People are on the Ark, assisting Oma Zi-O

Give me back my trophy: "I'm here too"

I beat Scout at poker yesterday: "+1"

Rhodes Island's strongest sniper: "Ace, can you please change your B name? I just beat me and I can show off for the whole day! And +1."

I beat Scout at poker yesterday: "Winning a single hand is also winning."

No? Why are you all here? Didn't I post this in the group chat with Kal'tsit and Bunny?

Fang Zhou glanced at the group name with a confused look on his face.

Rhodes Island Elite Operators Working Group 3...Ah, it's okay.

I was sending messages while talking to Vishdale, but I sent them to the wrong group. I guess those old people from the Tower of Babel are here now.

Fang Zhou was sweating coldly. He wiped his forehead and slowly opened the door of the Wishdale dormitory.

Gogogogogogogogogo

bump!

Password, what did you see just now?

Fang Zhou leaned against the dormitory door, a look of shock on his face.

Just now, I seemed to see seven or eight Rhode Island men looking at me kindly and surrounding the dormitory.

No, that's Ace and Scout and the others, but why are they so scary?

"Doctor?"

It was Amiya's voice. It seemed that Tutu was confused by Ark's sudden closing of the door.

What's going on? Is this?

"Ahem, sorry, I was a little scared when I suddenly saw Ace's face just now."

Ace: ???

Ace, who was attacked for no reason, looked at Dotor in confusion.

What are you doing?

"Haha, I told you that you should shave."

Scout on the side looked at Ace with a gloating smile, and at the same time did not forget to touch the latter's beard.

"Don't mess with my beard. What's wrong with you? It's a symbol of manliness."

Ace stroked his beard with a look of pride, which made Scout snort. At this time, the elite operators at the door had already filed in and entered Vishdale's room.

"Wait a minute! Wait a minute! Don't you guys just come into my room without permission! The only ones who can enter my room are Your Highness and me, and at most the little rabbit and the old man. All of you, get out!"

But just as they entered, the elite operators were driven out again by Vishdel who was holding a bomb.

Nonsense, seven or eight grown men entering her room, even if it was for work, it wouldn't sound good if it got out! Although there are female operators here, that's not right either.

"Okay, okay, let's go to the conference room. It's big and has plenty of room."

Fang Zhou immediately stopped Vishdale. If this woman was really impulsive, she might dare to detonate the bomb in her hand. After all, she was already beside her, and she knew that she would definitely cover for her.

After sending a message to Kal'tsit and asking her to find them in the conference room where the elite operators usually held meetings, Fang Ark took out a portal from his four-dimensional pocket and opened it in front of Theresa's surprised eyes. He should have seen the wall of the dormitory opposite, but what actually appeared was the elite operators' conference room several floors away.

"let's go."

In the crowd, Amiya saw Theresa's agitated expression and wanted to speak, but she saw that she made a silent gesture at the corner of her lips and had to give up.

If I want to express my longing for you, it’s a bit inappropriate now.

The elite operators' meeting room is empty today. The elite operators don't really need to use this place unless there is something important, so it is often occupied by other action teams for reporting.

But today this place is empty, and everyone who arrives immediately finds a seat to sit down.

Fang Zhou took Amiya and Theresa to the three chairs in front. This was where he, Amiya, and Kal'tsit usually sat during meetings. Before he came back, there were only two chairs here, and in the distant past, there were still three chairs, but the people sitting on them were different.

"It's been a while since I've sat here and held a meeting with you all. I miss it so much."

Theresa sat on the right, Fang Zhou sat on the left, and Amiya looked at the two of them like this. Although she felt it was a bit inappropriate, she still sat in the middle.

Theresa glanced at the people below. Compared to the Tower of Babel, the number of elite operators had not changed much. After the collapse of the Tower of Babel, many elite operators would leave, and some would stay. However, after the old ones left, new blood would be replenished.

Theresa knew many of these elite operators.

Ace, Scout, Pith, Logos, Mantra, Misery…

There were many she didn't know.

Outcast, Sharp, Touch, Raidian...

However, these people are now the power gathered under the banner of Rhodes Island. Theresa feels fortunate and happy to see that Rhodes Island still has such a team to protect itself and can walk safely on this land.

"What should we call you now? Your Highness? Or..."

The first to speak was naturally Logos. Pith wanted to speak originally, but after thinking it over, he decided to let Logos speak first. After all, in addition to being an elite operator, the latter also represented the Banshee Court among the ten royal courts of the Sarkaz on this ship. Pith, who was once a member of the Victorian Army, understood that Logos would be a better speaker than himself at this time.

but……

Looking at the dazzling white, Pith was a little dazzled.

I never thought that in my lifetime... one day, I would see you again.

"You can just call me by my name, Theresa, or Miss Theresa, or Madam. I am no longer the Demon King of the Sarkaz. The Demon King is now Amiya. The title of Your Highness no longer suits me."

"But……"

Vishdel below immediately opened her mouth to refute, but when Theresa looked at her, her rebuttal melted in her throat.

"Yes, I understand."

Wishdel sat down with obvious displeasure, while Logos seemed to be still thinking. He looked at Theresa and stopped talking, but others spoke one after another.

"Your Highness... No, Ms. Theresa, what I want to ask is... your current state. You know, we've been fighting against that person who looks exactly like you for a while now, so to be honest, you look a little scary."

"Ace, I thought you would just call me Theresa between us."

Theresa smiled as she looked at the burly man Phedia in front of her. He was also a veteran member whom she had personally invited to the Tower of Babel. Like Scout, she thought he would call her by her name directly, but now it seems that he still feels a little uncomfortable.

"Haha, maybe I'm used to it. I still think it would be better to use a respectful title when facing you."

