Mystery Detective of the Steam World

Chapter 511 This is fun
"Click".

The ice shattered.

The demon suddenly opened its eyes and looked around. It glared fiercely at its surroundings, then turned its gaze forward—not far in front of it, a little girl who was not even as tall as its knees was standing there, staring at it with wide eyes.

mortal?

Go to hell!
The demon grinned maliciously at the girl before it, then let out a furious roar. Its roar echoed all around, like thunder. The mere sound of its fury terrified mortals who wet themselves in fear!
However, to the demon's surprise, the girl was not frightened by her screams. On the contrary, she clapped her hands excitedly and even jumped up.

"Whoa, that's screaming so loudly!"

"...?"

What's wrong with this mortal? Isn't she afraid of herself? Or has she been so frightened that she's lost her mind?

Before the demon could figure out what was going on, he saw the girl skipping and hopping towards him.

Oh wow—it's actually walking towards me.

Instead of running away, they're just offering themselves up to die?
Looking at the girl in front of him, the demon grinned and gripped the axe in his hand. Then he raised it high and swung it down at the girl with force!

Turn into mincemeat, mortal!

"Bang-----!"

The whistling wind blew past the demon's ears. It stood there, stunned, staring blankly at the giant axe in its hand. The upper part of the axe had completely disappeared. The demon turned its head and realized that the axe part had somehow gotten stuck in the wall behind it.

"Damn mortal, how dare you—!"

The demon turned its head and looked ahead again. But at that moment, the girl leaped up, clenched her small fist, and punched the demon in the knee.

"Bang-----!"

When the world before the demon's eyes tilted, it was horrified to discover that its lower leg had vanished without a trace. The demon, now missing a leg, involuntarily stumbled to the ground. It struggled to turn its head, trying to find the girl's voice, but all that appeared before it was a tiny fist.

"Bang-----!"

The demon's head was blasted off, tumbling away from its body like an apple blown from a tree, before crashing into the wall behind it and turning into a bloody, mangled mess.

"yeah---!"

Katie raised her hands and shouted excitedly.

"This is interesting! This is fun!"

"………………………"

The saintess silently turned her head and looked at Li Wei standing beside her.

“I refused when you suggested that this girl challenge an entire demon army.”

"now what?"

"Now?"

The saint blinked.

"Well, I have to say, it's quite surprising that there are still such saints in this era."

"A saint?"

“In our time, there are often people who have extraordinary talents and superhuman strength. People regard them as children of gods or beings like that, but we call them saints. Saints are born with abilities that ordinary people do not have, just like this young lady… and us.”

As she spoke, the saintess looked at Katie again, who grinned and raised her hand, giving them a V sign.

Are you a saint too?

"Or rather, Arthur, the Twelve Knights, and the powerful figures from various countries were basically all saints at that time. Mortals called us the children of gods, but we all knew that wasn't the case. However, in this era, beings like saints are still very rare."

In other words, was King Solomon also a saint?
Levi looked at Kitty below, unable to connect her with King Solomon or Emperor Arthur.

"Is there any research on the topic of saints?"

“No, all we know is that saints are definitely not inherited through bloodline. My parents were just illiterate farmers, and their ancestors were farmers for generations, but I was born knowing how to speak and read. This can’t be attributed to my parents’ bloodline.”

"That's true..."

Upon hearing this, Li Wei silently muttered something to himself.

To him, it's more like a mutation than genetic. Superheroes are all like that, right? They were originally ordinary people, then they experienced radiation, evil experiments, were bitten by monsters, and then gained superpowers and became superheroes.

"There is another theory that although the gods took away the flame, its remaining ashes still possessed great power. This residual power merged with mortals, which is why saints came into being."

"There's such a saying?"

"Yes."

The saintess nodded.

"I think this explanation is quite fitting, but unfortunately there's no evidence... Speaking of which, the feeling she gives me is a bit different from that of a typical saint..."

The saintess stared at Katie, who was currently circling around the demon's corpse, a hint of doubt appearing in her eyes.

"How much do you know about this young lady?"

“Katie? I know she’s from the royal family… she should be a princess, but I don’t know the specifics, and she’s never said anything about it.”

Actually, Li Wei didn't care much about this.

"Royal family? Descendants of Arthur? It doesn't seem quite right..."

The saintess looked at Katie with suspicion, then shook her head and looked away.

"Let's go down."

When Li Wei and the saintess arrived downstairs, they saw Katie running over excitedly as well.

"Mr. Levi, these demons are quite fun to fight! They feel good to handle too! I like them!"

"Yes, I'm glad you like it..."

What else could Li Wei say? He had personally witnessed Katie wipe out an army of demons. The only difference between her and his own situation was that there wasn't that giant demon at the end—it was just too big, so they had to use a mecha.

So Li Wei could only nod to Katie and then look at the saintess.

"So let's proceed according to the original plan."

"Frankly speaking, even in my experience, this plan is quite dangerous."

The Saintess didn't hide her thoughts. Frankly, since they couldn't directly destroy the entire City of Lights, Levi and the Saintess had to find other ways to deal with these troubles. So Levi proposed another plan: he and Katie would storm the Holy Bishop's headquarters and find evidence related to demons.

That's right, let's break in.

To put it bluntly, Levi was trying to stir up trouble. If there really was something wrong with the Holy Bishop's headquarters, it would inevitably be revealed under these circumstances. Of course, this operation would certainly encounter considerable resistance. After all, Florence was still under the control of the Krant army, and if Levi and Katie caused trouble, the Krant army would naturally follow.

