Long Live Money in Anime Crossover

Mo Mo exclaimed the woman's name in surprise, and the female warrior, who had a delicate and cute doll-like face and elegant light golden wavy hair, also seemed somewhat surprised, saying, "You even know me?"

Teresa the Smiling One is a swordswoman in Claymore who fights against demons. In the story, the protagonist Clare becomes the guide for Claymore. She is ranked No.1 and has the titles of "Strongest in History" and "Teresa the Smiling One".

He is proud, strong, and noble, inspiring both awe and fear in those around him. He can slay any demon without unleashing any of his demonic power, and is considered by the organization to be the strongest in history.

Momo was indeed surprised by Teresa's appearance, but she quickly came to terms with it. Now that she was having more and more contact with this world, and even with Shana and Haruhi Suzumiya who could be considered bosses, Momo was slowly getting used to the sudden appearance of these Transcendent beings.

However, this is reasonable. Otherwise, if Haruhi Suzumiya were a major boss, even if she belonged to a relatively weak force, she would still have some capable warriors at her disposal.

The Claymores in "Claymore" are already quite powerful. If the current Claymores can overcome the side effects of the demonic power under the influence of Haruhi Suzumiya's enhancement, then in Momo's opinion, the Claymores could probably rival the many Heroic Spirits under Gilgamesh's command.

“However,” Teresa said, her smile remaining elegant, “even if you know me, I will not let you get close without Lord Suzumiya’s permission.”

"Withdraw your hand, Master. If I remember correctly, you are our prisoner now, aren't you? Who gave you the courage and confidence to shake hands with our Queen as a slave?"

Momo blinked. Queen, captive, slave?

Meow meow meow meow?

Haruhi Suzumiya...she's really into the role!

At this moment, Haruhi Suzumiya finally responded to Mo Mo's gaze. She raised her head, seemingly wanting to use her disdainful look to tell Mo Mo the difference in their social status.

Unfortunately... Mo Mo is quite tall, so when Haruhi Suzumiya does this, it looks like she's looking up at him.

Mo Mo, who had seen through Haruhi Suzumiya's thoughts, was both amused and exasperated. He withdrew his hand, and a red light flashed on the scar on his hand before it disappeared.

“Indeed, I was once captured by your SOS Brigade. But now I am under the guard of the Crimson World, aren’t I? Even though this was a deal between your SOS Brigade and the Crimson World… no, or rather, with the God of Punishment, I am now subordinate to the Crimson World.”

"What a pity, Miss Suzumiya. If you want me to become your slave and prisoner, you'd better complete your deal and exchange with the God of Punishment first. Otherwise, I won't obediently listen to you."

Mo Mo smiled confidently, and upon hearing this, both Haruhi Suzumiya and Shana Rami looked on in astonishment. Everyone stared at Mo Mo in disbelief, seemingly surprised that he already knew everything.

"Are you all crazy?!"

Haruhi Suzumiya roared, seemingly no longer bothering to maintain appearances, "What are you Crimson Worlds doing! I can't even comprehend that you're letting this dangerous guy act as he pleases, and now you've even told him our entire plan?"

"Has Crimson World decided to kick out our SOS Brigade and forget about our deal? He's an administrator, a wicked administrator. What kind of spell has he cast on you to make you trust him so much?"

Haruhi Suzumiya's roar silenced the Crimson World trio, while Mo Mo's smile grew even brighter, as Haruhi Suzumiya's outburst proved his point.

Why is Mo Mo laughing?

At this moment, as an outsider, or rather, as a pawn, Momo still couldn't fully grasp the current state of the Crimson World, let alone the deal between the Crimson World and the SOS Brigade. However, based on Momo's earlier assumption, he determined that the core of the incident was Best, or rather, the power within Best.

Therefore, there's no doubt that Alastor's actions all revolve around this power. Alastor, who spearheaded this operation, also reached an agreement with the SOS Brigade. While ostensibly for the sake of Academy City and the Crimson World's invasion of the A Certain Magical Index dimension, what if we add Best as a bargaining chip to the terms of their deal?

Don't forget, Momo's arrival in Academy City was actually a coincidence. Even if Momo hadn't come, some things would still have inevitably happened; it's just that Momo's arrival changed some things.

So, what will happen, and what will change?

Ultimately, it was Best's power.

Since Rami is now implying to Momo that as long as Momo can separate Best's power, he can avoid the Crimson World's hostility and take Best away, it means that Alastor needs Best's power. Therefore, Alastor needs a means to separate Best's power.

After all, as the guardian of order, Alastor certainly couldn't be as ruthless as the Serpent of Ritual, who would try to destroy Best first in order to gain Best's power, and then pretend nothing happened and try to win Best over instead.

So, if Momo hadn't appeared in Academy City, Alastor's plan to strip Best of his power would still have remained unchanged. Who would have been responsible for stripping Best of his power then?

The answer seems to have already been revealed.

It is the SOS Brigade, the SOS Brigade with Nagato Daimyojin.

