Ark Simulator, Am I Not Non-Corporeal?

"You... you are...?"

"Alright, don't be nervous. Come with me; I need your help with something."

The spokesperson said this, then led the company representative away, adding as they left, "Don't worry, things are moving in a positive direction."

Zofia pursed her lips. Of course she knew about this, because Su Rui and Maria had already gone to purge the entire Kazimierz. The Commercial Union was a joke in front of Su Rui.

As the spokesperson left, looking at the night sky, a sense of unease crept into her heart: ' Miss Coriander, I'm counting on you.'

The Miss Coriander" he mentioned was already getting tired of constantly hunting down the unsuspecting representatives of the Commercial Union.

Su Rui stopped in a small alley, put away her armor, and went to a 24-hour convenience store.

'What are we supposed to do?' Maria asked herself, somewhat puzzled.

"Our work is done." Su Rui shrugged. "I want to get something to eat and relax."

'Tired? But surely we can't wipe out all the bad guys in Kazimierz by ourselves, right? I know a few good snacks~'

Maria smiled too, and in Su Rui's mind, she offered him a suggestion: 'Sometimes I'll sneak out for a nice treat when Uncle isn't home.'

"Hmm, sounds good." Su Rui nodded, went to the convenience store, and at Maria's suggestion, bought a few snacks she had never seen before. Then, under the eager gaze of the clerk, she took a photo with him.

"It seems you're already quite famous. Even if you didn't become Lady Vanilla, you could still make a lot of money based on your popularity, right?"

"But that's not our goal." Maria ignored Su Rui's teasing. "Being able to clear the name of the Nearl family and do something for Kazimierz, we're doing the right thing right now."

"Yes, yes, yes." Su Rui nodded, then looked behind her with some surprise:

"Oh? I didn't expect to run into you by chance. Are you taking advantage of this opportunity to slack off?"

Su Rui turned his head and looked at Centaurea, who was hesitantly looking at him from the shadows behind him.

"Why that expression? I didn't mean to do anything." Under Su Rui's questioning gaze, Centaurea sighed and stepped out of the shadows to stand in front of Su Rui:

"Hello, Miss Maria, nice to meet you."

"What's so great about meeting you? I asked you to deal with those people from the Commercial Union before, aren't you still doing those tasks? You haven't forgotten about me, have you?"

Su Rui looked at the somewhat stiff Centaurea strangely, then Centaurea appeared even more sorrowful:

"I thought you wanted to conceal your identity."

"There's no need. We'll be friends from now on, and you can meet me on Rhodes Island too."

A smile involuntarily crept onto Su Rui's lips as she reached out and patted Platinum's shoulder.

"Work hard, and your vacation and wonderful life are waiting for you. I have no reason to lie to you, right? After all, I already have other plans for Kazimierz; there's no place for you here. Don't worry about me keeping you here to work overtime."

Centaurea nodded, glanced at the snacks in Su Rui's hand, her eyes flickering, then said goodbye to Su Rui, "In that case, I won't disturb your rest any longer."

"Hmm, goodbye."

Su Rui nodded, cheerfully bidding farewell to Centaurea: "Centaurea seems a bit silly."

'She's probably just worried about being "disappeared" after they find out my identity, right?'

Maria saw things much more clearly than the carefree Su Rui, but Maria also somewhat helpless: ' Su Rui, don't reveal my identity so easily, it'll cause trouble.'

"What kind of trouble are you referring to? I've already told Zofia about my plans for a major purge in Kazimierz. Do you think Młynar won't know?"

'That's it...'

Maria looked like the sky had fallen. Even though Su Rui couldn't see Maria's expression, she could feel her grief... Come to think of it, Maria should be considered to have lost both her parents, right?

"Don't worry, if Młynar has any objections, we'll just calm him down with our fists."

I still hope things don't escalate to that point.

If Maria were in control of her body right now, she would definitely want to cover her face with her hands. Right now, she just hoped Su Rui would change the subject, at least allowing her to escape reality for a while.

