I was transported to a broken world, yet my dreams are connected to Star Iron?

　"Snapped--"

　Behind Kiana, Mei and Bronya simultaneously covered their faces.

　"Oh, so it was a loving hug before parting."

　Wendy nodded. "And the day before that?"

　"you……?"

　Looking at Kiana (Sirin), who was puffing up like a sulky kitten, Wendy revealed a mischievous smile.

　"Lingmo and I do it every day..."

　Kiana, Mei, Bronya?

　Just then, a smartly dressed Valkyrie appeared beside the four of them.

　"Squad Leader Fu Hua?"

　"Oh, so you're here... Kiana, Headmistress Theresa wants you to come over right away. She's been waiting for you for ages."

　Fu Hua seemed completely oblivious to the strange atmosphere and immediately told Kiana to leave.

　"What? Why is she like this now... Never mind."

　Sirin paused for a moment, pouted slightly in annoyance, and then shrank back into Kiana's mental space.

　As for Wendy, since Lingmo is back now, we can talk about it later. However, if I go on the ship to see Theresa, there is still a risk of being exposed.

　Moreover, due to the scarcity of Honkai energy, she doesn't have much time to log in each day.

　"Oops, I got interrupted..."

　Watching the three leave in a hurry, Wendy couldn't help but sigh, and then turned and left as well.

　"I think I acted a little impulsively just now... I hope it didn't cause any trouble for Suzumo."

　Soon, only Fu Hua remained in the same spot.

　Or rather... "Fu Hua" disguised as Wraith.

　Wendy has some conflict with three key individuals at St. Freya Academy, and the reason for the conflict seems to be that they all like a girl named Suzumo... In short, a love war.

　After quickly jotting down a message on paper, Ms. Wraith, who had only ever appeared in comics, sighed.

　"Seriously, I'm an A-rank Valkyrie of the Central Intelligence Agency, capable of temporarily acting as the head of the intelligence department and instantly becoming anyone's senior. Why would the bishop send me here specifically to collect this gossip information... and even specifically require that it be recorded only with pen and paper, and that it be stored using any electronic devices except through special channels to upload it to headquarters."

　"I don't think I've offended the bishop recently..."

　Shaking her head violently, Miss Ghost, deeply aware of the hardships of the service industry, carefully tucked the paper into the deep cleavage of her chest.

　"Never mind, I still have to send the information back later... It's really tough being a working person."

　Chapter 185 Otto (Telescope): Suzuma's in a chaotic situation? Let's fight!

　"Your Excellency... what information did Miss Ghost just upload? Why are you laughing so... gleefully?"

　In the bishop's office, looking at Otto who couldn't stop laughing, Amber couldn't help but ask.

　After all, Otto had been laughing for several minutes after reading the intelligence Wraith had just sent back.

　"Hehe, Amber... I was just lamenting that outstanding people often have many troubles, even my old friend Miss Suzumo is no exception."

　Otto sighed, “Miss Ke Lingmo is just too passive. She’s too embarrassed to refuse anyone’s feelings. As a result, even though she’s only been awake for two years and has only been to two places, she’s already starting to show signs of accumulating romantic entanglements.”

　"This reminds me of an old friend... However, it seems that neither I nor Miss Yae Sakura have reached the age of childish jealousy and rivalry, so in the end, we were unable to let Kallen experience this rare feeling."

　"Your Excellency... you're so happy, surely it's not just to see Miss Suzumo make a fool of herself?"

　Amber said with a hint of helplessness.

　She asked this because she felt that Otto was actually capable of doing such a thing, especially recently, as his Karen Fantasy account was being harassed by cheaters every day, so it was completely reasonable from an emotional perspective.

　"How could that be? I've already said I'm way past that childish age."

　Otto smiled slightly: "In the long-term covert confrontation, our Miss Suzumo, who seems to have foreseen the future, has always been able to gain the upper hand under my schemes, and even put me under some reverse blockade... I have been thinking about why this is the case."