"If it makes you feel comfortable, that's fine with me."

Theresa's attitude was exactly the same as in his memory, which made Ace let down his guard a little. He thought back to the first time he met Priss in Chernobog, when his real name had not yet been revealed. It was because of the difference in attitude that he was exposed so quickly. But the person in front of him had the same attitude as in his memory, which still couldn't make him let down his guard. Although the Doctor said there was no problem, it was better to be cautious before the final confirmation.

"As for your question, my current body belongs to Xumajia."

"Xumajia?!"

Everyone present screamed in surprise.

They were all too familiar with Humajia. After all, it was because of the appearance of these humanoid intelligent machines that they occupied 70% of the positions on the Rhodes Island main ship, causing many Rhodes Island operators to become unemployed, and the remaining 30% were basically field positions. The current Humajia was still not very suitable for performing field missions that might involve combat, so this led to many idle operators being put back into field positions and starting to carry out field missions.

After all, although Rhodes Island is an idealistic organization, it is still a company in the final analysis. Even if you don't work here, you can be guaranteed a minimum supply of mineral sickness medicine, but you still have to pay for food.

Although Rhodes Island is a charity, it is not a charity.

The fact that there are so many Humagears on the Rhodes Island main ship means that the operators stationed on board are very familiar with these intelligent machines. After all, they are seen everywhere.

After hearing what Theresa said, everyone's eyes were almost focused on each other's ears, but no one saw the familiar large white headphones.

"it's here."

Theresa, who knew what they were looking for, pushed aside her long hair and showed them her delicate pink and white ears, whose inner blood vessels could even be seen in the sunlight. Although there were no large white headphones they were looking for on those ears, there was something like an iron-gray hinge attached to the auricle, which looked like some kind of decoration, and there was a green indicator light on it.

"The Humagia body Theresa is using was specially modified by me, prepared specifically for this day. Every aspect is strictly customized to meet her needs, especially the bulky-looking signal receivers on her ears. They were originally enlarged to more clearly distinguish Humagia from humans, but Theresa clearly didn't need them, so they were miniaturized. However, to prove that Theresa's current body is a Humagia, I retained a small part of it while miniaturizing it."

Fang Zhou stretched out his index finger and thumb and made a "little bit" gesture in front of everyone, which made Vishdale complain.

"You say there's no demand, and then you say you need proof. You old man, whatever you say is justified."

"Children, shut up when adults are talking."

"Me! Humph, I won't bother with you."

However, after learning that Theresa was now just Xiumagia's body, the Mechanist immediately raised a sharp question.

"Ms. Theresa, since you said your current body is that of a Humagia, there is one thing I would like to ask you."

"Just say it, Mechanist."

The Mechanist nodded.

"I want to ask, since your body is Xumagia, how can I be sure that you sitting here right now are really Miss Theresa, and not a program?"

Oh, that's a harsh question.

"It's understandable that the Mechanist raised this question. After all, Ms. Precious has occupied my body and been hostile to you all until now. My sudden appearance here is definitely not something that can be easily dismissed in a few words. However, the content involved in answering this question is far too complex. However, a simple explanation only requires one prerequisite."

A prerequisite?

"Yes, there is a prerequisite, that is, whether you believe in the existence of the soul."

The Mechanist shook his head.

"Although I know that there is a special species called the Dead Souls among the Sarkaz, and I also understand that there are various legends about souls in this land, and... I am friends with Logos, and he has told me many theories about the existence of souls. I can believe in the existence of souls. But I am a mechanic, and a stubborn one at that, Ms. Theresa. I only believe what I have seen."

"This is very simple."

The Ark had appeared behind the Mechanist without him noticing.

"Doctor?"

Mechanist turned his head to look at Ark, but all he saw was a big hand placed on his face.

call--

The Mechanist looked at his own body slumped on the table in confusion, but when he looked down, he saw his own illusory body.

"This is!"

Pith looked at the illusory Mechanist floating above the table in shock.

"Mechanist?"

"I'm... okay? Maybe? It's an amazing feeling."

woo-

A black vortex appeared beside Mechanist, and he felt a pull towards it, but he instinctively didn't want to go in, as once he went in, he wouldn't be able to come back.

"return."

Fang Ark waved his hand, and the gravity of the black hole was instantly defeated by another more powerful force, and Mechanist returned to his body in the blink of an eye.

"A magical feeling, what was that just now?"

Touch felt that his concept was shocked, but Ace, Scout and others were already used to it.

Raidian covered her mouth in surprise, her eyelids slightly raised, and her dark grey eyes with a hint of indigo purple stared straight at Fang Zhou, who had returned to his seat at some point.

"I just knocked your soul out of your body. As for that black hole, you can think of it as a passage to the Land of the Dead. This is how the mechanism of this land works. The dead won't stay on the side of the living for long. The moment they die, they will be forcibly taken to the Land of the Dead."

"It doesn't seem like an illusion. I'm sorry, Doctor, I don't doubt you."

Ark looked at Pith and shook his head.

"It doesn't matter. After all, I understand the significance of Theresa's reappearance."

However, the Mechanist seemed to have not recovered yet and was looking at his hands as if he was thinking about something.

"So, Mechanist, what are you thinking now?"

The Mechanist pondered, then looked at the Ark seriously.

"I'm thinking about something."

"uh-huh?"

"With today's technology, combined with spells of shapeshifting or telepathy, can we create a soul-capturing machine?"

"..."

The leap in thinking is huge, and it feels like the mere conception of your technology is a bit extreme.

Yes, even the other elite operators, especially the elite warlock operators, looked at Mechanist with strange eyes.

bump!

But fortunately, a loud slamming of a door interrupted everyone's thoughts and also interrupted Mechanist's fantasy.