Sky Striker Princess, but the swan song of Valkyrie.

"Speaking of which, Chris-chan, you're so well-developed, what do you usually eat?"

Just like now, because Chris's certain body parts were developed too aggressively, it attracted the slightly envious attention of Itaba Yumimi, and they also chatted for a long time. So this question suddenly popped up.

"this…"

How could you even ask such an embarrassing question?!

When asked this question, Chris was momentarily speechless, thinking to herself.

This is only natural; having barely experienced a normal life for a long time, she couldn't possibly know how to handle such topics among her peers.

Fortunately, she was not fighting alone; she had reliable companions.

【Zero, how should I answer this question?】

With telepathy, Chris is now truly experiencing the benefits of this skill.

Whenever she doesn't know the answer to a question, she can use this method to transfer her thinking to Lingyi.

This not only allows her to give relatively reasonable answers fluently, but also enables her to say things she wouldn't normally say by saying, "I didn't think that way, I was just told to say it."

If you don't want to continue, say, "Sorry, this question is a little embarrassing." If you want to continue, say something like, "It's just ordinary food, but if anything, it might be related to the fact that I eat papaya every day."

[By the way, eating papaya isn't really that useful; the only things that might be helpful are massage and surgery.]

Soon, just like before, after a brief silence, Lingyi's suggestion came to her mind.

Okay, I understand.

"Well, I didn't really eat anything special. If I had to say, I would occasionally eat some papaya or something."

After receiving the advice, Chris quickly and confidently replied.

"Is that so? Then it seems I need to step up my efforts."

Upon hearing Chris's answer, Itaba Yumimi looked at her chest and said this.

And so, just like now, Chris has once again successfully dealt with a difficult problem.

"Haha, by the way, speaking of which..."

As one topic ends, another naturally begins. As long as new topics exist and the bell announcing the end hasn't rung, this vortex will continue indefinitely.

[Zero Clothes...]

However, with Zero's help, Chris believed she could hold out until the end in this battle.

"Ugh"

Meanwhile, Lingyi, still huddled in the cramped bathroom stall, listened to the voice from Chris's heart and sighed helplessly.

But there was no way around it; she was the one who brought Chris to this place, and Chris was in trouble, so she couldn't just leave without helping.

[Where do these high school girls get such boundless energy? Don't they have homework? They must have too little homework!]

Honestly, she had considered the many possible troubles she might have encountered.

For example, Section Two might update its detection system and detect its cloaking technology, or its disguise might have a flaw that Section Two would notice, or the other side might have developed anti-space transfer technology.

But she never expected to encounter such a troublesome situation, as Chris was surrounded by a group of energetic high school students, forcing her to spare precious energy to help Chris answer their questions.

[Only nine of the more than one hundred locations remain. We're just a little short of completing the visualization transformation here. Once that's finished, we won't have to suffer from this strange hassle anymore.]

Shaking her head, Lingyi refocused her attention on her work.

Under her control, three floating units capable of operating combat mechs tirelessly operated in the blind spots of the campus, setting up monitoring units and recording spatial coordinates in places such as sewers, ceilings, and stairwells.

[Zero clothes, zero clothes...]

Meanwhile, during her work, the telepathic communication rang out again, suggesting that Chris had encountered some strange trouble once more.

Okay, wait a minute. What happened this time? I'll fix it for you right away.

As she spoke, Lingyi opened the search engine in split-screen mode while adjusting the parameters.

Based on her accumulated experience, the topics these people would talk about were either anime and entertainment, or studies and life, and at most some current affairs. In short, they were all things that could be solved with a search engine.

"actually…"

Soon, Chris once again dealt with a problem with Zero's help.

"I see, is that so? Chris knows so much, she's like an encyclopedia."

Upon hearing Chris's answer, Ando Sosei nodded.

"Speaking of which, Chris-chan, what do you think of the nickname 'Know-It-All'... Waaah, what are you guys doing?"

As they were talking, an interesting idea popped into Ando Sosei's mind, but it was quickly stopped by the people around her.

"Chris, just ignore her. She just likes to give people nicknames."

With one hand covering the mouth of the Creator, Yumi explained to Chris.

"Genesis-chan, it's really weird to give someone you've only known for a short time a nickname."

Similarly covering the mouth of the creator was Shiori, who usually doesn't participate in discussions.

"Ugh - I know how."

Ultimately, under the suppression of the two, Genesis gave up the act of giving Chris a nickname.

"Ugh, I just wanted to get closer to Chris, what did I do wrong?"

Although the creation of the world has been temporarily suppressed, she has clearly not completely given up her ideas.

"Let's forget about it. We should at least wait until Chris-chan enrolls in school before talking about that kind of thing."

"That's what Terashima Saori said."

"Yes, besides, Chris hasn't decided whether to enroll yet, although I really hope she will."

Yumimi Itaba pointed at Chris and said the same thing.

"Yes, indeed."

When the topic turned to her, Chris responded reflexively.

Chris has now completely relinquished all external thinking to Zero, abandoned her sense of shame, and evolved into a pure chat intermediary.

