There is no way the Liberian girl could lay eggs!

He tapped the table with his fingers, making a sound, like a signal. After the sound was made, the 'guests' and 'waiters' who were sitting in the cafe just now stood up and left one after another.

The Tin Man pinched the brim of his hat with his right hand and lifted it up.

"Let me introduce myself again, the Tin Man from the Melander Foundation."

"Head of the Rhine Life Defense Department, Saria!"

Volume 4: Chapter 112: Flame Demon Plan

After the crowd cleared, the cafe, which was originally a bit noisy, began to become quiet and quiet, adding a bit of elegance.

"This is all the information we have collected, Ms. Saria. Please take a close look."

Pulling open the outside of his windbreaker, the Tin Man took out a thick file bag, placed it on the table, pressed it with his hand, and pushed it in front of Saria.

Saria also pressed down the file bag that was pushed towards her, and tried to pick it up with her thumb, but the Tin Man's hand on the file bag restricted her movement.

Saria asked in confusion: "What does this mean?"

"Well~ Don't be impatient, Ms. Saria."

The Tin Man tapped the document bag twice with his fingers. "There's a lot of content involved here, and it's very complicated. Even I have to back off on some of it. I want to remind you that this is a very tricky matter."

"The countless painful experiences I've had throughout my long life have taught me that when something is hidden so thoroughly, it must be an unforgivable evil that must never be exposed to the light of day."

"It will involve a lot of people and things that will make things difficult for you and me. Believe me, continuing like this will not lead to any good results."

It was a kind advice, at least at this time, the Tin Man was giving Saria serious advice.

There was no answer, and Saria's unflinching hand told the Tin Man her answer.

Seeing this, the Tin Man stopped trying to stop him and withdrew his hand from the document bag.

Skillfully opening the file bag, Saria pulled out the contents, and what caught her eye were four words written in Sarkaz.

"The Fire Demon Project?"

The Tin Man crossed his legs and placed his hands on his legs: "Yes, you know the Balrog?"

Muirseth raised his hand again: "That is an extinct race, a branch of the ancient and powerful Sarkaz."

Echoing Muirseth, the Tin Man continued, "Indeed, the most powerful of them all is the lost Royal Court Flame Demon!"

"Those legends record their immense power, making them coveted by countless people."

"So, someone collected the core of their remains, which was called the 'Balrog Fragment'."

"Does that thing really exist?"

Listening to the Tin Man's words, Muirseth felt something was wrong.

How did they end up talking to the Sarkaz? And they were talking to an extinct race.

You should know that human experiments cannot be done casually. If you do it recklessly, you will gain nothing but losses.

It’s impossible for a project of this magnitude to have no news at all!

"Things like that do exist, and they've already fallen into the hands of some bigwigs."

"Colombian Ministry of Defense..."

Looking at the document in her hand, Saria found out the "mastermind" she had been pursuing.

"Yes, that's why you're struggling."

Standing up, the Tin Man clapped his hands, and a waiter suddenly appeared beside him from nowhere.

Taking a fresh cup of coffee from the servant, the Tin Man took a sip. "The Ministry of Defense wants to commission a professional organization to analyze these fragments. It would be best if they could put them to practical use, so that the lost power can be put to use for them."

"If this research succeeds, it may break the current false peace between the nations of Terra, and..."

At this point, the Tin Man's voice suddenly became inaudible, with anger in his tone.

"The remains of our compatriots should not be desecrated in this way..."

"what?"

Saria, who hadn't heard clearly, looked up at the Tin Man.

"No, it's nothing. Let's get back to the original topic."

After drinking his coffee in one gulp, the Tin Man returned to his seat.

Saria looked through the information in her hand. The content was enough to crush Hayden Pharmaceuticals ten times over. The purpose of their visit had been achieved.

But...there are still many doubts.

"So, Haydn Pharmaceuticals is the entrusted party?"

After sorting out the information about Haydn Pharmaceuticals and putting it aside, Saria asked in confusion.

As far as she knew, Hayden Pharmaceuticals was just a small company and did not have the conditions or personnel to conduct such a large-scale experiment.

The Tin Man paused. "That's what we thought at first, but the information we gathered later told us that Hayden Pharmaceuticals is merely a place responsible for screening qualified candidates."

“The real experiment is somewhere else.”

"By the way, speaking of this, there is something you should have known in advance."

Interrupting mid-sentence, the Tin Man twirled the pipe in his hand: "In order to be able to implant the Balrog fragments into the bodies of qualified individuals, they adopted a special treatment method..."

“Chimeric therapy.”

"Because the ultimate goal of this experiment is to create soldiers with powerful Originium skills, the experiment will be conducted on human bodies from the beginning."

"I think you should know the difficulty of this technology better than me."

When a familiar word was spoken, Saria's pupils shrank.

Chimera...therapy?

Isn't this the treatment plan proposed by Parvis for Ifrit?

"We've exhausted all available resources and still can't obtain any intelligence, unless..."

