Aleph was quietly dozing off alone inside Mei’s office when [Great Sage]’s notifications woke him up.

  {...cross-cheg with the database, it has beeermio be the power of spad time.}

  {in: Nagazora City, Far East}

  “Um… This is…”

  He rubbed his eyes before reading the “report” piled by it.

  “...It’s the mirror.”

  He pletely woke up.

  “I o visit Nagazora ter.”

  Previously, he chose not to linger in Nagazora due to the potential Emperor-css beasts around it. He wasn’t fident enough to safely escape from that pce filled with nothing but honkai wreckage.

  Now that he killed a Herrscher (albeit in an ambush), [Great Sage]’s existence greatly increased his overall capabilities. Just the boost in thought speed as well as the miraculous “parallel thinking” pushed his raw battle instincts beyond that of his past self.

  “If it’s really her…”

  His sleepiness pletely disappeared. He looked at the clod saw that it was thirty minutes before the MOTH Night.

  “Well…”

  Looking at the time, Aleph sprinted swiftly outside the office.

  ******

  The st MOTH Night was held more than five months ago. At that time, Aleph was busy and didn’t have the time to personally attend. It was expected to be held six months ter, yet the fourth Herrscher’s i pushed it by three months forward.

  “Tonight is a day of rest for our valiant heroes. Cheers!”

  The sound of gsses king filled the entire ve wasn’t as stiff and formal as one would expect. There are people talking with others, while there are some reoccupied with eating some good food.

  The er of Aleph’s mouth twitched when he saw a familiar figure in the buffet se.

  “Ah? Aruf?!”

  Her mouth was filled to the brim with food. Her cheeks were bulging like hamsters.

  “That’s the result of not learning how to cook… idiot.”

  Vill-V had an aggrieved look as she hastily swallowed everything down.

  “Your friend is too much..! She cut down my budget by 50%!”

  “Yeah, yeah. Even if you tell it to me, nothing would ge.” He replied. “What happeo the money we got?”

  “Researeeds rge amounts of money. You must know about it!”

  Aleph recalled her so-called “research projects” before having the urge to retort.

  “A researcher must know about pnning. You don’t have that. What would special smoke bombs do? What about the flying hoverboard? The parachute cape? There’s also a deck of cards made of bdes…”

  “They’re not that useless!”

  “...That mi of yot you broke.”

  The stash funds of the three MOTH cilors…

  Even if they were divided between Aleph and her, it should’ve sted her for at least two years.

  Prior to his amnesia, he didn’t know about Vill-V’s true character. Only now did he realize that these things do make sense.

  For example, her utter waste of money.

  “Hum. You’ll see it iure!”

  “Yeah, yeah.”

  ‘Hm..? Why is it like this..?’

  Unbeknownst to him, Vill-V caught onto his ges.

  ‘I am the one losing out this time. What kind of magic did he do?!’

  It was their first versation after Aleph regained his past life’s memories. Unlike before, he utterly destroyed her momentum.

  Due to her intelligence, even Aleph couldn’t notiething unusual. As for the [Great Sage], it did notiething. Though, it was “unknown” acc to its database, he only recorded it internally.

  This moment of silence gave Aleph enough time to observe Vill-V. She wore a set of white suit and pants. A noticeable portion emphasized two mountains. Her ie sloped down along with it, which made it even more remarkable.

  ‘Hm…’

  Aleph was momentarily stunned. He noticed that huge aspect of hers during weekdays, yet seeing it being emphasized like this was still a stunning visual experience. Her huge white hat and silver-rimmed monocle on her right eye gave off a different aura from the usual Vill-V.

  Moreover, her outfit looks extremely familiar.

  “So that’s it! You’re wasting funds to beagic Kaito!”

  “Urk..!”

  She choked on her food. She hastily drank a cup of water before she said:

  “You only noticed that now?!”

  Just as Aleph was about to reply, a voiterrupted them.

  “I never heard you two are this close.”

  The first thiiced was the elegant bck dress. It had a slit between her right leg. Her long green hair flowed down to her waist. Looking up, he saw a huge emphasis somewhere.

  By the time his eyes met Mobius’, the tter stared at him silently. It felt as if he was fag a huge snake, giving off a charm that superimposed the dress’ effect.

  “It’s you again..!” Vill-V grumpily looked at her. “You were the one who suggested my budget cut!”

  “You had it easy. Don’t think that those funds came out of nowhere. Back then…”

  A mentally-challenged girl with DID and a snake woman began duking it out.

  Turns out, it was Mobius who pointed out Vill-V’s wrongdoings to Mei. She didn’t care about it until her expenses reached a terrifying amount. It artially fine since most of her funds came from her pockets—duriime with Aleph—but the “publids” had to be cut down.

  Even so, Mei would’ve e to this decision without Mobius’ suggestion. It only pushed the execution date forward.

  “Isn’t that doctor Aleph?”

  “Hm? The one who faced off aire private army on his own?”

  “I heard he couldn’t be struck down by a Hind. I wonder how he did it…”

  “It’s either a ce mutation or Doobius’ work. Speaking of her…”

  “He’s close not only with Doobius, but also the etribsp;one from the sed institute.”

  “That sounds tough.”

  “Seded.”

  Aleph didn’t simply stand there. He came up with a pn to defuse the situation.

  “Let’s unwind for a while.”

  Uhe shocked eyes of Vill-V and the rest, he took Mobius’ wrist and led her away from the venue.

  “You…”

  “I think we should settle it privately. Everyone’s giving us those looks already.”

  “...”

  Mobius didn’t reply but she silently nodded.

  ‘Strange…’

  For a moment, one of the gazes prompted Aleph’s [Deathly Intuition]. He traced it bad saw Mei smiling at him. What's even more strange was the danger not being directed towards him.

  ‘Oops…’

  Anaze swept by him. This time, it was Hua’s normal look. Aleph heaved a sigh of relief upon notig it.

  ‘I'll expin to her ter…’