"Oh, by the way, Chris, do you have any social media apps? How about we add one?"

Without even a moment's mourning for the end of the previous topic, Itaba Yumimi immediately started a brand new one.

[Since we probably won't be in much contact after this, exchanging items won't hurt.]

With this in mind, Chris wasn't too opposed to it, and given how enthusiastic the other person was, she couldn't refuse.

"Okay, okay."

So Chris took out her phone and exchanged contact information with the others.

Ring ring -

Just then, the preparatory bell rang, indicating that there wasn't much time left before class started.

"Ah, class is about to start."

Seeing that class was about to start, Yumi decided not to continue chatting with this girl who might be her future classmate, and instead said goodbye to her friends and returned to her seat.

"So, Chris, if you have the chance in the future, please contact us, Chris?"

However, just as she was greeting Chris, she noticed that Chris seemed to be staring intently at her phone, looking as if she had seen something she couldn't understand.

"Um, Yumimi, may I ask where this photo of your profile picture was taken?"

Before Yumemi could ask any further questions, Chris picked up her phone, zoomed in on the other person's profile picture on social media, and asked Yumemi this question urgently.

The photo being pointed at shows the back of a girl with waist-length platinum blonde hair, holding a scarlet blade, walking in some direction under dim light.

P.S. I'm having some writer's block.

Chapter Thirty-Five: Strange Worship

"This photo, Chris, could it be..."

Upon hearing Chris's question, Yumi glanced at the photos on Chris's phone with a puzzled look and then showed a surprised expression.

"Ah, um, I, Li Yiyi, am just a little... ah no, not particularly curious."

Seeing Yumi's reaction, Chris realized that she had gone a bit too far with her words. She should have slowly deduced the origin of the photo instead of asking directly.

However, before Chris could figure out how to explain what she had just said, Yumimi, who was standing in front of her, excitedly grabbed Chris's hand as if she had found a kindred spirit.

"So you're one of those people who were once saved by 'the golden flash that appeared in the darkness and shattered the darkness with a scarlet blade'?!"

Yumemi's eyes sparkled as she spoke to Chris in a tone as if she had met a kindred spirit.

"Huh? What?"

Chris, who was still racking her brains for a solution, was now deeply perplexed by the words of the short, twin-tailed girl in front of her.

"What's wrong? Weren't you so surprised because you were saved by 'a golden flash that appeared in the darkness and shattered the darkness with a scarlet blade'?"

Yumi asked Chris, who was puzzled.

"Um...I guess so."

Although she didn't know what had happened, Chris had a feeling that she had somehow managed to cover up what had just happened.

"Wait, Yumi, Chris is like this entirely because of the weird name you gave her, Yumi. I've always told you not to give names that are so long and weird."

Ando Sōse, who had been watching from the sidelines for a while, chimed in with his own comment.

"That's not true at all. This name is super cool! You know, I watched anime for three days straight and then spent four days refining and organizing it before I finally came up with this cool name."

Hearing Ando Sosei's sarcastic remark, Yumi turned around angrily and retorted.

"Putting aside the fact that watching anime was entirely your own idea, Yumi-chan, since you spent four days condensing it, why is the final name still so long?"

In response to Yumi's rebuttal, Terashima Saori added a sarcastic remark with a kind yet helpless smile.

"But some people clearly think it's great..."

Yumimi seems to still hold onto her own opinion.

"Um, wait a minute, so... um, do you guys know who the person in that photo is?"

Seeing that the topic seemed to be heading in a strange direction again, Chris quickly asked this question.

Although saying this might expose her identity, Chris felt that finding out why Zero's photo was on the phone of a student at Lydia Music Academy was more important right now.

"Um... I don't know."

Upon hearing Chris's question, Yumemi, having recovered from her excitement, said this with a somewhat downcast expression.

"Oh, you don't know?"

Chris tilted her head, somewhat puzzled.

"Because, apart from this photo, Lord 'Yu... Flash' didn't reveal any information at all. Even this photo couldn't have been taken without an accident, sob."

Yumi said in a tearful voice.

"..."

Seeing this, Chris didn't know what to say.

She initially thought the short man in front of her might have some information about Lingyi because of his excited reaction, but after all that talk, it turned out he didn't know anything at all.

"Since that's the case..."

Although she still had some questions, Chris wanted to end the conversation. If they continued, she couldn't guarantee that she wouldn't reveal anything.

"But it doesn't matter!"

However, just as Chris was about to end the conversation, Yumimi, who had been feeling down, suddenly said something and then perked up again with a sparkle in her eyes.

“Even though I know almost nothing about Lord 'Flash', I am not fighting alone.”

With fiery eyes, Itaba Yumimi grasped Chris's hand and said this.

“As long as we gather the power of all those who have been saved by that ‘Flash of Light’, we will definitely be able to make contact with that ‘Flash of Light’ one day. So, Chris.”

Yumi said with a strange fervor.

This guy...

At this moment, in Chris's eyes, behind this short girl with pigtails, there seemed to be many girls' phantoms, but when she blinked, there seemed to be nothing at all.