Time in a collapsing world

The next morning, the communicator placed beside the bed rang. Yaeri got up from the soft big bed and answered it. Su's figure appeared on the opposite side.

"Is it Alicia who is looking for it? Or does Velvet have a new invention? Or is it that Mebius's hand with the scalpel is itching?"

Yae Li first mentioned a few of the most likely ones, but unexpectedly Su shook his head and said, "Li, I'm looking for you."

"Is the conspiracy so serious that even you helped them lie?"

"…I'm really looking for you."

"..."

Yae Li looked at him and couldn't tell that he was lying, so she reluctantly believed him. "You are still observing the parallel world, right? Is there anything I can help you with?"

"I've seen some unexpected things, and I may need your help in establishing some anchor points."

"Anchor point... Which parallel world did you take a fancy to? Or did you find a way to deal with Honkai in which world bubble?"

"No."

Su seemed a little hesitant. "I found some strange energy fluctuations, not in the world bubble, or in the parallel world, but in the quantum sea."

"So you want to go to the Quantum Sea?"

Yae Li understood what Su was thinking.

"Yes, but the anchor point still needs to be set up in a specially selected world bubble. With it as the origin, I need to slowly explore outwards."

"Understood, when do we leave?"

Yaeri agreed without much hesitation.

"One month. If it drags on for too long, that unknown energy might fade away."

"See you in a month then."

"it is good."

After hanging up the phone, Yaeri got up, changed her clothes, and found Yaesakura doing morning exercises at the back of the yard. They practiced together for a while, and then waited for Kallen, who was beaming with joy.

The white-haired girl happily talked to them about last night's actions, detailing her infiltration, fighting, and escape in the mansion. Although Yaeri and Yaesakura both suspected that there was some exaggeration in it, they did not expose it when they saw the other's excitement.

"Ying, Li, let's go. The actions of the Phantom Thief are not limited to at night. We also have to conceal our identities during the day and secretly monitor that hateful priest to see if he dares to bully the weak again!" Karin said with high spirits.

"You can't just grab a sheep and kill it, right?" Yae Li suggested, "Maybe you can turn your attention to other people?"

"Oh, I see. Li, you mean that the corruption of the Church has penetrated deep into its bones, and there may be other pests hiding there?"

"You'd better not say that in front of Otto, and what I want to express is not that serious..."

Afterwards, Yae Ri woke up Yae Rin and they had breakfast together. After breakfast, Kallen was unable to drag a few people to the street to look for the next target because her Valkyrie team members came to find her, and it happened to be about the Phantom Thief invasion last night.

The person who came was a girl with long light brown hair and sharp eyes. When she saw the people other than Kallen, she nodded slightly as a greeting.

Eleanor Shaniat, the lucky little girl rescued by Otto, did not stay with Otto today, but returned to the team.

Yaeri and the others were relatively familiar with her, after all, she was Otto's little follower. But for some reason, this little girl had a strange hostility towards them.

"Then I'm leaving. I'll be back soon after the investigation!"

As a Phantom Thief herself, Kallen will naturally not investigate the case seriously, so she can just deal with it casually when the time comes.

Perhaps it was because the experience of the Phantom Thief returning to the scene in public was inexplicably stimulating, and Kallen also let out a low laugh.

"cough……"

Yaeri coughed to attract her attention, and Kallen then realized that Eleanor was staring at her with a suspicious expression.

"Captain Kallen, what were you laughing at just now?"

"Um, I thought of something happy?" Kallen retracted her smile and forced herself to control her facial muscles, keeping a poker face.

"Are you happy that Priest Victor's property was stolen?" Eleanor always felt something was wrong. Ever since she was saved by Otto with that strange potion, her intuition was often inexplicably accurate.

"No, I just remembered that I bought beautiful clothes yesterday~" Karin said and nodded secretly in her heart. She did buy new clothes and did not lie.

"Huh? Captain Karen, a carefree person like you would be happy about such a small thing?" Eleanor's next words made Karen unhappy.

"I'm a girl too, so I'll still be happy!"

"...Forget it. Anyway, when we get to the crime scene later, Captain, please be more serious and at least stop making such inexplicable laughs."

"Oh, I see..."

The Yae siblings were watching from the side, and judging from their auras alone, Kallen was like a weak team member, while Eleanor was more like the captain.

Of course, in terms of strength, Kallen is still far superior to Eleanor.

After watching Kallen leave with her teammates, Yaeri also told Yaezakura and Yae Rin about her plans for the next month.

"Brother, are you going on a long journey again?" Yaesakura felt her mood getting bad again.

"You're not taking us?"

Yae Rin also had some resentment. Her brother was often mysterious and ran around without her and her sister's knowledge, and this had been happening more and more frequently recently. Therefore, she had enough reason to suspect that her brother had someone else outside.

"I'm going to do some work and will be back soon."

Yaeri has used this excuse so many times, but it works very well. At least her sisters won't ask any further questions every time.

"Then you have to come back soon this time, brother."

“Don’t forget the specialties there~”

Yaezakura and Yaezakura Rin said one after another.

"understand."

……

At the same time, in the room of the Archbishop of Tianming, Priest Victor, whose mansion was robbed last night, appeared here. He clenched his fists and said excitedly to the bishop sitting on the throne: "Your Excellency the Bishop, I already know who the thief who broke into my house last night is. She..."

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by another blond young man beside the bishop: "Be aware of your identity. Do you still need to report such a small matter to the bishop?!"

"..."

After being scolded, Victor didn't dare to speak loudly anymore. After all, he couldn't afford to offend the person next to the bishop.

"The most important thing now is to speed up the progress of the experiment and produce results. Victor, you won't let me down, right?" The bishop also spoke, staring at the person in front of him with old but powerful eyes.

"..."

Victor gritted his teeth slightly, raised his head, and saw the blond young man next to the bishop with a smile on his face. He guessed that the other party might have known something for a long time, but there was nothing he could do.

Otto Apokalis, a member of the family, was highly regarded by the bishop and was also a key figure in the experiment. And thinking of his methods... Victor could only grit his teeth and swallow it. After a long time, he finally said, "Yes!"