Their commission was suspicious.

Alicia could actually replace Chen Luo in providing psychological counseling to Virvi, because Virvi and Alicia have a good relationship.

However, Alicia is irreplaceable, but Chen Luo is not.

Chen Luo can replace everyone else; conversely, if no one is absent, Chen Luo is temporarily dispensable.

"Isn't that the same thing? So if you're going to praise someone, praise them properly!" Wilvi flicked Chen Luo's forehead with her finger.

“Yes, yes, but I feel that you don’t need others to evaluate your collaborations at all, since everything you create is an absolute gem,” Chen Luo said.

"I like hearing that."

"Just telling the truth."

"I love hearing that." Wilvi pinched Chen Luo's cheek.

"..."

"By the way, Chen Luo, what about your Pokémon named Vita? I haven't seen her in ages," Velvi asked.

What do you want to do?

"I just feel that everyone should be working to their full potential right now..."

“That might disappoint you, because I’ve already released her back into the Quanta Sea. That guy’s loyalty isn’t high enough, and he’s also very strong. The atmosphere in the shelter right now isn’t suitable for someone who isn’t entirely trustworthy to stay here,” Chen Luo said.

“That’s true…” Wilvi nodded in agreement.

Since the Twelfth Herrscher incident, the members of the Firemoth, who already had widespread doubts about whether the civilization could continue, became even more desperate after seeing the last three human cities completely destroyed by the Herrscher, leaving only about 3 people in the entire human population.

Despair is the dominant theme of the Moth of Fire Refuge now.

In this situation, not only Vita, this alien visitor from the dimensional sea, but even the members of the Firemoth began to suspect each other.

Of course, most of the time they were just too lazy to question, and followed orders like zombies.

I'll do whatever you say...

The team hasn't fallen apart entirely because of May's charismatic leadership.

In this situation, Aponia, who had previously caused a major crisis due to a mistake, dared not use the precepts again.

The precepts are simply too uncontrollable.

“Speaking of which… I heard that Qianjie once approached Aponia…” Virvi suddenly looked at Chen Luo.

"Yeah, what's wrong?"

"And they went to Aponia after burning all the soldiers on the 33rd floor of the Fire Moth underground base that you froze into ice sculptures... Are they alright?" Velvi asked with some concern.

"You're more interested in whether those two will fight again, right?"

“Yes.” Velvi nodded.

A while ago, Velvey met with Aponia, which proves that Aponia is still safe and sound, but Velvey knows little about the details of that incident.

"Don't worry, at least... they won't fight before the final battle. They've already gotten the answers they wanted in that battle," Chen Luo said.

"How to say?"

"After burning all the ice sculptures to ashes, Qianjie went to Aponia and made her set a rule for herself: 'Never harm innocent people.' Then she would see if Aponia was truly innocent... Although the process and outcome are unknown, at least both of them are still alive," Chen Luo said.

"Was it that exciting? It's a real shame I didn't get to see it live."

"Alright, stop stirring up trouble. Instead of watching the spectacle, have you finished your work? If you have, let's go for a walk," Chen Luo asked.

"It's come to a temporary end... The Moon Throne... what a pity." Velvi sighed.

"What's a pity?"

“If the Moon Throne had been born earlier, before the continent of Mu sank, we could have used the continent to create many Moon Thrones. The Moon Throne can absorb Honkai energy and convert it into power. If we had multiple Moon Thrones, we might have a chance to win. But now… the hope is slim.” Velvi sighed.

"..."

“Now we can only place our hopes on the few plans that have already been prepared. Project Stigmata, Project Fireseed, Project Ark, and Project Hengsha… Oh, right, I remember Eden originally intended to entrust Project Fireseed to you, but you refused, didn’t you?” Velvi asked Chen Luo.

“Yes, I declined. I’m not really suited for this plan. In the end, the plan was handed over to Hua, while Cang Xuan and Dan Zhu were sent to assist Hua in the Fire Seed Project. But as a result, the Möbius Laboratory is left with only the armed puppets Klein and Möbius,” Chen Luo said.

