Chapter 313: Hebi no Miko and Raven

After taking care of Quinn, Adam rinsed and repeated the same process with all of the other people of interest on his list.

Of course, not everyone responded in the same way as Quinn, so Adam arrested one of them and sent him to a Mechguard branch.

Once the evidence of his crimes arrived, it was going to be very easy to convict him.

However, upon receiving the evidence, Adam was rather hesitant about how to proceed.

He turned to Shae with an uncertain expression as he asked, "What should we do?"

"You've always known what to do, haven't you? You're always acting on your own, why are you suddenly asking for my input?"

Despite what Shae was saying, she was also carefully pondering this problem.

They had sufficient evidence to prove that the Ark Learning Children's Fund and the Compassion Company had been colluding together in a child trafficking operation.

Of course, they were solely targeting adapter children.

They carried out several rounds of selection, not just from artificial test tube infants that they produced, but also the children that were sent to the schools under the organization, such as Li Qi.

In the end, they would pick out all of the adapters among the children under the organization's care before sending them to an unspecified place.

If this sinister operation were to be unveiled, it would undoubtedly create a massive stir.

Not only would the Compassion Company be eradicated in its entirety, even the Ark Learning Children's Fund would have to undergo a massive revolution.

"I don't think there's too much to think about," Shae said. "The boss of the Compassion Company has already run away, and it's not like this is an ultra-powerful organization. In the wake of the recent news that's come out, it's already on the brink of collapse.

“As for the higher-ups of the Ark Learning Children's Fund, they would be itching to have everything exposed so they can cut off their subordinates and have them take the fall, pinning all of the blame on people like Quinn. Once that happens, we won't be able to catch any of the big fish."

"That's right, so if we want some meaningful leads, we have to keep waiting."

Adam was waiting, but no further news arrived.

This was because all of the informants that he had recruited, including Quinn, completely disappeared the next day, and he was unable to get into contact with them.

Through the footage captured by Mechguard's surveillance cameras, Adam could see that all of them had disappeared after visiting the welfare home the next day. No one knew how they had disappeared, and there were naturally no public surveillance cameras installed in a welfare home.

Adam also paid the establishment a visit to conduct his own investigation, but he wasn't able to uncover anything even after inspecting the memories of the employees there.

They certainly did a really thorough job! Even adapters like myself won't be able to find any useful information here.

Adam was feeling very frustrated at the fact that the lead had run cold.

If only I could capture Chen Yiran. He definitely knows something. Where could he be?

……

In the sewage system of Sandrise City, a fire that had only just been lit was immediately stamped out.

"We've already been through this before, Rotten Meat. There are flammable biogases in the sewage system, so you can't light fires here. If you need to light a fire, go to Big Genius's laboratory. His area is clear from all of the biogases here."

Raven had already lost count of how many times this conversation had taken place, but he was still displaying remarkable patience and kindness, far more so than all therapists and psychiatrists.

This was why even though Rotten Meat was a psychic mutant with a very short temper, he was still very obedient to Raven.

"Oh, right, I almost blew everyone up! Boom!" Rotten Meat chuckled as he hobbled toward the laboratory, immediately following which Big Genius's disgruntled yelling rang out from inside.

"Who the fuck let you come in? Don't fucking touch my shit! I only just assembled it, the screws haven't even been installed yet!"

Raven paid no heed to Big Genius's enraged yelling as he made his way over to Hebi no Miko, then asked in a respectful voice, "Are you feeling a bit better?"

"I'm fine. I only took one bullet from that Mechguard unit, and it didn't strike any of my vital regions. On top of that, I have nano-healing robots in my body, and they've already removed the bullet and sewn up the wound."

Hebi no Miko was a very violent and reclusive person, and she had never made a single friend.

Everyone was scared of her, including even her sister, Oni no Miko, and most of the people who weren't scared of her had perished at her hands.

However, Raven was an exception to this. There was a strange quality to him that was very soothing, even to the most violent of individuals.

In Raven's presence, even Hebi no Miko's perpetual urge to destroy everything mellowed out a little.

This was a very comforting feeling for Hebi no Miko. It had been a very long time since she had found peace like this.

"What do you want me to do for you?" In her peaceful state, Hebi no Miko was able to think with more clarity than in the past. "Don't tell me that you don't want anything from me. There's no way that you would've risked being shot down by Mechguard to save me for nothing."

"Of course I want something from you. I'm not so pretentious that I would claim to have saved you out of the kindness of my heart."

Raven drew closer to Hebi no Miko and crouched down slightly so that their eyes were level.

Hebi no Miko was very beautiful. She had the intricate features and delicate skin of an Asian beauty, but she was also giving off an extremely wild and destructive aura.

The juxtaposition of her completely mismatching appearance and disposition made her resemble an extreme cocktail, presenting a very jarring package.

"I've seen your information on the internet. Of course, not all of the information is reliable and accurate, but I still believe a part of it."

"Which part?"

"The part that says that you're someone who always repays kindness, but also doesn't hesitate to take revenge against those who have wronged you."

"That's fair."

"That's why I saved you. I'll be honest, I didn't even know exactly what I wanted you to do for me when I saved you. I just have a feeling that you'll definitely be useful to me given how powerful you are." Raven was expressing his thoughts to Hebi no Miko with a gentle smile, and his voice was so soft and tender that it was as if he were speaking to his lover. "Come to think of it, it was quite a coincidence that I ran into you on that day. I was there to see Adam, and I didn't know that you were going to attack him."

"Why do you want to see him?"

"There's an old man who wants me to kill him."

"Sounds like he's certainly short on enemies. Do you know him?"

"I do. We're not exactly friends, but I'd say we're collaborative partners."

Raven was being very honest and candid with everything that he said.

As one of a handful of the most powerful adapters in the world, Hebi no Miko possessed near unmatched telegnosis. Countless people in the past had tried to lie to her, thinking that a psychic mutant like her would be too stupid to see through their lies, and none of those people lived to tell the tale.

After that, there were fewer and fewer people who tried to deceive her, but more and more people revealed only incomplete truths to her. It was extremely rare for her to see someone like Raven, who was so open and willing to share.

"Come to think of it, you and I are also technically collaborative partners right now. I promised him that I was going to get you off his temporarily."

"How do you plan to do that?"

"Come with me."

Raven stood up straight again as he slowly helped Hebi no Miko to her feet, following which the two of them entered a spherical automaton. This was a sewage system transportation device developed by Big Genius, and they rode the device to a nearby area.

There, a person was locked up in a metal cage.

It was none other than Chen Yiran.