"Where did you just pull that out from?"
Mobius looked serious as she demanded that Levi give her an honest explanation, without telling a single lie.
"Come on, don't worry about the details."
Levi simply waved his hand indifferently.
"I have to worry about them!"
'You might not care, but you're not the one who's going to be using the new body.'
The seriousness in Mobius's eyes did not diminish.
She certainly didn't want to smell anything suspicious when she started using the new body.
Seeing this, Levi had no choice but to give her a name she could understand.
"An extradimensional pocket."
Even after Levi explained it, Mobius still wasn't reassured.
Only after Levi demonstrated several times that making objects appear had nothing to do with making them appear at a particular location did Mobius finally put her mind at ease.
"Don't make those disgusting gestures again next time."
"Yes, yes, yes."
Levi stared at Mobius with his dead-fish eyes as she leaned over the little Herta doll and examined it.
Meanwhile, he thought about how to get her to help treat Wendy's legs.
He also had to make sure Mobius wouldn't tamper with anything during the process.
Sigh~
The little snake really wasn't reassuring. If the big snake were the one doing it, Levi wouldn't have to worry about so many things.
Unfortunately, the big snake still didn't know enough about Honkai.
She might not be able to heal Wendy's legs.
The little snake knew enough, but her twisted personality made her hard to trust.
Suddenly, Levi remembered the system he hadn't used in a long time.
'How about...'
"I see."
By now, Mobius had thoroughly familiarized herself with the little Herta doll.
At the very least, she now knew how to enter this body.
However, just as she was about to make her move, the little Herta doll in front of her suddenly vanished with a swish. Mobius withdrew her arm.
She turned her head toward Levi, who was grinning as unpleasantly as Aponia.
She knew this was his doing.
"Doctor~ Do me a favor, okay~"
"..."
———
[Golden Courtyard]
Kevin looked at Su, who had his eyes closed beside him. "Mobius has disappeared again."
"She probably left the Elysian Realm," Su replied.
Compared to the explanation that she had disappeared from the Elysian Realm because of an experiment, Su was more willing to believe that she had found a way to leave it.
Kevin frowned. "This era doesn't belong to us."
"She's different from us."
Su opened his eyes and looked up at the unchanging sky of the Elysian Realm.
"She's not someone who would willingly stay in her place."
If she had a chance to leave the Elysian Realm, she would never give up the opportunity to enter the real world.
"You'd better make sure you really only use it for a little while."
Mobius followed behind, her gaze cold as she looked at the person ahead of her who had the same appearance as herself.
Even though they were already souls, someone could still steal their bodies.
'Ridiculous!'
'Absolutely ridiculous!'
"Of course, of course!"
After successfully possessing the body, Levi nodded. He then turned his gaze toward the little Herta doll quietly sitting in the corner and spread his arms. The moment he made contact with the puppet, he disappeared.
Under the watchful gaze of Mobius, whose figure had become somewhat translucent, the little Herta doll moved slightly before opening its eyes. A glint of light flashed within them.
The puppet examined its own hands and spoke to Mobius. "It worked."
"Do you feel any discomfort?"
Mobius asked. Of course, she wasn't concerned about Levi. She was checking whether there was anything wrong with this body.
If there was, she'd have to be more careful when it was her turn to use it.
"No."
Levi slowly shook his head.
It felt just like a normal body, without anything unusual. In fact, compared to a normal physical body, Levi felt that this one was even lighter.
Although it had a mechanical structure, it felt considerably lighter to use than a flesh-and-blood body.
"What does this thing use as its power source?"
"I don't know."
This was beyond Levi's knowledge.
He had possessed the little Herta doll for so long, yet he still had no idea what powered it.
All he knew was that even after operating continuously for such a long time, the little Herta doll showed no signs of running out of energy.
Besides, it wasn't as though Levi had never secretly sneaked into Herta's room to investigate.
He hadn't found anything that looked like a charging device.
His preliminary guess was that the little Herta doll drew energy directly from the void.
After listening to Levi's explanation, Mobius lowered her head and pondered for a moment.
"Forget it."
There would be plenty of time to investigate these things later.
"Now hurry up and take care of your business, then give my body back to me."
"Roger!"
Feeling the vast amount of knowledge flashing through his mind, Levi opened the group chat, preparing to contact Kiana and have her send him over.
Suddenly, a familiar voice came from behind him.
"Herta? What are you doing here?"
Levi paused in the middle of requesting a teleportation. When he turned around, he saw Ruan Mei standing before him, looking curious.
She was merely curious, not wary, which clearly meant she hadn't noticed any difference between him and Herta.
'Wasn't this woman floating out on the Ancient Sea earlier? How did she get back to shore so quickly?'
"Ah... I didn't have anything to do, so I came to see how your research was progressing."
Levi rubbed his forehead and realized that no cold sweat was forming.
Fortunately, his current body was mechanical and couldn't sweat. Otherwise, Ruan Mei would probably have witnessed the sight of 'Herta' breaking out in a cold sweat.
Convincing, but not that convincing.
After hearing this, Ruan Mei nodded. "The progress is still the same."
"That's good."
'It's not that I'm afraid you haven't made any progress. I'm afraid you've made progress!'
Before he could ask anything, Ruan Mei continued, "As for Screwllum, I heard that the company is making rapid progress. They should be able to land on Screwllum's planet before long."
"I see."
It seemed that they had discovered the anomalies on Screwllum's planet long ago. Even people from the company had already gone there to investigate.
"On the other hand, if you really can't find any trace of 'Uncle Legless'... you could try looking for Levi."
Ruan Mei offered her suggestion.
'Look for me?'
'If I don't lead you straight into Jing Yuan's room, then I'm a good person!'
As it happened, he still had a Mask of Elation on hand. When the time came, he'd toss it onto Jing Yuan's bed. No matter how Jing Yuan tried to explain himself, Herta would start suspecting him.
After all, the one who had given her the information was Elation.
And Elation tricking Elation was one of the most common tricks in the cosmos.
"Mm, I'll consider it."
Levi imitated Herta's manner and nodded. He then came up with an excuse to leave the shore.
After watching him leave, Ruan Mei also returned to her residence with the day's findings.
Herta came out of her room and greeted Ruan Mei.
"How did things go today?"
"?" Ruan Mei didn't answer. Instead, she looked at Herta with a strange expression. "The same as usual."
So she'd made some progress.
Herta nodded, then found another topic and asked about the situation on Screwllum's planet.
Ruan Mei's expression grew even stranger.
"What's wrong?"
Seeing Ruan Mei's expression, Herta began to frown as well.
"I remember telling you about the situation on Screwllum's planet."
That included today's findings, too.
"When did that happen?"
"Right by the shore near the Ancient Sea."
"I stayed in my room all afternoon today. I never went out."
"..."
"..."
Ruan Mei and Herta stared at each other for a long time.
Both began to wonder whether something might be wrong with the other's body.
"Wait!"
Herta suddenly thought of something.
"..."