Quill Town, Maria had done with the interview and sifting session for Dominic's personal assistant recruitment, and Nathan is chosen as Dominic's personal assistant with no doubt, along with ten selected people for the normal clergy position and a whole team of twenty people for the reconstruction of Shadow Punisher.
After the whole tiring day with Blair, Maria is now taking a good rest while having a video call with Sky.
"Seriously? Marco-chan had regained consciousness? That's great! Since Uncle Dominic is planning to reconstruct the Shadow Punisher." said Maria.
"Well, it's a good news for Quill Town and Dominic I guess, but that's not our concern right now. Do you still remember that big fire you saved her from?" Sky asked.
"Yes, I do remember, you got new information for that?" Maria asked.
"Yeah, somehow. Despite she is not willing to tell us anything about it, but Ben somehow successfully dug out some useful information from her through some 'special method'." said Sky, kind of emphasizing the 'special method'.
"Heh? 'Special method'?" Maria is rather intrigued and curious about that 'special method' mentioned by Sky.
"Mhmm... You know, it's our dear Dr. Ben after all. Anyway, as we all might have expected, it's the deed of an angel." said Sky.
"I see. Did you find out any else aside from that?" Maria asked.
"Not really, she is a really stubborn lady. We have been thinking that if we could get some help from Dominic, I believe she will be more willing to tell him everything." said Sky.
"I see. I will inform Uncle Dominic about that. By the way, where is Chris-chan? Usually, he is the one that handles this sort of thing." said Maria, he is looking for Chris.
"Well... Ben somehow forced him to take a break since he had been pushing himself to the limit these few days. I actually wondered if anything happened to him." said Sky.
"Ah... I guess it must have something to do with Rei-chan. Hmm... So he did care about it after all." said Maria.
"Uh-huh... Is there anything that you guys know but I don't know?" Sky asked, rather curious and concerned.
"Well, Rei-chan somehow did some bad stuff in Null Dimension. You know, whenever Rei-chan had done something 'extraordinary', Chris-chan will make himself super busy to cover his anxiousness towards Rei's behavior." said Maria.
"Ah... I see. Anyway, please come back soon, we need your help with Itsuki's matter, it's too tedious with just two of us." said Sky.
Maria nodded...
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The next morning. Maria is once again raiding on Suzaku, returned to the Secret Base, but this time, he is not alone, Dominic and Nathan are with him. As Maria temporarily removed the invisible barrier of the Secret Base, both Dominic and Nathan are amazed by the size and structure of the building.
After they landed, Sky and Chris greeted them at the main entrance and invited them into the building. They led Dominic and Nathan to the lounge for some tea while explaining the whole situation to them.
"So, yeah, I believe Maria had told you the situation we are having right now." said Sky.
"I understand your concern, but at the same time is there any special reason that she refused to tell anything although it is a serious matter." said Dominic who pretend not to see that cute and colorful eye patch of Chris.
"I guess it's probably because it has something to do with the angels... Hmm? Hey! Jason, is the tea ready yet?" said Chris before urging Jason for the tea.
"Hold on there! I will get Ruby to serve the tea out in a minute." said Jason.
After a short while, Ruby carefully walked out of the cafeteria with a tray of freshly brewed tea in her hands. With a slightly slow and steady steps, she successfully reached their tea table and served the tea without spilling it.
As Ruby is pouring for everyone in the lounge, Dominic glimpsed at her a bit with a strange and questioning look. Chris noticed it and took over the teapots from Ruby and poured the tea into Dominic's cup by himself before sending Ruby back to the cafeteria to avoid unnecessary awkwardness.
"Dominic, is there anything wrong with that girl?" Chris asked, rather directly.
"Well, not really, just that she looks familiar to me, I wondered if I have seen her somewhere before." said Dominic.
"I guess she has a really common face that can be seen everywhere. Anyway, about that Shadow Punisher lady boss, will you lend us a hand?" Sky asked, immediately switching the topic in order to avoid any unnecessary trouble, especially for Chris.
"Yes, I shall help you to convince her to open up her heart." said Dominic.
"That's great. Ben will lead you to the infirmary later." said Sky.
"And I believe he has something to confess to you about the lady boss." said Chris, who sounds quite serious.
"I see. But why use the word 'confess' instead of just 'tell'?" Dominic asked, slightly curious.
"Well, you will know. Anyway, while you are waiting for Ben, we have something else to do, so, if you need anything, you can just call for Jason." said Chris.
Dominic nodded.
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After that short conversation with Dominic about Marco's matter, Sky, Chris, and Maria headed to the lab where Itsuki is. Chris took out the artificial life core from a safety box and walked into a hidden room inside the lab followed by Sky and Maria.
With Maria's help, the remaining twenty-five percent of the thousand people's life force filled up easily into the artificial life core with a minimal toll on each of them. After they finally filled up the life force for a thousand people, another difficult situation waited for them...
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*Something out of the story
Sky: "Dear readers."
Chris: "Hmm?"
Sky: "This chapter is meant to be released for webnovel.com."
Chris: "Oh! This matter. Yes, if you're reading this chapter on another platform than webnovel.com, know that it's an illegal copy diffused without the Writer's authorization."
Sky: "As what Chris said. Right now, this story is free on the authorized platform, so please read it from authorized platforms as mental support for the writer."
Chris: "Mhm... There are two authorized platforms. One is webnovel.com. And another one is that messy and half-dead Weebly site that she uses for draft and backup... But not recommended."
Sky: "Ah... Haha. Yes, as Chris said."
Chris: "But look out, those scums might change this note to their own website link. So, be cautious.
Sky : "By the way, if the cover page is the old cover page that shows two stickmen, stop reading it, it's cursed and might caused the writer to stop writing."
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