"It's her."
As the image in Wine Cup's livestream lit up, the voice of the God-Worshipping Sect's chief priest immediately rang out.
Water Clone opened his mouth and said quietly, "This isn't the original audio. It's dubbing supplied by the main body after reading their lips."
Since it was dubbed, that meant Wine Cup was likely still in the state of heart-addiction and had yet to awaken.
And that was indeed the case. After the God-Worshipping Sect's chief priest "released" Wine Cup from the pocket watch, she was placed in the center of a cramped room lit only by dim lamps.
The chief priest stood to one side, speaking with a mysterious woman across from him. She wore jet-black robes and held a crystal ball.
"Just this one?" Most of the mysterious woman's face was hidden beneath the shadows of her hood, impossible to see clearly. Only her lips were illuminated, allowing Laplace's main body to successfully read her lips and provide a voice-over.
Her voice sounded rather mechanical compared to the chief priest's.
After all, they had heard the chief priest speak before and knew what sort of voice he had, so the subsequent dubbing followed suit. But this was the mysterious woman's first appearance, and they had no idea what voice to use for her. They simply substituted a relatively flat mechanical voice.
Still, the dubbing was unimportant. What mattered was the content.
"Yes." The chief priest nodded. "She was acquired from the Underground Black Street. Not only is she from a rare race, but she also appears to be a Calamity Bearer. What I need you to do is determine her origins, trace the cause of her calamity, and observe any abnormalities in her soul."
The mysterious woman stood silently for a moment before nodding lightly. "I