What?! You want me to be the Herrscher of the End?!

Obviously, Kiana couldn't possibly believe a reason that even Mei herself was somewhat skeptical of. So, Kiana turned her attention to Bronya, hoping to make some progress there.

"Ugh......."

Helplessly, Mei, who indeed felt there was something wrong with her reasoning, sighed softly and then joined Kiana to move closer to Bronya.

"Hmm... Although Bronya hasn't received any news from Sister Bai Mo either, after investigating, Bronya discovered that the class monitor might not have been telling us the truth."

Seeing that the two of them had sandwiched her between them, Bronya calmly took out the notebook she was carrying from her backpack.

Opening the laptop, there were no games or Hoomu comics on the desktop. Logically speaking, these things should have filled the desktop as Bronya's favorite entertainment and relaxation tools, but now, without exception, they had all been deleted by Bronya.

At this point, the only thing still existing on the desktop is an inconspicuous and very ordinary document.

Upon opening the document, everyone was greeted by a complete record of Bronya's investigation into Bai Mo's sudden disappearance over the past three days, along with all the information she could gather.

From small things like game check-ins and phone communications to big things like travel routes and mobile phone location, Bronya investigated everything and put it all into this document.

"After Bronya's detailed investigation over the past few days, it was discovered that all of Bai Mo's activity information was frozen three days ago, the day Kiana returned."

"In addition, Bronya also investigated all the flights from Singapore to Shenzhou three days ago, and Bronya found that there was no registration information for Sister Bai Mo among all the passengers."

Pointing to the information she had gathered from the document, Bronya slowly began to analyze it for everyone.

"So, Bronya, you suspect that the class monitor is lying to us! Bai Mo never went back to Shenzhou to visit her family at all!"

Kiana, who was the first to react, suddenly spoke up.

"However, if what Bronya said is true, then why would the class monitor lie to us? And if Bai Mo didn't go home to visit his family, then where should Bai Mo be now?"

Compared to Kiana's straightforward remarks, Mei clearly showed more thought.

Three days ago

Three days ago, it was the day Kiana, Fu Hua, and Bai Mo were supposed to return after completing their mission.

On that day, Mei, Bronya, Theresa, and Himeko, having received the news, prepared a lavish dinner to reward the group who had just returned from their mission.

So, after the dinner was finished, everyone took their seats, looking forward to the three of them opening the apartment door and giving them a surprise.

....................

And so, after a little while, the people sitting in the room finally got to witness this exciting moment.

As the doorknob was slowly turned, the door was slowly pushed open, and Fu Hua entered the room first, followed closely by Kiana.

In that situation, when everyone saw that the protagonist of the evening had slowly arrived, they all fired their homemade cannons in unison toward the door.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

With four loud bangs, countless colorful ribbons shot out from the cannons and slowly landed on the heads of the two people.

Welcome back! x4

In an instant, the atmosphere in the room became cheerful. At the same time, the four people who were originally sitting in their seats stood up and went to the door to offer their blessings for their return.

"Huh? Where's Bai Mo? Why didn't he come with you?"

Theresa, who was standing nearby, saw that only Fu Hua and Kiana had entered the room, and asked with concern.

"Sigh, what else can we do? With Bai Mo's cunning, she's definitely hiding somewhere. Wait for me, I'll go and drag her over."

After taking the two people, Ji Zi glanced at the door a few more times after not seeing Bai Mo's figure, wondering if Bai Mo had hidden beforehand and wanted to take the opportunity to scare people.

Well, since today is such a special day, let's just go along with her this time.

With that thought in mind, Himeko slowly leaned out, intending to walk outside.

"Bai Mo... Bai Mo, she... she hasn't come back..."

Just as Himeko stepped out the door, Fu Hua's voice suddenly rang out behind her, stopping her from continuing forward.

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"What? What did you say? Bai Mo hasn't come back?"

Himeko froze, her body trembling slightly as she asked Fu Hua in an incredulous tone, her face contorted in pain.

"Then...where did Bai Mo go? And he hasn't come back? What does this mean?!"

Theresa, who had been cheerfully inviting Kiana to sit down and eat fried chicken, stopped in her tracks in shock after hearing Fu Hua's words. She then looked at Fu Hua with disbelief and asked helplessly what Fu Hua meant by those words.

"Squad leader... what... what's going on?"

Just as Mei came out of the kitchen, and was about to serve Bai Mo's favorite sweet and sour pork to the table... this suffocating news reached her ears.

Upon hearing the news, although she was still unsure of what Fu Hua meant, Mei couldn't help but feel a pang of heartache, and then she became very uneasy and anxious.

At the same time, the large bowl in Mei's hand, which was originally filled with sweet and sour pork, suddenly developed cracks of varying sizes for some unknown reason, as if it might shatter at any moment.

