"Ye."
As soon as Ye returned to Sangonomiya Shrine, his footsteps suddenly paused, and he stopped.
This was indeed a voice calling out to Ye, and it echoed in his mind.
It was a sowhat chanical, emotionless voice of a young girl.
Ye looked around for a place to sit, as he was too lazy to stand and talk.
While searching, he casually asked, "Who are you?"
As he asked this, Ye had already logged into his alternate accounts, Themis and Chiba, and had them leave.
As for himself, he simply found a spot to sit down.
After Ye sat down, the chanical voice of the girl spoke again, still emotionless: "It's ."
"Who are you?"
"It's ."
"Who are you?"
"It's ."
"Oh, it's you. You're... that person..." Ye hesitated, his tone calm. "The one I haven't heard from in thousands of years... what was your na again?"
The girl's voice remained emotionless: "It's ."
Ye couldn't help but apologize: "Sorry, it's been so long, I kind of forgot about you. I thought I had already resigned. I've even found a new job now, so maybe we should just stop contacting each other. I don't want Lady Furina to misunderstand."
The chanical girl ignored the sarcasm: "I'm sorry, things have been difficult on my end. I haven't been able to contact you."
Ye found this amusing: "A self-proclaid omniscient and omnipotent god like you can't be more useful?"
"I've already answered that question before."
"Alright, let's skip that topic. So, what happened on your end while I was switching jobs?"
"We were in a eting."
"?????"
No exaggeration, Ye was genuinely full of question marks this ti.
"A eting? That word... doesn't really match your identity, does it?"
"Before the ga started, we held etings to finalize the rules."
"Alright, that makes sense. So why are you having another eting now?"
"Because of you."
"?????????"
Ye was genuinely surprised: "What does this have to do with ? Sure, I know they're a bit crazy—sending fifteen Overgods to block outside—but there's no way they actually care about that much, right?"
"...It's complicated."
"That's fine, take your ti."
"It's a long story."
"Just give the short version."
"I don't want to talk about it."
"Can you appear in front of right now so I can slap your butt?"
"I can't co over right now. We'll talk about it when you co back."
The girl's voice remained emotionless, which made Ye feel a bit bored.
"So, why are you contacting now? What was the outco of your eting?"
"There's no outco yet. Their goal is just to stall so I can't help you. While you were trapped, the advantages you had built up in the ga are almost gone."
"...Are they just sore losers? If that's the case, why even start the ga in the first place?"
"It's not that simple. To put it bluntly, making you my Apostle was indeed cheating on my part. Now, I'm just facing the consequences of that."
"I won't ask why making your Apostle was cheating. I'm sure it's sothing you don't want to talk about, right?"
"Correct."
"In that case, just find a new Apostle. I've decided to stay in this world. Lady Furina is much better than you. I've completely beco Lady Furina's shape now. There's no going back."
The girl still ignored Ye's remarks and continued with what she wanted to say: "Now, there are two options. One is for you to find a way to break through the blockade yourself. If you can do that, they probably won't pull this kind of stunt again."
"If I could do that, I would have done it already. I tried before and got blocked."
"Weren't you always preparing for it? If you continue with your preparations, it's not entirely impossible."
"...If you already know about my preparations, doesn't that an they're aningless? Omniscience really is no joke."
"No, with here, their omniscience has a flaw. They can know 99% about you, but there will always be 1% they can't know. And if it's you, using that 1% to win isn't entirely impossible."
"Tell about the second option."
"I can make a deal with them. They can rewrite the rules of the Honkai world according to their whims. If you can clear the ga under those rules and obtain World Sovereignty, they'll stop what they're doing now."
"You overestimate ."
"So, your choice is?"
"The second one. The first option doesn't seem like it has much chance of success."
"Then it's decided."
"By the way, one last question. Where did Naless and Baoyu co from?"
Ye was tired of playing mind gas with Baoyu and Naless, his cheat tools. If he didn't understand, he might as well ask.
Where did they co from? What are their goals? He needed to know the answers before considering anything else.
—What happened next completely caught Ye off guard!!
"Baoyu... who is that?"
"???????"
Ye's eyes widened for the first ti: "Even you don't know?"
The chanical voice of the girl also showed a hint of fluctuation for the first ti: "I know about Naless. She was always sleeping in your dreams when I pulled you from the [Universe]. It's not surprising that she's awake now. But Baoyu... I'm actually starting to suspect that you're making her up to trick , because I can't see any trace of Baoyu's existence."
"...In your eyes, what was I doing before?"
"Handling docunts at the Grand Cathedral of Fontaine."
"So, when you said 'your preparations,' were you actually referring to sothing from a year ago?"
"...It seems that either you're deceiving and plotting sothing, or sothing has happened to you that even I can't comprehend."
"Your cool factor just dropped, you know that?"
"This conversation is over. Let's hold off on making any decisions. I think... sothing unexpected might have happened that none of us wanted."
After saying this, the other end fell silent.
Ye didn't bother with his now significantly less cool forr boss and imdiately called out to Baoyu.
"Master, what can I do for you?"
Baoyu still had that cheerful smile on her face.
"Baoyu, what exactly are you?"
"Master, haven't I already answered that? I answered it a long, long ti ago."
Baoyu cupped her cheeks with her hands and smiled softly:
"Baoyu is Master's Baoyu. I only stand by Master's side."
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