Dream Travel

Chapter 237 Your Secret Has Been Exposed

"Lota, what exactly is... such a place?" At night, Chelsea analyzed the intelligence she had in her hands: the Revolutionary Army had won.

After the new country was established, everything proceeded vigorously and prosperously, and she got what she wanted.

To live the life of a wealthy lady... Oh, she's not married yet, and she doesn't need to find a rich man to cling to like she used to.

As a key contributor to the founding of the nation, although her identity as an assassin had been exposed and she could not receive any public honors, she still got what she wanted.

However, her work wasn't completely over yet. The intelligence work concerning the Empire had been handed over, but her work with Rota hadn't...

The dangers of this work are unknown, but continuing the investigation could easily affect the stability of the new country, given the immense contributions made by the people of 'Rota'.

After the revolutionary army's victory, the people of Rota did nothing but actively help the revolutionary army establish a new country.

It's just that they seem particularly supportive of Alexei, which is fine; there are many people who support Alexei.

After all, he was capable and proactive, and extremely gentle with the people. He was a rare and outstanding leader, unless Alexei was also one of 'Rota's' people?
So, should this really continue?

"Chelsey, you've been exposed."

"?" Chelsea, who was deep in thought, was suddenly startled. Just as she was about to make a move, she felt herself being pressed down onto the table.

The immense force from behind was too much for her to resist. Chelsea now held a poisoned needle, but her arm was twisted behind her back...

"Ah—how many dangerous things are you hiding on you?" Bai Mu exclaimed in surprise. Chelsea felt a lightness behind her, and the needle in her hand fell to the ground.

She gently rubbed her wrist and glared at Bai Mu with displeasure: "What are you doing? I thought some kind of reckoning was about to begin."

"Hahahaha, if there's any reckoning, I'll lead you all out to fight your way out." Bai Mu laughed, placing the needles in his hand on the table.

These needles were all dangerous poison needles. Afterwards, despite Chelsea's slight resistance, he used the Dream-Eroding Imperial Arm to remove all the dangerous items from her body.

Chelsea, her face flushed, glared at the white screen: "What exactly do you want to do?"

"To prevent you from getting too agitated, I know you're investigating 'Rota'."

Chelsea was startled and quickly recalled her past investigation process; there should be no possibility of her being exposed.

Even when facing the White Veil, she never thought about Rota while the White Veil was using the Imperial Arms.

"What are you talking about?" Chelsea was surprised, but her expression remained normal.

The white curtain shrouded itself with the Observer Teigu. "Alright, you can continue now."

"...Are you here to settle scores with me?"

"I already told you, if you are purged, I will lead you out of here. I came here specifically to tell you about Rota, so that you won't continue to fight amongst yourselves."

Bai Mu casually waved his hand. He had already figured out the limits from Bo Lei. The rest was up to him. It wasn't difficult; he just needed to explain a few things.

Moreover, making things clear will make it easier for him to carry out the tasks he needs to do in the future.

"What exactly is Rota?"

"So you were investigating Rota after all. Fine, I'll kill you now!"

"..."

"Hahaha, you actually believed that?" Bai Mu looked at Chelsea, who was in shock, and pressed her back down, taking off the Observer Imperial Arm: "I'll tell you now."

Rota is a city, not a city of this world. They came to this world for some reason, felt that this world was too chaotic, and wanted to help the people here.

"..." Chelsea felt like she was reading a comic book: "Is this something I can just know directly?"

“I’ve asked the people at Rota. You know all this, so it’s fine. Anyway, they have no intention of invading. All they want is a stable and reliable platform for long-term development.”

Even so, it's not entirely believable. After a moment of silence, Chelsea asked, "Is Rota related to Alexei?"

With the information revealed by the white curtain, Chelsea thought a lot. Although Rota was asked by Alexei to investigate her, this matter seemed to be related to the other party no matter how you looked at it.

Otherwise, why would Rota's people support him so much?

“His situation is different.” Bai Mu didn’t say much about Alexei. Wait, so it was Alexei who initiated the investigation into Rota?
Bai Mu wondered to himself, "Is this considered as one of our own people causing trouble for each other?"
"Let me show you Rota." Bai Mu patted the chair next to him.

Chelsea hesitated for a moment before sitting down next to him, looking at the laptop that Bai Mu took out of the weapons case with a slightly puzzled expression.

But the images playing on it surprised her; they depicted a scene from another city.

It looks much more advanced than the capital, and there are some special vehicles and other things on the road.

However, another woman appears more often in the photos.

"Who is she?" Chelsea stared at Lily in the video.

"A wicked woman who's after my inheritance."

"?? She's still alive?" Chelsea asked in surprise.

