Honkai Impact 3rd, Paradise Typewriter isn't for making this kind of game.

Using the dim light from his phone, Fu Hua cautiously walked through the passageway. "Wait, what's that up ahead?!"

On the right side of the passageway ahead, there were supply boxes for Destiny. Behind the supply boxes, there seemed to be a figure lying down. Fu Hua quickly walked forward to check. Under the light of her phone, Cang Xuan Zhi Shu had a large bump on his head and was lying face down on the ground.

And beside her—

Orange-flavored Little Red Kite canned drinks, along with opened potato chips, fries, and xiaolongbao (soup dumplings), were all scattered on the floor. Crimson liquid continued to flow from the canned drinks, gradually forming a pool of blood under the light of a mobile phone.

"Xiao Xuan?!"

Fu Hua quickly placed her hand on the other person's nose. After feeling the faint breath, she seemed to breathe a sigh of relief. It seemed that the person had just fainted from a severe blow to the head. But who could have done such a thing?

After all, in a sense, the people on board this ship, the Moon Throne, are all their own.

For safety reasons, she decided to notify Theresa and the others and gather them in the conference room. It was very likely that the spaceship had been invaded by an unknown force. However, Xia Yuan, Bronya, Mei, Ai Li and the others did not appear in the conference room.

after a while--

Inside the conference room, Cangxuan Zhishu gradually awoke from his coma, while Xier, sitting to the side, gently wiped the large, swollen bump on his head with a cotton swab soaked in medical alcohol.

"Ugh... This is infuriating! I'm absolutely going to bring that guy who knocked me out to justice!"

Because of the large bump on its head, Cangxuan Zhishu looked so aggrieved that it could barely open its eyes, and tears kept falling down its face. "Taking away my Houmu doll and stealing the treasures from the warehouse is one thing, but you even hit me on the head!"

"It hurts!"

Perhaps due to excessive excitement, Cangxuan Zhishu covered his swollen head.

"Xiao Xuan, please bear with it a little longer." Xi'er gently comforted her from the side, and just then, Miss Hei Xi handed over a band-aid from the side, the corners of her mouth seemingly curling up slightly because of the other party's fate.

"You weren't smart to begin with, and now you're even dumber," Miss Hei hope teased, pointing at the other person.

"What, what did you say!"

Miss Kuroki's words immediately made Cangxuan's Book bristle. He glared at her angrily, waving his little hands and even forgetting the pain on his head, wanting to argue with her. "You bastard!"

Seele was caught in the middle, torn between the two.

However, when Miss Hei Xi lowered her head gloomily and her eyes emitted a blood-red light, Cang Xuan Zhi Shu kept sweating and her hands froze in the air. Fortunately, the understanding Xi Er gave her a way out and gently patted her back to comfort her.

"Although it was to resolve the hidden dangers brought about by the Herrscher of Domination, it was also a rare opportunity for us all to have time to visit Kiana on the moon. I never expected that such a complicated event would occur on the way."

Fu Hua kept scrolling through the surveillance footage on the tablet, seemingly searching for the suspect who had knocked Xiao Xuan unconscious.

The Book of Azure swayed and staggered to Fu Hua's side, its little head still seemingly in a daze. Perhaps now that it had found its leader, it stuck out its cute little tongue at Miss Blackie in the distance and made a funny face.

"Speaking of which, you blockhead, you've been studying the surveillance system for ages, have you found any useful clues?"

Xiao Xuan approached Fu Hua, wanting to see if the other party had investigated thoroughly, but Fu Hua shook his head and said, "Unfortunately, the monitoring system seems to be incomplete."

Her words made the tuft of hair on her head stand up immediately.

"Let me see! How come all the photos I took are of the ceiling?!" Xiao Xuan exclaimed, his eyes wide.

Rita, sitting opposite, said, "After all, after the Great Collapse, many ships were converted into sightseeing ships so that citizens could better understand Schicksal."

"Yes, some of the ships have designs that are very popular with children."

All eyes turned to Miss Hei Xi and the Herrscher of Knowledge, who was bound by chains. Miss Hei hope, who was sipping her space drink, blushed. "Why are you all looking at me? I'm not a child. Why don't you just look at Xiao Shi? I didn't sit here because I liked it. It was Xi'er who wanted to sit here, so I went with her."

