I created a foundation

Kaguya Shinomiya stood at the highest point of the command podium. Her pretty face, which usually showed calmness and confidence, was now covered with a layer of frost.

Her amethyst eyes were fixed on the dark area on the screen that represented "nothingness".

The nails almost dug into the palms of my hands.

Conventional means have failed.

This time, the enemy's strangeness and strength far exceeded the scope of any known anomaly in the Foundation's database.

This is no longer a simple containment mission, this could be a... war.

Kaguya closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and forced herself to calm down.

She stretched out her slender fingers and quickly operated on the silver terminal on her wrist.

An encrypted communication request was sent directly to the foundation's highest will - Lin Qing.

After a few seconds, the communication was connected.

There was no image, only Lin Qing's voice, so calm that it did not cause a single ripple, rang directly in Kaguya's mind.

【Wait and see what happens, and trust your judgment.】

Kaguya's body trembled slightly.

"Wait and see"... "Trust your judgment"...

She got it.

This is another test given by the president to these senior officials.

It is also an absolute trust.

Since conventional forces cannot reach the other side, then use unconventional forces.

Since mortal wisdom cannot penetrate the abyss, let the existence beyond mortals face it.

Kaguya opened her eyes, and her beautiful purple eyes shone with a determined light.

She slowly raised her hand and reached for the red button in the center of the control desk, which was covered by a triple transparent protective shield and had never been activated.

That is the physical activation device for the Foundation's highest operational authorization - "Red Alert".

Once pressed, it means that the Foundation will mobilize all available forces at all costs to deal with the highest level of survival crisis.

Her fingertips lightly touched the cold protective shield.

The first layer of protection is silently eliminated.

The second level, the light is dim.

The third level opened in response.

The bright red button, like the single eye of an abyss demon, emitted an ominous light.

Kaguya's index finger pressed down firmly and slowly.

"Om-"

The entire command hall was instantly filled with a low and suppressed buzzing sound.

The color tones of all the screens changed from the normal blue to a glaring blood red.

"In the name of the Acting Chairman," Kaguya's voice was clearly transmitted throughout the command center through the loudspeaker system. It was also instantly transmitted through the encrypted quantum communication network to the ears of every core member with S-level authority within the Foundation. "I declare the activation of the highest level combat order—"

Her voice paused, and every word carried unquestionable weight.

"GodsChosenProtoco1!"

This name, like a huge rock thrown into a calm lake, set off huge waves in the hearts of all those who heard it.

"The Chosen One Protocol" - the Foundation's most confidential emergency plan.

It means that all the "Chosen Ones" personally selected by Lin Qing and given core powers, those girls who usually hide in various corners of the world and live under various identities, will be recalled.

They are the Foundation's true trump cards, the last shield and sharpest sword protecting this world.

"All S-level clearance holders, regardless of where you are, regardless of the mission you are currently performing, immediately cease all current operations."

Kaguya's voice was cold and decisive, without a trace of emotion.

"Gather at Tokyo headquarters, hangar number one, within thirty minutes."

"Repeat, this is not a drill."

Her eyes swept across the huge blood-red words on the screen: "The Chosen One Protocol Has Been Activated."

Tokyo.

In Kaguya's eyes, this prosperous international metropolis seemed to have become the center of a huge, dark vortex.

Something terrifying and unknown is brewing and expanding there.

At this moment, in a kendo hall far away in Kyoto.

Busujima Saeko had just finished a satisfying sparring match. The [Nosei] in her hand seemed to sense something and emitted a slight buzzing sound.

The terminal on her wrist flashed red light rapidly.

Saeko's eyes instantly became as sharp as a knife.

On the other side, in a secret cabin of a scientific research vessel sailing deep in the Pacific Ocean.

Nico Robin was concentrating on interpreting a stone tablet salvaged from the seabed, which was engraved with unknown hieroglyphs.

The terminal's warning sound interrupted her thoughts.

She raised her head, her eyes deep behind the mirror.

