I Can't Think of a Title

"I have a pretty good understanding of the specifics. Once the complete paperwork is approved, the surgery can begin immediately... provided that I haven't been 'purged' by Feng before then." Admil said to Kosma, "I have no problem with that, but you'll have to handle Dr. Mobius's situation yourself. The issue of the direction of the core of the Eighth Law is also the thing she's been focusing on the most lately."

"Um... thank you," Kosma said with a somewhat complicated expression.

Not long ago, after a long surgery lasting more than twenty hours, the Fusion Warrior surgery of Astaroth was successfully completed. Zhu Yufeng also kept his promise and waited outside the operating room from beginning to end until Astaroth came out after the surgery was successful. He greeted Astaroth and didn't even sleep. After that, he was dragged to the dormitory by Lilith and Elysia and forced to sleep.

A passerby who had been keeping her company for a while expressed his envy for Lionel, saying that he didn't even have the chance to wait outside the operating room for his sister to finish her surgery; he only found out about it after the surgery was over.

Although Kosma knew that Admil hadn't slept during this time, seeing that Admil showed no signs of resting after the surgery, he told Admil about Disaster's situation.

Admil readily agreed. Logically, he was indeed responsible for this matter, even though the truth about the Stigmata Project he led and the Eighth Law incident was ultimately sealed away by the World Serpent, and very few people knew about it. The World Serpent also secretly covered up the birth of the Eighth Law Remiel, and some information was altered by Mostima and Vill-V. Therefore, Admil was not actually responsible for the Eighth Law incident.

However, for those in the know and for Admil himself, the price to pay was necessary.

For example, there's the "sanction" that might come to Feng at any time... It's definitely going to happen. The Stigmata Project was started because of his own questioning about some past events, and in the end, it even dragged Feng's adopted sister Astaroth, into it. No matter how you look at it, there's no way he could be unscathed.

Moreover, Admil himself knew that necessary punishment was quite necessary for someone like him, because if some of his things were not investigated, he would not truly reflect on them, but would think that he had not yet crossed the line. Look, we haven't killed or crippled him yet, have we?

An occasional head-on blow can also help people stay rational in the midst of madness.

For Admil, Disaster's matter was just a small favor, a simple operation. It certainly didn't matter as much to him as Astaroth. As the darling of the Fallen Angel, even though she had lost her previous memories, Astaroth still held considerable sway over Admil.

This is also one of the reasons why Admil felt that even if Feng punched through a building later, he wouldn't be too upset.

So, Nahamah had already contacted people to prepare a big banquet to celebrate Astaroth's successful surgery. However, Zhu Yufeng vetoed it before going to bed. Astaroth hates noisy environments the most, and Nahamah's banquet...

Although Disaster's matter didn't hold a very high place in Admil's heart, Admil would still do his best. Considering the pros and cons in one's heart was one thing, and fulfilling one's promise was another.

(Since everything has been agreed upon with Admil, there shouldn't be any problems... As for Mobius, she might indeed focus her attention on searching for the Eighth Law's Law Core because of the Eighth Law's matter... After all, there haven't been any clues about the Eighth Law's Law Core since the Eighth Law's incident. If the Eighth Law is trying to find another vessel like Uriel, the situation will become even more dangerous...)

Kosma was thinking to himself, then noticed the atmosphere in the lab had turned cold. After hesitating for a moment, he decided to start a conversation. "Regarding the core of the Eighth Law, are there still no clues?"

"No." Admil was working on the computer, organizing various data that Kosma couldn't understand. "I only specialize in the field of biology, unlike Dr. Mobius and Dr. Mei who have a wide range of knowledge. Problems in Imaginary Space, such as the Law Core of the Eighth Law, are not within my area of expertise."

Compared to the whereabouts of the core of the Eighth Law, he only needs to focus on the data monitoring part he is responsible for in the search operation. Both May and Mobius are better at theoretical reasoning than he is, so he is more concerned about SEELE now.

