boyutpedia Chapter 417 Moonlight Throne? !
Chapter 417 Moonlight Throne? !
Theresa paced back and forth in front of Yae Sakura.
"Yae Sakura, what's the connection between Sora, that pink ghost who can change size, and 'Kevin' that your leader mentioned?"
Yae Sakura shook her head blankly.
"I'm sorry, Headmaster, I didn't know."
Theresa suddenly stopped, her little leather shoes making a crisp sound on the floor.
"I don't know... I don't know! How can you say 'I don't know' again! You two are all like this! You only say half of what you mean, have you become addicted to riddles?!"
She turned around and stared at the phone on the wall.
“Grandpa too… He clearly knows so much, but he never explains it! That Kevin… His reaction after hearing that was definitely suspicious! He must know something, but…”
Theresa suddenly clutched her head, her short white hair becoming messy from the scratching motion.
"Ugh, this is so annoying! Why do they still treat me like an easy kid? It's like I, the headmistress, probably don't know as much as that kid Qiong! And he's playing word games with me, saying that no teacher is on his side, but some random shopkeeper at the school gate is his subordinate!"
Frustrated, Theresa kicked the chair next to her.
Yae Sakura: ...
Theresa's voice suddenly lowered, carrying a sense of frustration.
"Yae Sakura, tell me, am I really that stupid? Sitting in this position as the headmistress, yet I can't grasp any of the truth..."
Without waiting for Yae Sakura's reply, she started pacing away on her own.
"St. Freya is my territory, but whenever something big happens in the academy, I'm always the last to know the truth... no, I don't know the truth at all! Now there's this Kevin guy, supposedly an ancient monster connected to that World Serpent, and your leader and my bastard grandfather both seem to know it all, yet they're still trying to get people into St. Freya, but not a single one—"
Theresa suddenly grabbed the comic book next to her, intending to throw it down, but stopped halfway through her hand.
Finally, she simply slammed the file back onto the desktop with a thud.
"I'm sorry, Yae Sakura."
Theresa's shoulders slumped.
“This is a matter between my grandfather, Walter, and me. I shouldn’t have lost my temper in front of you. I just… I just hate this feeling of helplessness.”
Theresa walked to the window, her back to Yae Sakura.
"I'm going to unravel all these mysteries and dig out all the hidden truths. Then..."
Before she could finish speaking, Theresa suddenly remembered something.
“Fu Hua…right! Did Welt ask you to go find Fu Hua? But she wasn’t at the academy at the time…”
Theresa's anger turned to joy, and a slightly defiant smile curved her lips: Since no one was willing to tell her the truth, she would have to play the detective herself.
Go and use Judas to dig out all the truths that those organization leaders have hidden!
drop by drop...
Just as Theresa had made up her mind to take the initiative and uncover the truth, a sudden, urgent alarm on her desk communicator interrupted her thoughts. She hurried over and saw the red emergency indicator flashing wildly on the screen.
"I'm Theresa, what's going on?"
Theresa frowned as she answered the call. Could it be that Kevin was coming again?
One blow after another, are you really going to tear her St. Freya apart?
"Reporting to the Headmaster!"
The voice of the Valkyrie on duty, trembling with tension, came from the other end of the communicator: "Abnormal spatial fluctuations detected! In... in the skies above Canghai City, Shenzhou!"
"what?"
Theresa was startled and rushed to the electronic map—Shenzhou Canghai City, a metropolis with a population of 30 million!
"Spatial readings anomaly! Energy level is surging... exceeding 300 HW... no, it's still rising! Confirmed, it's a warship! But the Schicksal internal communication system cannot identify it! The ship is currently at sea, but there's a probability it will crash in two hours..."
"Was the Hyperion badly damaged yesterday?!"
Theresa suddenly looked at Yae Sakura, her voice hoarse without her even realizing it.
Yae Sakura was startled by what she saw.
"Hmm... The report says the main engine is undamaged and can be deployed immediately, but the headmaster and ground maintenance crew..."
"enough."
Theresa immediately rushed out of the office, still giving instructions to Yae Sakura.
"Assemble all Valkyries on standby and board the ship within five minutes! This is not a drill!"
"But the headmaster hasn't—"
"By the time the ground crew finishes maintenance and headquarters completes the procedures, it'll be too late!"
Theresa disappeared from Yae Sakura's sight. Yae Sakura wanted to say something, but just then, someone called her private phone.
Yae Sakura answered the phone, and Einstein's calm but slightly hurried voice came through.
[Yae Sakura, to make a long story short. Is Theresa about to be deployed?]
"Yes, Doctor, the headmaster just issued an emergency mobilization order."
Listen, that warship is the Moon Throne! It's not an ordinary warship, but the one we discussed with Lady Theresa. It contains technology that could rewrite the Honkai War! Because Schicksal attacked our base, this unfinished warship was forced to leave port ahead of schedule. You must tell Lady Theresa...
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"Brother Qiong?"
Seele looked at Sora with some concern—because Sora had been sitting on the sofa in a daze for more than two minutes since Mei went out to buy groceries.
