The Observer's Intense Reaction

"Honestly, those ship girls couldn't even keep an eye on their own Commander. They still needed us to step in and help them..."

Upon the azure sea, Observer was sailing alongside Tester, Constructor, and Purifier.

"Helena META was the same, always knowing how to order us around..."

As she led them forward, Observer grumbled about the ship girls in the port and Helena META.

"Observer, your current sailing posture is unsafe!"

Watching Observer complain while facing them, Constructor offered a reminder.

Observer was not actually moving forward at the moment. She was moving backward.

"It's fine. I've disguised myself as a ship girl and visited the port so many times. Around these waters, I could find the exact location with my eyes closed and without radar—let alone now, when I have my radar on!"

Seated atop her strange rigging, Observer waved a hand at Constructor, who had kindly warned her, indicating that there was no need to worry.

Seeing this, Constructor nodded and said nothing more.

With Constructor no longer interrupting her, Observer continued complaining about the port and Helena META.

"Once this is over, I'm definitely going to protest to Helena META. Every single day, she keeps assigning us all sorts of messy tasks. We need time to rest too..."

As Observer complained, Purifier occasionally nodded along, agreeing with her grievances.

After complaining about the port and Helena META, Observer began complaining about the Arbitration Agency as well, with Purifier chiming in from time to time. In short, with Observer and Purifier echoing each other, their small group remained rather lively throughout the journey.

That lively atmosphere should have lasted until they reached the port. At least, that was what Observer believed.

But... unfortunately, for some reason, after chatting with her for a while, Purifier suddenly fell silent. Constructor and Tester beside her also wore solemn expressions.

"Huh? Purifier, why aren't you saying anything?"

"And you two as well. Weren't you both looking relaxed just now? Why do you look so serious now? Are you worried about running into enemies?"

Seeing the other three grow serious, Observer tilted her head and tried to reassure them.

"Don't worry. We're already at the edge of the waters controlled by their port. We won't run into any enemies!"

"With the strength of those ship girls at the port, even the Arbitration Agency would have to tread carefully! There's nothing to worry about!"

Observer looked at the three of them. When their expressions became even more serious after she mentioned the Arbitration Agency, she grew even more confused.

"Don't tell me you're worried that the Arbitration Agency might show up?"

As though she had thought of something amusing, Observer waved her hand.

"Hey, don't worry. The Arbitration Agency won't come. Helena META is acting as the intermediary for us, and we're here to help, so they won't do anything to us."

"As for the Arbitration Agency... heh, the ship girls at the port haven't found the Commander yet... Tch, at a time like this, if the Arbitration Agency showed up..."

Observer had just been about to explain her reasoning when another voice interrupted her.

"What would happen if the Arbitration Agency showed up?"

"The Arbitra..."

Observer initially assumed Constructor and the others had become interested and asked the question. But as she opened her mouth to answer, she suddenly realized that the voice from before sounded nothing like theirs.

Her body stiffened slightly. Looking at Purifier, who was not far away and facing her, Observer pressed her lips together.

"Purifier, don't randomly change your voice. You scared me!"

"I didn't!"

Purifier immediately replied.

"Then it was Construc..."

"Not me! And not Tester either!"

"Hahaha, no way. Constructor, you guys can joke around now too? There are obviously only four of us here..."

Observer's body stiffened even further. She had clearly thought of something, yet she did not dare turn around.

"Four?"

That sudden voice sounded again, carrying an inscrutable tone.

"Eek!!!!"

Confirming that the voice had come from behind her, Observer jolted and screamed. She immediately activated her rigging, spun around, and aimed her naval guns at the person who had spoken.

Upon turning around, Observer saw who had come.

"Arbiter Empress!"

"It is me. Experimental Agency... no, you have already defected! Observer!"

Ignoring the guns aimed at her by Observer and the other three members of the Experimental Agency, Empress smiled at Observer.

"Have you come to eliminate us?"

Observer was panicking inside, but she still forced herself to remain calm as she looked at Empress. At the same time, she desperately tried to contact Helena META.

But unfortunately... the communication line that should have been perfectly clear could no longer reach Helena META at all.

Clearly, Empress had deliberately cut off their communications before coming here!

Empress watched Observer force herself to stay composed, and the smile on her lips became even more pronounced!

"Eliminate you? Would eliminating the four of you really require me to come in person?"

Empress sneered. Helena META had manipulated matters so that Observer and the others were disconnected from the Natural Evolution Calculation System, and even their former mainframe towers had been destroyed under Helena META's direction.

Although they had now effectively separated from the Sirens, if Empress wished, she could still easily overwrite their personalities and turn them into puppets.

To truly eliminate the four of them, there was no need for her to personally come here and make such a fuss!

Wasn't it because Zero, upon learning that she planned to use the Experimental Agency to deliver the information she wanted sent to the port,

had asked her to keep an eye on the Experimental Agency's safety, lest some accident befall them and prevent the information from reaching the port.

Otherwise, she would not have come at all!

Observer's earlier complaint had not been wrong in the slightest. Those ship girls who had yet to find their Commander were like powder kegs now—they would explode at the slightest spark!

"Then... why did you come..."

Empress did not waste words with Observer. Before Observer and the others could react, she had already packaged the relevant data and transmitted it to them.

"This is?!!!"

Observer roughly reviewed the new data in her database. It included information on new weapons, precautions for space travel, and even data on constructing space battleships. However, the information was limited and incomplete, and some of it was merely speculation.

It did not take Observer and the others long to receive the data.

Once the transmission was complete, Observer blinked her large eyes and looked at Empress somewhat timidly.

"Lady Empress, how did you directly connect to our..."

Having their mainframe invaded without any warning and so much data directly transmitted to them, Observer could not help but be afraid. It meant Empress was capable of easily invading their mainframe towers and deleting their data...

"Your previous mainframe towers were indeed destroyed, and your new mainframe towers do not belong to the Antiochus System... But that does not mean I cannot connect to your mainframes... After all... who told you to connect to [Tower] after disconnecting from your old mainframe towers?"

The smile at the corner of Empress's lips deepened.

Originally, she had not felt particularly good about coming here, since she had to be so cautious.

But seeing these four little ones being just as cautious around her made Empress feel quite pleased!

"Then... why did you give us this information..."

"To help those ship girls find the Commander! Can't you tell?"

"Why would Dreamweaver..."

"Don't you know how attractive the Commander is?"

Observer choked on those words. That was originally something she had once used to tease Su Luo...

Empress stopped frightening them. Once the data transfer was complete, she left!

The relationship between the Arbitration Agency and the port... was neither good nor bad.

So, it was better for her not to stay here too long.

She had already followed the Experimental Agency all the way here. Now that they had reached safe waters, it was time for her to leave!

Watching Empress depart, Observer let out a breath.

"The Arbitration Agency really comes and goes like ghosts. Just now, I thought we were going to have to fight Empress!"

Thinking of that possibility, Observer abruptly shook her head.

"Us fighting the Arbitration Agency? Tch..."

With a sigh, Observer obediently turned around. She no longer traveled with her back facing the direction she was going, and she spoke much less.

Empress had clearly left her traumatized!

Within the port, Helena META's eyes flashed as she noticed that communication with the Experimental Agency had been cut off for a period of time.

"Observer Zero, are you getting anxious too?"

Helena META shook her head.

Then her expression returned to normal as she continued her research with Lala and the others.

(As for the space battleship construction data Observer Zero was sending over, Alpha World definitely had such information. After all, even their seafaring ships could float in the air, so building something capable of going into space was not strange.

However, it was unknown whether Alpha's space battleships were powerful. They had not been shown much.)