Deep in the Living
Chapter 297 - 285: Recruiting People

Chapter 297: Chapter 285: Recruiting People

[Agatha Strasser]

Pushing open the heavy iron door inscribed with a metal nameplate, a metallically decorated nun’s room appeared before her eyes.

A single room with a living room and a bathroom.

It bears some resemblance to the European Middle Ages in the human world.

But all the furniture and decorations were made of metal, or rather, the entire room was a metal compartment, with all tables, beds, and chairs formed by the extension of metal.

It was obviously a room designed by Agatha herself; all the metal furniture had columnar features. For example, the bed she used for resting was assembled from hundreds of iron rods.

However, no instruments related to suffering could be seen inside the room, which relieved Luo Di quite a bit.

Luo Di didn’t reject suffering, but he certainly wouldn’t accept it interrupting his rest.

"Mr. Di, you’ll probably stay at the Great Monastery for about a week. My metal house can be customized; you can create anything you want as long as you activate your metal trait.

You can create your own bed suitable for resting."

"Okay."

Luo Di approached a corner of the bedroom, and with his palm touching the metallic ground, strands of iron wire rapidly grew out, intertwining to construct a wire bed similar to those in a psychiatric hospital.

This relatively soft and elastic structure was more suitable for his rest, and he was already accustomed to sleeping in such beds back at the Fifth Hospital.

However,

Although it was already night, considering the fact that Luo Di had just woken up and undergone a series of physical reformation,

Both his spirit and body were in peak condition, with no thoughts of sleeping whatsoever.

Since that was the case, he decided to fulfill his agreement with Agatha and exchange stories for her help.

Both sitting cross-legged on their beds,

Luo Di continued the story from Simulation Practice, talking about how the class leader visited his home during the winter vacation and how they encountered a regional blockade and the attack by Pseudo-Persons.

As the story concluded, Agatha became extremely excited, even standing up from her bed.

"This class leader is definitely questionable... She encounters Pseudo-Persons as soon as she comes to see you; such coincidences don’t just happen! Luo Di, tell me, is there something wrong with this class leader? Was the Pseudo-Person attack deliberately induced by her?"

"Let’s save that for the next story."

Luo Di observed Agatha’s eager expression and the rapid inhalation through the breathing tube on her neck, finding it quite amusing.

This feeling of sharing stories wasn’t bad at all; at least it was like having a "person" to talk and chat with, and Luo Di didn’t mind this feeling right now.

"Ah~ I have to wait for the next story! Alright then."

Even though Agatha was itching to know, she still held back. "Right! There seems to be something wrong with this story, the class leader is female, and she seems very deliberate in getting close to you, while you are male.

Didn’t you two try to mate when you were alone at night? With human habits like hers, she should be able to have many offspring, right?"

Luo Di was momentarily taken aback before answering, "Humans are quite reserved in this aspect; reproduction and offspring require careful consideration, and I don’t have any plans in that direction for the time being."

"That’s great then~"

The look Agatha cast him suddenly became strange, the usually level gaze now slightly lowered, and then she nodded solemnly, as if making some important decision.

Luo Di quickly changed the topic, "Alright, it’s your turn to share information, Agatha.

Tell me in detail about the situation at the Great Monastery, and what I need to do during this time, and what state I need to achieve to embark on the next segment of my journey?"

"That’s simple.

According to the letter from Mr. Hook, the Great Monastery will assist you on your ’Path’ and nurture you into an official ’Hell Monk’ in the shortest possible time.

Once you have this identity, you’ll be able to set off on the next part of your journey.

After all, the place you are heading to—if exposed as a Spine could lead to fatal dangers... Whereas as an absolutely neutral Hell Monk, things should be much easier."

"Where do I have to go?"

"I’m not sure about that either, the letter didn’t mention it directly, but I guess it’s some dangerous part of Hell’s Dark Side~ Considering you are a being of dual powers, perhaps they want you to achieve a completely different Demon Ascension."

"Hell’s Dark Side? Speaking of which, can we still execute Hell’s Warrants like before and earn contributions? I would like to make contact with the so-called chamber of commerce before heading to the dangerous area."

Agatha nodded repeatedly, "Of course! The Sin Room of the Great Monastery is specifically for issuing Warrants. Any individual who commits a crime in True Hell, breaking Hell’s rules, will have Warrants directly generated against them by the Sin Room.

Most Warrants are sent to various forces through messengers for joint handling.

A minority related to the sequence group are handled by us... As an Iron Pillar Nun, I belong to the sequence group’s armed forces, specifically responsible for handling these affairs externally, and incidentally, for establishing the Gate of Demon Ascension.

After the ’ceremony’ concerning you is finished tomorrow, let’s find time to visit the Sin Room.

After all, most monks just want to stay here and are reluctant to go out, so having someone to help with Hell’s Warrants is better than anything else.

Moreover, Luo Di, it seems you have the means to see through Evil Plays~ If we act together, we’ll definitely be very efficient!"

"Okay."

That’s exactly what Luo Di wanted.

Just practicing here, he always felt something was missing and it was somewhat a waste of time. If he could practice and also earn Hell’s contributions, that would be perfect.

Agatha stretched her body, "It’s getting late~ I need to sleep... massaging your body today was quite tiring."

"You go rest, I’ll just stay in the living room."

"Oh."

Agatha walked into the bedroom, considering that Luo Di would also come to sleep later, she did not close the door.

The monk’s leather coat she wore seemed very special; she didn’t need to take it off even for sleeping, nor did she need any bedding.

Falling onto the metallic grand bed, she instantly fell asleep, with strange snores whistling out between the metal tubes arranged around her neck.

Discretion is advised.

Luo Di did not glance over, as he was full of energy and had other plans.

Sitting on the metallic chair in the living room, he placed his hands on the armrests, sitting up straight...

"It’s time to go back for a bit!"

Consciousness Projection was actively severed.

Whir!

Steam spread,

Luo Di woke up within the prison cells, holding a special Parchment Scroll in his hand.

Looking at the Mechanical Maid produced by Atomic Military Industry cleaning his body, Luo Di softly said: "I want to see the Prison Director; I have important matters to discuss with him face to face."

The words of Death Row Inmates, even if passed on, need to go through multiple approvals. To reach the ears of the Prison Director requires even more procedures.

But Luo Di seemed to be different; the Prison Director had already granted him special privileges.

Soon, the Mechanical Maid responded:

"The Prison Director has agreed to your meeting request. Please accompany me to his office."

[A night passed]

Awaking Agatha intended to carry out her usual morning exercises, but noticed a surge of scalding steam wafting from outside the door.

First she glanced towards the empty wireframe bed, then got up to walk to the living room.

She saw Luo Di, his body emanating steam and his flesh reddened, with some injuries still visible, yet a smile hung on his lips.

As if he had accomplished a very important goal during the night.

"Luo Di, you didn’t sleep?"

"No... I already rested enough before, no need to sleep.

I’ve returned to my own world to handle a matter; since I’ve lost the rookie status due to being designated a special Black Spine Envoy, someone needed to fill in the vacant spot.

I just found a suitable candidate over there, even more suitable than I ever was."