Miss Hei hope turned around, blushing and not daring to look at Xi'er.

Luckily, that bastard isn't in the meeting room right now, otherwise he would laugh at me to death if he saw me like this.

“Hey, the other me, you were the one who kept whispering that you wanted to choose this one, you wanted to choose this one.” But Miss Kuroki quickly interrupted her, “That’s because you said before that you wanted to experience a luxury ship, and that it would definitely be different from ordinary ships because of its gravity system and entertainment facilities.”

"Hey, so you've always remembered the other me." Seele put her finger to her lips as she recalled.

Cang Xuan listened intently to the book with the look of a curious child, while Rita, sitting on the brown sofa opposite, smiled knowingly and gracefully held her coffee. However, just as she was about to take a sip, Xiao Xuan's voice made her look up.

"Hey, isn't this the time for idle chatter?"

Chapter 530 Rita's Secret

With her feet firmly planted on the soft sofa, Cangxuan Zhishu drew everyone's attention.

Perhaps due to the unique physique of an armed doll, the large bump on her head seemed to have subsided. She put her hands on her hips and continued:

"The ship theft case hasn't been solved yet, and the culprit who attacked me hasn't been caught. We can't let our guard down like this. Next, Elmhead and I will question everyone one by one, starting with you..."

Her little hand first pointed to Rita sitting opposite her.

Even though she was listed as a criminal suspect, Rita did not lose her composure at all. She continued to enjoy her coffee with elegance, and even beautiful and bright red roses appeared around her. But what kind of person is hidden under that glamorous exterior?

After all, while roses are beautiful, one must be careful of the thorns that surround them.

【alert!】

[The Mysterious Maid]: Rita Losweather

"The vice-captain of the strongest Valkyrie squad, the Undying Blade, appears to be an elegant and perfect maid, but in reality, she is an S-rank Valkyrie who specializes in hunting missions, and one of the prime suspects in this incident!"

Perhaps the coffee hadn't completely dissolved, Rita continued stirring with a spoon. Under the light from the conference room ceiling, the coffee-covered surface seemed to reflect the image of someone once wearing the [Azure Knight: Moon Soul] armor and wielding a silver scythe, carrying out missions in the desolate city.

As the reflection faded, Rita seemed to have been taken by Fu Hua and the Book of Azure to a hastily prepared room for a private questioning.

"Xiao Xuan, you must not make assumptions about others."

Fu Hua sat behind an interrogation table, seemingly taking notes of the other party's statement in a notebook.

But Cang Xuanzhi, sitting on the interrogation table, didn't think so. "You blockhead, you blockhead, don't be fooled by this woman! This is Rita... she has the most secrets on the entire ship."

She kept waving her little finger at Rita.

But the other party remained as calm as ever, seemingly unaffected by the interrogation by the Book of Azure from the very beginning.

"Hmph, don't let my current head injury fool you, I'm still incredibly intelligent. My mind is just as sharp as Dr. Ai'en's, and no clue or subtle expression can escape the eyes of the Azure Book!"

Seeing Xiao Xuan dressed as a little detective beside her, Fu Hua couldn't help but cover her forehead.

Unfortunately, this disguise still failed to expose any flaws in Rita's disguise; she even narrowed her eyes, seemingly expressing to the Book of Azure "Whatever makes you happy~" with indulgent affection.

Just as Cangxuan Zhishu was smugly playing the role of a little detective, Fu Hua, who was sitting next to him, couldn't help but ask, "So, Miss Rita, please tell us about your actions this afternoon?" Fu Hua placed her palm on the table, gesturing for him to proceed.

Well~

Rita put her finger to her lips, thinking carefully.

"Judging by the time, it should be about right, right?"

Perhaps in response to Rita, the oven behind her made a crisp sound. Rita turned around and took out the pastries that she had placed in the oven beforehand. The aroma of the pastries immediately made the little glutton next to her restless. His eyes gleamed and he reached out his little hand to grab the pastries.

"Wow, it's chestnut shortbread!"

