This is not the date I wanted.

"Don't you even believe what I say, Shidou?"

Meng Yue glared at Shidao in dissatisfaction.

"Uh... that's not the case." Although he was unsure, Shidao still chose to believe Mengyue's words. After confirming that Tohka was not seriously injured for the time being, the uneasiness that had been hanging in Shidao's heart was truly eliminated.

Seeing Shidao's expression, Mengyue clenched her fists feeling a little guilty.

Meng Yue did not lie, but in a sense, she did not tell the truth either.

From the camera footage at that time, it was indeed as she said, although Tohka was imprisoned and unconscious, she was not hurt in any way.

"But there's something fishy about that grey-haired guy..."

Recalling that the person standing in front of Tohka at that time was not only the strongest magician of mankind, who she had fought twice, Allen, but also next to her was a man with gray hair who looked slender and neat.

Although it was impossible to judge the strength of that guy, based on what I saw at that moment - the extremely dangerous smile that made people feel nauseous.

Liang Yi Meng Yue knew that even with the current combat power, it might not be so easy to rescue Tohka.

08 The rescue operation begins

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This is an extremely empty room. The pure white room has nothing in it except a restraint chair that is obviously not used to entertain guests and is filled with various circuits, and a super-strengthened glass that looks like a barrier. It is just like an interrogation room in a movie.

The elf isolation area is where Tohka is now.

"So, do you have any impression of the word Ratatoskr?"

Alan, who was sitting opposite Tohka on the other side of the glass wall, asked casually while flipping through the documents in his hand. But Tohka snorted and turned away.

"Then, the next question is, do you know why Gokawa Shido can use the power of spirits?"

"Humph!"

"... Then the next question."

However, Alan was completely unmoved by Tohka's attitude, and continued to ask the next question like a machine.

"Answer me, your relationship with Hacker, and her intelligence?"

"Idiot, who would tell you! Idiot! Idiot! Idiot who lost to Meng Yue twice in a row!"

--Snapped!

Using terrifying force, he pinched the pen in his hand into two halves like chopsticks. Alan's calm aura rarely showed a violent fluctuation.

"Oh, that won't do. What if the person being interrogated becomes mentally shaken? Right? My dear Alan."

“…Just as you said, Ike.”

Emotional fluctuations come and go quickly. Allen turned around and said to Westcott indifferently.

"You are……?"

Tohka stared at the man who suddenly appeared. From the outside, he looked tall and thin. His features were monotonous silver hair and a pair of sharp eyes that looked like they were cut with a knife. Just by looking at him, he gave people an extremely dangerous atmosphere.

"..."

This man is very dangerous. Tohka's instincts kept warning her.

Different from the sense of crisis caused by Allen's strength, the moment Tohka saw this man, she felt a chill on her back, as if the temperature of the air dropped several degrees at that moment.

"Who are you...?"

Tohka asked in a trembling voice, her eyes fixed on him.

Westcott seemed to see through Tohka. After giving a gentle gentleman's salute, a dangerous smile appeared on his face.

"It is my great honor to meet you, Princess. No... it would be better to call you Miss Yatogami Tohka. I am Isaac Westcott from DEM Industries. Please take care of me."

This man——Wescott, even though he was talking to a friend, Tohka still looked at him with hostility.

"…I am hated?"

"If you want to be liked, I suggest you think of a more appropriate way. Ike."

"Well...that's true."

Tohka suppressed the nausea in her stomach and asked Westcott.

"Are you the mastermind? What is your purpose——"

Weiss paused for a moment because of Tohka's question, as if he was thinking about how to answer it, and then he spoke slowly.

"The purpose... is true. To put it simply, it is just to make you despair."

"what?"

Tohka held her breath unconsciously. However, Westcott didn't seem to care at all, and spoke with a chilling laughter.

"Yes, to be precise, I want to stimulate the power of the spirit in your body through despair. After all, you have to know that the fluctuation of spiritual power has a lot to do with emotions. However, your existence in this world is too stable now. In order to enable you to defeat again, or even surpass the goal we are pursuing. I think no emotion can stimulate your emotions more than despair."

He hated this world and humans, and suffered a wound that even the strongest angels and the strongest spiritual equipment could not heal. As a result, he began to rely on forces other than angels.

——The power that is enough to subvert the laws of the world.

"So, Alan, how do you think we can see Princess's desperate expression?"

Westcott stared at Tohka intently and said thoughtfully.

"Ike, what you just said can be considered sexual harassment."

"Oh my, my dear Alan, you should learn a sense of humor and understand jokes... Well, although I say that, it can't be called a joke."

Waving his hand, Alan stroked his chin in thought.

"In my opinion, it would be faster to inflict some physical pain! Try electric current first. Then lower the oxygen concentration and see how she reacts. Or try changing the air pressure. If that doesn't work, peel off the nails one by one, and then... Oh, right! Try grinding off a layer of teeth. Nervous pain seems to be quite effective, but the elves' bodies are much tougher than humans'. You can also consider taking poison..."

Even Tohka, who is a thick-skinned person, couldn't help but feel a chill on her back.

Although the torture methods that Westcott cited were frightening, the other party's indifferent attitude, which seemed like ordering food, gave Tohka an inexplicable fear.

"Well... this won't work either."

Westcott thought quietly as he watched Tohka's reaction to his words.