But... Li Wei isn't really worried about that.

Based on the intelligence he had gathered so far, the Holy Bishop was likely the mastermind behind all this, and the Krant Army was merely being used by him. In other words, the Krant Army probably didn't know the internal workings of the Holy Bishop. If the Krant Army were to actually reach the Holy Bishop's headquarters, it was uncertain who would end up fighting whom.

The Holy Maiden wasn't too optimistic about the plan, but for now, Levi and Katie were strong enough to complete the mission.

That's how it was originally supposed to be, but...

"I want to go too."

Looking at Sister Elizabeth with her resolute expression, Levi was speechless.

"Miss Elizabeth, you're not capable of fighting, are you?"

"I have studied self-defense and I can use a gun."

This is completely useless.

"Furthermore, before I became a full nun, I studied at the Holy Bishop's Headquarters, so I am quite familiar with the place. You two are not familiar with the Holy Bishop's Headquarters, are you?"

"That's true..."

Katie at least attended a prayer service during the New Year, while Levi didn't even know which way the Holy Bishop's Office faced.

His original plan was to rush into the Holy Bishop's headquarters and go wherever there was the most red light.

But someone needs to know the way...

"But you're just going there for further studies, so you couldn't possibly know what's going on inside headquarters."

"Although I don't know the details of the headquarters, I do know which areas are restricted."

"Um…………………"

That's true. There's no need to investigate places that anyone can go. Places that are off-limits are what Li Wei should focus on.

Elizabeth knew where she couldn't go, and that was enough. After all, even in prohibited areas, the rules for staff and visitors were completely different.

"But you really want to go? You know, we're going to storm in and wipe out everyone who stands in our way. Perhaps in Miss Saint's eyes, everyone in the Holy Bishopric is a follower of the devil and deserves to die. So what's your opinion?"

Where is Mr. Li Wei?

Sister Elizabeth did not answer Levi's question immediately, but instead asked him a question in return, to which Levi shrugged.

“I’m not sure. To be honest, I don’t think everyone is a follower of the devil. Those deacons and such might just be victims who don’t know anything. So all I can say is… we’ll see.”

The situation Li Wei was referring to was, of course, the radiance of the soul. If it were a red light, he would definitely take action without hesitation.

As for the option that the Holy Bishop was innocent, it was never on Li Wei's radar. The methods the Holy Bishop used were enough to prove that he was definitely not an innocent lamb. The only question was whether, as the saintess said, these followers of Holy Lord were actually believers in the devil.

Even if they aren't, it doesn't mean they're anything good. Just look at their "faith trio" and the armor and weapons that radiate a red soul glow.

"I cannot be sure about that."

Sister Elizabeth shook her head.

"So I want to see it with my own eyes."

"In my experience, what we see is often not the truth."

"But it's still better than hearsay."

“That’s true…”

Li Wei thought for a moment and nodded.

"Okay, you come too."

Normally, for a regular assault mission, bringing along Sister Elizabeth, who has absolutely no combat ability, would be a complete burden.

Fortunately, this was not an ordinary raid mission.

"Whoosh—!"

The alarm sounded.

The massive deck slowly opened, and the icy high-altitude wind howled into the warehouse. Li Wei sat in the cockpit of the Night Raven, watching the blue sky and white clouds gradually appear before his eyes.

Sitting next to him was Sister Elizabeth. She had changed out of her usual nun's robes and into military long-sleeved shirts and trousers, and was strapped into a chair, her face tense as she looked ahead through the observation slit.

"Are you ready, Miss Elizabeth?"

Li Wei adjusted the device for a moment, then turned to look at the nun beside him, who nodded solemnly.

"I'm ready."

"Great, where's Katie?"

Li Wei turned on the communicator and asked a question. Soon, Katie's voice came through the pipe.

"I'm ready too!"

The Nightingale has three cockpits in total, two of which are located on the left and right sides of the Night Raven mech, basically in the lung area. Levi is the main pilot, Elizabeth is the co-pilot, and Katie sits in the fire control cockpit in the head of the Night Raven mech—this position is mainly used to operate the two heavy machine guns in the head of the mech.

This is a common structure for many Imperial mechs, and training to pilot one takes a considerable amount of time. Elizabeth and Katie naturally know nothing about piloting mechs, but that doesn't matter, since Levi has the [Puppeteer] skill and can operate it himself; the others just need to sit inside and fasten their seatbelts.

“Very good, then…”

Li Wei gripped the control stick and quickly switched to a "third-person perspective." Then, he saw the steel plate behind the warehouse slowly rise up, and at the same time, the jet engines on the back of the mech began to roar and spin, spewing out a violent stream of air.

"Night Raven, launch!"

The next moment, the pitch-black mecha, like a giant bird, roared out of the airship and rushed towards the city of flowers ahead.

　I plan to wait for a discount before buying Nioh 3. Next game I'll play is Horizon 6; I don't want to play any more mobile games.

　　So, I started a new game in The Sims 4 yesterday. I created a character named Levi, and after arriving at my new home, a little girl appeared. I immediately started dating her, and then her mother showed up, so I dated her too, and then we...hehehe. But these past two days, that little girl's mother has actually been staying overnight at my house, and the system even gave me a social quest to make friends with her husband...

　　Hmm... how should I put this...?

　　Hey, honey, are you watching? (or something like that?)
　　
　
(End of this chapter)