Chapter 517: Reward Issued, 'SCP-C-2299' - Night Cherry Blossoms of the Dead

Early morning.

Sophia woke up heavily in her office chair.

She felt her brain had turned into a paste, unclear and unorganized.

The alarms in the hall had stopped, and the security personnel who had been busy all night had successfully changed shifts and returned to the dormitory, snoring like thunder.

So annoying... Sophia thought to herself.

Yesterday's anomalous event was very suspicious—the entire site had no containment objects capable of that level, nor were there any containment breaches, and the site had not suffered any external intrusion.

"There's a mole..."

When she reached this conclusion, she closed her eyes in pain, pressing her hands against the muscles around her eyes to relieve the urge of her eyeballs to leave their sockets.

The thing she worried about most happened before the Alpha-9 team was established.

Just then, there were footsteps approaching outside the door.

Sophia raised her head, and the moment the door was knocked, she gave her response:

"Please come in."

Lucretia pushed the door open, walked to the desk, and shook hands with Sophia enthusiastically.

Sophia spoke first:

"Please forgive the accident that led to this meeting, Lucy. May I call you Lucy?"

Lucy nodded.

Her sturdy face hid small emotions, but Sophia could see a hint of worry in her eyes.

Among all the anomalous entities Sophia had recruited, Lucy was the one who made her most nervous.

For anyone else, she had a far more comprehensive understanding and knew what she could offer them.

However, Lucy was completely unfamiliar to the Foundation. She might make reactions "073" outside of expectations.

What Xia Luote told her earlier was all the information Sophia could collect.

"Why are we meeting here?" Lucy looked puzzled, "I thought your people would make such meetings more secure, ma'am..."

Sophia smiled and took over the conversation, avoiding the other party's embarrassment:

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"It's Light—Dr. Light."

Then, her expression became somewhat serious:

"First of all, you are not strictly considered an anomalous individual."

"You are a Person of Interest, a Sarkic cultist, and of course, a very powerful one..."

"However, there is no need to assign special containment procedures to you here. Because your attitude toward the Foundation is friendly."

"You have not shown aggressive hostility and seem very willing to talk. Xia Luote told me a lot about you."

"Xia Luote!" Lucy's tone raised quite a bit.

Then, she muttered to herself as if talking to herself:

"Xia Luote... yes, she didn't tell me much about what you wanted to talk to me about."

"I asked her not to say anything; we wanted to keep the whole thing low-key."

Sophia placed a folder on the desk and moved it to Lucy.

"This will let you know the basic summary."

Lucy picked it up and began to read through it.

Seemingly considering that she was a gladiator and not well-versed in grammar and vocabulary, the entire document used short sentences and simple vocabulary as much as possible.

Making it simple and easy to understand. ===== CHAPTER 519 =====