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

I'm afraid that even the coming of the Ruler would not be more terrifying than this!

No, you have to act stupid!

Fu Hua's heart was filled with turmoil and excitement, but her face remained calm as always, showing just the right amount of surprise at Rita's sudden appearance.

"Uh, Rita? Why are you here?"

The first thing to do when playing dumb is to stay calm and not panic. The more natural your tone and expression, the better.

Fu Hua, who had already been promoted to a **, had already mastered the proper balance in this matter.

"Lady Fu Hua left K423 so suddenly and came here. I guess it must be something important, right?"

Rita's voice was humble and polite, and even her standing posture was impeccable.

"Did the Bishop assign you any tasks?"

At this point, Rita opened her beautiful mouth slightly, and lowered her head slightly as if she felt that she had said something wrong, and said in a humbly tone,

"I'm sorry, Lady Fu Hua. Rita didn't mean to pry. If this is a confidential matter, then I beg Lady Fu Hua to forgive Rita's intrusion just now..."

This guy……

Fu Hua couldn't help but feel a headache.

Just like every previous contact, Fu Hua could never see what Rita was thinking.

Rita's words sounded like a test, or like she was playing dumb like herself, making it impossible to grasp the intention in her words.

There's no way around it. Rita's usual language style is just like this, it's really confusing.

In this world, there are not many people that the worldly-wise Fu Hua cannot see through.

Unfortunately, Rita was one of them.

It was precisely for this reason that Fu Hua had always been wary of this seemingly scheming girl. The relationship between the two was not very harmonious and could only be considered as nodding acquaintances at best.

Therefore, Fu Hua felt that if she continued to be polite, it would only make her look insecure. So she decided to use a quick approach and asked,

"Aren't you here to perform the same mission as me?"

Just say what you want to say, don't waste time.

"Rita doesn't understand what Master Fu Hua means..."

Rita calmly kicked the ball back, her wine-red eyes looking at Fu Hua in confusion.

Her language style has always been this way, modest and reserved. It is difficult to tell from her gentle and humble words whether she is truly gentle and kind at this moment, or if she is hiding fangs.

Just like how she deals with people - flowers in one hand, killing in the other; half hidden, half revealed, keeping it secret.

Before Rita takes the initiative to open her hand, few people can tell which hand she is putting in front of you.

At this moment, Fu Hua is facing such a difficult problem.

As the one being "interrogated", Fu Hua could only speak up.

"Some time ago, Otto seemed to have noticed some unusual movements by Anti-Entropy at St. Freya Academy, so he asked me to use my identity as a cover to investigate. It was only by following some clues that I was able to track them down here."

At this point, Fu Hua frowned, looked at Rita, and asked,

"Why are you here? Did Otto ask you to come?"

I'm done, it's your turn.

Besides, what on earth does Otto want from you?

Fu Hua had already made up her mind: at worst, she could inform Walter and expose her true whereabouts, so that she could bring the lawsuit to Otto "openly".

—Didn't you ask me to investigate Bronya? Now that I've followed the clues here, you're sending your henchmen to interrogate me?

Otto, you'd better not go too far!

"I see. It seems we are indeed carrying out the same mission. Lord Amber has also learned of Anti-Entropy's unusual behavior, so he sent me here to investigate..."

Rita's face showed understanding.

"Excuse me, could you please share with me the information we each have?"

At this point, Rita smiled apologetically and said,

"To be honest, the only information Rita has is that Anti-Entropy had communication records with Singapore, that's all..."

“…That’s all?”

Fu Hua looked displeased and was actually a little angry in her heart.

If Fu Hua hadn't known that Rita had already received special training in "Anti-Feather Dust", she would have wanted to use a feather to directly flip through her memory.

Is a communication record a clue? And it just happened to be in Singapore?

Who hasn't set up secret branches all over the world?

Doesn’t Mandate of Heaven also have a base in Singapore?

Using this as an excuse to appear in front of me?

Who are you fooling!

Of course, the reason why Fu Hua showed this emotion on her face was not without the intention of taking advantage of the situation.

Rita also understood why Fu Hua was angry, and quickly explained the whole story in detail.

"Are you saying that the top leaders of Anti-Entropy disappeared en masse? The last communication before their disappearance was with Singapore?"

Fu Hua was a little surprised by this information. This kind of thing was indeed too unusual and worthy of attention.

In this case, Rita's reason for coming here suddenly is indeed valid.

Could Lin Wei's disappearance also be related to this incident? Fu Hua thought secretly.

"Uh...Master Fu Hua, don't you know about this?"

Rita was surprised by Fu Hua's surprise. She thought that the other party had obtained this information earlier than her.

