Contrary to our original expectations, our operation seemed to have fallen into a predicament.
The Roman Orthodox Church members who kidnapped the angel seemed to have vanished into thin air. Not only did the God's Split Fireweaver disappear, but even the Schilling Special Agent that we sent out couldn't find any traces of them. Pandora had already hacked into all the surveillance systems of the entire school city. Other than the 'Space Loop' which couldn't be easily controlled due to its unique properties, the entire school city had become something even more obvious to us than the restaurant that Sandora had swept clean. But even so, the Roman Orthodox Church members didn't reveal any traces of their whereabouts. Even some of the surveillance systems didn't leave any traces behind. It was obvious that even the Roman Orthodox Church members, who were generally mechanical idiots, would still have a certain degree of control over their high-tech surveillance systems before they took action.
It was truly inconceivable.
Another thing that we could confirm was that the missing angel was undoubtedly Sylvia.
Even though we had only met twice, due to her friendly personality, she had already become a friend of Lin Xue and I. Thus, when we saw that the shop was empty, we felt rather annoyed.
Angel!?
Nonsense!
How could that kind of idiot be an angel?
Alaya innocently floated past me …
Cough cough, what I meant was, how could such an ordinary person, an orphan who was adopted by the school city, turn into an angel?
But these were all questions to ponder over later. The most important thing now was to find Sylvia's whereabouts.
Even though her business skills weren't that great, due to her friendly personality, Sylvia was quite popular on this street. After disguising ourselves as investigators, we quickly found the small apartment that Sylvia lived in under the guidance of a few kind-hearted individuals.
"This is where the child lives." The shop owner who brought us here pointed out enthusiastically. "Back then, she couldn't remember her apartment number and would always look for us for directions. In the end, everyone here knows her address better than herself …"
We were speechless.
"Please bring the child back safely!" Just as we were lamenting, the shop owner who looked like a common person suddenly said loudly and bowed deeply. "Although Sylvia is always clumsy, she is really a kind and warm-hearted girl. Even though she has only moved here for a few months, all of us here can feel the warmth of that child. So, please!"
"Of course, this is our duty."
With a reassuring smile, Lin Xue sent the uncle shop owner off and locked the door.
"Finding the whereabouts of the angel from the Roman Orthodox Church," I sighed. Then, I dragged Lin Xue into the room. "Lass, take a good sniff later and see if you can find Sylvia's whereabouts … F * ck!"
Along with a loud bang, a certain mad prophet roared, "What kind of description are you using, you bastard!!"
Sylvia's room looked clean and unusually simple. Other than a white single bed, a writing desk, a bedside table, and two chairs, there was nothing else. She didn't even have a human necessity in this school city: a computer. I couldn't help but wonder if it was her natural personality or her poor business skills that caused her to be so poor. But the possibility of the latter wasn't high. To be able to open a shop in the core area of the school city, it was obvious that the school city was taking care of her. At this level, she could probably live a good life even if she relied on relief funds.
A natural cultivator?
That really matched her identity as an 'angel'.
Even though I didn't know why Sylvia, who was adopted as an orphan, would suddenly turn into an 'angel', I suddenly recognized her new identity.
"There are no signs of a struggle, nor are there any traces of unique energy waves," Lin Xue walked around the small single bedroom. "There's the scent of a stranger, but she voluntarily followed him out. Combined with Sylvia's intelligence, it seems that this is a kidnapping with a difficulty of 0.00."
I immediately summoned Alaya and said seriously to the foolish angel who had a confused expression, "Be good, you must remember one thing, don't talk to strangers …"
Then, Shallow Shallow, who was analyzing the timeline, knocked me on the head. "Don't really treat our angel as an idiot!!"
Alaya continued to be confused.
Shallow Shallow's attempt to reverse the flow of time in this place was also fruitless. It was obvious that Sylvia had been taken away for a very long time, and the longer the time span, the harder it was to control time. Not to mention, with Shallow Shallow's current abilities, she was still unable to distort history that had already happened. That was why we could only place our hopes on God's Crack.
However, it was obvious that if even we were unable to discover it, then the chances of God's Crack discovering it would be even lower.
Accompanied by the sound of air being torn apart, the 'saint' who had the figure of a mature woman and the age of a young girl appeared outside the window. Then, she jumped into the room through the open window.
"Do you normally enter and exit other people's homes through the window?"
Lin Xue asked with a serious expression.
"Er …"
Even if God's Crack was as calm as ever, he was completely helpless against Lin Xue's verbal cannons.
"You didn't discover it, did you?"
Earlier, I hadn't received any signals from God. Now that I saw the depressed expression on her face, I could already guess what the result would be.
