Chat Group: Starting by Swapping Bodies with Elysia?

—Schicksal HQ

"Overseer, a few hours ago… the Fourth Divine Key, disappeared."

Hearing Amber's report, Otto, who was comfortably playing Kallen Fantasy on the sofa, froze, his green eyes filled with astonishment.

As if saying—What? What are you talking about?

Several years ago, due to Murata Ryusuke, Schicksal lost control of the Fourth Divine Key, which had been parked in low Earth orbit.

Because there hadn't been any major eruptions, and it wasn't of much use, Otto hadn't paid much attention to it.

But it was still a Divine Key, and Schicksal's surveillance of it was very strict, with several military satellites monitoring its movements 24/7.

As a result, you're telling me—the Fourth Divine Key disappeared?

Such a large thing, did aliens tow it away?!

"Although it's hard to believe, it's indeed true."

Amber's tone was also filled with helplessness.

Schicksal's influence spanned the globe, and the Fourth Divine Key was under close surveillance. For such a large thing to suddenly disappear was practically a supernatural event.

"No clues at all?"

Otto raised an eyebrow. Amber opened the projection screen on her portable terminal.

"…This is the recording from the surveillance satellite when the Fourth Divine Key disappeared."

A large screen displayed the image of space and the Earth as seen from low Earth orbit.

Of course, the most crucial part was the large object in the image.

In the slowly playing recording, in just an instant, the Fourth Divine Key disappeared from its original position.

Like—

A magic trick.

Otto rested his chin on his hand, examining the image.

"Rewind, go back a bit more, yes, right there, stop…"

He instructed Amber to adjust the playback progress, finally stopping at the moment before the satellite disappeared.

"Zoom in."

As he spoke, the image of the Fourth Divine Key was magnified. Finally, a tiny but conspicuous trace appeared in Otto's eyes.

The moment he saw it, he subconsciously recalled the scene from the Second Eruption.

This was…

—The trace left by the use of Void authority.

"…The Second Divine Key?"

Discovering this, Otto subconsciously attributed the disappearance of the Fourth Divine Key to the Second Divine Key of the Previous Era.

According to the Void Archives, due to increasingly mature technology, the Second Divine Key, made from the core of the Second Herrscher of the Previous Era, could do most of the things the Second Herrscher could.

Transporting large objects using Void authority shouldn't be a problem.

But—

There was another possibility.

At this moment, an incredibly fervent glint flashed in the eyes of the 500-year-old Bishop of Schicksal.

…

Lying on the back of the Herrscher of Origin's familiar, the pink-haired girl rested her chin on her hand, her smooth and plump thighs crossed, their reflected sheen dazzling.

A sweet yet languid voice, tinged with nonchalance, echoed in the air:

"How is it, can you fix it?"

Although, in reality, after the restoration work by Schicksal's researchers in the later era, the Fourth Divine Key was theoretically intact, it was only barely functional.

Such a precise machine as a Divine Key, especially the special Fourth Divine Key, Schicksal's researchers didn't dare to tamper with it, fearing they would make it worse.

Therefore, even after retrieving this large object, it still needed to be overhauled.

"Hmph, this is something I, Vill-V, created~ How could I not be able to fix it?"

"But since it's something made by my future self, it's indeed quite difficult to repair without the relevant blueprints… Which idiot added these parts? My god! Just to maintain this function, they actually modified my design to be so un-Vill-V?!"

The cheerful Vill-V suddenly exclaimed, her tone filled with anger and dissatisfaction.

—The artistic and ingenious broadcast components had been modified to be incredibly practical and boring.

This, this, this was simply an insult to Vill-V's work!

"Who told you to add so many strange functions to this thing? Hehe~ Any sane person would want to make them more practical, right?"

The slightly sarcastic tone undoubtedly came from Mobius, who was sitting beside [Elysia], looking unusually relaxed. Looking at the strange surroundings, she couldn't help but comment:

"However… to be able to expand the Imaginary space like this, it seems you've also tampered with the Second Herrscher's core~"

—They weren't currently at the Fire Moth base. After all, Vill-V's status wasn't as high as it would be later, and her workshop couldn't accommodate the massive Fourth Divine Key.

MEI had already left due to work. The remaining people were Vill-V, who came to the Imaginary space to repair the Fourth Divine Key, and Jiang Qiao, who was observing.

As for Mobius, although she said she didn't want to waste time, she was dragged into Elysia's wonderful world by [Elysia]'s words—"You should also take a break sometimes, it might improve your work efficiency~ I can even give you a shoulder rub~"

Don't misunderstand, she wasn't interested in Jiang Qiao's shoulder rubs, but simply felt that this work-life balance theory made sense.

Moreover, being with a living Herrscher, she could observe their details and habits to obtain some research data, which was impossible to get from a dead Herrscher!

Furthermore, not everyone could easily enter the Second Herrscher's Imaginary space. This was a good opportunity to observe it.

In short—Dr. Mobius was working!

"I think you really don't understand at all! Art! Art! Pragmatism is simply polluting art! It lacks soul!"

Vill-V, connecting her personal terminal to the Fourth Divine Key and modifying the data, although working seriously, still argued loudly.

Of course, Mobius wasn't interested in arguing about art.

Those who squandered funds could all die!

Mobius, whose lab budget was often cut, making her life difficult, was filled with resentment towards Vill-V's wasteful behavior in the name of art!

"Right, right there… a little harder, yes… hmph… hmm~"

—Occasionally, this seemed quite nice.