I really only stop

"it's okay no problem."

Feeling slightly warmed by the kindness and concern unique to the elders on the other party, Lu Xi stretched out his hand to scratch his hair:

"My lord, why did you suddenly come to Rhine City?"

"Still pretending to me, as soon as I step into the range of Sky City, don't you receive a report here?"

To Lucy's surprise, facing the question he wanted to cover up, the Pope stroked his beard with a half-smile:

"Never underestimate someone who is older than you. Although the saying 'Eat more salt than rice' is a bit of a pedophile, it still applies to me as an old man."

"No way! His Majesty the Pope is forever young!"

Reflexively sweetened his mouth, Lu Xi smiled awkwardly:

"Don't get me wrong, I didn't mean to monitor you on purpose, it was the center of Sky City who automatically reported the movements of the characters recorded in the library to me."

"Hahaha! I think so too. As the master of the huge sky city, why don't you monitor those female adventurers and focus on me, the old man?"

He laughed a couple of times quite carefreely. Obviously, the long talk with his old friend all night made the mood of this Holy Light much happier:

"Don't worry, I didn't mean to question you. To tell you the truth, I did come here with the idea of ​​'secretly see how you treat Yuxia and the others'. At this point, even if you really spying on me, and I did not accuse you of your position."

as expected!Your Majesty the Pope, you need to put aside your troublesome old man character!

Surprised by the other party's calmness, Lu Xi forced a smile:

"In that case, why are you suddenly here now?"

"Because I accidentally reunited with an old friend. According to that guy's temperament, even if I deliberately hide my whereabouts, he will tell you the information about me here as a prank. It would be much happier to directly ask you to admit it."

Spreading his hands helplessly, the Pope looked sideways at the sky outside the window:

"If I'm not wrong, the child Yuxia should wake up, right? Just in time, you and Nana kids clean up after breakfast. Last time I entertained you in Sanctuary, this time it's rare that I came to your house Headquarters, you should also treat the old man well and show him around—well, just like that, Cocoa seems to have woken up too, see you later. This holy light should be regarded as compensation for waking you up, for your body There are benefits."

"Hey, wait—"

Before Lu Xi could understand the meaning of the Pope, the Pope's solid body turned into holy light and spread out softly—as he said, after touching the purest holy light, Lu Xi felt refreshed, Even the discomfort of the nightmarish nightmare faded away in an instant.

"—No, that's not the point now!"

After recovering from the comfort brought by the holy light, Lu Xi quickly called Nova:

"Nova, didn't I tell you to keep an eye on His Majesty's movements? Why hasn't he come to my room and you haven't reminded me yet?"

[Report Commander, what just appeared in front of you is not the real code name Troubled old man, but a group of extremely pure holy light energy. 】

Being questioned by Lu Xi in this tone, Nova's pretty little face showed a bit of grievance in a human way:

[According to the speculation of the center, this should be the same holy art as Miss Yuxia's 'Summoning the High Spirit of Light', and this holy art was only developed within ten thousand years after Osiris crashed, so there is no There is no corresponding record.In fact, the center has been dutifully following the trajectory of the code-named troublesome old man, and the other party has not come out of the room yet. 】

Ah this.

A flash of surprise flashed between Lu Xi's brows.

No wonder His Majesty the Pope said that 'you eat more salt than rice'. It turned out that while he saw through the observations from Osiris, he even thought of the corresponding method without a trace.

Fortunately, it was I who came to see Your Majesty early in the morning. If he sent a letter directly to Yuxia, all my efforts would be in vain.

Patting his chest with lingering fear, Lu Xi seized all the time to confirm the information he got from Musta to Nova:

"Leaving aside the matter under the Pope's crown, didn't I order the center to be on first-level alert near Haimer's bacterial laboratory? Why did something go wrong this time? Judging from what Musta just said, he obviously entered Bacteriology lab."

[Sorry, the center does not understand your question. 】

A piece of data flashed on the commander's beacon. Obviously, Nova retrieved all the observation results related to the bacteria laboratory in an instant:

[According to the observation of the central center, only Mr. Haimer has a record of entering and leaving the laboratory, and he has no intention and no record of contacting anyone other than you. 】

No entry and exit records for Musta?

