Infiltrating Again

(Miluno)

Betelgeuse is no longer a witch, and can no longer hear the voice of that will.

Her darkness transformed into the gradual whitening of my hair.

As the first Legendary Witch to fall, her true strength was somewhat undeserved, and she was taken away by Liu and Achernar arrived at the scene.

They can trust them; at least there's no possibility that they're conspiring with Betelgeuse.

Ceruno was waiting for the other two witches to awaken, and I didn't linger long before returning to the Control Tower, preparing to go to "the Other Side" to look for clues about SpiCa.

But instead, I met someone I didn't want to see.

Extinction, she came to see me in person.

Her bangs were loose, and she no longer wore the dowdy headband. Instead, she wore a classic and stylish silver bracelet. Despite being arrested, she was more composed than usual.

She was being held captive by two senior magical girls, both of whom were teachers in the "Zodiacal," making it easy for them to Extinction.

Xiaoling followed her, but her usual childishness was gone from her face; only worry and sadness remained... But was she truly unaware?

"What are you doing here?" I asked.

Extinction smiled.

"If I apologize, can you accept it?"

She still doesn't have much of an imposing presence. Who would have thought that her usually indecisive older sister is actually a well-known hacker, and also Sun Ji's mole planted in the City School?

"I have nothing to say to you. You are Sun Ji's man, which makes you my enemy. You may be able to Ceruno, but it won't work on me."

I refused decisively, but Extinction gave a bitter smile.

I knew you'd say that.

I waved my hand impatiently.

"Don't pretend you know me so well. You've been deceiving me all along, and even Xiaoling. You and Sun Ji are traitors among humans. In my eyes, you are even more hateful than those witches of Betelgeuse."

"You forced me to kiss you, didn't you?"

"That's to replenish mana."

Bringing it up won't work; nobody likes a traitor.

"Miluno, I don't expect you to understand, but our activities are also for the sake of lasting peace. Witches can serve as a buffer between two worlds, ending the war without a life-or-death struggle..."

"Your words and actions contradict each other. If it were truly for peace, why would you have assisted Betelgeuse in capturing SpiCa?"

Extinction, however, said:

"SpiCa will be fine."

"How could she be alright? She's already been implanted with Witch Persona by Aldebaran."

Extinction remains an unanswered question.

"I can't say much about that, but you should know that failing to conquer this world for twelve years is a significant blow to 'the Other Side.' Their leadership is no longer united, and even a vast empire begins to crumble from within... We have a chance."

The "we" he refers to should be other members of Sun Ji's faction.

"You won't have a chance. I'll bring Sun Ji back to jail so you can go with him. For now, you can go to jail and wait for him."

"If there's anything you can do..."

Extinction was taken away by a magical girl from the Association.

I opened the teleportation portal again, and my mom came over again.

"Little Yezi ~ Do you have a way to find SpiCa?"

"Aldebaran took SpiCa away using teleportation magic. Your Memory Tracking cannot pass through the teleportation channel... I'm just going there to try my luck with Fomalhaut this Past."

The closest Betelgeuse Base is Fomalhaut's base.

If all else fails, dismantle the Monster production line; we must inflict significant losses on them.

The mother instructed:

"Be careful, SpiCa is important, but you and Sirius can't be harmed either."

"Don't worry, the Other Side can't stop me now."

Not long has Past here, and the base under the jurisdiction of Fomalhaut has also undergone changes.

She set up pressure plates and foam curtains that sprayed from the left and right in front of the gate. Once I stepped on them or walked through the foam curtains, a warning would be triggered and my outline would be drawn out by the foam.

Even the Monster Soldiers' weapons have been changed to spray guns carrying canisters, probably some kind of foam glue that solidifies when it gets on their skin.

Is this Fomalhaut's strategy?

But she would never guess that I was already in her base.

Since there were surveillance cameras on the streets outside, it would be easy to be exposed no matter where I came out. So I opened the teleportation channel inside the base. I didn't expect that the inside was so winding and I wasn't discovered. It was only when I passed through the gate that I noticed the security had changed.

However, bubbles are indeed a problem.

I can't guarantee I won't get hit; once I do, my invisibility will be disabled.

Therefore, it's best to keep this operation a secret...

If SpiCa were really here in Fomalhaut, he would most likely be placed in a laboratory. With that thought in mind, I walked to the laboratory door and heard Aldebaran's voice.

"A-Ji, Past for quite a while this time, are you alright?"

The one who answered her was Fomalhaut.

"The arrest of Spica is a significant bargaining chip; the higher-ups won't make things too difficult for A-Ji."

Aldebaran someone responded, Aldebaran began to talk.

"The chips were almost snatched back by Morning Star! Betelgeuse, Viktorika, and that Sleepyhead are all missing, probably evaporated by the Antimatter Annihilation Bomb, right? The higher-ups are really willing to go all out to deal with Morning Star, you know, they've already used up quite a few of those."

What is Antimatter Annihilation Bomb?

So this is what was smashed at the Betelgeuse Base?

"Unless you have the power of A-Ji's daughter, there's no way to project that thing to the Other Side. We can't use it to intimidate the witch and the Morning Star... The Morning Star's threat is worth the effort. She's already caused enough trouble. She's come and go seven times, treating this place like her own backyard."

Pity.

Not only am I unharmed, but Betelgeuse has also become my prisoner.

Aldebaran laughed and said, "I bet she's not dead. The higher-ups are just wasting their trump cards."

"I think so too; no one can match her when it comes to escaping."

They both seemed to have a lot of faith in my abilities.

Aldebaran continued the previous topic.

"What the Supreme Council wants are advisors they can manipulate at will, people with brains, not power, you understand?"

"But A-Ji also brought your research this time, that everyone can become a magical girl, or even a witch... The allure of this power is something those old guys can't resist."

But Aldebaran was not so willing.

"But you know, their research is for creating magical girl soldiers, not for upgrading those old guys!"

My prediction came true.

They not only want to mass-produce magical girls, but also want to upgrade and modify existing Monster to significantly increase their combat power.

"Crystal made using Simulacrum Factor are quite a burden even for Great Will. Are those old fogies in the Supreme Council really worthy of this power?"

Is Artificial Crystal a burden to "that will"?

I don't understand.

But I can't ask.

Nobody even opened the door for me!