At the same time, in a special ward deep underground in the Foundation headquarters.

A D-class personnel, his body covered in black dragon patterns, suddenly sat up from the specially designed restraint bed, an inhuman scarlet flashing in his eyes.

His terminal was also sending out warnings frantically.

And inside a "Swift" multi-purpose tactical transport aircraft that had just taken off from the Foundation's No. 1 hangar and was flying to Shibuya at high speed.

Yukino Yukinoshita, Eriri, and Miko Yotsuya also received this supreme order at the same time.

They were originally the first advance team to go to Shibuya to investigate a large-scale missing persons case.

Yukino tightened the psychic pistol in her hand, and there was no extra expression on her cold face.

The electric light around Eriri subsided slightly, and her golden twintails swayed gently in the air.

Yotsuya Miko looked anxiously at the clouds flying past outside the window, and her little hands subconsciously clenched the amulet on her chest.

"The Protocol of the Chosen One..." Eriri muttered in a low voice, a hint of solemnity in her tone, "It seems that the situation is much worse than we expected."

Yukino nodded.

"We will head directly to the target location and be ready to reunite with other chosen ones at any time."

Her voice was calm and decisive, worthy of being the nominal captain of this elite team.

In the command hall, Kaguya felt a little more at ease as she watched the green dots of light that began to light up on the screen one after another, representing that the "Chosen Ones" had received the order and started to act.

But more than that, there is a heavy feeling of impending storm.

She knew this was just the beginning.

A storm that will sweep across Tokyo and may even affect the whole world is coming.

Kaguya's gaze finally fell on the map of Tokyo, on the Shibuya area marked as "extremely dangerous."

Her voice sounded again, with a hint of imperceptible fatigue, but still firm.

"Tokyo needs us."

Chapter 137: From the Pillow to the Battlefield

The Tokyo night outside the window was blocked by heavy curtains, and the only sounds in the bedroom were the elegant scent of specially blended aromatherapy and the even breathing of the two people.

Yotsuya Miko gently pressed her cheek against Lin Qing's warm chest, feeling the steady and strong heartbeat, and squinted her eyes in contentment like a kitten that had finally found a safe haven.

The hair brushed against his jaw, giving him a slightly itchy sensation.

The air was filled with a sweet smell called "happiness", which made her almost indulge in it and forget all the troubles in the outside world.

This was the moment she cherished most, when she let down all her defenses and simply snuggled up to the man who gave her everything.

This tranquility is the comfort she most desires after struggling on the brink of life and death countless times.

Lin Qing's arms gently wrapped around her slender waist. He didn't say anything, just enjoying this rare tenderness.

His existence itself is a kind of silent protection.

Just when the tranquility was about to become eternal, a very slight but very penetrating "drip" sound broke the peace in the bedroom.

Immediately afterwards, the silver bracelet on Yotsuya Miko's snow-white wrist, which looked like an ordinary decoration, suddenly lit up with a dazzling scarlet light.

The light was like burning blood, casting an ominous shadow in the dim room, flickering rapidly at a frequency that was heart-pounding.

The highest level call to action.

S-level event.

This level of alert is only activated when the Foundation faces an anomaly that is significant enough to threaten the stability of an entire region, or even cause a large-scale disaster.

The eyes that were immersed in warmth a second ago, when they saw the red light, were like being poured with ice water and froze instantly.

All the confusion, shyness and dependence receded like the tide, leaving only an almost cruel calmness and steel-like determination.

That was the look of an S-class Foundation combatant: sharp, focused, and devoid of any personal emotion.

She sat up from Lin Qing's arms, her movements smooth and precise, as if she had practiced them thousands of times.

"President, the mission has arrived."

Her voice was steady, without any emotion, as if the girl who had just been acting coquettishly in his arms was just an illusion.

Lin Qing opened his eyes, looked at the red light flashing on her wrist with his deep eyes, nodded, and didn't ask any more questions.

She leaned over and gently kissed Lin Qing's smooth forehead with her soft lips.