Tonight, Alice joins the hunt.

And Alice, of course, will do as it wishes.

However, before that, her movements suddenly froze, and a solemn voice that shouldn't have been there suddenly appeared in her ears, conveying an inviolable decree—

—The main god has issued a side quest.

Author's Note:

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I mistyped "cultivation," it should be a side quest. _(:з」∠)_

Section 6: Final Preparations

'Reincarnated Alice Margotrovid and Patchouli Knowledge have triggered a side quest—to seize the AllSpark and possess it until they leave this world. Success will grant each of them two C-rank side quests and a reward of 4000 points. Failure will deduct the corresponding reward points.'

'Kill Megatron, the leader of the Decepticons. Successful kill grants a B-rank side quest and a reward of 5000 points. Failure incurs no penalty.'

Before leaving this world, reincarnators are prohibited from revealing any updates on Transformers 1 to any characters in the storyline; violation will result in the deduction of corresponding reward points.

[Unexpected, yet anticipated]

Alice paused slightly upon hearing the divine prompt.

This was an obvious flaw, enough to make the machine, which shared her name, intend to retaliate. But Alice was faster; she decisively fired a shot before it could, severing its electronic head.

Its mechanical limbs twitched, exploding with sparks. But Alice still fired several more shots into its chest and abdomen to make sure it couldn't recover. And from this day forward, the world's Alice was one less.

[Plan complete. Now, in 'Soundwave's' eyes, I should be a variable whose combat power surpasses that of an ordinary human, but isn't ridiculously strong. I need to be dealt with, but there's no need to send too many forces.]

The next wave of pursuers should arrive very soon.

She walked to the platform and blasted the laptop to pieces with a single shot. Turning back, she stuffed the remaining half of the robot's metal head into her backpack. She could clearly sense signals emanating from somewhere inside the metal head, and she could easily guess that these signals served as a locator.

[The 'soundwave' should have searched my records, but it would also find that my past is a blank. And I had already erased all traces of myself and Patty beforehand. Therefore, as long as I don't contact Patty, it won't notice Patty's existence.]

There's a high probability it sees me as a covert agent working for the US... If it knows about the Wittwich Monastery, it's even more likely it judges me as one of its members. And either way, the outcome is in my favor.

Patsy should have received the notification from the main god, so she should know where I am at. In that case, let her handle the rest of her plans. I just need to arrive at the cemetery at the right time and put on a show in front of Sam Witwicky.

【So……】

She took an apple out of her pocket and took a bite.

"It tastes pretty good, even without any processing." She walked around the wreckage of the robot and out of the abandoned car park.

She needed to buy some things to prepare for the battle to come.

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Patchouli turned her head to look at the cemetery in the distance outside the window. From here, she could clearly monitor everything happening in the cemetery, and if any person or animal inadvertently approached Sam Witwicky's burial site, she would immediately take action.

Just now, she heard the voice of the Supreme God.

“The Supreme God.” She murmured the word. Since arriving in the world of reincarnation, this was the first time she had made direct contact with this being called the Supreme God. And through this contact, she had also guessed some crucial things.

She had seen all the Transformers movies and was familiar with the related concept art. If the theme of the first movie was the AllSpark, then the theme of the second movie was the Matrix of Leadership. The current timeline is between the first and second movies, a period where the AllSpark has been destroyed, but not completely destroyed.

[A CC-level side quest... Alice said that the difficulty of the quests judged by the God is based on our enhancements, exchanged items, and gene lock levels. Neither Alice nor I have exchanged any enhancements or bought anything from the God, and only Alice has unlocked the first level of her gene lock. Therefore, even considering her performance in the previous horror movie, the God's evaluation of us won't be very high.]

[For us, a CC-level side quest should be quite easy. It's the kind of victory we could win through sheer hard work and strategy, even without magic. Such difficulty is far too low for a quest like 'seizing and preserving the Fire Source.' Unlike the second side quest, the first one has a point penalty, which indicates that the main god wants us to complete this task.]

Her memories flashed back, and she quickly extracted, categorized, and compared the Cybertronians' combat portrayals in the movies. She soon reached a conclusion.

[Clearly, Alice's deduction is correct. The AllSpark is now inactive, most of its energy lost, and can only be repaired and restored through the Source Matrix... or rather, compared to the Source Matrix, the AllSpark is now an insignificant object. Therefore, even if we seize it, it won't trigger a full-scale pursuit by the Decepticons. Furthermore, the warning against revealing subsequent plot information undoubtedly emphasizes this point.]