"Speaking of which, what was Miss Centaurea doing here? Are there any important figures from the Commercial Union here?"

"No, she just came over to grab a bite to eat while on a mission. Come to think of it, shouldn't I let her rest a bit and go back to work tomorrow? I never imagined I was exploiting someone too."

'Then you could message Miss Centaurea and tell her to take a break.'

"No." Su Rui shook her head, rejecting Maria's suggestion. "We need to resolve this issue as soon as possible, otherwise, it will be difficult to find a vigilant rat. At worst, we can give Centaurea a bigger reward later."

Volume 5, Chapter 276: I did it, so what?

After resting briefly on the street, Su Rui and Maria switched back into their bodies, and Maria followed the path Su Rui pointed out to her familiar Fearsome Martin Bar.

Pushing open the door, I could hear the sounds of discussions about Commercial Union coming from inside the bar; Kowal's loud voice was quite noticeable.

"Zofia, didn't you say Maria would be back soon? Why isn't she back yet?"

No sooner had she finished speaking than the people in the bar heard the door open and saw Maria walk in.

"Maria? You're back! How did things go?"

"Don't worry, Auntie, it's alright. I'm just a little tired. Could you take me home to rest?"

"Okay, I got it. I'll drive you back."

After saying that, Zofia ignored the curious Kowal and the others behind her, and pulled Maria to her car outside the bar, where she started the engine.

"Speaking of which, what exactly did you and Su Rui do?"

As Zofia drove, she kept asking Maria what had happened, but after a pause and receiving no response, she glanced at the rearview mirror in confusion.

Then they saw Maria lying in the back seat, seemingly fast asleep, in the rearview mirror.

"Hmph, looks like you are indeed a bit tired~ Then you should get some rest."

Zofia chuckled softly in a low voice, then slowly and smoothly drove her car directly home.

In fact, Maria wasn't asleep. When Zofia asked her, the girl even trembled slightly, though Zofia couldn't see it clearly in the darkness of the night.

Maria was genuinely afraid that Zofia would actually ask her.

Maria was somewhat embarrassed to talk about the specific things she had done.

"What's there to worry about? They'll probably find out about it from the newspapers tomorrow anyway."

'Isn't there any way to stop the news from appearing?'

"I can indeed stop the news and newspapers from appearing."

Maria instinctively wanted to ask Su Rui for help, but then she heard Su Rui say the following:

"However, that would make you seem a bit guilty. Believe me, Zofia and Młynar aren't that naive. They'll understand you. Besides, you only did a part of it; the vast majority was done by the Armorless Union."

Even so, wasn't this all caused by me?

Why think so much? You should just go to sleep.

Su Rui didn't want to explain anymore, "Those guys deserve to die. Okay, don't think about it too much. I'll explain to them later how rushed the materialization process is."

'... I won't tell you!'

"Anyway, it's already at a fairly high level, right?"

Even without Maria saying anything, Su Rui had a feeling about it herself, and Maria, after a brief argument with Su Rui, also slowly drifted off to sleep.

However, the girl's mood brightened somewhat as she witnessed the progress of Su Rui's materialization.

Although what happened tonight was somewhat rushed and chaotic, at least it was something Maria was very happy and pleased about.

So, after spending the night, Maria, who had been busy all night, naturally woke up late.

Moreover, Zofia, who was supposed to wake Maria, didn't come to wake her today.

So Maria didn't wake up until almost noon.

Maria woke up groggily, drew back the curtains, glanced at the bright sunshine outside, and exclaimed in surprise, "It's almost noon!"

Maria's exclamation startled Su Rui, who was still sleeping in, and she muttered under her breath, somewhat annoyed:

"What are you yelling about so early in the morning? You little rascal!"

Maria didn't hear Su Rui's words clearly because Maria immediately became excited upon hearing Su Rui's voice and said:

"Su Rui! It's already noon!"

"Hmm, what else? It's almost noon, there's still an hour to go... so what?" Su Rui couldn't understand why Maria making such a fuss and being so noisy.

