This is not the date I wanted.

【It will arrive above the target location in about 5 hours.】

[DSS-009, airship arrives at the locked position. ]

One report after another sounded through the loudspeaker in the DEM UK conference room.

"That'll be fine."

Seeing that everything was going according to his plan, Maddox couldn't help but smile.

Taking advantage of the directors' fear and anxiety about Westcott, Duke instigated them to carry out a crazy and cruel assassination plan.

The reason for doing so was, on the one hand, because no one except Westcott had the authority to carry out such a large-scale plan alone. On the other hand, it was to make them his accomplices.

Even if Duke succeeded in assassinating Westcott alone, assassinating the executive director and usurping power - once such a bad scandal was discovered, it would become Duke's most fatal weakness.

However, if everyone present was a participant in the assassination, there would be no need to worry about the above problems. On the contrary, as long as Duke always plays the role of a vicious and cruel man who can implement such a crazy plan, after Westcott's death, their fear of Westcott will naturally turn to Duke. When it comes to deciding who will have the highest power in DEM, even if Duke himself proposes to become the next MD, these cowards will not dare to have any objection.

As for the consequences of the assassination plan, Duke did not think too much about it. Rather, the answer was obvious.

Failure means death, so success is all that matters.

Maybe the word "acting" is not appropriate.

The moment Allen Mathers cut off his arm, Maddock had gradually lost his normal human sanity.

"…Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall~… (A nursery rhyme from the UK, which means that once something is broken, it cannot be repaired.)"

Looking at the abandoned satellite floating in the universe on the screen, Duke couldn't help but hum a nursery rhyme.

——————————————————I am the dividing line for shifting perspective——————————————————

On the other hand, Nanashi, disguised as Gokawa Kotori, is gathering information in Ratatoskr's underground facility.

First, she ran into Shiizaki, one of Ratatoskr's crew members.

By talking with the spirits, the Seven Sins' favorability towards Gokawa Shidao is improved, and the spirit power of the spirits is sealed by kissing them. Then they are protected and live a peaceful life.

"It's basically the same as what Meng Yue said."

After extracting the information he wanted from the other party, Nanashi whispered to himself.

Ratatoskr is an organization that exists to save the elves - although I still feel that this purpose is a bit puzzling, after all, the other party treats the Seven Sins as their superiors, so there is no need to lie.

Knowing that Kotori was not in the underground facility, Nanashi no longer had to worry about the possibility of her disguise being exposed for the time being. After asking Shiizaki about the location of Tohka and the others, she walked towards the rest area.

Soon, she saw Yatogami Tohka, Yoshino and the rabbit puppet Yoshino next to the vending machine.

"So what do you think of the Seven Sins?"

Nanashi asked, imitating Kotori's tone.

"How...what do you mean?"

Tohka and Yoshino tilted their heads in confusion. Nanashi sighed and said with a look of disdain.

"Don't you think that girl called Nanashi is disgusting? She got carried away just because we praised her a little? She's obviously an ugly bastard, but she's still embarrassing herself."

That's right, even though Meng Yue said that everyone hopes to get along well with Qi Zui, that is definitely Meng Yue's wishful thinking. There must be people who support Qi Zui on the surface, but secretly feel troubled or even disgusted with Qi Zui.

While mercilessly belittling himself, Nanashi secretly watched their reactions. If they were dissatisfied with Nanashi, they would definitely agree with him after getting the "the one who said bad things was not him" token.

After hearing what Nanashi said, Tohka and the others looked at each other and looked at Nanashi with strange expressions.

"What's wrong with Kotori? It's not like you at all to say something like that."

"Um, um... I don't think... Miss Nanashi is disgusting at all..."

"That's right - what's wrong, Kotori-chan? The commander has too much work and is in fatigue mode?"

"No...maybe I'm a little tired."

After hearing the answer that was both unexpected and expected, Nanashi felt his eyes sore and covered his eyes with his arms.

A few minutes later……

"what……"

Leaning against the wall of the corridor, Nanashi sighed in confusion.

Afterwards, Yakuya, Yui and Miku also joined the conversation. Nanashi used the same method to test the three again, and the three of them actually expressed indignation because they felt unfair for Nanashi.

Feeling that she would not be able to maintain her acting skills if she continued to stay there, Nanashi made up an excuse and escaped from Tohka and the others.

