"Fifty times and he couldn’t get up? Is that all?"
Old Mike spread his hands, it seemed that this guy’s cybernetic transformation wasn’t all that great. He had repeatedly fallen unconscious more than ten times and now he couldn’t even get up at all.
And, it appeared that he was almost dying.
Even though he possessed the power and physique to contend with awakened beings, he was still just like this. (Storybook tense)
He furrowed his brow and muttered to himself, "I won’t even attempt the hundred-fold increase, for fear of actually killing myself. By the way, why hasn’t that little one named Maryse come yet?"
In fact, Maryse was playing a game. (Storybook tense)
She had promised Old Mike, "The Final Gun," that she would come and help him, and now the agreed-upon time had arrived. (Storybook tense)
However, Maryse was still playing a game. (Storybook tense)
She sat cross-legged in her new home, the Giant Hive, wearing pink pajamas, a wide smile on her face, and a pair of virtual glasses on her head. (Storybook tense)
Maryse was playing a two-player game in the cyber world, with her maid, Irena, sitting beside her, also wearing the same virtual glasses, with a calm expression. (Storybook tense)"Wow, amazing!"
After seeing herself get killed in the game, Maryse was astounded when Irena, with her exceptional gaming skills, turned the tide. She single-handedly fought the boss, who had only half of its health remaining, into the second phase, and ultimately emerged victorious despite the relentless onslaught of attacks.
She was truly amazed!
"Hello, Irena, you’re so strong! How is this possible? When we used to play together before, I never saw you being so amazing! You’re so cool! I even want to watch the video again!"
"Maybe I’m just good at playing the game mode in the Ring City…" Irena mumbled, her eyes flickering uncertainly.
"Wow! So that’s how it is, I can read your thoughts!"
Maryse paused for a moment, realizing the truth. Irena had downloaded a game cheat from the Babel Tower forum beforehand, allowing her character to move automatically while she was playing!
Although the Babel Tower forum allowed thousands of Babel Tower members to help each other, these guys actually uploaded game cheats to the database?
"Hmph, I’m angry now. I won’t play with you anymore."
Maryse felt annoyed. She took off her glasses and couldn’t be bothered to deal with Irena, who was cheating in the game.
If you don’t want to play, forget it. I’ll play by myself." Irena couldn’t be bothered to deal with her either.
She opened the window and stepped outside the villa.
Outside was an endless expanse of azure "sea".
Of course, in reality, it was just a very large lake.
When Maryse learned that the Savior needed her to use her psychic powers to stabilize the Giant Hive, she made a "spoiled" request.
She wanted to live in a nest room all by herself, and decorate it however she pleased.
So, Maryse was given this previously unused nest room. Using fairy tale magic, she filled it with seawater and built an open-air villa in the center of the lake that perfectly matched her aesthetic preferences.
The only people living here were her and Irena. As for her family and Irena’s family, after they moved in, they were all placed in separate nest rooms.
"Ah, if only he could move here and live with us."
With the sea breeze brushing her face, she put on her glasses again and accessed the Babel Tower forum, curious to peek at what was being discussed in the lower levels of the Babel Tower.
The members of the lower levels of the Babel Tower couldn’t access the discussion groups of the upper-level members, but the upper-level members could freely observe the comments made by the lower-level members and look up their personal information.
Maryse entered the cyber world and found herself in a space made of blue data. Then, she arrived at a marvelous virtual reality realm.
Two virtual representations of animals appeared out of thin air in the cyber world and immediately began talking to each other.
They were both unaware of Maryse, who was floating in the sky, gazing at their virtual representations.
Kuayi was puzzled and asked, "Is it true and without error regarding the spell you obtained?"
Huai replied, "Yes, that’s right. I traded it from an Omnic. That Omnic was very peculiar, as it only wanted a handful of soil I brought from outside."
Maryse glanced briefly and discovered that the one called Kuayi was a member of the Scarlet Blood Clan, a female. On the other hand, the person named Huai was a male sinner from Annottales.
Both of them were "Origin" level extraordinaries, nothing remarkable about them.
Kuayi said, "Since this is indeed a spell that allows people to understand languages, very well. According to our agreement, I will give you two hundred and fifty thousand."
Maryse pondered, The knowledge of a spell that enables language comprehension was not something rare, but that was true for the present-day Maryse.