"Klein... After the civilization fails, Klein will probably go to Paradise and take charge of its restoration."

Even before the final battle began, Velvi had already considered the consequences of defeat.

After all, neither May nor Vervière are gamblers.

“Yes, I will take her there.” Chen Luo nodded.

"And then what, Lolo, what are you planning to do? Project Hengsha or Project Saint Mark?" Velvi asked.

"I was thinking... never mind, I won't lie to you anymore."

"...Huh? Well, tell me! You just said you wouldn't lie to me anymore, and now you're not saying anything? What's going on?" After waiting for Chen Luo to continue, Wilvi couldn't help but ask again when she didn't get a response from him.

"It's because I don't want to lie to you, but I can't say it directly, so I have no choice but to keep quiet." Chen Luo shrugged.

“You’re quite the clever little devil! But… you finally told the truth. Although I’d ​​suspected it before, you wouldn’t have been able to leave this world at any time, would you?” Velvi asked after looking Chen Luo up and down.

Vervi was very clever, so even though Chen Luo didn't show anything, Vervi still figured something out.

“…Mm.” Chen Luo nodded.

"Then why don't you leave? What are you doing staying in this den of dragons and tigers?" Wilvi asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Isn't this because of you guys?" Chen Luo rolled his eyes at Vervi.

"Hmm... what you're saying makes me feel uneasy. It's like you're under a lot of pressure behind the scenes." Wilvi looked at Chen Luo suspiciously.

It wasn't that Vervius suspected Chen Luo was talking nonsense, but rather that he was hiding something.

As for whether she was moved by those words, Vivi was already used to the feeling of being moved, so it didn't matter to her.

And that "you guys" is especially intriguing.

"Ahem, I'm not feeling any pressure. In short, I definitely haven't let you down." Chen Luo spoke with great confidence.

"you sure?"

"of course."

"Then break up with Mebius, or you'll be letting me down."

"Cough cough cough cough..."

"Stop coughing, you're practically coughing your lungs out. You're not acting like a real person at all... Never mind, let's go." Wilvi patted Chen Luo on the back in annoyance.

The breakup was just something Wilvi mentioned casually.

Civilization is almost gone, and people could die at any moment, so who cares about this?

"Where?"

"Dr. Mei asked me to attend a meeting and asked me to invite you along," Wilvi said, showing Chen Luo her communicator.

"What meeting?"

“How would I know? We’ll just have to go and see.” After saying that, Wilvi pulled Chen Luo’s hand away from the temporary engineering department set up in the shelter.

"Oh, right. If you really can leave in the end, Luo, don't hesitate." Wilvi suddenly stopped and said to Chen Luo.

"Huh? Do you think I'm that kind of idiot? And shouldn't you be more concerned about how I leave right now?"

“It’s not just that we look alike, it’s that we are. We’re both the kind of people who blame ourselves for everything. I’m really afraid that you feel like the inability to save this civilization is all your fault,” Velvi sighed.

As for how to leave?

Without needing to ask, Vivi knew that Chen Luo wasn't telling her because this method didn't work on others.

"How could that be?" Chen Luo denied it outright.

"Then you should write a written agreement."

"Well... we don't need to, do we?"

"See, you're definitely feeling guilty. Fine, let's go to the meeting first. I want to see why this meeting is so secretive, saying that if you run into Alicia, you absolutely mustn't mention it. What's the topic... that's so mysterious?"

……

"I don't want to hear any lies today. Everyone, please think carefully about how you met Alicia." In this meeting where Alicia, Hua, and Qianjie were absent, Mei spoke first, stating the purpose of the meeting.

Chapter 2296 Kurumi Tokisaki's 100,000 Magical Girl Army and... Her Clone's Betrayal?

"Sigh..." Chen Luo sighed.

"Sigh..." Alicia sighed.