"They have higher-level clearances, and Hayden Pharmaceuticals doesn't."

Following the Tin Man's words, Saria clenched her fists tightly.

"That's right. Haydn doesn't even have access to the Balrog fragments. They are just doing some preliminary experiments."

Saria already had a vague idea of ​​the answer in her mind, but she still needed to get the answer from the Tin Man.

This is about her friends and their original dreams, so...

Saria hopes all this is fake...

But the Tin Man's answer shattered her fantasy.

"There's a powerful large contractor involved. I think you already know the answer, right?"

Picking up the file bag in her hand, Saria pulled out the last piece of paper remaining in it.

She was very familiar with the feel and material of paper.

A symbol similar to infinity is engraved on the top, with the plus and minus symbols embedded in it.

RHINE LAB

Below it was a signature that spanned the first half of her life.

"Christen..."

After saying the name with difficulty, Saria didn't know whether she should be happy or sad.

The person who caused Ifrit's misfortune was found, but...

This person is my best friend...

Then who do you think you are?

She, who had been with Ifrit all day, now seemed so stupid.

"Rhine Life also took on this order, but it's clear they didn't want to dirty their hands, so they pulled themselves out of it through a series of maneuvers and presented themselves as a savior."

"Through complex equity transactions, they successfully controlled Hayden Pharmaceuticals. True to Rhine Life's methods, this operation was concealed from almost everyone outside."

At this moment, the Tin Man's words sounded extremely ironic to Saria, but he still had no intention of stopping: "At the same time, Rhine Life has also done a lot of peripheral work besides human experiments in preparation for officially taking over the Flame Demon Fragment in the future."

The Tin Man took out a piece of information from the documents that Saria had sorted out and placed the familiar name in front of Saria.

"It includes drug and weapons development, and it even has your signature on it."

"So, what do you think?"

"Director...of Rhine Life's Defense Department?"

Volume 4: Chapter 113: Slacking off almost cost me my life

"Is that why you think we're here to cover up the truth?"

Listening to the Tin Man's words, Saria also understood why this journey of search was so difficult.

But the matter was over, and she no longer dwelled on it. Instead, she looked at the document that the Tin Man took out, which was signed by her personally.

The header of the document was different from what Saria remembered; it was not what she remembered signing.

"These things were written as technical reserves during the project review, and I thought it was just one of countless routine projects."

Digging up her memory, Saria recalled the scene at that time.

At that time, she was busy investigating the accident at Hayden Pharmaceuticals. She was extremely busy every day and her body was overloaded, so she only glanced at it briefly when signing these documents.

The most important thing is that these documents were given to her by Kristen out of trust...

Now it seems that her trust has been betrayed.

"This is what confuses me the most, and what's also interesting is that, as one of the ten directors of the Rhine Department, you're completely unaware of this?"

The Tin Man looked at Saria with interest. "It seems the rumors about the internal struggle within Rhine Life are true."

Ignoring the Tin Man's teasing, Saria continued flipping through the pages.

"Ah! An internal bid for the chimera experiment?"

Muirseth, who was sitting next to Saria, leaned over to take a look at the document in Saria's hand. Just one glance made her hair stand on end.

Own...

Did you sign this document?

In an instant, the dead memories suddenly came back to life and attacked Muirses.

Following Muir's exclamation, Serena also turned her head in a very cooperative manner, and her eyes showed her desire to skin Muir (Seth) alive.

"The Ecology Department also made a bid?! So you already knew all this? Really? Muir Seth!"

That’s right, Saria saw Muirseth’s signature on the second page of the bidding document for the Flame Demon Experiment, and immediately confirmed that it was the original.

No wonder...

No wonder he keeps following me...

He knew everything, but he just watched...

At this moment, Muirseth, who had turned from a melon eater into a melon, felt that his whole body was about to split apart.

Under Saria's pressure, she felt like her bones were about to be crushed. If there was water around, she would have run in and hidden.

It's a pity that the cafe had already been cleared out by the Tin People. Not to mention water, there was not even a place to hide. If a real fight broke out, it would only take a few minutes for Saria to capture her.

Besides, there's the outsider Tin Man here, and there's Talina. If someone sees me looking so embarrassed...

"No, no, no! I don't know!"

Waving his hands hurriedly, Muirseth tried his best to get himself out.

"Think about it! I usually just plant trees! This has nothing to do with the research direction of ecology!"

"At the time, I only knew it was a high-profile project, and I wanted to get in on it and get a piece of the action! I only just realized it was connected to the Fire Demon Project! Isn't it the same for you?! Your signature is even on the weapon!"

"And if I knew all this, I wouldn't have the guts to follow you and investigate!!!"

After speaking a series of words at a very fast speed, Muirses was so anxious that two tears came out of the corners of his eyes.

Are you kidding? If this isn't clarified quickly, getting beaten will be a small matter, but being embarrassed will be a big deal!

Talina is still on the side, and she hasn't launched an attack yet. If she gets beaten up in front of her, she'll just go find a kettle and live there for the rest of her life!