Under Suzaku Gozen's lead, the few of them explored the back area once more. However, just like how it looked on the surface, the area was unusually empty. Other than the maze, there were almost no other facilities, let alone a celestial chamber.
After exploring the back area, it was unavoidably evening. They had no choice but to leave the exploration work for tomorrow and return to the Church on the outside through Itchy Claw.
After not seeing him for a day, for some reason, Wei Gong's expression became more and more haggard. He looked as if he had been in a trance for several consecutive nights, and could not even concentrate on cooking.
"Senior Wei Gong, are you really okay?"
Even Tachika Fujimaru was shocked by Wei Gong's state. The worry in her eyes was almost overflowing. His current appearance was completely different from the so-called "fine" in the morning.
"Ah … I'm sorry, Tachika …"
While in a trance, Wei Gong saw Tachika Fujimaru's figure and immediately slapped his cheeks hard, forcing himself to come back to his senses.
"I don't know why, but I keep feeling so tired … It's not the kind of physical fatigue, but I just feel like I can't muster up any energy. To be specific, it's a kind of … burning feeling."
Wei Gong frowned weakly and used a somewhat uncertain tone to describe his feelings to Tachika Fujimaru.
"Could it be that you're affected by SE.RA.PH?"
Tachika Fujimaru was obviously very concerned about Wei Gong's state. She frowned and said in disbelief, "But, this is a safe zone. Even Ryuga and Nero who have been staying in the labyrinth are not affected. Senior Wei Gong shouldn't be affected either … If there's really a problem here, I should have been digitized long ago and become a computer creature."
In other words, this was most likely not due to SE.RA.PH's influence, but some other problem.
"Strange mental influence?"
Suzaku Gozen also had a confused expression. "I've never heard of it. I also know about Berserk, but your Berserk phenomenon is completely different from the other Heroic Spirits. It shouldn't be due to SE.RA.PH."
Heroic Spirits who were affected by SE.RA.PH and went Berserk should have lost their rationality in the early stages, not being in a trance.
"Senior Wei Gong, do you want to go out with us tomorrow?"
Tachika Fujimaru pondered for a long time, but she could not come up with an answer. She asked a few Heroic Spirits, but they were also at a loss. In the end, she could only make such a suggestion to Wei Gong.
"Since there's a situation, we have to solve it as soon as possible."
Tristan nodded in agreement with Tachika Fujimaru's approach and continued, "How about this, I'll guard the stronghold tomorrow and we'll change our duties. Maybe we can find some clues. Besides, I have the skill [Healing Harp], which can resist a certain degree of mental abnormality."
"Then I'll leave it to you."
Wei Gong rubbed his forehead. He didn't reject their good intentions and agreed. He even thanked Tristan.
It would be good for him to go out for a walk. Perhaps he had too much free time, which was why he had such a problem … However, considering how heroic spirits existed, the possibility of this happening was very low.
At night.
After dinner, Marble, Arnold, Tachika Fujimaru, and Meltélise all walked to the empty room at the back and prepared to rest for the night.
Nero, Tristan, and Suzaku Gozen all turned into Spiritual Droplets to conserve their energy.
In the chapel.
Wei Gong came here with a tired look. When he saw someone waiting here, he raised his eyebrows slightly. He was a little surprised, but he still looked at the other party calmly.
"So it's you. Why are you looking for me so late?"
…
On the morning of the eighth day.
SE.RA.PH had fallen to eight thousand meters below sea level. There were only three days left. After three days, SE.RA.PH would fall to the deepest part of the Mariana Trench and hit the earth's crust.
But before that, there was a more urgent matter.
"Senior Wei Gong is gone!"
When Liuxia returned to the church after collecting the cherry blossom coins, she heard the solemn discussion in the chapel.
In the morning, after Tachika Fujimaru woke up, she went to the kitchen and found that breakfast was not ready. After searching the entire church, she couldn't find Wei Gong. She finally realized that Wei Gong had disappeared.
"This is … a terrible mistake!"
The disappearance of a servant was too shocking. After Tachika Fujimaru found out about it, all the remaining people and servants gathered in the chapel.
"A servant can't disappear so easily. Did he go out early in the morning?"
Arnold just woke up, and there was still a thick sleepiness on his face. The quality of sleep here was indeed quite poor. Seeing that, he could only use his sleepy face to guess.
"No, it can't be."
Fujimaru Rika shook her head with a heavy expression. "I just took a look at the kitchen. There's enough food for the next three days. There's no need to go out to look for ingredients. Wei Gong-senpai shouldn't have any reason to go out. Even if he had something to do, he should have left a message or told Nero and the others."
Wei Gong's personality was extremely worrisome. Everything must be handled properly. If he went out for something, he would definitely inform Nero in advance.
"So, that chef's heroic spirit was really destroyed by someone?"
Marble's face suddenly turned pale. "Only a servant can deal with a servant, right? Then the person who killed him is … "
Ryuga looked at her silently.
Her words were not wrong in essence, but by saying such words in such a situation, she naturally eliminated herself as a suspect. She was really cunning.
"Last night, none of us noticed the battle. If the servant named Wei Gong was really destroyed, then it is very likely that the battle was over in an instant, or even a sneak attack."
Trystan calmly analyzed: "Although on the surface, Wei Gong didn't have a strong aura, according to the master's introduction, he was at least a second-rate servant. If you want to end the battle in an instant, at least a top-level servant can do it."
The only top-level servants here were Meltélise and Trystan, plus Ryuga, who was a super-standard servant. At most, only three people could do this.
"You finally exposed yourself, Alterego."
Then, Trystan ignored the possibility of himself and Ryuga committing a crime, and pointed the finger at Meltélise, and said coldly.
"Except for you, no one here has a reason to attack the master's servant. Are you still unwilling to admit your identity as a spy?"
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