A chat group where you switch bodies with Alicia at the start?

It's impossible for her to be with Raiden Mei. That old witch Cocolia will definitely have people watching her. Going to her territory on her own initiative would be suicide.

But if Alicia were alone, wandering around the ME Corporation building, that woman would definitely not be interested in paying attention to her.

Alicia: Reconnaissance? Hmm~ I'm really looking forward to this kind of movie scene! No problem, Alicia is very good at this kind of thing!

Yoyo: Miss Alicia is amazing!

Walnut: +1

After chatting in the group, Alicia tasted Mei's terrible cooking and praised it as a little better than yesterday—she put in too little salt (it's still so salty!).

The two, fully prepared, left Raiden's house and began their grand operation to find the white-haired dumpling.

All of this was captured by the drone and observed by the short figure sitting high above.

"The target was separated from the suspected target, suggesting that they may have some ulterior motive."

Watching the two figures split up, Bronya's expressionless face remained indifferent as she uttered mechanical words.

She glanced at Alicia's figure, hesitated for a moment, and remembered what Cocolia had said to her.

He finally gave up the idea of ​​following her and silently uttered:

"Low-threat target, no further attention is required."

There are pictures here, which can be viewed after the updated version

Chapter Twelve: You weren't injured, were you?

Although she was unfamiliar with the city, Alicia was able to navigate around Changkong City with ease using a spare mobile device she borrowed from Mei and map software.

Unfortunately, I haven't seen the Kiana Kaslana that Jiang Qiao described along the way—the one with white hair, blue eyes, and who might look a bit simple-minded.

but--

"Is this Mei's ME company? It looks so impressive!"

Alicia looked up at the towering building not far away, shielding her eyes from the sunlight with her hand, somewhat amazed.

This is inevitable, after all, ME Corporation is the leading enterprise in mechanical technology in the entire Far East region, and the ME Corporation Building, which serves as the headquarters of ME Corporation, can be called a landmark building in Changkong City due to its special needs.

She wore a small, delicate communication device on her ear to maintain communication with Mei, who was acting separately.

This is not Mei's property. Although ME Company is not lacking in similar items, now that Raiden Ryoma is in prison and his assets have been frozen, Mei, who is not far from being penniless, certainly cannot have such high-end goods.

In fact, this was something that Alicia asked Jiang Qiao to deliver. It was produced by the Fire-Chasing Moth, and you could see the Fire-Chasing Moth's mark on the side.

Mei, listening to Alicia's casual conversation on the other end of the communicator, didn't know how to respond, so she could only ask casually:

"Uh... I rarely pay attention to my father's business, and I rarely go to that building. How is it now?"

Mei's status as the daughter of the ME company president has always been a source of pride for her, but she doesn't really like it. However, it is her father's hard work, and after hearing that Alicia has gone to ME company, she is somewhat concerned about the current situation of ME company.

"Hmm, I'm not really sure, it seems to be running normally... By the way, isn't today a day off?"

Alicia observed ME Corporation but clearly didn't find anything. Then, as if remembering something, she asked a question in a strange way.

Don't ME company employees get holidays?

Raiden Mei obviously couldn't answer this question.

"Hmm, it doesn't seem like we can see anything. Should we try going in and taking a look?"

"!"

Mei on the other end of the communicator was clearly taken aback by Alicia's bold idea, but before she could respond, Alicia replied with a grin:

"Just kidding, it wouldn't be good if we alerted them~"

"I haven't made any progress on my end yet. Mei, how's it going on your end?"

"I don't have it here either... Ah—!"

A girl's startled cry came from the other end of the communicator.

This caused Alicia, who had been smiling, to instantly change her expression and anxiously ask, "Mei, what's wrong?"

“There’s…there’s something strange—dudu.”

A trembling, terrified voice came from the other end of the communicator, but before it could finish speaking, all the sound disappeared.

"Hey! Mei! Hey! Can you hear me?"

Alicia tried to contact the other party, but the bright red color on the communicator clearly meant that contact had been lost.

Her face darkened.

Alicia: Oh no, Mei seems to be in some danger!

Jiang Qiao: ?

Jiang Qiao was completely puzzled when she saw this message.

No, why do you always have problems, little sister?

Soon, after learning the situation from Alicia, he fell silent.

in this situation.

Jiang Qiao really couldn't say whether Alicia was going to save the cook or send her on her way.

They went to find someone and almost drove Mei to the brink of suicide. They took Mei out to look for the person, but then danger struck again.

...Hey, how about we skip saving Changkong and just run away with the cook?

"What happened to the positioning I told you to add for Raiden Mei?"

Alicia: Ah! There's a location too! I almost forgot! I'm going to rescue Mei right now!

When Alicia, who was originally anxious, saw Jiang Qiao's reminder, she immediately remembered that she had specifically set up a location after receiving the phone from Mei.

She was a bit lost because her portable communicator was broken.

Now we finally have a direction.

Mei's personal mobile terminal didn't seem to be malfunctioning either. Judging from her movement trajectory, she seemed to be fleeing northwards, clearly being chased by something.

"Wait for me, Mei!"

...

Even in a major economic city like Changkong, there is no shortage of alleyways and lanes.

Meanwhile, a girl named Raiden Mei was fleeing in a panic.

buzzing~

The sound was like the rapid flapping of wings of flies. The source of the sound was three pale, purplish-striped alien creatures that looked like mosquitoes.

—A rush-class Honkai Beast.

In the Honkai Beast system spawned by Honkai, the lowest level of life form, according to Schicksal's standards, is a B-rank Valkyrie who can easily deal with such a weak Honkai Beast—provided it is not in a group.

However, the above information was ineffective against Raiden Mei, who was fleeing at that moment.

As an ordinary person, even the lowest-level Honkai Beasts like the Advance-class were beyond her ability to handle, let alone three of them.

It has to be said that this was the highlight moment for the Breakthrough-class Honkai Beasts.

Do you even know how valuable our Advance-class Honkai Beasts are?

They will make the future Herrscher of Thunder and Herrscher of Origin flee in terror, their tails between their legs.

Soon, the chase came to an end.

"Dead end!"

Mei stared at the wall in front of her, instantly freezing, her expression turning somewhat desperate.

She turned her head to look at the three charging Honkai Beasts that were closing in step by step, her body trembling uncontrollably.

Am I going to die here today?

I finally met...someone important in my life.

She wanted to resist, but the katana she carried had already been lost or damaged along with her portable communicator during the initial escape.

"I'm sorry, Jiang Qiao, it seems I can't help you save this city."

As the Honkai Beast drew ever closer, the girl slowly closed her eyes, filled with apology and regret.

But, this is also good.

If you die, you won't have to worry about anything anymore.

It is often said that choosing death is the most cowardly decision.

But aren't I a coward by nature?

...There's nothing left to be afraid of.

The expected pain did not come, and Mei couldn't help but think: So death doesn't hurt? But when she opened her eyes, she saw a white-haired figure from behind.