God's Crack nodded silently as he replied in a low voice, "It's possible that they've long since mastered some sort of method. Not only did they successfully sneak into the school city, they were even able to easily leave this place. It's also possible that they've mastered some sort of teleportation spell that allows them to ignore all obstacles. I've already notified my colleagues. They'll use various methods to search for clues about God's Crack. Not only that, the Cardinal Cardinal will probably contact the Roman Orthodox Church through the higher-ups as well. However, there's not much meaning in doing so. Now that they've obtained an actual angel, the Roman Orthodox Church definitely won't make any compromises before they achieve their goal.
God's Crack … left the school city?
That would be troublesome. With the help of Pandora's system intrusion and the activities of the Schilling's special agents, I would definitely have the upper hand if I were in the school city. However, God's Crack was currently outside of the city. He might even be under the protection of the Roman Orthodox Church. It would be impossible for me to resolve this matter quietly.
"We've obtained an actual angel." Shallow Shallow's thoughts were slightly different from mine. "The Roman Orthodox Church thinks that they have a huge advantage. However, would they have thought that the British Puritans have a bunch of angels supporting them?"
"What do you mean?"
Hearing Shallow Shallow's words, God's Crack immediately revealed an overjoyed expression. Shallow Shallow then turned to look at me. "Ah Jun, I don't like the Roman Orthodox Church anymore."
"I don't like it either." I shrugged as I reminisced about the leisurely holiday that I had just been shot to death. "Then, let's prepare to beat up those hot-blooded monkeys."
"Heh … Heh … Heh heh …" God's Crack's expression was stiff as he laughed dryly. He expressed that he didn't hear a thing about the way the 'angel' in front of him spoke.
"Then, I will inform the Archbishop of this good news as soon as possible." The maiden Saint said as she bowed to us. "We will find the whereabouts of the lost angel in the shortest time possible. I believe that with the Roman Orthodox Church's usual way of doing things, they will make a big move very soon. Before that, the lost angel shouldn't be harmed in any way."
"… Let's hope so." I said with uncertainty. There was a hint of worry in my heart. Even though Sylvia had suddenly gained the title of an angel, she was still a powerless and naive "human" girl. Although the lunatics of the Roman Orthodox Church who were willing to pay any price to promote the "glory of the Lord" might not harm Sylvia, she was just like a fragile piece of art that could be accidentally damaged even in the hands of a collector. Would those fanatical Roman believers really not harm Sylvia in order to realize their "righteousness"?
On the way back to the research institute, I kept thinking about a question.
What was that bastard Aresta thinking?
Even though guessing the old fox's thoughts was a rather difficult thing for someone like me who wasn't good at scheming, there was at least one thing that I could be sure of. Just like a certain fox girl, the man hanging in the pipe was definitely a person who would do anything to achieve his goals. In other words, he would never allow anything that would hinder his goals to happen. Allowing the Roman Orthodox Church to obtain an angel, which could greatly increase their power, no matter how I looked at it, it should be absolutely forbidden.
Wait a minute … Angel … Sylvia …
What kind of role did the "omniscient and omnipotent" man play behind all of this?
Was he just condoning all of this, or was this something that he had planned from the start? In the territory of the guy who was used to controlling everything in his own hands, if he was silently allowing all of this to happen, then it would mean that all of this was planned by Aresta.
That slow girl said herself that she was an orphan that was adopted from a young age in the school city. In other words, her existence was actually part of Aresta's plan from the very beginning?
No, this was a little too miraculous. Aresta was indeed an old fox, but he shouldn't have the foresight to adopt a girl for an opportunity that would only appear ten years later, just to have her pretend to be an angel one day when she grew up, and then be taken away by the Roman Orthodox Church. No matter how I looked at it, to be able to pretend to be an "angel" and play a crucial role in a certain conspiracy, this role couldn't have been randomly picked from the extras. This kind of design had to have been in place since more than ten years ago. If it was Lin Xue, then it would have been a little more reasonable.
Or should I say, Aresta's original plan was actually to raise the Light Source?!
Damn it, I lost control of my thoughts again.
"Blockhead, the expression on your face is constantly changing, and your eyes are drifting about. What are you thinking about?"
Lin Xue noticed my abnormality and stopped in her tracks curiously. She spoke in a rather serious tone.
You added a lot of subtle things just now, you bastard!
"It's nothing," I shook my head and suppressed the urge to look for Aresta. That would be too passive. "Shallow Shallow, mobilize a group of professional agents from the Shadow City and search for Silvia's whereabouts within the Roman Orthodox Church's sphere of influence. I will send Alaya to look for that vixen. We are unfamiliar with this place, and no matter how powerful Agent Schilling is, he definitely can't compare to the natives of this world. Lin Xue, I'll have to trouble you for the next few days. I know you can't see anything related to Silvia, so …"
"I can only scan the entire Roman Orthodox Church to understand the situation from the side. I know, I know. That's why you, blockhead, just be grateful." Lin Xue kissed me out of habit. Then, her tone suddenly became slightly serious. "Speaking of which, I never thought that there would be a time when you would be so serious."
