Ex-Machina on a Dimensional Journey

"Beep—beep—"

At that moment, another call came in from Fujimaru Ritsuka, but Xiu Er's train of thought remained undisturbed.

She merely shifted her calculations to the background before immediately accepting the call.

"Xiu Er, are you done with your side yet?"

"Response: Not yet."

Xiu Er thought for a moment, somewhat puzzled. She had clearly dealt with the enemies for them already, so why was Fujimaru Ritsuka calling again?

Surely he didn't think she was some kind of all-purpose genius and wanted her opinion whenever he ran into trouble?

That wouldn't do. He had Da Vinci as his strategist, didn't he? He shouldn't come to her for every little thing.

Though she was inwardly reluctant to deal with trouble, Xiu Er still chose to hear why he had contacted her at this time.

"Query: What is it?"

"Mm, I really do have something to ask you about..."

Fujimaru Ritsuka paused on the other end, seemingly confirming what he was about to say.

"Our communication with Chaldea has been cut off again."

"Negative. I have not deployed any signal-jamming devices."

"No, no, I didn't think you did it, Xiu Er. I just wanted to ask whether you have any way to restore it."

After all, in the previous world, Xiu Er had blocked their communications with Chaldea before.

Ordinary information jamming was nothing unusual, but directly cutting off a connection to another world as Xiu Er had done was exceedingly rare.

That was why Fujimaru Ritsuka had not immediately suspected interference back then.

After hearing his explanation, Xiu Er could not help but question the reliability of Chaldea's equipment.

"Response: Press the button beneath the device. It will directly connect you to Roman's channel."

"Ah, really? Thank you, Xiu Er! You came so prepared!"

"Beep—"

"..."

Xiu Er hung up on