　"To get out of this situation, I transferred Wraith from the Central Intelligence Agency to supplement the intelligence side, and I also promoted Anna to form a Valkyrie squad of the same caliber as the Undying Blade... Now it seems that these actions can indeed help me gain some advantages - because their appearance often takes Miss Suzumo by surprise, and is even completely unnoticed by Suzumo."

　"Based on this situation, I speculate that Miss Lingmo may have hacked into the database of Destiny once through some channel, or even hacked into my body once. The most likely window of opportunity was when we did not know that she had the power of erosion, and when Void Treasury had not yet obtained the simulation data of Jizo Soul, that is, during the ten years that we generally believe she was asleep."

　"During this invasion, she learned all of Schicksal's trump cards at that moment, which is why she was so organized in her planning, yet lacked the ability to respond to unplanned forces. But that's another story... What I really want to say is that the conflict between Miss Wendy and Miss K423 is just an opportunity for me."

　"An opportunity? Does Your Excellency intend to launch the plan ahead of schedule?"

　"No no no..."

　Otto shook his head repeatedly: "Respect for your opponent is respect for yourself. This kind of emotional matter can probably be handled by Miss Suzumo in a few nights. Moreover, it is a bit too hasty to launch the plan in advance by taking advantage of such a childish flaw."

　"What I mean is, if this hadn't happened, Rita's visit to St. Freya might have been just that—a visit. Her observations of K423 would have been superficial, and she might have even gotten incorrect results due to Miss Suzumo's misleading advice."

　“But… if it’s two girls caught in a love triangle, then Miss Suzuma won’t be so easy to control.”

　As he spoke, Otto put down his pen and paper and handed Amber a handwritten note.

　"Send this to Rita through the channel I previously encrypted with the Void Archives, and then..."

　"Let me see just how much the K423 has grown."

　……

　"What?! You've already met Kiana and the others?!"

　Having just left Kiana's dorm and feeling like her entire worldview had been shaken, Suzuma hadn't even recovered when she heard another major piece of news from Wendy.

　"Hey..."

　Wendy smiled sheepishly: "Well, although it sounds a bit hard to believe, it really is a coincidence, you know? If I had known that Kiana was the white fluffy girl you mentioned, even if I were an idiot, I wouldn't have jumped on her face like that..."

　"Oh right, Suzuma, there's something else I'm also curious about. Why do Kiana's eyes turn gold when she's angry? Is it some kind of strange illness or a special ability? This kind of setting... it's actually quite intriguing."

　"hiss--"

　Lingmo gasped.

　"You mean...her eyes changed color during your conversation?"

　"Yes, yes..."

　Hearing Lingmo's surprised gasp, Wendy couldn't help but feel a little guilty: "Um... Lingmo, did I cause you any trouble...?"

　"It wouldn't cause any trouble, it's just..."

　Lingmo subconsciously brought her legs, which were covered in white stockings and outlined in perfect lines, together: "I feel... I'm definitely not going to make it in the next couple of days."

　"Eh?"

　"Anyway..."

　Lingmo sighed softly: "Principal Theresa arranged for us to stay together with the headquarters delegation, right?"

　"Yeah, that's right, but I don't really want to stay there. I'm planning to visit my former classmates from St. Freya in the next couple of days; they probably haven't graduated yet..."

　Wendy's eyes darted around, and she chuckled, "Lingmo...you're not thinking about anything weird, are you?"

　"Unfortunately, the soundproofing at the reception area isn't very good, so please excuse the noise."

　"That's perfect. I'll just go back to my own dorm or go stay at Himeko's place."

　Lingmo said irritably, "Besides, what do you mean by thinking about lewd things? I just don't want to live near those people at headquarters. Knowing Otto as I do, he has definitely arranged for people to monitor me, but I just don't know who it is yet."

　"Let's go back to Himeko's place..."

　Wendy immediately thought of the information she had gathered that afternoon. If she remembered correctly, Kiana and her group seemed to be staying there as well.

　"What, why don't you come and join us?"

　Hearing the hesitation in Wendy's voice, Suzuma couldn't help but laugh and say, "Himeko should have plenty of rooms, you won't be an exception, right?"

　"Hmph, no way."

