Sky Striker Princess, but the swan song of Valkyrie.

The image of the girl in red with white hair came to mind.

That's right, the one in red with white hair is, of course, Yukine Chris, whose name was forcibly changed by Zero.

The other one, dressed in black with gray hair, is, of course...

Because her image was too famous, she had to wear a wig, colored contact lenses, a coat, and a voice changer. She removed the device from her right eye and transferred its functions to a tablet and colored contact lenses. She also stored the flash knife in her guitar case. After a complete transformation, she changed her name to Ryusei.

As for the reason they disguised themselves to come here, it was, of course, to make Chris a famous idol.

The specific approach is as follows.

Lingyi first personally contacted the second most famous idol training company in Japan. Then, she used a small portion of the wealth she had accumulated through her work in recent years to give the company a small shock of her financial power, thereby getting them to use all their resources to train Chris and promote her.

As for why it's second instead of first, it's because the company recognized as the best idol training company in Japan has a singer named Kazanari Tsubasa affiliated with it.

[But wait, if she has this level of disguise, could it be that her usual appearance is just a disguise, and she's not actually the person I know... No, no, no, that's impossible, but maybe not, hmm.]

bang-

The girl in red with white hair, Yukine Chris, smacked her head to stop thinking about these wild thoughts that only made her unable to distinguish between reality and illusion.

"Christina, what's wrong?"

The black-clad, gray-haired girl, whose attention was drawn to Chris's actions, asked in confusion.

At this moment, they had already reached the elevator door, pressed the button, and started ()three)sispirit_ErIVdam waiting for the elevator.

"It's nothing, I'm just a little dizzy, probably because I was too tired this morning."

Hearing Lingyi's altered voice, Chris responded. At this moment, she had just given herself a hard blow to the head, and her eyes had cleared up a little.

"I'm tired, but Christina, you spent the whole morning eating snacks on the sofa. The only thing you did that could be considered work was posing for a few photos of you."

Seeing Chris's question, Zero asked with some concern.

Because it was only the first day, Chris's job was simply to make an appearance. Most of the time, Zero communicated with the other party about how to train Chris.

If Chris still feels tired after this, then Lingyi should consider arranging some physical training for Chris. It just so happens that she has experience doing similar work in the United States.

"It's just psychological anxiety. After all, this is my first time being an idol, so it's only natural to be a little nervous."

Hearing Lingyi's question and reflecting on her performance that morning, Chris, her face slightly flushed, forced an explanation.

"Okay, let's leave it at that."

Unable to discern what Chris was thinking, Zero finally gave up on continuing the topic, but still mentally added the physical fitness test for Chris to her future schedule.

"Alas…"

Seeing Lingyi turn her head away, Chris suddenly felt a chill run down her spine. For some reason, she felt that something terrible was about to happen to her.

Ding-dong

The elevator doors opened, and while Chris and Zero were chatting, the elevator had already arrived at their floor.

Soon, in no time at all, the two girls took the elevator to the first floor and then walked out through the door on the first floor.

As soon as I stepped out the door, a spring breeze, still carrying the chill of early spring, swept across the street.

"It's so cold, wait, isn't it cold now?"

Chris, who was only wearing a thin dress, shivered from the cold wind, but the next second she felt the chill from the wind being dispelled by the warmth from under her clothes.

"Of course, these clothes are made using cutting-edge, unorthodox technology. It's just this level of coldness; you'll adjust to it quickly."

Lingyi said matter-of-factly that she had added many practical functions to make this garment, which needed to be worn for a long time, more acceptable.

At the same time, with Zero's reminder, Chris also remembered the shameful straitjacket she had deliberately forgotten, which she was now wearing.

Even so, I will absolutely not change my opinion that this outfit is terrible, absolutely not.

Chris's face flushed red in an instant. She immediately gave herself a firm mental suggestion to prevent herself from becoming the kind of woman who thought that such clothes were terrible in every sense.

"Wait, speaking of which, I remember the reason I changed into this outfit was so I could go shopping, you know?"

Once Chris had finally recovered from her shame, she suddenly remembered why she had been forced to change into this outfit: to carry out an alternative plan besides the "idol" plan.

If she remembered correctly, the next step, as agreed beforehand, was to implement the other plan.

"Yes, that's right, so let's hurry up."

"Zero said, and then took Chris's hand with her black-gloved hand."

"Wait, so fast? At least tell me where to go..."

Caught off guard, Chris expressed her discomfort at Zero's unexpected agility, but Zero, who had the tablet tucked under her arm, did not notice Chris's problem.

Then, less than an hour later...

"Um, where is this place?"

Looking at the okonomiyaki shop located on one side of a side street in the shopping district, Chris asked this question.

Lingyi had been pulling her along without listening to her, and only stopped when they reached this place. Chris had absolutely no idea what Lingyi's plan was.

"A restaurant that sells okonomiyaki."

Lingyi, who had already taken out her tablet, glanced at the information on it, paused for a moment, and then, while taking her hand out of her black coat to rub her forehead as if in thought, said the following.

"Um, I know it's a restaurant that sells okonomiyaki, I'm not blind, but why are we here... huh?"

Upon hearing Zero's reply, Chris was about to ask further questions when she realized that Zero, now disguised, had somehow appeared very close to her, so close that she could even feel the warm breath she was exhaling.

"What are you doing? How can you do this kind of thing in public!"

Looking at the beautiful face before her, which remained stunning even after the disguise, and thinking of the name of the plan, Chris's face instantly turned red—the umpteenth time today—and she frantically tried to push Zero away.

"Don't move, Chris."

However, just as Chris was about to do so, her body was tightly embraced by Zero's arms, and her head was also firmly held in place by Zero's hand, which was already around the back of her neck.

