Mysteries Yet Unsolved

##DONE## "Pseudo-Servant…"

Minutes later, after hearing the whole story from Mashu, Olga Marie, as expected, yet also with a sense of inexplicable anxiety, gnawed on her nails and groaned.

"Why only now…"

Olga Marie's murmur was full of frustration.

Whether she was frustrated that Chaldea's Sixth Experiment was realized too timely or too late, no one knew.

But both Luo Zhen and Mashu could tell that Olga Marie's delicate body was trembling slightly.

However, no one knew exactly how Olga Marie was feeling right now.

Whether this young woman was angry at the reappearance of this inhuman experiment, or afraid of something else, only she herself knew.

Of course, Olga Marie wasn't the only one with problems; Luo Zhen had them too.

"Mashu becoming a Pseudo-Servant certainly surprised me for a while, but you showing up here surprises me just as much." Luo Zhen glanced at Olga Marie and said unceremoniously, "Why did this happen? You shouldn't be here, right?"

These words hit Olga Marie where it hurt.

But it was the truth.

Logically, Olga Marie shouldn't be here.

"Although you are a first-rate mage, and your aptitude for Magecraft is very high, you have neither the aptitude of a Master nor the aptitude for Spiritron Transfer."

Luo Zhen revealed the problem.

That was the crux of the matter.

Olga Marie didn't have the aptitude for Spiritron Transfer.

Therefore, Olga Marie was not a Master candidate and was not scheduled for Spiritron Transfer experiments.

In that case, Olga Marie's appearance here was completely illogical.

Forget about lacking aptitude, Spiritron Transfer would be impossible to succeed. Even if it could succeed, if Olga Marie wasn't on Chaldea's Spiritron Transfer list, the system wouldn't transfer her to Fuyuki City, even if it switched to automatic operation.

Under these circumstances, why would Olga Marie appear in Fuyuki City in 2004?

That was Luo Zhen's question.

But…

"How am I supposed to know what happened?" Olga Marie said irritably, "I was planning to stay in Chaldea and not come to a place like this at all, but the control room suddenly exploded for no reason, engulfing everything in front of me in flames. I lost consciousness almost immediately, and when I woke up, I was already here!"

In other words, Olga Marie herself was also clueless.

"Did the Spiritron Transfer experiment go wrong? Or did some unknown reason cause all of this? Someone tell me what's going on!"

Olga Marie groaned as if she had a headache.

"Where did Leff go at a time like this?"

If it were that professor, he should be able to provide a reasonable explanation for this situation, right?

Unfortunately…

(Maybe the reason lies with that professor, you idiot.)

Luo Zhen looked at Olga Marie, who was holding her head and groaning, and felt extremely uncomfortable, as if he had a thorn stuck in his side.

(In the end, why did Chaldea's control room explode, and why did the professor disappear before the operation even started? These mysteries haven't been solved yet.)

Recalling the chilling sensation he felt from Leff, Luo Zhen couldn't wait to drag that guy out.

Intuition told Luo Zhen that Leff was definitely hiding some major secret.

If that weren't the case, Luo Zhen wouldn't have rashly run out of the control room before the start of the important operation just because of Leff's disappearance.

The reason was to unravel this feeling of having a thorn in his side.

That being said, Luo Zhen already had some idea of where that professor was now.

So, Luo Zhen couldn't help but turn his head and look in one direction through the broken window.

In that direction, there was a deep mountain.

(If I'm not mistaken…)

Luo Zhen thought about this and turned his head to look at Olga Marie.

"By the way, you idiot Director."

"I… Idiot Director…!?"

Luo Zhen's slip of the tongue caused veins to bulge on Olga Marie's forehead.

But Luo Zhen completely ignored Olga Marie's reaction and continued speaking as if nothing had happened.

"Since you are the Director of Chaldea, you should know if there is any way to contact Chaldea in an emergency, right?"

For this purpose, Luo Zhen brought Mashu over to find Olga Marie.

Otherwise, Luo Zhen really wanted to let this arrogant Director suffer a little more before appearing when she couldn't hold on any longer.

Unaware of Luo Zhen's malicious intentions, Olga Marie harrumphed but still answered Luo Zhen's question.

"I can directly connect to Chaldea's communication channel with my authority as Director, but that requires a communicator."

Hearing this, Luo Zhen turned his gaze to Olga Marie's wrist.

There, a Chaldea-customized communicator was nowhere to be seen.

(Did it get damaged in the control room explosion? Or did it disappear during the abnormal Spiritron Transfer?)

Regardless of the reason, it seemed this was why Olga Marie couldn't contact Chaldea, leading to her running away with Fufu.

"My communicator also disappeared after becoming a Pseudo-Servant,"

Mashu, holding her shield and with Fufu on her shoulder, looked at Luo Zhen.

"It seems that among us, only senpai still has a communicator."

Mashu's words drew everyone's attention to Luo Zhen's wrist.

Indeed, he was wearing a Chaldea-specific communicator.

In fact, Luo Zhen had been trying to contact Chaldea through the communicator since the beginning, but all attempts had failed.

"Since you have a dedicated means of communication, then you should have the communicator."

With that, Luo Zhen readily took off the watch-like communicator from his wrist and tossed it to Olga Marie.

"Be careful! This is the only means of communication we currently have!"

Olga Marie hurriedly caught the communicator, complaining as she began to operate it.

After a while, Olga Marie gave up.

"It's no use, I can't connect." Olga Marie shook her head and said, "Although I entered the communication channel, no one is answering on Chaldea's end."

Come to think of it, this was quite normal.

The control room had suffered such a massive fire, and even the central area was sealed off. Until the abnormal disaster was resolved and the lockdown lifted, no one could enter the central control room to answer the call.

(I wonder how my brother is doing...)

Thinking of this, Luo Zhen couldn't help but feel worried.

However, now was not the time to worry about others.

"Chirp chirp chirp...!"

A small bird suddenly flew in from the window, circling above Luo Zhen's head while chirping like an alarm.

"This is...!"

Luo Zhen's expression changed.

"Woof!"

At the same time, Fufu let out a warning growl on Mashu's back.

"W-What's wrong...!"

Olga Marie panicked slightly.

As for Mashu, she had already raised her shield, standing in front of everyone.

At that moment...

"ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAR————!"

A terrifying roar echoed.