Don't Tell an Angry Girl "I Can Explain" / Not a Rumor

"I will provide the cloth."

Huh? What did he say?

The girl's mind raced like lightning; her brain was working at lightning speed after Lin uttered those words.

Will he produce cloth?

Wouldn't she win if she threw scissors?

Her own and her partner's hands were already descending, leaving her little time. Instinctively, she thought of using scissors.

She glanced at him and saw that the man's face was expressionless and utterly cold.

No, he's bluffing her! He's planning to play the stone!

But what if this is his plan? No, it's too late—

"One!"

Cloth met stone.

The girl stared in disbelief at her clenched fist; she had expected at least a draw...

"Despicable!" she shouted angrily at the innocent Lin.

"Noble."

What are you saying?!

"Antonym."

The girl had to admit that this man was more annoying than the archbishop she had ever met, and he left a very bad impression on her in less than an hour.

But she keeps her word; that's always been her way.

This is quite different from the kind of guy who even resorts to tricks when playing rock-paper-scissors.

"I am Durandal. I am here to investigate an abnormal quantum phenomenon. I come from outside this World Bubble."

As expected, it originates from outside the World Bubble, but what is this abnormal quantum phenomenon?

The girl was still a little angry, but she controlled herself well and said to Lin, word by word, "It's your turn."

"I am Lin."

"..."

Lin nodded solemnly to show his friendliness.

"That's all?" The girl's eye twitched slightly.

"You can see for yourself," Lin said calmly.

"I think there's a more convenient way to make our communication smoother." The girl realized that Lin was playing a trick on her, raised her spear, and came at him menacingly.

"What happens?"

Lin breathed a sigh of relief; they'd finally arrived.

Rita stopped a short distance away; she must have rushed over immediately after discovering the situation, leaving Einstein far behind.

She stared at Lin and the girl on the lance with a puzzled look, while the girl on the lance turned around in surprise upon hearing Rita's voice. "Rita?"

Rita was somewhat surprised when the other person called out her name, but upon seeing the girl's delicate features, she surprisingly uttered a name in return. "Bianca..."

Bianca quickly looked Rita up and down. "Long hair... you're not the Rita I know, are you?"

"You are not the Bianca I know... or any of those other women."

"And Einstein..."

Bianca's gaze lingered on Lin, Rita, and the arriving Einstein.

Lin spread his hands and forgave Bianca frankly. "It was all a misunderstanding. I didn't intend to have a conflict with her."

Bianca couldn't think of a reason not to dislike him.

"So none of you are native to this World Bubble?"

Bianca took the coffee Rita had brewed. She usually drank tea brewed by Rita, so today was a change of pace.

"To be precise, even this World Bubble was born in an accident." Einstein was in charge of communicating with Bianca, a straightforward girl who clearly disliked Lin.

And what about Lin?

Lin... was whispering something to Rita that only the two of them could hear, and they seemed very... intimate.

Bianca's displeasure only intensified after witnessing this scene.

Chapter 41 Don't tell an angry girl you can explain

What did you put in my coffee?

To avoid disturbing Einstein and Bianca's conversation, Lin deliberately lowered his voice and whispered in Rita's ear like a mosquito.

Rita felt a tickling sensation in her ears, as if Lin was deliberately blowing air into her ear canals, and a blush involuntarily rose to the tips of her ears.

Rita blinked, initially confused by Lin's meaning. Then, noticing the coffee foam still lingering at the corner of her mouth, she smiled warmly and quietly leaned closer to Lin's ear, "Actually..."

"The observers of my world have discovered a disordered quantum phenomenon within this World Bubble, so they've sent me to investigate. Rita, you're also from outside this World Bubble, do you know anything about it?"

Bianca changed the subject and asked Rita a question, but her gaze remained fixed intently on Lin.

It was obvious that she wanted to force Lin to comply with her gaze, and while Lin might not usually care, he wasn't acting like he usually did.

"Looking at me won't help." Lin spread his hands frankly and said in a tone devoid of any emotion, "She's not the Rita you know, but she's the Rita I know."

"Shameless!" Bianca gritted her teeth.

"Noble character and integrity."

"Are you some kind of elementary school student who likes to argue?"

"If I am, then you are too."

If someone can see another person's rage bar, then everyone else can see that Bianca's rage bar is rapidly increasing.

This Rita was indeed not the Rita she knew, and she had no right to demand anything from the other two people who were not closely related to her. However, seeing someone who looked exactly like Rita being so intimate with someone who seemed like a bad person from the moment they met...

No, Bianca, you are the S-rank Valkyrie Durandal of Schicksal, you can't lose your composure.

She has always been composed, but Mrs. Lin easily arouses her competitive spirit.

Bianca calmed herself down and asked, "Miss Rita, could you explain?"

Rita nodded and explained in detail, "This World Bubble was formed from a fragment of the Mu Continent. It was not born naturally. Even though it is relatively stable now, it will still become disordered when it is subjected to external impacts."

