Witch, Fireball and the Evil God of Steam-Chapter 719 - 97: Day 3_2

This might become the last day of her life.

Because the woman living in this apartment is far from being a harmless, gullible girl; she is a witch capable of unleashing domain magic to freeze the entire city at any moment.

And this witch has another identity.

She is the goddess worshipped by the commune, the one who granted them power in the "other world."

In reality, they have never truly communicated or exchanged with the goddess on equal terms; the distance is too great, an unbridgeable chasm between god and human beings.

Before long, the door of the apartment opened.

This might be Zhuang Xiao's first time facing the goddess alone and at such close range.

Today, the "god" wore a loose white shirt with tight black jeans, her red pupils expressing vigilance and questions. She held a half-eaten lychee-flavored popsicle in her hand, while the other half was being cradled by the black cat in the living room. Zhuang Xiao couldn't help but worry if the cat would get an upset stomach.

She quickly said the prepared words, "Hello, I am the Human Resources Department Manager from Pioneer Technology. Your husband is an important employee at our company. This is a routine household visit."

Upon hearing the words "your husband," Zhuang Xiao noticed that Lindong's eyebrows relaxed a lot. She even opened the door wider and took out a pair of shoe covers from the shoe cabinet, handing them to her.

"My husband didn't mention anyone coming today from the company."

"Oh, this is the process of Pioneer Company. Your husband works in an important department. Pioneer Company is a humanistic company. We ensure that every employee in a key position has a good living environment... um, you seem not to have any financial issues, but there are still some procedures to go through. If you have any needs, feel free to let me know."

Zhuang Xiao took out the prepared investigation checklist from her briefcase. She and Merlin had spent an entire day drafting the questions on the checklist, concealing the information they wanted to know within these seemingly ordinary questions. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

She had already achieved initial success.

Lindong didn't seem to recognize her or show hostility; in contrast, the black cat in the living room stopped nibbling on the ice pop when she entered the doorway, raised its head, and kept staring at her with its beautiful heterochromatic eyes.

She exchanged glances with the black cat for less than three seconds before breaking eye contact. She always felt a strange sensation of being seen through by the black cat.

From the information she had, when Ethan left Dark Furnace City, this "stray cat" that appeared out of nowhere was by his side, thus the answer was already self-evident.

This was very likely the inexplicable presence that Ethan had encountered in Dark Furnace City.

The cat was just its disguise, considering its involvement with the ghoul cases, this black cat's true form could likely be a terrifying existence capable of scaring someone to death with just a glance.

The cat seemed to have obtained the information it wanted, then lowered its head to lick the lychee-flavored ice pop again.

"Finished filling it out."

Time passed quickly, Zhuang Xiao rapidly glanced over the filled-out checklist, and combined with Lindong's reaction to her, her and Merlin's suspicions were vaguely confirmed—there seemed to be some discrepancies between Lindong and the goddess, as if she had also lost part of her memory and was not in a complete form.

"This is my business card, with my phone number on it. If you need anything, you can call this number anytime."

To avoid raising Lindong's suspicion, Zhuang Xiao knew she couldn't stay here too long. She had to maintain the appearance of official business here, and with this first contact, it would be easier for her to create opportunities in the future to meet with Lindong alone.

Creating chance encounters, or perhaps arranging for her to participate in some activities under the guise of Pioneer Technology.

The first thing they needed to find out was Lindong's real name.

There were no clues related to "Lindong" in the shelter. Merlin believed that if they could somehow investigate the name Lindong used during her time in the shelter, they could pry open a part of the secret.

...

"That HR manager is not honest."

After Zhuang Xiao left, the cat on the coffee table said quietly, "She knows about Dark Furnace City and my situation."

If it weren't for Ethan's repeated warnings not to harm people, that HR manager would have long become a cold corpse by now. She didn't care about the opponent's motives and thoughts, anyone with ill-intentions approaching Ethan deserved to die.

"But she's very afraid of you. What exactly did you do to make her so scared?"

The black cat tilted its head in confusion, staring at Lindong. It wasn't fear that exists between humans; it was more like facing a natural enemy.

"I don't know."

Lindong shook her head. However, this black cat had mind-reading abilities, and even Ethan fell into her hands from time to time, so she trusted the cat's judgment.

She carefully examined the business card again.

It was an ordinary hard cardstock, confirming it wasn't cursed with black magic.

Since she knew about Dark Furnace City and Little Dark's existence, she must be from the same world as them. Lindong had already been mentally prepared for this point.

Though this was Ethan's created "pollution zone," it was possible for others to stumble into it.

Lindong casually said, "Maybe it's because I killed her husband or other relative."

During the two years she left the Empire and became part of the Nightmare, she and Rowena created multiple murder cases in and out of the Empire. One target was the remnants who had betrayed the Violet Commune, and the other part was Pope Julius's confidants. Her superior, the Nightmare Witch, as a senior Evil God follower, provided her with a good thought process.