Kiana and the Captain's Bizarre Adventure

Chapter 341 On Nicole's Connections

"I'm sorry, it was my oversight!"

Karen bowed her head and apologized to everyone, saying that the previous group of Hati tribe members had been completely wiped out by Karen, but as a price, Billy and Ies had suffered varying degrees of damage due to the full-power activation of the Divine Grace Barrier.

Billy was alright; his power system had malfunctioned, and he was only slightly unsteady. He could recover after some maintenance later. But it was a different story for Ies. Ies was lying on the ground, convulsing violently.

Communication with the outside world has been severed, and the internal structure of the machine has suffered varying degrees of damage. Kiana is currently repairing it with a bag of spare parts.

These parts were collected by other people in the vicinity. Although there is no guarantee that they will be suitable for Bomb, there is no other way now.

Kiana, on the other hand, reached inside Ies's body after disassembling it and fiddled with it for a while. Don't be fooled by her serious expression; it was all an act. Her reaching inside and constantly trying out the parts was just a pretense.

What truly came into play was the power of the Herrscher of Reason. After analyzing the structure of Bomb, Kiana began the repair.

"Honestly, Sister Karen always overreacts in times of crisis. She could have just handed those over to me to handle."

"Isn't this because I'm worried about something unexpected happening?" Karen muttered.

"And then he also took down two of his teammates."

"This... Ahaha! I'm sorry!"

Kiana quickly finished repairing IAS, and after a reboot, IAS successfully reconnected to the outside world.

"What just happened? Are you all alright?" Zhe's worried voice came from inside IES. "And what's wrong with IES? Why do I feel like there are some different parts inside than before? It's like..."

"Ahem! Anyway, Zhe, you take us out of the cave first, and I'll explain everything to you slowly along the way," Kiana said with a cough.

Although Zhe really wanted to figure out what had happened, it was clear that staying in the same place wouldn't work.

Led by Zhe, the group began their journey back, and Kiana naturally recounted what had just happened without holding back.

"I see. In short, it was because of Miss Karen's wide-range, indiscriminate attack that Ies was also injured, and Kiana repaired Ies, right?" Zhe repeated.

"That's understandable."

"But the Key of God... I always thought it was just an urban legend, I never thought it would actually be true," Tetsuya exclaimed.

“After all, the power described is too incredible for ordinary people. Before seeing it for themselves, most people would find it hard to believe that it is real.” Nico waved her hand and said, “I was only convinced that the weapon in Kallen’s hand was the key of God because I had seen another key of God for some reason.”

"Has Nicole ever seen any other Divine Keys?" Zhe asked.

“That happened several years ago, and it was related to Amby.”

"Me?" Ambly looked at Nicole in confusion. She never expected that Nicole's past encounter with the Divine Key would be connected to her.

“Oh! It was when I found you in the cave,” Nicole said. “You were badly injured, and I went to great lengths to get you out of the cave. I was planning to take you to the hospital right away, but then I ran into Durandal, who was returning from a mission. After learning what had happened, she took out a lance and healed you. I later learned that the lance was one of the Divine Keys, and one of its main abilities is healing. Hmm, what was that lance called again?”

“Black Abyss White Flower,” Kiana reminded her from the side.

"Yes, yes! Black Abyss White Flower, that's it."

"So that's why Nicole wasn't so surprised back then. She had already seen similar weapons so long ago," Billy said. "Speaking of which, when Nicole had someone fix me, she seemed to have seen a golden cube-shaped Divine Key, right?"

"Oh, that's Otto's. When we found you, it was in such a bad state, and we didn't have enough money to do major repairs outside, so we had no choice but to ask our family to ask Otto if he would be willing to help."

"No wonder Otto looked familiar when I saw him before. It turns out he was the one who fixed me back then."

"That's right, thanks to you, I was bossed around by Otto several times afterward, and without any pay!" Nicole complained.

