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— Fortunately, when Jiang Qiao and the others began their operation, the mayor of Nagazora City was lucky enough to escape disaster due to certain unspeakable private reasons and was not sought out by Sakura.
But when he received the announcement from the Nagazora City government while in his secret private apartment.
The mayor, who had just woken up from his intimate bed, was first confused, then flew into a rage.
What was the meaning of this? Such a major matter as relocating the city, and yet he, the top leader, knew nothing about it before it was set in motion?
This kind of operation was extremely explosive even by Far East political standards.
It was hard not to suspect that the people below were planning a rebellion.
Thus, the furious mayor rushed out from his tender embrace and angrily summoned all the councilors and relevant departments of Nagazora City, planning to properly deal with that bastard who dared to act on his own.
Surrounded by his secretary and storming into the conference room, the mayor immediately launched into a tirade against the assembled Nagazora City officials and politicians:
“You pig-heads, do you know what you’ve done? You’re committing a crime!”
However, there was no echo.
The conference room was dead silent, with no one speaking.
This quiet atmosphere stunned the mayor, who naturally became even more furious:
“Fool! Why isn’t anyone talking? Are you all playing mute here?!”
“They won’t respond to you.”
A cheerful and crisp voice rang out, and under the mayor’s sideways glance, a twin-colored fluffy-haired lady wearing a magic hat walked into the conference room.
“Who are you?! This is the city government! Security! Security! Throw this woman out!”
Given Vill-V’s beauty, under normal circumstances the mayor would definitely have some ideas, but now he was already somewhat distracted by the sudden changes in Nagazora City and had no mind for such matters.
Moreover, the eerie atmosphere in the conference room and Vill-V’s gaze, which made him extremely uncomfortable, as if she were looking at a monkey, also made the mayor sense something was wrong.
“Stop shouting. The security personnel were dismissed long ago. They’re probably packing their bags and preparing to leave Nagazora City by now.”
After hearing Vill-V’s words, the mayor finally understood that the current situation might not be subordinates rebelling, but rather… all of Nagazora City’s political officials had been controlled.
Understanding this, he looked at the other politicians in the conference room and finally noticed that their eyes were somewhat vacant, like dolls.
“It’s you! You’re the ones who did this, right?! How dare you hold city government officials hostage, you bastards!”
Although he didn’t recognize Vill-V, after discovering the anomaly, with the mayor’s political instincts, it wasn’t difficult to guess that this was definitely Vill-V and the people behind her doing. Connecting this to the warnings from above about a certain secret organization, he couldn’t help but become alarmed and angry.
“Just you wait, I’ll report this to the higher-ups! You lawless bastards who act with impunity!”
“That won’t be necessary. Sakura~ let this mayor calm down a bit.”
Following Vill-V’s words, just as the mayor was about to say something more, he only felt a pain in his head before falling into darkness.
She didn’t have Sakura use the Key of Corruption to control him, not because of soft-heartedness or inability, but simply because she didn’t want to do so.
— As the ultimate consciousness virus, Jizo Mitama’s method of manipulating others was to use consciousness viruses to erode and seize control of others’ bodies. In this process, one would inevitably feel some things belonging to the target.
Regarding these politicians, Higokumaru, who was the main body of the consciousness virus, didn’t particularly like them.
Anyway, the intended goal had been completed, and the mayor had no value for exploitation.
…As for the arrangements afterward.
Out of humanitarian concerns, Jiang Qiao and the other two unanimously believed they should respect the personal wishes of the politician gentlemen and fulfill their beautiful desire to coexist with this city until death. The mayor would surely be happy to accompany Nagazora City to the very end, right?
…
The Overseer at Schicksal headquarters had been somewhat troubled lately.
Originally, the K-Project for reviving the 2nd Herrscher was proceeding steadily, and the experimental subject K-423 was also growing and developing vigorously. Everything was going so smoothly.
But then a Herrscher reaction far beyond his expectations appeared in Nagazora City where the vessel was located, one that Otto felt he couldn’t control at all.
For such existences, his consistent approach was to try to eliminate them, such as the former Joyce, or Siegfried who had demonstrated bloodline power during the Second Eruption and unleashed Judgment of Shamash to its extreme.
But this time didn’t seem to be going so smoothly either.
Not only did asking his old friend to personally take action yield no results, even the professional white glove he sent, S-rank Valkyrie Rita, had lost contact after entering Nagazora City.
There was also the Gem of Desire implantation experiment, which ultimately ended in failure.
Bad news, bad news, all bad news. Couldn’t there be some good news to improve his mood?
The Overseer, in a gloomy mood, picked up his game controller to play his beloved Kallen Fantasy to vent, but only felt worse.
As Saintess Kallen’s most faithful believer, this game that Otto had specifically developed based on her had always seen him leading with extremely high scores.
Only over a decade ago, some tactless person had stolen his first place.
However, that person seemed to have disappeared later.
And now…
Another bastard was competing with him for first place!
Looking at the ID occupying first place on the leaderboard: “Miss Pink Elf,” Otto frowned and felt nothing but annoyance.
Suddenly, a projection screen appeared before him—
“Overseer.”
Hearing that somewhat seductive, gentle familiar voice, Otto looked sideways to see Rita, who had lost contact after entering Nagazora City.
Putting down his game controller, he showed no particular expression and casually asked:
“What happened?”
Otto didn’t ask about the mission progress. If someone with Rita’s abilities could briefly lose contact in Nagazora City, it could only mean that the waters of Nagazora City weren’t as simple as they appeared on the surface.
“I apologize, Rita was completely unable to match the mission target.”
“Mm.”
From the first glance, Otto knew that the man called Jiang Qiao was definitely not simple. Such a result could only be said to be within his expectations.
However…
Being able to defeat Rita, through this point he could further obtain more information.
“Rita carelessly became that man’s prisoner, but he seems to have no malice or designs toward me. Rita believes this could be an opportunity to further understand and investigate this man’s background.”
“Oh?”
Otto immediately became interested and replied:
“You may!”
Yes, of course, absolutely yes!
He was quite enthusiastic about planting spies.
After all, through undercover work, he could further understand the other party’s information and grasp their weaknesses.
Moreover, K-423 was also beside that man. This undercover operation could directly monitor both of their movements!
A direct profit!
Rita continued: “To avoid arousing the target’s suspicion, Rita may not be able to contact you frequently afterward. Please understand, Overseer.”
Approved! All approved!
Wasn’t it just long-term undercover work? If it could clarify the situation of that unknown Herrscher, what did this matter?!
Otto, who had ended the call, looked pleased, and his originally terrible mood instantly improved.
— Good, Rita, you did well!