"So, what's our main business direction? And how do we specifically divide the personnel?"
With Merlin's help, Aishelia, who had quickly set up a makeshift community, was reinvigorated.
She began asking Aslan about his business ideas for Umbrella Corporation.
"The business focuses on biomedicine, including breeding familiars, purifying blood, and creating medicines suitable for Little Garden."
"As for personnel, that can be handled with Homunculus."
Though Magecraft in Type-Moon wasn't particularly strong in terms of destructive power, it excelled in functionality.
Before leaving, Aslan had plundered techniques from the Three Founding Families of the Holy Grail and the Clock Tower.
Naturally, this included the Einzbern family's Homunculus technology and the Greater Grail's knowledge transfer technology.
Combining these two technologies allowed Aslan to quickly recruit a group of high-quality staff.
Aside from issues with combat strength and emotions, there were no other problems.
To ensure the latent properties of the Blacklight Virus and accelerate its spread, Aslan specifically sought help from his ever-present "granny."
The Mother of Evil Gods, after all, was an experienced Two-Digit entity. Though she now lacked much power, her knowledge and experience remained top-tier.
With her assistance, the Blacklight Virus and other viruses' functions and structures were transformed into a bloodline life system tree.
It had the effect of purifying life factors and accelerating the evolution of life to a higher level within the system tree.
Moreover, the southern region was dominated by Phantasmal Beasts, which would surely help Aslan collect various life factors from Phantasmal Beasts and other creatures while becoming a hit.
This would speed up the evolution of the Last Trial of Mankind, Angra Mainyu.
Those who received the virus's growth and evolution acceleration would become hosts for future viral plagues in Little Garden.
"Alright."
Aishelia said with a strange feeling. This was her first time leading Homunculus.
This meant that in managing this community, she had absolute leadership. No relatives or heirs would get in her way.
She didn't need to deal with orders from higher gods or subordinates, nor think about internal community conflicts or salary issues?
This… this was truly wonderful.
She had never had such a beautiful start.
Honestly, her time as Perseus' leader was the worst experience in her 1,600 years of life.
Above, there were elders and gods giving orders. Below, there were heirs and relatives obstructing her. Add to that the long-standing grudges, conflicts, and deceit within the community.
That's why Perseus had a strong foundation and unique industries—otherwise, they'd have gone bankrupt long ago.
Then Aslan brought out the Homunculus he had prepared at Ouroboros' headquarters.
Aslan didn't waste time naming these Homunculus. They were almost all numbered, and he deliberately removed their sexual characteristics and emotional centers.
When creating them, he also added viral genetic sequences to their embryos to ensure his control over them.
After all, these Homunculus were tools, not even considered human, so he made them fully tools.
This maximized the reduction of emotional waste.
However, for aesthetics, the Homunculus's bodies were still well-crafted, though their faces had clear non-human traits.
"Hmm? You're really planning to do something serious?"
Seeing these Homunculus, Aishelia took Aslan seriously for the first time. Few people forcibly removed emotions and sexual characteristics from Homunculus.
She had seen auctions for doll-like Homunculus, but what Aslan did was somewhat beyond her expectations.
"Of course. I came to Little Garden to do big things!"
Aslan shrugged and said. If he didn't do something big, how could he justify his trip to Little Garden?
Then he continued discussing various cooperation and management details with Aishelia. As for Merlin, she had already slipped away.
Was he worried this cooperation would be exposed? Of course not—there was nothing to worry about.
The three of them were each probing the depths of Ouroboros, trying to see how big this snake, which had just shown its tail, really was.
Was it a small snake or Jörmungandr?
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On the other side, at a small river in the upper layer of Heaven.
On the shoulder of a young man in a straw hat fishing by the riverbank, a one-eyed crow had appeared at some point.
The crow tilted its head, looking left and right, as if searching for something.
Suddenly, its eyes narrowed, and it turned to meet the gaze of the straw-hat young man holding the fishing rod.
The crow suddenly cawed.
"Caw! Caw! Caw!"
"Those three troublemakers have been dealt with?"
The young man laughed, turning to show a friendly smile.
"What do you think we should do with those three?"
