Chapter 22

Stelle: "Sigh, I feel like I've been isolated. (Melancholy.jpg)"

Dan Heng: "I sent you the information manual about Penacony, didn't you read it?"

Dan Heng took out his phone, looked at the Penacony information manual he sent to Stelle, and was a bit confused.

Stelle: "Uh... this... maybe I forgot?"

Stelle: "Cough cough, that's okay, it's not too late to study when we get there."

Stelle: "Speaking of which, who on earth is this Watchmaker? Sounds like a rich person?"

Dori: "I think we can remove the 'sounds like'!"

Dori: "From the description, this must be a super billionaire!"

Dori: "Hehe, I really want to talk business with him."

Paimon: "A billionaire left a legacy in Penacony.... if someone gets it, wouldn't they immediately become the second billionaire?!!"

Paimon: "My god!! I, Paimon, also want to go to Penacony to hunt for treasure!!"

Lumine: "Uh.. this legacy has attracted many big shots now. If we go, we will probably be bullied badly, right?"

Stelle: "Don't be afraid, hang out with me, I guarantee no one will dare to bully you!"

Stelle: "When the time comes, you just need to 'ga ga', and I'll be responsible for the slaughter!"

Paimon: "Ga ga!! Ga ga!!"

Lumine: "Ga ga +1"

Furina: "I can also 'ga ga'! Can you take me with you? (Rubbing hands in anticipation.jpg)"

Arataki Itto: "I want to too, I want to too! My 'ga ga' is louder than theirs!!!"

Kuki Shinobu: "That's not bad, the boss's voice is very loud...."

In the video.

Stelle walks down the corridor,

and soon follows the directions to the door of her room.

[Stelle: Strange... why is my room door open? Huh, who is he...?]

Stelle walks to the door,

only to find that the door to her room,

is wide open.

And when she walks in suspiciously,

she finds that in her room,

a familiar figure is standing there,

and this figure is Aventurine!

[Aventurine: What a coincidence, we meet again.]

Aventurine senses the movement of the person coming in,

turns around and says hello.

[Stelle: We meet again, friend!]

You don't hit a smiling face,

because she had received credits from Aventurine,

so Stelle enthusiastically calls Aventurine a friend.

[Aventurine: That's right, friend!]

[Don't be nervous, I just came over to soak up some good luck. It's your room now, but half a system hour ago—it was still mine.]

[Lucky building number, lucky floor, lucky room number, I spent a lot of effort to book such a treasure... I'm giving it to you, cherish it well, friend.]

Aventurine smiles and explains why he appeared here.

[Stelle: You let me have this room?]

Stelle is somewhat surprised to hear Aventurine's words.

[Aventurine: Otherwise? Could it be given away for free by the Family?]

[This Penacony is a real dreamland. How many people in the whole galaxy are willing to spend half their lives just to get an admission ticket to the Reverie Hotel?]

[Think carefully about what kind of people can stay here. If I hadn't devised a plan, how would the Family dare to offend those celebrities and big shots to open a back door for you, an "uninvited guest"?]

[So sit down and let's chat—by reason and emotion, I have this qualification, don't I?]

Aventurine gradually reveals his true colors, starting with a moral kidnapping that leaves Stelle speechless.

Stelle: "Good guy, Aventurine, are you pua-ing me?"

Stelle: "I didn't ask you to give up this room, what right do you have to morally kidnap me!"

Stelle: "If it weren't for you giving up the room without permission, I could have occupied Dan Heng's room long ago!! (Angry.jpg!)"

Stelle gets angry immediately upon seeing Aventurine putting pressure on her in the video!

Furina: "Yay, the villain has started not to pretend anymore, and is about to reveal his sinister face!"

Xiangling: "Mr. Aventurine, how do you refute this?"

Himeko: "Mr. Aventurine, no matter what schemes you have against Stelle, our Express crew cannot agree!"

Lumine: "That's right, we don't agree!!"

Paimon: "Gaga, we don't agree!"

Aventurine: "....."

Aventurine looks at this scene and feels that he cannot defend himself.

Boothill: "Heh, the scum of the IPC is as hypocritical as ever."

Aventurine: "Friend, I have no grudges with you, right?"

Boothill: "Damn it, I have a grudge against the IPC, and I don't like anyone from the IPC!"

Boothill: "What? Are you not convinced?"

Aventurine: "....."

In the video.

[Stelle: You should talk to Ms. Himeko or Mr. Welt.]

Stelle shakes her head, feeling that she has nothing to talk about with Aventurine.

She is not a strategist, nor is she a senior member of the Express crew,

and negotiation is not her job.

[Aventurine: Wrong, the person I need to find is you.]

[Simply put, friend, I need your help. You might not know yet, but Penacony is far from as simple as it looks. The Family's eyes and ears are everywhere here. I don't want to say it explicitly, you understand.]

[My goal is very simple: help the IPC take back some things that belong to it. If you are willing to help me, after it's done, you will get a generous reward, and the protection of "Preservation".]

Aventurine says something shocking, giving Stelle a fright.

He is actually plotting against the Family, which is something Stelle didn't expect.

[Aventurine: After all, you are different from others. You are very special, special enough to flip the entire table. That "power", don't you want to use it? Or... don't you want to get rid of it? Don't you want to use it to become famous in the universe?]

[That power that everyone fears but craves is right in your grasp...]

[....Miss "Stellaron", am I right?]

Aventurine sees that Stelle is a bit distracted, so he presses step by step, both seducing and threatening.

After such a two-pronged approach, Stelle's mind is slightly shaken.

Dan Heng: "Worthy of being a high-level member of the IPC, to actually know such secrets."

Dan Heng: "But, you shouldn't have bad thoughts about her... Mr. Aventurine!!"

March 7th: "That's right, you bad guy, you are not allowed to target Stelle!"

Pom-Pom: "I, the Conductor, cannot watch my passengers being bullied either, Pom!"

Pom-Pom: "If you really do something to her, then Pom-Pom will use some of its hidden favors to go to the IPC and demand an explanation, Pom!" ===== CHAPTER 56 =====