The plot of the second part is inevitable; otherwise, there would be no need to keep it hidden. Sam Witwicky is already dead… no, his life or death is irrelevant. The Decepticons only need to contact the Fallen to know that the information is stored in Sam's brain. If someone leaks this information to the Autobots, then the plot of the second part will unfold as expected. If not, then the end of the world will come.

[So that's how it is... The main god's goal is for us to revert this world's plot back to the original story? And the bounty target is only Megatron, not Optimus Prime, is it because Megatron was supposed to die in the first movie's ending but didn't?]

[Tsk, beating around the bush.]

She gently shook her head.

Alice's plan was simple: attract Soundwave's attention to provoke it into sending Decepticons to attack her, suppressing her own actions to lower Soundwave's guard. Then, she would instigate a conflict to keep Soundwave's attention focused. Finally, once Sam successfully revived, forcing Soundwave to become fixated on the anomaly, a pre-prepared latent electronic virus would shut down all satellites in near-Earth orbit.

It won't tolerate ignoring the momentous event of 'Sam's resurrection,' so it will inevitably restart the satellites or reflexively resist shutting them down. Once it reacts, Patchouli will be able to locate it and pull it down from low Earth orbit!

Information mages prioritize intelligence, and 'Soundwave,' as the Decepticon's intelligence chief, is of paramount importance. Only by capturing it can the two witches' spellcasting be prevented from being disrupted, and the location of the AllSpark and the Decepticons' plans will fall into their hands. Even the attackers it orchestrates will become aids in the witches' successful integration into the Autobot camp. Not to mention, its head itself possesses immense value.

This was Alice and Patchouli's scheme, and now the project is more than halfway complete.

The only thing we need to wait for is the moment Sam Witwicky is resurrected!

Author's Note:

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I don't know if I'll make it to the second quarter...

The number of comments and complaints in the comments section has plummeted... It's so frustrating... _(:з」∠)_

Chapter 7: Is the Resurrection of the Dead a Forbidden Card?

Sam Witwick felt as if he were sinking into very deep water. A deep, cold, and dark abyss. There was no light, no hope.

He felt he should still be able to think, but after thinking for a long time, he couldn't piece together a complete sentence. Knowledge, memory, and emotions all seemed to be slowly drifting away from him, leaving him only with endless regret, loss, and emptiness.

Perhaps after some time, even feelings of regret and loss will disappear. After all, the soul doesn't linger for long after the body dies. Experiencing one's heart and soul slowly vanish might be the most terrifying form of execution in the world, even worse than being torn to pieces.

However, as long as one is human, death is inevitable.

Emptiness... silence...

A vague image suddenly surfaced in the boy's mind.

Bumblebee...

What is a bumblebee...?

【What...what is it...?】

Ah... I remember now, Bumblebee is a transforming car... What does "transform" mean?

The blurry image cleared, gradually becoming a tall robot battling an unknown enemy in the city—it was firing at each other through cover from many other robots that looked somewhat similar but were clearly distinguishable. Suddenly, a rocket exploding at close range disrupted the boy's vision.

A war... robots versus robots... what is this for...?

[The Source of the Spark...]

[…Optimus Prime]

His consciousness gradually cleared, and the sounds of shooting and explosions began to emerge from the silent fragments of his memory. He saw the mountain-like robot fall before him, its steady and reliable voice uttering its final request.

"Sam, quickly insert the AllSpark into my chest!"

"No, Sam, no—!"

A tremendous shock followed, and in an instant, the world before his eyes was plunged into darkness.

The immense pressure binding his body vanished abruptly. The next moment, he felt as if he were a fish leaping out of the dim water!

What came into his view was a pale full moon, and then a cold night wind swept over him.

"I...I'm not dead yet?" the boy murmured to himself. He instinctively raised his hand, looking around. "...I'm still alive?"

A cool, clear female voice came from behind him.

"No, you were dead, and I have resurrected you. Sam Witwicky."

The boy strained to turn his head, and what appeared in his field of vision made him forget how to breathe in an instant—it was a beautiful girl standing under the moon, with short, pale golden hair, sky-blue eyes, and a presence that surrounded her, a presence that seemed almost tangible, instantly filled his mind—he was almost intoxicated by it…

“Mikaela,” the girl suddenly said.

