After a round of exploration in the Elysian Realm, Raven came to the area where Pardofelis's store was located.
When the familiar shop appeared in front of her, Raven's face revealed an incomparably nostalgic expression.
"A box of expired instant noodles, a wine cork, half a test tube, uh... a pink maid outfit?!"
Seeing this here, Raven's expression became somewhat stiff, she really could not imagine that in the Elysian Realm as a trial site, such things would actually appear.
"To even mix these things in with gold, silver, and jewels, this is exactly the same as before."
But very quickly, Raven also accepted this setting.
After all, if not for these things that look strange, she also would not have received the attention of that lord.
She had just shaken off a certain passionate mask-wearing big boy, and had fully retreated from his "sacrificial altar."
"Mm... let's see if there's anything worth taking... huh, what's this?"
Raven's gaze was suddenly attracted by a delicate necklace.
Just as she reached out to take it, an orange shadow flashed past, snatching the necklace from her hand.
"Who?!"
Raven turned around suddenly, only to see a fat brown cat biting that necklace, squatting on the signboard not far away.
Raven could only force out a stiff smile, saying to the fat brown cat, "Kitty, be good, give that necklace back to me, okay?"
The fat cat yawned, not even bothering to lift its eyelids.
Looking at the fat cat's unmoved appearance, Raven could not help but complain in her heart, "This is why I don't like to mess around with little animals in the first place..."
Seeing soft won't work, Raven could only try hard.
"If you don't come over, don't blame me for being rude, okay?" As she spoke, Raven revealed her claws.
At this, the fat cat glanced at her contemptuously, that look as if saying, Foolish human, if you've got the ability, just try.
"..." Raven helplessly rubbed her forehead, "What am I even doing? Why is there a cat here? No, this thing... is it really a cat?"
After a round of testing, Raven finally understood the fat cat's meaning.
"You want to take me somewhere? Fine, I'll follow you."
Seemingly finally hearing a satisfactory answer, the strange cat jumped down from the signboard, turned, and disappeared into the anchor point not far away.
"This little guy, looking all round, yet moving quite nimbly. If my guess is right... following it is correct." Raven complained as she followed.
After passing through several Elysian Realm areas, Raven suddenly saw a symbol appear on a door not far away, one she had never seen before.
"Huh, this symbol is... sure enough, it's guiding me toward those 'abnormal corners'..."
After stepping into the unknown door, Raven discovered she had come to a mysterious space, and here was pitch-black.
"What's going on, who pulled the switch?"
———
[Raven: Who pulled the switch? Oh, turns out it was me, then it's fine]
[No, seriously, the atmosphere was so tense, and Raven ruined it all with one line]
[My Raven, please be a little more mindful!]
[Wouldn't this count as the kind of passerby in horror movies who insists on making noise?]
[Combined with what Mobius said earlier, could it be my Raven is going offline?]
[No, please, don't let that happen]
[Wuwuwu... my Raven, don't go do missions anymore, I'll steal electric bikes to buy you a little island]
———
[In the Real World, Inside a Certain Kindergarten]
Natasha looked at the video of herself once again suffering a setback, and her heart was filled with mixed feelings.
'No way, girl! You're way too miserable!'
'Not to mention the little island you worked half your life to buy was nuked, now you can't even guarantee your own personal safety!'
Recalling the previous plot, Natasha swore in her heart, 'I, Natasha Ciora, swear to the heavens, I'd rather starve to death, die outside, jump from here, than ever have anything to do with those people in Changkong City!'
Yet, just as Natasha's words fell, she received a message from the kindergarten principal.
[Principal: Teacher Natasha, in view of your outstanding performance during teaching and your solid professional qualities, after the school's comprehensive consideration, it has been decided to select you as the representative to go to Changkong City to participate in an exchange activity...]
As for the words after that, Natasha already had no mind to keep reading.
Because, she had just sworn, and retribution in reality came immediately.
'Could this be the so-called being set up by capital?'
Thinking of this, Natasha distressedly grabbed her hair, shouting in her heart,
"Damn it! I really don't want to go to that troublesome place Changkong City! But... the subsidies for participating in this activity are too tempting... there's bonus money, and also a very high chance of promotion and salary raise..."
Thinking of her newly bought apartment still having more than thirty years of mortgage unpaid, Natasha ultimately decided to obey her heart.
"Forget it, anyway Changkong City is so big, how could there be such coincidences? And, I heard this time's activity location is a newly opened resort, surely I won't run into those people..."
Natasha thought this way.
———
[Back to the Video]
Raven vigilantly looked around, "That cat... it's also gone."
At this moment, an ethereal female voice suddenly rang directly in her mind.
"You finally still came here... stranger traveler."
Raven swiftly drew her weapon, looking all around.
"Who?!"
"Is it you... who brought change to this Elysian Realm?"
"How is that possible! The voice... it's directly sounding in my mind..."
"Ah... you don't seem to be the one I was waiting for." The female voice carried faint disappointment.
Raven forced herself to endure the dizziness, trying hard to look into the distance.
In the depths of the shadows, a locked door was standing there, and behind the door there seemed to be something.
"Behind that door... the abnormality Klein spoke of... it's here..."
Her vision became more and more blurry, finally collapsing powerlessly to the ground.
Before completely losing consciousness, she heard that voice say, "I can touch... the 'threads of fate' that entwine her with you.
Perhaps at this moment... it is still too early, but one day, you will lead her beneath this Sanctuary... you will bring her, before me..."
———
[Good news, What Mobius had her eye on wasn't Raven's body]
[Bad news, Raven still collapsed]
[I give up, my Raven is just this miserable]
[T/N: The Silk Song is real!]
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