This time, the meeting can even be described as "unhappy break up".
All the scholars who participated in the meeting felt the atmosphere that had turned sharply down, and it was as if the rain was about to come.
No one dared to express their opinions on Maria's proposal, which was almost a provocation, who had already become a god. So Maria made a decision on this matter. In the following meeting, the scholars reported tremblingly, and after the dissolution, they left in a hurry. Go, for fear of becoming a sandwich between two gods.
Maria returned to her long-awaited office.
The quiet office seemed to have never been moved, exactly the same as when she left, but there was no dust on the table, so it could be seen that someone cleaned it regularly. Maria looked around and found that there was no trace of ether.
Of course she wouldn't put confidential materials in obvious places like the office, but that didn't mean there wouldn't be that kind of idiot sneaking in.
Sitting on the chair, Maria missed the almost dusty days in the past, and reached out to open Somaye's super-long report. The clues are constantly connected in the mind.
"Dong dong."
The expected knock on the door didn't interrupt her thoughts.
"Come in."
While speaking, Maria raised her eyes to look at the person who was approaching, then closed the report, pushed her glasses, frowned tightly, and showed a relaxed smile: "Who I thought... It turned out to be my dear little boy. Nephew, it's been a long time since I saw you."
The young man who walked in was naturally Maria's only nephew, and the second ancestor of the Truth Society, who was known to everyone and who used his privileges to do things every day, Hood.
Maria stood up and hugged the approaching Hood quite intimately.
With Maria's identity and the powerful strength of being promoted to the god level now, she is still so approachable to Hood, which shows how much she dotes on Hood.
Hood also returned a warm hug and said excitedly, "Aunt Maria, welcome back!"
Maria reached out and touched his head, and said softly, "Did you study hard when I wasn't around?"
"Hmph," Hood raised his head confidently and smiled, and then said solemnly, "Auntie underestimated me, and now I am very different from before."
"Really?" Maria rarely showed a genuine and genial smile: "I also heard that you are very insightful on many issues in the meeting, and have been recognized by many scholars, and there are also a group of very good ones. partner?"
"Of course!" Hood raised his chin and said affirmatively, "Everyone is like-minded friends!"
"Like-minded..."
Maria's heart sank, and she suddenly had an ominous premonition, but she still kept smiling: "How can a like-minded person be legal, how about telling my aunt?"
"Of course, that's what I'm here to tell Aunt Maria this time."
Hu De said this sentence in a relaxed tone, and then, his eyes that were still showing respect, love and trust to the elders slowly became frenzied and stained with strange colors. His voice was low, and his eyes were fixed on Mary. Ya, as pious as reciting a prayer: "We all forever believe in the all-knowing and almighty owner of the bookstore - Mr. Lin."
The smile on Maria's face froze.
Her movement of pushing her glasses stopped in mid-air, as if she suddenly turned into a statue.
She looked at the familiar relatives in front of her, but it was completely unfamiliar, and she felt a chill running up from behind.
Maria was silent for a while, took a deep breath, and when she put her hand down, the expression on her face became extremely stern.
This expression is the expression that made Hood terrified since he was a child.
Whenever he did something and got into trouble, Maria always showed this expression.
"I see... you still haven't grown up."
Maria whispered: "There were outsiders just now, and there are probably many eyes and ears among those people. It is inconvenient for me to talk about it. Now with you, my only nephew, I think it is necessary to make it clear."
"That Lin Jie, can't be trusted..."
"You are talking nonsense!!!"
Hood suddenly became furious and slapped Maria's desk with a slap. He spread his hands, his eyes were full of enthusiasm, and he gritted his teeth: "Boss Lin is our only..."
Halfway through his words, Hood saw Maria's calm but awe-inspiring face, and suddenly thought of how outrageous his actions were.
Reason prevailed a little and told him that the person in front of him was his most beloved elder.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Auntie."
Like a different person, he retracted his hands and stood in the same place, starting to feel at a loss.
Maria stood up and patted him on the shoulder: "It's okay, calm down, Hood, I see it, you are just controlled by that boss Lin, as long as..."
As soon as she finished speaking, Hood's expression of guilt turned hideous in an instant, as if he had heard something ridiculous, he slapped Maria's hand away and sneered: "You don't understand at all! Ignorance person Boss Lin is here to save us! He has given us a new life, without him, how could we get out of the quagmire of 'knowledge-only' and understand that only our own wisdom is the real power!"
Maria's wrist hurt from being hit by Hood. Hearing these words, she looked at Hood with extremely sharp eyes, and a hint of divine-level coercion was faintly revealed.
