Mei always found it extremely difficult to pry information from the mouths of the Flame-Chasers. It made her feel like one of those elementary school students who hadn't grown up in decades, constantly dealing with people who didn't speak plainly, deducing the information she needed, and then having to go to Elysia to verify if it was correct.
The only consolation was that Elysia never spoke in riddles when Mei asked for confirmation.
Mobius was somewhere between speaking in riddles and not. She would occasionally put on airs so effectively that Mei could immediately understand what she meant, and then suddenly fly into a rage, dismissing people with just two sentences.
But there was one thing that both Mei and everyone else firmly believed.
To get anything from Mobius, you first had to agree to her experiments, which were more horrifying than creating Frankenstein.
"Where are we going?" Mei followed behind Mobius, looking at her sitting on the strange device and the increasingly sinister environment, and asked.
"Didn't you want to know who knew about those three conditions?" Mobius curved her lips and glanced back with a slight smile, "It's simple. Why not ask the person himself?"
"…"
"What's with that expression? Do you think I'm a smooth-brained, thick-fisted lunkhead like Kalpas?" Mobius scoffed, "Of course, I'm not asking you to ask that person himself. That guy's mouth is harder than rock. To use Elysia's words, he's a total tsundere. You won't get anything out of him with conventional methods."
"Wait a minute, you don't mean…" Mei looked at Mobius hesitantly. She seemed to have guessed who Mobius meant by "the person himself."
And Mobius replied just as she suspected, "Heh heh, it seems you've met him already."
Is it really that bloodthirsty "Lin"?
Although it was only a very brief encounter and skirmish, the silent yet deadly "Lin" had left a deep impression on her. And purely based on that impression, that "Lin" seemed to be an unconscious puppet, only obeying Lin's commands.
"That 'person' doesn't seem to have the intelligence to answer questions," Mei asked Mobius with skepticism.
Mobius, walking ahead, revealed a subtle, wicked smile, "That's only because you didn't have enough strength to make him answer before. His nature is that of a supercomputer. Aside from Lin, who has the final authority, only certain Flame-Chasers who pass a review and gain authority can command him."
"Certain… So that authority review is 'strength'? Because not everyone can beat him, not everyone can command him."
"Exactly. So, it's very easy for you to gain authority. Of course, if you can't even beat him a second time, then I truly have no way to help you~"
"Hmph, you don't need to worry about that." Having been trained by Lin himself, Mei was naturally unafraid of this supercomputer. "But what about your experiment? Aren't you afraid I'll go back on my word and refuse after the matter is done?"
"Oh dear, why is Sister Herrscher so naughty? I never thought you'd deceive me like that~" Mobius turned her head with teary eyes, wiping away tears and sobbing.
…
"'Supercomputer'… Hahahaha…"
Elysia was rolling on the ground with laughter. Lin coldly watched her lack of decorum. After staring for a long time, she awkwardly stood up from the ground.
"Cough, cough… Pfft… Hahaha…" Elysia tried to compose herself, but couldn't help but laugh out loud again as she spoke. She patted Lin on the shoulder hard, "Our dearest Dr. Mobius's skill in making jokes is really quite good~ I wonder if I should take out the 'One Hundred Jokes from the Elysian Realm' that I didn't finish writing last time and continue working on it~"
"…"
"But then again, 'supercomputer' seems quite fitting to describe him, too. It's just that Mobius talking nonsense with such a serious face is simply too funny." Elysia said to Lin with an irresistible laugh, "Speaking of which, Lin, aren't you going to stop them this time?"
"…It doesn't matter. What Raiden Mei needs to solve now is my problem. Even if she wins, it won't benefit her in any way."
Ultimately, this was a trap set by Mobius. It made no difference whether Raiden Mei won or lost.
"What about Mobius? Lin, are you that confident Mei can beat Mobius? Though I think so too!"
"Mobius will know her limits," Lin shook his head.
…
"We're here. The issue with the Elysian Realm is managed by Klein. Last time, she said a bug appeared in the Realm, connecting this passage to other anchor points, causing it to appear where it shouldn't be." Mobius stopped in front of a plain wooden door and turned to Mei, who had been skeptical the entire way, "This is its true form."
This unassuming wooden door was the anchor point?
Honestly, if it weren't for the weird staircase she encountered last time, Mei wouldn't have believed Mobius.
But everything related to Lin was usually strange, so she believed half of it this time. The other half would have to be verified after she went inside.
"By the way, this is my gift to you. Just in case, accept my blessing."
Mobius suddenly transferred the full power of the Signet of Infinity to Mei. Mei didn't say much. After giving the smiling Mobius a glance, she accepted the "gift," reached out her hand, and pulled open the door.
"Swoosh—"
After a dizzying sensation, Mei was standing in a familiar location—that same desolate, somber, rain-soaked space. A quick glance revealed nothing but a figure sitting on the ground in the far distance, with a black and white spear and lance placed beside him.
Unlike the eerie atmosphere of their last encounter, this time, the "Lin" figure was surrounded by a murderous aura. As Mei observed him, he silently stood up, pulled out the two spears, and merged them in front of her.
"Click."
The complete form of the Abyss Flower. Only when the white spear of Genesis Authority and the black spear of Decomposition Authority were combined was the Divine Key complete.
In Mei's confused gaze, "Lin," after manifesting the Abyss Flower, did not hold it. Instead, he casually waved his hand, making it disappear into the void.
He's not going to use a weapon?
Then, Mei understood why he wouldn't.
A giant sword burning with flames appeared in his hand. The terrifying power of Destruction Authority made the surrounding space unstable, causing Mei's expression to change.
Judgment...... of Shamash?
And before Mei could figure out what was happening, the strange armor on Lin's body suddenly turned crimson under the glow of the Judgment of Shamash!