Chapter 271

"You two..."

MEI adjusted her glasses.

Two unexpected visitors visited MEI's lab today.

Two visitors whom MEI felt shouldn't be here.

Kiana and K423.

After the Moon Throne quest, K423 openly and legitimately moved into the Hyperion. Well, to be more precise, you could say he just stayed on the Hyperion and refused to leave.

After the Moon Throne, there were no orders for her to return to her original base.

Of course, there was no arrangement for her to carry out any long-term mission.

To some extent, it felt like she had been forgotten and abandoned in this place. Her former employer didn't think of her, and her new employer didn't explicitly say they would accept her.

She moved to the new place on her own initiative.

"Was it Otto who transferred you here?" MEI asked. "Are you sure it was Otto's order?"

"K423?"

"Of course, it's a must, what else?" K423 gave a trilogy of answers with practiced ease.

"Oh~"

MEI gave a brief reply.

The sudden appearance of Kiana and K423 here today really startled her. Although she didn't know why, Mei had a feeling that the two of them had suddenly appeared here.

The timing is a bit off.

"What does Otto want to do?" MEI muttered to himself, pondering this question.

"I don't know," Kiana shook her head and said, "I don't know what the Archbishop wants to do by sending us back to St. Freya."

"But in any case, they want us to come back."

"Speaking of which," Kiana asked curiously, "Mom... Doctor Mei, is there something important you need to do back in St. Freya?"

"This?" MEI said mysteriously, "It's a secret."

"I can't tell you."

To put it simply, it's about studying the system, and also about studying the game and observing Otto.

Recent events have made MEI feel that there must be some kind of conspiracy targeting her. And the person who orchestrated all of this is most likely Otto.

Of course, MEI doesn't intend to cause trouble for Otto until there is real evidence.

Having the evidence, MEI didn't plan to cause trouble for Otto immediately.

Evidence is a weapon, a powerful one. In some situations, as long as MEI holds onto this evidence, she can continuously exchange it for what she wants from Otto.

Moreover, these are definitely things Otto wouldn't want to give.

As for now?

MEI hasn't found anything yet.

"But speaking of the two of you," MEI pushed up his glasses and looked at the two of them, "Besides you two."

"Has anyone come back?"

"No, that's all." K423 shook his head and said, "This transfer order only said that we should come back, it didn't say that anyone else should come back with us."

"However," K423 said with great certainty, "I remember Mei saying something like that when she left."

"She will return to St. Freya sooner or later."

"Why?" MEI asked with some interest, "Why would Mei say that?"

This sounds like something a villain would say.

"I don't know," K423 said, shrugging. "I'm not really sure either."

"Anyway, that's what Mei seemed to say, and she also seemed to..."

"We've discovered something."

'What did Mei discover?' MEI was now even more curious about what Mei had found.

'This shouldn't have been discovered by Mei, right? It should have been Yae Sakura, shouldn't it? And it shouldn't have been something more than just a tiny bit.'

'Or perhaps they've learned a little something?'

Mei doesn't think Mei can detect any conspiracy right now; she's still too young. Having not experienced the harsh realities of society, this girl, fresh out of the ivory tower, doesn't yet understand its ugliness.

But Yae Sakura is very clear about this; she herself has experienced the ugliness of this society and seen its dark side.

Therefore, MEI is more certain that Yae Sakura must have discovered something.

"If you have nothing else to do," MEI said, standing up, "Then go find Otto first."

"After all, he is the dean of students here, and also your direct superior."

"And he's the one who transferred you here, yet you didn't report to him after you arrived."

"That doesn't make sense."

"Hi~" K423 and Kiana said in unison.

"Oh~ Oh~" Kiana stood up, but before she could leave, she suddenly remembered something. She cheerfully said to Mei, "Um... Doctor~"

"I've also finished playing Kallen Fantasy with Kiana, and I even found a lot of Easter eggs and hidden quests with Kiana."

"Huh?" MEI said, somewhat surprised, "You guys... why are you also thinking of playing this game?"