"The bowl is broken... I'll go get a new one..."

Mei simply left those words behind before rushing into the kitchen.

"Sister Bai Mo, she........."

Bronya stared blankly at Fu Hua's retreating figure, seemingly waiting for a reasonable explanation from the other party.

"Class monitor! Didn't you say you'd tell me where Bai Mo went when you got back?! What is this?!"

Unlike everyone else, Kiana was only slightly stunned after hearing the news before she recovered.

Kiana gently pushed back her chair, taking one, two, three steps, and slowly walked towards Fu Hua with her head down. Finally, she grabbed Fu Hua's wrist, then raised her head and spoke in an almost questioning tone.

"Why! Why didn't you tell me this when I first woke up, class monitor?!"

At this moment, Kiana's voice was clearly trembling with tears. She gripped Fu Hua's hand, a sense of helplessness welling up inside her.

Yes, Kiana had actually asked Fu Hua about why Bai Mo wasn't with her back then, as soon as she woke up on the plane.

But Fu Hua's reason to him at the time was simply to not overthink it, and that he would find out about it when he got back.

Indeed, after hearing Fu Hua's words, Kiana didn't think much of it. In Kiana's mind, Fu Hua's words were undoubtedly saying that Bai Mo had already returned before her. Therefore, Kiana dismissed her doubts at that moment...

Only now, only now, here, did Kiana hear from Fu Hua the words that she, and indeed everyone else, did not want to hear: "Bai Mo has not returned."

Under everyone's gaze, Fu Hua bit her lip and finally decided, "Bai Mo... she just went back to Shenzhou to visit relatives. She said she will stay there for a while before coming back."

Indeed, rather than telling everyone the cold truth that "Bai Mo is dead," Fu Hua chose a lie, a lie that would spare everyone from pain...

Therefore, when Fu Hua said this, she deliberately pretended to be very relaxed and casual, as if she had completely lost the heavy feeling from before.

"Really...? If that's the case, then why didn't you say so earlier, class monitor...?"

Clearly, Kiana was still somewhat skeptical of the truthfulness of Fu Hua's words, so she spoke up and continued to ask.

However, Kiana's action was quickly interrupted by Himeko's words.

"Oh, alright, alright Kiana, Fu Hua is an A-rank Valkyrie, you know. She would never lie about something like this, right, Fu Hua?"

For some unknown reason, Himeko walked over with a smile and put her hand on Kiana's shoulder. As she finished speaking, Himeko also gave Fu Hua a knowing look.

“Uh…yes…”

Clearly, Fu Hua was bewildered by Himeko's actions, as she didn't know why the other party was speaking up for her. But since the other party had done so, Fu Hua didn't mind continuing to go along with it.

Did I really expect my deception skills to be so clever? I actually managed to fool Major Himeko. I guess I can't learn anything good from spending too much time with Otto.

Although she had some doubts, Fu Hua didn't think much of it, because she simply assumed that her deception had become more sophisticated, and that she had temporarily fooled the other party.

"Teacher Himeko..."

Feeling the reassuring warmth emanating from her shoulder, Kiana slowly turned her gaze to Himeko.

"Alright, alright, you should hurry up and eat more while Bai Mo is away. Anyway, Bai Mo is visiting his family, so no one will be competing with you for the meat, right? Okay, go ahead."

"I just... okay then."

Since Himeko-sensei has said this, then the class representative must be telling the truth, since Himeko-sensei wouldn't lie to us.

Thinking this way, Kiana gradually began to trust Fu Hua's words and slowly returned to her seat.

Bronya did the same, because like Kiana, they both firmly believed that Himeko would not lie to them.

"Alright Fu Hua, stop standing here like an idiot and go sit down, or the food will get cold and won't taste good."

"I'll go get some wine for everyone. Let's have a good drink tonight."

After calming Kiana down, Himeko glanced at Fu Hua, pointed to the seat specially reserved for her, and then spoke softly.

"Major Himeko...I..."

Fu Hua's words went unanswered, because Himeko had already turned the doorknob and gone outside.

...outside the door

The dark corridor was not only silent, but also eerily quiet.

Himeko was alone, leaning against the wall.

"You used to scare me here all the time..."

"I wish, I wish that at this moment, you would suddenly jump out of this dark corridor and give me a fright... I promise, this time your older sister will definitely show a very surprised look."

Himeko muttered softly, but she waited and waited for a long time without seeing that white figure appear.

"Going home to visit family... Fu Hua, thank you for your kind lie."

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Chapter 86 The Cruel Truth

Late at night, after the banquet ended, everyone returned to their rooms and dormitories.

Looking back on this banquet... the joyful smiles on everyone's faces were gone from those of previous banquets; instead, there was mostly silence this time.

...Fu Hua's room