She is not an investigator.

"We can start as friends..."

"Tsk."

Isabella turned her head away somewhat angrily, then sighed helplessly.

"I really don't know what you're thinking. Am I that bad that you're so resistant to me?"

"Ugh..."

Igris buried her head in the blankets and decided to bury her head in the sand like an ostrich.

Even though she did think Isabella was a nice person, very kind to her, and caring towards her, not only helping her without hesitation when she needed help, but even buying her cookies.

But she still couldn't just agree to it so easily.

After all, relationships are a lifelong matter... she has to be more careful.

Although, continuing to nurture the relationship... isn't out of the question?

"No matter what, you're just playing dead; you're completely afraid to respond directly."

Isabella stood up and pulled the blanket away from Igris.

"I'm starting to suspect that you've been deceived in a relationship before, which is why you're being so cautious... Speaking of which, have you ever had a partner before?"

"Uh...no..."

"So you're simply too afraid to take that step?"

Isabella could see clearly that Igris wasn't really a blockhead; she was just constantly worried about something, a whole bunch of trivial things, which caused her to subconsciously avoid discussing matters of the heart.

Until it became the habit it is now.

"By the way, how is your recovery going?"

"Has it recovered about halfway...? Although it still seems a bit weak."

"I see."

Isabella nodded in satisfaction, then silently locked the door.

The Gods' Fool's Play - Beyond the World: Chapter Sixty-Six, Meanwhile

If this night in Byanka is both bloody and beautiful, then...

So in Frostville, Simia's nights were bloody and dangerous.

"...You clearly have your own consciousness, why don't you leave here? I don't want to hurt you..."

"Leave, leave this place...leave!"

At this moment, in the laboratory corridor, Simia's weapon lay on the ground, and she was only holding the rapier in her hand.

She didn't have time to pick up the weapon on the ground, because right in front of her was that red figure.

A red-haired girl, as if soaked in blood.

Her hospital gown was tattered, bearing scorch marks, bullet holes, and knife cuts.

Her body was completely covered in blood, so much so that her original skin was no longer visible, and it was impossible to know where the scarlet blood came from.

But without a doubt, she is extremely dangerous.

I need to know the truth!

"leave--!"

呲la.

A sickening scraping sound rang out. Opposite to Simia, the red-clad girl was bent over, and behind her, a scorpion-like tail was swaying and scraping against the steel door, its sharp hooks leaving marks on the steel door.

Her body had undergone unimaginable modifications, and facing danger alone was almost no different from directly provoking a wild beast.

“I won’t hurt you… okay? I know your pain, and I know what those guys did to you. I’m here to help you. Their crimes must be exposed. Only by finding clues, only by finding a chance to escape from here…”

boom--!

A loud bang suddenly rang out, interrupting Simia's unfinished words.

The red-clad girl seemed to have finally reached her limit, and her tail hook slammed heavily against the steel door beside her, creating a deep crater.

Even so, even now, she still hasn't attacked Simia.

She gave up trying to persuade her, seemingly knowing that Simia wouldn't leave so easily.

Just as she had tried countless times to escape from here, Simia was also a bound person.

"...What are you looking for...?"

"Are you willing to communicate with me now?"

"Answer my question..."

Her breathing remained heavy, and the wild instincts within her continued to influence her reason.

It almost split her in two.

“I need to find the research data of those soldiers, and... most of the research records here, including your key.”

boom--!

With another loud bang, the steel door of the laboratory was smashed open by her tail, revealing the passage behind it.

"Go to the lab... and don't bother me anymore."

After saying that, she quickly walked in the exact opposite direction, very fast, as if worried that she would lose control again and hurt Simia.

Watching the figure gradually disappear into the distance, Simia naturally wouldn't choose to make a fool of herself, since she had already achieved her goal of coming here.

She needed information, intelligence, and all the intelligence she wanted was right in front of her.

What Simia didn't expect was that the guy... seemed to be more rational than she had imagined.

Before she arrived, she had prepared herself for the possibility of a deadly battle, but the moment the enemy spotted her, they only knocked her weapon away and did not choose to harm her.

Before she became like this, she was probably just an ordinary, kind girl.

"…pity."

Unfortunately, Simia couldn't save her; they were both in dire straits.