Without a doubt, the combined power of Nagato Yuki and Suzumiya Haruhi is a formidable weapon, and their skillful application far exceeded Momo's expectations. With the blessing of the supreme god's power, it's not difficult to understand why the SOS Brigade was able to extract power from Best.

All of this was just Mo Mo's speculation, but just now, Mo Mo had easily angered Haruhi Suzumiya, causing the furious Haruhi Suzumiya to reveal some facts herself, providing Mo Mo with sufficient evidence.

Now, Momo believes that his guess was correct.

At this moment, Haruhi Suzumiya seemed to finally realize that something was wrong. Looking at Shana and Rami's ugly faces, and Momo's smug face, how could she not know that she had fallen into a trap?

"You're going to blow me up?"

Anger instantly surged onto Haruhi Suzumiya's delicate face, causing her cheeks to flush red with rage. She immediately roared, "Tenessa, cut off his limbs!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a soft "ding" sounded, and a greatsword and a long saber appeared beside Mo Mo.

The greatsword belonged to Teresa, and it was Teresa herself who wielded it. At that moment, Teresa, who was standing beside Haruhi Suzumiya, vanished in a blur. In just a split second, Teresa had arrived beside Momo and slashed down at Momo's right arm.

As for what stopped Teresa, it was naturally Shana's longsword, Nie-dono Shana. Shana also arrived at Momo's side almost instantly and blocked Teresa's greatsword with her sword.

Missing her first attack, Teresa frowned and did not continue her assault. Instead, she smiled and retreated back to Haruhi Suzumiya's side.

This was clearly a sign of knowing what was important. If it had been Momo herself who had stopped her attack, Teresa would definitely have continued. But now it was Shana who had stopped her, and having some knowledge of Shana, the strongest Flame Haze in the Crimson World, she knew she was no match for Shana.

Moreover, it is clear that now is the time for Haruhi Suzumiya to continue her conversation with Crimson World, not the time for her to be aggressive and ruthless.

"What's the meaning!"

Haruhi Suzumiya's face darkened, and she stared intently at Shana, her gaze now filled with suspicion.

"Shana, why are you stopping them?"

It was Alastor who spoke up to ask the question, which seemed a bit strange. Wasn't Shana's intervention at the behest of Alastor, the God of Punishment?

This time, it really isn't.

Shana frowned slightly. She had acted instinctively just now. As for the reason... Shana glanced at Haruhi Suzumiya. She didn't really like this self-centered leader of the SOS Brigade. Haruhi Suzumiya was like the Snake of the Ritual, completely disregarding order.

Yes, that must be it. Anyway, it's not to protect the manager.

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“Alastor, Momo is absolutely right. He’s under our control right now. If the SOS Brigade wants to harm him, they’ll have to ask for our permission first. And whether it’s him or the SOS Brigade, there has to be a resolution to what happened today. We don’t have much time left.”

As she spoke, Shana glanced at the enormous black snake in the distance. The snake seemed to be fighting something, and black flames rolled in the distant sky.

According to the pre-assigned tasks, the strongest warriors, God of Punishment and Shana, will arrive in the A Certain Magical Index dimension to be responsible for the first battle after opening the portal. This first battle will inevitably be a fierce one, because the invasion of one world will inevitably be met with resistance, and the initial attack from the rested otherworldly forces will be the strongest.

The second wave of battles, which will be responsible for establishing a basic base, will be led by the Serpent of the Ritual and various combat forces of the Crimson World. What awaits the Crimson World in this phase is a series of attacks and tests. After all, the Crimson World is definitely a demon-level entity from another world to the people of the A Certain Magical Index world, and they need to understand it before taking action.

As for the battles that followed, we naturally worked together, that goes without saying.

Therefore, for Shana and Alastor, their final time was the period when the Serpent of Ritual was busy fighting, while they nominally rested.

Upon hearing this, Alastor remained silent for a few seconds, tacitly agreeing with Shana's statement; indeed, they didn't have much time left.

Just as Momo had predicted, everything Best encountered this time was actually orchestrated by the God of Punishment, Alastor, in an attempt to strip Best of her divine power and seize control of it.

Of course, this is a sub-plan attached to the plan to conquer the Toaru Majutsu no Index dimension. It must be carried out on the premise of ensuring the success of the Toaru Majutsu no Index dimension conquest. Although Alastor believes this is a good opportunity, this plan must also succeed.

Therefore, the naive Best was brought into Academy City by Rami and began to carry out the task of separating Academy City.

Since Best was the most suitable person to do this task, the Serpent of Ritual couldn't say anything. However, the Serpent of Ritual didn't know that Alastor planned to take action against Best after Academy City was separated.

Whether Best himself agrees or not is not within Alastair's consideration.

Although Alastor upholds order and justice, he is a ruthless and merciless being in power. He would not hesitate to sacrifice a mere Crimson Lord for the sake of the entire Crimson World.

