The collapse started when Kiana came to the door

After saying this, Raiden Mei herself couldn't help but feel a little strange.

"...?"

For some reason, Su, who she had thought would question her direct questioning, suddenly fell into a strange silence at this moment.

Then in the next moment, the words that came out of Eden's mouth made Raiden Mei's pupils suddenly shrink.

"Of course I have." Eden said with a smile, "What's wrong, Miss Mei?"

Eeyee ...

Betrayed, woooo.

"You said you've seen her?" Raiden Mei was stunned for a moment, then quickly asked, "Then where is she?"

Eden raised his arm calmly, pointed to his chest, and said with a smile: "Hasn't she always been in my heart?"

"..." Raiden Mei was silent for a moment and shook her head helplessly, "Well, although I know that your friendship is very deep, this is not what I mean..."

"..."

No, perhaps it is you, the visitor, who has misunderstood.

Although he thought so, Su still did not give any hint to Raiden Mei after pondering for a moment.

As a fusion warrior of the spiritual perception system, after establishing a spiritual link with Raiden Mei, Su saw the shadow of Alicia in Eden in just the moment he saw her.

——Not only could he see Alicia’s shadow, he could even hear her screams.

After all, Alicia is not a fusion warrior of the spiritual perception system. Although after obtaining the power of erosion, she can attach herself to the data of others in a physically untouchable way to avoid Su's detection, but even so, when the data body itself is exposed to Su's eyes, Alicia's existence is still easily captured by Su.

Chapter 4 Su's Confusion (k)

When Alicia's phantom showed a panic, Su's first reaction was, of course -

——Alisa...what is she doing?

Since he had already found traces of Alicia on Eden's body, and used his mental perception ability to see that Alicia at the moment had nothing to do with the two words they judged as [in trouble], [disappeared], or [dead] printed by the printer, Su's originally serious and nervous mood suddenly relaxed.

Anyway…since nothing happened to Alicia, that means Sakura didn’t do anything to Alicia either.

In this case, as long as we can find some traces of Sakura in the coming time, this emergency can be said to have been completely resolved.

But just as Su made this judgment and was about to give a hint to Raiden Mei, another doubt suddenly occupied his mind.

Why would Alicia do such a thing?

Unlike the feeling of complaining that he had when he saw Alicia's panic, after analyzing the current situation, Su suddenly realized that something was wrong.

Although Alicia herself did not seem to be hurt, it seemed that she had planned all of this herself, as she looked like she was almost scared to tears by Eden.

So the question is, what is Alicia's motive for doing this?

Judging from her behavior, she seemed very afraid that she would be noticed by Raiden Mei and herself.

Based on Su's understanding of Alicia, although her style of doing things is a little too free, so free that he finds it difficult to evaluate it, but no matter what... even with Alicia's free-spirited personality, it should be impossible for her to do such a bad thing as faking her own death just for a joke.

So... we can only assume that there was some compelling reason that forced Alicia to make such a decision.

Judging from the fact that Eden is cooperating with Alicia without reservation... the reason he had to give shouldn't be unreasonable.

Although she didn't [disappear] or [die], the only possibility was that she was [in trouble]? After pondering for a moment, Su finally chose to keep silent about what he had seen and heard for the time being, and did not tell Raiden Mei that Alicia was just staying with Eden.

"Anyway, I have something I want to ask Alicia, but she seems to be missing." Raiden Mei straightened her words a little and explained her predicament to Eden in the calmest tone possible.

Of course, she did not forget Kevin's decision not to tell other heroes about Alicia's disappearance for the time being.

Although she was quite dissatisfied with Kevin's inexplicable and incomprehensible words and deeds, no matter what, she was just an outsider to the Thirteen Heroes. She had no position and no right to interfere with Kevin's decisions as a leader.

"Isn't this... natural?" Eden briefly recalled the scene that Aponia showed him, in which his [future self] would say something to Mei Raiden in this situation, and repeated it with a smile, "Eternal Paradise is her paradise. If she wants to be alone for a while, no one can find her."

Seeing that Eden finally stopped causing trouble, Alicia breathed a sigh of relief, raised her arm, and carefully wiped away the cold sweat on her forehead.

To be honest, Eden's words "Of course I have" almost gave her a heart attack. Now that she had finally calmed down, Alicia suddenly realized that there seemed to be a hint of a malicious smile on the corner of Eden's mouth.

Eden... Could it be that I scared her at the deepest point before taking revenge? Alicia thought with some shame, although she didn't care much about being pranked - although Eden was quite indulgent to her in most cases, but, it would be better to restrain herself a little in the future, right?

This kind of frightening experience was enough to have happened once, and she didn't want to be frightened again in the future.

Feeling the obvious relief coming from Alicia, the smile on Eden's lips became brighter.

It has to be said that as the person with the deepest relationship and the most solid friendship with Alicia among all the thirteen heroes, Eden is also the one who is best at dealing with Alicia among all the heroes.

Friendship is not a one-sided giving, nor is it a one-sided bearing. When necessary, both Eden and Alicia would not mind playing some harmless little jokes on each other, and use this as a way of communicating with each other.

