Sun Ji, the Little Secretary

(Miluno)

Although Mono didn't say anything, the little thing inside my head stood in front of me with its hands on its hips, its little face clearly displaying two bold words.

Praise me!

"So, in the end, you still have to rely on this witch!"

The little thing made the noise.

She manipulated Dark Energy through the door to create a minor explosion, so the dog-headed guard didn't notice anything when the door opened.

Even checking the surveillance footage yielded the same result.

There was no one behind the iron gate;

Fomalhaut never left the confinement room.

The surveillance in this world relies on the omnipresent darkness, so anything that can interfere with the darkness is practically a cheat code in this world.

"You just realized that? That's why you should cherish me even more!"

But I only feel sorry for Ceruno.

"It's okay, you can spare some of your attention for me, and then I'll go and care for Ceruno- chan, so that neither of us loses out."

Is it possible to calculate it this way?

After the dog-headed guard closed the door again, I left the entrance to the Confinement Zone.

"Okay, you can go in now."

"But we're not in a hurry to go in now."

The commotion had just subsided, and the dog-headed guard at the gate was still on high alert.

First, go to the sixth basement level to find the bomb and confirm its location, then come back to persuade Fomalhaut.

"I'll go in alone from now on."

Putting everything else aside, Miss Sword Fiend will become suspicious when she sees Betelgeuse.

Mono countered, "You can go in alone without a problem, but how do you plan to convince her to leave with you? To be honest, this lousy solitary confinement cell can't even hold Stratos, let alone Fomalhaut. She's only staying here to avoid putting Sun Ji in a difficult position, so she definitely won't go out with you."

What she said makes sense, but it's okay.

I could never tell her the truth; I just needed to make her think that going out with me was Sun Ji's idea.

"Wow, you're trying to lie to her again?"

"What do you mean by lying? This was to save her; it was a white lie."

"Do you think she'll treat you kindly?"

I forced a smile and led the way towards the descending escalator.

But we soon encountered a bottleneck.

The little creature circled the area and finally came to a conclusion.

"It seems that normal methods can only reach the fourth underground level."

Forget about the sixth basement level, we can't even find the stairs leading to the fifth floor...

To be precise, it's not that we couldn't find it; the heavily guarded gate was right there, but we couldn't get in because of our status.

"Only officially recognized members of the 'Supreme Council' are allowed to enter the floors below the fifth floor. It's their council chamber. If you try to break in, you might face an attack from a hundred of the strongest Monster or Modified Witch. They also have the legacy of the Natives... Are you really confident?"

Of course I'm not sure.

I could definitely handle one-on-one fights.

However, attacking together would likely result in a disaster, as various unknown area-of-effect spells are virtually impossible to defend against.

"That's right!"

Mono suddenly thought of something, slapped his forehead, and said:

"Deep Well! The central Deep Well should lead to the fifth and sixth underground levels, right?"

Is this guy trying to drag me off the building again?

This isn't a dream, I'm not jumping.

"You should have noticed by now, right? This place is completely different from the pyramids in my dream, and the Deep Well is different too. It must have been a very, very long time ago."

In the World Center, a dazzling pillar of light shines from Deep Well, illuminating the entire structure through the refraction of Crystal. Mono and I did indeed reach the bottom of the pyramid via the Deep Well, but what about reality?

Not only is there no central pillar of light, but the lighting also relies on a light source, and the wall structure is no longer Crystal, making it completely different from the dream.

"I'll go down and take a look!"

The little creature, defying all superstition, plunged headfirst into the Deep Well.

He returned dejectedly a short while later, babbling incoherently with his mouth open and eyes closed.

"As expected, it didn't work. The fifth and sixth floors are all sealed off with walls!!"

The meeting hall and Armory were both important areas, so it was impossible for them to have such an obvious "shortcut" Deep Well.

"Sigh, it seems I'll have to rely on myself from now on... Betelgeuse, I'll put you away for now."

Eyepiece:[?].

Then, I stuffed the robot girl into the Star Crystal.

Although living things cannot be put in, robots are obviously not living things. I don't know if she can still move around in my Crystal, but this is the only way to bring her in right now.

Mono pointed to himself.

"Wait, what about me?"

"Find somewhere to stay for now, we'll come back for you once we've located the Annihilation Bomb."

"Oh."

She found a corner on the fourth floor to hide, while I changed into the Ghost Combat Suit and entered complete invisibility... In order to put on the helmet of the combat suit, I also had to deactivate the Witchification and put away that damned horn.

All that was just small-scale stuff before; the infiltration mission is only just beginning.

The door to the fifth underground level is guarded, but members of the Supreme Council frequently go in and out, so it's not impossible to sneak in; it just depends on the next lucky person...

Then a familiar person appeared in the elevator coming down from above.

She had long, straight pink hair, half-rimmed glasses, wore makeup, and a red headband. Her curvaceous figure was encased in a women's suit dress. She clutched a leather handbag and wore red high heels, clicking rhythmically as she walked towards the door leading to the lower level.

Call out--

The little thing whistled like a hooligan.

"Hey, here comes the chief advisor, dressed like a secretary."

Yes, it's Sun Ji.

She was still in the form of Artificial Magical Girl, not yet transformed into a witch. Did she intend to maintain a low profile before the "Supreme Council"? Or had she learned of the fate of those Modified Witch and distrusted Aldebaran, who was in charge of the transformations?

The little thing is chattering in my head.

"Don't just stand there, the door's open! Hurry up and follow!"

I know.

She squeezed quickly through the gap between the guard and Sun Ji, the breeze lifting a strand of Sun Ji's long hair. She frowned and looked back, as if she had noticed something.

"This person is way too sensitive!"

After all, there's no reason for there to be wind in a closed underground space.

But it's no use her noticing; I've already infiltrated her area and can leave at any time. All I need to do now is find the Annihilation Bomb.

"So, are you planning to save her?" the little thing asked in my head.

She was referring to Sun Ji.

I don't think that traitor deserves forgiveness, but letting her die knowing nothing is too easy. If I could, I'd like to send her back to Earth to face real judgment.

"So we have to save them, what are you planning to do?"

Let me think...

Sun Ji comes here mostly for meetings.

Listen to what they have to say at their meeting, and wait until she leaves the Supreme Council before taking any action.

"We still have to listen to their meetings?"

Incidentally, if they don't find the Annihilation Bomb in the Armory below and know their next plan, then the trip won't have been in vain.

I successfully descended to the fifth basement level, and the escalator leading to the sixth basement level was right next to it, but I wasn't in a hurry to go down.

The pyramid structure gets bigger as you go down. The fifth underground level is about halfway to the World Center. The area of the first level is already quite outrageous, and the height is not low either. If the little thing hadn't been constantly following Sun Ji, I would have been afraid that I would have lost him.

She stood in front of the conference hall without going in. Instead, she took out a foundation box from her handbag and touched up her makeup in front of the mirror, her movements of patting the powder puff quite practiced.

If it were a normal woman touching up her makeup before a meeting, it wouldn't be a big deal, but she's my father-in-law, and I know what kind of person she really is. This sudden stunt made me feel really uncomfortable.

"You can't think like that. She's been a magical girl longer than you and Ceruno combined, so it's not surprising that she knows how to do makeup!"

The little one insisted on explaining and urged them on.

"She's gone in, hurry up and follow her."

I was about to follow her into the conference room when Sun Ji, who was walking in front, suddenly turned around. She brandished a Dragonscale Lance that was over three meters long and swung it back at me with a sweeping motion. The sharp spearhead was aimed straight at my face.