Alastor's only worry was that things would fail if they were exposed, leading to a direct conflict with the Serpent of the Ritual and shaking the foundations of the Crimson World.

As for what happens after success... after success, Alastor will control a portion of Best's power, thus establishing a new balance of power with the Serpent of Ritual. Only then can the Crimson World truly establish a new order—at least that's what Alastor believes.

According to the original plan, the SOS Brigade was responsible for stripping Best's power, and this stripping should have been done in Academy City. In terms of time, this should have been done about ten days ago.

By that point in time, the separation of Academy City was complete, and Rami could have handled the rest, albeit at a much lower efficiency. Therefore, Best was no longer a necessity, but rather a sacrifice that could be made for the sake of the Crimson World order.

Of course, Alastor did not intend to make Best truly disappear or die; otherwise, he would not have gone to such great lengths to contact the Crimson World and prepare to strip Best of his power.

After all, Best is the successor to the administrator. If he can't even keep this successor alive, then in the eyes of all beings in the Crimson World, he, the God of Punishment, would truly be a heartless and ruthless being, and would become a truly lonely figure.

However, plans can't keep up with changes, and two changes occurred that Alastair could not have foreseen at all.

The first is the appearance of Momo.

Momo's appearance did not fundamentally change Alastor's plans. He had always let go of the relationship between Momo and Best, because in his view, if Best's power was stripped away and she therefore resented the Crimson World and wanted to leave, finding her a home would be a good option.

Especially since Momo is a manager, and after observing and confirming that Momo is not the kind of irredeemable manager that Haruhi Suzumiya encountered, Alastor believes that Momo is the best choice based on her recognition of managers.

The second change completely bogged down Alastair's plans, almost causing them to fail.

The second change was that Nagato Yuki, the trusted and beloved confidante of Suzumiya Haruhi in the SOS Brigade, was late. She did not perform the power stripping of Best as promised, and even now, only Suzumiya Haruhi has appeared; Nagato Yuki is still nowhere to be seen.

As for the reason, Haruhi Suzumiya also informed Alastor that a major battle had occurred in the SOS Brigade's territory, and Yuki Nagato had to be there to oversee it. Otherwise, the SOS Brigade might suffer enormous losses, losses that Academy City could not make up for.

This reason was perfectly reasonable, and Alastair could only accept it helplessly, then worry about whether his plan would fail.

Finally, when it came to Momo, Rami's words to him, and the reason for taking Best away, were also given to him by Alastor. Those words were indeed a hint to Momo; if Momo could take Best away, Alastor wouldn't mind completing this deal with Momo.

After all, Alastor's time is running out, and he is determined to obtain Best's power, as it is an important bargaining chip for maintaining the order of the Crimson World.

"I understand."

Alastor agreed with Shana's words and said, "The leaders of the SOS Brigade have now exceeded our planned timeline. It's time to finally come to a conclusion about what you intend to do."

"As for Momo, as Shana said, he is currently our guest. You cannot endanger his safety until the deal between us is settled."

Now that things have come to this, it seems that Alastor believes that Momer has already obtained considerable information, and there is no point in continuing to hide it, so he directly and simply began to communicate with Haruhi Suzumiya.

Haruhi Suzumiya stared at Alastor in disbelief and said, "Are you planning to renege on your promise? Although we haven't completely completed the mission, we were the ones who contributed to the separation of Academy City and the technology for the inter-world portal. Is all of that less important than that little request you added?"

As she spoke, Haruhi Suzumiya looked at Best, who was being led by Mo Mo's hand. She didn't understand what was so important about Best that it could cause such a big mess and be so important.

"Of course we won't renege on our debt."

Shana said bluntly, "It's what it is. If you want to settle the bill, we certainly won't shortchange you. We've already told you how important Best is. You didn't take it seriously, so you can't blame us."

"Hmph, maybe you won't even be able to take the entire Academy City with you by then!"

Upon hearing this, Haruhi Suzumiya panicked and said, "This is beyond our control! Yuki... Yuki is injured now!"

"I'm sorry, Ms. Suzumiya, that's your problem, not ours. If you want to settle our deal now, I can handle that. I can take you to Academy City now."

Mo Mo watched and listened to everything with great interest. As he gained more and more information, Mo Mo felt himself constantly evolving, gradually shedding his status as a pawn who knew nothing and could only drift with the tide, and gradually becoming a chess player.

However, to become a true chess player, he still needs one final transformation, a crucial piece of the puzzle.

The key to this conflict lay with the girl beside Mo Mo. She held Mo Mo's hand, her body growing cold, as she finally realized something was amiss.

Lies, deception, and from the very beginning, she seemed to be positioned as a pawn.

In the end... she was still alone, a lonely wildcat, a character manipulated and hated by everyone, utterly worthless...

Ah, wait a minute!

Just then, Momo gently tightened her grip on Best's fingers. The warmth emanating from Momo's palm gave Best a jolt of energy, and his body warmed up as well. He remembered Momo's warmth and scent from the inside out.