Thank You, Rita (cont.)

While people can't say they're entirely satisfied with Lin Yu's behavior of flirting with everyone, at this point, no one expects to have Lin Yu all to themselves anymore.

Rather than wanting to monopolize Lin Yu, the people present at the time actually hoped that Lin Yu could relax a bit more.

But now it seems that this is truly a pipe dream.

Not only Kiana, but Lin Yu also made love to several other women very few times in the past two months.

If Lin Yu simply didn't contact Kiana, then Kiana would at most be a little upset.

But Lin Yu hasn't contacted anyone else yet, which is not a good sign.

If it weren't for the fear of disturbing Lin Yu's actions, Kiana felt that she would definitely call the bishop's office these past two days, and then have Rider ask Lin Yu what he was busy with.

Right now, reason has temporarily suppressed Kiana's wild thoughts, so she hasn't taken immediate action. Instead, she and her sister are preparing to find someone to have a good talk with after the mission is over.

However, when the two Kaslana arrived at the door of a room, they suddenly frowned slightly.

As Kiana unlocked the room door with her fingerprint, unsurprisingly, the room was empty.

"That's strange."

Looking at the empty room, Bianca muttered to herself in bewilderment.

"Xiao Yi Lin Yu took office as bishop, Xiao Yi has mostly stayed in her room helping to handle those affairs."

"At this time of day, she should rarely go out."

"Hmm, I didn't contact her first because I wanted to surprise her, but now..."

After taking out her communicator and dialing Lin Yi's contact code, Kiana waited a few seconds and received a 'call rejected' notification.

"Huh???"

Kiana, realizing that something was really wrong, suddenly became sharp-eyed.

"Xiao Yi... at a time like this, how dare anyone lay a hand on my daughter?!"

"Ah, I think you shouldn't be too hasty."

Bianca sighed helplessly as she watched Kiana's pupils slowly turn from azure to shimmering gold.

"Otto is dead, World Serpent isn't causing any trouble right now. The Anti-Entropy guys are practically ready to move their headquarters to ours and announce the merger on the spot."

"In addition, Xiao Yi is actually quite strong. We also helped her make God-Slaying Armor suitable for her to use in the past two months. Unless the person who makes the move has the combat power of Herrscher or above, it will be quite difficult to take Xiao Yi away silently."

Yes, that's right.

Kiana, who had just remembered that her daughter was already a super expert, suddenly felt a bit overwhelmed by loneliness.

Her daughter is good in every way, but for her as a mother, her daughter's excellence makes her position as a mother seem awkward.

Lin Yi has now revealed her abilities. With weakened versions of the powers of [Restraint], [Poison], and [Void], combined with the Key of Domination that Lin Yi Lin Yu discarded and the God-Slaying Armor created for her by Schicksal, it can be said that she would not be immediately defeated even by ordinary Herrscher- level opponents.

To have Lin Yi, the person whom Schicksal is protecting, taken away silently, one must possess the power to instantly defeat Lin Yi and render Lin Yi unconscious.

After all, Lin Yi is quick-witted and possesses the Herrscher Authority of the Void. Once she realizes that she is no match for the enemy, she will definitely run away without saying a word and then contact the others in the headquarters to gang up on the intruders.

In other words, the probability of Lin Yi getting into trouble is extremely low, so...

"Hello, Bronya?"

"Ah, it's me, Kiana. Could you check where Xiao Yi has been today?"

Kiana, having contacted Bronya, heard her companion's reply five seconds later.

"Sister Kiana, Xiao Yi is currently in Dr. Mags's experiment."

"Oh? Thank you, I'll go check what's going on."

After hanging up the call, Kiana's unease grew even stronger.

"Xiao Yi went to Dr. Mags's laboratory..."

Upon hearing this, a sharp glint flashed in Bianca's eyes.

"Dr. Mags, although Lin Yu and Otto did not punish him, I have not forgotten what he did in the past."

"Could it be—that he intends to harm Xiao Yi?!"

"... If only it were just like that."

Kiana, feeling increasingly uneasy, exhaled a breath of stale air and spoke to her sister beside her.

"If Dr. Mags is planning to harm Xiao Yi, then Xiao Yi will definitely be fine."

But now, I really...

At that moment, Kiana, who was about to say something more, suddenly felt a pang of fear in her heart.

Not only that, even Bianca, who was beside her, suddenly felt a similar sensation.

The two of them paused for a second, then tacitly suppressed their unusual feeling and pretended to be completely unaffected.

"In short, we'll find out what happened once we go to Dr. Mags's lab."

"Yes, let's set off now."

In such a tense situation, Kiana should have used the power of the Herrscher of the Void to directly teleport Bianca there.

But at this moment, for some reason, she felt an intense resistance to this power that she had gradually become familiar with over the past few months.

Normally, Bianca wouldn't say anything when she wasn't using this power, so Kiana would definitely have noticed something was wrong.

But now, Kiana, with a guilty conscience, was completely unaware, in her dazed state, that it was also very strange that Bianca hadn't questioned her unusual behavior.

And so, the two sisters began their journey toward Dr. Mags's laboratory.

A few minutes ago, Dr. Mags's lab

Looking at the child who had suddenly used his powers to jump to this place, Maki stopped his research work with a slight look of doubt and gave Lin Yi a kind smile.

"Xiao Yi, what brings you here today?"

"Huh?"

Hearing Maki's question, Lin Yi asked back with great confusion.