With Zero's power far exceeding Chris's own somewhat useless physique, Chris was completely unable to resist Zero's actions and could only watch helplessly as the other's face got closer and closer.

[Is this how my first time is going to end? In this way? No... Oh well, giving it to Lingyi isn't unacceptable.]

As the face drew closer, Chris's eyes filled with a jumble of emotions. She closed them, waiting to sense what was about to happen.

"Yes, it's installed. Chris, can you hear me?"

Chris, who had closed her eyes out of shyness and confusion, suddenly felt a cool touch on her forehead, and the next moment, Zero's familiar voice suddenly came from her mind.

"ha?"

Opening her eyes, Chris looked at the face that was now far away from her, and reflexively tried to touch the spot that had just been touched, but Zero stopped her immediately.

【Don't touch it, Chris. Don't do anything that increases the risk of suspicion. Just answer any questions in your mind. Just silently say "Dial, Zero" and send it to me.】

The voice that followed explained to Chris why Zero did what she did.

“Waaaaah… Rokuyo, you baka.”

Even if she was slow to realize, Chris understood that Zero's actions just now were preparations for achieving this kind of communication with her.

[Alright, Chris, this is just a necessary preliminary step to initiate this communication, don't worry about it too much, and it's also part of the plan to achieve your and Finney's ideals.]

Looking at Chris's blushing face, Lingyi thought to herself, "This is what I want to say to Chris."

"...You bastard, fine."

Clearly, Xueyin Chris was not satisfied with this answer, but considering that the other party said it was for her ideals, she tolerated it.

However, even though she knew how to use Zero's new gadget, Chris obviously couldn't just use it like that. The reason was that if she let that terrible thought from just now get out through the gadget, she would explode on the spot.

[Just for the ideal, just for the ideal, just for the ideal, good!]

So Chris began to hypnotize herself deeply until she was sure she was completely calm before preparing to send a message to Zero for the first time.

While Chris was getting ready, Zero kept a respectable silence to ensure that the two of them would not raise any suspicions in the eyes of outsiders, perfectly playing the role of a friend who had just finished joking with her friend.

[Phew, all ready, can you hear me?]

So, what exactly is this thing? Why would they bring this out at a time like this? Aren't we going to... well, go shopping?

Finally, after a lot of hard work, Chris got used to the feeling and immediately asked Zero a lot of questions in her mind, wanting to get the answers to a series of questions that had been accumulating in her mind since the beginning.

P.S. Everyone, don't stay up late, or your stomach will tell you who's in charge.

Chapter Twenty-Eight: Okonomiyaki

After receiving Chris's telepathic message, Zero did not respond immediately.

Oh, what's wrong? Did I do something wrong?

After waiting for about a minute, Chris still hadn't received a reply from Zero, so she tried the same method as Zero again.

"..."

Chris still didn't receive a response.

That's right, I clearly...

"Sorry... Chris, wait for me a moment, I have something to take care of."

Just as Chris was about to try a third time, the girl in black in front of her seemed to have just come to her senses and spoke to Chris in a slightly trembling voice.

"What's wrong?"

Chris was a little confused about what Zero was doing, and pretended to be concerned.

"It's nothing, it's not a big deal."

After glancing at Chris's performance, Zero said this.

She then turned away from Chris, removed the thin black gloves with red liquid on them, put them inside her coat, and then took out a new pair of gloves to put on.

Sorry, there might have been a slight busy signal issue due to insufficient testing. It should be working now, can you hear me?

Turning around, she blinked wearily and pursed her lips before confirming Chris's statement through telepathy.

Chris felt a little strange seeing Zero's behavior.

Even though she couldn't detect any lie in Lingyi's voice, she exhibited behaviors that she usually only displayed when lying.

But then she realized that so much time had passed that such memories probably wouldn't be of much reference value, so Chris didn't voice her doubts.

I can hear you, how about you?

After suppressing her doubts, Chris began to work with Zero to debug this strange communication system, even though she didn't quite understand why they were doing this at this time.

"...Okay, it seems there shouldn't be any problems this time."

This time, Zero's reply came without delay, quickly resounding from the depths of Chris's heart.

Did you just shake?

Chris noticed that when she communicated telepathically with Zero, her body would tremble for some reason.

【No, you misread it. Okay, never mind these little things, Chris. Now that you're online, I'll tell you about what we need to do this afternoon.】

With her lips pursed, Lingyi said this to Chris in her heart.

But... okay.

Seeing that Lingyi didn't intend to talk, Chris stopped asking questions, even though she was still a little concerned about Lingyi's strange behavior for unknown reasons.

However, she had already made a mental note of this and planned to ask Finney if she knew the reason when she had the chance.

【Okay, then first, Chris, you'll have to cooperate with me.】

Seeing that Chris was no longer asking questions, Lingyi began to say this to Chris in her mind. Then she naturally took Chris's arm with one hand and pointed to the okonomiyaki shop in front of them with the other.

"Christina, I know you've always wanted to try Japanese okonomiyaki, so I did a lot of research and found this highly-rated shop. How is it?"

Lingyi said it so naturally, just like an ordinary girl who wanted to introduce food to her friend.

Chris, quick, act like a girl who's really interested in okonomiyaki!

"Ah...ah! I see. So that's why you dragged me here. Okay, since you recommended it, I'll go in and try it. I'm really looking forward to it."

Following Zero's prompting, Chris mechanically performed the role-playing as she was told.

"Okay, let's go in and have a taste now."

As Lingyi spoke, she pushed Chris into the okonomiyaki restaurant.

At the same time, on the other side of the commercial street, two men in black suits who appeared to be office workers withdrew their gaze from Lingyi and Chris. One of them straightened his collar and seemed to say something.

Meanwhile, Chris, completely unaware of the situation, entered the okonomiyaki restaurant.