At that moment, Rita had already reached the other side of the stone wall. However, all she saw there was Catherine lying on the ground.
"Where's Susanna?"
Rita searched all around, but she never caught sight of Susanna.
"Could Susanna have been taken away?"
Rita was somewhat nervous and was about to think of a countermeasure when a sharp shout came from the other side of the wall behind her, accompanied by the sound of the wall collapsing.
"Hah!!"
With the cat tucked under one arm, Durandal struck a triumphant pose with the other and kicked down the thick wall separating her from Rita.
"Rita, I've come to find you," Durandal said directly.
Seeing the combination of two people and one cat before her, Rita was somewhat stunned. "Lady Durandal... and Lord Bishop? Why are you two here?"
"Rita."
Otto stepped forward and said to Rita, "Allow me to explain what happened."
Otto proceeded to tell Rita about everything that had happened earlier.
However... he did not reveal the truth about Susanna.
There was a reason why Catherine was the only one behind the stone wall.
From the very beginning, the one who had come to London to meet up with Rita had not been the real Susanna, but a puppet made of Soul Steel.
That was also why Xu Yanwu had sensed that something was off.
However, in order to avoid being discovered by Xu Yanwu, Otto had not directly taken control of the body that looked like Susanna.
Instead, he had found an opportunity to place the real Susanna inside a nutrient chamber, allowing her own consciousness to control the movements of that Soul Steel body.
All Otto had done was observe and guide Susanna's actions in order to achieve the result he wanted.
When Susanna had been