Chat Group: Starting by Swapping Bodies with Elysia?

"Ah, it's Kyubey. You know, I was just saying—"

Before the cruel truth was revealed, magical girls generally had a soft spot for cute, pet-like creatures like Kyubey and wouldn't hesitate to share interesting things they had encountered. Sakura Kyouko was no different.

But—

"Never mind, suddenly it doesn't seem that interesting after all."

Having seen something, Sakura Kyouko stopped mid-sentence, abandoning her intention to continue.

Kyubey, who had been listening intently, tilted its head, its ruby-like beast eyes showing no emotion.

The change in her behavior, of course, was caused by Jiang Qiao's warning in the chat group—don't reveal any information to Kyubey.

In fact, after discovering Sakura Kyouko's true identity, his first target of vigilance was Kyubey, who was always lurking around the magical girls.

However, Jiang Qiao did not reveal any further information because he was currently communicating with Elysia—

"Where are you right now?"

While he wouldn't refuse to help group members, especially since he liked cute girls, Jiang Qiao was well aware that his top priority should be figuring out his current situation, especially the status of his own body.

"Nagazora City, in a hospital."

"Nagazora City, huh…"

The pink-haired girl in the mirror frowned at the name.

The starting point and place of reincarnation for fate, the location of the Third Honkai Eruption. Even among a group of high-risk cities, its danger level was among the highest.

But, since he was able to swap bodies with the pink fatty, then he must have transmigrated to Nagazora City in the Previous Era, right?

"Phew…"

Although Nagazora City was full of danger in the Previous Era, judging by the time he got from Elysia, the Second Honkai Eruption hadn't even happened yet. There was plenty of time to prepare before Mei and Kevin's Third Honkai Eruption.

However, Jiang Qiao quickly noticed something strange.

"A hospital?"

How did he end up in a hospital?

Jiang Qiao remembered being attacked by an unknown person in an alley.

Could it be the attacker had a change of heart and sent him to the hospital afterward?

The pink-haired girl in the mirror scratched the back of her head, feeling completely lost.

What was going on? They attacked him, and then sent him to the hospital...

Impossible, absolutely impossible!

"Maybe some passerby sent me there."

Jiang Qiao thought to himself.

Elysia: The doctor said it was a white-haired girl. I didn't quite catch the name. My head is still buzzing from what happened to this body.

"Oh, a white-haired girl, huh..." Jiang Qiao nodded, then recalled that the person who had whacked him on the head was also white-haired.

So, the culprit really did have a change of heart!

But, even if she did, it wouldn't change anything!

He would remember this grudge!

Wait—

"A white-haired girl?"

Jiang Qiao suddenly realized something.

A stick, white hair, and a woman—this combination of keywords.

"Are you sure that wasn't a white-haired guy?"

Although he didn't think Kevin would be so free to attack others at this time, Jiang Qiao still subconsciously thought that Elysia must have misheard.

Elysia: No, a white-haired girl. I asked the nurse again, and she seemed to be called Kiana.

"…"

Dead silence.

Jiang Qiao's brain briefly crashed after seeing this line in the group chat.

He replied with great difficulty:

"Ask the nurse, does she know Raiden Mei?"

Elysia: She said she didn't know her, but she did recognize the surname Raiden. The CEO of ME Corp, Ryoma, has that surname, but he seems to have been jailed recently due to an economic crime.

Elysia: Oh, I'm hearing about ME Corp for the first time. When I went to Nagazora City before, I'd never heard of it, but now it's become a household name and a leading enterprise. The pace of business development is so fast!

Every word revealed the girl's curiosity and admiration of the changes in the world.

But the pink-haired girl in front of the mirror had already changed her expression from a blank face.

She directly laughed.

Then, she quickly replied with three words:

"RUN!!!"

What the hell?!

This wasn't the Previous Era at all, but fifty thousand years later!

The pink-haired girl was all smiles on the surface, but inside, she was roaring and weeping.

—Nagazora City

This location could be divided into three difficulty levels based on the situation.

Easy difficulty: Previous Era, hasn't erupted yet, plenty of time to escape.

Hard difficulty: Fifty thousand years later, hasn't erupted yet, but could explode anytime. Escape must be done with every second.

Nightmare difficulty: Another world line, the alternate form of Durandal is going berserk, whether you run or not, it's just a matter of time. You might as well reincarnate directly. (GGZ? more like GG)

The information that Elysia had revealed had perfectly skipped the easy difficulty level, and all that was left was to choose between the unknown hard or nightmare difficulty.

It was likely the hard difficulty, with a very small chance of nightmare.

But no matter which it was, with Jiang Qiao's ordinary human body, it would be a no-win scenario.

Even if it was Elysia in there, Honkai eruptions don't discriminate based on gender like some Americalized self-adjusting gender, which would light up green based on the inner self.

"Huh, why?"

Elysia was clearly confused by Jiang Qiao's sudden demand, especially the three exclamation points.

She wasn't the battle-hardened Flame-Chaser yet. Though she had already started to shine after joining Fire Moth, the time she spent before the Second Honkai Eruption left her completely unaware of the future.

"The Third Honkai Eruption is going to happen soon! Staying there is a death sentence!"

"…Honkai Eruption?"

Having joined Fire Moth, Elysia was of course not completely ignorant of Honkai. Hearing these words in the hospital room, her previously smiling face instantly turned grave.

Nagazora City was a cosmopolitan city with a population of nearly ten million people. If a Honkai eruption broke out, the fate of the millions of Nagazora citizens would be self-evident.

Despite being confused as to why the Third Honkai Eruption would come before the Second, despite being confused as to why Jiang Qiao would know such things, Elysia ultimately chose to believe him.

Elysia: You mentioned Raiden Mei earlier. Does the Honkai Eruption have something to do with her?

Jiang Qiao fell silent when he saw this question. However, the girl who was separated from him by a distance of fifty thousand years seemed to have guessed the reason for his silence, and added a sentence:

"Please."

—At that moment, Jiang Qiao seemed to see the pink-haired girl tightly gripping his hands, staring at him with the utmost sincerity, her eyes filled with a plea.

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