The crow paused, then cawed again.
"Caw caw, caw caw caw, caw caw!!"
"You mean they're not causing trouble but instead setting up an Umbrella community? What's that about?"
Krishna squinted, thought for a moment, then laughed.
"Whatever, let them be."
"I just don't know how much longer I can control this snake."
"What a headache."
One Athena, one Halloween Queen, and one Mother of Evil Gods whose life or death was unclear.
Even Krishna found it tough. None of the three were easy to deal with. Or rather, if any one of them caught the snake's tail, it would be exposed.
Though the first two had cooperated with the snake before, cooperation was one thing—being caught and investigated was another.
The Mother of Evil Gods too.
Why wasn't she completely dead?
She was gravely injured by End Emptiness but still managed to crawl out of the grave.
Why couldn't she die completely like Ouranos?
Krishna sighed. Even as a Two-Digit, moving on Little Garden's stage was difficult.
"For now, we'd better focus on Highness."
A rare relieved smile appeared on Krishna's face. The savior was finally about to be born.
It was worth all his efforts.
"Oh, and since they want to run a community, let's use that place as an Ouroboros branch and give them executive status."
"Caw caw."
After cawing twice, the one-eyed crow flapped its wings and flew off to deliver Krishna's orders.
After all, he was just a forced ally. If he could, who would want to dive into this mess?
Krishna shook his head helplessly and continued fishing.
Though he was a Two-Digit, he didn't fully understand Little Garden's current situation.
On Little Garden's small chessboard, so many players were preparing to make their moves.
A tiny Little Garden—how could it accommodate so many players?
There were still too many Two-Digit levels in Little Garden.
Ouroboros alone had five… no, six? Or seven, or even more Two-Digit pawns.
Not to mention other unknown old-timers who also wanted to meddle.
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On the other side, after interacting with Aishelia, Aslan happily became a carefree CEO and returned to No Name.
"Finally, I've completed the most basic setup."
Aslan kicked off his shoes onto the floor and collapsed onto the bed limply.
He had reached an agreement with the Halloween Queen, the Mother of Evil Gods had appeared, and he had already spoken with Shiroyasha. Preparations to strengthen the Spirit Status of the Last Trial of Mankind were complete.
He had also successfully infiltrated Ouroboros.
Good grief, this was only his second day in Little Garden.
Aslan somehow felt he was truly capable.
"Master, there's a guest."
As Aslan lay on the bed contemplating life, Leticia's voice came from outside the door.
"No, let me rest for a bit."
Aslan's lazy voice echoed from his room, reaching Leticia, who was wearing a blue-and-white maid outfit.
Without a word, Leticia opened the door and entered without hesitation.
In fact, she had been waiting outside Aslan's door for nearly two hours.
But Aslan hadn't returned.
Only those with Boundary Divinity could appear and disappear at will, right?
"Sorry to disturb your rest, Master, but Lady Scathach has been waiting in the lounge for two hours."
Leticia stood by Aslan's bedside, looking at him as he buried his head in the pillow, trying to escape.
"Hah, just how scared is the Halloween Queen that I'll run off?"
Aslan sighed, looked at Leticia, and pulled her into his arms.
Smelling Leticia's pure rose-and-lily scent, Aslan felt more relaxed.
Leticia seemed to sense Aslan's exhaustion, so she didn't resist and let him hold her like that.
It seemed that, out of sight, Aslan had accumulated a lot of stress.
"Done, Master? If you keep this up, I'll call Miss Karyou."
A few minutes later, feeling Aslan's hands getting a bit naughty, Leticia's expression darkened slightly.
"Hmm, much better. As expected, only hugging a beautiful girl can make me recover at max speed."
Aslan stretched and said.
Honestly, Leticia's touch was amazing, and her scent brought peace.
"Alright, let's go."
After tidying his clothes, Aslan prepared to receive the reward promised by the Halloween Queen.
Namely, the Principle of Creation he earned with one promise, plus his hard work for the Halloween Queen.
And, of course, Scathach, who would soon become his teacher.
As for Avalon, after seeing it and interacting with Merlin, Aslan had deep doubts about its future reliability. Could Avalon really be depended on?