Honkai, why do you only play high-end games?

Yaesakura complained inwardly, trying to divert her attention in this way so that her expression wouldn't look too broken.

Of course, thanks to the hood, the jackal didn't see her mouth twitching and pursing tightly from time to time.

"…Gray Snake agreed?"

Yae Sakura asked for confirmation again. After all, it was hard for her to understand how someone as rational as Gray Snake could go crazy with you.

"Of course he agreed, otherwise why would I be here? That guy, every time I was about to take action against Lin Wei, he would jump out to interfere, three times in a row! Humph... He's been bullied and he's still making excuses!"

The jackal showed some displeasure, then raised its head slightly, proudly like a victorious rooster.

"This time, he finally stopped trying to stop me. I can finally relax and vent my anger..."

"..."

Yaezakura couldn't help but lower her head and raised her hands to cover her face.

Gray Snake, I'm sorry for wronging you. You've already tried your best. I'm so sorry...

At this moment, she felt that Gray Snake's absence seemed to be sending a clear signal:

"Please do not bring the Jackal's personal behavior to the organization's attention."

Is this the world five hundred years from now?

Is this the human elite behind the organization?

Yaezakura felt that her trip was well worthwhile and it broadened her horizons.

"Gray Snake remembered to ask you to come over and help. He seems to have some understanding of camaraderie. Thank you for your hard work along the way, Raven."

Even when the jackal expressed his gratitude, his tone was so arrogant, but Yae Sakura did not feel insulted, but only found her even more ridiculous.

How could there be such an arrogant, conceited fool in the world?

"...No, I just came to take a look. Since you don't need any help here, I'll go back first. I have a lot of things waiting for me with the children."

Taking a deep breath, Yae Sakura felt that it was time for her to leave. If she continued to pester Raven, it would be difficult for her to escape.

Imagining what the real raven would say and do in such a situation, Yae Sakura waved her hand and turned to leave.

"stop!"

Sure enough, the jackal called him.

"What else?"

"Raven" turned around helplessly, thinking that it was indeed troublesome.

"I heard from Gray Snake that you have a good relationship with that Lin Wei."

The jackal's voice was a little expectant, but also a little exasperated.

"My plan had just been approved when that guy suddenly disappeared, just as if it had been planned! Humph, how could it be such a coincidence? I even suspected that Gray Snake was interfering again!"

"...So, you want me to tell you his whereabouts?"

All of Yaesakura's emotions, whether strong or subtle, disappeared at this moment, and she just felt like laughing - after talking for such a long time, it turned out that she didn't even know where the goal was?

In addition, the other prey she had locked onto and was determined to catch was just a bait carefully prepared by another person.

Looking at her arrogant face, she had no idea that in everyone's eyes she was just a clown performing a farce, and she looked so proud of herself. Yae Sakura felt that the woman in front of her was simply unreasonable!

"Please, betraying your clients is not the professional ethics of a mercenary."

Yaezakura, who no longer wanted to waste time here, imitated Raven's tone and said,

"Besides, if we can call it a 'personal relationship', it was just a few days we spent together in Changkong City. We haven't been in touch since we separated. I probably know even less about where he is and what he's doing now than you do... I thought you and Gray Snake were keeping a close eye on his whereabouts!

"Humph, if it were really that easy, how could we have suffered such a huge loss on the coral island?"

Speaking of this, Jackal couldn't help but feel dissatisfied again. Those people and properties were all direct losses in her name.

"It's all that Lin Wei and that unknown Valkyrie's fault!"

Yaezakura made no comment on her anger.

As the third person present, she knew the whole story very well, and she didn't expect that the incident would make the Jackal so angry.

After that, the topic gradually lost its substance.

The Jackal suggested that the Raven help to lure Lin Wei out, but was immediately rejected for the same reason as above.

Seeing that the "Raven" refused so bluntly, the Jackal gradually lost interest in continuing the conversation and announced to send the guest away without any hesitation.

Yaezakura left as if she had been pardoned, but before leaving, she couldn't help but look back at the jackal.

"What else?"

The jackal felt uncomfortable with that complex look.

"…It's nothing, take care."

"Raven" said in an inexplicable tone, and then when he turned to leave, he caught a glimpse of the other party waving his hands impatiently.

………………

In the taxi returning to the hotel, Lin Wei leaned steadily on the back seat, listening quietly to the whole story that Yaezakura told him in her heart.

After the initial shock, Lin Wei showed no emotion at all in response to the subsequent information, which made Yaezakura feel a little disappointed.

Seriously, Lin Weijun's expression before was really funny...

Yaezakura thought with some regret.

"Thank you for your hard work, Sakura."

Lin Wei thanked him sincerely.

Although Yaezakura's trip was absurd, it successfully helped him verify the fallacy of his own conjecture and brought him real information, which gave him a lot of practical confidence in how to change his action plan next.

"It's okay. If possible, I don't want to be separated from you so far."

After the mission was completed, Yae Sakura returned to Lin Wei's body as a holy scar, and turned back into the gentle and quiet girl who occasionally had a little bit of bad intentions.

She liked to see him in deep thought, liked to see him doing mischief, and even more liked to see him seriously arguing with trivial matters in his daily life.

