Chapter 55: Seele’s Astonishing Wisdom

 After dealing with some irrelevant details, the group got down to business—searching for medical supplies.

Although Natasha mentioned they were in the orphanage, she wasn't sure of the exact location, so they had to search the entire place.

The three of them started rummaging through everything like a bunch of bandits.

Bronya finished searching a box, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and happened to see the slide in front of her.

"This slide, I remember it well… It was my favorite play equipment back then. I never got tired of sliding down it dozens of times a day," she said nostalgically.

"Hard to imagine your big butt didn't get stuck," Gu Tang remarked, also looking at the slide.

Bronya angrily pinched him.

Seele, hearing this, couldn't help but look Bronya up and down, then nodded, "I have to admit, the Upper District does eat well… I concede in this area."

Gu Tang patted Seele's shoulder, "Don't worry, Sheer Ear. There are plenty of people who like slender types like you."

"You didn't even include a single 'Xi' this time!" Seele protested.

Bronya mused, "Sheer Ear, Sheer Door… The pronunciation is almost the same, don't get so worked up."

"What ear, what door! There's no ear!" Seele fumed, glaring at her.

Despite losing some time due to their bickering, the three of them quickly searched every box and corner around the orphanage.

"No luck…" Seele sighed.

Bronya looked at the orphanage, "Seems like it's inside after all, but the problem is…"

The doors and windows of the orphanage were tightly locked, making entry impossible.

Gu Tang pulled out a grenade, "We can just blow it open."

Bronya stopped him, "No, if we destroy the supplies, it would be a disaster. Besides, this place holds childhood memories for both me and Seele. If possible, let's avoid damaging it."

"Then let me remodel the orphanage…" Gu Tang put away the grenade and took out a hammer.

Seele and Bronya simultaneously recalled the incident with the moving rocks in the mine.

Then they imagined it.

The orphanage growing two arms.

The arms were muscular, with bulging biceps, triceps, and deltoids.

Then it grew two legs.

The legs were not only muscular but also hairy.

The orphanage, now with limbs, ran wild like a stray dog in the Underworld.

Then it climbed up to the Upper District, scaring half the population there.

The Abundance Aeon would exclaim, "Are you overdeveloped?"

Seele and Bronya shuddered, shaking their heads to dispel the terrifying image.

"Let's forget it." They spoke in unison, rarely agreeing on something.

"Tch, you guys just oppose me. Why don't you come up with a new solution?" Gu Tang complained.

Seele flashed a confident smile, "Hey, I actually have an idea. Follow me."

Under Seele's guidance, the two of them walked to a secluded corner at the back of the orphanage.

They found a hole in the corner of the wall, leading directly inside, though it looked narrow.

"Ha, it's still here. I used to sneak out to play through this hole when I was a kid," Seele laughed.

"That's a dog hole," Gu Tang bluntly said.

Seele unhappily punched his shoulder, "What are you saying? This is my secret passage."

Bronya frowned, "You want to use this hole to enter the orphanage? But that was when you were a child. Can you still fit now?"

"Remember what Gu Tang just said? Slender." Seele pointed to her slim waist, "Watch and learn, chubby. I'll crawl through and open the door from the inside."

Without hesitation, Seele lay down and started crawling into the hole.

Her smooth movements, confident expression, and effortless demeanor suggested she was born for this.

Clearly, she hadn't forgotten her childhood skills.

—And then she got stuck.

Her upper body made it through, but her waist got stuck, leaving her lower body outside.

"Ah, seems like it won't work…" Seele muttered.

She tried to back out but couldn't move.

Stuck in the middle, she couldn't go forward or backward.

"Not good…" Seele began to sweat a little.

"Well, well, well, who's the chubby one now?" Bronya squatted down and poked Seele's waist with her finger.

Even in this situation, Seele was stubborn, "Hmph, at least I got my waist in. If it were you, you'd be stuck at the chest… No, at the face, considering how- ow, ow, ow, ow!"

Bronya grabbed Seele's legs and tried to pull her out but to no avail.

"Didn't work, too bad," Bronya wiped her forehead and said.

"You did that on purpose, didn't you!" Seele shouted angrily.

Bronya turned to Gu Tang, "Maybe we should leave her here."

"You heartless bastard!" Seele's legs flailed outside the hole.

Gu Tang shook his head, "Let's get her out. We still need to find the Stellaron, and having more people is better."

"Gu Tang, I knew you wouldn't abandon me…" Seele said, touched.

"And I finally get to use the oil. I haven't used it on this planet yet," Gu Tang said happily, taking out a bottle of oil.

Seele's sense of gratitude diminished.

"Let me do it." Bronya took the oil from Gu Tang and poured the entire bottle over Seele.

The oil made Seele's already thin clothes cling to her skin, becoming almost transparent and revealing all her curves.

The cold oil on her skin made Seele shiver, "Hey! That's too much!"

"This way, you'll definitely get out…" Bronya said nonchalantly, tossing the empty bottle aside.

Then she and Gu Tang grabbed Seele's waist.

"Should we pull her out or push her in?" Bronya asked.

Gu Tang, "Push her in. That was the original plan."

Bronya, "Makes sense. One, two, three!"

Gu Tang and Bronya pushed Seele forward.

Sliiide!

She went in.

Only her clothes went in.

Now, it was Seele, wearing only her underwear, stuck in the hole.

Seele, "?"

"Hissss—!"

Gu Tang and Bronya both gasped.

The lacy, purple-black panties were not something they expected.

The key point was…they were very economical with the fabric.

Very, very economical with the fabric.

If the Preservation Aeon had this kind of material-saving technology, it would have finished building the wall long ago, even adding an extra inner ring.