"Mmm..." Kiana, who had intended to go back to sleep, immediately woke up upon hearing that.
Right, she had a date with Mei today!
After hesitating for a mere tenth of a second between Mei and sleeping in, Kiana quickly made her choice. She threw off the covers and jumped straight out of bed.
Seeing her start to take off her pajamas, Ishiu turned and left the bedroom, heading to the dining table in the living room to eat breakfast.
"Ishiu! Did you see my socks?" Kiana's voice came from the bedroom. "I washed them the day before yesterday, why can't I find them?"
"Under your pillow." Ishiu replied, rolling his eyes. Heaven knows what it felt like for him when he was sleeping in the bedroom the day before yesterday and suddenly found a pair of socks under his pillow.
At the time, he almost couldn't resist rushing into the living room and stuffing the socks into Kiana's mouth.
So, after waking up this morning, he put the socks back.
"Oh, oh."
Soon, Kiana, who had gotten dressed, came out of the bedroom. Because she had just woken up, her hair wasn't tied up yet. Her straight, shoulder-length hair made Ishiu glance at her a few extra times.
Kiana took two steps at a time, reaching the dining table and reaching for the steamed buns on the plate.
Ishiu was quick. He flicked a chopstick, leaving a red mark on the back of Kiana's hand.
"Ah! You brat! Why did you hit me?" Kiana exclaimed, instinctively retracting her hand. Her eyes widened, and her cheeks puffed out, making her look like an inflated pufferfish.
"Did you wash your hands?" Ishiu asked with disgust. "Go wash your face and brush your teeth first, you haven't even wiped the sleep out of your eyes."
"Mmm..." Kiana's pretty face flushed. She quickly rubbed her eyes and then turned and ran towards the bathroom.
After they finished breakfast, they left the house and ran towards their meeting spot.
However, Ishiu didn't know that at this very moment, a scene was unfolding at the Anti-Entropy headquarters in Siberia.
"How is Raiden Ryoma's daughter's condition recently? Are there any abnormal reactions?"
In the basement of the Anti-Entropy headquarters, Cocolia asked her subordinate while looking at the experimental data.
"No, Raiden Mei has excellent compatibility with the Conquest Gem, and both are currently in a stable phase. However, as the Conquest Gem is gradually fusing with Raiden Mei, the Honkai Energy in Changkong City is gradually increasing," a young woman with glasses replied calmly.
"Mmm, it's good that there are no problems." Cocolia nodded. She didn't care at all about the increase in Honkai Energy in Changkong City. As long as her goal could be achieved, these problems were nothing in her eyes.
The young woman with glasses showed a hint of hesitation, as if she wanted to say something but didn't.
"Do you have anything else to say?" Cocolia noticed her hesitation and asked.
"Um... it's nothing much, really. It's just that the reports from the person monitoring Raiden Mei recently mentioned that she has had very close contact with two people in the past month. We investigated the identities and backgrounds of those two people. One girl's identity is very ordinary, but we couldn't find any information about the other person.
I'm a little worried that they might be sent by other organizations to get close to Raiden Mei and try to get something from her."
"Oh? Let me see the information on those two people." Cocolia raised an eyebrow, saying with some interest.
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Chapter 59: Cocolia and Bronya's Advance
"Understood." The young woman took out a tablet, tapped on it a few times, and then handed the tablet to Cocolia.
"Kiana? This face... I think I've seen it somewhere before." Cocolia frowned, carefully looking at Kiana's photo. She felt that this face was very familiar, but she couldn't recall it for the moment.
Since Kiana's public identity did not include the Kaslana surname, Cocolia couldn't think of it as Cecilia's daughter after thinking for a long time.
However, because Kiana's identity had been deliberately hidden by Siegfried, Cocolia didn't find anything unusual after looking for a while. She temporarily put aside her doubts and swiped the page to the second one.
"This, this is!..."
Cocolia's beautiful, elf-like purple eyes widened instantly, her gaze filled with disbelief. She stared blankly for a long time at the familiar face on the document. Her usually calm demeanor was gone, and even the hand holding the tablet began to tremble.
"Kris!" She suddenly turned her head to look at the young woman, her eyes instantly becoming sharp as a knife, like a flashing cold sword, causing Kris to instinctively take a step back.
"Are you sure this information is real?"
"M-Madam Cocolia, this information is indeed real. This is all collected by our people during this period. Although it may not be complete, it's definitely not fake." Kris shivered under Cocolia's gaze, stuttering slightly.
Cocolia stared intently at Kris's face. After confirming that she wasn't lying, she felt her heart start to race.
"Impossible... How could this be possible..." Cocolia looked at the tablet in her hand again. Although she wanted to tell herself that it was impossible, that she had personally watched her favorite son be assimilated and devoured by quantum to stop the experiment and save Seele, and that the person in the document who looked like him was just a coincidence.