Both of them can easily feel each other's inner thoughts and make their own judgments about what they should do based on each other's thoughts. It is precisely because of this way of communication that the friendship between Eden and Alicia... is even a little deeper than that between Sue and Kevin.

"Has this ever happened before?" Mei Raiden touched her chin and asked curiously.

"It's happened more than once, Ellie... She cares a lot about how people feel when she's not around." Eden smiled. "Right now, maybe Ellie is secretly watching from somewhere, wanting to appreciate how people miss her."

Alicia: "..."

I was so panicked. Even though I knew that this was Eden's line in the original timeline, after hearing this, Alicia couldn't help but tremble with emotion.

"So... Eden, what if Alicia disappears completely?" As if to prevent Eden from realizing the predicament they were in, Raiden Mei added: "I mean if."

As soon as she finished speaking, Mei Raiden felt an inexplicably strange gaze.

That gaze was like a senior who had already achieved success looking helplessly at a junior who had not yet graduated and saying - you are still too young...

But when Mei Raiden was about to look for the source of that sight, that sight disappeared in a flash.

Instead, there was a sudden sense of oppression.

Looking at Eden's expressionless face, Mei Raiden stared straight at Eden's face and clenched her slightly sweaty hands.

Is this sentence... a little too straightforward?

In a trance, she seemed to see the scene of 50,000 years ago from Eden. Mei Raiden suddenly realized that this great artist who showed off his lazy and noble posture to everyone was also a warrior against Honkai 50,000 years ago.

For such a person, it is not difficult to predict that his temptation will be discovered.

What should I do? How should I save the situation? Before Mei Raiden could think carefully about the countermeasures for Eden to find out the truth, the momentum rising from him suddenly dissipated.

——Well, although it is a bit disrespectful to Mei Raiden to say this. Eden shook the goblet in his hand, and a slight smile flashed across his eyes.

However, her acting skills are indeed too immature.

After all, although her current initiative to release this kind of pressure is a complete acting, in the picture shown to her by Abonya, the momentum released by her future self at this time is not acting.

Perhaps, when Mei Raiden said that, [Eden] from another timeline had already realized the truth.

——This is also the reason why Eden agreed to Alicia’s proposal without any burden in his heart.

Although he knew that this was Kevin's decision, and he also knew that he shouldn't vent his anger on Mei Raiden for this matter, but after all... considering his relationship with Alicia, Eden was still a little dissatisfied that Kevin and Mei Raiden were still trying to hide it from him after Alicia got into trouble.

Since you are also acting, why not try to see which side has better acting skills.

However, isn't it a bit unfair to Kevin and his friends to compare themselves with her, a professional whose job also includes being an opera singer?

Even Eden herself was unable to notice it. Perhaps it was because she learned that Alicia's real body was still alive, she now seemed to be subtly different from her past.

——At least, in the past, she would not have cared so much about such things, nor would she have had such active thoughts and ideas.

There was a brief exchange of acting skills, and as a result, Mei Raiden was completely unaware that Eden was acting, while Eden easily saw through Mei Raiden.

"It seems that I am drunk. I really lost my composure..." Having achieved a small victory, Eden, feeling happy, put away his [acting] and put on a lazy expression on his graceful face again: "Ms. Mei... In my opinion, that kind of assumption is impossible to happen in the first place."

"..." After getting the answer from Eden, seeing that the other party didn't seem to intend to ask further questions, Raiden Mei breathed a sigh of relief and turned and left.

Not long after Mei Raiden left, Eden suddenly remembered another elegant voice, different from Alicia's, in his consciousness and mind.

That was Su's voice. As one of the few spiritual perception fusion warriors in the paradise of the past, as long as Su confirmed the specific location of the opponent's body, he could communicate with Eden at the conscious level through spiritual connection.

"Eden." Su's tone was rarely confused. "I wonder if you can help me understand what you... and Alicia are doing now?"

"...Huh?" At this time, Alicia, who also heard Su's voice through Eden's senses, suddenly realized that something was wrong. "Wait, when Mei and Eden were talking, Su...you had already noticed my existence?"

"Rather, it's more difficult for us, the fusion warriors of the spiritual perception system, not to notice your existence." Su said helplessly, having devoted part of his attention to communicating with Eden. "In my eyes, your figure appeared behind Eden without any concealment, as conspicuous as a painting on a blank piece of paper."

Alicia suddenly fell into autism. The spiritual perception system... is it too buggy?

"Before, when we were discussing how to deal with this emergency, I noticed that there seemed to be some inconsistency in Aponia's emotions." Su paused for a moment: "Although she was always paying attention to Raiden Mei and did not let Raiden Mei notice the guilt, it was because she focused all her attention on Raiden Mei that I noticed the abnormality in her."

"At first, I thought that Aponia had no choice but to use some unknown means on Raiden Mei in order to deal with this abnormal incident, and therefore she felt unconsciously guilty towards her." Su said softly, "But now it seems... not only Eden, in fact, Aponia... has also known that Alicia is still alive. The feelings she has towards Raiden Mei are not due to the fact that she had to use her abilities on her, but because she concealed the truth from her who had been looking for Alicia. Am I right?"