MEI was genuinely a little surprised. She knew that both Kiana and K423 liked playing games, but she didn't know what games they liked to play.

They may not necessarily like playing "Kallen Fantasy".

This game is publicly available, and it's somewhat similar to CD Projekt Red.

There's no encryption involved, so you can download and play it even without buying it.

You can earn various achievements as long as you are connected to the internet.

You can even get various patches and DLCs.

Such blunders, typical of CD Projekt Red, are practically all found in * Kallen Fantasy *. This has led players to jokingly call * Kallen Fantasy * the second CD Projekt Red.

Of course, because it's publicly released, anyone can play it.

If Kiana and K423 liked this kind of game, they would have played it a long time ago.

But it wasn't until Kiana and K423 specifically mentioned it today that MEI realized those two were also playing this kind of game.

"Because I wanted to learn more," K423 said, "So I played a lot."

"And also achieved a lot of accomplishments."

"Mom, do you want to play together later?"

"..." MEI didn't answer; she simply adjusted her glasses slightly. A glint of wise white light flashed across the lenses, though not like the aurora borealis.

But MEI still felt that this matter was not simple at all!

Kallen Fantasy that they had all played the game, and that they had even been transferred back.

More importantly, they have all achieved a great deal!

Secondly...

It should be K423; her soul awakening is Kallen!

So...

So Otto definitely didn't bring them back for no reason. This "Kallen Fantasy" is just as I guessed!

There's a problem!

"Not bad~ Not bad." MEI didn't criticize; she even managed a small smile and said, "It's really good. Speaking of which, who else has played 'Kallen Fantasy'?"

"Bronya," Kiana said, "Bronya played too."

"And she has also achieved quite a few accomplishments."

"Oh~" MEI nodded and said, "I understand."

"It seems that, barring any unforeseen circumstances..."

"We might see Bronya in a couple of days."

"You guys go report first."

"I have other things to do here."

Mei felt there was definitely something wrong with this Kallen Fantasy game, and she planned to study it carefully after the two of them left.

Meanwhile, in the Sea of Quantum.

"Aaaaaaahh..."

A scream comparable to that of a groundhog... well, that shouldn't be a scream, right? It sounds rather pleasant.

"My Mei! She!!!! She smiled!" Kevin pointed at Mei, his face beaming with happiness, and said, "She really smiled! My Mei is indeed the most beautiful woman in the world."

"Oh~ my lovely MEI."

If it weren't for the fact that they couldn't go back to this world, Kevin would definitely have hugged and kissed Mei like crazy.

But it's not possible.

Now all he can do is watch from here, watching his beloved MEI.

MEI's smile has a healing power.

At least that's how it is for Kevin. Seeing Mei's smile makes Kevin feel no pain in his feet, no headache, and no backache. He can climb to the tenth floor in no time.

But Seele wasn't really happy.

She knew what Otto wanted to do!

Otto wasn't exactly plotting, though he did speak quite loudly. But basically, apart from Rita, no one else knew what he was up to.

Rita wouldn't say anything, much less leak the secret.

What Otto didn't expect was that in a corner he couldn't see...

In fact, some things are only transparent to one side.

For example, Seele can see everything she wants to see here.

She saw through Otto's scheme, and therefore naturally knew what Otto wanted to do. It was precisely because she knew what Otto wanted to do that she felt uneasy!

That will only make you feel more helpless!

"What... what should we do?!" Seele was actually starting to panic.

"Sister Bronya, you can't play anymore! You can't play anymore!"

"If this continues, your soul will be ripped out!"

"That's no ordinary game."

My soul has been taken away!

This isn't Seele making things up; Otto didn't say how to obtain the Soul Shard. Because the process of obtaining the Soul Shard is simply too cruel!

A fragment of the soul, although it is a complete entity relative to the soul of the previous life.

However, after being shattered through reincarnation, this soul is merely a fragment.

This soul fragment, along with other soul fragments, together form a complete soul for reincarnation.

Therefore, in this life, the fragments of the soul are organic components of the soul.

If you simply want to take away a small piece of the soul.

That would require extracting the entire soul and then taking away a single fragment.