Chapter 144: Deep Within Memory

“That group” was actually a coalition of forces forming a profit-sharing alliance, essentially a shareholders’ meeting, not a unified faction.

Last time, when Luo You discovered Manjusaka was tailing her, she warned Yue. Upon receiving the news, Yue played along and quietly spread the intention to join this shareholders’ council.

When the other side sent one of their “shareholders” over to negotiate related matters, Yue never told them Manjusaka was secretly watching. Calmly and silently, she exposed that shareholder and their backing forces.

This was the so-called ‘Sacrifice to Heaven.’

After all, the heterodox organization was too large; someone had to perform the sacrificial ritual to release a smokescreen as cover.

This acted as a signal to the outside world that the heterodox organization was innocent. Whether the authorities believed it or not was none of their concern.

The most important thing was that now that Er’lera had partially returned to the heterodox organization, the authorities couldn’t just strike at them recklessly.

Then, the heterodox organization successfully made contact with the true major shareholder behind the scenes.

“The progress is going smoothly,” Luo You curled her lips.

It was more accurate to say the heterodox organization’s entry was inevitable.

Because publicly, Er’lera had re-established relations with the heterodox organization.

In this world, as long as she wanted something, it basically would be done; if she didn’t want it, no one else could accomplish it.

Based on this, the major shareholder behind the scenes had to court the heterodox organization, or rather, court Er’lera.

If they didn’t, everything they tried to do would be blocked at every step.

“So, how is big sister’s situation…?”

The Magic Alliance moved faster than expected.

On the same day the meeting in Sidheim ended, they brought the matter into the open at the United Nations but only mentioned that someone was trying to collude with forces outside the Border Sea without specifying who.

It caused an uproar among the international community and the public.

Someone was conspiring with forces outside the Border Sea to subvert the post-World War II global order!

And since this information came directly from the Magic Alliance, its credibility was high.

On top of that, magic girls had been working mostly at the grassroots level over the years, so after Manjusaka’s announcement, they immediately garnered a significant response among the general populace.

Within just one week, the aftershocks affected all countries neighboring the Border Sea.

News media had at least one, often multiple, trending topics about this every day, with ‘The end is near’ comments flooding online. Some strange religious groups even began causing trouble.

From Luo You’s perspective, her fitness business was also impacted.

Every day, a crowd of reporters blocked the entrance of the Huahai City Entertainment Center, making it hard for her to even get inside.

Also, prices went up.

Coke had gone from 3 kuai to a damn 5 kuai!

This was killing her!

“Pfft! What nonsense!”

Luo You curled her lips but still bought a few boxes to stockpile, just in case it rose again.

Whether she could achieve financial freedom depended entirely on how high these few boxes of Coke could be sold later.

But she hadn’t expected such a huge uproar in such a short time.

It seemed the magic girls’ grassroots groundwork was effective.

“What will they do next?”

At this very moment, on the other side—

“We’ve gathered enough momentum and collected sufficient evidence. Tomorrow we proceed. Everyone be ready,” Winged Butterfly sighed as she handed out the operation plans to the ten seated members present.

Ji Yue was among them.

Besides her, there were Jin Wang, Zhi Zhi, Xing Yu, with Manjusaka to come later.

The rest were stationed at the Border Sea checkpoint to prevent powerful interdimensional beasts from causing internal destabilization.

“Tomorrow, huh…”

Ji Yue returned home, feeling somewhat heavy-hearted.

After tomorrow, the existence of magic girls would face an unprecedented challenge.

“Zi Ning… Zi Ning.”

After calling twice with no response, she noticed Luo Zi Ning’s shoes at the door and curiously stepped inside to check.

In the room upstairs, Luo Zi Ning was staring intently at the Rubik’s cube in her hand, seemingly lost in thought.

“Zi Ning, why are you staring at that thing?”

“Eh?! Auntie, you’re back!”

Luo Zi Ning immediately hid the Rubik’s cube behind her back.

Ji Yue leaned against the doorframe but didn’t enter, the pressure from her ample chest pressing on the frame as she asked, “Is that the new device for testing divinity particle compatibility?”

“Yeah…”

“No need to hide it, right? Did your compatibility drop?”

“No, not that…”

“Or did it go up!?”

“Well… no, it’s the same number.”

“Then why do you look so pale?” Ji Yue pointed out.

Luo Zi Ning looked as if she had seen something she absolutely refused to admit.

Panicked, Luo Zi Ning quickly changed the subject, “Auntie, can I ask you something?”

“Go ahead.”

“Uh… Auntie, when you were… by Er’lera…”

Ji Yue’s voluptuous body suddenly tensed against the doorframe, almost falling over as her chest shifted awkwardly.

She forced a stiff smile. “Can, can we not talk about her?”

“Sorry! I didn’t mean it like that!”

“…You still care about Er’lera?”

