Chapter 57: The Sneak Attack of Justice!

[Real world.]

Looking at the screen full of bullet comments missing him, Van awkwardly touched the tip of his nose.

Every time he watches a Honkai Impact 3 video, he always has a feeling of public execution.

Originally, he thought that with his brief disappearance, this situation would be better. He didn't expect that even so, he could still see all kinds of strange bullet comments in the video.

Though being remembered by people is a very beautiful thing, this kind of beauty, for Van, would rather not exist.

Of course, aside from this, the most embarrassing thing is undoubtedly, the two people beside him both know his identity.

Feeling the meaningful gazes coming from both sides of him, Van could only forcibly endure the awkwardness and continue watching.

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[Back to the video.]

After a series of intrusion scans and searches, Theresa and the others finally found the database where Gray Serpent stored intelligence.

What surprised Bronya was that Gray Serpent, while saving all the information flowing through Skydome City's internet, actually did not organize the intelligence at all.

This behavior, comparable to writing code without writing comments, made Bronya, as a hacker, instantly harden.

Her fists hardened.

"So much information, is there any about Kiana?"

Facing Theresa's anxious question, Bronya could only helplessly shake her head.

"There might be… but Bronya will need several days to know the result."

"Then can we directly migrate the data from the database?" Theresa asked.

Bronya helplessly shook her head. "Migrating such a massive amount of data would take even more time than filtering it."

Seeing that the clues at hand were about to be cut off, Raiden Mei asked urgently, "Isn't there any other way?"

Just when everyone didn't know what to do, the careful Bronya discovered the key point.

According to her detection, every time Gray Serpent retrieved data, he would go through one interface, and that interface pointed to another terminal.

Upon receiving this information, the group didn't hesitate and immediately headed to the terminal's location.

As a result, upon arriving, they found that what appeared before them was not a large-scale computer, but rather a little girl who had undergone prosthetic modification.

"Wait... isn't this a child?" Looking at the girl who was as tall as herself, Theresa had a face full of disbelief.

Just thinking that such a young girl had undergone prosthetic modification, Theresa's heart was full of rage.

However, facing Theresa's indignation, the modified little girl calmly responded, "I don't have time to answer a child's question. Let your adult come ask. The payment standard is the usual."

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[Red-hot bewilderment (punny meme phrase)]

[Theresa / Human-type princess: What, the other side is a child?]

[But honestly, with Theresa's height and appearance, no wonder they'd think she's the child]

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"Child?! You're too rude, my age is..."

Looked down on, Theresa immediately refuted, but was interrupted by Raiden Mei.

"Principal, handling business is more important…"

After saying that, Raiden Mei squatted in front of the little girl and gently said, "Little girl, we are partners in trade with Mr. Gray Serpent, please don't worry, we're here to protect you…"

To this, the humanoid girl calmly replied, "Protect? You just dismantled all the mechs that were protecting me… Hmm, now I do need protection."

"Sorry, but to find the whereabouts of our friend, please…"

However, before Raiden Mei could finish, the humanoid girl interrupted her, "I already said, asking questions requires payment."

After skillfully pulling out a POS machine, the humanoid girl said, "Cash or card, electronic currency would be more convenient."

The humanoid girl's uncooperative attitude left Theresa and Raiden Mei at a loss.

At that moment, Bronya at the side suddenly spoke, "Let Bronya try."

Humanoid girl, "It's useless no matter who comes. I already said, asking questions requires paying first, this is a rule set by the—"

But before the humanoid girl could finish, Bronya interrupted.

"Use this to pay first. Come with us."

Looking at the fire cannon Bronya held high, the humanoid girl silently stood up and chose to comply.

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Seeing this, netizens in the real world all began to play around with memes.

[Humanoid girl: Oh wow, so this is how you wanna play it]

[True - hardcore payment]

[Do you want this golden cannon, or this silver cannon, or this one currently charging in my hand?]

[What St. Freya Academy, I think it's clearly the Eastern Demon's Den]

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[Back to the video.]

After solving the humanoid girl's issue, the group prepared to leave.

But just before leaving, Theresa walked to Raiden Mei and whispered, "Mei, stay behind, I have a mission to entrust to you."

On the other side, just as Theresa's group began to retreat, Rita in the distance also prepared to act.

Looking at Theresa and the others moving very fast on the tracker, Rita felt something was wrong.

"Those traitors from the Far East branch are moving really fast, I have to catch up to those guys quickly…"

However, just as Rita stepped out of the alley and quickly reached the rooftop of a tall building, she was shocked to find, Theresa's group had vanished.

Just as Rita took out her communicator to report the situation, a blade of light flashed from behind her.

Clang!

The clash of weapons echoed through the night sky.

Looking at the one who launched the sneak attack, Rita narrowed her eyes.

"Heh, a sneak attack? Miss Mei, that's not very honorable."

"Honorable? Hearing that word from your people at Schicksal is truly ironic."

Seeing the attacker before her, Raiden Mei couldn't hold back her fury, "Compared to what you did to Kiana and Van, this one slash is nothing!"

Facing Raiden Mei's questioning, Rita didn't respond, instead she asked, "I'm curious, how did you know I would come here?"

"Hmph! You want to know? Figure it out yourself!"

After saying that, Raiden Mei once again launched an attack on Rita.

Without the support of the Gem of Conquest, Raiden Mei could at most barely hold back Rita's advance.

After a few rounds, looking at Raiden Mei not far away, Rita praised, "Didn't expect that even without the Gem of Conquest, your strength would still be this strong. Looks like I underestimated you."

"The past me always hid under the shell of being a Herrscher, afraid and reliant on that power… It wasn't until I lost Kiana and Van that I realized how weak I was, realized that I was a coward who couldn't do anything…"

"But now, I don't need to hide anymore. I will reface myself, I will use all my strength to protect everyone!"

After finishing, Raiden Mei once again launched her attack on Rita, her determination to protect her companions made her assault even fiercer.

Looking at Raiden Mei going all out, Rita finally understood why Lord Otto placed so much importance on the Far East branch.

"Clearly already at the brink of despair, but you people always manage to act beyond expectations… But this is as far as you go. This cat-and-mouse game is over."

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