(What? I’ve done so many inappropriate things to them. Why are they defending me? Are they crazy?)

Nanashi sighed depressedly.

Everything was just as Meng Yue had told her at the time. No one here thought that Qi Sin was ugly, and no one regarded her as the culprit of the disaster.

No, wait...

"Could it be that Meng Yue had already predicted my actions?"

To be honest, there was nothing to fault with it, which made Qi Zui suspicious. Did Meng Yue foresee that he would sneak out, so she colluded with others to make a confession in advance to deceive him?

If the object is Liang Yi Meng Yue, this is not impossible.

When he thought of this, Nanashi felt as if a nail had pierced his heart and he seemed very uneasy.

(No! Isn’t that the reason I came here to check this? Cheer up, Seven Sins.)

Realizing that he was thinking in a negative direction, Nanashi shook his head vigorously.

"Mengyue's room... is indeed..."

According to the information obtained from Kotori's men, Nanashi soon found the lounge where Meng Yue was in the accommodation area of ​​Area B. There, a brown-haired girl was lying on the desk, breathing steadily.

"What? I thought you were a monster who didn't need to sleep."

She sighed unconsciously, and Qi Zui herself didn't even notice that a slight smile appeared on her face. She gently shook Meng Yue's shoulders and said.

"You'll catch a cold if you sleep here, Sister Mengyue."

"Ha...Kotori-chan."

After a long yawn, Mengyue rubbed her eyes in confusion.

"Sorry, I can't hold on for three days."

After three days of staying up late, Qi Zui's mouth twitched slightly. Although he knew that the other party had been working late at night to monitor him, he never expected that the other party would work so hard that he would not go to sleep at all.

"Really? Remember to get some rest later. Do you want some water?"

"Well, please, Kotori-chan. There's tea on the table, sorry to bother you."

After pouring a cup of tea and handing it to Mengyue, Qizui also poured himself a cup of tea and sat on the sofa.

"Ah~ good tea."

After taking a sip of tea, Meng Yue let out a contented sigh.

"Sister Mengyue, aren't you staying with Qishi today? What happened?"

Because Meng Yue had once seen through her disguise, when she was trying to find out what Tohka and the others were thinking, Nanashi didn't blindly make fun of herself. She took a sip of tea and asked carefully.

"Well...something did happen. But I came out this time mainly to investigate something I'm concerned about. It's a good opportunity for Kotori-chan to come and see."

As she spoke, Meng Yue placed the laptop on the table in front of Qi Sin.

"Eh..." Looking at the various meaningless files on the computer screen, a trace of sweat appeared on Qi Zui's forehead. After a dry cough, he said with a straight face, "Uh-huh - I won't read the details, Sister Mengyue. Please explain it briefly."

"Hey, hey—" As if she had guessed that the other party would not be patient enough to read on, Meng Yue shrugged helplessly and said seriously, "This is the information I just hacked from the databases of DEM and AST this morning."

Seven Sins was not unfamiliar with the names of AST and DEM. One was a group of rookie magicians who would definitely come out to fight with him as soon as he appeared in the world, and the other was a demon organization that almost took his life. In Seven Sins' opinion, both organizations should be large-scale organizations in human society similar to Ratatoskr where he was now.

Hearing Meng Yue's casual tone, as if she was taking a book out of her own bookcase to read, Qi Zui's mouth twitched slightly, but she remained calm on the surface.

"Something you care about?"

In response to Qizai's question, Mengyue explained.

"First, DEM. During the commotion caused by Miku last time, under the harassment of us and Kurumi, DEM suffered a serious loss. To be honest, if it were another company, it would have gone bankrupt. As for the person in charge at the time, Westcott Isaac, who was Alan's boss, it seems that he was unanimously impeached by the board of directors. He was asked to resign as executive director."

"Well—and then?"

Nanashi asked, pretending to understand.

"Well, although the results of the meeting were not recorded, since Westcott was able to come here so leisurely to cause trouble, the result can be guessed. According to the temperament of that woman Allen, the guy who wanted to harm Westcott would have lost his limbs even if he didn't die."

Meng Yue shrugged and replied.

"Forehead."

Although she didn't know who Westcott was, she remembered clearly who Ellen was. She was the cold-blooded and cruel woman who pierced her lower abdomen with a sword without hesitation after she had shrunk herself. She even nonchalantly ordered to cut off her limbs after subduing her.

