Chapter 586: Chapter 586: Agreement (Part 1)


    Yesterday.


    The Knight Selection had just ended.


    Han Dong immediately returned to the Mysterious Department to meet with Mr. ck White.


    The conversation mainly centered on the unique arrangements during the Knight Convention… Of course, the [Means] used by Captain Hugo were also mentioned.


    Mr. ck White only had one thing to say about it – “The people Hugo wants, will almost always be swayed by his various means.”


    Soon after.


    The topic was shifted to Han Dong’s personal issues.


    “This Knight Selection turn you into a public figure who’s known by all… At least two leaders have taken a particr interest in you. One is the Duchess. One is the Gold Master.


    The former isn’t much problem, you can handle her if shees for you.<div>


    As for thetter, in the entire Holy City, very few dare to reject the ‘Gold Master’.


    And yet you, you sabotaged the Gold Master’s homunculus project during the convention and refused his [Invitation] publicly.


    Though, you did manage to save the situation somewhat by showing a willingness to ‘cooperate’, the Gold Master will definitely find you in private…and he’ll definitely be extremely forceful.


    Offending the Gold Master is troublesome.


    Especially within the Steam Knight Regiment where there’s someone who is on par with me in strategy… Once they target you, consider every decision carefully.


    Try to align with the ‘Gold Master’s’ idea as much as possible, even revealing some of your secrets if necessary.


    The Gold Master is a businessman; as long as it benefits him, he will help you… I think you understand what I mean.”


    “Hmm.”


    …


    Cut back to the conversation.


    “Yes… I built myboratory outside the city just as was disclosed at the ‘Knight Selection’. I maintain contact with the ‘Neutral’ Crowman tribe and conveniently use them as bor’ to build an unrestrainedboratory outside the city.


    A lot of biological experiments can be directly conducted there, and there’s even more ‘biological material’ outside than in Holy City.”


    For Han Dong’s answer, Newton seemed quite satisfied.


    “Hmm…


    The Gold Master has a high regard for your research on ‘Life Technology’, it is a rtively weak discipline in the Holy City… With your research aiding, perhaps we could further perfect the ‘Prosthetics’.@@novelbin@@


    Could we maybe make a trip to yourb outside the city?


    If I ‘approve’ here, we can establish a preliminary cooperation n.


    The financial power of the Gold Master can save you a lot of trouble. We can easily help you get some materials that are typically hard to obtain.”


    “Okay.”


    Guided by Mr. ck White’s warning, Han Dong agreed without hesitation.


    Moreover,


    During the conversation, Han Dong could feel a kind of intuitive ‘power’ from Mr. Newton.


    If Mr. ck White and him both belong to the [Wise Man] of Holy City, then Mr. ck White is more of a ‘soft’ wise man, while Mr. Newton is more of a ‘hard’ wise man.


    “Let’s take my carriage, it will save some time… my time is precious.”


    “Sure.”


    For a moment.


    The steam carriage went at an all-out terrifying speed exceeding 100 miles, heading straight out of the city.


    In the carriage, Mia kept quiet due to the witch’s warning… But with her world somewhat disrupted, the heads-down Mia was gritting her teeth throughout the journey.


    “Don’t worry, I won’t be there for too long…my time is precious.”


    This sentence made Mia shocked, and immediately there was no anger left.


    The carriage was racing through the forest.


    Without needing Han Dong’s guidance, it went straight to the Stuart Manor area.


    It seemed that Newton knew in advance where Han Dong’sboratory was located.


    Caw, caw…


    Sensing the scent of Han Dong within the carriage, the flock of crows made way immediately.


    Several Crowman Elders came to greet them in person.


    However, as soon as Newton stepped off the carriage, a wave of imposing aura spread out, causing the feathers of the Elder Crows to stand up at 45 degrees in shock.


    However,


    Newton’s sight didn’t linger on the manor buildings or the group of crowmen for even a moment.


    Once off the carriage, he only stared at his watch.


    “Let’s go straight to theboratory. My time is precious.”


    “Alright.”


    With Han Dong signalling the crowmen with his eyes to watch the carriage, they headed to the underground experimental area through the nearest secret passage.


    The sight of row upon row of ‘life cultivation chambers’ optimized by Han Dong, along with neatly arranged cables, transport tubes, pressure meters, and ‘living eyes’ (directly connected to the Swollen Doctor) using void space in the corridor perfectly, made Newton nod slightly in approval of theboratory design, but it still wasn’t enough.


    “There’s nothing interesting to see in the peripheral experiment area, take me straight to the core experiment area… my time is precious.


    When they arrived at the centralboratory with Mr. Newton,


    The diffusion of a powerful aura startled the Swollen Doctor, who was conducting a ‘brain imnt experiment’.


    Since officially turned into a demon, the Swollen Doctor’s brain has shrunk to the size of a regr person’s due to the requiredrge amount of oxygen for his brain to gain energy… The Swollen Doctor has removed his entire skull to deliberately expose his brain to the air, activating mitochondria in his brain cells to achieve efficient oxygen conversion.


    This allows the doctor to keep functioning efficiently at all times.


    Also, the gear embedded in the doctor’s brain (a product of the Old King – M.O.) can be clearly seen.


    This brain structure immediately drew Newton’s attention.


    Without any hostility towards the alien demon from outside the city, Mr. Newton bowed to the doctor as a formality.


    “A hybrid demon… your brain is very interesting, could you make a thin slice for me? Preferably with a bit of ‘Magic Gear’.”


    Asking for brain tissue as soon as he greeted, it’s not something anyone would typically appreciate.


    “Uh…” The Swollen Doctor touched his head, a bit reluctant.


    “Go ahead.”


    With Han Dong’s approval, the doctor immediately cut off a small slice of his brain, which had two small gears still rotating within.


    “A very fine biologicalboratory.”


    With the slice in his hand, Mr. Newton gave theboratory a high rating.


    At the same time, he ced a pre-prepared contract, the “Temporary Experimental Cooperation Contract (Junior Level)”, on the table.


    “This preliminary cooperation contract is set up by the Gold Master… Once signed, the Gold Master will strictly keep your outsideboratory a secret.


    Even if someone in the Holy City wants to investigate, they will definitely find no clues.


    If the cooperation achieves its goal within the prescribed time, we can deepen our rtionship further.”


    Just when Han Dong was looking at the contract.


    Caw~Caw!


    A crow made it here through the secret passage.


    “Sir… Sir!


    Because you left your scent in the forest, something has shown up.


    The Millipede tribe, which had been showing no activity for half a year, used their superior reproduction ability to create a massive army.


    There are over ten demons among them, and with all their forcesbined, they are slowly surrounding the manor.”


    “How many Millipedes are there in total?”


    “I am afraid there could be hundreds of thousands…


    Just then.


    Mr. Newton’s fingernded on one item of the contract – “The Steam Knight Regiment will provide certain ‘protection’ for the outsideboratory.”


    “Since I’m here anyway, if you sign the contract now, I could help you deal with the pests in Gain Forest.”