What is the reason that makes the Herrscher of Knowledge run wildly?

"Uh, she said Herrscher of Reason is just a codename, like Agent 007."

"I see."

"I'll talk about the rest later. Right now, you're the only ones who can help me."

Hearing this, Wise calmly asked, "Why don't you go to the Void Investigation Association?"

"I... I don't want to be targeted by the association for now. If they find out I'm a tomb raider, we're finished."

"Besides, to feed those insatiable guys, even half my fortune wouldn't be enough! I can't just abandon my employees."

"Abandoning your employees... That sounds like something Nicole would do."

Nicole immediately retorted to Wise's teasing.

"Hey, don't make baseless accusations! I've already allocated a large portion of revenue to the [Employee Accident Relief Budget]!"

"In short, my request is simple: bring my people and the client's belongings out of the Void safely."

"A standard Proxy job. Aren't you taking it, little Nantong— I mean, Phaethon?"

Upon hearing this, Wise and Belle exchanged a glance, then looked at Nicole speechlessly.

"I think just for that comment alone, we should consider it."

"Wait, wait a minute! I didn't mean it, why did I misspeak?"

"Besides, aren't you a woman, Belle?"

Hearing this, Wise twitched his lips and narrowed his eyes with a smile.

"So you mean I'm Nantong?"

"No, no, no, that's not what I meant, ah—!"

"Fine, I admit it's my fault. If you do this job, all your previous debts will be paid off."

"I seem to recall you saying the same thing last time, and the money was only enough to pay off one debt."

"Oh, it's different this time! The reward is very generous. I'll give you half then, alright?"

"Deal. I've been waiting for you to say that. So, brother, what do you say?"

"If that's the case, then we accept."

"Excellent. No time to lose, let's go! I'll wait for you in the Void."

Soon, Nicole took Eous to the Void.

Belle and Wise also began to fine-tune the HDD system.

After a while.

"Hello? Your little friend has arrived at the location."

Nicole said to Wise on the phone.

"Mm, Belle, begin."

As Belle started to connect with Eous, she pulled out a bomb resembling a Pokémon Poké Ball from behind.

She walked towards the Void.

Taixu Mountain, at the foot of the mountain.

Hoshimi Miyabi looked at the greatly changed foot of the mountain with some amazement.

"As expected of Teacher.

Even in the Outer Ring, a place that could turn into a Void at any moment, you can achieve such prosperity."

"Well then, to be able to cultivate in peace this time. I've also handled all of Sixth Division's tasks for the next week."

With a smile, Hoshimi Miyabi gripped her sword and began to ascend the mountain.

Janus 14th Street, inside the Void.

At this moment, some leisurely music began to play.

Herrscher of Reason, Anbi, and Billy were squatting by the entrance of a convenience store.

Between the three of them was a grill they had somehow acquired.

On it, Herrscher of Reason was leisurely grilling skewers.

She also had a sandwich in her mouth.

"Aren't you guys going to eat some?"

She looked at the other two in confusion.

"Ahaha, I, I'm a robot, a little oil is fine. You go ahead and eat."

Anbi swallowed hard.

"I'm not hungry yet, I'll eat later."

It was obvious Anbi wanted to eat, but unfortunately, this was the Void, and the food had mostly been corrupted.

What if eating it turned them into Remnants?

But seeing the Herrscher of Reason eating so deliciously, the two of them started to wonder if they were even human anymore.

Not only did they tank missiles, but now they were stuffing their faces with corrupted food.

And they were completely fine.

Twitching the parts of his face, Billy flipped through the reports in his hand about "Oh~ Sweetheart."

"Speaking of which, Ms. Herrscher of Reason, is it really okay for us to be this comfortable?"

"What are you afraid of? We have bodyguards, don't we?"

Anbi and Billy turned their heads to look not far away, where a group of Remnants were standing guard.

They didn't know if their brains had malfunctioned or what, but they weren't attacking them at all anymore.

Just then, Eous came out from the alleyway beside them, trotting on its short legs.

It couldn't help but be startled when it saw the scene.

"What's going on! Why--"

Hearing his sister's surprised cry, Wise put down his phone and came over to look.

"What's wrong, Belle? Are they in danger-- wait, aren't they a bit too comfortable?"

"No, what's going on? Why are the Remnants acting as their bodyguards?"

Belle's exclamation came through Eous.

Hearing the voice, Billy got up from his lounge chair, folded the newspaper, and stretched.

"Oh, oh, oh~ It's Phaethon! Boss Nicole really brought reinforcements!"

Wiping his mouth, Little Herrscher kicked the barbecue grill away and then darted in front of Eous.

Suspiciously.

"Is this the legendary Proxy you were talking about, Phaethon?"

"Waaah~ You, you're the Herrscher of Reason, aren't you?"

"That's right, it's me! The great Herrscher of Reason!"

Standing up, Anbi also walked over to report.

"Current status is good, ammunition reserves are sufficient. Proxy, when do we leave?"

"This, haha, it feels like you don't need rescuing."

"No, we definitely need rescuing. We're so hungry right now, we could eat eight burgers."

"This way, we'll be there soon."

The three of them and Bangboo tidied up and prepared to leave.

As they were leaving, Billy seemed to have forgotten something.

His body stiffened, and he pointed a finger to the sky.

"Oh, ho ho~ I forgot something important. Wait for me."

With that, he quickly ran back to the convenience store they had just left.

He smashed the display case with a rifle stock and took out the Star Knight figurine inside.

"Heh heh~ I almost forgot about you, my little treasure."

Turning around, he left holding his beloved figurine, completely ignoring the insurance safe that was lying quietly nearby.

Outside the Void.

Nicole saw the three of them return and said happily, "That's great-- you're finally back."

After stepping forward and hugging Anbi, Nicole looked around.

"Huh? Where's the insurance safe?"

"Yeah, where's the insurance safe? Didn't we ask Billy to get it?"

Instantly, several pairs of eyes focused on Billy.

He calmly took the figurine out from behind his back.

"How could I possibly forget? Heh heh--!!!

Ah, it turns out it's the Star Knight's third-anniversary limited edition, discontinued supreme version figurine!"

"So, the insurance safe didn't come out..."

"Report, Nicole. When we were resting at the convenience store entrance, Billy was blushing the whole time looking at the newspaper."

The safe seemed to be right at his feet."

"...Bil--ly!!!!"

"I'm sorry! Boss Nicole, I was wrong—"

"Phew, forget it. As long as you all returned safely, we'll talk about the safe later."

Seeing that things were mostly settled, the Herrscher of Reason spoke.

"Nicole, let me use your phone. I need to call the Old Fossil."

"Okay, here you go."

After handing over the phone, the Herrscher of Reason fiddled with it until the call connected.

"Hey, Old Fossil, I've resolved Nicole's situation! Went quite smoothly, how about that?"

"Well done, Little Herrscher. Wait a moment, Miyabi, be a little gentler with your touch. You're too rough, it won't work."

"Understood, Teacher, I will."

Crack—

"My phone!!!!"

Anbi, Billy, and Belle watched the Herrscher of Reason sprint away.

Completely ignoring Nicole, who was squatting to the side, clutching her phone and weeping.

"What did Ah Hua say? Why is Ms. Herrscher of Reason in such a hurry?"

"I don't know. I guess she was called home for dinner."

Anbi nodded in agreement.

Indeed, eating was very important—