If she were a bad woman, it wouldn't be apparent from the video. At the very least, if she were an enemy, she shouldn't have appeared so relaxed in the video.

It could be a video from a long time ago, but judging from the appearance of the white screen, it doesn't seem like it.

"Of course she's alive. She just wants my inheritance after I die; she hasn't done anything to me." Isn't that going too far? Chelsea couldn't help but think, who would want the inheritance of a living person for no reason?

Unless? Unless... what Bai Mu did was very dangerous, with a particularly high mortality rate, which is why the bad woman he mentioned had her eye on him?

The other party doesn't need to do anything to Bai Mu; they just need to wait for an accident to happen to Bai Mu.

"what is your job?"

"They're like mercenary investigators, I'm currently working with 'Rota'."

"...What about Leone?" Chelsea didn't press for more information about Rota, but instead asked the person next to her.

The assassin group is about to 'retire'. Those whose identities have been exposed will not receive any honor, but those whose identities have not been exposed can continue to live normal lives.

But she didn't want her colleague's relationship to be fake.

“I’m looking for a way. It’s easy for me to leave here, but it’s difficult for the locals to get to Rota. I need to find a safe way to take her away.”

Bai Mu didn't hide this from Chelsea, instead asking her, "You can also go check out Rota if you're interested."

"Then what about the cost?" Chelsea didn't think there would be no cost to doing this, otherwise White Curtain wouldn't need to look for a so-called 'safe method'.

"The price is that you can't come back, but you have no relatives or friends here, so you probably don't care about that."

“Who said I don’t care!” Chelsea felt offended.

Although the members of the Night Raid Assassination Squad were all unrelated to each other, it didn't mean they wanted to move to another place to live.

"But you know too much. Are you really at ease living here?"

“…” Chelsea remained silent. She did not completely believe Bai Mu’s words, at least not until she confirmed them herself.

What other world people? That's way too far-fetched.

"What I'm thinking is that one person is a person, and two people are also a person. It's not impossible for you to go and see if you want."

"Will you think about it?"

"What if I say no?"

"Refuse? Let me put it another way." Bai Mu crossed his arms with a subtle smile on his face: "Ms. Chelsea, you don't want the great achievements that the Revolutionary Army has worked so hard to gain to be ruined, do you?"
This was not sabotage carried out by Rota's people, but rather pointless internal strife caused by increasing mutual suspicion.

Of course, if you trust me, I can satisfy your curiosity in another way.

As Bai Mu spoke, he patted his weapon case, and Chelsea immediately understood what he meant: this weapon case could collect the 'souls' of the dead.

She even saw the deceased Esdeath during this time.

The problem is she's still very young. Who wants to lie on a board at such a young age?

Chelsea looked visibly resistant.

“It seems you don’t want to use this method anymore. Let’s try another one. Go find Leone. I just told her something, and she can order something from Dr. Isabel.”

"Is this related to what we're talking about now?"

“Yes.” Bai Mu nodded matter-of-factly, “The flow of time is different in Rota than here, so I plan to have her use the same potion that Hei Tong used. This will allow her to maintain her youth for a long time…”

Speaking of this, Chelsea also started to care. Before she became an assassin, she wanted to live the life of a wealthy lady and paid great attention to maintaining her figure.

She cares about the longevity of youth.

"Now you get a share, remember to keep it a secret."

“I want to know who else is there besides me?” Chelsea asked.

Are they already digging for new information? Bai Mu shook his head: "Leone doesn't know about this. Akame might have discovered something, but she made a different choice because of Kurome's situation."

“Akame…” Chelsea wasn’t surprised at all; the girl’s intuition was astounding.

The others didn't notice anything, which Chelsea thought was normal, but Akame noticed something was wrong, which was also normal.

Furthermore, Akame's younger sister is also a troubled girl, but White Curtain truly resolved the issue of Black Announcement, or rather, he fulfilled all the promises he had made.

Although she still had some doubts about the information he provided, Chelsea still trusted White Curtain's credibility.

However, what troubled her was Bai Mu's suggestion; the investigation into Rota needed to come to a conclusion.

We have obtained intelligence, but can we really tell Alexei this intelligence?

If the new leader learns about this and the subsequent investigation stops, that would be good. But if the subsequent investigation continues...

This has even attracted more attention. Can the new country really continue to develop steadily and positively?
There are too many unknowns about Rota, and it is obviously impossible to investigate it fully here. If you want to obtain comprehensive information, you can only go there in person.

But the price is that you can't come back, or you have to come back in another form. Is that worth it?
...It's worth it.

In the past, she might have hesitated, but after witnessing too many colleagues sacrifice themselves, her resolve has been strengthened.

(End of this chapter)