When he thought of her, Qi Shiin couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine.

"And then——AST's problem is still mainly about Tobiichi Origami."

As she spoke, Meng Yue sighed softly, with a complicated expression on her face.

Tobiichi Origami——Hearing this name, Nanashi couldn't help but feel a little concerned.

When investigating Gokawa Shido's interpersonal relationships at the beginning, Nanashi's impression of Origami was probably that she was "a good student with beautiful appearance, but crazy about Gokawa Shido". However, when Nanashi designed a guessing game to take revenge on Shido, she, as one of the suspects, suddenly disappeared without a warning. At first, Nanashi didn't care much, but she didn't expect that the other party would become a magician of DEM and almost capture her with the help of Allen.

"That origami...what happened?"

"Well, during the Tiangong Festival, that guy was dismissed for using a prohibited annihilation weapon to attack the DEM, a friendly force, without authorization."

When Mengyue saw this message, she was also very surprised.

At the end of the Miku incident, since Origami also made considerable efforts to protect Shidao, Mengyue was still worried about Origami's situation in the army and secretly "watched" the AST meeting report.

Since that action was originally the wrongdoing of DEM, and Origami's colleagues also expressed support and defense for Origami Tobiichi's actions. The content of the AST's upper-level meeting also revealed that they would not pursue Origami Tobiichi's actions too much, although the punishment had not been issued at that time. But it seemed that she would be suspended for a few months at most, so Mengyue didn't pay much attention to it.

However, due to DEM's secret manipulation, Origami was finally dismissed from his job.

(Is this the feeling of uneasiness I felt at that time?)

In order to avenge the elves who killed her parents, Origami must use the magician's manifestation device as a weapon. If she cannot be a magician of AST, she will naturally not be able to achieve her revenge. So Tobiichi Origami will naturally think of DEM, which has more powerful manifestation devices.

Therefore, even though he knew that this was a trap deliberately set by the other party, Origami still chose to join DEM.

[Liang Yi Meng Yue. Maybe it's true as you said. There are no malicious elves in the world. However, the existence of elves is wrong. In order to prevent others from suffering the same fate as me, I will defeat all elves——all of them!]

Thinking back to what Origami said to her at that time, Meng Yue clenched her fists slightly.

"call……"

Exhaling slowly, Mengyue regained her composure and said to Qinli.

"Well, that's all for the report, Kotori-chan."

"Um...thank you for your hard work, Sister Mengyue."

Basically, Seven Sins was in a state of talking to a deaf person, and answered in confusion.

Looking at the confused Kotori, I thought it was because she received too much information at once and couldn't digest it all. Meng Yue chuckled and touched her head and said.

"Well, there are too many things to sort out at once. I'm just telling you what I found out. It's up to you to decide what to do. Now, let's focus on resolving the problem with the Seven Sins."

"No, don't treat me like a child."

Qi Zui blushed and slapped Meng Yue's hand away, then a complicated and distressed expression appeared on her face.

The girl looked like a professional intelligence agent, with a shrewd and capable image. It was completely different from the casual homegirl image she had when she was with him. This contrast made Qi Zui, who thought he knew Meng Yue, feel unfamiliar.

As expected...I was just acting to fool myself.

"What's wrong, Kotori-chan? You don't look well. Are you too tired?"

As if noticing the changes in Qinli, Mengyue asked with some concern.

"It's okay. Don't worry about it." Shaking her head gently, Qi Zui said in a puzzled tone, "Compared to me, it's Sister Meng Yue, right? There's really a big difference when I get along with Qi Zui. Your acting skills are really hard."

“Ahahaha…exposed?”

Hearing what Qizai said, Mengyue scratched her long hair with a wry smile.

As expected - Nanashi sneered in her heart. The other party was just pretending to be something that she could definitely accept in order to deceive her trust. In fact, she was probably completely annoyed by Nanashi who kept interfering with her life.

Saying that you don't hate family members who have the same hobbies as you do is just an excuse to deceive yourself.

For a moment, I actually felt a little bit of anticipation for these words.

When he thought of this, dark emotions like mud entangled Nanashi's heart.

"I'm sorry. I accidentally had too much fun playing with Nanashi. As a result, I almost forgot about what happened outside. Hehe~"