Frowning slightly, Lu Xi was lost in thought.

Not right.

Judging from the attitude of the old man puppet just now, he is obviously aware of the things about Haimo and the laboratory, and may even be directly involved in the production of the bacteria that caused the [Character Swap] incident.

However, Nova said [there is no record of anyone other than Haimo entering or leaving the laboratory].

Could it be that……

Thinking of a certain possibility, Lu Xi looked up at Nova:

"Nova, I know that you have been observing the situation around me. According to your results, besides the high-level Holy Light Elves, has anyone approached me just now?"

【No. 】

Because of what just happened, Nova responded very quickly:

[From the time you wake up to the time when the high Holy Light Elf leaves, there is no record of anyone approaching you. 】

Knew it.

Nodding as expected, Lu Xi finally understood the last [unreasonable] thing that caused all this to happen.

"...I see, Nova."

After a long silence, Lu Xi powerlessly covered his head:

"I was negligent this time, sorry."

Chapter 578 Under heavy reward?

As the master of weirdness recognized by everyone, the seemingly indifferent soft girl has actually created many miracles without realizing it.

In case someone forgets, I will mention it a little bit.

I don't know if you still remember, in the period after the Lika War, in order to test the reliability of the BP system, I once arranged for three girls to come to a "money-saving duel" temporarily?

Leaving aside Zelika's stupid gambler mentality of not admitting defeat, with the strength of Miss Saintess, she should have easily won the duel under the premise that she judged the rules correctly. However, when the final result was announced However, the winner surprised everyone—it was none other than Nai Nai, who had been keeping quiet all along.

Of course, that incident came to an end with a very warm ending, however, an important clue revealed behind it was ignored by everyone——

Nana's puppets do not seem to be able to be recognized by the observation system used by Sky City Osiris.It was precisely because of this bug that no one had thought of that Nana relied on the wrong judgments of Barney and the Trial Tower to collect a large amount of BP.

Speaking of which, in Osiris in Hakoniwa, not only Nana's dolls, but also Nana herself is included in the scope of "not counted". The fact revealed behind this point is very worth thinking about.

——However, the current focus is not on this.

"I get it, I get it all."

Sitting weakly on the bed, Lu Xi finally understood the cause and effect of the matter:

"The wandering old Mr. Musta unknowingly walked near Haimer's bacteria laboratory, but because of the nature of his puppet, he just bypassed Nova's detection and was able to enter the laboratory smoothly. Then, he and the magical Haimer hit it off and started to make troubles, and used the same method to bypass the detection, and brought some kind of stupid bacteria of unknown meaning back to Nana's side-what's the matter."

What's the matter - that's right, this is the only thought in Lu Xi's heart at this moment.

There are no conspiracy theories, no intentional framing, the truth of the matter is so simple and clear, even the two guys involved in it know themselves.

It is because of a little bit of coincidence that no one noticed and the Sky City bug that was foreshadowed a long time ago that this troublesome situation happened today.

"Damn! Why is there not even a normal guy around me!"

Angrily hammered the surface of the bed, while making complaints, Lu Xi also quickly sorted out his next course of action.

The pope and his party: hide it!Try to hide it!

Let’s be honest, not to mention that Musta’s chaotic and evil camp tends to be very dangerous. The crime of “hiding the demons” alone about Haimo is serious enough. If one is not careful, even my own cadre status will be very easy. Exposure—these two fatal things, once they are exposed in front of the Pope, I should be dragged to the sanctuary to hang a pillar.

The three of Nana: Solve the abnormality as soon as possible, and try to let them cooperate with me to implement the above item before solving it.

After all, they are living together day and night. Although their personalities have been exchanged, the tacit understanding and mutual understanding are still there.If they are willing to cooperate, coupled with my improvisation, it shouldn't be a problem to hide it from the Pope temporarily.

During this period of time, I have to urge that fellow Haimo to come up with an antidote as soon as possible. Although three days is not long, the risk of being discovered by the Pope is naturally as small as possible.

——In this way, he became busy in an instant.

Feeling once again the impermanence of the so-called 'fate' and the horror of 'coincidence', Lu Xi looked at Nova tiredly:

"Nova, it's time to start working."