"...It seems that our meeting was really just an accident."

Since her search for Lin Wei had not been exposed, and Rita's goal in coming here was only to reverse entropy, Fu Hua breathed a sigh of relief, and her mind couldn't help but become active.

"Some time ago, Bishop Otto noticed Bronya... Uh, do you want me to introduce her to you?"

Seeing Rita shaking her head, Fu Hua continued,

"Assistant Professor Otto noticed that she has been accessing the Destiny Database too frequently recently. He suspects that Anti-Entropy may have some ulterior motive and asked me to investigate."

"So that's it..."

Rita nodded, looking somewhat disappointed. It seemed that it really had nothing to do with her mission.

"Yeah. You know, Heaven's will monitor Saint Freya Academy very closely, so I don't need to do too much work there."

Rita nodded slightly. As someone who had often visited the place before, she knew this very well.

"After observing for a while, I didn't find many abnormalities, except for one thing..."

There was a strange look on Fu Hua's face, which made Rita curious.

"Bronya-san... I've been playing games online with an account from Singapore lately..."

Fu Hua also seemed to think that this reason was a bit ridiculous, so her tone couldn't help but be a little awkward and uneasy.

"I see……"

Rita's expression didn't show any change, she just nodded in understanding.

"Looking at Fu Hua's relaxed expression, I guess this trip just eliminated a false clue, right?"

Rita said as emotionally intelligently as possible.

"Yeah, nothing was accomplished."

Fu Hua nodded and said calmly,

"I've wasted too much time coming here. I have to go back to St. Freya's Academy to continue my mission."

Are you okay? I'm leaving now.

"Master Fu Hua, take care."

Rita said, with a look of farewell,

"But, could you please tell Rita that IP address?"

Fu Hua was a little caught off guard by this request. What was there to investigate about such a boring clue?

"After all, Rita is new here and has no idea where to start with her mission."

Rita explained with a smile,

"In that case, why not start with this little thing? Perhaps we can make some unique discoveries."

"……makes sense."

Fu Hua had no choice but to casually give an address that she had seen on the way to the airport. It was a world away from Lin Wei's address.

"Thank you very much, Master Fu Hua, take care."

Rita smiled and said goodbye again.

Fu Hua looked at Rita for a few seconds, and after confirming that she had nothing else to do, she turned and walked towards the boarding gate.

The airport is very large and getting to the boarding gate requires walking through a long corridor and passing many duty-free shops.

Fu Hua walked forward calmly. After walking a long distance, she suddenly turned into a duty-free shop. While pretending to pick out some goods, she made sure that she was not being followed. Then she left the shop through the back door and quickly left the airport in another direction.

The message she had left for Lin Wei before was a bit inappropriate. She had to remind Lin Wei again that the "game channel" she had been using was no longer safe.

After Fu Hua quickly left, a girl with short golden-gray hair walked out of another duty-free shop opposite the shop. She looked in the direction where Fu Hua disappeared and said quietly,

“When people are nervous, their body odor will change.”

"I really hope that things won't develop in the worst direction. After all..."

Rita sighed slightly, revealing a trace of regret.

"I really don't want to go to war with Lady Fu Hua..."

………………

“How wonderful this world is! Just like dominoes, all you need to do is gently push a tiny node, and a grand blossom will follow!”

On one side of the world, after finishing all his work, Gray Snake gently closed the computer in front of him and chanted in a muffled voice,

"And all this can happen with just a tiny push... Haha, how interesting..."

As he spoke, he slowly stood up, picked up the heavy computer in one hand, and with the other hand gently took the girl who had been standing silently beside him with her head down, and walked out calmly.

"Come with me, child, back to where you belong."

Gray Snake's voice was low and mechanical, but at this moment it seemed to have a touch of tenderness.

"You are the newborn of this world. You should not continue to cling to the embers of the past."

"Ha ha……"

The girl still lowered her head. Although her face could not be seen, and although the sound was laughter, it was more of gnashing hatred.

"I am going to kill you!"

His voice was enunciated word by word, and was not loud, as if all the anger was suppressed within his body.

"Haha, kid, you shouldn't hate me so much."

Gray Snake's voice remained calm.

"You killed my father and took away my last world..."

The girl still lowered her head, and the hand held by the gray snake could not struggle at all, just like she was at this moment, without any power to resist.

The voice was calm, like a whisper, as if talking to oneself, as if loathing oneself.

"The rebirth of one person is often accompanied by the death of many more."

Gray Snake's tone is always so calm and leisurely,

"Child, your hands are also stained with the blood of countless people, so you have no reason to hate me."

"……what are you saying?"