Sitting in his office, John looked at a document in his hand, his face gloomy and almost wringing out water.

After the Fenrir crusade was over, John thought that this matter would be over, but when he just returned to the branch, another bad news came.

In the central laboratory on the 60th floor of the basement, the body of an unknown organism delivered by the association's headquarters has vanished.

Originally, I thought that the creature had woken up and escaped, but it was probably normal to say that the creature's examination revealed that the characteristics he exhibited did not overlap with the gods they had fought against, so that even if he woke up and broke out of the underground branch, he would not wake up the weapons specially prepared for the godslayer.

Eventually, however, the security forces on their side discovered the accounts of researchers who had been knocked unconscious by the barbed wire fence at the vents, and the alarms that sounded throughout the underground bureau that day.

Everything means that someone has invaded their underground branch at that time.

In his hand was a detailed report on the situation, and there were several flashes of black shadows recorded on the surveillance recording instrument, it was obvious that they were not from their branch, and at the time of the underground evacuation, there was a person who was moving in the opposite direction from everyone, and the destination was the central laboratory in front.

Taking advantage of their fight with Fenrir, he sneaked into the underground of the branch and used some special means to awaken the unknown monster and release him, and the man was gone.

However, for some reason, John always felt that the blurry figure captured on the surveillance looked familiar.

But now is not the time for him to continue thinking about this issue, because this matter has been learned by the headquarters, and someone will soon be sent to investigate the details of this matter, and if nothing else, John's current ministerial status may be impeached.

During the crusade against Fenrir, John said that after the end of this war, it doesn't matter if he impeaches himself, and John does think so, after all, all the mistakes in the first battle are on himself, and even if he is impeached, he can't complain.

However, he really didn't want to be blamed by the headquarters for this incident! There were loopholes in the security of the branch, and he had reported it to the headquarters many times, but the headquarters had always said that there was no need to add vigilance to people, and that it was mainly to prevent the invasion of the gods, and now it was a human being who caused them great losses.

However, this kind of thing cannot be said, because the mistake has happened to him, and he must bear it, and if the responsibility is placed on the association, there is no other consequence than to increase the severity of the punishment.

With a long sigh, John slammed the documents in his hand on the table, rubbing his forehead with his hand.

At this moment, a video conversation window flashed on the computer screen in front of him, and an old man with gray hair and a majestic face appeared on the screen.

"John, you look like you're in trouble."

John looked up at the old man on the computer, coughed slightly, and sat up straight.

"Mr. Steve, you are the vice president, and you should understand what kind of situation I am in right now."

"Haha, don't say that, I've been on vacation in Hawaii for a month now, and I don't know anything about the association." A playful smile suddenly appeared on Steve's majestic face, "But your affairs are somewhat clear, because they have to push this kind of big matter to me and force this process to follow." ”

"The president and vice president decided at the same time, and they are already planning to impeach me at this time?" John smiled faintly.

"I don't know, but in terms of the severity of the problem, it's not far from ten." The smile on Steve's face faded and turned serious, "John, do you know what I'm looking for you for?" ”

"I think about it, did you prepare a big box of dollars for me, and a special plane to take me to a villa outside San Francisco to spend my old age in the dark?" John said with a smile after a moment of silence.

In the face of John's ridicule, Steve, who has always been funny, did not joke with him as usual, but said seriously: "I came to see if there is a way to help you keep this position, I asked you John, did the crusade with Fenrir have any results?" ”

"Yes, the bodies of his two dog sons have been transported back to the branch, and it took a lot of effort."

"Where's Fenrir's body?"

John sighed slightly: "I have already written a report and handed it in, haven't you read it?" Fenrir was wounded after being bombarded with a railgun armed with the gods, and then killed by the humanoid creature who called himself Naia, and was crushed into dust. ”

"Humanoids? Naia"

"Yes, that means having the same appearance as a human, but I don't believe anyone can turn Fenrir into a bunch of molecular-level things with the flick of their hand, don't you think?"

On the screen, Steve furrowed his brows, and after a long silence, he slowly shook his head: "Whether in the history of spirit masters or soul killers, I have really never seen a human with this kind of power so far, Naia...... No, I say what does this have to do with your lost bodies? ”

Listening to Steve's whispered mutter, John held his hand to his forehead and groaned.

Suddenly, as if electrocuted, John slammed his face on the table, and Steve, who was still pondering, shuddered at the loud knock.

"Hey, this isn't a negotiating table, it's useless for you to spend your energy here."

However, John didn't say a word, and quickly retrieved a tablet at hand to retrieve the surveillance footage of the disappearance of the body earlier.

"That's ......" John gasped and whispered to himself as he looked at the surveillance footage.

"What the fuck are you talking about?" Looking at John, who was chattering, Steve couldn't help but burst into a foul mouth.

"Mr. Steve, there are some things that are really beyond our imagination, and even looking back now, I think they were joking with me." John said, looking up at Steve and smiling, "I can probably guess what the identity of that body is." ”

"You kid learned divination? Tell me about it? ”

"He killed Fenrir on the battlefield with his own hands, in the form of a human, when our Tyrnano branch was infiltrated by an unknown person, he let this guy go, and then disappeared."

"But the guy who killed Fenrir looks exactly like the human who infiltrated our branch!"

Staring at the computer screen, John's face was excited.

Steve frowned and asked slowly, "Go on." ”

"He killed Fenrir and crushed him to dust, and the human who infiltrated our branch is missing, and I suspect that it is very likely that he awakened the body and was killed in the same way, and the faceless body used its own power to transform into the human posture to conceal its true identity."

John trembled slightly, lowered his already agitated voice and said, "The Lookless, ever-changing, fear-inducing, self-proclaimed Naia, Mr. Steve, may I ask what you can imagine based on these?" ”

With a stunned look on his face, it was clear that Steve knew exactly what John was trying to say.

"John, that's just a guess, and it can't just be put into practice, do you know what it means to us if it's true?"

"You're wrong, Mr. Steve, not for us, but for us, and the gods." John lowered his voice and said in a solemn tone, "All of us will face a more powerful being, their strength may even have broken through the dimension, whether it is gods or humans, they may all be just ants to them, but all this cannot prevent a fact from appearing in front of us, there is no escape, a fact that must be faced head-on. ”

"That existed in the Ancient Chaos Period, the rulers of the old days, really existed."