What answered him was the AI ​​girl bowing gracefully:

"Sky City will fully support any of your actions, Your Excellency Commander."

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In order for his plan to be implemented smoothly, Lu Xi, who is highly mobile, quickly made a simple breakfast, and then dragged the three girls in the state of [personality swap] out of the room.

"Hmm! Is this Lu Xi's tribute to the deity!"

Staring at the breakfast in front of her with twinkling eyes, Nana, who seemed quite happy, puffed up her chest vigorously:

"I am so happy! Lucy, I promise you that when this king comes to the world, I will give you half of what I own. In exchange, you will dedicate all of yourself to Yu's hands!"

"...I don't want to complain about your weird self-proclaimed change anymore. Also, the straight ball can only be effective if it is thrown under normal circumstances."

Stretching out her hand to press the jumping second girl back to her seat, Lu Xi supported the table with both hands, and slightly lowered her voice:

"Three, by now, you should have realized that your current situation is not [normal]."

"Well, I realized it a long time ago."

Celica, who was in the state of a saint, nodded calmly, and was the first to agree with Lu Xi's point of view:

"Although I don't know how all of this happened, I should be more lovable than I am now."

"Gu feels that the current deity is very good."

Nana continued to use her soft voice to yell the words of Zhonger:

"In the past, I was limited by the cowardice of my personality, and sometimes I didn't dare to express my true heart, but in the current [Over Limit Mode], I feel that I can do anything! Wahahahaha!!!"

Very good, the recording is done, after three days, no matter how much you cry and beg for mercy when you return to normal, I will definitely let you see how ashamed you are now.

Ignoring the arrogant laughter of the second soft girl for the time being, Lu Xi stated the purpose of waking up the girls early this morning:

"Since you have also recognized your own abnormalities, then I will make it clear-for some very, very complicated reasons, I need you to cover up your [abnormalities] and try your best to show yourself [the usual appearance]. "

"Eh? Flat, usual look?!"

From the moment he got up, he wrapped his good figure tightly with a pure white quilt. After hearing Lu Xi's words, Miss Saintess retracted into the bed as if she heard a thunderbolt from the blue:

"No, no, no! I can't do it! It's too embarrassing for me to pretend to be elegant and generous at ordinary times!"

"You have to pretend to be embarrassing!"

Cruelly sinking his face, Lu Xi, who knew the urgency of the situation, began to pull the quilt on Yuxia's body:

"Take off the quilt too! You are the highlight of the day, and the biggest purpose of His Majesty coming to Rhine City is to see you!"

"No~ Do you want to~~~"

Holding tightly to the corner of the quilt, the saintess twisted and struggled vigorously.If you don't consider the relationship between the characters, the scene at this time is very similar to a man surnamed Lu who used violence to force his girlfriend into prostitution:

"Luci is bullying~~ Grandpa Pope, come quickly—"

"hiss--"

When he heard the words 'Grandfather of the Pope', his hands trembled and he opened and stopped. After carefully checking that there were no dangerous things such as 'High Holy Light Elf' and 'Holy Light Guillotine', Lu Xi picked it up. He took a piece of steamed bun, blew on it and stuffed it into Yuxia's mouth.

time-stop release.

"Woooooo!!!"

Lu Xi fell into silence for a while as he looked at Miss Saintess who could only groan with a small steamed bun in her mouth and tears in her eyes with a headache.

There is one thing to say, it is indeed a bit embarrassing for the girls who have been infected with Haimer's strange bacteria to show their usual appearance, but this is a last resort.

I can't bear to see them in such a difficult situation.

That being the case—

"——How about this, if the abnormalities in everyone's bodies are not discovered by the Pope and others, in the name of individuals, I can grant each of you a [wish]."

"—Huh?!" X3

Or there must be a brave man under a heavy reward. Upon hearing this, even Yuxia who was huddled in the quilt suddenly raised her head.

Why do I suddenly have a sense of déjà vu being stared at by three ferocious beasts...

Shaking his head to dispel the weird thoughts in his heart, Lu Xi coughed lightly, and said emphatically:

"Don't make any fanciful requests. I must be able to fulfill this wish—but in other words, as long as it is a wish that I can fulfill, you can ask for anything."