Hood had feared and loved Aunt Maria since he was a child. Maria's serious expression was often accompanied by a storm of criticism, which almost caused him to have a conditioned reflex.
He had just finished refuting Maria and was frightened by Maria's eyes, he quickly took two steps back, held his head subconsciously and said, "I'm sorry, auntie, I'm sorry, I mean, I mean, you shouldn't say that— His greatness cannot be questioned."
At the same time, his expression began to turn hideous uncontrollably, especially between the eyebrows, the frowning brows kept moving like an illusion, as if something else was going to come out under the skin.
Maria looked at Hood with a painful expression, and suddenly froze for a moment, suddenly recalling the people she saw in the lower city, if those things can be called people for the time being...
Based on her findings and what she's seen and heard over the past few months.
All of them are the same as Hood's current situation. First, the brain and thinking began to mutate, and their cognition was completely changed. Finally, even the body unknowingly turned into dark nutrients, and the body and mind began to be not their own. , but part of that darkness.
Maria turned around slowly, not wanting to see Hood's uncontrollable ugliness, and said solemnly: "Look at your current appearance, Hood... If your growth is like this, I'd rather you stay. In the past."
"I have to tell you, Lin Jie, the boss Lin you call is just a liar, he is not a god at all!"
Hood's head buzzed.
Disrespect... Disrespect... How can I be disrespectful to God? !
The third eye of Hood's forehead suddenly opened, and suddenly he drew a dagger neatly from his sleeve, and rushed towards Maria abruptly—
Maria took a deep breath, and without even looking back, she invoked her god-level power.
Hood was directly controlled silently, but Maria was still a step behind, the dagger slipped and cut off a few strands of her long black hair, without any hesitation.
If she hadn't escaped at that time, as the most vulnerable body part of a god-level scholar, she would have been severely injured.
The sadness and anger that had briefly existed in Maria's eyes disappeared. Seeing that Hood was still rushing towards him, she sighed, raised her hand and stroked gently—
Hood let out a scream and fell to the ground.
Blood splattered, and Maria directly cut off one of Hood's arms.
This all happened in a short moment, as if it completely broke some kind of tube wrapped in thin skin, and countless tentacles like worms stretched out from the smooth cut wound, and Hood's body seemed to be some kind of A lair where the mollusks live.
"This... what the hell is this?!"
Some images of what she saw in the lower city flashed in Maria's mind.
The moment she saw these things, she felt a tinge of vomiting after a long absence.
This is the first time she has felt this situation since she became a god.
Hood groaned in pain on the ground, and Maria's eyes flashed unbearable, but this situation made her feel powerless.
"Hood, I won't give up on you. Auntie will cure you."
Maria murmured, took out a tube of transparent medicine from her sleeve, and plunged it into Hood's neck quickly and accurately.
Hood is like a beast that has been sedated, slowly dying and losing consciousness, but the arm seems to have its own consciousness and is still squirming, and the eyes on his forehead are not closed, but tight. stared at Maria.
Maria looked at the messy office and clenched her fists tightly—
"Bookstore owner, I want to see how holy you are..."
"Dong dong." Another knock on the door disturbed Maria's thinking. Before she could say please come in, the other party opened the door unceremoniously.
The crack of the door was pulled open, and Maria saw the familiar face of disgust emerge from the crack of the door.
"It doesn't look like the situation is good, my respected President Maria."
Andrew said enthusiastically, "Do you want me to help?"
Maria put aside the mask she used to disguise and asked, "My nephew, did you let him contact the bookstore owner?"
"No, no, you have wronged me."
Andrew said with a smile, and then walked into the bright office: "Boss Lin, whom Hood contacted himself - this matter can be forgiven before - and then was selected, this is something to be proud of, you should be cheer up."
Maria narrowed her eyes and was furious in her heart, but she still stood up calmly and suppressed Andrew with a god-level personality.
Andrew shivered all over, gritted his teeth and said with a smile: "What if you are already a god... To that Boss Lin, it's just a slightly bigger ant, I advise you to give up, because you will never be Don't try to beat us because he wants us to win."
Maria put her hands in the pockets of her white coat, walked to the desk, and sneered, "Really?"
Then, she casually took out a dilapidated notebook from the drawer and shook it in front of Andrew. Under the reflection of the mirror, there were a pair of provocative eyes.
"You seem to be confident, but I heard that the owner of the bookstore also sheltered a smuggler for a note with similar content some time ago, and he must be interested in it. You said, will he support you or me? "