The collapse started when Kiana came to the door

"...You don't know that the entrance test for St. Freya Academy includes a theoretical exam, right?" Li Shubai had a blank expression on his face, and his eyes looking at Kiana were filled with expectations that he knew were absolutely unrealistic.

"..."

"..."

Theoretical exam?

What is that? Kiana tilted her head and thought for thirty seconds, then slowly opened her mouth, with a look of shock on her face, and uttered a cry of disbelief: "Ah??? Isn't this a school for training Valkyries??? Why do I have to take a theoretical exam to become a Valkyrie!!"

"..." Li Shubai closed his mouth and didn't want to talk anymore. He stood up and walked towards the door without saying a word.

"Wait!" Kiana stood up suddenly, "Where are you going?"

"Of course, just like Mei, go to the library to study." Li Shubai said confidently without even raising his head.

"Why is Mei in the library?" Kiana was stunned. She couldn't understand why Li Shubai suddenly came to such a strange conclusion.

Li Shubai turned around, his eyes were ruthless and indifferent, as if he was silently accusing someone of a crime: "Because with a brain as smart as yours, Dean Theresa would never think of sending us the study materials we need before the exam."

"Are you calling me stupid again?" Kiana pouted, dissatisfied.

"No, it's not this time." Li Shubai shook his head. He raised a finger seriously and corrected with a serious face: "Because it is the school's responsibility to inform students of the subjects they need to test before the exam. You didn't know about this because Theresa didn't tell you in advance. It has nothing to do with you."

"So it turned out that you were calling me stupid last time." Kiana pursed her lips, looking aggrieved as if she was about to cry.

"..." At this time, shouldn't the first thing you think of be condemning your unreliable aunt with me? Li Shubai said in his heart somewhat powerlessly, trying to understand Kiana's quantum-level thinking circuit is indeed a task that normal humans cannot accomplish.

He turned around and said, "That's not important. What's important is that I have to go to Saint Freya's library to prepare for the entrance exam. So, do you want to come with me?"

“Yes!” Kiana broke down in a second. She ran to Li Shubai’s back with a beaming face and held his arm happily. “I know Shubai treats me the best!”

The soft touch on his arm made Li Shubai's body stiffen for a moment. Yulandel and Rita looked at each other, sighed, and stood up as well.

"?" Kiana turned her head and looked at Yulandel who walked to her side naturally with some confusion, wondering why she suddenly followed her.

But Li Shubai reacted in an instant. He slapped his head and looked as if he had suddenly realized something.

Yes, there are two top-notch S-class Valkyries here. Although Yulandel is as stupid as Kiana, she works hard!

How could I have forgotten this? Could it be that I was assimilated by Kiana? Li Shubai lowered his head with a heavy face, looking at Kiana's arm that was holding his arm. He was entangled between the fate of losing his IQ after being assimilated and the beautiful intentions and touch of the girl, and finally sighed helplessly.

Forget it, just be careful.

Just when the four of them were getting ready to go out together.

Suddenly, with a bang, a voice that was very familiar to Li Shubai came from Bronya's room on the second floor.

Chapter 2 The Big Boss Appears (k)

That sound was exactly the same as the sound Kiana made when she forcefully opened the door from outside more than half an hour ago.

Bronya's little body rushed out of the room with a whoosh, then ran to the door, and hugged Li Shubai's other arm under Kiana's dull gaze.

"Bronya also needs to prepare for the theoretical exam for the entrance exam." Bronya raised her head, her silver-gray eyes filled with an indisputable request, "So, Bronya will come too."

Li Shubai was silent, and Yulandel, who knew Bronya's background, was also silent. They thought, you hacked into the system to get yourself into school directly, why do you still need to take the exam?

Only Kiana didn't care much, and a flawless smile appeared on her face: "Okay, okay, then let's all go to the library and cheer together!"

Now it was Bronya's turn to be silent. She glanced at Kiana's clear eyes that were free of hostility, then glanced at the other party's soft arm that had already taken shape and was tightly pressed against Li Shubai's arm. Finally, she lowered her head and looked at her own flat body that had no lethality to the opposite sex, and pouted her lips a little defensively.