“Auntie, you said Er’lera’s compatibility is 79%, right? So I’m wondering if the compatibility number decides one’s combat power?”

“I’m not sure, but probably.”

“If someone in the world could reach 90%, or even 100% compatibility, could she unleash the power of divinity particles into another dimension?”

“Maybe. I don’t have divinity particles, so I can only speculate.”

Luo Zi Ning forced a smile.

“That’s all then. Auntie, you’re busy, I’m going out.”

After Auntie left, she took out the Rubik’s cube again.

The instrument was accurate; her compatibility deviated slightly from before but not much—37%.

Considering the technological gap between the old and new instruments, this small difference was acceptable.

But this also meant…

“Why is this happening!?”

She punched the air viciously, as if beating an imaginary old man.

She truly had the demeanor of an emperor!

On top of that—

Luo Zi Ning, tired from punching, silently pulled out a report from under her mattress.

It listed all the magic girls Er’lera had violated in the past.

From body measurements, violation dates, to later psychological states—it was all there.

She had asked Winged Butterfly to get it; the records were absolutely comprehensive, though the ten seated members were certainly not included.

In total, one hundred forty-seven—one hundred twenty had a bust size of D or above, the remaining twenty-seven below D, with several even A cup.

The most recent magic girl Er’lera violated who was only an A cup was seven years ago, quite a long time back.

This shattered the rumor that Er’lera wouldn’t go after the peaceful princess.

Seven years had passed; it wasn’t impossible for Er’lera’s tastes to have changed, but the most important thing was—

“No matter how tastes change, I’m a C! C! No way I could be completely immune, right!?”

Luo Zi Ning thought frantically.

But Er’lera had let her go several times.

She truly didn’t believe in so many coincidences.

All were girls, also worked out, had high compatibility, and their preferences…

Preferences were probably also big sister types?

Putting Er’lera aside, the old man had been a man before, so he definitely liked that type.

But everything needed to be verified.

“Hey— Auntie!”

Luo Zi Ning ran to the loft railing on the second floor, calling down to Ji Yue in the living room.

“Can you tell me what kind of magic girls Er’lera likes?”

“Why are you asking this?”

Ji Yue looked weirded out.

“Uh, just curious if that witch is really indiscriminate?”

Ji Yue showed a look of disgust, seemingly embarrassed to say it out loud.

“Auntie~~”

“Enough, stop fooling around.”

Ji Yue turned her face away.

“Not just me who knows this. Go ask someone else.”

Ah, this.

Helpless, Luo Zi Ning called Winged Butterfly again.

After all, Winged Butterfly had been trained by Er’lera—that fact was confirmed. She was Luo Zi Ning’s only option to ask.

The investigation into Er’lera’s identity was assigned to her by Winged Butterfly, so there was no reason not to cooperate.

“Little Red Riding Hood, what’s the matter? Speak quickly,” Winged Butterfly sounded busy and spoke fast.

“Uh, I want to know if you have any more… detailed info about Er’lera? Like her private life stuff!”

“Her weakness is her navel, bust size C+, suspected to like choking play, and I sent you a photo where she’s somewhat exposed.”

…That’s a bit too detailed, isn’t it?

Chilling to think about.

“As long as you can uncover Er’lera’s identity, I’ll support you as much as possible,” Winged Butterfly paused her work, “and I’m able to face the past properly now.”

“Th-That’s good…”

“Anything else you want to ask?”

“Uh, what type of magic girls does she like?”

“Heh~”

Winged Butterfly snorted disdainfully on the other end.

This made Luo Zi Ning even more curious about how Er’lera presented herself.

Then Winged Butterfly said, as if recalling something funny, “That bitch told many people herself: ‘I like big sisters who can smother me with their breasts~.’ That’s the exact quote. No embellishment.”

“Oh, oh…”

Indeed, very funny.

“I sent you the photo. Take a look. I’ve got stuff to do, won’t respond for a few days. Do as you please.”

Beep—beep—beep—

The call ended.

Sigh… as expected.

Luo Zi Ning sighed.

How she wished to hear something different from Winged Butterfly, like Er’lera often eating meat but sometimes having vegetables.

But Er’lera was just a mundane person, liking only the big ones.

Thinking about it made her angry. What a world.

So mundane!

“Er’lera is like this, and the old man too—both mundane!”

Luo Zi Ning lay back on her bed, exhaling frustrated breath continuously.

Time to investigate all over again…

“Ah.”

Suddenly, Luo Zi Ning’s tired eyes clouded over.

I like big sisters who can smother me with their breasts…

Where had she heard that before?

She sprang up, sitting on the bed, overloading her brain’s CPU to recall any possible fragment of memory.

All around her mind swirled puzzle pieces of memory.

Finally—

The scattered pieces instantly fell into place.

Luo Zi Ning stared at her reflection on the TV screen, her eyes clearer than ever.

“Ah… so that’s how it is…”