For The Goddess Imperatoress!

The butt-naked Hope jumped off the surgical table and punched me with the strength of six tons, the impact made me spit out my bloody saliva any normal human would have his head obliterated.

"Not bad coupled with power armor you could match me"

I said, rubbing my cheek, hearing this Hope grinned, flexing her muscles.

"Hehehe"

Hope snickered as she started putting on her clothes only to frown at the Increased amount of surgical scars all over her body.

"Hey doc can you do anything about the scars there's too much of them"

Hope asked only to see him shake his head.

"Nope, but I got masking cream If you want?"

The doc answered while shaking his head as he went to his counter to search for some.

"It suits you though"

I said while studying Hope's body as she put on her panties.

"It does?"

Hope asked while raising her eyebrow as she put on her tank top.

"Yeah there's nothing more s*xier than a female warrior with scares to prove it even though their not from combat"

"Hmph! Dracula Von Death you certainly have a silver tongue don't you?"

Hope said with a mischievous smirk on her lips.

"I have my moments"

I answered while leaving the back and walking up to the good doctor with a few cans In my hand.

"Here Its youre payment"

I said as I put the cans on the counter.

"Huh? Where did you pull those out from and now that I think about It the container too."

The doc asked looking at me with narrowed eyes.

"Don't ask, you'll live longer"

I said In my usual emotionless voice.

"Hmmm got It"

The doc clearly getting the message answered as she stashed the cans behind his counter.

"Anyway disinfect these and prepare them for Implantation"

I said as I started pulling my dead battle brother's neural Interfaces from behind my back and piling them onto the counter.

"Are you some kind of magician where the hell do you keep taking out stuff from don't tell It's from your ass..."

The man said In an annoyed tone only to fall silent as he stared at the neural Interfaces like a rabbit In heat.

"The legendary UNOEs cosmic marine neural Interfaces..."

The man muttered while swallowing loudly his mad scientist side taking over Instantly.

"Hide them don't let her see them It's supposed to be a surprise we will come back later sometime today"

I explained dolly for the good doc to shoe me away as If I was an annoying fly.

"Yeah, yeah got It now bugger off..."

The doc said In annoyance as he studied the neural Interfaces as if he was the creepy looking guy with the ring called precious.

"My precious..."

The doc muttered while smiling like an Idiot with drool coming out of his mouth.

F*CK me he actually said It.

I couldn't help but curse In my mind as I shook my head only for Hope to finally join me as she did she caught the sight of neural Interfaces from the corner of her eye.

"Are you going to add those to my body too?"

Hope asked as she retired her hair Into a high bun with her hair rubber between her teeth.

Well s*it cats out the bag oh well.

"Yeah though after we have a chat with the old c*nt"

I answered lazily as I exited the shop with Hope following behind as she wrapped her hair rubber around her high bun only for us to see that a squad of militants in battle suits were confronting my men.

A squad of militants in battle suits stood in a tense standoff with my men, their forearm gattling guns spinning ready for a fight.

The squad commander, the same one who had a beef with me before, stood at the forefront, his expression stern.

The moment he saw us, he barked an order, and the tension in the air thickened as his men pointed their gattling guns at us as they did my cosmic marines responded In kind.

The commander growled, his eyes narrowing.

"President Chen wants to see you."

I raised an eyebrow, completely unfazed by his tone.

"He wants to see me, huh? Well, he knows where to find me. I'll be waiting at the wannabe witch's place,"

I replied, my voice lazy but laced with an undertone of challenge.

The commander gritted his teeth, clearly not happy with my response. He opened his mouth to argue but then thought better of it, knowing better than to push me further. With a grumble under his breath, he motioned for his men to clear the path.

"Fine,"

He spat, stepping aside with a reluctant wave.

"I'll Inform president Chen"

I smirked, giving him the middle finger as Hope, I and my men walked past them, making our way to the b*othel. As we entered, I could hear the commander muttering something to his comms, probably calling Mr. Chen to inform him of the situation.

The brothel was almost eerily quiet, a stark contrast to its usual bustling activity. The few patrons who were there kept to themselves, too absorbed in their own business to notice our arrival.

The smell of cheap perfume and smoke filled the air, mingling with the scent of desperation and something darker, something hidden beneath the surface.

We made our way to the back, where the wannabe witch the woman who once headed the HDD's military intelligence R&D was lounging on a worn-out sofa, lazily smoking her dragon pipe.

Her long bare fair synthetic legs were casually draped over the coffee table, her eyes half-lidded as she exhaled a cloud of fragrant smoke.

She barely glanced at us as we entered, her attention more focused on the glowing embers at the end of her pipe.

"Nice to see you Marshal I do hope youre here to settle youre men's tab, my girls could barely walk after they were done not to mention that they couldn't work for an entire week afterward"

She drawled, her voice thick with displeasure.

"And you too, sweetheart,"

She added, giving Hope a quick nod.

Hope didn't respond, instead choosing to take a seat across from her, crossing her legs with a graceful yet powerful motion. I followed suit, sitting down beside her and leaning back in my chair, making myself comfortable.

"Hey, squad commander Is that true?"

I called out to the squads commander who after hearing this started awkwardly scratching the back of his helmet.

"Cough* Cough* About that sir, we did slightly go over our allowance"

The giant of the man reported meekly like a naughty child being caught, hearing this I sighed as I focused my eyes back on the wana be witch.

"How much?"

"Ten thousand high energy crystals"

"Ten how f*cking much? You know what... oh f*ck it whatever"

I cursed as I extended my palm and caused various long term shelf canned and packed food that I collected before to appear out of thin air causing the woman's synthetic eyes to almost pop out from her sockets.

"H...?"

The wana be witch opened her mouth only to close It.

"I don't even want to hear It, Don't ask Its top secret, Is this enough for you?"

I asked lazily with Hope giving me the stare for exposing her systems powers like that to which I just rolled my eyes.

"It is and I'm guessing you didn't come because you missed me did you?"

The witch asked while shifting her sitting position In a way I could see more of her bottoms synthetic skin.

"No, I didn't were waiting for the old c*nt aka Chen"

I replied, lighting a cigarette and taking a drag while giving one to Hope too.