As Fusion Warrior and the former Sixth Law, Seele participated in the struggle for control of the Eighth Law's dream world during the Eighth Law incident. According to the final test results, firstly, the awakened human marks on the Stigmata of those under his Stigmata have been confirmed to have disappeared, but the space constructed by the Stigmata has not completely collapsed.

The direct result and conclusion is that the Stigmata has been transferred to Seele.

In other words, Seele is probably the first and most likely the only Valkyrie with a Stigmata that fits the later definition, right? If Admil hadn't continued his Stigmata experiments...

"Stigmata and Fusion Warrior should be two opposing concepts. Is it because of the special nature of the Lawful Element that they can exist in a single individual?" Admil pondered. He couldn't verify this through experiments. After all, the existing Fusion Warrior were rare species, not the same as ordinary people. If he accidentally killed one of them, even the World Serpent wouldn't be able to fool him. It would be a huge loss for humanity. Admil wouldn't engage in such a high-risk, unpredictable gamble.

He may be mad and stubborn in his pursuit of truth, but he won't gamble with the fate of humanity. After all, the ultimate goal of everything he does is to find a way out for humanity in the face of impending doom.

After the surgery, he told Mobius about it, and that he had come here hoping to get some assistance from Seele in his experiments.

Admil's conclusion gave Mobius another idea: could the core of the Eighth Law exist within the Stigmata Space of the Stigmata on Seele's body?

So now Mobius is conducting another round of testing on this.

Regarding the whereabouts of the Eighth Law's core, Admil was quite concerned about the peculiar fluctuation he observed after the Eighth Law's suicide. Unlike others' observations, he observed it directly within the Stigmata Space. That fluctuation... indeed matched the X Law hypothesis proposed by the Mu Continent, or rather, the existence of a dormant, known Law explained the cause of this fluctuation.

But strangely, the fluctuating data... seemed to only exhibit characteristics consistent with the fluctuations of the Law for a very short period of time, while at other times it behaved like a human who had mistakenly entered the Stigmata Space... To say it resembled, it would be more accurate to say it was somewhat similar to Fusion Warrior but different from a normal human.

"Both a Lawbringer and Fusion Warrior? Or is he Fusion Warrior under normal circumstances and a Lawbringer under special circumstances?" Admil stroked his chin, lost in thought. "While this way of thinking can greatly narrow down the suspects, doesn't it mean that there's a Lawbringer lurking within the Fire Moth, and among the Fusion Warrior? The existing Fusion Warrior are basically the top combat force of the Fire Moth, or rather, important researchers... If this Lawbringer is an enemy..."

Kosma silently watched Admil, who was lost in his own thoughts. Well, it seems the awkward silence really wasn't his fault, at least not this time. So he shouldn't worry anymore and could leave.

After Kosma left, Admil turned his gaze in the direction Kosma had gone.

Currently, all Herrscher are female, or have female figures... So Kosma doesn't meet the Herrscher requirements. The fluctuation above was a fluctuation outside of Kosma's own fluctuation, so Kosma can be directly ruled out. At that time, there must have been other Fusion Warrior who entered the Stigmata Space while they were busy stabilizing the Stigmata Space to create an opportunity for Kosma.

The special device that allows entry into the Stigmata Space was jointly created by Rovoc and Vill-V, both of whom are suspects. Rovoc is an ally, and given that they are both Fallen Angel, he can be ruled out. Therefore, Rovoc is highly suspicious. Furthermore, Vill-V split personality can indeed effectively conceal her Herrscher identity...

However, it seems that Vill-V and Feng have a very good relationship, and Feng trusts Vill-V a lot. If I have doubts and can't produce evidence... I'll probably get beaten to death by Feng...

At the same time, rationally speaking, Rovoc's suspicion cannot be completely cleared. We need to find a way to go to Rovoc's place and see if we can get anything out of him...