"So that's why you looked annoyed when you saw Otto, Nicole?" the cat asked again. "Do you need me to help you get revenge on him?"

"Forget it, it's all in the past. And you really dared to say those things to Karen, Cat," Nicole said, half-closing her eyes. "If Karen retaliates against you, I won't help you, you know."

"Why, why?" the cat asked, puzzled.

“That’s because Miss Karen is Mr. Otto’s fiancée,” Zhe explained from the side. “It is said that the two families made a marriage agreement when they were children, but it has never been fulfilled.”

Upon hearing this, the cat instantly showed a look of fear, and its legs began to tremble. To be honest, after witnessing Kallen's strength, the cat knew it was no match for her. What if she really wanted to take revenge on it...

"I'm sorry, meow! Please don't blame me, Miss Karen!"

The cat appeared before Kallen at a speed that was almost imperceptible to the naked eye, bowing deeply and apologizing. Kallen, of course, chose to forgive the cat. Rather, she knew Otto's personality all too well; he had been resented for a long time, and Kallen was actually hoping those people would come and teach Otto a lesson.

"Miss Nekomata, please get up. I don't care about any of this. I know Otto's personality, and I know you were just joking. Don't worry, I won't retaliate!"

"Really, really?"

The cat looked up at Karen again, and its teary eyes instantly touched Karen's tender heart.

"Yes, of course not, don't worry!"

As she spoke, Karen reached out and touched Nekomata's head. Nekomata trembled for a moment but quickly calmed down.

Why are all the people Kiana knows so good at touching?

Feeling the comfortable touch on her head, the cat inwardly roared, but soon she quickly became immersed in the soothing caress.

"But Billy, how did you know that Otto had the Divine Key?" Nicole asked curiously.

"Well, actually, it's because Otto took out that golden cube and said something about recording data. Afterwards, the golden cube complained that as a key to God, Otto should use it for something more meaningful instead of recording data. That's how I found out that Otto had a key to God."

"I see."

It was Kiana who finally reminded everyone to focus on their journey, and they finally emerged from Void Zero before nightfall.

The moment they stepped out of the cave and breathed in the somewhat murky air outside, everyone felt as if they had entered another world.

Although there was still no trace of Nineveh this time, there were still some gains.

First, on their way back, the group discovered a unique root system of Nineveh in another direction. After all, Nineveh itself is still a plant-type skeleton. Although it has offspring that resemble a bee colony, it is perfectly normal for plants to leave behind some roots full of etheric energy when they move.

After that, as long as everyone investigates in that direction, they should be able to find Nineveh's trail soon. However, Kiana will not be able to participate in the following operations.

After all, Kiana is a member of Section Six of the Anti-Air Force, and she has her own things to do, so she can't stay at Scott's outpost all the time to accompany everyone on their missions.

Most importantly, her mission has arrived, and just as Kiana predicted, the objective of this mission is still the Dead End Void.

In short, the three machines from Baizhi Heavy Industry equipped with the latest artificial intelligence went missing while working in the cave, and even their signals were blocked. However, the good news is that Grace, the mechanic in charge of debugging the engineering machinery before losing contact, delineated a general area based on the last place where the signal appeared.

Although there are employees at Baizhi Heavy Industry who are resistant to ether, it would be unwise to rashly enter a place without radish data without the guidance of a professional rope craftsman.

Therefore, after reporting the situation on site to the Air Defense Division 6, the people from Shirai Heavy Industries had no choice but to suspend the project. Only now has their application been approved and officially issued.

However, since the captain is currently supporting Mei, who is on another mission, Kiana now has two options: either wait for Mei's mission to end, or go and get the carrots herself.

Although Kiana could seek help from the Hollow Investigation Society, there was no reason not to use the legendary rope craftsman right in front of her.

Kiana then turned her gaze to Tetsuya, who was preparing to go home.

"Is Zhe free tomorrow?"

