Chapter 142: Cocolia's Intelligence
That evening.
After finishing a day of classes and exercise, Kirataka walked alone on the way back to the dormitory.
If it were normal, he would probably come back with Kiana, Mei, and the others. After all, they were in the same class and lived in the same place, so it would be a bit unusual if they were not together.
But today, he deliberately went to the training room alone after all the classes were over to review the skills that Fu Hua had taught him in the morning.
He has always been very interested in improving his own strength and became obsessed with training.
"Hiss, I think I practiced too much today..."
Kirataka felt dizzy.
With the help of the ability of [Time Rewind], he reset time many times to repeatedly deepen and master the relevant skills taught by Fu Hua.
—He didn't count the exact number of times, but it was probably more than three hundred times.
As a result, he had already mastered the few techniques that Fu Hua initially taught him today and reached a level where he could apply them in actual combat.
Such a speed of progress is indeed considered quite genius in the eyes of outsiders.
But as the price of quick success, the repeated practice also drained his mental energy to a very low level, and now he even felt like he could hardly open his eyes.
He always felt like he could fall into bed and have a good sleep as soon as he got home...
Kirataka couldn't help but yawn.
He opened the door drowsily and then slowly walked into the living room.
"…Um?"
What caught his eye was a scene of four girls gathered around a coffee table, with several books spread out on the table.
Seele and Kiana sat in the middle, with Mei and Bronya guiding them on both sides.
Because the girls were studying, Higokumaru was not allowed to watch TV, so she lay on the sofa bored and played with her tail.
Well, this is probably what is called a "study session."
—Because Seele joined Saint Freya only halfway through and didn't receive a good education when she was in the orphanage in Cocolia, she had a hard time learning cultural courses.
Therefore, Bronya had been tutoring Seele to help her catch up.
But before, it was just Seele, so their tutoring sessions were all done in the room. Starting today… maybe because Kiana was added, the format changed from one-on-one to a study session in the living room.
Kirataka wondered why.
As for Mei, Bronya, and himself, they were undoubtedly top students, and they basically took the top few places in every cultural course.
The picture of four lovely girls wearing light clothes together was indeed beautiful and pleasing to the eyes. If it were any other time, he would probably take a second look at it.
But unfortunately, now he just wanted to sleep.
"I'm back~"
He greeted weakly.
The girls also greeted him.
Mei stood up and came to his side:
"What do you want to eat tonight? I'll make it for you."
Kirataka pushed away Higokumaru, who had pounced on him, and answered casually:
"Just eat noodles."
Just deal with it casually.
In the following time, he finished his dinner amid the pleasant conversations of the girls.
"Well… let's take a shower first."
Kirataka staggered up the stairs, only to find a silver-haired girl standing in front of his door.
"Bronya?"
The silver-haired girl nodded and said:
"Bronya has something to tell you."
She usually wouldn't look for other people if she had nothing to do. When she did, it was usually because she had something to do.
That is to say… it's something related to Cocolia!
Speaking of Cocolia, Kirataka immediately became excited.
He looked up and around and saw that everyone else was either downstairs or in their own rooms.
Then Kirataka opened the door and let Bronya into his room.
The girl obediently entered his room and sat on the chair in front of the desk.
"…How about it?"
Kirataka sat down on the bed and asked.
"Bronya has received the news. In a week, Cocolia will go to a place in Siberia in person."
The silver-haired girl said softly.
Siberia is also where Raiden Ryoma is imprisoned.
"What is the source of the news?"
"…I implanted a virus into Anti-Entropy's communication network and used this method to intercept some of the information exchanges between Cocolia and other people."
The girl answered truthfully.
Although her ability in this area is not very noticeable, she is indeed an expert hacker in the network field.
"Then… do you know what she went there for?"
Kirataka narrowed his eyes slightly and asked.
He didn't know where the old fox usually hid her true form, but based on Bronya's past description, she was the kind of person who valued her life very much.
Unless it was necessary, she wouldn't leave her nest.
She must have something important to do since she went out in person this time.
It's not that he looked down on Thunder Ryoma, but to Cocolia, his value was probably not so high that he needed her to be there in person.
"…I'm not completely sure about this, but Cocolia seems to have been cooperating with a certain organization. Bronya believes that this trip to Siberia is also related to them."
The girl told Kirataka all the information she knew.
Naturally, there is only one large organization that cooperates with Cocolia.
World Serpent.
"…"
Kirataka fell into deep thought for a moment.
The information he obtained about Cocolia was ultimately obtained through the World Serpent's intelligence network.
In this case, Gray Serpent is likely to know that he is trying to find out about Thunder Ryoma and Cocolia.
So, as a partner, it is possible that he would sell this information to Cocolia.
He was considering the possibility that this was a trick.
However, no matter what, he will go there, after all, it is a rare opportunity.
Even if there is any conspiracy, we just need to crush it all.
"...Do you need Bronya's help in this operation?"
The silver-haired girl asked.
After all, it was an action closely related to her "mother," and this time, she asked one more question.
If Bronya wants to participate in the operation, the prerequisite is to remove the chip in her head that controls her.
In this regard, it all depends on Higokumaru's efforts...
"Let's do it later. I'll think about what to do then."
As he spoke, Kirataka yawned again.
There is still a week left, so let's figure out the details of the operation first.
"You seem very tired today," Bronya said softly.
Of course, this is something that anyone can see.
"Well... I went to the training room after school and had some good practice. I overdid it a bit."
"Then Bronya won't disturb your rest."
The silver-haired girl stood up and walked to the door.
However, when she opened the door, she happened to see Mei standing in front of the door.
"Sister Mei..."
"Bronya? What are you guys talking about in there?"
Mei, who was about to knock on the door, was obviously not expecting to see Bronya and was slightly stunned.
"…Nothing. Bronya was just talking to Kirataka about the new game in the Homu series that's about to be released."
The silver-haired girl made up an excuse to get away with it and made room for Mei.
"Mei~"
"Well...actually I wanted to ask you to go for a night run together."
The purple-haired girl crossed her arms in front of her and spoke softly.
This was something they had agreed on before, that he would accompany her for a night run in the evening.
"Of course, I haven't forgotten. Let's go now."
Kirataka nodded and stood up.
"But... Kirataka, you look so tired today, why don't you just forget it?"
Mei said with some concern.
She is quite gentle and considerate, so she naturally noticed Kirataka's unusually tired state today.
Although She really want him to accompany her, under the circumstances, She really shouldn't force him.
"No, it's okay, I'll go with you."
Kirataka shook his head and insisted.
He took this opportunity to tell Mei that he was going to rescue Raiden Ryoma.
Mei thought for two seconds and said with a faint smile:
"Okay, but... let's change the night run to a walk."
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