Bianca crossed her arms and nodded, listening intently.

"When I arrived, the World Bubble had already been impacted once, that is, when Mr. Lin came into the World Bubble."

"..."

Bianca glanced at Lin, not as a provocation, but because she was somewhat curious about how Lin had physically traversed the Quantum Sea.

"The crack didn't disappear after his arrival. Miss Bianca, you should have the means to operate in the Quantum Sea, so you should be able to sense the difference when entering this World Bubble, right?"

"It is indeed easier..."

But this wasn't exactly a chaotic quantum phenomenon. Bianca looked at Rita, who smiled and shrugged, indicating that that was all she knew.

"It seems we still need to investigate for a while."

Bianca was a woman of action; she immediately got up, drew her gun, and walked outside.

"Should we let her go?" Einstein, stirring his coffee with his head down.

Lin shook his head; now, the only thing he could do was let her go.

Rita's half-face came into Lin's view, smiling amiably, but vaguely revealing some "anger".

Yes, Lin Cong that smiling face.

"Mr. Lin, what does 'my Rita's mean? Am I your property?"

"I..." Lin paused for a moment, noticing the emotions in Rita's eyes. He wanted to explain, but then he remembered the strategies someone had been teaching him for dealing with a girl's changing moods over the past three years.

"Lin, when a girl is angry, don't make excuses~" The pink-haired girl grabbed Lin's face with a "kind" expression and pulled it to the side. "An explanation is just a cover-up, a cover-up is the truth, and the truth is that you need to be taught a lesson."

"Girls are very smart. You might think they need explanations, but they actually understand the logic. What they need is your apology."

"So if you stupidly repeat the same reason you made me angry again next time, hmph..."

So, the words were on the tip of his tongue, and Lin looked earnestly into Rita's eyes and said sincerely, "I'm sorry."

Einstein, who had been looking forward to watching the show, stopped stirring her coffee. She stared blankly at Lin, then at the equally stunned maid.

He then gave a wry smile.

Rita caught a glimpse of Einstein's teasing smile out of the corner of her eye and felt a little embarrassed. She coughed lightly and said, "It's okay, Rita is taking it too seriously. You were probably just joking."

"I didn't add anything to your coffee."

"But my sense of taste has returned."

Rita smiled gracefully, "The problem must lie with yourself."

"Aaaaa, I'm starving! Yan Luo- chan~ Did you prepare a delicious dinner for me...?"

"Roll."

The man returned to the locomotive with a grin, only to be met with a cold rebuke from the expressionless Yan Luo, who was engrossed in a book.

"This is so heartbreaking. He has beautiful maids who apply medicine to him, cook for him, and make him coffee, while the person I rescued feels like a master I begged to be brought back." The man sighed and walked towards the locker.

Hearing his wails, Yan Luo sneered disdainfully, "I can leave."

"Haha, I was just joking. It's just cooking, no big deal."

The man put down the bowl, poured in oatmeal and sugar, added boiling water, and chuckled heartily while twirling the spoon, "It's alright. So what if he's living a life of luxury with meat and fish every day and maids warming his bed at night, while I'm stuck with plain water and bread and getting yelled at? I don't care, boohoo... I don't care..."

Yan Luo put down his book and coldly watched him feign low sobs.

He was right about one thing.

He genuinely didn't care; he didn't actually have any material needs. Eating was just an occasional performance where he pretended to be human when he felt like it.

Did he ever show even a trace of genuine emotion? Yan Luo couldn't see how much of his true feelings were hidden in his hypocritical eyes.

"Don't look at me like that. I'm different from you; at least I have a sense of taste." The man raised his spoon and pointed it at Yan Luo. "Speaking of which, you don't know why you all lost your senses, do you?"

"..."

Yan Luo put down the book and frowned slightly. What did he mean by that?

"You've seen so many other versions of yourself, haven't you noticed something? Why are only the two of you 'special'? Even when the surgery failed, the other Lins didn't lose their senses?"

The spoon swirled, drawing a circle that enveloped Yan Luo, and he curled the corners of his mouth in a smile.

The answer is... I'm not telling you.

"..."

"Hahaha! How about that? Angry? This is your revenge for not cooking for me! Beg me, beg me and I'll tell you~"

"Roll!"

Chapter 42 is not a rumor

"Look, he brought back another girl with a great figure."

"This time it's a pretty, athletic lady..."

"Oh my god, is he planning to continue humanity in this World Bubble? That's terrifying."

"Croak! I don't want to see!"

Bianca walked through the base with a somewhat strange expression. She could hear the undisguised discussions and noticed that all the Armed Puppet, which looked like chibi-style humans, were looking at her with pity.

How should I put it... it felt like watching a little lamb walk into the tiger's den.

"Hey... kids, do you have a map? Or could you show me the way?"

Bianca is usually a very kind and approachable person. She especially loves cute creatures, and naturally, she is particularly fond of adorable little dolls like the Armed Puppet.