"Can you not be so smart at this time?" After hearing Su's series of speculations, Alicia was numb. She covered her head and said with a sad face: "I tried my best to avoid your search, but I still couldn't avoid it... Miss Fairy can't complete the mission!"

"I'm sorry. After all, I'm a fusion warrior of the spiritual perception system. I'm always more sensitive than ordinary people in terms of thinking and perception." Su Ziqian said, "Also, Alicia, I still hope you can explain your behavior a little. In any case, the visitor's concern and anxiety for you are not fake. If it is not necessary, it is better not to make such a unique joke to her."

"Can I give you a suggestion, Su?" Before Alicia could respond to Su's words, Eden's flat and lazy voice suddenly interrupted their conversation.

Su replied calmly, "Please speak."

"Instead of describing the current situation with words like Ellie and I did, why don't you use your mental perception ability to get a direct answer?" Eden said calmly, "Although I know that with your personality, you don't like to use your abilities on others at will, but the situation is special now. The only thing I can tell you is-"

"——Just as you thought, now, the reason why Ellie did this seemingly bad behavior was not out of her own will, but to enable the humans of this era to fight against the end with more effective means." Eden said, "I wonder if you agree with this answer?"

Chapter 4 Question (k)

In order to enable the humans of this era to fight against the end with more effective means?

After terminating the communication with Eden, Su, who continued to maintain a spiritual connection with Raiden Mei and guided her towards the exit of the paradise of the afterlife, chewed on the meaning of this sentence carefully.

Although Eden told him that he could use his mental perception ability to get the answer himself, due to two direct reasons: he and Eden did not meet face to face, and he also needed to maintain the mental connection with Raiden Mei, Su did not choose to pursue the answer to this question immediately. Instead, he chose to let Raiden Mei continue her actions and help her temporarily leave the paradise of the past.

After she leaves the Paradise of the Past, she can go to another psychic perception fusion warrior, Aponia, who also knows about Alicia's affairs, to obtain more accurate and detailed facts.

Judging from Eden's reaction, Aponia should not refuse his request for exploration.

However, before that, should I tell Kevin that Alicia has not disappeared? Su thought about it, but finally rejected the idea of ​​doing so.

He knew Kevin's character very well. If Kevin knew that Alicia had not disappeared, he would most likely regard Alicia's behavior as meaningless pranks and find a way to pull her out to end this not-so-small farce. Although from the perspective of the Thirteen Heroes, this behavior was not something that could be criticized by others, but Su thought that if it could help people outside... then Alicia's behavior was no longer nonsense.

So…sorry, Kevin.

After guiding Mei Raiden to leave the paradise of the past, Su pondered for a moment and set off for where Aponiya was.

However, when he reached the deepest place where Aponiya was, he discovered something that surprised him.

"Kevin?" In the house of God above the clouds, the majestic sky loft, Su was walking on a marble floating platform and made a somewhat unexpected sound.

"Did you notice it too?" Kevin, who was walking in front, heard a shout from behind him. He turned around and did not express any surprise at the figure that appeared behind him.

"..." Su was silent for a moment, then nodded. "All the data has arrived here. I guess Aponya is doing a deeper perception than me."

This is a lie.

Because the search for the paradise had been stopped after confirming Alicia's survival, Su actually did not notice what Aponia was doing.

This statement was just an excuse that Su found after a quick observation of the area a second ago.

He didn't think Kevin didn't realize that.

Even though Kevin is not a psychic perception type, his ability to perceive abnormal events happening around him... is not necessarily much weaker than that of a psychic perception type.

"Yeah." However, Kevin, who Su expected should have noticed his little action, nodded without any doubt, "Since you have sensed it, then follow me. Although Aponia's creation is not an obstacle to me, you, who are also a spiritual perception system, may not be able to tread this path easily."

"In that case, thank you for your help." Su nodded and expressed her gratitude to Kevin.

"No need." Kevin said calmly.

The same atmosphere as always.

Although Sue and Kevin can trust each other without any reservation, they can easily recognize that there are irreconcilable differences in their beliefs.

In fact, if we simply talk about [ability], Su, as a fusion warrior of the spiritual perception system, is more suitable to be the executor of the Stigmata Plan than Kevin. However, both Kevin and Su understand that if Su is designated as the executor of the Stigmata Plan... then the plan will be abandoned.

They are close friends and are willing to sacrifice their lives for each other without hesitation. But even in such a situation, even with such a deep friendship, they will not deliberately distort their own ideas to accommodate each other.

Su knew that this was an even greater insult to Kevin, and Kevin also knew that this was an act of rejecting Su's insistence all along.

"Su." Without warning, Kevin called out Su's name, "How is your observation going?"

"..." Su was silent for a moment, and answered honestly: "There is no trace. According to common sense, it is impossible for me to be unable to locate Ying and Alicia, but..."

"Besides that?" Kevin asked calmly, "I want to listen to your intuition."

"Probably..." Su chose his words carefully, "...he just ran into some trouble that he couldn't tell others about, so he hid somewhere in Paradise."