"This is Luo Lin, Fu Hua, can you hear me?"
"Fu Hua here, communication is clear."
Luo Lin adjusted her personal terminal while Fu Hua, with a serious expression, synchronized the time, and planned the communication channels.
Deciding to directly follow Luo Lin and Kiana into Senba Academy, Fu Hua chose to replicate the operation she had undertaken while observing Luo Lin before; Finding a teaching building's rooftop to squat on, ready to provide support at any moment.
Kiana poked at her breakfast with a fork, muttering, "Mei's dad turned out to be a fraudster..."
"You actually believed that?" Luo Lin raised her head in surprise.
Seeing Luo Lin's expression, the white furball realized her guess was wrong and nervously scratched her cheek, "That's not it, it's what you told me... I thought..."
"Raiden Ryoma isn't a fraudster; he's a highly talented research-oriented individual—have you heard of Arahato?"
Kiana's eyes lit up, "Of course, isn't that a famous robot IP? Have you read its comics too?"
"No, I've just heard of it, but Raiden Ryoma and ME Corporation really managed to create it..."
Luo Lin pondered for a moment and couldn't help but comment, "Actually, robots like Arahato have already been created, and they even saw combat over a decade ago... they even went to the moon..."
Fu Hua who was putting on gloves nearby blinked, "Luo Lin, you know this kind of information?"
"What?!" The white furball widened her eyes, shocked, "Then if I get along well with Mei, is it possible for me to personally operate Arahato? Um, maybe it's a bit difficult, but I can control some small robots, right? If not, let me touch..."
Touch the Anti-Entropy Titan?
You'll have plenty of opportunities to deal with the Anti-Entropy Titans in the future, not just in the Memorial Arena device at the Valkyrie Academy but also on the front lines against these guys... not only can it satisfy Kiana's desire to touch robots, but you can even dismantle them without anyone saying anything.
"Alright, Raiden Ryoma's arrest is definitely because some people want to target ME Corporation... look at this charge of 'fraudulently obtaining about 3.4 billion dollars in the name of financing the development of ultra-high-frequency electromagnetic field constraints'..."
Luo Lin almost burst out laughing; if this thing was fake, then how would you explain the exclusive equipment [Magnetic Storm Shovel] of some ghostly armored character in the game?
No, she apparently subconsciously said the code name wrong; the actual name of that thing should be [Magnetic Storm Slash], and the description of the weapon was like this:
"A katana developed by ME Corporation, the power of the Honkai energy particles in the electromagnetic field explosion can almost rival a strike from the Third Herrscher."
So Raiden Ryoma actually took the money to research using electromagnetic field constraints on Honkai energy... it really was a form of constraint technology, but removing Honkai energy and applying it to civilian use would probably give that man a headache.
And then Cocolia seized on this excuse to launch a raid, sending Raiden Ryoma straight to prison.
Looking at Luo Lin's expression, Kiana gradually realized the significance of Raiden Mei's identity—she was Raiden Ryoma's daughter, the heiress of ME Corporation.
Wanting to force Raiden Ryoma to surrender control of ME Corporation, capturing Raiden Mei was a brilliant choice.
"So we have to protect Mei!"
"That's our plan." Luo Lin tapped on her [Moon Ring], "But I think in this situation, Raiden Ryoma probably has activated a team of bodyguards for his daughter, right? Some minor issues shouldn't require our attention..."
Shouldn't?
Luo Lin listened to Fu Hua's report with a dumbfounded expression, "There are no confirmed bodyguards around Raiden Mei; even the driver who usually drives Raiden Mei to school is just an ordinary person, with no combat ability—the car is bulletproof and Honkai-proof, though it seems to be the same material as the Titan armor."
Wow, how did Raiden Ryoma get attacked like this? He didn't even have time to arrange this fallback?
Luo Lin looked at the classmates discussing nearby and the somewhat unwell-looking Raiden Mei not far away, lost in though.
Little did the black-haired girl know, Raiden Ryoma was sitting in a room far from Nagazora, resting with his eyes closed.
...
Raiden Ryoma could vividly recall the moment he was arrested. He had just finished a debugging experiment and was leaving the research building of ME Corporation, a little tired, ready to get into his car and go home to rest.
At that moment, a faint blue ripple spread from not far in front of him, causing Raiden Ryoma's hair to stand on end. All the lights of the surrounding buildings went out at once, even the personal terminal in his pocket was affected, emitting a series of harsh crackling sounds.
—It was an electromagnetic pulse (EMP)!
Raiden Ryoma immediately turned around and ran, at the same time, he drew a pistol from his clothes...
"Snap!"
A fist struck the man's abdomen, causing him to fall to the ground, curled up, and the firearm he held fell somewhere unknown.
Raiden Ryoma struggled to open his eyes and saw a huge figure gradually materializing from the air, just after this thing had given him a punch—now, it appeared from invisibility, only half of its body, a mechanical construct, floating in the air, overlooking the man lying on the ground.
"...What... the hell?"
Next, there were the sounds of approaching footsteps, and a group of people emerged from the shadows, surrounding him, taking away his communication device and remaining weapons, and then binding Raiden Ryoma's wrists with plastic cable ties, pulling him up from the ground.
Raiden Ryoma had prepared some things, but the appearance of a person named Hida Ren not far away made him feel a sinking feeling; he realized that ME Corporation had been infiltrated, a shameful betrayal had occurred, and the fallbacks he had left behind were probably ineffective under the traitor's influence.
"Traitor..."
"I just found someone more suitable to serve, Mr. Ryoma."
Hida Ren smiled, tilting his head at the huge mechanical construct floating beside him, showing an obvious look of surprise.
"What a beautiful creation, Miss..." He paused, carefully choosing his words.
"You can call it [Project Bunny], Mr. Hida."
A calm voice answered.
Hida Ren's expression was a bit strange, "It's... a good name. Let's continue with the plan then. I'll enter ME Corporation, rendezvous with Ms. Cocolia's allies, and try to control the situation as much as possible..."
The girl with silver spiral curls said, "Understood, Bronya has other tasks and cannot accompany you."
"Please go ahead."
With that, the girl left with the mysterious mechanical construct, and Hida Ren looked at the disheveled Raiden Ryoma, straightened his collar, and brushed off the dust from his body.
"Let's go, Raiden Ryoma."