"What?" He then noticed that the girl was holding a photo, in which was a beautiful woman who looked very familiar to him.

"Your girlfriend, don't you remember?" She flicked her finger, and the photograph floated lightly into Sam's hand. "She cried for a long time at your funeral, have you already forgotten her?"

“No, no, that’s not what I meant. Of course I remember Michaela. I mean, I…” he explained, somewhat flustered, spreading his hands. “I mean… I should be dead?”

"Of course you died, and your grave is right behind you. Your parents and friends attended your funeral at dusk, and now it's midnight, and you've come back to life. You should be able to notice that you're still wearing your funeral clothes."

Sam instinctively looked behind him. The cross tombstone, where most of the carvings had melted away but the black-and-white photograph in the center remained clear, made him feel a tightness in his chest. He felt as if he had returned to that abyss deep within his consciousness once again, and the emptiness that filled his mind and body made him kneel on the ground, gasping for breath.

"Relax, child. Everyone is like this after being resurrected. You need to readjust to your body." The cool voice slowly moved from in front of him to his side. An invisible force lifted him up, compressing his chest to regulate his heart and lungs as they started up again.

"I...I..." The boy finally caught his breath, but when he looked up, all he could say was a question. "Are you a witch? Why me? I...I messed everything up."

"Ah, yes, you did mess everything up. But your mission isn't over yet." The girl casually ignored the first question and began to explain the rest.

“Sam Witwicky, we have been watching you for a long time. You are destined for greatness. You will meet the Cybertronians, fight alongside them, and play a crucial role in a battle that will determine the future of Earth. Your destiny will not end here, and you will rise.”

"A campaign? A rise? But... I've already messed it up, haven't I? Megatron has obtained the AllSpark, it's all over..."

“No, it’s not over yet.” The girl snapped her fingers. “Look around you. It’s quiet, peaceful, and people are sleeping soundly without a care in the world. But you should know what the activation of the AllSpark will bring to this world.”

"You didn't fail, you just... didn't succeed completely enough."

“An incomplete success…?” The boy suddenly perked up, but quickly lowered his head in dejection. “Even so, what use am I? The glasses are useless now, and I’ve lost the Spark. As for what happened next…” He shook his head vigorously. “I’m no longer qualified to participate.”

“You’ve always been qualified, you just didn’t know it.” The girl sighed softly, a melancholy sigh that forced Sam to silently repeat ‘Michaela’ dozens of times in his mind to barely calm his restless teenage emotions. He opened his mouth to say something, but the girl raised her hand to stop him the next moment.

"We'll talk about the details later. Now you need to go back home and contact your alien friends. They will tell you what your worth is."

The boy suddenly heard the sound of helicopter rotors spinning in the distance. The next moment, he felt a rush of wind around him!

He tumbled through the air as if swept away by a whirlwind, and before he knew it, he was already on the street outside the cemetery. The girl's figure vanished in an instant, but a voice that suddenly appeared in his ears made him instinctively start running at full speed!

"Hurry, they're here for you. Go and contact your friends!"

Section 8. Okay, I think I understand the situation now.

The boy started running and quickly disappeared from Alice's sight. She had used some hypnotic techniques in their conversation, which would force him to do everything in his power to get home and contact his alien friends.

No, there's really no need to go to great lengths. His very resurrection is enough to attract the Autobots' attention. Alice's main objective is to seamlessly integrate herself and Patchouli's identities into the event, allowing them to participate in the story as righteous individuals. This also serves as a preview of their future interactions with the Middle-earth team—they are far too biased towards the good side. And the two witches aren't the type to hesitate to be ruthless in crucial moments.

Adjusting their mindset, letting go of their obsessions, completing their studies, and restarting the magic reactor—this was what Alice and Patchouli originally needed to do in this Transformers world. However, with the intervention of the Supreme God, a full-scale war with the Decepticons became inevitable.

Total War...

She turned her head, listening to the sound of the propellers rapidly approaching. Presumably, the robot arriving was 'Dizzy,' who single-handedly destroyed the US military base at the beginning of the first film—it seems the plot's ending has been altered quite significantly; this powerful warrior, originally killed by the US military, is still alive.

“But… that’s not enough,” Alice said softly, her voice barely audible to herself. “After all this buildup, it’s time for the real, head-on clash.”