Blue Cavalier left the air-raid shelter alone.
She claimed to be searching for Clara’s whereabouts, but trying to find one missing person on such a large island was incredibly difficult. Even if she really were some kind of human radar, it would be impossible.
‘Perhaps Mother just found a reason to send me away?’
‘Have I been completely labeled a traitor?’
The blue-haired girl sighed pessimistically.
Just then, a faint rustling sound came from behind her. Turning around, she saw a small squad of Moon Rabbits. They were likely heading toward the resort.
They seemed to have lost contact with the main force.
Blue Cavalier only glanced at them and didn’t pay them much mind. Her mission was different from those Moon Rabbits. She turned her head and continued walking deep into the rainforest.
However, before she had gone much further, another movement came from the canopy above.
Blue Cavalier frowned. Moon Rabbits couldn’t climb trees.
‘Is it an enemy?’
“Who is it?!”
Her radar could sense the opponent’s position, but her naked eyes couldn’t keep up.
In the next second, she was tackled to the ground from behind. She rolled through the muddy water on the rain-soaked ground, her face covered in filth. A hand pressed down on the back of her head, preventing her from lifting it, and she even began to choke on the water as she struggled to breathe.
‘I’m being attacked? But who is it?’
Blue Cavalier couldn’t even see the attacker’s true face. She could only barely glimpse a pair of rather long rabbit ears and…
*Jiu, jiu!* The cry of a Moon Rabbit.
‘It’s actually a Moon Rabbit? Is there a rabbit soldier of this size?’
‘Why am I being attacked by a Moon Rabbit?’
“Get off!”
Blue Cavalier tried to use her authority to command the attacker to release her, but the latter showed no reaction at all. This caused her already wavering heart to sink to rock bottom.
‘Could it be that my clearance has already been revoked by Mother?’
‘Is this attack also Mother’s will?’
The failure of the execution had caused her to completely lose Mother’s trust.
‘So, she plans to finish me off here?’
After thinking it over, this was the only explanation that made sense.
*Jiu, jiu, jiu…*
But just as Blue Cavalier was preparing to face death, the attacker lifted her off the ground.
She turned her head and fell into a state of confusion and… surprise?
“M-Mother?”
No, it wasn’t Mother, nor was it some Moon Rabbit soldier.
It was a humanoid Moon Rabbit whose appearance was quite similar to Mother’s.
“…No, who are you exactly?”
‘Perhaps she is a special individual Mother gave birth to without my knowledge?’
Her appearance was so similar to Mother’s, though she looked slightly younger.
‘She must be Mother’s true daughter.’
Because she was no longer trusted, she wasn’t privy to Mother’s plans.
This special individual before her clearly possessed strength and authority higher than her own.
There was even a small unit of ordinary Moon Rabbits and rabbit soldiers following behind her, while Mother had sent her out alone to find the Magic Girl.
“Hate. You.”
The girl who looked like Mother spoke.
“But search Magic, Girl Clara, location.”
Her speech wasn’t fluent, but it didn’t hinder interpretation. Blue Cavalier understood her meaning.
She was the one Mother had sent to find the Magic Girl.
And…
‘She seems to hate me. Is it because Mother hates me too?’
Blue Cavalier’s lips trembled slightly. After finally calming her emotions, she spoke.
“…I understand. Please allow me to assist from the side.”
The rabbit girl who looked like Mother nodded and led the way. Blue Cavalier followed behind her, silently blending into the squad of Moon Rabbits.
At this point, what else could she do?
Blue Cavalier felt a bit lost.
‘Where should I go, now that I’ve been abandoned?’
…
‘Can I still gain Mother’s trust?’
Regardless of Blue Cavalier’s past, she was born as a Moon Rabbit.
At the moment of her birth, her memories had been sealed through brainwashing, and she had been instilled with suggestions of absolute obedience. Although she was filled with the Soul of a Hero, she was essentially just a convenient tool doll for use.
To Labi, Blue Cavalier was just a disposable tool. Labi didn’t even care whether she defected or not and certainly wouldn’t invest any emotion in her. She wasn’t even as close as Sister Lucia.
But Blue Cavalier was a Moon Rabbit, and Labi, as the maternal body, was indeed her mother. After all, all the large rabbits were birthed by Labi, including her current body.
If she left Mother, she would lose her direction in life.
She couldn’t survive if she drifted off her set path. She had never thought about what to do if she left Mother, so she had to find a way to return to Mother’s side.
She had to assist this special individual in front of her to catch that Magic Girl. Only then could she reclaim Mother’s trust.
Clara was hiding in the fluffy hair of the “Moon Rabbit Rebel,” which allowed her to perfectly observe Blue Cavalier.
That complicated expression…
Clara could tell she was conflicted, but she had no way of knowing what exactly the girl was thinking.
However, that didn’t matter.
Clara didn’t care about her thoughts; she only cared about the authority she possessed.
Although her clearance level wouldn’t be very high, she could at least command Moon Rabbits and rabbit soldiers. Before being discovered by Labi, Clara would have at least one chance to use her as a diversion.
‘Nyx, what’s the situation at the resort?’ Clara asked silently in her heart.
**[Good news: The viral weapon is very effective against the Moon Rabbits. The mortality rate is very high. The Moon Rabbits near the resort have either died of illness or fallen ill. The surrounding area of the resort has become a death zone for the Moon Rabbits.]**
It seemed there was also bad news.
**[The bad news is… the hive mind is preparing antibodies to make the uninfected Moon Rabbits immune to the virus. In other words… it is impossible for the virus to wipe out all the Moon Rabbits. It is merely a stalling tactic.]**
‘Can’t the hive mind be made to slow down intentionally?’
**[Impossible. This action has nothing to do with Labi. The hive mind itself will not allow the population of the swarm to continue decreasing. This concerns its own existence.]**
The common enemy of the hive mind and Clara was Labi.
But the hive mind needed the population of the swarm to maintain its own existence and intelligence. Therefore, it wasn’t a complete ally to Clara.
The two sides were only cooperating temporarily.
The number of Moon Rabbits around Labi wouldn’t be many, as the main force had been sent by her to attack the resort.
By relying on this Moon Rabbit rebel, they might find a way to create a one-on-one opportunity with Labi.
Though even in a duel, she likely wouldn’t be a match.
At the resort, the threat of the “Rabbit Pesticide” had temporarily forced the Moon Rabbits back, but it was only a matter of time before they returned.
As a cadre-level Mutant, Labi was very conceited about her own strength, and she was a different type of enemy compared to Ps·ycho.
If the latter was an assassin hidden in the darkness, then Labi was a berserker.
She didn’t seem to have any long-range attack methods, but being bitten by the mouth on the back of her head was almost certainly a kill. It was very difficult to go head-to-head with her, let alone find a timing for Extraction.
She had a good set of teeth and could eat anything.
There was nothing she couldn’t bite through.
**[Clara, Ps·ycho’s data isn’t just about her invisibility ability.]**
Nyx seemed to have another idea.
**[At the same time, there is also her identity.]**
Poor Blue she always was just a child. She really does need a mothers