I, Herta's Fiancé, the Universe's Number One Male Fist

"Mhm, I did."

Herta had no intention of denying it.

Instead, she cast a strange look at Chu Ze:

"By the way, your reflex arc is a bit too long, isn't it? You're only reacting now?"

"And what's with 'Cuihua'? I don't remember having such a title."

She roasted him on two points at once.

Normally, Chu Ze would have bickered with her.

But right now, his attention was still on the phrase "Stellaron Hunter":

"How do you know I'm a Stellaron Hunter? Ah, no..."

Chu Ze quickly retracted his statement and said again:

"Officer, you can't just say things like that. If you're going to call me a Stellaron Hunter, you need evidence!"

"...Evidence? Heh."

The corner of Herta's mouth curled up slightly, like a little fox whose scheme had succeeded, adding a touch of cunning to her usually stunningly beautiful expression:

"Do you think the permissions on those puppets on the starship could really be changed without anyone knowing?"

"Every single puppet has a hacking alert system that I set up. The system won't resist any hacking attempts, but it will automatically send the final modification log and permission list to me personally."

"From the modification log, the one who helped you with the hacking task was that little hacker girl from the Stellaron Hunters."

"And she went to great lengths to change your permission to the highest level... Chu Ze, what other identity could you possibly have?"

Chu Ze immediately sucked in a breath of cold air:

"Permissions? What permissions? I don't know!"

"W-w-who changed my permissions to the highest level?"

Herta snorted softly:

"You admit it's your permission?"

Chu Ze was immediately stunned.

Then, his eyes and mouth scrunched up, and his whole face turned into a mask of pain:

"Sis Ta, I haven't dared to command a single puppet!"

"My family has been bottom-rung workers for generations, we're scared witless!"

Seeing his exaggerated acting, even Herta couldn't keep a straight face, and the corner of her mouth seemed to curl up a tiny bit more:

"Alright, alright, stop acting over there."

"And put away your [Portable Aether Anchor]. You don't need to be so guarded against me."

"If I really wanted to harm you, you would have already lost consciousness and been tied to my experimental bed by now."

Hiss, she even discovered this.

The tears retreated back into his eyes. Chu Ze brought his right hand out from behind his back.

In his palm was a small, uniquely shaped gadget.

This was one of his life-saving items, a portable Aether Anchor.

Crushing it would immediately create an emergency channel, allowing the other Stellaron Hunters to come to his aid, or allowing him to escape through the channel himself.

Although it was safe and reliable, and could only be passed through by those who also held a portable Aether Anchor, it was extremely troublesome to make. Silver Wolf needed to expend a great deal of effort to successfully create one.

So each Stellaron Hunter was only given one, and it could only be used in the most urgent of situations.

But this life-saving item was seen through by Herta at a glance.

Chu Ze gave a slightly awkward, dry laugh:

"What are you saying..."

"How could I be on guard against the all-encompassing, broad-minded, stunningly beautiful, wise and virtuous, graceful and perfect, peerless, fragrant, charming, naturally beautiful, elegant, graceful, jade-like, poised, understanding, talented, gentle and kind, outstanding, picturesque, divinely beautiful, bright-eyed, gorgeous, lovely, icy-skinned and jade-boned, beautiful, naturally gorgeous, gentle and considerate, supreme, most true, most pure, most good, and most beautiful Ms. Herta?"

Herta accepted these compliments with satisfaction:

"Good lung capacity, and a very honest personality."

"Don't worry. Although we're nominally on opposing sides, I don't have a blood feud with the Stellaron Hunters."

"For the sake of our friendship, I'll turn a blind eye to you guys."

Chu Ze showed a touched expression:

"Great kindness needs no words. Thank you, Sis Ta!"

Herta waved her hand:

"Stop with the sweet talk. I still have to continue debugging the Simulated Universe."

"You go find something to do. For example, go to the cafeteria to eat, or go to the Defense Section to test the feel of the mecha."

Then she remembered something:

"Oh right, it's fine to expose yourself in front of me, but be careful in other places."

"Especially Asta. After all, she's a person from the Corporation. From her standpoint, she won't be as tolerant as I am."

Chu Ze nodded:

"Understood, thank you for your concern."

Herta turned away:

"Not concern, just don't want my mecha to go to waste."

Mhm, let's just go with that.

Chu Ze silently noted down this favor, then left the office directly.

...

...

At this time, he should be going to the cafeteria to eat.

But Chu Ze, having just obtained a mecha, how could he restrain his desire for battle!

Therefore, he followed the signs and decisively moved towards the training pod.

On the way, he took out his phone and told his Stellaron Hunter companions what had just happened.

[Kafka]: It seems Elio's prophecy has come true again.

[Kafka]: Now you really don't have to worry about your identity being exposed.

Chu Ze: Yeah, after all, with Herta, it's like I'm playing with my cards face up.

Chu Ze: I just need to be careful not to be discovered by Asta and the other ordinary researchers.

This point was very simple.

Although Chu Ze was not good at disguise and acting, he had at least pretended on the Xianzhou for so many years.

Being seen through by Herta was purely because he fell into her trap.

After all, she was a genuine Emanator of Erudition. It wasn't too unjust to be defeated by her.

...Wait, then does that mean that Jing Yuan also found out a long time ago?

After all, the Luofu Xianzhou has the Matrix of Prescience, and Jing Yuan himself is an Emanator, with the intelligent title of Divine Foresight General.

Was it just because of his merits to the Xianzhou and his powerful and useful combat ability that he didn't call him out and pretended not to know?

Recalling the seemingly amiable smiles Jing Yuan had shown during their past conversations, Chu Ze suddenly felt that the Divine Foresight General's expression seemed to have a deeper meaning.

...Damn, I can't think about it anymore.

It's a bit scary to think about it in detail.

Shaking his head, Chu Ze quickly stopped thinking.

He'll think about the future later. For now, let's test the feel of the mecha and have a good fight!

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