"I came to visit Grandpa Maki. Doesn't Grandpa Maki welcome me?"

"That's not quite right, it's just..."

Looking back on Lin Yi's usual behavior, Maki felt that this was really strange.

As we all know, the current Archbishop of Schicksal, Lin Yu, became a vengeful ghost seeking revenge against the Honkai due to the death of his parents. In order to take revenge on the Honkai, this vengeful ghost became Schicksal's number one Schicksal ghost.

Whether it's regrettable or comforting, the clone Lin Yi, created Yuno World Serpent using the genes of Lin Yu, Kaslana, and Kiana, unsurprisingly became a miniature version of Curly Dog as Lin Yu's Daughter.

Normally, this polite child, who is less than a year old, has become quite adept at handling logistical matters, even though he has not participated in combat.

Even the staff who had served the logistics department of Schicksal for many years had to admit that Lin Yi had done a better job than them after being involved in these matters for some time.

So from then on, Lin Yi spent most of her time dealing with official business, and the rest of her time was spent with her family and friends.

Although Lin Yi now affectionately calls Maki "Grandpa Maki," the two have actually met only a handful of times.

In this situation, Lin Yu's Daughter coming to see Maki seemed suspicious to Maki.

"Okay, I was just joking with Grandpa Maggie. You're being too serious, Grandpa Maggie."

After revealing a sly smile, Lin Yi immediately said to Maki with a grin.

"My dad needs to get some of the latest HSN Serum for backup, and I happen to have the power, so I volunteered to come and get the serum."

"Ah, this..."

Logically speaking, Lin Yu's Daughter came to Maki for the serum.

Given the current situation, the three Schicksal organizations have basically resumed cooperation, and the World Serpent Anti-Entropy unlikely to turn Lin Yu's Daughter to work for them.

But now, Maggie feels like something's not right.

But looking at the child's innocent smiling face, Maggie felt that she might be overthinking things.

Just kidding, in the current situation, Lin Yi can suppress or even defeat any combat power below the Herrscher level.

As for the Herrscher- level and above combat power... apart from Kevin, the World Serpent Venerable Lord who was rumored to have been defeated by Lin Yu, aren't the remaining Herrscher- level combat power all our people?

Perhaps I'm worrying too much.

Watching Maki hesitantly go to the warehouse to retrieve enough of the new HSN Serum for herself, Lin Yi's expression remained unchanged, but she finally felt a little more at ease.

"Thank you, Grandpa Maggie. I'll go back to find my dad now."

"Ah, be careful on the road."

After saying something seemingly pointless, Maki felt her unease growing stronger.

Then, to prevent any accidents, he still felt that in this situation, they should go through the proper procedure and directly ask Lin Yu what the situation was.

Result...

"You mean, Bishop Lin Yu is out today on business?"

After receiving the message from the staff, Maki's unease was magnified a thousandfold.

"Xiao Yi, you're lying..."

After immediately connecting to another person's communication, Maki spoke to one of Lin Yi's 'mothers,' Yuno.

"Yuno, go and find out where Lin Yi is right now."

"Doctor? What happened to Xiao Yi?!"

Hearing Yuno's anxious tone, Maki immediately spoke to Yuno.

"She just came over and asked me for a batch of HSN Serum in Lin Yu's name, but I asked the staff and they said Lin Yu is out today."

"This child...!"

Hearing the busy tone after the communication was interrupted, Maki immediately began to prepare to contact Lin Yi's other mother.

But just as he was about to finish the communication...

"Grandpa Maggie, is Xiao Yi here?"

In a great hurry, Kiana and Bianca ripped the door off without knocking and looked at Maki, who was in shock.

"Kiana... I was just about to contact you."

Seeing the anxiety on Kiana's face, Maki knew that something bad was definitely going to happen this time.

"Xiao Yi lied to me, saying that Bishop Lin Yu needed serum, and just left with a whole bunch of serum from me."

"... This child!!!"

"Sister Kiana."

In the emergency, Bronya hacked Kiana's communicator and spoke directly to Kiana.

"Yuno- neechan told me about it, and I also checked Xiao Yi's whereabouts. She's in her room right now."

"Tsk..."

Upon hearing this news, Kiana, for some reason, still didn't want to use the powers of the Herrscher of the Void.

Under these circumstances, the two sisters, who had just rushed over from near Lin Yi's room, could only run back to Lin Yi's room to get to the bottom of the matter.

However, just as the two were about to enter Lin Yi's room, they suddenly saw Yuno, who knew the news, also arrive at this place.

Without exchanging any further words, the three of them glanced at each other and then rushed to the vicinity of the gate.

After Kiana unlocked Lin Yi's room with her fingerprint, everyone saw that Lin Yi was acting as if nothing had happened, and was processing the electronic documents that needed to be processed as usual.

However, the three who know the truth will certainly not be fooled by the pretense Lin Yi puts on.

"Hey, Kiana's Mom, Yuno's Mom, Aunt Bianca, you guys...!"

Seeing the three approaching her, Lin Yi instinctively shrank back, but Yuno and Kiana grabbed her wrists.

Seeing the needle marks on Lin Yi's wrist, both of their hearts sank to the bottom.

"These... this feeling..."

The two people, who had both come into contact with or even been injected with HSN Serum, quickly noticed that the needle holes were emitting the 'smell' of HSN Serum.

"Um... can I say a few words now?"