Chapter 206: Sandgold and the Doctor of Truth Are Soulmates in Iron Brotherhood!

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【Mr. Welt, before answering this question, I'd like to continue our previous topic.】

【I really like your metaphor.】

【Indeed, birds are born to fly, but in the distant past, their ancestors could only gaze upward from the ground.】

【They saw that distant light from beyond the heavens pierce through the clouds and illuminate the earth.】

【Again and again, generation after generation, the birds spread their wings and soared high, striving to touch the sky's peak, because the sun was there.】

【Then, what if the last bird finally reached the heavens, only to find that the end of the light is not the sun, but a black giant sun...】

【Then what are we even striving for... to walk toward the light?】

Hu Tao: "I thought I might finally learn something about Ms. Yomi's background."

【Hu Tao: "I thought I'd finally learn some of Young Lady Huang Quan's secrets."】

Hu Tao: "But she and Mr. Welt were playing some kind of riddle game that no one could understand at all?"

【Hu Tao: "But the riddles she and Mr. Welt exchanged are utterly incomprehensible."】

Welt: "......"

【Welt: "....."】

Welt: "How regrettable. Ms. Yomi's past turns out to be so tragic."

【Welt: "Regrettably, Young Lady Huang Quan's past was this tragic."】

Yomi: "There's no tragedy or otherwise, because this outcome was destined from the very beginning..."

【Huang Quan: "There's no tragedy or not—this outcome was destined from the very beginning..."】

Zhong Li: "The end of light is not the sun... but a pitch-black great sun..."

【Zhong Li: "The end of light is not the sun... but a black giant sun....."】

Zhong Li: "Could these words be Ms. Yomi's metaphor for the experiences of her homeland?"

【Zhong Li: "Is this statement a metaphor for Young Lady Huang Quan's homeland?"】

Venti: "Sounds like... not a very pleasant ending."

【Wendy: "It sounds... like a rather grim ending."】

Stelle: "So why march toward the light?"

【Stelle: "So why walk toward the light?"】

Stelle: "Is it impossible not to?"

【Stelle: "Is it impossible not to walk toward the light?"】

March 7th: "Oh come on, it's just a metaphor... are you really going to nitpick the wording here?"

【March 7th: "Oh come on, it's just a metaphor... are you really overanalyzing this?"】

Lumine: "Then what exactly does the light here refer to?"

【Ying: "Then what exactly does this 'light' refer to?"】

Lumine: "And what is this pitch-black great sun...?"

【Ying: "And what is this 'black giant sun'?"】

Dr. Ratio: "A pitch-black... great sun... I see now..."

【Doctor of Truth: "The black... giant sun... so that's it....."】

Dr. Ratio: "How unexpected."

【Doctor of Truth: "That's unexpected."】

Aventurine: "Professor, what is it that you've figured out?"

【Sandgold: "Professor, what have you figured out?"】

Aventurine: "Would you mind sharing your insights with us?"

【Sandgold: "Could you share your insight with us?"】

Stelle: "Please share!"

【Stelle: "Please share!"】

Sushang: "Please share! +1"

【Miss Sushang: "Please share! +1"】

Guinaifen: "Please share! +2"

【Gui Naifen: "Please share! +2"】

Furina: "Please share! +3"

【Furina: "Please share! +3"】

Dr. Ratio: "I could reveal the answer for you, but it would be far less valuable than figuring it out yourselves."

【Doctor of Truth: "I could reveal the answer to you, but it's better if you think for yourselves."】

Dr. Ratio: "At the very least, in the process of thinking, your brains will keep improving..."

【Doctor of Truth: "At least during the process of thinking, your minds will keep progressing..."】

Stelle: "Oh? Thinking about things actually makes you smarter?"

【Stelle: "Oh? Thinking has cognitive benefits?"】

Stelle: "Alright then, don't say anything more. We'd better exercise our brains a bit."

【Stelle: "Alright then, don't say anything—we'll think more."】

Stelle: "Getting smarter isn't a bad thing."

【Stelle: "Becoming smarter isn't a bad thing."】

Sushang: "I agree. I really should use my brain more."

【Miss Sushang: "I agree—I should think more."】

Guinaifen: "Oh my, 047, when did Shuangshuang become so self-aware?"

【Gui Naifen: "Hey 047, when did Miss Sushang get so self-aware?"】

Sushang: "Little Guizi, you're asking for a beating!!"

【Miss Sushang: "Xiao Xiao Guizi, you're asking for a beating!!"】

The video continues.

【The video continues.】

The scene shifts,

【The scene shifts,】

arriving at Black Swan's location.

【to Black Swan.】

【.....】

Black Swan gazes at the phone before her,

【Black Swan stared at the phone before her,】

and after a moment of silence, she still chooses to answer it.

【after a moment of silence, she chose to answer.】

Shortly after, a voice comes through from the other end of the line.

【Then, a voice came from the other end.】

【Long time no see!】

【"Long time no see!"】

【Are you having fun in Penacony—Yomi?】

【"Having fun in Penacony—Huang Quan?"】

The moment the call connects, a rough and bold voice rings out.

【The moment the call connected, a rough, boisterous voice rang out.】

【This voice... isn't that Constance from earlier.】

【"This voice... isn't Constancia from before."】

【Is this one of her companions?】

【"Is it her companion?"】

Black Swan listens to this unfamiliar voice and begins to mutter to herself.

【Black Swan, hearing this unfamiliar voice, murmured to herself.】

【Although I don't know exactly what you are, or what you're scheming...】

【"Though I don't know what you are or what scheme you're hatching...."】

【My bullets will find you very soon—before that, you'd better hurry and find a coffin shop in Penacony and have the owner set aside a good-quality one for yourself, you fake.】

【"But my bullets will find you soon—before that, you'd better find a coffin shop in Penacony and have the owner save a high-quality one for yourself, impostor."】

The voice on the phone begins to grow rude.

【The voice on the phone grew hostile.】

【A fake?】

【"Impostor?"】

【I see. So she gave my whereabouts to another person who's tracking Yomi.】

【"So that's it—she gave my location to someone else hunting Huang Quan."】

【Who are you?】

【"Who are you?"】

Black Swan finally understands what's going on,

【Black Swan finally understood what was happening,】

and begins to question the person on the other end of the line.

【and began questioning the voice on the phone.】

【Hmm?】

【"Huh?"】

【Did I dial the wrong number?】

【"Did I dial the wrong number?"】

"What the hell, who are you again?"

The person on the phone retorted in a very aggressive tone.

"I am a Remembrancer of the Garden of Recollection."

Black Swan stated her identity.

"Oh! Not bad, I like this kind of tough nut."

"You're that impostor's bodyguard?"

"Or someone else?"

"Forget it, doesn't matter."

"I'll save a bullet for you too, wash your forehead clean and wait."

The voice on the other end of the phone, upon learning Black Swan's identity,

decided to award her a bullet as well.

"I don't know what you're talking about — but you know Huang Quan, that Sea-Exploring Ranger, right?"

"I have something to ask you."

Black Swan paid no heed to the crude words from the person on the phone,

she got straight to the point and began asking about Huang Quan's origins.

"Haha, want me to write your will for you?"

"Sure, go ahead."

The person on the phone agreed.