It’s okay, Bronya still has a future. Bronya will never lose to them.

February 2014, 1

Vienna time, nine o'clock in the morning.

Amber opened the Oshima door to the database and walked towards the main classroom.

The azure blue sky was as clear and flawless as ever. The sky was clear and the slightly dazzling sunlight, coupled with the global temperature control system of the floating island, made it impossible to imagine that it was the current season, or even winter.

The breeze blew across her cheeks, relaxing Amber's serious and solemn expression a little.

It was indeed a very good day today. Just as Amber was thinking this, she suddenly stopped.

I met extraordinary people in ordinary places.

"...Lady Rita?" Amber raised her eyes and looked at the delicate woman walking towards her with some astonishment.

She looked at the familiar beautiful woman in front of her and suddenly felt a little strange.

She always felt that there was a rather obvious incongruity between the beautiful woman in front of her and the Rita Rossweisse she knew.

The delicate and beautiful woman looked back at Amber and smiled: "It's Amber. Hello."

"Hello... No, that's not right..." Amber subconsciously responded to the woman's greeting because of that all too familiar smile, but she quickly came to her senses, her tone became a little confused and a little unbelievable: "Shouldn't you have gone to St. Freya's College with Lady Yulandel last night? How could it be..."

"Ah, that's right." The charming woman remained calm and answered Amber's words. "In order to allow Lady Yulandel to enjoy this week-long vacation more comfortably, I want to investigate the local culture and entertainment facilities as much as possible before leaving for Saint Freya. Therefore, I will temporarily postpone the departure for Saint Freya for one day."

"I see." This is indeed what Rita, a perfectionist, would do. Amber nodded to show her understanding. "Then I wish you and Lady Yulandel a happy vacation."

"Thank you for your good words." The charming woman smiled softly, "That's exactly what I was planning."

After greeting each other, the two passed each other face to face.

But when Amber's shoulder passed the charming woman's shoulder, she suddenly realized something was wrong.

Is Rita Rossweisse's hair that long?

Because the smooth hair that fell to the waist was so harmonious with the woman's appearance, Amber even ignored the fact that Rita Rossweisse was a short-haired woman at first.

When Amber realized something was wrong, a creepy feeling exploded in her heart. She wanted to press the button of the personal terminal alarm, but it was too late.

In the second when the two people passed each other, Amber's body collided slightly with the woman's body. The charming and elegant woman did not miss this fleeting opportunity. After the two figures crossed each other, some unknown restraint quietly wrapped around Amber's body through the contact between their bodies.

Amber was sweating profusely and concentrated all her strength on her legs, but her body was completely out of control.

"Don't waste your energy, Master Amber." The voice, soft and delicate, exactly like Rita's, said in a teasing tone, "With your strength, you can't break free from the evil spell that the snake spirit has carved on your body."

"You are not Rita, who are you?" Amber tried her best to make her frozen throat move, and asked in a cold tone, "Why did you invade the headquarters of Satori?"

"This really makes me sad." The charming woman burst into tears in a tone that was obviously acting. "Rita, I passed the floating island's biometric identification system and walked in through the main gate."

"..." Amber closed her mouth, too lazy to argue with the pretentious woman behind her.

Although I don't know what has been done to me, since there seems to be nothing unusual from the outside, the thing that took away my body's freedom must be operating from the inside.

She closed her eyes, and the biochip controlling her brain temporarily shut down her five senses - since she had completely lost control of her body, her perception of the outside world had no other effect except to disrupt her concentration.

After shutting down her five senses, Amber will sink her consciousness into the inside of her body to retrieve any abnormalities in her body.

Amber herself is not a human being in the biological sense. Most of her body is made up of mechanical components. Since it is a mechanical component, it stands to reason that as long as the broken parts are found and repaired, she will be able to regain the ability to move her body.

But contrary to expectations, no matter how Amber searched inside the body, she could not find any damaged parts.

