Chat Group: Starting by Body Swapping with Elysia? - Chapter 117
Chapter 117: Dr. Mobius is Working~
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— Schicksal Headquarters
“Overseer, several hours ago… The 4th Divine Key has gone missing.”
Hearing Amber’s report, the Overseer who was sitting on the sofa leisurely playing Kallen Fantasy and neglecting his duties was stunned, his emerald green eyes filled with bewilderment.
As if saying — What? What are you talking about?
Several years ago, due to Murata Ryusuke’s actions, Schicksal lost control of The 4th Divine Key, and that Divine Key had been staying in near-Earth orbit ever since.
Since no major Honkai eruptions had occurred and it couldn’t be put to much use, Otto hadn’t paid much attention to it.
But it was still a Divine Key after all, so Schicksal’s internal surveillance of The 4th Divine Key was very strict, with several military satellites monitoring The 4th Divine Key’s movements 24 hours a day.
And now, you’re telling me — The 4th Divine Key has disappeared?
Such a huge thing, did aliens drag it away or something?!
“Although it’s hard to believe, this is indeed the truth.”
Amber’s tone was also filled with helplessness.
Schicksal’s influence spans the globe, and The 4th Divine Key was under strict surveillance. For such a massive thing to suddenly disappear could, to some extent, already be called a paranormal event.
“Not even a single clue?”
Otto raised an eyebrow, and in response, Amber proactively opened the portable terminal’s projection screen.
“…This is footage from the surveillance satellite of when The 4th Divine Key disappeared.”
On the huge display screen appeared the view of space and Earth as seen from near-Earth orbit.
Of course, the most crucial part was the big guy in the footage.
In the slowly playing recording, The 4th Divine Key vanished from its original position in just an instant.
Just like—
A magic trick.
Otto stroked his chin, examining the footage.
“Rewind it, go back a bit more, yes, right there, stop…”
He gestured for Amber to adjust the recording’s progress, finally stopping at the instant before the satellite disappeared.
“Zoom in.”
Following his words, The 4th Divine Key’s position gradually enlarged, and finally, an extremely small but conspicuous trace entered Otto’s vision.
The moment he saw that thing, his mind subconsciously recalled the scene from the Second Eruption.
This is…
— Traces left by the use of Imaginary authority.
“…The 2nd Divine Key?”
After discovering this, Otto subconsciously attributed the mastermind behind The 4th Divine Key’s disappearance to the Previous Era’s 2nd Divine Key.
According to the records of Void Archives, due to increasingly mature technology, the 2nd Divine Key made from the Previous Era’s 2nd Herrscher core could accomplish most things the 2nd Herrscher could do.
Using Imaginary authority to transport large objects should be well within its capabilities.
But—
There was another possibility.
At this moment, the eyes of this Overseer who had been in power for 500 years revealed an incredibly fervent color.
…
Lying sideways on the back of the Spirit of Origin, the pink girl propped up her cheek, her smooth and plump thighs crossed together, reflecting a dazzling luster.
Sweet yet somewhat lazy words floated in the air, carrying a hint of nonchalance:
“How is it? Can you fix it?”
Although in reality, after repair work by Schicksal’s researchers in later generations, The 4th Divine Key was theoretically intact.
But that was actually just in terms of being usable and operational.
Divine Keys were such precision machinery, especially The 4th Divine Key which was a special Divine Key. Schicksal’s researchers didn’t dare tamper with it carelessly, fearing this thing would be broken even more with their repairs.
So, even after bringing this big guy back, it would still need to be properly overhauled.
“Hehe, this is something I, Vill-V, created~ How could I possibly not be able to fix it?”
“But since it was made by my future self after all, it’s quite troublesome to repair without the relevant blueprints… Which idiot added these components? Oh my god! Just to maintain this function, they actually changed my design to be so un-Vill-V-like?!”
The cheerful Vill-V suddenly cried out in surprise, her tone quite indignant and dissatisfied.
— The components full of artistic flair and surprises had been changed to be extremely practical and boring.
This, this, this — this was simply trampling on Vill-V’s work!
“Who told you to stuff so many weird functions into this big guy’s body? Hehe~ Any normal person would want to make them more practical, right?”
The somewhat mocking tone undoubtedly came from Mobius. Sitting beside 【Elysia】, she was rarely relaxed, looking at the wonderful scenery around them, and couldn’t help but sigh sarcastically:
“But… to be able to expand Imaginary space like this, it seems you’ve made quite a few modifications to the 2nd Herrscher’s core~”
— The place they were currently in wasn’t the Fire Moth base. After all, Miss V’s status hadn’t reached the heights it would later, and her workshop simply couldn’t accommodate the massive 4th Divine Key.
MEI had already left first due to work, leaving only Miss V who came to Imaginary space to repair The 4th Divine Key, and a certain someone who was observing.
As for Mobius, although she said she didn’t want to waste time, she was still dragged into Ellie’s wonderful house by 【Elysia】 with words like — “You should occasionally give yourself a break and rest. Maybe you’ll be more work-efficient~ I can even give you shoulder massages!”
Don’t misunderstand, she didn’t have any thoughts about a certain someone’s shoulder massage service, she simply thought this theory of combining work and rest made a lot of sense.
Moreover, staying with a living Herrscher allowed her to observe the other party’s details and living habits to obtain certain research data, which was absolutely impossible to get from dead Herrschers!
Furthermore, the 2nd Herrscher’s Imaginary space wasn’t a place that just anyone could easily enter, so she could take this opportunity to observe it as well.
In short — Dr. Mobius is working!
“I see you really don’t understand at all! Art! Art! Pragmatism and such things are truly defiling art! Lacking soul!”
Vill-V, who was holding a personal terminal connected to The 4th Divine Key’s key and modifying the data within it, was working very seriously but didn’t forget to loudly argue her case.
Of course, the snake had no interest in debating about art.
You guys who squander budgets carelessly should all die!
Mobius, whose laboratory was often on tight budgets due to funding cuts, was full of resentment toward Vill-V’s behavior of wasting funds under the name of art!
“Yes, right there… a bit harder, mm… hehe.. ah~”
— Occasionally like this seems pretty nice too.