When Theresa returned home, she saw Mei leaning exhaustedly on the sofa, with Kiana lying on the sofa, her head resting on Mei's lap.
She looked half-dead.
"What's wrong with them?" Theresa asked Aili, a bit puzzled.
"They just overtrained a bit," Aili said softly.
"Training makes them look like this? They're not injured, are they?" Theresa asked with some concern.
"With me here, their bodies are definitely fine. As for their mental state, I can't do anything about that."
"I see," Theresa nodded, then sat down next to Aili.
"Kiana," Theresa called out softly.
"Hmm?" Kiana responded weakly, then opened her eyes. "Aunt, what is it?"
"Just some information about your dad."
"What? Information about my dad?!" Kiana immediately sat up.
"Well, I can't tell you his current location."
"Hmph, if you can't tell me, what's the point of bringing it up?" Kiana said, then lay back down, resting her head on Mei's lap.
"But after some time, I can take you directly to see him."
Kiana, who had just lain down, immediately sat up again. "Really?"
"Yes, I've already talked to your dad, I won't lie to you," Theresa nodded.
"Yay! I can finally find Dad! Now I can finally punch him hard!" Kiana shouted excitedly.
"Don't get excited so soon. You're still very weak. The place your dad is in is very dangerous."
"Hmph, I'm already an A-rank Valkyrie, and my sister is helping me train, so don't worry!" Kiana immediately perked up.
"I hope you can maintain this spirit," Theresa said, sighing.
In her opinion, Kiana wouldn't be able to keep it up for long.
"Theresa..." Aili gently patted Theresa's back, then pointed to the balcony.
After Theresa nodded, the two walked out onto the balcony together.
"What's wrong, Aili?" Theresa asked, a bit puzzled.
"Did you contact Anti-Entropy?"
"Of course. After all, Siegfried is with Anti-Entropy right now. If I don't contact them, how will I find Siegfried?" Theresa said as if it were obvious.
"So, what did you promise them?"
"Just to help them find their leader, that's all."
After hearing Theresa's words, Aili sighed.
She hadn't expected that Otto wouldn't even need to assign them the mission; Theresa had already agreed to Anti-Entropy's request herself.
"What's wrong? Is there a problem?" Seeing Aili suddenly sigh, Theresa also became puzzled.
"If there's a problem, I'll just refuse them directly, and tell Siegfried not to go either," Theresa said.
"Haiyuan City, I didn't expect we still couldn't avoid it," Aili said with a bitter smile.
"You know about Haiyuan City?" Theresa asked, confused.
"I know a bit. It's an experimental city for entering the Sea of Quanta. As for the specific information, Theresa, don't you already know it?" Aili said, pointing to a hidden pocket on Theresa's body.
Theresa directly took out her terminal and opened the data given by Einstein.
"Is Haiyuan City very dangerous?"
"Haiyuan City isn't dangerous; the Sea of Quanta is," Aili said, looking at the images in the data.
"Since you've already agreed, we can only try our best to make ample preparations."
Listening to Aili's serious words, Theresa realized that she might have taken on a very difficult mission.
"How about I go refuse them now?" Theresa said softly.
"Refuse? Theresa, based on your understanding of Siegfried, if Siegfried's good friend went missing and now there's news, what would Siegfried do?"
"Siegfried would, of course, go directly to find him," Theresa said without hesitation.
"What if that good friend's current location is very dangerous?"
"Then Siegfried would be even more determined to go."
"Exactly. Now Siegfried's friend is in the Sea of Quanta. Do you think Siegfried would just ignore it?" Aili said with a bitter smile.
"Siegfried and Anti-Entropy's leader are good friends?" Theresa asked, confused.
"That's not right. Although Siegfried is a wanted criminal of Schicksal, he wouldn't become good friends with former enemies, would he?"
"Theresa, Siegfried and Welt were comrades who faced life and death together during the Second Eruption. Do you think they are good friends?"
"You were there during the Second Eruption too, weren't you? How could you not know?"
As she spoke, Aili thought of a possibility. "Alright, maybe you really don't know."
Aili's words left Theresa with a head full of question marks.
"Aili, what are you talking about?"
"Nothing. Let's leave it at that. I'm going to discuss it with Fu Hua." After sighing, Aili turned and went upstairs to find Fu Hua.
"No, Aili, explain yourself!" Theresa immediately turned and chased after her.
After following her upstairs, "Aili, what exactly is going on?" Theresa continued to ask.
"We'll know after Fu Hua checks you later," Aili said, just about to knock on Fu Hua's room door.
The door opened directly.
"Come in," Fu Hua said after opening the door, not looking at either of them, and walked directly to her bed, then sat down.
After Aili and Theresa walked in, Aili closed the door directly.
"Fu Hua, please check Theresa. Has her memory been altered?" Aili directly pulled Theresa to sit next to Fu Hua.
"Wait, my memory has been altered? Can memories just be casually altered?" Theresa quickly asked.
"Right now it's just a suspicion. Let Fu Hua check first." Aili turned to Fu Hua. "Fu Hua, does Theresa need to lie on the bed?"
"Yes, it's better if she lies on the bed. She'll lose consciousness during the check," Fu Hua nodded.
Once Theresa lay on the bed, a feather appeared in Fu Hua's hand. Watching the feather drift down, Theresa's breathing slowly became steady.
By the time the feather landed on Theresa's forehead, Theresa was already asleep.
"It seems Theresa's memory has indeed been altered. Otherwise, she wouldn't fall asleep so quickly," Fu Hua said with a sigh.
"But the traces of alteration are very old. Without a backup, I can't help her recover them," Fu Hua said to Aili.
"Why did you suddenly ask me to check Theresa's memory? Did something happen?" Fu Hua asked after retracting the feather.
"Theresa promised Anti-Entropy that she would go to Haiyuan City to rescue Anti-Entropy's leader from the Sea of Quanta," Aili said with a bitter smile.
"I didn't expect that without Otto's guidance, Theresa would jump in herself."
"Now, we have no choice but to directly face Kevin," Aili said, clenching her fists.
Was all of this calculated by Otto...?
He calculated that Theresa would contact Anti-Entropy.
He calculated that Siegfried would go to Haiyuan City.
He also calculated that Theresa would take Kiana to find Siegfried.
He's... truly terrifying, isn't he?
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