"You are really obsessed with Bishop Otto. It doesn't matter even if your body is destroyed, right?" The sudden voice made Amber's heart stop. This time, the emotion of panic really emerged in her heart. Although she had turned off her hearing, the gentle voice still sounded directly in her consciousness.

Could this ability be the one that Yu Duchen uses to control consciousness?

She quickly recovered her five senses and opened her eyes, only to find that the woman who looked exactly like Rita was standing in front of her, with her face very close to her.

"If you don't believe Rita, why not scan her irises? There should be an iris scanning module implanted in your pupils, am I right?"

Chapter 2 Rita: Am I a substitute? (k)

Hearing the whisper in her ear, Amber instinctively intersected her pupils with the gaze of the charming woman in front of her, and the bright blue pupils under the tactical goggles were flowing with faint electronic light.

Within a few tenths of a second, Amber completed the iris search of the charming woman in front of her. After seeing the iris information, her pupils contracted slightly.

Iris matching completed. The target is the vice-captain of the Undying Blade team, an S-class Valkyrie, with the identification code Dul-2013-S-002, Rita Rossweisse.

Looking at the identification information in front of her, Amber racked her brains to think of various possibilities. Was the iris information in the database modified? Or was there a malfunction in the identification system? These possibilities also included the option of whether her consciousness and body were normal.

But no matter what, if the other party is indeed Rita Rossweisse and not someone else, and she has indeed entered the Mission through the Mission's biometric system, without solid evidence and Bishop Otto's authorization, Amber will not be able to revoke Rita's authority in the Mission headquarters on her own.

But Amber is not a stubborn person. To be exact, a stubborn person would not stand beside Otto as his personal secretary. She would just become more serious in certain occasions [especially when the bishop is doing something].

Therefore, Amber decided to temporarily follow the words of the charming woman in front of her. She opened her mouth and said in a flat tone without any ups and downs: "I'm sorry, Lady Rita, Amber is offended. Since you do have the authority to move around and access files in the Destiny Floating Island, it was indeed too reckless of me to characterize it as an invasion by an outsider."

The charming woman smiled brightly and nodded slightly to show her understanding: "It's okay. It's just a trivial misunderstanding caused by Rita's unauthorized change of the scheduled itinerary. Lady Amber is just following the rules. It's not an offense."

"If it's just a misunderstanding, could you please ask Lady Rita to release the control over Amber?" Amber said, "Please rest assured, since your identity has been confirmed, Amber certainly has no right to question what you do."

Of course, this is only for now. As for later...

"Of course no problem." The charming woman showed an understanding smile on her face and nodded gently.

When she heard the charming woman's answer, even Amber, who was calm and rational, couldn't help but be stunned. She had thought of many possibilities, but she didn't expect that the woman would agree so quickly. Then, under Amber's gaze, the woman in front of her stretched out her palm and gently touched Amber's shoulder.

Is this the end? Amber checked her body.

Indeed, it can move.

The body, which was originally completely unable to move, regained its freedom the moment it was touched by the woman.

...Did I misunderstand? Amber couldn't help but feel a little confused.

Because of this confusion, Amber's consciousness was diverted away from the woman in front of her for only a moment.

When she came to her senses again, Amber suddenly realized that there was no one in her sight.

...something was wrong. Although her body had indeed regained its freedom, Amber still felt a chill about the strange things that had just happened. Driven by anxiety, she quickly put aside her confusion, took out her personal terminal, and communicated remotely with Rita.

Beep-click, the call was connected. Rita has always been like this. Even during her vacation, this humble and polite maid always responds to other people's contacts in the first time.

After the communication was connected, Amber's personal terminal showed the image of Rita Rossweisse. She was wearing a corset with French ruffles, a slim leather miniskirt and delicate black stockings that perfectly showed the round lines of her legs. Her smooth gray-blonde short hair was rarely covered with a Katyusha, but with a square maple leaf-colored headband.

Through the screen of the personal terminal, Amber noticed that Rita seemed to be sitting in a place similar to a library.