But looking at the familiar face and the identical name, her heart couldn't help but become chaotic.
"Ishiu... is it really you?" Cocolia bit her red lip, her finger gently stroking the photo on the document, just like she used to do.
"Madam Cocolia?" Kris called out fearfully. She didn't know why Cocolia had suddenly lost her composure like this, but she knew it must be related to the information she had given. What if Madam Cocolia was in a bad mood and deducted her bonus? She still had loans to pay off this month!
"...Prepare a battleship for me. I need to reach Changkong City as quickly as possible!" Cocolia said in a deep voice.
"Huh? But the experiment..." Kris was a little dumbfounded.
"Let the experiments go to hell! I'm going to Changkong City now!" Cocolia swore directly. She was very emotional right now, and her mind was filled with Ishiu. As for the experiments, she would deal with them after she saw Ishiu.
"Y-yes..." Seeing this, Kris didn't dare to argue and immediately went to prepare the battleship.
"Ishiu... have you really returned?"
In the spacious laboratory, a confused murmur echoed, mixed with a hint of expectation.
Half an hour later, Cocolia boarded a warship bound for Changkong City. Not long after, Bronya, who had returned to report on her mission, looked at the empty laboratory and couldn't help but wonder where Cocolia had gone.
After searching for a while, she finally learned from someone that Cocolia had already flown to Changkong City in Japan.
"Mom is going to Changkong City now? Isn't it too early? Didn't they say the fusion of the somatic body and the Conquest Gem would take some time to meet the requirements?"
"I don't know. Lord Cocolia was fine before, but after seeing the information I gave her, her expression suddenly changed drastically, and then she flew to Changkong City." Kris shrugged, indicating she was just as confused.
"Strange... What kind of information was it? Let me see." Bronya frowned and said to Kris.
"Alright, it's not confidential information anyway." Seeing Bronya's interest in the document, Kris handed it over. After all, she was Cocolia's daughter, and Kris didn't dare offend her. What if she got into trouble?
Then, she saw that after reading the document, Bronya's expression became exactly the same as Cocolia's had been earlier. Kris couldn't help but sigh inwardly, truly worthy of being mother and daughter; their reactions after reading the information were identical.
Bronya's hands tightly gripped the tablet, unconsciously exerting so much force that the veins on the back of her fair hands bulged, and she even cracked the screen of the tablet.
"You just said Mom has already flown to Changkong City, right?" After her expression shifted through various emotions, Bronya suddenly looked up at Kris.
"Yes, she only left a little while ago."
"Prepare a warship for me too, I'm going to Changkong City!" Bronya said without hesitation.
"Huh?" Kris was stunned. She clearly hadn't expected Bronya to say the same thing. However, she quickly showed a troubled expression. "Um... Bronya, I'm sorry, but I don't have the authority to make that decision. Unless Lord Cocolia personally gives the order, I don't have the right to deploy a warship."
Bronya bit her lip, then took out her communicator, intending to contact Cocolia.
But for some reason, she sent several call requests, but they all disappeared like mud into a vast ocean, receiving no response.
Seeing this, Bronya stamped her foot, her anxiety deepening. She simply turned and ran outside.
"Bronya, where are you going?" Kris called from behind.
"By plane, to Changkong City!" Bronya replied without looking back.
Since she couldn't take a warship, she would go by plane!
She had to go and confirm for herself if this person, who looked exactly like her younger brother and had the same name, was truly Ishiu!
If it was him, how did he come back? And when did he come back? And that girl named Kiana, what was her relationship with him?
As Bronya ran quickly, a giant shadow seemed to stand behind her like a guardian deity, following closely behind her, never leaving her side.
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"Goddess, You're Panicking Again!"
The drums and gongs were banging so early in the morning, it was deafening!
Even if they were banging, why was my bed still shaking!
Ye Qian, suppressing her morning temper, kicked open the coffin lid...
PS: Contains thought projection, mechanical ascension, nuclear bombardment, science and education for national prosperity, and the vastness of the stars...
(This book is about a single protagonist)
"Moon World's Grand Master Master"
"To become a qualified Grand Master Master, after joining Chaldea, I have been undergoing strength training such as push-ups, pull-ups, squat jumps, and long-distance running..."
"So that's why you tore apart Heroic Spirits with your bare hands?"
"Ding! Copy successful, acquired skill - [King's Treasure]!"
"Ding! Copy successful, acquired skill - [Knights Do Not Die by Hand]!"
"Ding! Copy successful, acquired skill - [Baji Quan]!"
