The Goddess Of War

Chapter 170 - Press Conference

As Anna had promised, the head of the public relations division of 9 AM company immediately held a press conference after a sophisticated Mana energy detection device from Miyuki's findings was prepared in the conference hall.

Ronald Stewart was also present at the conference, as a spokesman for the City C Hunter Association.

Unfortunately, under the pretext of having another flurry, Li Wen Xia was not present at the meeting. In fact, the conference schedule had been postponed for 2 days to wait for Li Wen Xia to provide time to be present in City C.

Knowing that, Anna felt a little annoyed that Li Wen Xia had cleverly avoided her trap.

•••

In one of the rooms, in the 9 AM company building...

Two young women were sitting opposite each other, while three men were standing around them.

One of the men was Wang Liu Gong, a Hunter from the Association tasked with guarding the prisoner who was currently sitting before Anna, Cassey Lloyd.

"Cassey, do you remember what I said? I'll throw away the evil Mana energy that resides in your body after I explain all the things that are still not known to the public."

Although Cassey disliked her step-sister, she was forced to nod her head because she was afraid of Anna.

"Is that energy dissipation where it hurts so much?" asked Robin Lloyd, who was standing opposite Liu Gong, on the other side of the table between Anna and Cassey.

"Yes. Like I told you. Mana energy dissipation was indeed very painful. I've been through it." Sahut Anna's.

"You have to do it, Cassey." Andrew Lloyd, standing next to Robin, offered his support.

In addition to Cassey, Robin and Andrew had also learned about it from Anna when the four of them met in the Association's custody a few months ago. Anna told me.

Anna also explains that the evil Mana energy that also affected Cassey's mind to the point of harming Anna and Bimo.

Anna also promised to throw away the evil Mana energy that was in Joana's body. Because he was convinced, Joana and Cassey could commit crimes because they were affected by the evil Mana energy. Unlike Brandon Lloyd who purely has evil thoughts of himself.

"Will the Association forgive me?" ask Cassey.

Anna shook her head. "I don't know. I explained it to Mr. Stewart. They're gonna decide that." Sahut Anna then.

Hearing that, Cassey bowed.

Still bowing her head, Cassey spoke, "Anna. I don't know if it's because I'm affected by Mana's energy or it's because of my own feelings, but until now I've had a dislike for you."

"You will know when that Mana energy is no longer in your body. You can tell me again later."

Andrew suddenly sat crouched down next to Cassey. He then looked up to look at the face of his brother who looked very thin.

"Cassey's. Have you had any dislike for Anna since we were kids?" ask Andrew.

Still looking down, Cassey glanced at Anna. "Yes. Little." Follow him in a soft voice.

Anna nodded her head slowly. "It seems that slight dislike has become even greater since you've been affected by the Mana's energy."

"Can't I be a Hunter anymore?" ask Cassey later.

"If the Association forgives you, we will give you a forced resurrection. We'll restore your Mana energy, as much as we'll throw out of your body." Anna, promise.

"Will it cost a lot?" ask Cassey again.

Hearing that, Robin laughed.

Cassey turned to Robin and looked at her unhappily. He felt that their eldest brother was mocking him.

"I'm not mocking you. But I'm sorry you feel that way." Said Robin, who could understand Cassey's feelings just from his gaze.

"Don't worry about the cost." Said Anna.

Wang Liu Gong, who had been feeling awkward among the four brothers, was finally relieved when he received a message from Mira Ahn asking him to take Cassey and Anna to the conference room.

Anna nodded and stood up from her seat.

"Cassey, please." Anna said as she extended her hand to Cassey.

•••

All representatives of the media crew who had been busy chatting directly silent when the front door of the room opened.

From behind the door appeared Wang Liu Gong, then followed by Anna and Cassey who were walking hand in hand.

Cassey, who had both arms in handcuffs, walked while bowing her head while Anna, who was walking with her half-sister's arm, guided Cassey to go to the two seats on stage.

Ronald Stewart, who had finished delivering the opening words and was still behind the pulpit, finally allowed Anna to replace her position behind the pulpit.

Anna took a small microphone that one of the 9 AM employees gave her, then pinned it on the end of the t-shirt collar.

The girl then stood in the middle of the stage instead of going behind the pulpit.

"Good morning fellow media representatives. Thank you for your presence in this place" Anna said as the opening.

Surprisingly, all the media representatives present immediately applauded as Anna kept quiet for a while to take a pause in speaking.

Seeing that, Anna looked a little surprised. He then turned to Ronald Stewart, who was sitting next to Cassey, who was also applauding.

Seeing Anna looking puzzled, Ronald nodded his head while smiling.

"You are a hero who has just returned from conquering an SS-ranked Dungeon. They're paying homage to you." Said Ronald in his tone, as when he spoke normally. She knew Anna could hear her voice even if she didn't scream.

Hearing that, Anna smiled awkwardly and turned back to look at the media.

He did not know how to stop the increasingly boisterous applause, so he decided to go back to talking.

"Thank you for all your welcome." Said Anna who then smiled and bowed her body slightly as a sign of appreciating everyone's respect for her.

Only then did the bustling atmosphere of the applause gradually subside.

When the atmosphere returned to silence, Anna finally spoke back and explained the function of the 3 scanner devices that were on a small table in front of the stage.

It was square, about the size of an A4 paper with a thickness of just 1 centimeter. The material of the tool used a mixture of steel and magic crystals coming from the Dungeon, making it look like a very sturdy stone slab.

In the center there is a palm-shaped basin, while at the top there is a small monitor that will show the status of a person after his Mana energy is scanned.

Anna took the device and explained its function.

It's the same scanner that everyone has seen. Be it Hunter or any ordinary man. The association has posted such tools on its official website, as knowledge for people around the world.

So, Anna just explained the meaning of 3 small flat lights on the small monitor earlier, after she asked one of the reporters who were there to go up on stage, as a representative of ordinary people who will try the tool.

As the representative of the Hunter, Anna asked Wang Liu Gong to also come closer to her.

"Each of these three lights will light up when one has the kind of Mana energy that will react to it,"

"As we all know, everyone must have Mana energy within his body. But, in order to become a Hunter, there was a minimum limit to which mana energy to reach."

Anna then asked a representative from the reporter to put her palm on the device.

After a while later, the status of the reporter appeared on the large monitor that was backstage.

Everyone can see which status the person points to.

But everyone's attention was finally turned back to the detector in Anna's hand, when Anna lifted the object in front of her body and showed the indicator light in the middle.

The small light was lit by displaying a yellow color. While on a small monitor under the lights, people can see the inscription 'Human' there.