Looking at the chestnut shortbread with the red kite pattern carved on the baking tray, Xiao Xuan couldn't help but drool.

Rita glanced at Xiao Xuan, and sure enough, his attention was drawn to the pastries she had prepared in advance. Everything went as planned, and no one would know what had happened between her and Mr. Xia Yuan in the room, not even Lord Yulandal.

"I spent the whole afternoon making pastries."

A qualified maid must always be flawless, Rita replied calmly with the prepared pastries and words.

Then, she took off her heat-resistant gloves and used a fork to tempt Cangxuan Zhishu with a piece of chestnut shortbread. How could this little glutton resist such a temptation? Fu Hua smiled and took it.

"The recipe for the pastry has been adjusted based on Lady Fu Hua's description, and we hope it will suit your taste."

Fu Hua closed her eyes and savored the pastry carefully. "This tastes very similar to what I remember." Meanwhile, Cang Xuanzhi, kneeling on the table, held a pastry in each hand with a satisfied expression.

"Delicious, delicious! As expected of Rita!"

It seems that the little detective, a bit of a glutton, has already been won over by Rita's pastries and become a prisoner of delicious food before he even started investigating the case.

"Thank you, Rita, but it shouldn't take that long to make just this one plate of pastries, right?" Although the pastries were delicious, Fu Hua, like a certain little glutton, didn't forget to investigate the case and asked Rita the question that had been on her mind.

"Of course, that's not all. In addition, I've prepared snacks that everyone likes, such as ice cream jelly that Miss Seele likes, chili cheese buns that Miss Black Seele likes, bitter melon scones that His Holiness the Bishop likes, chocolate lava cake that His Holiness Durandal likes, ... to fully satisfy everyone's tastes."

Rita smiled slightly and answered calmly.

Suddenly, she glanced at Cang Xuanzhi sitting on the table and pulled out a basket of extremely tempting xiaolongbao (soup dumplings) from somewhere.

"Oh, right, there's also a midnight snack for Xiao Xuan—juicy xiaolongbao~ and they're specially made to be bite-sized, perfect for relieving hunger before bed, and of course, they won't stain the sheets."

"So that's why I kept smelling steamed buns when I was sleeping last night... It was you, Xiao Xuan..."

But when Fu Hua turned back to look at the Cangxuan Book, the other party had already disappeared. With a basket of juicy xiaolongbao on his head, his pupils turned into vertical pupils like a cat's, and he had xiaolongbao in his mouth. He sneaked out of the room quietly.

Perhaps realizing that she had been discovered by the blockhead, Xiao Cang wolfed down the steamed bun she was holding in her mouth.

"Well... um, Rita, you're cleared of suspicion! Let's go, let's go~ you blockhead, let's go ask the others." Cang Xuanzhi scratched the back of his head guiltily, then quickly ran out of the room with the basket of steamed buns on his head.

"and many more."

Fu Hua tried to call out to Xiao Xuan, as there were still some things she was concerned about based on Rita's account, but the other person had already disappeared.

As Rita spoke, she keenly noticed that Rita's eyes were glancing upwards and to the right, a tactic that only occurs when someone is lying. Clearly, Rita seemed to be hiding something...

Chapter 531 Finding Food for the Children!

"What's wrong, Lady Fu Hua? Do you have any further questions?"

"If there's anything you're still confused about, please don't worry. Rita also wants to find out who knocked Xiao Xuan unconscious, but... Xiao Xuan seems to have already gone far away. If we delay any longer, it wouldn't be good if she tripped in the corridor. Lady Fu Hua, why don't you go and check on her?"

Rita looked towards the door with a worried expression.

Fu Hua seemed to understand the implied meaning of the other person's words—that they were trying to send her away—and shook her head, burying her doubts deep in her heart. She didn't like to delve too deeply into other people's privacy; perhaps what Rita wanted to hide had no direct connection to the murderer who knocked Xiao Xuan unconscious.

Moreover, given Rita's personality, she didn't believe the other party would use such a crude and flawed method to knock Xiao Xuan unconscious from behind.

