Chapter 235

Topaz: "You call that borrowing?"

Topaz: "That's clearly coercion!"

Topaz: "You want me to do a job, and you still put a hex on me — pfft!"

Stelle: "Tch, whose fault is it that your purpose is known to everyone in Penacony?"

Stelle: "I say, couldn't you have kept a lower profile when you came?"

Stelle: "You just had to make a big show of it."

Stelle: "And now look — you've fallen right into their hands, haven't you?"

Topaz: "It's all within the plan, you can't really call it falling in."

Zhong Li: "Mm... judging from this clip..."

Zhong Li: "Mr. Sunday seems to have already reached a conclusion regarding that traitor."

Zhong Li: "And the suspect characteristics he recorded... actually remind me of someone..."

Venti: "Ehe, seems like I thought of someone too!"

Venti: "But I won't say it just yet — what if I'm wrong?"

Zhong Li: "Mm, fair point, then I won't say it either."

Lumine: "???"

Lumine: "If you're not going to say it, what suspense are you two trying to build here?"

Paimon: "Hmph, you two are really infuriating!!"

Venti: "Ehe~"

Collei: "Speaking of which, Mr. Welt and Miss Huang Quan were caught red-handed by Mr. Sunday..."

Collei: "They won't actually start fighting, will they?"

Sucrose: "I don't think it'll come to that?"

Sucrose: "Their goals are the same right now, so once things are explained..."

Sucrose: "They should be able to understand each other."

Amber: "Mm, I think so too."

Collei: "Mm... let's hope so..."

The video continues.

【My apologies, Mr. Sunday.】

【We didn't find anyone to report to, so we took the liberty of entering your residence — please accept our apologies.】

Welt turned around and looked at Sunday,

saying apologetically.

【But even with no one to receive you, the two of you should have sat quietly and waited for the host to arrive, no?】

【Leaving aside this Galaxy Ranger for the moment...】

【As far as I know, the Astral Express has already formally accepted a commission from the Family in an official capacity — there's no need for a special visit, is there?】

Sunday clearly did not accept Welt's explanation.

【We came precisely to discuss the case with Mr. Sunday, so as to avoid any mishaps during the investigation.】

Welt explained.

【... Enough.】

【Since the two of you have come in good faith, I have no reason to show you the door.】

Sunday shifted his tone and stopped making things difficult for the two.

【Don't worry... he didn't notice us looking through those documents.】

At this moment, Huang Quan said softly to Welt.

【The truth has not yet come fully to light, but I am not far from it.】

【I assure you all — the traitor will pay the price soon.】

Sunday said earnestly to the two.

【May justice be revealed soon, but I myself still have one question I'd like to ask Mr. Sunday: how exactly did the Family determine that the murderer was hiding within?】

【Forgive my bluntness, but someone attempting to stir up chaos on the eve of the Charmony Festival fits the Company's interests perfectly...】

【The Family should have reason to suspect the Company is meddling from behind.】

Welt understood well the art of checks and balances,

so he prepared, here with Sunday,

to put a little poison in the Company's ear.

【Other family heads have raised the same doubts as you.】

【But in my view, the true murderer would never parade about like that envoy did...】

【Especially since I have long since personally shackled him.】

【However, I would rather relay Mr. Welt's doubts to the two of you.】

【In my view, it is you who should be keeping a closer watch on Topaz...】

【A villain cannot shake the high walls, but he can drive a blade into the heart of the righteous.】

【He is a merchant, not a philanthropist — yet here he is, scattering wealth across the streets, and heading alone toward the Clock Studios theme park...】

【I wonder what he's scheming...】

【The Family still pledges to ensure the safety of its guests, but you may all do well to keep your wits about you.】

【So as to avoid... any untoward incidents.】

Miss Ningguang: "Mr. Sunday, is this... deliberately pitting Miss Huang Quan and Mr. Welt against Topaz?"

Stelle: "Ha, Uncle Yang originally wanted to use the family to check the company."

Stelle: "But it didn't seem to work well, and they got paid back with the same trick."

Welt: "Mm... Mr. Sunday's words carry hidden meaning."

Welt: "He seems to have figured out what Topaz wants to do..."

Welt: "Or rather, is this him deliberately letting Topaz do as she pleases?"

Furina: "Tch, I have to say, Mr. Sunday's scheming really runs deep."

Furina: "Sometimes I think Mr. Sunday is a really good person, but seeing him full of schemes like this, I 510 would also think he's from the Dafan Sect."

Topaz: "Heh, one face in public, another in private."

Topaz: "I don't think he's much better than me, a merchant."

Sunday: "At least, I wouldn't be like you, with nothing but profit on my mind, would I?"

March 7th: "So what does Topaz actually want to do?"

Stelle: "Topaz, I'm asking you — what do you actually want to do?"

Topaz: "How would I know?"

Topaz: "Go ask the Topaz in the video, why are you asking me?"

Stelle: "You really don't know?"

Topaz: "Don't know."

Stelle: "Psh, take it or leave it, suit yourself."

The video continues.

The scene shifts,

cutting to Topaz.

【... According to a Pier Point hotline report, the shocking Aijihazuo Topaz case has seen a major breakthrough; the criminal suspect has now been apprehended —】

【This fraud case implicates multiple departments of the Interstellar Peace Company and the Boshixue Society, resulting in massive waste of manpower and material resources and causing the company to suffer enormous losses —】

【The suspect in this case is from Tzigany-IV and is one of the survivors of the Second Katika Evikin Extinction Case, and does not hold an Interstellar Refugee Travel Permit —】

【At the instruction of Diamond, head of the Strategic Investment Department, the company has properly resettled the suspect in accordance with the spirit of the Charter, and will continue its investigation to further confirm the suspect's criminal motive......】

After a segment of Interstellar Peace Company broadcast,

the scene cuts to Topaz being interrogated by Jade.

【What a lovely pair of eyes.】

【Tell me, do they glow at night?】

Jade gazes at Topaz's gem-like, brilliant eyes,