Chat Group: Starting by Swapping Bodies with Elysia?

When he received Raven's message, Grey Serpent's first thought was, "Are you kidding me?"

The Seven Thunders of Retribution was lost?

Stolen?

As if! World Serpent was always the one stealing things from others. How could they be the ones getting robbed?

"What happened?!"

Grey Serpent's hoarse voice contained a hint of suppressed anger and confusion.

He remembered asking Raven to perform a surveillance mission, didn't he? And she lost her weapon while doing it?!

"I should be glad I made it back alive, and I should even thank them for sparing my life."

Raven, on the other end of the projection, said with a wry smile, her face filled with helplessness.

But when Grey Serpent heard this, he almost blurted out—

Why didn't you just lose your life as well?

As the saying goes, a weapon is a warrior's life!

But, considering that she was his colleague, not to mention his adopted daughter, Grey Serpent didn't say those cold and heartless words. Instead, he just stared at her silently, clearly waiting for an explanation.

Raven, who was being stared at, also felt a sense of frustration. She said irritably:

"This mission of yours is haunted, I swear. While I was observing, I saw a Pseudo-Herrscher, not to mention that while I was observing, a very pretty pink-haired girl appeared out of nowhere."

"That person is super shady! From eight hundred li away, I was even using the Seven Thunders of Retribution's higher dimensional observation function! And guess what I saw? She waved at me, and even said, hi~."

Raven's resentment towards Jiang Qiao was undeniable. Through the projection, she acted out his actions vividly.

However, her performance stunned Grey Serpent.

A pretty pink-haired girl who even says hi~?

Wait a minute, those traits?!

Familiar, very familiar!

Grey Serpent's database instantly pulled up the data about that most special Flame-Chaser among the thirteen Flame-Chasers, triggered by those keywords.

Although he, as a flawed version, wasn't qualified to know the truth about the thirteenth Herrscher, he had at least seen that lord!

However, looking at Raven, who was talking animatedly, Grey Serpent resisted the urge to ask about that person's appearance and patiently listened as Raven talked about what had happened afterwards.

Under his deliberate questioning, Raven couldn't help but repeat every single word and sentence that Jiang Qiao had said to Grey Serpent.

Of course, as she reached the end, she couldn't help but twist the facts.

If Jiang Qiao knew that what she had told Grey Serpent was "stolen," he would definitely seriously correct her—he clearly said borrowed!

How could [Elysia]'s actions be called stealing?

He had clearly said "borrowed." It was just that he hadn't said when he would return it!

"What's wrong?"

Raven, who was parched after speaking for so long, asked, as she looked at Grey Serpent, who was just staring blankly without a word. She also felt a bit nervous.

The reason why she had said so much was to make sure that she was clear of any responsibility.

The Seven Thunders of Retribution was incredibly important to World Serpent. After all, it was a Divine Key, an extremely powerful weapon against the Honkai.

Losing it would be far more costly than even selling her.

"Did the girl who took the Divine Key look like this?"

While Raven was sweating bullets, Grey Serpent finally spoke, and an image appeared before Raven's projection—a picture of a pink-haired girl, the former Flame-Chaser Elysia.

Elysia's information was classified even within the Grey Serpent network. Perhaps due to some measures taken by his creator, Mobius, even if they searched the entire network, the photos of Elysia that could be found were very few.

"Yes, I would recognize her even if she was turned to ashes."

As she said this, Raven gritted her teeth.

That person was clearly a thug! After stealing the Seven Thunders of Retribution, she had even touched her.

And what made her even angrier was that, at the time, the other person's expression was as if she was squeezing pork! Aaaaaah!

Although she didn't really care about such things, as a woman, how could Raven tolerate that bad woman who stole both her money and her body?

"Anyway, that person wasn't in the mission that you gave me. If you want to find trouble with her for the Seven Thunders of Retribution… wait, how did you even have a picture of her?!"

"You don't need to know."

"Normally, the fact that you lost the Seven Thunders of Retribution would make you responsible for it, but—"

"If you just investigate this woman in the photo, not only will you be cleared of your responsibility for the lost Divine Key, your original reward will also be doubled."

The hoarse voice said slowly. It was a clear act of coercion and inducement, clearly aimed at Raven's nature.

However, Raven directly refuted this arrangement:

"Do you think I'm stupid? Whoever wants this mission can take it! I'm not taking it!"

Indeed, she did love money, there was no denying that.

She could also risk her life for money.

After all, she was a mercenary. Everyone went through it, and Raven was no exception.

But—

That pink-haired woman was like a monster!

Wait a minute, she noticed her, who was using higher dimensional observation from so far away, and even silently approached her without her noticing, and even when she ran away with all her might, she was easily caught.

Investigate her?

Raven wanted to laugh after hearing this mission.

She had only glanced at that monster and had her weapon taken.

If she glanced at her again, wouldn't she have her bones and skin peeled off?

Seeing that Raven was going to quit, Grey Serpent also didn't give in, and his gloomy, hoarse voice rang out:

"You have to accept this mission. Otherwise… losing a Divine Key and refusing a mission from the organization. You know what will happen, don't you?"

World Serpent wasn't some charitable organization.

If you refused to complete a mission, then it went without saying that the organization could just remove you, right? After all, a member, even an executive, who refused to accept their assigned mission had no value in World Serpent.

"You're ruthless!"

Raven was incredibly frustrated.

Expelled from World Serpent?

As if! There was no such thing as being expelled from World Serpent! If you were out, then you had betrayed them and would be treated as a traitor.

And what was the difference between being a World Serpent traitor and being dead?!

Although she absolutely didn't want to see that pink-haired thug ever again, she chose the lesser of two evils.

Going to find that pink-haired woman, although that thug was a bit brutal, at least she wouldn't lose her life!

Looking at Raven, who was very angry and frustrated, Grey Serpent hesitated for a moment, and said:

"In that case, if the one you saw really is her, then I can tell you a way to deal with her."

No one knew what exactly was said, but one thing was clear—

—When Raven ended the call, her face was green.