NOVEL WEB Chapter 21: You Scumbag!
In the airspace above the Mediterranean Sea, at Schicksal Headquarters.
"Overseer, it seems that vessel K423 is showing some abnormalities."
A white-haired girl, dressed in a black secretary uniform and with crystal goggles covering her face, came to Otto's side and reported.
"Oh?"
The blonde man—Otto Apocalypse, the Schicksal Archbishop(Overseer) who had held the position for five hundred years, put down the game controller in his hands. On the screen in front of him was a game, Karen Fantasy.
"Where is she now?"
"She recently transferred to Chiba Academy in Nagazora City."
Amber calmly reported:
"Up until yesterday, the vessel's actions were mostly normal, but after meeting a young man, K423's behavior became abnormal."
"Oh?"
Otto suddenly became interested.
He picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip, and casually asked, "Do we have a file on him?"
Schicksal had influence all over the world. As long as they wanted to investigate and the other party didn't have any special background, it was only a matter of time before they found out about the other person's family history.
And Amber, his capable aide and secretary, would definitely know what to do first.
"I'm sorry, Otto, we don't have any information about him right now. However, he seems to be just an ordinary person."
"An ordinary person… Hmph, probably those rats hiding in the shadows have started to move."
Otto snorted lightly, his tone full of contempt.
This man was always arrogant and looked down on Anti-Entropy, but in reality, Anti-Entropy really couldn't compare to Schicksal.
"K423's target seems to be the ME Corp building. It appears to be an Anti-Entropy business. A while ago, the Anti-Entropy executor Raiden Ryoma was imprisoned, and he was replaced by another radical Anti-Entropy executor, Cocolia. She seems to be planning something."
Amber continued her report. Perhaps Cocolia thought she could hide things from Schicksal, but in reality, Anti-Entropy had no way of hiding from Schicksal. As long as they wanted to investigate, there was nothing they couldn't find out.
"Hmm?"
Otto raised an eyebrow. He of course knew what that little Anti-Entropy rat was trying to do.
But, considering that what she was planning didn't affect his plan, Otto didn't bother paying her any attention.
However, K423's movements were clearly problematic.
Had she found out?
That couldn't be.
Otto felt a little confused.
Although he looked down on those Anti-Entropy rats, even if those rats were trash, it was still unlikely that K423, who was alone and had no information source, would catch on.
If they were that incompetent, then those people wouldn't even deserve to be called rats and wouldn't have survived until today under Schicksal's attacks.
So—
"Is it the man K423 came into contact with?"
With Otto's intelligence, he naturally instantly realized where this abnormality came from.
Her movements were normal a day ago. Once she met that guy, she started moving erratically. If someone said they weren't suspicious, who would believe it?
Otto, instinctively sensing something wrong, frowned. He didn't like this feeling.
But, whenever this feeling appeared, something unexpected always happened, a variable.
The appearance of a variable would cause problems in his plan.
And Otto didn't allow such a thing to happen.
Just like the initial variable, the Herrscher of Reason, Joyce. Because he couldn't control that man, he killed him.
And with Siegfried, who also showed a power that he couldn't control, he played a dirty trick.
"Where is Rita right now?"
Otto asked.
"Miss Rita is currently on standby at the headquarters."
"Call her here."
"Yes."
Probably through a communication method, Rita Rossweisse, the maid, who had received the message from Amber, quickly appeared before Otto.
She curtsied gracefully, displaying her ladylike demeanor:
"How may I assist you, Overseer?"
"Go to Nagazora City in the Far East as quickly as possible. Your mission is to observe Kiana Kaslana's movements, and intervene as you see fit."
"Yes."
As Otto's black glove, a special-ops type S-rank Valkyrie, Rita was well-versed in such missions.
After Rita left, Otto rubbed his brow.
Even with Schicksal's fastest method of transportation, it would still take at least a day to travel from the Mediterranean Sea to Nagazora City.
In reality, that was very fast. It was basically using Rita without any concern for her well-being.
But, he vaguely felt that it was still too slow.
Although he didn't have any information about that unknown man, since that person had quickly targeted that rat, that meant he was the type who finished things quickly.
When dealing with that type of person, a slight delay could lead to a loss of everything.
That one-day delay might even result in them not even getting a chance to clean up the mess.
However, he had no intention of calling Rita back, and just sighed:
"It seems I need to ask my old friend to step in."
…
Nighttime was when people were more likely to relax their vigilance.
Therefore, Elysia and them chose to attack under the cover of night.
However, they were still in the area near the ME Corp building and hadn't rushed to attack.
Thanks to Jiang Qiao, they were certain that Cocolia's base was under the ME Corp building.
However, how to get in was a big problem in front of Elysia and them.
It wasn't as simple as rushing into the building. Cocolia's location was likely in the underground base.
And the ME Corp building was divided into the surface level and internal level. They had to find the passage that led to the underground base.
If they couldn't get to Cocolia as quickly as possible, then she would have some time to prepare, and even if that fox was still in a hurry, it would be very difficult to deal with her.
Therefore, Elysia had to turn to Mei:
"Mei, do you know about the inside of the ME Corp building?"
"I'm sorry, I rarely paid attention to my father's company. I can't really help you on this."
Mei's face showed three parts helplessness, three parts guilt, and... well, it was just a full serving of it.
Gomen nasai, I can't do anything.
I'm just a useless person.
At that moment, the cook had transformed into Bocchi, making Elysia at a loss of what to do.
Hey, I just asked a question, how did you become so introverted?
"Don't worry about it. I was just asking. I didn't mean to blame you."
Kiana, who was a bit agitated, upon hearing that Cocolia was trying to start a Honkai Eruption, was filled with rage towards the person she hadn't even met. She said in indignation:
"If you ask me, we should just pry open that shortie's mouth. She's with that bad guy Cocolia. She definitely knows how to get into the underground base."
"It's too late to do that now. Besides, Bronya is still a cute girl. We can't be violent towards a girl, you know?"
Hearing Elysia's words, Kiana rolled her eyes.
"Huh? Weren't you the one who landed the last blow?"
To be safe, besides tying her up, they had also knocked out that shortie.
She probably wouldn't wake up for a couple of days and might even have some brain damage.
And it was Elysia herself who had done that, not her!
And now, she was saying that she couldn't be violent towards a cute girl?
The white-haired ball of fluff showed her contempt.
—You scumbag!