"Of course, I'm a little displeased to be used as a tool."
I shrugged and turned my gaze to a tall black building in the distance.
"Although I don't know what his motive is, there's one thing I'm sure of. A certain manager wants us to stand up for him."
I didn't have any objections to helping Gakuen City solve its problems. In fact, it was something that I would be happy to do. However, if this trouble was a trap that a manager had set up and he planned to include all of us in it, then I wouldn't be happy about it.
Lin Xue nodded. Then, she suddenly thought of something and smiled. "If you need an agent, I can give you a suggestion. A genius who is very suitable to infiltrate every corner of the Roman Orthodox Church under such circumstances."
I was immediately shocked. "We have such a person under us?"
Miss Lin smiled faintly. "Sicarro — that guy can promote his pirated market to the Vatican's palace!"
Shallow Shallow and I: "… Good idea."
Thus, that evening, an enhanced battalion of specially trained Schilling agents, under the leadership of a certain Town Security Assassin, marched from the shadow city to every corner of the world. Each of them carried a small black satchel …
The first batch of Osaka's younger sisters who came to experience life had already completed a two-hour body adjustment experiment. With the hard work of Master Schilling, we created a spatial device that could mimic the World Circuit. Thus, a portion of the underground space of the research institute and the shadow city were overlapped. This simplified version of the 'World Circuit' greatly facilitated our hyperspace transportation. More than a hundred of Osaka's younger sisters, including 10031, were the first batch of beneficiaries of this technology. They received treatment in the shadow base, which was well-equipped and well-staffed. There were already nearly three thousand special radiation-type biological adjustment chambers prepared there. Moreover, two Schilling mainframes were still working overtime to personally supervise the production of the remaining seven thousand chambers.
Apart from entering the shadow city during the adjustment, Osaka's younger sisters still had to live in the research institute. This was to prevent any abnormal phenomena from attracting the attention of a certain old fox. Although, he might have already begun to pay attention to this place.
However, under the interference of Pandora's powerful energy field, that guy must have had countless surveillance devices burned recently, right?
"Speaking of which, this scene is really strange …"
During dinner, the Salvation Team, who collectively went to the canteen to eat due to a sudden impulse, sighed.
More than a hundred of Osaka's younger sisters, who looked exactly the same, sat neatly at the spacious dining table. They ate in an orderly manner with a serious expression. The scene was spectacular.
"Hehe, in that old fellow Aresta's plan, the Osaka network is an important part of it. However, he definitely wouldn't have expected that we actually have a way to transfer these ten thousand Osaka's younger sisters to another world. If he could have thought of this, he would probably rather die than agree to let us' treat 'the younger sisters of Osaka."
Suddenly thinking of something interesting, Shallow Shallow started giggling and whispering into my ear. Then, goosebumps rose all over my body — this girl was blowing air into my ears!
"Seeing that Big Brother and Big Sister have come, Osaka 10031 is very happy. Osaka 10031 just stood up to greet Big Brother, but he didn't seem to attract any attention. Osaka 10031 added a little disappointedly."
Just as I was busy suppressing the goosebumps on my body, a mechanical voice suddenly sounded beside me, causing me to divert my attention.
"Err … I'm sorry …" I turned my head around awkwardly and met the expressionless gaze of a certain younger sister of Osaka's. I had no idea how long this child had been standing up. "That, how do you feel?"
"I feel fine now, but when I came out of the treatment device, my spine felt a little itchy. Osaka 10031 reported seriously."
It seemed that the research of Master Schilling was indeed reliable. If there was an itch in the spine, it meant that the entire process of body renewal had been successfully initiated.
"Are you used to living here?" I smiled as I rubbed Osaka 10031's head. "Just make do for now. I'll arrange a better place for you two in two days. It's a brand new city."
It was a rare sight for Little Sister Osaka to have a slight blush on her face. Then, she quickly nodded her head and said, "Osaka is very happy living here, and Osaka really likes the friendly people here. The younger sisters of Osaka have also asked me to express their gratitude on behalf of them. The other younger sisters of Osaka also hope to come over as soon as possible … Osaka 10031 has a lot to say, but she couldn't find the right words to describe it, so her face flushed with eagerness …"
"Alright, alright, alright … I understand." With a smile, I patted the little girl who had just escaped from a nightmare and was a little excited to welcome a new life. I turned around and said to her sister, "Sister, the next batch of younger sisters of Osaka should be arriving soon, right?"
"They will be arriving tomorrow." Big Sister nodded her head. "If Aresta doesn't continue to play tricks."
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