Although it is theoretically possible to force a person into despair by means of these physical tortures, from Tohka's reaction, Westcott knew that this method would have little effect on Yatogami Tohka, and it would definitely be a long battle. If possible, Westcott would prefer a method that would work in one shot.

"That's true... It seems that we should also consider the mental pain. What do you think about the concept of chastity? How painful would it be for you when a woman's dignity is tarnished? If you live in this world, you should have one or two good friends or lovers. If someone close to you dies in front of you, what would you think?"

"..."

Hearing Westcott's words, Tohka instinctively recalled the scene when Shidou was killed by Origami's sniper rifle. Her pupils suddenly contracted.

Seeing Tohka's reaction, Westcott nodded calmly.

“Alan——”

"The one that's closest to me should be Itsuka Shido. When I asked him about this name just now, his reaction was completely different from the others."

“Oh, so your reaction when you hear the word hacker is completely different from other people’s.”

"Please keep your jokes to yourself. Ike..."

“Ah——How scary~”

Seeing that his men were on the verge of exploding, Westcott decided to stop while he was ahead and change the subject.

"Well, since the other party will definitely come here to save the Princess, let's just wait here."

"...Yes, I understand."

With a gentle wave of his hand, Westcott slowly walked out of the room.

"Wait! What are you going to do to Shidou?!"

Tohka shouted at his back and began to struggle with her hands, trying to break free from the handcuffs that bound her.

However, soon, an invisible huge pressure appeared on Tohka, pressing her down hard.

"Be honest with me."

Alan said with a cold face.

"Shidou... don't come..."

Before she lost consciousness, Tohka used all her strength to speak.

"How ruthless! He took out all his anger towards the hacker on Princess. I feel sorry for her."

"You're overthinking it." Just as Alan answered calmly, a thoughtful expression suddenly appeared in his eyes.

"what happened?"

"No, just now I felt that there were some strange waves mixed in with the interference waves, which invaded the camera on the window, but it has been ruled out now."

"Throat, invade here! From the outside?"

Westcott showed a slightly surprised expression on his face. You know, this building is covered with interference radio waves, which are so strong that Westcott finds it very difficult to deal with. It can be said without hesitation that it is as difficult as climbing to the sky to eliminate the interference from the outside. Even his mortal enemy Ratatoskr may not be able to do it.

"Humans simply can't do that... then they're not human."

After thinking for a moment, Westcott knew the other party's identity.

Westcott only knows one hacker in the whole world who can break into the internal computers of DEM without anyone noticing.

"Hahaha! That's great! Two important guests have come in a row. It would be insincere not to give them a warm welcome."

At that moment, a happy smile appeared on Westcott's face.

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—woooo ...

Suddenly, in the quiet night, a shrill siren sounded, causing Meng Yue and the others to frown.

"Space quake alarm?! Why at this time? Could it be that there are new elves?"

Hearing the familiar alarm sound unnaturally, Shidou showed a surprised expression on his face.

"No! It shouldn't be. I didn't feel the spiritual waves unique to space tremors. Maybe it's to avoid unnecessary trouble. After all, both the elves and the display device are obviously still hidden from the general public. If they are exposed, it will definitely be troublesome. From this perspective, space tremors are obviously a good means of concealment."

Meng Yue said nonchalantly as she watched the office workers and convenience store clerks who were still on the night shift all running to the air-raid shelter.

To be honest, even if the other party didn't do this, in order to prevent ordinary people from being involved, I would have invaded and sounded the alarm.

However, the other party obviously could not be as kind as Meng Yue. They just wanted to use the greatest force to deal with Meng Yue. After all, even if there was any damage, they could completely blame it on the space earthquake.

"Surprisingly, this is really incredible..."

"Haha, this is a bit tricky as an entertainment..."

The Yami sisters looked a little stunned, and it was not difficult to understand their feelings. After all, at this moment, over at DEM, drones as dense as locusts were covering the perimeter of the entire building.

Bandersnatch, a combat drone produced by DEM.

Although they can create arbitrary fields like a magician, their movements still cannot escape the regularity of machinery, so it is not difficult to deal with them. However, if there are too many of them, it will also be a problem.

As for the specific number, Meng Yue can only say that although it is still a little different from the level seen from the high platform of the comic market, where people are like garbage, it is really not far off. If you really count them one by one, it only shows that your IQ is not high enough.

I had originally intended to think about a detailed action plan, but now it seems I don't have the time.

Meng Yue clenched her fists slightly, took a deep breath, and spoke in a serious tone.

"Shidou, I will work with Kurumi, Yoshino, and Yamai to hold those guys back and cause chaos. You take the opportunity to break in with Mikuma."

"learn."

"No problem. I will protect you, Onii-sama!"

"Ha! Why do I have to act with a man?!"

Yuiya Miku was obviously extremely dissatisfied with this order.

"Then you can switch with either Yoshino or Yamai. You and I can be a team."

Meng Yue said calmly.

"Well... I have to collect Miss Tohka as my own collection anyway, so I don't plan to waste my precious time outside with a bunch of weird machines that are neither cute nor disgusting."

After hearing Meng Yue's words, Meijiu's expression obviously changed. Although she still said something rebellious, she chose to compromise in her attitude.

"Brother, that guy is very rude. Do you want me to teach him a lesson?"

"Please don't cause more trouble in this situation."