"Lord Amber?" Rita in the video seemed a little surprised by Amber's emergency call. She looked at Amber's pupils covered by the tactical eyepiece through the video call, and asked in a puzzled and solemn tone: "Did something unexpected happen?"

"Lady Rita, have you arrived in Saint Freya now?" Amber took a quick look at the environment where Rita was and asked directly.

"Of course, I have arrived in Saint Freya and successfully reunited with Lady Yulandel." Rita nodded.

"I understand. In that case, I will temporarily suspend Lady Rita's authority to act in the Destiny Headquarters. Please stay in Saint Freya for a while in the near future." Amber said.

Block my rights to operate in the Tianming headquarters? Rita was confused. What does this mean? The leader called his secretary and said, I want to send you and my capable subordinate to enjoy a relaxing and enjoyable vacation together. The secretary naturally knew that her duty was to take care of the leader's capable subordinate and make her vacation more fulfilling and enjoyable. I was responsible for the chores and holiday planning, and others were responsible for resting and enjoying the holiday time. However, Rita could still accept such instructions with humility and happiness on her face - anyway, it was in line with her personal interest to let her take care of Lady Yulandel. It was also interesting to watch Yulandel grow up little by little under her.

This is the normal mode. The abnormal mode is when the leader tells his secretary that his capable subordinate is taking a break and you should get out of here now… Is there any necessary connection between these two things? Rita was a little confused for a moment.

However, no matter how confused she was, she still had to follow Amber's instructions, so Rita could only nod hesitantly and said, "This...if it is the order of the Bishop."

"It's not the order of the Bishop, but just now, I met someone who looks exactly like Lady Rita at the Tianming headquarters." Amber shook her head at Rita's look of astonishment. "I don't know how she cracked Tianming's biometric technology and used your personal information to gain access to the floating island. For safety reasons, I must first suspend all your permissions in the Tianming floating island group, and then further ask the Bishop what measures should be taken to hunt down and intercept the intruder who looks like you."

Chapter 4 Rita's Speculation (k)

2014 December 1

Far Eastern Time, 16:35 p.m.

Rita is currently in the library of St. Freya, and together with Yulandel, she is helping Li Shubai, Kiana, Raiden Mei, and Bronya with tutoring and rehearsal for the theoretical exam subjects.

As a result, in the afternoon, after almost half a day of tutoring, when everyone was preparing to pack up and go home, Rita's communication terminal suddenly rang.

"Using my personal information falsely?"

The late sunlight illuminated Rita Rossweisse's stunningly beautiful facial features. She slightly frowned her slender eyebrows, her expression a mixture of indescribable surprise and confusion.

Although Amber had already answered the first question of why her operational authority in the Destiny Headquarters was blocked, the second question that followed once again left Rita in deep confusion.

As one of the highest-level personnel of Tianming, she knew very well how strict the biometric identification system of Tianming Floating Island was. Even if she or even Yulandel wanted to enter the floating island, they had to go through a very cumbersome procedure. The four verification methods of voiceprint, fingerprint, iris and password were indispensable... But now, Amber told him that his personal information had been presumptuously replaced by someone else.

Wait, Rita suddenly remembered Amber's description of the intruder. She asked thoughtfully into the communicator: "Lord Amber, are you saying that the intruder looks like... Rita?"

"Yes, both her appearance and clothing are exactly the same as the current Lady Rita." Amber paused, "Except that her hair is much longer than yours."

"Your hair is longer than mine?" Rita was stunned and tilted her head in confusion.

Since the intruder's appearance, clothing, even irises, fingerprints, and voiceprints are exactly the same as mine, why is his hair longer than mine?

No matter how you think about it, hairstyle is the easiest thing to change among these factors.

…Forget it. There is no point in thinking about a problem that cannot be figured out. Rita gave up pursuing this strange thing in her eyes and nodded to Amber in the communicator: "I understand. During this period of time, I will stay in St. Freya College. After you successfully capture the intruder who took my place, I will return to the headquarters to confront her face to face."