there watching the electronic monsters to…… Kids should be relaxing and playing during holidays; monsters, moreover, have impaired expressive abilities, so we can't just summon the Monarch Beasts that we briefly chatted with earlier, as if leaving a deep impression and also leaving contact information.

Let the Royal Knight serve as a camera, you kid really have potential. jpg

Before the fans could accumulate and flare up from those Digital Beasts making them digital radio hosts, Aomo had already discarded this idea, honestly letting his partner Digital Beast go.

Also, we can conveniently keep an eye on Ya Li Ke Xi Si Kailifu that guy.

Guess he came following Xiao Qian's orders, but if this old unrefined thing were to abruptly intervene just to see something more exciting, more intense, more bloodthirsty, then his demon Zero would also be poised to strike.

The old thing won't die, they say. So, although I don't know if I can achieve a mecha-battlefield-like severing of his immortality, the feeling of beating him to death will at least satisfy him fully.

But before that, don't neglect the root for the branches, forget the main topic.

「You seem to have some urgent matters, want to go handle them first? 」

At the mountaintop of Heaven Gate City, located hundreds of meters away from that cluster of tents and safe supply points in a small villa area, the project manager of the frontier lighthouse sat opposite Aomo, gazing at the Heaven Gate Realm unfolding in the three-sided space outside the floor-to-ceiling window.

「Ah, sorry, I was rude. 」

It was also realizing that his own fleeting distraction, imperceptible to ordinary people, held no secrets before the other party, so Aomo first apologized.

「It's fine, just some lingering potential threats, which were originally also the reason for this visit of yours. 」

「When I heard the liaison say you wanted to see me, I initially thought it was a problem with the Beta Magic Blade's technology. 」

This remark instantly made Aomo burst into a helpless laugh, for only at this moment did he realize— from the day he signed the agreement with the person in charge of the frontier lighthouse to now, only a year has barely passed.

Originally agreed to send out one product usage report each year, but so far only one has been sent out.

Such a short time is truly still within the warranty period for the vast majority of products; for a newly rolled-out prototype, it's indeed not strange to encounter any issues.

But if something really does happen……

「If that's the case, then the problem certainly couldn't be just a minor matter. 」

「Yeah, after all, it's a creation of a 2nd-level civilization from another universe, its technology on par with that of the Light Star…… When its information was just being parsed, we all worried whether the civilization technology capable of adjudicating and mediating multiversal disputes should be simply employed in the Star Alliance's frontier development, after all this might become a beacon, prompting that esteemed figure to personally come over to disarm the Star Alliance. 」

「The Pan-Galactic Federation's strict rule against biological weapons? 」 Aomo immediately understood what this was referring to.

This belongs to the New Ao, that is, the interstellar agreement existing in the homeland universe of Lipiya.

Simply put: only you yourself may go up, and the monsters may go up to fight; aiming to cut off the irreversible devastation caused by endless arms races among civilizations.

「You know, it's easy to say—analyzing high-level civilization's technology always comes with such risk; if your Beta System merely malfunctions, that's fine, but if it loses control, we might need to contact those people at the Light Country Office. 」

「If that's the case, I actually have a simpler approach—I can directly contact the members of the Light Star. 」

「Lipiya, is that it? 」 the project manager nodded, 「Your report also mentioned this member, I had looked forward to meeting them, but now it seems they haven't come to Heaven Gate City. 」

「He loves Earth more, especially Earthlings. 」 Aomo shrugged.

「Before the potential bioweapon crisis over there is cut off, he probably won't consider leaving. 」

「Clearly there are also many Earthling residents here, and not infrequent bioweapon disasters? 」

「But here we also have the Light Country Office, and also all of you, right? Perhaps there's some self-aggrandizing suspicion, but he also quite trusts my ability, and this visit of mine is precisely for that reason. 」

「Because of an unusual monster commercial organization? 」

「Perhaps not very commercial? 」 Aomo muttered, sounding unsure of his own question.

「In fact, the sales department has indeed reflected that the flow of Heaven Gate City's monster products is somewhat unusual. 」 The manager spoke candidly.

「At first glance it seems like an external commercial organization has intervened, but indeed… if it's a completely new bioweapon disaster, then it wouldn't be called commercial. 」

「So I would like to obtain some assistance from your esteemed company, on the premise of not damaging your company's economic development. 」

「No need to be so polite; it seems you still don't quite understand Heaven Gate City. 」

「Indeed, I only glanced twice in a hurry and couldn't see clearly. 」

「Then let me tell you a simple fact—if the company can help resolve this matter, the municipal government will raise the company's foreign trade level. 」

It sounds easy to self-direct and self-perform.

That is the work of their inspection departments.