Chapter 1821: NO.436: Opportunity is missed like this

NO. 436: Opportunity is missed like this.

Without a vast roar, the impact of the online world is silent and tranquil,

Without trembling roars, an excellent company building should have materials and security systems capable of withstanding earthquakes, storms, and even monster attacks, let alone it is a building in Heaven Gate City.

Even the dazzling light cannot reach here.

Because discussions of large-scale business always take place in closed and hidden spaces, just like now, the conference room where this High Priestess is located is entirely a beast-ecology landscape serving as a product introduction, with no windows or doors in sight.

But this is indeed a conference room in an office building.

It presents such a vast landscape like some kind of monster ecological reserve, but this is merely the result of a few instruments combined with the conference room's interior decoration. Its nature lies between a somewhat higher-end slideshow and a low-quality super dream, commonly found in the field of teaching displays.

At present, it actually works together with the building's own structure to achieve the effect of isolating external interference, but it cannot block the host who was just speaking eloquently.

"Your luck really isn't very good, ma'am."

"How can you tell?"

Looking away from the screen that presumably only he himself could see, the businessperson in a suit sighed, closed the scene construction here under the High Priestess's doubtful gaze, and also closed the conference room system's secret mode.

The cold, empty conference room returned to the view of both of them.

Yet the automatically retracting floor-to-ceiling window curtains seemed to be continuing the previous beast-ecology picture.

From the boundless natural scenery to the cramped high-rise buildings, despite different backgrounds, the clash of giant beasts remains unchanged.

This made the High Priestess furrow her brow without showing emotion: "Your product?"

"Of course not." The businessman twitched the corner of his mouth, obviously unable to respond to their poor sense of humor.

"Even if this place counts as a suburb, no one would raise monsters there; as for the transfer channel used by the other side…"

"The version looks rather primitive; it should have been phased out by several nearby competitors, but…"

"But perhaps they had no choice?"

Gazing at the monsters that, under the barrier's isolating effect, have been 'exiled' to another dimension—even if they could be seen, they could not damage this side's public facilities—the High Priestess did notice the identifying traits that circulate only within the Beast Sect internally, but that only worsened her mood a little.

Besides that… she was indifferent.

The Sect's mutual aid mainly lies within internal cooperation; facing the outside world's public eye, even the High Priestess must consider the Sect's overall interests only within limits.

In other words, most actions that easily leave traces, leading to interference from police, enemies, or passing self-styled justice seekers showing up at the door, are things she should not do; the previous High Priestess's act, seemingly to settle a personal grudge, is a typical negative case.

Even after all these days, one can still hear belittling and scolding within the Sect.

But such venting cannot change reality; the long-standing constraint on the Beast Sect's main problem is that the higher the status and stronger the strength of a fellow member, the more restrictions they face, completely unable to display power in the outside world—

——still has no solution.

Even as a High Priestess, wielding extreme violence capable of shaking lower planetary civilizations can only amount to running illegal businesses.

At this point, the High Priestess's nobility is reflected only in the scale of the orders.

While the ordinary members of the Beast Sect are either honestly following the open tasks released by the upper levels of the Development and Execution Departments, or secretly engaging in theft, poaching, etc., the bishops and priests are all putting on a respectable front to do business and discuss cooperation with local illegal forces.

The High Priestess's orders are aiming for top-tier!

Although it still cannot compare to that legendary merchant's attempt at the purity of a six-billion bioweapon, it is still worth her devoting all her energy to this Ultra Big Order!

Dai Mo's Initial Embryo, Leiji Ou's Core!

Far more substantial than whatever Star-Eater Jidora's ultra-fine information chips, it is a dream that can only be pursued in this world, in this environment where one is not driven away like back home to constantly change bases.

She has prepared for this order for a long time, to the point that she hardly has spare capacity to notice some hidden dangers already in plain sight. Naturally, she also wants to avoid any possible incidents as much as possible.

So what the hell are these guys doing?

Which team's guys?

Making such a fuss and not planning to retreat immediately—are they waiting for the police to come surround them?!

"..."

Finally knew to withdraw……

Watching those few monsters cover each other as they slightly retreated, the High Priestess withdrew her irritable gaze.

Although to outsiders it might just seem like a few monsters temporarily losing ground, a moment of timidity, the tactical formations drilled countless times within our Sect are naturally understood by us.

Thus she turned her gaze to the businessman beside her: "Shouldn't we get back to the main topic, sir?"

"Huh?" The man turned back in confusion, and after a few seconds of silent eye contact he exclaimed, "Ah, actually what interrupted our contract discussion wasn't those few panicked monsters…"

?

Upon hearing that, she immediately turned her head again to look at the scenery outside the floor-to-ceiling window.

She immediately noticed several building screens projecting monsters while also playing advertisements, as if……

Already playing the second round?

"It's over there, the cable damage over there."

Without waiting for her to speak, the man had already noticed her focused gaze: "The position where those few monsters fought just now… is that signal tower over there."

He raised his chin, indicating the sole destruction in the distant monster battlefield.

Just because the barrier's deployment speed has a few-second delay, the cable near that antenna device snapped off a long segment.

"The cargo transfer is already underway, but you also know this kind of cargo transfer cannot go through legal channels; originally it was supposed to rely on local nodes to guide the handover."

"Shouldn't there also be a backup network framework?" the High Priestess asked.

"That's natural, but you can understand, right?" the man stroked his chin, "The risks of temporarily switching nodes aren't big, but we don't want to take this risk, do we?"

"Especially lately, because it's the travel peak season, Heaven Gate City really has been troublesome everywhere."

"I know," the High Priestess said coldly, "I am willing to wait."

"Thank you for your understanding," the man, after raising his hand to make a few operations on the terminal, waved as he returned to his seat, "It's expected to resume operation within ten minutes; might as well sit down again and wait a bit more."

"I've already had someone prepare tea again; perhaps we can discuss the specific details of that cooperation? After all, the environment that lets you exert force is indeed harsh."

"Just follow the template plan." the High Priestess said via the channel.

"We have considerable experience in planning such operations."

Of course I also went smoothly, while trying to minimize accidents as much as possible. Although he had the attire and appearance of a company's upper management, he was actually a businessman who was the second-in-command of an illegal gang, letting out a sigh that only someone who's been through it could understand.

But in Heaven's Gate City, we must assume accidents are common.

This is just like the online accident happening right now.

Not just us here; I suspect the few neighboring residents also feel enough of a sting, right? If such an opportunity were also eyed by competitors or attackers, that would really be……

Really makes you also want to scoop up a bit on the side?

If there's an opportunity, I'll also invite you.

No thanks, my time shouldn't be spent on such petty gains.

Indeed, completely understandable.

(End of chapter)