Chat Group: Starting by Body Swapping with Elysia? - Chapter 2
Chapter 2: The Pink Elf’s Plea
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“Ah, it’s Kyubey. Let me tell you—”
Before the cruel truth was revealed, the magical girls all had a good impression of Kyubey, this adorable pet-like creature, and wouldn’t hesitate to share interesting things they encountered. Sakura Kyoko was no exception.
But—
“Never mind, I suddenly realized it’s not really that interesting.”
Seeing something, Sakura Kyoko’s voice stopped mid-sentence, giving up on continuing.
Kyubey tilted its head with perked ears, its ruby-like beast eyes showing no emotional fluctuation.
What caused this change was naturally Jiang Qiao’s reminder in the chat group, don’t reveal any information to Kyubey.
In fact, after discovering Sakura Kyoko’s true identity, the first target he became wary of was Kyubey, who wandered around the magical girls.
But Jiang Qiao didn’t reveal more information, because at this moment he was communicating with Elysia—
“Where are you right now?”
Although he wouldn’t refuse to help group members, after all, he quite liked cute girls. Jiang Qiao was very clear that his urgent priority should be figuring out the current situation, especially the condition of his own body.
“Nagazora City, in the hospital.”
“Nagazora City…”
The pink girl in the vanity mirror frowned beautifully upon hearing this place name.
The beginning of fate and the land of cycles, the outbreak location of the Third Eruption. Even among numerous high-risk cities, its danger level ranked at the top.
But since he could exchange bodies with the pink fatty, that meant he had transmigrated to Nagazora City of the Previous Era?
“Phew…”
Although Nagazora City in the Previous Era was also dangerous, judging from the time he got from Elysia’s mouth, even the Second Eruption hadn’t happened yet. There was plenty of time to prepare before Dr. MEI and Kevin’s Third Eruption.
However, Jiang Qiao soon discovered something strange.
“Hospital?”
Why would he be in a hospital?
Jiang Qiao remembered he should have been attacked by unknown individuals in some alley.
Could it be that the attacker had a change of heart and sent him to the hospital afterward?
The pink girl in the vanity mirror scratched the back of her head, completely unable to figure out this logic.
What was this about? Attacking him, then sending him to the hospital…
Impossible, absolutely impossible!
“Probably some passerby sent me there.”
Jiang Qiao thought so.
Elysia: “The doctor said it was a white-haired girl. I didn’t hear the name clearly, your body is making my head buzz right now.”
“Oh, a white-haired girl…” Jiang Qiao nodded, then recalled that the one who knocked him out with a club was indeed white-haired.
So it really was the perpetrator having a change of heart!
But even if she had a change of heart, it was useless!
I’m remembering this grudge!
Wait—
“White-haired girl?”
Jiang Qiao suddenly realized.
Club, white hair, and female, this combination of keywords.
“Are you sure that wasn’t a white-haired man?”
Although he felt Kevin of this period shouldn’t be so idle as to attack others, Jiang Qiao still subconsciously thought Elysia must have heard wrong.
Elysia: “No mistake, it was a white-haired girl. I asked the nurse again, and she seemed to be called Kiana.”
“…”
Dead silence.
Jiang Qiao’s brain crashed briefly after seeing this chat message.
He replied with great difficulty:
“Ask the nurse if she knows Raiden Mei.”
Elysia: “She said she doesn’t know her, but she does know about the Raiden surname. The president of ME Corp, Ryoma, has the surname Raiden, but he was recently imprisoned for economic crimes.”
Elysia: “Eh, ME Corp is the first time I’ve heard of it. When I went to Nagazora City before, I’d never heard this name, but now it’s already become a household name as a leading enterprise. Corporate development and changes are really rapid!”
Every word revealed the girl’s amazement and curiosity about worldly changes.
But at this moment, the pink girl in front of the vanity mirror had already changed from her original expressionless face to another posture.
She laughed out loud.
Then quickly replied with three characters:
“RUN!!!”
Damn it all!
This wasn’t the Previous Era at all, but 50,000 years later!
The pink girl smiled on the surface, but was roaring and crying inside.
— Nagazora City
This location could be divided into three difficulty levels depending on the situation.
Easy difficulty: Previous Era, not yet erupted, plenty of time to escape instantly.
Hard difficulty: 50,000 years later, not yet erupted, but could explode anytime, must race against time to escape.
Nightmare difficulty: Another world line, the Herrscher of the Void’s rampage script, whether you run or not, it’s a matter of time, suggest directly reincarnating.
The intelligence Elysia revealed had perfectly skipped the easy difficulty, leaving only choosing between the unknown hard difficulty or nightmare difficulty.
Most likely hard difficulty and extremely small probability of nightmare difficulty.
But regardless of which one, with Jiang Qiao’s ordinary human body, the result would be certain death.
Even if it was actually Elysia staying in there, Honkai eruptions didn’t discriminate based on gender like some American adaptive gender that could show green lights based on internal identity.
“Eh, why?”
Regarding Jiang Qiao’s somewhat sudden request, even specially marked with three exclamation points, Elysia obviously couldn’t understand very well.
At this time, she wasn’t yet the battle-hardened Flame-Chaser. Although she had already shown her talents upon first joining Fire Moth, staying in the time before the Second Eruption left her completely ignorant about the future.
“The Third Eruption will break out soon. If you stay there any longer, you’ll definitely die!”
“…Honkai eruption?”
Having joined Fire Moth, Elysia was certainly not ignorant about the Honkai eruption. Staying in the hospital room, after hearing this term, her originally smiling face instantly became heavy.
Nagazora City was an international metropolis with nearly 10 million people. If a Honkai eruption occurred, then the fate of those 10 million Nagazora City residents needed no elaboration.
Although confused about why the Third Eruption would occur before the Second Eruption had even happened, although confused about why Jiang Qiao would know such things, Elysia, holding numerous questions, ultimately chose to believe Jiang Qiao.
Elysia: “You mentioned Raiden Mei earlier. Is it because the eruption is related to her?”
Jiang Qiao looked at this question and fell into brief silence, but the girl separated by 50,000 years of distance seemed to guess what his silence was about, and added:
“Please.”
— At this moment, Jiang Qiao seemed to see that pink girl gripping his hands tightly, looking at him with utmost sincerity, eyes filled with pleading.