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In the Philo district, inside a private clinic.

“Miss Nancy, your companion has no significant issues anymore.” Dr. Pierce¹, dressed in a white coat, smiled at the snow-haired girl before him, wearing a hood.

“Because of our partnership, I even brought in the best cosmetic robot from the main office,” James continued, seeing Nan Yin’s lack of response. “Now, Mr. Hattori’s appearance has been completely transformed.”

“His physique has also been corrected. I guarantee that Mr. Hattori, even if he attends royal banquets, will not be ridiculed.”

Nancy completely treated Dr. Pierce’s words as a joke. Although the purchasing power of credit points in this world is much higher than that of dollars in her previous life, a mere few tens of thousands of credit points could not possibly allow Dr. Pierce, a businessman, to use top-notch cosmetic machinery. So, what he said was just a polite gesture.

“Are there any side effects?” Nancy asked after some thought, showing concern.

“None, definitely none. Miss Nancy, you have to trust my medical ethics,” Pierce said confidently, patting his chest. Seeing his demeanor, one would think he was a noble doctor with impeccable morals.

But Nancy just sneered disdainfully. How could a businessman like Pierce possess medical ethics? For him, if it weren’t for Nancy’s cooperation channels, he would probably be eager to sell Hattori’s organs to the upper class for a good price.

Well… thankfully, Pierce didn’t go that far. Otherwise, given Hattori’s combat prowess, tomorrow’s corner of the daily newspaper in the Philo district might add a piece of news: “Renowned philanthropist Dr. Pierce dismembered at the clinic.”

“Speaking of which, Miss Nancy, your companion’s body structure… how should I put it, is very unusual!” Suddenly, Pierce’s electronic eye flashed an unusual light, his tone becoming very excited.

Although Pierce was undoubtedly a businessman, his medical knowledge was at least competent. So, when correcting Hattori’s physique, he naturally noticed the abnormalities.

Nancy wasn’t surprised by this. Hattori was trained as an assassin by that organization, so his body was naturally modified. This was understandable, but now she was curious to see what Pierce had to say.

As expected, Pierce had ulterior motives. He excitedly said, “If Miss Nancy can get Mr. Hattori’s consent and let him stay with me for two days, I… I’ll study it!”

How could Nancy agree to such a thing? Even if Nancy agreed, Hattori wouldn’t. She had just gained such a powerful subordinate and didn’t want to ruin her image in Hattori’s mind.

After all, the intimidation and such from last night were just means of coercion. Nancy had no intention of actually carrying them out.

“Swish Swash.”

Finally, seeing that he couldn’t convince Nancy, Pierce stopped mentioning it and went straight to pull open the curtain of a room in the clinic, revealing a man with his head wrapped in bandages inside.

“Miss Nancy, this is Mr. Hattori as he is now,” Pierce introduced with an after-sales spirit.

Bandages? Nancy was slightly stunned when she saw Hattori’s appearance. To be honest, since coming to this technologically advanced world, Nancy hadn’t seen this kind of thing for a long time. She thought that medical technology in this world could resurrect the dead. Bandages were completely unnecessary.

Now it seemed she had overestimated it.

Hattori was slightly stunned when he saw Nancy, then struggled to get out of bed, seemingly wanting to greet her.

Seeing this, Nancy waved her hand to stop him, then looked at Pierce beside her. “How long will it take for his face to recover?”

In Nancy’s previous life, it was impossible to show one’s face for no less than half a year after cosmetic surgery. But with her hope in this world’s medical technology and those tens of thousands of credit points, she still held a glimmer of hope.

After all, before sending Hattori here, she had emphasized to Pierce that she needed time.

Sure enough, Pierce did not disappoint. “Miss Nancy, don’t worry. After the robot is fully charged, I’ll clean up the surgical scars for Mr. Hattori, and then there won’t be any problems.”

………………

About an hour later, Pierce’s medical robot finally finished charging. After pulling up the curtain and performing a series of operations, a spirited man appeared before Nancy.

Previously, Hattori had a distinctly Asian face, after all, he was from the East. However, after the cosmetic surgery, Hattori’s features looked more like a Eurasian mix—quite different from before, enough to evade scrutiny.

While Hattori was sitting on the bed earlier, Nancy couldn’t see clearly. Now that Hattori’s figure was correct, she realized that he was indeed a talented individual; his presence was far from ordinary.

Nancy once again politely declined Pierce’s urge to study Hattori and took Hattori back to her rented house.

Looking at Hattori, who was still wearing tattered clothes despite his drastically altered appearance, Nancy took out the clothes she had prepared for him.

It was a simple black tunic suit. This world had also seen the founding father, who had pushed for the constitutional monarchy reform of the Shenhuan Empire, so this type of clothing still existed in this completely reimagined historical world.

After changing into the tunic suit, Hattori looked even more spirited. Coupled with his composed and imposing gaze, Nancy even thought she was facing one of those special agents from her previous life’s national security bureau.

No… perhaps the head of the special agents would be more accurate. With this appearance and demeanor, he could easily be a department head in that organization.

“Boss.” After changing his clothes, Hattori looked at the snow-haired girl in front of him with gratitude. It was this person who gave him a new life.

“Well… get ready. Tonight, you’re coming with me,” Nancy paused slightly. “We have a mission.”

Having long known that his boss was not simple, Hattori nodded in understanding, without asking for more details.

“I heard you were trained as an assassin before. Can you handle a gun?” Nancy took out the gun she had snatched from Lubbock and threw it to Hattori.

Then Nancy reconsidered her question, “What are you good at?”

Only then did Hattori speak up, “If you’re asking about combat abilities… I excel in melee combat. My firearms skills are average, but I can learn. I have some knowledge of explosives, but I’m not good with computers. Regarding tracking, as long as the target doesn’t have high-tech means, I’m confident. I only use ordinary weapons. I can handle killing Level 3 or below² ability users. For higher-level ones… it depends on what weapons you provide.”

Nancy nodded. She finally had a preliminary assessment of Hattori’s strength and also had some thoughts about his future role by her side.

“From now on, stay by my side.”

Then Nancy saw Hattori looking somewhat stunned and added, “Although you can’t see it now, I can assure you that you won’t regret it.”

Only then did Hattori nod.

“By the way, don’t call me boss in the future. It might attract unnecessary attention,” Nancy continued.

“Then what should I call you…”

“…Just call me Miss.”

1. Silva: I feel like the author is randomly throwing names since the last chapter…. James was the the old police chief, not the quack doctor.
2. Silva: At this point, I’m still not sure of the power level system in this novel, the author’s been using different quantifiers throughout the novels. Tiers 阶, Stars 星, Levels 级