For extraordinaries living in the lower ranks, each new spell, ritual, and relic was considered quite precious.
Huai nodded and said, "Okay, we just arrived at the Giant Hive, and we really need money… By the way, you guys just moved here too, right? Where did you used to live before?"
Kuayi thought for a moment and said, "Well, we live in a city called Tatsumi City. It’s a long story…"
And so, the two of them started to chat. Kuayi, a member of the Scarlet Blood Clan, was over a hundred years old and had good emotional intelligence. They didn’t mention the fact that the other person was a sinner, and at least in their conversation, there was no discrimination based on their backgrounds.
In fact, in the Babel Tower, all members are considered equal, as established by the Savior’s rules. Those who go against this rule will face certain consequences.
Maryse understood that most of those rules were discussed and created by Amy and Aurora. These two individuals were passionate about establishing various rules, especially Amy.
The Savior’s attention towards the lower members has always been very limited.
Indeed, she is a tyrant. She has a strong desire for control, Amy.
Just then, Maryse furrowed her brow.
"Hmm, it seems like I forgot something."
Uh-oh.
I remembered!
That old man asked her to do something, and Maryse’s face changed because she had already taken a gift, but she completely forgot about it!
Ah, what should I do? Truly, it’s just like me.
"Maryse, are you still here?"
Just at that moment, Amy’s virtual image appeared in the cyber world, and she gazed at Maryse. "Old Mike has been waiting for you at the agreed place, but I just checked and you’ve been playing games all along before sneaking here to eavesdrop… Maryse, this doesn’t seem quite right. Anyway, he asked me to call you."
"I was wrong, right away! Tell him for me that I will be there very soon, really, just need to change my clothes and then I’ll go!"
Maryse began to wail.
—
"Little one, you came really late."
Old Mike wore a displeased expression as he gazed at the half-elf girl in a white shirt before him.
"Cough, just now I was sent out on a mission by the Savior."
Maryse’s mind suddenly sparked, and she sneered, "Actually, just ten minutes ago, I used my psychic powers to slaughter hundreds of thousands of people in a primitive civilization, destroyed a country. And now, I have to intervene and wearily come back to help you clean up this mess. Hehe, you should be more grateful to me."
She let out a sigh and shook her head, pretending, "At that time, some people were crying and begging for mercy, but unfortunately, they didn’t understand that I have always been cold-hearted."
"Is that so?" Old Mike chuckled, neither confirming nor denying it.
Why do you use psychic powers to kill people? Shouldn’t those who are being controlled still have the option to beg for mercy?
"Of course, you would believe it."
Maryse’s lips slightly curled upward as she sensed, through her mind-reading abilities, that the other person didn’t believe her truth.
With a flicker of thought, she wanted to send a subtle suggestion.
But after a moment of silence, she gave up, remembering Mr. Profligate’s advice to never do such things to one’s companions.
Old Mike’s face remained expressionless as he continued speaking:
"I don’t care what you’ve been doing before, whether licking the photo of that profligate or just playing games recklessly. Anyway, now you need to do as agreed and help me uncover all the secrets of this scoundrel!"
The old man’s voice, filled with anger at that moment, was finally heard, "I must know! Why have myself and my family become targets?"
"Who would do the licking? You are so disgusting!"
Maryse furrowed her brow, blushing as she gazed at the alloy wolf that lay unconscious.
The previously unconscious Alloy Wolf was reluctantly stirred awake, its eyes filled with confusion.
In an instant, she comprehended everything.
Before her stood a low-level superhuman, with absolutely no secrets to speak of.
"These things, how could they…"
Maryse furrowed her brow and took a deep breath. "I think Mr. Profligate should know about them too, perhaps Amy should know about it as well."
"What’s wrong?"
Old Mike looked at Maryse, and his expression became solemn.
The half-elf girl thought for a moment and then spoke, "It’s about something concerning the Rock Morgan group."
"And, this matter is related to the ‘Crimson Sovereign’…"
Old Mike’s hand trembled slightly, and then transformed into a black gun, shooting the now useless Alloy Wolf in the head.
"Bang!"
Splatters of blood flew, but Maryse managed to dodge them.
He took a deep breath, unable to believe it.
To his surprise, it was…
One of the Rainbows.
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