After all, if the Herrscher Core the Eighth Herrscher cannot be found, the fact that the X Herrscher possesses the Herrscher Authority to devour other Herrscher is truly enough to pose the greatest threat to humanity since the beginning of the fight against Honkai. If the X Herrscher is inside the Fire Moth, it would also well explain why the previous Herrscher didn't rush to devour power after its death. Because it was inside the Fire Moth and at least in a high position, it could devour power at any time. Compared to the previous seven Herrscher, the Eighth Herrscher 'Herrscher Authority might be much more important to it, so it preemptively devoured the Eighth Herrscher's power...

On the other side.

Standing outside someone's dormitory, Lilith rested her chin on her hand, seemingly deep in thought, then looked at Elysia and said, "So you really won't reconsider my proposal?"

Elysia looked conflicted. "Although your suggestion is really tempting,..."

"In my memory, you shouldn't be like this." Lilith shrugged. "You seem to have too many concerns. This reminds me that if you had taken the initiative in our past life, even just asking Feng if Feng and I were actually a couple, my plan wouldn't have succeeded in the end."

"I..." Elysia choked, unsure how to answer.

Lilith confessed to her during the Ninth Herrscher incident in her previous life, and with those highly misleading couple earrings, she subconsciously accepted the information that "they are already a couple"... At that time, she had already vaguely sensed her feelings for Feng, but the promise she made to Feng that seemed to be almost a rejection became an obstacle. After all, she hadn't agreed at the time, only saying that she would have an answer when he became the Heroes he wanted to be.

Later, she thought about it carefully and realized that she might have already developed some feelings for Feng at that time, otherwise she wouldn't have given that answer under normal circumstances.

At the same time, her mindset was quite complicated at that time. She had always been hesitant about her identity. She was afraid that she was really a Herrscher, afraid that this identity would not be accepted by others, especially Feng, and worried that she might have to leave one day. Moreover, she felt uncomfortable when Feng and Lilith were together, so... she chose to bury her head in the sand.

I won't ask; even if they really are, they're not to me.

I don't care, so I won't see their intimate actions, and I won't know they have the characteristics of a couple.

This mentality makes the current Elysia wish she could go back and let the current Alicia do the work.

As for now, her hesitation stems from the fact that she doesn't feel it's come to that...

After all, this was her first time dating, and it wasn't even a normal relationship...

"It's just sleeping in the same bed, we're not doing anything else, what's the big deal?" Lilith shrugged. "Believe me, although Maple is a light sleeper, he definitely won't wake up in the middle of the night this time."

Even if he were to wake up, it would be a sign of disrespect for the Eighth Herrscher Authority. Moreover, if Feng hadn't been so unguarded in this regard, it would have been very difficult for her to succeed. For example, the Sleeping Tea technique no longer works on Feng. After being tricked once last time, she hasn't been able to fool him again.

"Besides, didn't we each lean on one shoulder and sleep on him last night?" Lilith added.

Elysia: "..."

How can this be the same? Last night she could make up an excuse that she was asleep and did it unconsciously, but this time... because of the dream she had the night before, she certainly wanted to do it too. If she were alone, she might have acted on it, but then there's Lilith involved...

"Anyway, you might have to get used to this kind of life in the future. We can't just use the solution of the Eighth Herrscher in her dreams, can we?" Lilith said.

"It's not that it's not true..." Elysia was about to say this when she suddenly looked behind Lilith. Hen smiled and nodded at her. Lilith noticed Elysia's gaze and turned around to look at Hen as well.

"Did Feng really not sleep at all last night?" Hen asked.

"Yes, because we don't know exactly when the surgery can be completed, and he's a bit stubborn about this; once he says he'll wait, he really will," Elysia said, shrugging.

"Is that so... Well then, I'd like to ask you for a favor."

Lilith looked up. Was there something else going on with her?

"It's just some things about little Griseo..."