People are in the Ark, and they become Gray Shu at the beginning

"I will find Ifrit, and I will not allow you to touch her hair again."

ps: I have a small question now. It is now one and a half years since the start of the game plot. At this time, where is Rhodes Island's main ship now?

Chapter 147 Treatment and Linking Clues

There was a lot of commotion in the general manager's office, and many people witnessed Saria, with blood on her fist, carrying a shield and walking out of the elevator. For a while, all kinds of rumors spread among employees in various departments of Rhine Life.

However, no matter how much the news spread within Rhine Life, Mebius could not hear it now.

Before the conflict between Saria and Chris, she had already left the office building and went to the place she had prepared in advance.

Mobius's secret laboratory——

"Are you ready, Miss [Brilliant Knight]~"

Mobius, who had already made all the preparations for the operation, contacted Bianca in his heart with a smile.

"I've been told not to use this scale... Never mind, I'm ready, so call me now."

The moment he heard Bianca's reply, Mebius summoned the person over without any hesitation.

"Long time no see~"

"Okay, stop playing, finish the treatment quickly and go back early."

Bianca, who was summoned, didn't even look at Mebius, and walked straight towards the experimental bed where Ifrit was lying.

"Tsk, this is becoming increasingly boring~"

Looking at Bianca who was no longer able to be amused, Mebius spread his hands in boredom, then put away his playful thoughts and walked over.

"I'm ready for everything, let's get started. It's time to complete the mission and bring that guy over. After all, the benefits and conditions have already been promised~"

"Ah."

Hearing this, Bianca nodded gently, and then took out the Black Abyss White Flower from the space...

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the other side--

Looking at Saria, who was sitting opposite him and bandaging his wound expressionlessly, Muerseth hesitated for a moment before asking:

"Um, Saria, you...you, did you really beat up the commander-in-chief?"

"..."

Hearing this, Saria did not answer, but raised her eyes and glanced at Muirseth.

"!"

Seeing Saria's frightening eyes, Muirseth wisely covered his mouth and stopped asking questions. Only after a moment did he mutter softly: "Forget it, I won't ask. Anyway, this is a matter between the two of you..."

"..."

Saria naturally heard Muirseth's whisper, but she didn't react to it. After bandaging the wound on her hand, she said lightly: "I'm leaving Rhine Life."

"?"

The sudden words from his old friend left Muirseth completely stunned.

Although Miss Elf knew that Christen's actions in the past few years had deviated from her, she also knew that Saria was very angry now...

However, she never thought that the two of them would end up with such a result...

"Don't you care about Kristen anymore?"

After coming to his senses, Muirseth raised his eyes and looked at Saria seriously and asked.

This time, she didn't use any confusing names, but called Kristen by her name as a friend.

"No matter what, I will get her and Rhine's life back on track." Facing Muirseth's serious questioning, Saria nodded without hesitation and answered.

"But, it's because I have to take care of it that I'm leaving."

"..."

Saria's answer successfully silenced Muirseth. After a while of silence, she spoke softly:

"Can't we just stay here..."

"If I stay here... I won't be able to stop her." Hearing this, Saria shook her head slightly, with a firm expression on her face.

"Ah...you guys, forget it. I can't stop you anyway. Just do whatever you want to do." Muirseth met Saria's determined gaze, and she quickly gave in. She sighed softly and said.

"Well, please pay more attention to her in the future." Saria nodded first, then seemed to remember something and whispered.

"Oh, don't do that. I'm just a small director. How can I manage the chief governor?" After hearing what Saria said, Muirseth rested his head on his raised arms and said "weakly".

Saria glanced at the "lazy" Muerseth in front of her, knowing that she had listened to her words, so she did not dwell on the issue, but changed the topic and continued:

"I have a question for you. Why did you go to the database so early this morning? Did you remember something?"

This problem was noticed belatedly by Saria after she had vented her anger.

In her opinion, unless Muirseth suddenly remembered something or discovered something, she would not have gone to the database so early in the morning, not to mention that she had an appointment with her this morning.

"Oh, if you hadn't mentioned this, I would have almost forgotten it!"

After being reminded by Saria, Muirseth sat up straight and became alert.

"Do you remember the little girl named Grace we met yesterday afternoon?"

"Remember, what's wrong, what does this matter have to do with her?" Hearing this, Saria frowned slightly and asked with some confusion.

Obviously, she didn't connect what happened today with the incident that happened yesterday.

"You may not believe it, but the reason I suddenly ran to the database early in the morning was because of that child. Now that I think about it... such a special little guy is indeed not ordinary." As he spoke, Muirseth couldn't help but sigh.

Not to mention that Saria couldn't connect the two things together, even the elf lady herself probably wouldn't believe it if she hadn't experienced it herself.

After sighing, Muirseth told Saria, who was standing beside him, the whole story.

"…Did she approach us intentionally?"

After listening to her friend's narration, Saria spoke with some uncertainty in her tone. At the same time, she was also thinking about Grayshu's identity and camp.

"How should I put it? Based on the feeling I got from spending time with him yesterday afternoon... I think the little guy's main goal is to buy gifts, and sending us clues is probably just a by-product..." Having said that, Muirseth gently spread his hands, looking rather helpless.

To be honest, Miss Elf trusts her intuition. She doesn't think that little Grayshu's happiness yesterday afternoon was fake.

"Can you guess who or what organization is behind her?"

After listening to her friend's guess, Saria nodded slightly and continued.