…………

Behind the laboratory door, the layout was not like the numbered rooms from before. There was no operating table or nutrient solution. Instead, there were countless sealed boxes and layers upon layers of thick documents.

Simia was increasingly realizing that coming here alone was an incredibly bad idea, because if she were to examine these documents, she probably wouldn't be able to finish reading them all night.

Fortunately, the researchers did make things easier for them in these small ways, packing the different data into different cabinets according to different categories.

This way, finding it will be much simpler.

[...A major breakthrough has been made in research on human enhancement. We have discovered a new infectious substance that can reconstruct the human body structure to a certain extent and provide specific enhancements. However, its quantity is currently scarce and it requires special cultivation.]

[...The first contact between this substance and a living human body resulted in...the substance turning the entire flesh and blood of the test subject into a black, mud-like substance with strong impact resistance and healing properties, but it also seemed to cause the test subject to become confused. Currently, there is no direct method to utilize it.]

[...Headquarters sent us an anthill. It has been confirmed that highly cognitively polluting anomalous items can affect test subjects who have lost their minds. Perhaps this method can be used to control those people? However, the risks are too high, and we do not recommend trying it immediately.]

"Ant nest...?"

Simia put down the documents in her hand and raised an eyebrow with some curiosity.

Clearly, the ant nest described in the document is not a real ant nest, but an abnormal object with polluting properties, and the specific conditions of those soldiers seem to match the description in the document... So does this prove that they can be manipulated largely because of that thing called the ant nest?

If the ant nest is found, or if a solution can be found to deal with it, then those people will likely be able to escape control and fall back into chaos.

"Ant nest..."

Simia looked at the labels on the other cabinets and eventually found the ant nest label among the dispatched items.

Although it's quite difficult to find exactly what you want from so many documents, their cabinets for categorizing dispatched items and unusual items contain relatively few items and are easy to find.

This is probably because they don't possess many unusual items that can be used for experiments.

[Ant Nest: A mentally polluting and abnormal object, composed of a queen ant and worker ants. Its exterior resembles a small sand tray. Any living being that comes into direct physical contact with objects within the sand tray will be infected and transformed into a worker ant, subconsciously obeying the queen's commands and arrangements.]

[According to actual investigation, there is no queen ant in the sand tray, and the ant nest is completely empty. However, if the person holding the sand tray does not become a worker ant and continues to do so for three days, they will experience intense depression and eventually choose to commit suicide by burying their head in the sand tray.]

"When someone dies because of this... their consciousness remains in the sand table, becoming the new queen ant...?"

Simia slowly read the contents of the document, but the more she thought about it, the more something seemed off.

Because at that moment, she clearly saw that the man who commanded those soldiers was a monster.

Even if he took a bullet to the head and was unharmed, how could he possibly be a dead queen ant?

Besides, he should have a superior officer...

The Fools of the Gods—Beyond the World: Book Recommendation

[Orange; Love All; Superpowered Wit Battle]

Chihaya Aine becomes a person with uncontrolled superpowers due to a disaster, and has to drop out of school in England and return to Tokyo to prepare to live an ordinary life.

But reality doesn't allow it.

She knew that she had been surrounded by the remnants of the former hero team Crychic and had formed a new team.

Unbeknownst to her, her five closest friends were actually Liu Yingyi II Ba Sisi Ba Yueyi, members of the extremely dangerous supernatural criminal organization AveMujica.

The lamp shouted that it wanted to be with her for life.

Li hope always has a sour face, as if he has a prejudice against her.

Her favorite streamer, Miaomengqin, and her beloved idol, Misaka Chuka, both invited her on dates.

Shoko Toyokawa, shrouded in countless mysteries, lives with her, making bento boxes by day and becoming her nemesis by night.

Add to that Goto Ichiri, who idolizes her, and Iori Nina, who inexplicably harbors feelings for her…

Oh, and every now and then I have to team up with everyone from MyGO!!!!! to battle against AveMujica.

Sigh, in this chaotic vortex, only Nagasaki Motoyo is gentle and considerate, the only haven that can comfort my soul...

Huh? Why didn't Su Shi respond when I greeted her earlier?

Huh? What do you mean by saying I'm not needed?

Don't scare me!