Chapter 21: You Scumbag!
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Above the Mediterranean Sea, Schicksal headquarters.
“Lord Otto, subject K423 seems to be displaying certain abnormalities.”
A white-haired girl dressed in black secretary attire, with crystalline protective goggles covering her face, approached Otto to make her report.
“Oh?”
The blonde man — Otto Apocalypse, the Overseer of Schicksal who had been in power for 500 years, put down the controller in his hand upon hearing this, while the screen in front of him displayed a game — Kallen Fantasy.
“Where is she currently?”
“She recently transferred to Senba Academy in Nagazora City.”
Amber calmly reported the details:
“Up until yesterday, the subject’s behavior and actions were relatively normal, but after encountering a young male, K423’s movements became abnormal.”
“Oh?”
Otto suddenly became interested.
He picked up the red tea from his desk, took a sip, and asked casually:
“Do you have his file?”
Schicksal’s influence spread across the world. As long as they were willing to investigate, and the target didn’t have any special background, digging up three generations of ancestors was just a matter of time.
And Amber, his capable assistant secretary, would naturally know what to do immediately.
“My apologies, Lord Otto. We currently don’t have any information on him, but he appears to be an ordinary person.”
“An ordinary person… hmph. I suppose those rats hiding in the shadows have started to move.”
Otto let out a light snort, his tone filled with disdain.
This man had always been arrogant, viewing Anti-Entropy as nothing more than ants and mice. But in reality, Anti-Entropy truly couldn’t compare to Schicksal.
“K423’s target appears to be the ME Corp building. That seems to be Anti-Entropy property. Recently, Anti-Entropy executor Raiden Ryoma was imprisoned, and another radical Anti-Entropy executor, Cocolia, has taken over. She seems to be plotting something.”
Amber continued her report. Perhaps in Cocolia’s view, they could hide from Schicksal, but in reality, Anti-Entropy had no way to conceal their tracks from Schicksal. As long as they had the will to investigate, nothing couldn’t be uncovered.
“Hmm?”
Otto raised an eyebrow. He naturally knew what that little Anti-Entropy mouse wanted to do.
But since what she planned to do wouldn’t harm his own plans, Otto couldn’t be bothered to interfere.
But K423’s movements were clearly problematic.
Had she discovered something?
That shouldn’t be possible.
Otto was somewhat puzzled.
Although he looked down on those Anti-Entropy rats, no matter how trash they were, they wouldn’t be so incompetent as to let K423, who was isolated and had no intelligence sources, catch their trail.
If they were really that pathetic, those people wouldn’t even deserve to be called rats, and they wouldn’t have been able to remain active until today under Schicksal’s targeting.
So—
“Is it that man K423 came into contact with?”
With Otto’s intelligence, he naturally noticed instantly where this abnormality originated from.
Her trajectory was normal a day ago, but started going haywire after the encounter. If you claim you’re not suspicious, who would believe that?
Otto, who instinctively sensed something unusual, frowned deeply. He didn’t like this feeling.
But often when this feeling appeared, unexpected events would occur, in other words, a variable.
The appearance of variables would cause problems with his plans.
And Otto wouldn’t allow such things to happen.
Just like the initial variable, the Herrscher of Reason Joyce. Because he couldn’t control that man, he eliminated him.
There was also Siegfried, who similarly displayed power he couldn’t grasp, so he severely undermined him.
“Where is Rita currently?”
Otto asked.
“Lady Rita is currently on standby at headquarters.”
“Call her over.”
“Yes.”
Probably through communication, Rita Rossweisse, the maid who received Amber’s message, quickly appeared before Otto.
She gracefully curtsied, displaying perfect ladylike elegance:
“What are your orders, Lord Overseer?”
“Go to Nagazora City in the Far East region at maximum speed. Your mission is to observe the movements of Kiana Kaslana and intervene as appropriate.”
“Yes.”
As Otto’s black glove and an S-rank Valkyrie specialized in dealing with people, Rita was well-practiced at this kind of work.
After Rita left, Otto rubbed his temples.
Getting from the Mediterranean to Nagazora City would take at least a day even with Schicksal’s fastest means.
This was already quite fast, essentially using Rita inhumanely.
But he vaguely felt this still seemed too slow.
Although he had no information on that unknown man, since he could target that mouse so quickly, he was definitely the type to fight quick battles.
To deal with this type of person, being one step slow meant being slow at every step.
A day’s time difference might even result in not getting even scraps.
That said, he had no intention of calling Rita back, and instead sighed:
“It seems I need my old friend to make a move.”
…
Night was often when people tended to lower their guard.
So, Elysia and the others chose to attack under cover of darkness.
That said, they were currently still waiting in the area near the ME Corp building, not rushing to attack.
Although thanks to Jiang Qiao, they could be certain that Cocolia’s headquarters was beneath this ME Corp building.
But how to get in was a major problem facing Elysia and the others.
It wasn’t simply a matter of charging into the building. Cocolia’s location should be in an underground base.
The ME building was divided into surface and interior sections. They had to find the passage leading to the underground base.
If they couldn’t reach Cocolia at maximum speed, she would have preparation time, and even if that mother fox was still panicked, she would be very difficult to deal with.
Therefore, Elysia had to look toward Mei:
“Mei, do you know about the interior of the ME Corp building?”
“I’m sorry, I rarely visited father’s company, so I can’t provide any help in this regard.”
Mei’s face showed three parts helplessness, three parts guilt, and… basically maxed out emotions.
Gomen nasai, I can’t do anything.
I’m just useless.
At this moment, the cooking girl directly transformed into Bocchi-chan, leaving even Elysia somewhat at a loss.
Hey, I was just asking a question, why are you going into self-isolation mode?
“Don’t worry about it, don’t worry about it. I was just asking casually, I didn’t mean to blame you.”
Kiana, on the other hand, was somewhat agitated. Having learned that Cocolia wanted to trigger a Honkai eruption, the white-haired fluffball’s anger toward that person she’d never met was maxed out, and she said indignantly:
“If you ask me, we should have just pried open that shorty’s mouth. That guy is in cahoots with that villain Cocolia, so she definitely knows how to get into the underground base.”
“It’s too late to do that now, and besides, Bronya is a cute girl after all. We can’t be rough with girls!”
Hearing Elysia’s words, Kiana directly rolled her eyes:
“Huh? Wasn’t it you who delivered the final blow?”
For safety’s sake, in addition to tying her up, they had also knocked out that little shorty.
She probably wouldn’t wake up for a day or two, and might even have a slight concussion.
And the one who struck at that time wasn’t her, but Elysia herself!
Now she’s saying they can’t be rough with cute girls?
The white-haired fluffball directly gave her a look of contempt.
— You scumbag!