If it were really the other party who did it... then the area around where Xiao Xuan fainted would definitely not have been littered with snacks. Rita, who is quite obsessed with her maid identity, would definitely have cleaned it spotless. Moreover, an S-class Valkyrie who once carried out a secret mission alone would definitely not have left any clues at the scene if she were to commit a crime.

"No, it's nothing~ I'm sorry to have bothered you, Rita."

After a moment's thought... Fu Hua took the initiative to say goodbye to Rita.

She chased after Xiao Xuan in the direction he had left along the ship's passageway, preparing to investigate the second suspect on the ship—Durandal.

As she watched Fu Hua leave, Rita's expression changed from her usual calm and collected demeanor. Instead, she cupped her cheeks in her hands, radiating an alluring blush and an aura of danger that permeated the air. She was indeed making pastries.

But... from beginning to end, she never mentioned to Fu Hua the person who was by her side while she was making the pastries.

"You're right, Mr. Xia Yuan~"

At this moment, Rita seemed to relax, gently stroking her slightly protruding belly.

It seemed that from the moment she entered the conference room until she was interrogated by Fu Hua, she had been deliberately holding back, even though it contained many memories of her and Mr. Xia Yuan in the baking room... She began to recall the bits and pieces of their encounter in the baking room.

The Red Kite Clock hanging in the conference room began to turn back time, bringing back memories of the time not long ago when Rita was preparing pastries for everyone in the baking room.

in the afternoon.

【14:00】

"Xia Yuan, I'm hungry... food!"

Fairy Airi rolled around on the bed until she rolled onto Xia Yuan's back and started patting his shoulders with her little hands, acting all cute. However, with Airi's current strength, it was more like giving him a massage.

"Ellie, other girls are made of water, are you made of a pig? Didn't you just have lunch in the ship's mess hall? It's only been less than two hours, how come you're hungry again?"

"Don't call Ellie a little pig!"

Then, the fairy Ellie changed the subject and said with considerable pride:

"Hmm~ Who can blame us for the fact that this adorable fairy can never gain weight? It would be a shame not to use such a physique that Mei envies. Little Xia Yuan, you didn't see the way Mei looked at us when we were eating at the restaurant... It was so enviable that the pink fairy couldn't resist."

The delighted fairy, Airi, kept swaying and twisting behind Xia Yuan.

"Mei has such a great figure now, so what if she gains a little weight? Unlike that fairy who's always begging for food behind me."

Fairy Ellie immediately became unhappy, reaching out her little hand to pinch the other's cheek, "Oh, Xia Yuan, you're siding with other girls now, aren't you? You don't care about the cute fairy who's by your side all day anymore, sob, sob... Boys' hearts are indeed fickle!"

The sound of sobbing came from behind, but Xia Yuan seemed to have gotten used to it.

One second they might be crying beside you, the next second they see ice cream at a roadside stall and can't move.

"A proper fairy should fully appreciate the hard work of its keeper. You've grown up now, you're a mature fairy, so you need to learn to find your own food outside. And while you're at it, bring some snacks from the storage room for the keeper who's raised you all these years~"

Xia Yuan lay on his side on the bed and waved to the fairy Ai Li behind him.

After being chased by the Herrscher for so long and going through so much, all he wants now is to lie quietly on the large bed decorated with green bitter gourds that the bishop prepared for him and have a comfortable sleep.

"Waaaaah... How can you blame the cute fairy? The reason why Miss Pink Fairy hasn't grown up is because you, Xia Yuan, haven't tried hard enough. If you, Xia Yuan, had worked hard enough to collect magical energy, how could Ai Li still be looking like this armed doll...?"

Ellie's plaintive voice kept coming from beside me.

"Stop, stop, stop, Master Ai, stop chanting, I'll go... I'll go, okay?!"

Upon hearing the other party's agreement, Fairy Ellie's little face immediately lit up with joy, and she grabbed Xia Yuan's clothes and lay down on his little belly.

"Hmm~ I knew you would agree, Xia Yuan. Let me think about what to eat." Fairy Ai Li recalled the bits and pieces of her past with him, and suddenly her eyes lit up... She missed the sandwiches that her bad boss would take away every morning to confiscate.