Pandora seized Hades with one hand on his shoulder and the other gripping his wrist. With a swift motion, she drove her knee upward—crack!—the impact snapped his arm cleanly in two.
His bones, forged from an ultra-rare alloy capable of withstanding missile strikes, shattered beneath her strike. That she could break such reinforced material with a single blow spoke volumes of the sheer force behind her attack.
Only then, intrigued by the unusual structure of his body, did Pandora activate her scanning system. As the data streamed in, her brow furrowed. Hades, it turned out, was a defector—an early-generation android from Victoria Corporation. Three words immediately flashed in her interface: "Eliminate the Traitor."
What followed was nothing short of a nightmare for Hades.
Without a word, Pandora's right arm extended into a gleaming blade nearly a meter long. She grasped Hades by the head with her left hand and pulled him forward.
Whether due to her speed or strength—or both—Hades found himself completely powerless in her grasp, reduced to a helpless plaything.
This chilling display unfolded before K, Rush, and Earth Dog, who had just entered. Frozen in shock, they stood as witnesses while Pandora dealt her judgment.
One of the League's Seven Gods, Hades, was dispatched with a single, merciless stroke. His head rolled across the floor. Then, with mechanical precision, Pandora turned her blade on the body, slashing and slicing until the once-formidable frame was reduced to chunks the size of stew meat.
Even decapitated, Hades retained consciousness, his mechanized mind still functional. He could only scream in impotent rage as he watched his body carved to pieces.
"You filthy b*h… you whore… fk you—!"
Pandora turned toward the disembodied head, raised her blade once more, and in a flash of silver, cleaved it in two.
The synthetic skull split open, and what remained of Hades' corrupted brain matter burst forth—then silence. At last, Hades ceased to exist.
Without sparing a glance at the mangled remains, Pandora retracted her blade and strode toward the interrogation chamber.
Behind her, K, Rush, and Earth Dog watched in speechless awe. The sway of her hips, once hypnotic in its sensuality, now evoked only a single word in all their minds: Terror.
Pandora pushed open the heavy chamber door and immediately spotted the disheveled form of Xiao Feng, slumped in a metal chair.
She crossed her arms and stood before him. Her scanning system confirmed his identity: Subject verified—Xiao Feng.
Xiao Feng, though tortured and barely conscious, had heard the commotion outside. Through the fog of sedatives and pain, he sensed that the person before him had come to rescue him. With a weary smile, he croaked,
"Hey… beautiful…"
Pandora, unmoved, stared down coldly.
"So, you're Xiao Feng. You're quite resilient. Judging by the puncture marks on your arms, I assume you've had more than your share of injections."
Xiao Feng chuckled weakly.
"Just a scratch… After seeing someone as stunning as you, the pain hardly matters."
Her eyes narrowed.
"Should I interpret that as you flirting with me?"
He smiled slyly.
"That wasn't flirting… it was seduction. Ever heard of it?"
Without hesitation, Pandora's blade extended once more, the cold metal resting against his neck. The chill of it against his skin shocked him into full awareness.
"Wait—what are you doing?!"
At that moment, Earth Dog, Rush, and K rushed in, shouting,
"Pandora! What the hell are you doing?!"
She glanced back, her voice icy.
"He tried to seduce me."
"Ha! So your name's Pandora. What a strange name…" Xiao Feng still managed a grin.
K stepped forward, glaring.
"Have you completely lost your mind, you idiot? You must be out of it from all those drugs. You're acting just like Lin now."
Xiao Feng blinked.
"Am I?"
"Of course you are. And for the record, Pandora is Victoria Corporation's most advanced android. Whatever you're imagining—forget it."
That stunned Xiao Feng.
"Wait… what? Android? I must've heard wrong. How can someone that gorgeous be a robot? Robots are supposed to look like Earth Dog over there!"
Pandora glared at him, raising her blade again.
Everyone in the room froze. Having seen her decapitate Hades only moments ago, K and Rush were fully convinced she was about to do the same to Xiao Feng.
But instead, she turned the blade on the metal shackles binding him.
Clang, clang, clang… One by one, they snapped apart beneath her strikes.
Xiao Feng staggered from the chair. His body felt foreign, like a stranger's skin. After two steps, he collapsed to the side.
Earth Dog caught him just in time.
"Boss Xiao Feng! Are you alright?!"
"I'm fine… I'll be fine. Let's get out of here—this place gives me the creeps. Can't believe you got here so fast. And brought along such a smoking hot woman…"
K muttered to Rush,
"This guy is definitely high out of his mind…"
"Yeah… his nervous system's clearly fried."
Pandora, hearing their conversation, glanced around the room. Her scanning system locked onto a pile of syringes discarded nearby.
In her visual overlay, a cascade of pharmaceutical data began to process—chemical names, dosages, interactions. Her internal system quickly calculated the combined effects of the drugs and synthesized an antidote formula.
Had the others seen what she saw, they would have been dumbfounded. They would have finally understood why she was hailed as the most advanced android in the world.
Having completed her analysis, she walked to the medical cabinet and began to search.
After several minutes, her brow furrowed—her desired compound was missing.
A new interface appeared in her view: a visual simulation of a lab procedure.
Without hesitation, Pandora began to synthesize the antidote by hand, mixing compounds in precise proportions.
Earth Dog swore under his breath.
"Damn… Is there anything this woman can't do?"