"Hum~ hum~ hum—"
While the Schicksal members in the depths of the Pacific Ocean were having friendly interactions between superiors and subordinates, in the North African desert, people in similar superior-subordinate relationships were also huddling together harmoniously, enjoying the Imhotep-brand human air conditioner, and offering all sorts of opinions on the figure in the young woman's hand—
"Little Ancestor, Little Ancestor Imhotep~... I understand everything else—it's just that your girlfriend, Houraiji Kyuusyou... her front armor doesn't seem to be that big, does it???"
Owl looked at the clay figure in the white-haired girl's hand and noticed a hint of incongruity...
"It's almost the same size as Cioara's... Although Miss Kyuusyou is big, she should still be a size smaller than Cioara..."
".....?"
Alerted by Owl, Imhotep also seemed to notice something was wrong. She took out a file and made a few scrapes on the clay figure's chest... then noticed something even more amiss...
"How many times have you seen Kyuusyou?"
Her azure eyes fixed on Mr. Chen Tianwu, who was completely unaware that a great disaster was about to befall him.
"Um... only met face-to-face about three times?"
The young man recalled and gave his reply.
"You see Raven all the time, right?"
The second question followed immediately.
"Yeah, even though you, Cioara, were the one who recommended me, we're usually on missions in different places. We don't see each other often. The times we meet most are during mission reports."
"So you don't see her often, right?"
"That's right. What's wrong, Little Boss?"
"Nothing... someone's about to be sent flying, but I won't say who..."
"????"
"You've only seen one three times, and you rarely see the other... how is it that you remember the breast size of beautiful girls so clearly...?"
The female members present all collectively looked at Chen Tianwu. And compared to Raven and Imhotep, who were already cracking their knuckles... what made the young man feel even more uneasy was Jackal's gaze.
It was the look one gives a lab rat...The dear demon scientist was already calculating how to exploit Comrade Owl's remaining value... No, perhaps she was about to take action right away. Jackal pulled out an ominous syringe. Jackal was going to...
"Want to run?"
A hand landed on Comrade Chen Tianwu's shoulder just as he was about to bolt... The latter didn't even look at who it was and nodded vigorously.
"Sure thing. How about I give you a ride?"
"I would be truly grateful."
"Keep your gratitude... you can pay for the medical and repair bills yourself later!!!"
In the World Serpent's lounge... one of the few male comrades flew out of the lounge door at the speed of sound... In a certain sense, he really did escape a disaster, huh. How happy. How happy.
What Mr. Chen Tianwu himself thought about flying out like that is unknown, though...
"You guys, shouldn't we use his phone to report him to his girlfriend, Anna?"
Cioara raised the phone the young man had left in the lounge, showing it to the others...
"I'll do it!"
Jackal, whose human experiment had failed, planned to pivot a second time and conduct psychological and social experiments.
The brown-haired scientist grabbed the phone, skillfully cracked the lock screen password, opened Owl's frequently used chat software, and found the only contact...
Facing the contact named Anna, Jackal immediately sent a message:
Hey, are you there? Your boyfriend was getting fresh with the ladies at the office and got beaten up—!
"Pfft—"
Seeing the content Jackal had quickly typed, Imhotep spat out her water on the spot.
"Where did you learn all this???"
Impossible! Chen and I are truly in love—! We even exchanged tokens of our affection!
Don't try to fool me!
The other party seemed to be on vacation too, as she replied quickly—
"...If Owl's girlfriend becomes murderous another day, Jackal, you'll take full responsibility—"
Taking a look at the other party's very agitated reply, Imhotep's lips twitched....
"How can anyone be that easily provoked, Little Sovereign? Even in a gacha, it would be impossible to exactly draw this Valkyrie named Anna Schariac."
Jackal waved her hand dismissively, acting as if she didn't care.
"By the way, who will take a picture for me? I'm going to provoke her a bit more..."
Jackal, who had just thought of a wicked idea, turned her gaze to Imhotep and Cioara.
"Hurry up and get lost. How come you don't use your own photo?"
Knowing what would happen next, Imhotep immediately declared, "Don't drag me into this!" After all, Herrschers always carried a touch of yandere... Being targeted by one would definitely be a massive headache.
"Then Cioara, it's your turn!"
Not daring to cause trouble in front of Imhotep, Jackal turned to Raven instead. Before Raven could even agree, Jackal took a photo—click—and uploaded it.
Haha, your boyfriend has his eyes set on a female colleague at the company... Is this really what you're capable of?!
"Jackal, don't do this to me..."
As Cioara stared at the chat history, her eye twitched. A certain ominous feeling crept into her sixth sense...
Sometime soon, she was going to have a streak of terrible luck.
....
On the other end of the communication, a certain A-rank Valkyrie from the Schariac Family stationed on Coral Island looked at the photo transmitted to her. She used her hands to measure, then held them up to her own chest...
Immediately after, she fell into silence.
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"Why did this Valkyrie named Anna suddenly stop talking...?"
Raven scratched her chin as she looked at the chat window, which had suddenly gone silent.
"What else? I bet this A-rank Valkyrie is definitely not as big as you, Cioara. She got utterly crushed on the spot, hahahahaha!"
Jackal let out the quiet laugh of a victor...
"I'm the one with the big breasts, not you, Jackal... What are you laughing at???"
"..."
The smile on the scientist lady's face froze, seemingly locked in a single moment.
"...Tsk, tsk, tsk. So this is what they call instant karma. If you have the time to mess with Owl's girlfriend... where is the God Blood Reagent I asked for?"
Imhotep shook her head as she looked at Jackal, whose face was now livid and her expression stiff.
"Uh... Madam, the new serum is already more than halfway developed. We've already determined the proportions of the trace amounts of Imaginary Energy, which was the biggest challenge in the formula. The first batch of trial products has already entered clinical trials, and we expect to start mass production very soon."
"Good... Also, stop messing with Owl's girlfriend. Gray Serpent sent a message; Schicksal is about to formally begin the experiments."
Imhotep glanced at her terminal as it chimed and issued the order.
"Rest assured, Madam. You are the star of this plan. Suppressing those S-rank Valkyries of Schicksal is no easy feat."
"Hmph, you sure know how to flatter me..."