"We did so much last night, what's wrong with taking a little rest today? We don't have to participate in the Knight Tournament today."

"... Um, sorry, I got a little too excited."

Maria thought about it carefully and realized what had happened. Somewhat embarrassed, she lowered her head and tried to change the subject:

"Speaking of which, what was Su Rui about to say just now?"

I didn't mean to say anything.

Su Rui yawned. "Alright, now that we're awake, let's get up. Oh, by the way, Zofia's waiting for you downstairs... she's already seen the news."

"Huh? What should I do then, Su Rui? Help me think of a solution!"

Maria instinctively covered her mouth, afraid that Zofia would know she was awake and then come up to question her about all the good things she had done.

"Don't worry, just go down there. I'll take care of the rest."

As Su Rui spoke, she yawned, looking confident of victory.

Maria relaxed considerably because of Su Rui's attitude. After changing her clothes, she went downstairs and arrived at the lobby on the first floor. Zofia was sitting there watching TV, holding a wine glass in her hand, seemingly deep in thought.

"... Auntie~"

Maria greeted Zofia somewhat awkwardly upon seeing her, worried that Zofia might be upset about the incident.

"Hmm? Maria? You've come at the right time, come and see today's news."

Unexpectedly, upon seeing Maria, Zofia simply looked up and greeted her, then handed Maria a newspaper before getting up and going to the television, seemingly adjusting something, before inserting a videotape into the projector.

Maria saw the newspaper report about the large-scale attack on the Commercial Union, which stated that the Commercial Union was currently leaderless and that the news was being released in the name of various business media outlets.

Then, right after Maria put down the newspaper, Zofia came to her side and used the remote control to turn on the television and play the videotape:

"Alright, there are also news reports; you should take a look at them too."

As Zofia spoke, she saw the news anchor on the screen, his face serious, recounting the enormous chaos that had occurred the previous night.

"Logically speaking, such a big matter shouldn't be something even the media can figure out in a short time. This is probably something that has been planned for a long time... Could it be related to Su Rui and you? I thought you just went to teach the Armorless Union a lesson."

As Zofia spoke, she looked at Maria with a questioning gaze.

Maria was speechless for a moment, but fortunately, Su Rui spoke up for her, "It was my plan~"

Volume 5, Chapter 277: Has it materialized? It's mine.

"We simply borrowed Maria's body to eliminate a few deserving individuals, then had the Platinum- ranked leader of the Armorless Union assist us. The rest can be handled by the Platinum leader. This will save us a lot of trouble, am I right, Młynar?"

Su Rui's words startled Maria and Zofia. It was then that Maria remembered using the Scanning Vision that Su Rui had told her about before to observe her surroundings, and she discovered that Młynar was standing at a window high up in the castle hall, looking in their direction.

Realizing he had been discovered, Młynar stopped hiding and jumped out of the window into the hall.

"Those people you killed certainly deserved it, but what you didn't mention was that they were two Darksteel, and several important figures from the Commercial Union."

"Really?!" Zofia stared at Maria in surprise. "You guys actually did something so big last night! I thought you just went to a branch of the Armorless Union and wiped out a few people."

"I... I didn't know at first either; it was Su Rui who made the decision."

Maria was somewhat incoherent, after all, this was not her plan in the first place.

Zofia nodded. "But isn't Su Rui on you? So what's he thinking?"

Młynar also came here and sat on the sofa a little further away, looking at her niece:

"I've felt something was off about you, Maria. So it's because of this ghost named Su Rui...?"

"Su Rui isn't a ghost! He'll have a physical form soon!"

Maria, on the contrary, was somewhat angry about this matter and looked at her uncle with dissatisfaction, defending Su Rui.

"Really?" Młynar paused for a moment, then nodded, carefully observing Maria's expression. "You have feelings for Su Rui?"

"Huh? I... I didn't say anything!"

Maria blushed deeply at Młynar's words and tried to defend herself, but found she couldn't lie to her own heart.

After seeing Maria's behavior, Młynar and Zofia already understood Maria's thoughts.