Hunter of Mysterious Creature-Chapter 468 - 81

"Who?" Sun Hang asked.

"Shinkata Misaki, codename 'Death's Eye,' an esper working in my department," Sun Qiong replied. "Her ability allows her to see the 'flaws' in mysterious creatures or infected individuals using her eyes."

"So, this person, can she help me find the weakest spot on Chimera 17?" Sun Hang asked, "Then why wasn't she sent over earlier?"

"Because Shinkata Misaki was undergoing her routine physical examination recently... Moreover, according to the plan proposed by Tianfu City, she is one of the 'secret weapons' for this operation," Sun Qiong lowered her voice. "You should know that Chimera 17 absorbs the memories of its victims. Because of this ability, almost all of our action plans have been exposed, and Chimera 17 has taken corresponding countermeasures based on this information."

"I see," Sun Hang quickly understood and nodded, "Until the final step of the plan, her existence must remain secret..."

When facing an unbeatable enemy, only an unexpected variable can change the course of the battle.

In this battle, one variable was Sun Hang; the other variable was Shinkata Misaki, codenamed "Death's Eye."

No wonder Yang Qi was so confident about the final step of the operation—'breaking through Chimera 17's cocoon and injecting the 'pesticide' into the core...' If Shinkata Misaki can indeed find the flaw in Chimera 17, then with a large gathering of Mysterious Creature Hunters and cutting-edge technology weapons, it is highly probable they can carve a path straight to the core for the "injection channel."

This difficulty cannot be compared with collecting memetic samples— the former is equivalent to using tweezers to collect a small amount of DNA-laden epidermal cells, whereas the latter requires inserting a thick and long needle directly into the heart of the mysterious creature.

"Yes... In fact, Yang Qi, the proposer of the pesticide plan, chose Shinkata Misaki as a participant from the beginning. However, to ensure the secrecy of the plan, she did not include Shinkata Misaki's name in the list of participants but contacted us under a private capacity..."

Sun Qiong continued, "The deployment of Shinkata Misaki is the top secret of Dubhe Tower, with no electronic or paper records left behind. Any non-core personnel will not know that she has been transferred to Tianfu City. Currently, no more than six people in the entire Dubhe Tower know about this matter. We will prepare a stand-in to remain in Chunming City, creating the illusion that Shinkata Misaki hasn't left. As for her, she will follow you to Tianfu City under the guise of a logistics personnel... so please safeguard her personal safety and identity information."

"Alright." Sun Hang responded.

"Uh, there is one more thing." Sun Qiong's expression changed slightly, as if she found it difficult to speak.

"What else?"

"Shinkata Misaki's personality... is a bit eccentric." Sun Qiong slowly explained, "I hope you can be forgiving."

"How eccentric?" Sun Hang asked. "Schizophrenia?"

"No, no... she does not suffer from mental or psychological disorders, she is quite healthy, and all her physical tests show no issues." Sun Qiong quickly shook her head, "It's just... she has a heavy curiosity and gets very interested in certain peculiar things."

"Peculiar things? Like what?"

"Mysterious creatures," Sun Qiong said, "More than once during operations involving hunting mysterious creatures, she would leave the protection of our personnel to observe the creatures closely... Besides the ability I just mentioned, she has no combat powers and her physical strength is no different than an average seventeen-year-old human girl... Her reckless behavior has caused several close calls, but since it hasn't resulted in serious losses, we can't take any substantive punitive measures against her."

"So, she's insubordinate?" Sun Hang glanced at Sun Qiong. "Why not just cuff her? Given her physical strength is like an ordinary person, any soldier could restrain her, right?"

"If we restrict her freedom, she would choose to refuse cooperation... maybe even go on a hunger strike." Sun Qiong sighed, "Considering her ability is very unique with no alternatives... we're in a bind."

"Brainwashing, hypnosis, mind control... I refuse to believe you have absolutely no way." Sun Hang stated.

"The methods you mention... are somewhat too extreme." Sun Qiong's expression turned awkward, "We still want to maintain a good relationship with espers as much as possible... so more espers will be willing to cooperate with us, rather than see us as enemies. Once we employ such methods on them, I'm afraid..."

"What did you just say?" Sun Hang asked.

"I said we want to maintain a good relationship with espers as much as..."

"The sentence before that," Sun Hang interrupted her. "No, wait, the sentence a few lines ago, your response when I asked if there's anything wrong with her."

"...She doesn't have any mental or psychological disorders and is physically healthy?" Sun Qiong replied tentatively.

"Yes, that's it." Sun Hang snapped his fingers, "How can this be considered healthy? This is clearly a problematic girl! Curious is normal, but being fearless of death doesn't reveal the seriousness of the problem?"

"Uh... We've had our psychologists conduct thorough tests on her..."

"The conclusion?"

"Adolescent... rebellious phase." Sun Qiong replied.

"Wow," Sun Hang rolled his eyes, "If I were to handle her, could I hit her?"