Chapter 60 Raiden Mei: It's Nothing
Meanwhile, Ishiu was unaware that a warship and a plane were rushing towards Changkong City. After he and Kiana arrived at the park, they waited for a while before Raiden Mei arrived.
"Sorry to keep you waiting, it took me some time to change..."
When Raiden Mei appeared before Ishiu and Kiana, both of them widened their eyes in unison, their gazes locked onto Raiden Mei as if they were drawn by magnets.
Today, Raiden Mei was not wearing her school uniform. Instead, she had changed into a dress. The blue and white dress with lace trim, paired with black stockings, was a perfect combination.
It was both pure and sexy. Raiden Mei also seemed to be wearing light makeup today. Her eyebrows were more beautiful than usual, and her lips were coated with a moist color that reflected a faint sheen under the sunlight.
"What's wrong? Why are you looking at me like that? Do I look strange today?" Seeming a little shy from Ishiu and Kiana's direct stares, Raiden Mei's pretty face flushed, and she nervously tiptoed.
"No, no! Mei, you look so beautiful today!" Kiana's eyes sparkled as she began to praise her.
"Thank you, Kiana, you look beautiful today too." Raiden Mei smiled slightly and replied to Kiana appropriately.
In fact, Kiana looked no different from usual today. She was wearing the same clothes as always, but Kiana really liked hearing that compliment, her eyes curving into crescent moons.
"Ishiu... how do you think I look today?" Miss Mei shifted her gaze back to Ishiu, asking with a blushing face.
She had woken up early that morning to take a bath for today's picnic, then spent a lot of time making lunchboxes, and finally spent half the day choosing her outfit, which caused her to be a little late.
"You look great. This outfit suits you very well, Mei." Ishiu gave Raiden Mei a thumbs-up and praised her with a grin, "It would be even better if you wore white stockings."
"You... you like white stockings?" Raiden Mei looked down at her warm black stockings and began to consider whether she should wear white stockings from now on.
"Yeah, I guess I do." Ishiu rubbed his nose, his mind drifting to Seele's white stockings. The feel of them was truly... slurp~
"Huh? You brat, you're actually that perverted? You like white stockings too, are you lusting after my legs?" Kiana stretched out her long legs. She was wearing hot pants today, reaching above her knees, and warm white stockings on her calves.
"What's wrong with liking white stockings? Does liking black stockings make someone less of a pervert?" Ishiu rolled his eyes, annoyed. "Besides, I'm not interested in your legs. You always stink because you don't wash your feet every other day."
"Hey! When do I not wash my feet every other day! You brat! Don't say bad things about me in front of Mei! Mei, I really do wash my feet every day, and they don't stink at all!" Hearing Ishiu's words, Kiana exploded. She punched Ishiu hard in the back and then frantically explained to Raiden Mei.
"Pfft–" Raiden Mei covered her mouth, and uncontrollable laughter overflowed from between her fingers. She looked at Ishiu and Kiana with a loving expression. "Kiana, your relationship is so good, it even makes me envious."
"Who's close to this brat? Mei, you don't know how annoying he is. Yesterday he forced me to eat carrots, and the day before yesterday he washed my clothes without asking. My underwear is still in there! And also, and also..." Kiana immediately retorted with dissatisfaction.
But as she listed one thing after another, Raiden Mei's mouth twitched slightly.
Kiana, you... you're deliberately trying to make me jealous, aren't you?
Ever since Raiden Mei learned that Kiana and Ishiu were living together... no, sharing an apartment, she had felt a pang of envy. She wished she had someone she could talk to anytime, anywhere, instead of returning home to face a cold, empty house alone.
And now, listening to Kiana recount her sweet life with Ishiu (at least, that's how Raiden Mei saw it), she was almost turning into a jealous mess!
"Cough cough... Alright Kiana, you don't need to say anymore. I understand." Seeing Kiana getting more worked up, Raiden Mei directly stopped her, clearly indicating she really didn't want to hear any more of their public displays of affection!
"Mhm, it's good that you understand, Mei. I like you the most anyway!"
"Yeah, yeah~~" Mei responded noncommittally, casually placating the excited Miss Kiana with a few words before turning to Ishiu. "Ishiu, do you have anything else to say?"
"I have nothing to say. You're in charge of the arrangements today anyway. Kiana and I will just follow your lead." Ishiu shrugged. He didn't know the exact location for today's camping trip, and Raiden Mei hadn't told them, only that she wouldn't disappoint them.
"Okay, then let's go. If we catch the nearest bus and then transfer to a subway line, we should be able to reach the place before noon," Raiden Mei said.
Ishiu and Kiana naturally had no objections, so the three of them got on a nearby bus and headed for the subway station.
It was the weekend, and the subway wasn't very crowded, so all three were fortunate enough to find seats.
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