Chat Group: Starting by Swapping Bodies with Elysia?

Believe me, this wasn't intentional.

It was just an accidental mistake that Jiang Qiao didn't mind.

"This is..."

Fu Hua, picking up the extremely minute shards on the ground, that were even continuing to dissipate, looked at the incredibly familiar material, and was stunned.

The price of using the Fenghuang Down during the Second Honkai Eruption had even caused her to forget her beloved disciple, Cheng Lixue, who had always been by her side. Her memories of the past had been completely burned away by that one sword.

Even after Otto had shot her in the head and she was taken back to be treated, her memories of the distant past were never restored.

Logically speaking, there was no way she could recognize the owner of the object in front of her.

But, wasn't the owner of the crystal a miracle worker?

Perhaps it was because of the influence of that miracle, as she looked at the remaining crystal shards, only one miracle appeared in Fu Hua's fragmented memories that had long been burned away.

It was an extremely blurred face. The only thing she could make out was the impressive... pink color.

"E...ly..."

Her fragmented memories were unable to allow the girl to recall the name of the owner of the flower-like, vibrant, pink color. No amount of trying would allow her to, as if by chance.

Being able to recall the burnt face was already a miracle in the life of the girl named Fu Hua.

But miracles didn't come often, and no matter what, she couldn't remember the complete name of that girl.

Fu Hua slowly touched the corner of her eye. The wet sensation was transmitted to her mind through her tactile nerves.

She had, shed tears.

Why?

Was it because of these crystal shards that were about to dissipate?

The girl, who was kneeling on the ground, tightly gripped the vivid crystal in her hand, and was speechless for a long time.

Until—

"Old friend, have you found something?"

An unfamiliar voice rang in her ears, and the magnetic male voice, full of British gentlemanly style, rang out in her ear through the Moonbeam armor's system.

"Hmm, it seems that your condition isn't very good. Did you remember something sad?"

Noticing Fu Hua's anomaly, Otto, who was far away at Schicksal, was a bit surprised. However, since he knew his old friend's condition very well, he didn't find it strange and just casually asked.

In response, Fu Hua, who had slowly stood up, raised her hand and wiped away the wetness at the corner of her eye, and said frankly: "I seem to have remembered someone important, but I cannot remember anything about her."

"Oh? Do you need my help?"

The archbishop, who was far away in Schicksal, suddenly became interested.

Don't misunderstand. He really just wanted to help his old friend as a friend.

Of course, Otto wouldn't deny that he did want to take this opportunity to see if he could get any information that would be useful for his plans. After all, Fu Hua, who had lived for an unimaginable amount of years, had a vast treasure trove of memories.

In the past, he had done similar things, such as using Fu Hua's memories to find those soul steel balls that were buried everywhere.

But memories of the distant past were completely out of Otto's reach.

"No need."

Fu Hua refused outright.

Although she could vaguely sense that it was someone who was very important to her, she wouldn't go to such trouble for a past memory.

For the girl named [Fu Hua] and her life, what she needed to do wasn't to remember the past, but to look to the future!

However, she had indeed done things that she wouldn't have done in the past.

For example...

Fu Hua didn't tell Otto about the crystal shards that had already disappeared in her hand.

If it were the past, with her honest nature, she would have definitely told the truth.

If Otto could have gotten the crystal shards, he would definitely have been able to analyze many things.

But, for some reason, Fu Hua felt a strange feeling about the emotion that she had felt in her heart.

She didn't want the pink crystal to fall into the hands of someone like Otto—even if it was just a minuscule shard of crystal.

If she had to say it, it was like she wanted to protect something.

"Alright, alright, if you don't want it, I naturally won't force you."

As long as he didn't touch his plans, the man named Otto Apocalypse was still someone who was true to his word and wouldn't force his old friend.

—Even though he was really curious.

"Let's talk about other things, like… that energy surge from just now—"

"That Herrscher-level energy surge."

Far away at Schicksal Headquarters in the Mediterranean, when he said this, a hint of gloom flashed in the eyes of the smiling archbishop.

With Jiang Qiao's unreserved attack, all sides were naturally not blind.

Even after losing contact with Fu Hua, Otto, who was in Europe, had still received reports from his subordinates.

Although it was extremely short, that surge was undoubtedly at the Herrscher level. In fact, in the monitoring instruments, the peak of this surge had exceeded that of the Herrscher of the Void, Sirin, during the Second Honkai Eruption for a moment!

Logically speaking, after losing four gems, even if K423 had awakened early because of the Great Honkai Eruption, she shouldn't have been able to create a surge at this level.

What's more, based on all of the reports, Nagazora City was extremely stable, without a single sign of a Great Honkai Eruption.

In other words, neither the Third Herrscher's host body, Raiden Mei, nor the test subject K423 had awakened.

A Herrscher-level energy reaction comparable to the peak of the Pufferfish had appeared out of nowhere in Nagazora City.

After noticing this, Otto, who was previously calm, had become quite restless.

He, who had been waiting for five hundred years, had zero tolerance for any variables that might disrupt his plans.

As a result, in addition to that ordinary human named Jiang Qiao, a high-strength Herrscher reaction, whose nature was completely unknown, had suddenly appeared—

"Those rats sure do know how to cause trouble for me!"

Otto covered his face. A bone-chilling coldness and killing intent was present in his emerald eyes.

He had originally thought that the foolish Cocolia's plan would allow him to sit back and reap some benefits.

But, she had given him a huge "surprise"!

—Regarding this, Fu Hua didn't continue to hide it and reported truthfully.

After all, she wasn't very clear on what that energy fluctuation actually was.

"..."

Otto wasn't very satisfied with Fu Hua's report.

Because there was too little useful information.

But—

A red-haired, spear-wielding girl?

From Fu Hua's report, he had learned about the matter of Kyoko Sakura.

Otto fell into a brief moment of thought.

The changes in Nagazora City were too many. Even he was finding it difficult to figure things out.

However, it seemed that all of this had started after this man named Jiang Qiao had appeared?

Looking at the projection in front of him, Otto narrowed his eyes, revealing a hint of danger.

"Old friend, you should come back first."

—In this kind of situation, it would be more suitable for Rita to handle things.