Could it be that the internal injury from yesterday has flared up again?
"Huh?"
Qiong suddenly came to her senses and seemed to only then realize that Xi'er was about to get close to her face.
"Qiong boy, you..."
Himeko didn't finish her sentence because the children were showing more concern for each other than she, as an elder.
"Seele, would you take the initiative to seek out your creditors?"
"Creditor?"
Seele repeated it, her brows furrowing slightly.
"Brother Qiong, do you owe someone money? Xier can help you—"
"It's not about the money..."
Qiong interrupted Seele with a smile, his fingertips unconsciously stroking the quill pen he had pulled out from somewhere—Seele remembered it was the pen with the Ghost Lady's name on it.
"Could it be something much more troublesome than money?"
Himeko paused, her hand holding the teacup tightening, and her eyes sharpened.
Qiong is usually joking and carefree, why is she suddenly asking this? And considering what happened before…
"What's wrong, Qiong boy? Theresa told me that this ghost turned into a young woman and even helped you chase away 'that man,' plus she can help you write documents, I thought she was some kind of super-tech anti-entropy system or a Ouija board from Shenzhou... wasn't she?"
Qiong did not answer immediately. He simply held the quill pen up to his eyes, examining the pink halo that the quill tip drew in the air.
"I guess so? The main thing is, I'm thinking, there's no such thing as a free lunch."
Qiong's voice was very low.
Seele blinked in confusion, but Himeko's expression turned completely somber.
Explain clearly.
"I saw Mei just now, right after she went out."
"So, you're not just daydreaming, you've lost your soul?"
Qiong's gaze fell on the pen and the living room TV where Bronya had connected the game terminal.
"It's not like I lost my soul, but I saw her even without the quill pen... the kind of person the headmaster saw! She said she wanted me to see her, and then she disappeared! And this has only happened once before."
"Bronya heard from that idiot Kiana that Sora saw a big pink ghost on his bed in the middle of the night."
"Sigh, even ghosts like Brother Qiong? Brother Qiong, what do you think?"
Xier's half-joking manner made Qiong chuckle.
"To be honest, I don't know."
Sora looked up and sought advice from Himeko Seele and Bronya, who had put down her game controller in the distance.
"What do you think? Should I listen to her? She doesn't seem like a bad person, but I wonder what the price will be..."
"no!"
Seele and Himeko blurted out almost simultaneously, and Seele even instinctively grabbed Sora's sleeve.
"Brother Qiong, this is too dangerous! This is absolutely not allowed! Those female ghosts on TV can suck boys dry and turn them into old men!"
Bronya agrees with Seele's statement: It's very likely that Brother Qiong was possessed after helping Teacher Yae Sakura with an exorcism!
Qiong nodded, then shook her head.
“What you say makes some sense, but she’s not an evil being! I don’t believe she knows me, a dignified person…”
"You can only exert power by relying on external objects, but that power ultimately doesn't belong to you. Put the quill away, Qiong boy."
Himeko made her judgment with unwavering certainty.
"And since you sought our advice, that means you are indeed 'worried,' right? Since you're worried, then regardless of whether it's debt or not, you absolutely cannot let her take it any further!"
Just as Qiong was about to speak after hearing Himeko's words, the phone suddenly rang urgently.
[Himeko, quick! Gather all the Valkyries you can find on the Hyperion within five minutes!]
"what?!"
The four immediately stood up and gathered around Himeko to hear the news—Kevin had brought the World Serpent again?
An unidentified warship is heading towards Shenzhou Canghai City and is expected to crash! We are the only ones—
"what?!"
"Everyone, let's go!"
Without the slightest hesitation, Himeko grabbed her coat draped over the back of the sofa and glanced back at the dumbfounded Sora.
"Kid Qiong, we can talk about the ghosts later! Now, if you can still fight, come with us!"
"That's not right. It shouldn't be like this."
"What's wrong or shouldn't be done?"
Himeko had already rushed to the door.
"Bronya and Seele, you are still reserve Valkyries, just like Qiong: If you can fight, come with me!"
"Could it really be the Moon Throne...?"
"Brother Qiong?"
Bronya and Seele noticed that Sora looked confused.
"It's okay... Himeko-neechan, wait for me!"
Qiong turned around, made the quill disappear into thin air, and then ran away.
按理来说，沧海市上空的战舰，非月光王座莫属，而这应该出现在“第三次崩坏爆发后2年5个月零16天2小时34分23秒”——也就是两年半后。
Countless fragmented pieces of information flashed through Qiong's mind—the Moon Throne, Canghai City, the unexpected emergency mission… Something was definitely wrong. According to the "plot" he and Lao Yang knew, this warship, carrying humanity's hopes and the ultimate anti-entropy weapon, shouldn't have appeared at this moment.
But reality gave him no more time to think. Piercing alarms blared throughout the academy, and hurried footsteps and brief responses from the Valkyries echoed in the corridors. St. Freya's tranquility was shattered once again, just a day later (actually, half a day).
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"Major Himeko! The Hyperion is on high alert, and ground crew are conducting final emergency checks!"
A Valkyrie reported this.