"It's really hard to guess... But maybe it's the intelligence organization we've been looking for~"

"..."

ps: There will be only one update today to allow me to save some manuscripts. Starting from tomorrow and for the next 10 days, I will make sure to update 3 times a day at least. I hope you can support me.

Chapter 148 Guessing and Assigning Routes

The two had a brief discussion, but couldn't come to a conclusion, so they put the issue of Grace's identity aside for the time being.

Because compared to the previous two problems, both Saria and Muirseth are facing a bigger problem at the moment.

"So, regarding the disappearance of Eve...Leet, Saria, have you found any clues?"

Although Muirseth seemed to be asking questions at this moment, his tone was quite confident, as if he was sure that his friend knew some clues.

As for why she was so sure, it was of course because of Miss Elf's understanding of Saria.

If she really had no clues and no guesses, she didn't believe that her friend could still sit here and communicate with her "calmly".

"There are clues, but they are incomplete and need to be pieced together." Hearing this, Saria nodded and admitted it.

As Muirseth had guessed, she did have some clues.

These fragmentary clues were sorted out from what Saria knew after she calmed down. She also had some guesses about Ifrit's disappearance.

"tell me the story."

After seeing Saria admit it, Muerseth asked with a flash of curiosity in his eyes.

"Let me start with the conclusion..."

At this point, Saria paused strangely before continuing: "Kristen should know where Ifrit is. Even if she doesn't know the exact location, she should know who took her away."

"Ok?"

The first conclusion of his friend made Muirseth look surprised.

Saria didn't pay attention to the expression on Muerseth's face, but said her second conclusion with a cold face: "Ifrit's life should not be in danger in the short term."

However, although Saria did infer from various trivial details that Ifrit was not in immediate danger of life, it did not mean that she was not anxious and worried.

Because, not being in danger doesn't mean you won't be tortured...

However, due to her experiences from childhood to adulthood, Saria has developed a personality in which the more urgent and anxious she is, the calmer she becomes, but it is not visible on the surface.

"It seems that you have seen something from Christen..."

After hearing what Saria said, a hint of understanding flashed across Muerseth's face, but then he asked in confusion: "But why? Is there any benefit for her to have Ifrit taken away?"

Miss Elf really doesn't understand this.

If the [Flame Demon Plan] was designated by the higher-ups (the Ministry of National Defense) and there were benefits to be gained later, then Muirseth could understand why Christen took over and let his subordinates carry it out.

So, she didn't quite understand why they allowed someone to kidnap Ifrit, the experimental subject, and didn't take her back.

Because Muerseth is standing from the perspective of the general manager, he cannot see any benefit from it no matter how he looks at it, and he may even be held accountable by his superiors.

"I don't know, but since Christen can acquiesce, it means that the interests involved must be considerable." After listening to Muirseth's words, Saria lowered her eyes and shook her head gently.

At this moment, although her face was calm, her hands under the table had already clenched tightly, and the wound was torn apart, and the bright red blood quickly dyed the snow-white bandage red...

"Ah... huh?"

Muirseth, who was planning to lean back on his chair with his arm as a pillow, suddenly seemed to sense something, paused, glanced under the table, and screamed: "Sareya! Your wound!"

"…It's okay, the wound just broke open."

"I think it's a serious matter! You should bandage it again as soon as possible. And don't clench your fist any more!"

Seeing Saria not taking care of her body, Muirseth felt a surge of anger.

"Sareya, you're not an iron man! It's bad enough that you stayed up all night looking for clues, but now you're hurt and you're still messing around!"

……

Finally, under the strong request of a water elf, Saria finally rebandaged the wound...

"Okay, now that we have the conclusion, let's talk about the conjecture. Which organization do you think was responsible?" After taking a look at Saria, who had stopped messing around in front of him, Muerseth continued with the previous topic.

"In my opinion, there are two possibilities... The latter is much more likely and more reasonable than the former."

"The first possibility is that someone from above intervened and recovered the rare [experimental subject]."

"The second possibility is that a new organization has intervened. Although I don't know the name or details of that organization, based on what happened before, that organization should also be very interested in Ifrit."

In response to Muirseth's questioning, Saria did not hide anything and revealed her two guesses in full.

"What happened before? Are you talking about the incident where someone injected Ifrit with a pain-suppressing substance? It has been confirmed to be man-made?" After hearing Saria's guess, Muirseth touched his chin lightly and said.

"Well, if I was not sure before, then today's incident almost confirms that the previous events were man-made." Hearing this, Saria nodded slightly and said.

This is also one of the reasons why Saria thinks the second guess is more reasonable than the first one.

After all, this mysterious organization had a history of coming and going freely in Rhineland many times before this incident happened.

What's more, that organization is indeed more likely to do such a thing than the one above (the Ministry of Defense).

However, Saria didn't know what this organization promised Christen...

"

Well... I have the same idea as you, Saria, on this matter. Of the two guesses, I believe the latter more. In that case, let's continue investigating in this direction."

After listening to what Saria said, Muirseth thought for a moment and said seriously.

"As for how to investigate... I don't believe that anyone can really leave no traces or loopholes. Since we can't find anything at the scene, let's go ask people."

"Seria, you are more familiar with the Structural Engineering Department than I am, so I'll leave it to you! And I'll go talk to Sakura."

"..."

After listening to Muirseth's "reasonable" distribution, Saria raised her eyebrows slightly, with a strange expression on her face.