Saria, at this moment, had abandoned her riot shield, dropped her chalk healing gun, and freed her slender hands, completely transforming into the legendary Rhine Lab Fist Emperor.
The silver-gray calcium-like mist around this enraged Vouivre / Wyvern gradually turned a blood-red color, exactly like the effect of her Fortification skin.
And the expression on her face was no longer her usual calm, but rather a somewhat ferocious and wild smile.
Saria, still under thirty, despite her diamond-like resolve, still had the hot blood of youth flowing in her veins.
As a powerful Wyvern, occasionally dropping her shield and engaging in a passionate fight was not out of the question!
On the other side, the Director's face still held a serene smile, and a halo, like the cosmic Universe, spread around her.
Almost at the moment of impact, a shockwave spread out, shattering the valuable instruments around them, and crushing the floor beneath their feet.
Their voluptuous chests also pressed together, neither able to budge the other.
However, compared to the Director, who only shattered tiles, Saria, including her ankles, was directly pressed into the floor.
"Guess what, Saria, what are my Originium Arts? I will prove that the power of the Great One is controllable!"
The muscles in their bodies suddenly tensed, the red light in their eyes and the shimmering black light grew stronger, and the surrounding air once again emitted bursts of explosions.
"This is the Structure Department's laboratory... never mind."
Silence wanted to say something, but considering she didn't plan to work here anymore, she didn't continue to feel distressed—it was all the Director's property anyway.
"Well, it's finally started. I didn't expect my Senior Sister to be so... reckless."
Meanwhile, Goki smiled at Kaltsit and whispered.
"And... do you feel it, the thing in this building—Kaltsit, I hope your instrument can detect something."
Looking at the superwomen who had already collided in front of him, Goki knew that the situation was as good as he had expected—the Director wasn't as difficult to deal with as she seemed.
After all, even in the original story, although Saria fought in the Director's office, she didn't directly flee Rhine Lab but resigned normally. Silence and Ifrit also stayed at Rhine Lab, eventually joining Rhodes Island as cooperative Operators.
This meant that they were not made to suffer.
Even though Ifrit did become a severely infected person due to the Ifrit Project, Saria and the Director didn't completely fall out, and moreover, Ifrit hadn't suffered any substantial harm now.
The conflict between Goki, Saria, and the Director was merely an academic and ideological dispute.
But without a doubt, the Director was wrong—Goki and Kaltsit both knew that the power of the Great One was absolutely not as simple as the Director's research suggested.
One was a Hunter who had truly fought through the Yharnam pantheon, and the other was an Old Lynx with a thousand years of research on Great Ones. Their experience with the Great One was something that the Director, a "young girl" not yet 40, could never understand.
"Researcher Astesia from the Department of Celestial Studies told me that the entire Rhine Lab is immersed in the Universe, and everyone except me cannot retract their Originium Arts after releasing them... This is absolutely not normal."
If Goki was only trying to rescue Ifrit, then he could have just jumped out of the window.
For an Originium Arts Great Master like Saria, a twenty-story building was no problem, and Skadi falling down wouldn't even require bending her legs. Kaltsit wouldn't need to get involved in the mess at all.
But... the dangerous things in this building were definitely not the Director, but those hidden entities.
Those things that made the Mind-sucker vibrant, made Astesia tremble, and also made Goki... feel a hint of greed for their power.
It was hidden and unobservable, accumulating its power in weakness. Even Goki could only barely guess that It should be a kin related to that Great One.
Perhaps It would lie dormant for a long time, but Goki would absolutely not ignore the immediate threat.
He had to remove this hidden threat for the people of this city in advance.
"I told you not to call me Master—Astesia? No wonder, people of the Stargazer Family have a unique perception of the power of the starry sky. Immersed... I need time to investigate."
Taking a deep breath of the cold air, Kaltsit opened her satchel and pulled out the already prepared, furiously beeping instrument.
"If the phenomena are as you say... Goki, Skadi, you must force everyone else to release their Originium Arts with all your might. I will try to drag It out—Oh, and Goki, help me thoroughly beat up that foul-mouthed disciple."
Upon hearing this, even Skadi nodded in agreement with Kaltsit's words, wrapping her arm around Goki's.
"Hmm, yes, no one can snatch Goki from me! I also feel that this area is very strange... not as dangerous as what we encountered with Tomimi and them, but it still feels off. I always feel like someone is watching me, it's annoying."
Skadi somewhat regretfully placed her greatsword behind her, clenched her fist, and looked at the restless Directors around her—Goki told her not to kill anyone, but beating people was fine.
"Yes, save some strength, there's still a fight to be had later—Silence, Ptilopsis, take good care of Ifrit."
Patting the Little Fire Dragon who had just woken up, Goki also picked up the shield Saria had just dropped, straightened his Hunter hat, and looked at the Directorate-General Guard members aiming their guns at him.
"Come on, everyone, don't be shy."
The next second, the Old Hunter charged directly towards the dozens of people aiming at him.
Before the final battle arrived, Goki also wanted to try his best to understand how to deal with modern warfare.
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