　Wendy scoffed, "That means I'll have to live under the same roof as that fluffy white ball of fur. We had a fight this morning, and now we're sleeping together tonight? How awkward would that be..."

　"Besides... that guy looked pretty pitiful this morning. I'm not some kind of yandere. You haven't seen each other for so long, and it's only for the next few days, so you should catch up with her."

　Chapter 186 Lingmo: What do you mean my paramecium has evolved into a human?

　Since I've decided to stay at Himeko's place for the next couple of days, Suzuma should first inform Himeko.

　"Lingmo? So you're back."

　Himeko's surprised voice came from the other end of the phone: "I was catching up with Captain Ragnar when I noticed you weren't in the Oceania team. I thought you weren't coming and was just about to ask the captain about it."

　"Since you're back, that's perfect. Stay at my place. Kiana and the others miss you. There are four or five rooms left in the villa, more than enough for a few more guests."

　"Hey, what do you mean by 'let a few more stay'..."

　Suzuma's tone was a little guilty: "Himeko-neechan, what are you thinking about!"

　"Hmph, I know you too well. Captain Ragnar told me that you went to Oceania for less than a week and you kidnapped Wendy from her family... I can only say, you are truly something else."

　"Cough cough cough..."

　Lingmo coughed awkwardly a few times: "Well, that was just an accident... Anyway, since you've agreed, I'll go pack my things now, okay?"

　"Go ahead, go ahead. It's good that Theresa isn't here these days, so you can have some peace and quiet."

　Himeko said nonchalantly.

　Theresa isn't here?

　"Yeah, that's right."

　Himeko nodded: "Didn't you know? The delegation from headquarters was led by the S-rank Valkyrie Rita. And in Schicksal, there's a well-known fact that Rita... prefers younger girls."

　"So... to avoid being captured by Rita at the villa, Theresa has decided to sleep in the office for the next few days."

　"Ah, that's a really practical reason."

　Lingmo touched her head, then suddenly realized something was wrong.

　"Wait, isn't Rita supposed to arrive the day after tomorrow? Why did Theresa run off today?"

　"Oh, we just received a message from headquarters that the delegation has arrived ahead of schedule."

　Himeko explained, "Furthermore, the Valkyrie exam will be held two days earlier. Didn't you see that the academic results were released this afternoon?"

　"In advance... okay, I understand."

　After putting down the terminal, Lingmo's expression was somewhat strange.

　After all, the current situation seems quite normal at first glance. Everyone has arrived, and it's impossible to make both delegations wait for three days according to the original plan. The Oceania side is fine, but Rita is the vice-captain of the Undying Blade and could be called away for an emergency mission at any time.

　But... intuitively, Suzuma felt that something was wrong with the situation.

　However, intuition is just intuition. No matter how suspicious a person is, unless it's a situation like Xiao Sanyue's, there's no need to make plans based on so-called intuition. Besides, St. Freya is, to some extent, Lingmo's territory. If there are any problems, we can just deal with them as they come.

　For Suzuma right now... finding a way to appease Sirin might be the most difficult problem.

　This doesn't refer to how difficult it was to soothe Celine's emotions, but rather that Suzuma might have a very difficult night.

　"Ugh……"

　Lingmo frowned, looking like a cat with a pout.

　"Life is so hard, meow..."

　……

　"Mei...I'm so hungry..."

　It wasn't until the afternoon that Kiana, Mei, and Bronya finished their business at the academy.

　When they returned from the academy, the white fluffy ball, who hadn't even had lunch, was already half-lying on Mei's body, looking exhausted. It was hard to tell if it was genuinely tired or simply trying to take advantage of her. However, judging from the helpless expression on Duck's face, the white fluffy ball probably just wanted to take advantage of her.

　"Alright, alright, since your academic score is actually above average this time, you can have whatever you want to eat tonight, okay?"

　Kiana blinked her big, bright blue eyes: "Could Mei go and catch a wild Suzuma to eat?"

　"I want to eat this too, but I can't catch it..."

　Mei smiled helplessly and opened the villa door: "Sister Lingmo is elusive. Instead of waiting for me to catch her, you might as well make a wish to God."

　"What do you wish for?"