She had experienced what it was like to be an independent individual, walking alone in the world, and it was not what she wanted.

That world was too big and too strange, so big that she felt at a loss, and so strange that she felt lonely.

It was this familiar little world around her that made her feel peaceful and comfortable.

"Okay, I understand. I'll discuss it with you later..."

Lin Wei felt a little regretful.

He always hoped that Yae Sakura would be curious about the outside world and find a longer-term goal; but she always disdained the distance.

It was hard to force it, so Lin Wei had no choice but to accept this kindness and will.

"Let's not talk about this anymore, let's think about the important things first..."

Lin Wei calmed down and sorted out the information Yaezakura had obtained from the jackal.

"First of all, Manila City is not the large-scale testing ground used by the World Serpent for the stigmata experiments. Haha, they are really wronged this time..."

Lin Wei couldn't help but sneer, but didn't interrupt his thoughts.

"Since it wasn't the World Serpent's arrangement... then who could it be? Anti-Entropy? Destiny?"

Lin Wei carefully considered the intelligence he had, suspected each one, and then eliminated them one by one.

"No, Anti-Entropy has no interest in this place. That's for sure. The two doctors won't do it, and Cocolia... Tsk, although she does have a criminal record, I've used Yu Duchen to review her memories before, and she really has no ambitions for this place..."

"Destiny is even more impossible. Otto's purpose in coming here is to dig out the World Serpent and obtain the Second God Key as soon as possible. Rashly triggering a Great Collapse will only interfere with his plans, and he won't do that."

"And since the three major organizations have been ruled out..."

Lin Wei's fingers tapped lightly on her legs, the rhythm was calm and gentle, and now she slowly stopped.

"Then the great collapse of Manila is most likely a natural disaster..."

Even though he had previously tried to monitor the energy data and found nothing abnormal, he could only say at this moment that his method was too presumptuous.

"Ugh……"

Lin Wei couldn't help but sigh, listening to the hustle and bustle of traffic outside the car window.

Millions more people...

How many millions of people can there be in this world?

How many times can it withstand the loss of millions of people?

Man-made disasters can be prevented, but natural disasters are truly beyond our control...

"Lin Weijun, this is not something you can stop alone..."

Yaezakura comforted him gently. She knew that beneath Lin Wei's playful and angry appearance, there was an extremely soft and easily touched heart.

"I know. I'll just do my best and leave the rest to fate. Don't worry, I won't be depressed because of this."

Lin Wei smiled lightly, put aside the things that he could not stop, and stopped wasting energy on them.

"In that case, it's time to change direction and consider other things..."

"Do you mean Otto of Destiny, or the Jackal of the World Serpent?"

Yae Sakura asked.

She discovered that the relationship between these three people was somewhat subtle——

Bishop Otto wanted to dig out the jackal, the jackal wanted to catch Lin Wei, but Lin Wei's spearhead was always vaguely pointed at Otto.

If it weren't for this disguised infiltration and investigation, I wouldn't have such a clear view.

At least, neither Otto nor the Jackal knew at this moment that, besides themselves and their prey, there was another player on the chessboard.

Otto knew about the World Serpent, but not Lin Wei;

The Jackal knew Lin Wei, but not Otto;

She didn't even know that Lin Wei had appeared in front of her.

Only he and Lin Wei knew the existence of the other two parties, and by chance they learned their goals.

At least in terms of intelligence and information, Lin Wei has the advantage!

Want to teach the World Serpent guys a lesson?

Yae Sakura thought secretly. She was inclined to attack the World Snake first. She could not forgive the Jackal who dared to covet Lin Wei.

However, Lin Wei just shook his head slightly. He was thinking about something else.

"Since the Great Honkai cannot be stopped...what about Anna? She's seriously injured and unconscious. If the Honkai breaks out, she'll be dead."

Yaezakura: “…”

Whether it was the appearance of Yuno or Otto, it was all because of the flapping of his wings like a butterfly. He didn't want the kind and enthusiastic girl to be buried with this doomed city because of him.

"How could a time traveler mess things up and make things worse like me?"

Lin Wei smiled bitterly. He had obviously been very restrained since he came out of Paradise, just to avoid something like today from happening.

But it still happened in the end, which makes people feel helpless.

When this kind of thing happened to one of his few friends, Lin Wei had to find a way to make amends.

"Manila's collapse cannot be stopped. There are only two ways to save Anna."

Lin Wei said to himself,

"Or, before anything happens, let her return to the hospital at the Destiny headquarters, or somewhere else, and leave this doomed city..."

"Or, let her recover as quickly as possible so that she can escape after the collapse..."

Lin Wei hesitated for a moment, and realized that being transferred away was basically impossible, at least it was not something he could interfere with.

"Therefore, we can only choose the latter option and let her recover as soon as possible, the sooner the better, so as to avoid further complications."

"And right now, there happen to be three people in this city who are capable of doing this: Otto, who is disguised as Yuno, and Youlan Dell, who is hiding quietly..."

The Black Abyss White Flower can heal all injuries in a completely unreasonable way. And the person who can use this power,

"And me!"

Whether it is Otto's Void Treasures or his own Pandora, they can "borrow" the power of other God's Keys in their own way - without having to return it.