Zhe stopped packing and looked at Kiana, his eyes revealing his undisguised confusion.

"I have a request for you tomorrow that I need to help with. Don't worry, it's issued in the name of the Anti-Air Section Six. I'll also send the application here later. Tomorrow, you'll be assisting me in this mission as the leader of the Independent Investigation Team, not in that other capacity..."

Hearing Kiana's words, Zhe glanced around warily and breathed a sigh of relief when he found that no one was paying attention to them.

"I understand. What are the specific tasks?"

"Remember the Vision bombing? Tomorrow's mission is a follow-up to that case."

"What's going on? Isn't Perlman supposed to be taken to court for trial? How did he get involved again?" Nicole asked.

"Okay, actually it's not that big of a deal." Kiana scratched her head, realizing she hadn't been accurate, and began to explain, "It's just that the project that Vision Industries was previously in charge of was taken over by White Heavy Industries, right? Speaking of which, you should know White Heavy Industries, right?"

“Of course,” Nicole said. “Speaking of White Heavy Industries, one cannot help but mention the scandal that occurred during the old capital era, when the former president, Hols Belloberg, absconded with funds. At that time, White Heavy Industries took over the construction project of Pioneer Square, but just when the project was about to be completed, the former president absconded with a large amount of money. Because of this incident, White Heavy Industries, which had originally achieved great success, plummeted until recently when it gradually recovered under the leadership of the former president’s daughter.”

“Yes, that’s right.” Kiana nodded.

"But what does your mission have to do with Bai Zhi Heavy Industry?" Zhe asked.

"Because my mission was secured by them. You should know what Baizhi Heavy Industry's core competitiveness is right now, right?"

"[Intelligent machinery for cavities] If I remember correctly, this is the patent, right?" Zhe replied.

"That's right, it's because of this patent that they were able to take over the project from Vision Industries. However, that's where the problem lies. Just recently, three of their construction machines equipped with this technology went missing inside the cave. Since the last location where the signal was detected was not on their 'Carrot Data,' they reported the intelligence to the Sixth Anti-Air Division. After all, since the Vision bombing incident, the project has been officially taken over and monitored by the Sixth Anti-Air Division."

"I roughly understand, but shouldn't your Void Section Six also have dedicated investigators responsible for making carrots? At the very least, you can apply for carrots from the Void Investigation Association. There's no need to ask us for help, is there?"

"Tetsu, have you forgotten that the Void Section Six is ​​constantly dealing with all sorts of Void-related incidents? There aren't that many investigators available to help immediately. By the time other investigators have free time, several days have already passed," Kiana said, hands on her hips. "As for the Association, why wouldn't I come to you, whose skills are even better? Don't worry, you won't be shortchanged in terms of compensation."

Nicole's eyes lit up instantly upon hearing about the reward, and she fawned over Kiana while rubbing her hands together like flies.

"Since it's related to the Void, Kiana, could our Rabbit House... hehe..."

"You're overthinking it. They'll send employees to go in with us. With me here, there's no need to worry about combat capabilities. Nicole, you should just focus on investigating Nineveh with Karen."

“But if you need my help tomorrow, then things here will have to be put on hold, right?” Zhe reminded him.

"Indeed, how come I didn't think of that just now?" Kiana said in annoyance, but she quickly came up with an alternative. "Speaking of which, Otto should be free of business now, right?"

"Kiana, aren't you being a little too demanding?" Otto's voice rang out from the side. "You know, I just finished my research and finally have some time to rest."

"Come on, even if you take a good rest, you'll only go to see Sister Karen anyway. It just so happens that Zhe's position as the guide is now vacant, so isn't it perfect for you and Sister Karen to work together? I don't believe you won't seize this opportunity."

It has to be said that Kiana's words instantly hit Otto's weak spot, and without saying much, Otto immediately agreed.

Kiana and Tetsuya agreed on a time and went back, and the next day arrived.