"..."
Even Ptilopsis said nothing, but her originally petite body, for some reason... widened on both sides, and the feathers at her hair tips trembled rapidly, issuing a threat towards Madam Director.
Originally, their goal was to protect Ifrit from harm... but now, their objective seemed to need to change.
They had to—protect Researcher Goki.
"Alright, I really didn't want to come to this point—Saria, do you really think you can escape Rhine Lab without my permission?"
Madam Director regained her usual composure and confidence. With a wave of her hand, several thick metal walls descended from the ceiling, sealing all the floor-toceiling windows on the side of the laboratory. Meanwhile, countless small openings appeared on the ceiling, aiming anesthetic dart guns at the group.
"Now, I am designating Saria, Silence, Ptilopsis, and Researcher Goki as fugitives. Employees who apprehend them will receive appropriate rewards. Be careful not to hurt them—for example, by having their names credited in my research papers?"
At these words, several department heads immediately stirred, looking at Researcher Goki as if he were a juicy piece of meat. Only Muelsyse / Muir Sais shrank back further.
She didn't want to be tentacle-played again.
"Madam Director!"
"We are always ready!"
At the door, the Directorate-General Guard, armed with firearms and wearing powered armor, who had been waiting for a long time, suddenly kicked open the laboratory door.
They did not belong to the Defense Department but were directly responsible to Madam Director personally. Although their combat ability was not as good as that of department-level figures, they were all equipped with Rhine Lab's most cutting-edge technology, and there were more than twenty of them, with clear divisions of labor.
"Bring out your trump card, Mr. Goki. Show your power. Truth is within the range of a cannon—if I win, you will cooperate with my research. If I lose... you can leave freely, and even retain your original positions. How about it?"
Spreading her hands towards Researcher Goki and Saria, Madam Director appeared exceptionally magnanimous.
But just as Saria said, it takes immense courage to defy Madam Director.
Boom—
The next second, the glass on the laboratory table in the room shattered. Saria's calcification mist erupted, but Madam Director easily blew it away. The Aura of the two surged in the air.
"I will also display my research results—this is the power of the Universe from Kazimierz."
Madam Director was far-sighted and extremely cautious. She hadn't anticipated Researcher Goki's identity, but she had already considered how she and Saria would bring the rampaging Little Fire Dragon back to normal if today's experiment failed.
"Is that so... But just showing it to me isn't enough; we're not close."
However, Researcher Goki did not feel any pressure. He simply pulled out his phone; the call on it seemed to have just ended.
Thump—
Suddenly, behind Researcher Goki, a heavy tremor came from the anti-theft gate, sealed like a bank vault.
Soon, keen-eyed individuals noticed a fist-shaped indentation protruding from the ten-centimeter-thick high-density alloy plate.
Thump, thump, thump-thump, thump-thump-thump.
Heavy impacts resonated in the hearts of everyone in the room, one after another, putting them under immense pressure.
Researcher Goki, meanwhile, crossed his arms, a relaxed smile on his face.
"Look, you have an army—"
Crack, rip—
Then, accompanied by a tearing sound that hurt the eardrums, the heavy metal anti-theft door shattered.
Rain instantly poured into the room through the gaping hole, dozens of centimeters wide, and immediately after, a small head peered directly in from outside the high-rise building, dozens of stories up.
"Goki, I'm here!"
Seeing Researcher Goki, the white-haired, red-eyed beauty smiled excitedly.
After a month of idleness, Skadi could finally fight!
"—We have Skadi."
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