As if expeg this se, Aleph took a towel pced on a metal ter. His figure disappeared, only to return to Mobius’ side a sed ter. It soon fell on her naked body.
Seeing her surprised looks, he had the urge to mess around.
“What? Even though it’s rare to see you like this, I’d rather save you from embarrassment.”
“Heh. So you’re actually a gentleman?”
“By definition, yes. I cook, do my own undry, the house…”
The two had seemingly fotten Kleience beyond the window. Numerous “hows” wao get out of her, yet she chose not to disturb the two.
Be it Aleph’s ability to instantaneously reappear somewhere or being unbothered by the spiking honkai energy without any protective gears, they were some points to be asked.
For now, however, she let the two have their fun…
‘This is different.’
…just like a true friend.
*****
Once again, Aleph arrived in the moonlight shrine. He started from the bottom of the mountain until he arrived he top.
“You have ged.”
The first thing that went into his ears were Sasaki’s words. Notig Aleph’s slight surprise, he proceeded to expin:
“When you repeat some things to a certaient, you will easily notie differences.”
Sasaki practiced with a sword thousands of times in an attempt to create a bde that could cut down a swallow. That was the in behind his Tsubame Gaeshi.
“What do you want to learn this time?” He asked.
Aleph recalled the things he po do now. Unlike Kashimo who tinued introdug new ideas to him regarding the “Sorcerer World”, Sasaki’s training primarily sisted of practical training as well as recalling some principles. These principles were the statements included in several manuals, such as the “the world is I” from [Sphere Boundary].
Meaning to say, he has a vat time slot with Sasaki.
“You see, I know someone who practices the bde…”
Aleph tielling him about Sakura.
During the st few months, they met dozens of times. Most of it was to inquire about some “fidential news”, but there are also things reted to her sister. That, and a few bouts.
From them, he could immediately tell that her skill when it es to swordsmanship was superb. Even he doesn’t have that high of a skill, simply because he relied on his [Deathly Intuition] and bat experiences more. He is aced to doing numerous things to take his ces at victory.
Sakura, oher hand, was more disciplined. She was using her sheer skills to fend him off. Although it was a bout without much cursed energy usage, it was more than enough to overwhelm the majority of humanity.
Moreover…
“A skill to increase rea time? You might be talking about the result of our training.”
Sasaki expihe principles behind swordsmanship. It was quite ‘abstract’, so as to say, but it was all about disciplining ohat leads to qualitative physical ges.
“That girl has the talent to reach that state. Given enough ces, she should be able to achieve something simir to my bde.”
‘Sakura… Her power to stop time…’
Sakura was one of the few who could stop time. In the far future, she would have the power to stop time through her swordsmanship, making it so that all of her sword ssh strikes at the same time.
It was akin to another sword-wielder in a game who could cut through space so fast it only "happens" when he sheathes his bde. Both he and Sakura were equally motivated, to boot.
“ I teaething to her?”
“If it’s passing down a few lessons…”
Sasaki listed down some of his experiences.
*****
Mobius’ reputation inside Fire MOTH is akin to a sunken boat—there’s no saving it. In her earlier years as the fifth’s director, she did several human experiments on subjects who volunteered. However, once all of them failed, she became a crazy doctor who threw lives for her own selfishness.
Coupled with the differen life level back wheegrated a chariot-css genome in her body, many people feared to be around her.
In turn, not many people could keep pushing her buttons (i.e., annoy her).
Tap.
Tap.
Tap.
“Ooh? What’s this sudden call?
In the midst of the silent hallway, Mobius was bei pany by a pink-haired girl.
“Still noisy, as always. Wait for a while. We’ll reach our destination soon.”
Hearing Mobius’ normal retorts, Elysia didn’t stop at all.
“Was it reted to Aleph? Hm?”
“Partially, yes.”
Unfortunately, Mobius wasn’t to be pyed like that. She t in hiding her reas, thus the fun in teasing should’ve gradually lost its meaning. heless, Elysia tinued ag as usual.
Their dynamic then slowly became the unstoppable forbsp;and the immovable force.
Soon, they reached a medium-sized feren. Aside from them, there were three other people present.
Kevin, the ed prodigy of MOTH’s armed forces.
Sakura, the elusive sed-in-and of MOTH’s “unaffiliated” hidden force.
Finally…
“Hm? Everyone’s finally here.”
Aleph swiftly g Mobius before his gaze stayed with Elysia for a while. Unlike before, he didn’t bother sing her anymore.
“It’s been a while.” He greeted her.
“Yes. The st time was during the Night.”
Uedly… or as expected, Aleph chose for it to remain as a polite greeting. He invited everyoo their seats before opening the proje, revealing a girl with ponytailed purple hair.
“For everyone’s knowledge, today’s meeting isn’t recorded. Treat it as something uhe table.”
“So, what will the surprise be?”
Elysia asked as she pyfully looked at Aleph.
As she had expected, Mei firmed her doubts.
“They will be better at expining it.”
Aleph and Mobius looked at each other for a while before the former nodded.
“In simplest terms… the Project Soldier succeeded. I, along with Mobius, have successfully used an emperor-css honkai beast’s genome and ied it into the human body.”
““...””
Aside from Elysia, Kevin and Sakura were left processing that shog information. While they did so, Mei took back the “microphone”.
“nning to hide this for a while. As Aleph mentiohere aren’t any records of it on MOTH’s orbital equipment.”
Gradually, Mei’s words led in a certain dire.
“Do you want to use this to uproot them?”
“Yes.”
Sakura looked at Mei’s proje wordlessly. As a member of Fire MOTH’s 'unaffiliated' force, she knew how it was to work in the shadows. She couldn’t even be sidered as MOTH’s official employee, but more like a tractor specialized in doing dirty jobs.
In a sense, she art of the hidden cards the cilors tacitly agreed on.
“As early as his attempted abdu… and some threats on my side, I realized we weren’t only fighting the honkai.”
Today marked the creation of a new group.