"Why are you sighing?" Chen Luo glanced at Alicia.

"Because I didn't catch Hanabi. Hanabi ran too fast, and there were so many people in Pinocchio's Dreamland, I didn't dare to use too much force," Alicia said regretfully.

Alicia may be strong, but what can she do when Hanabi hides in the crowd like that?

Furthermore, as long as Fireworks touches an adventurer from Paradise, she can directly use the ticket's ability to teleport to any other planet...

The difficulty of the arrest will be even greater.

However, Alicia understood that since Chen Luo had offered such a high price, it meant that he didn't expect anyone to be able to catch Hanabi on the first day.

"And what about you? Luo Luo, why are you sighing again?" Alicia rested her chin on her hand, looking at Chen Luo opposite her.

"Me? I'm fine, just a little tired. After all, I completed over a hundred cases this afternoon; anyone would be tired in that situation." Chen Luo shook his head.

Of course, this is not the main reason. The main reason is the meeting chaired by Mei that I attended before leaving the pre-civilization.

All I can say is that what's meant to happen will happen eventually.

But how can I say this to Alicia? I can't exactly say, "I'm planning to comfort you from the past, and I wonder if you have any strategy or experience with her now?"

That's outrageous!

"Oh, Lolo, why are you suddenly working so hard?" Alicia asked, somewhat surprised.

"I've always worked really hard, okay? But... this time it's because I wanted to try to complete a six-star quest, and I also needed the random reward, so I had no choice but to grind it out," Chen Luo said.

“Okay, that doesn’t sound like something I can help with, but I do have something I can do to help you out, Lolo.” Alicia suddenly snapped her fingers.

"What is it?"

“Tell me where the firework is, and I’ll catch it. That way, you won’t have to worry about other bar patrons making unreasonable demands after they catch it. How about that? Isn’t that a great help? Don’t worry, Luo, I’ll protect your safety!” Alicia said confidently (excitedly).

“There’s no need for that…” Chen Luo raised his hand to interrupt Alicia’s spellcasting.

To be fair... you are one of the biggest problems.

Entrusting my safety to you makes me feel unsafe.

"Hey, Lolo, don't you trust me? You've disappointed me so much, even though I trusted you so much."

"No, no, no, it's because I know you too well and trust you so much that I didn't dare to hand over Hanabi to you. Besides, I can't just let Hanabi's last chance of survival slip away, can I?" Chen Luo shrugged.

“But if this continues, the bar will be in chaos for the next three days. For example, everyone will suspect that the next person to enter the bar might be Hanabi in disguise, like her.” Alicia pointed directly at Shin-haku, who had just stepped into the bar.

"Huh?" Shen He was stunned as soon as he entered the bar.

Alicia's words immediately drew the attention of the newly arrived bar patrons to Shen He and everyone else except themselves.

Alicia is right.

“But isn’t this even more interesting?” Chen Luo said with a smile.

After working so hard all afternoon, can't I at least enjoy myself a little? It's always good to have some fun.

"You really love making things worse, Lolo."

"Because it wasn't a big deal to begin with, was it? Besides, this bounty wasn't originally intended for you..." Chen Luo said helplessly.

Chen Luo's event was originally intended for larger, more ambitious groups like Elio, the Immortal Boat Alliance, the Pinocchio family, and the company, who had certain desires to fulfill.

Among all the forces involved, there is no problem as long as the company doesn't win the award.

Because other forces more or less want to kill the God of Destruction, only the company has obtained this wish, and who knows what kind of trouble it might cause.

Fortunately, the company's chances of catching the fireworks were already the lowest...

Despite the immense influence of the Interstellar Peace Corporation in the galaxy, they have very few people in bars.

If Hanabi were to run away to another world to hide... well, that's probably not feasible.

Chen Luo didn't plan to open the interdimensional portal to Hanabi until the bar patrons left, because if Hanabi hid in the other world, the event simply couldn't be completed.