"You did all this?!"
Sam did not speak, but instead gave a calm nod.
She then picked up the Terminal, and after transferring the footage she had recorded as Sam into it, she handed it over.
"This is the recording you wanted."
Lu Jianyi took the recording and began to watch.
The opening showed a patch of burning land and that bizarre giant tree.
Through the video, Lu Jianyi could clearly see the appearance of the giant tree, as well as the Forest's Wrath cultists within the blood-red light.
Immediately after, the ground burst open, and blood-red trees rose from the earth.
Finally, amidst a burst of flames, the perspective shifted upward, flying into the sky before locking onto that blood-red giant tree.
A deafening explosion rang out, and once the fire subsided, the surroundings had turned into a patch of charred, black earth.
As for that giant tree, it had been blown apart in the previous explosion until not even ash remained.
The recording ended there, but the shock it brought to Lu Jianyi was immense.
"May I save this recording?"
"Suit yourself."
Seeing Sam's consent, she silently downloaded the recording from the Terminal to her own and then returned it to Sam.
After finishing all this, Lu Jianyi looked up and said to Sam:
"Your Excellency Sam, I have now confirmed that the commission has been over-fulfilled. In addition to the base commission fee of ten million, I can secure another fifteen million in commission rewards for you. However, this remaining fifteen million needs to be reported to headquarters, so for now, I can only give you ten million. Is that acceptable to you?"
"Fine. As soon as possible."
"Understood, Your Excellency Sam."
After finishing her sentence, Lu Jianyi began to get busy, writing reports and making phone calls.
A short while later, Sam took out the Terminal and saw the ten million Credits that had arrived in her account.
"Let's go."
Seeing the money had arrived, Sam turned and walked into the elevator.
After Cipher and Bartholos exchanged a glance, they followed Sam into the elevator as well.
"Cipher, why don't you come and play at the Scream Park here?"
In the elevator, Firefly suddenly thought of how she had previously mentioned wanting Cipher to try the maze, and given the lightness of Cipher's body, she would surely enjoy the hundred-meter free-fall attraction even more.
"Scream Park..."
Upon hearing these words, Cipher thought for a moment before finally shaking her head in refusal.
"No, Luo Lin and the others just recovered today. I promised to go shopping with them tomorrow. Maybe next time. Since Bartholos is here, we can come back whenever we want."
"Alright, then how about staying here a bit longer?"
Cipher stroked her chin, then looked down at the daydreaming Bartholos.
"Bartholos? What do you say, should we stay and play for a little while first?"
"Ah? Anything is fine with me. It entirely depends on your opinion, Big Sis~"
Cipher's words pulled Bartholos back to reality, and he rubbed his hands together, answering with a smile on his face.
Having received his answer, Cipher looked up and said to Firefly:
"Then let's rest here for a bit. By the way, I'll take Bartholos to see the 'feat' you caused later."
...
A short while later, Cipher and Bartholos followed Firefly to the inn she had booked.
Because Firefly had already deactivated the Sam Armor halfway there.
This resulted in Bartholos spent the entire time peeking at Firefly in disbelief.
He truly hadn't expected that inside that cold-looking and powerful armor there was actually a beautiful silver-haired girl. Furthermore, after deactivating the armor, Bartholos could still feel that the aura on Firefly had not changed.
In other words, Firefly's immense strength did not rely on that armor at all; rather, she herself was just that strong...
"I'm going to rest now. Cipher, you take Bartholos to have a look first. If anything happens, just come here and find me~"
Upon returning to the room, Firefly spoke to Cipher with a smile, while Cipher waved her hand at Firefly in farewell.
Leaving the inn, Cipher and Bartholos returned to the streets.
'The feeling of talking to oneself is truly strange. Even though I know exactly what I'm going to say in the next moment, it doesn't affect which body says which sentence at all...'
Walking on the street, Cipher reflected on the series of events that had just occurred. She then looked at Bartholos and said:
"Let's go, Bartholos."
After speaking, before Bartholos could react, Cipher flicked a Flipping Coin into the air.
Subsequently, when Godspeed ceased, Cipher had already brought Bartholos to the summit of a mountain within the forest.
"As expected of Big Sis Cipher! Your Godspeed is still as amazing as ever!"
Seeing his vision blur for only a moment before arriving in a strange place, Bartholos couldn't help but exclaim in admiration once again.
"Stop sucking up. Look, I chose the best viewing spot for you."
As she spoke, Cipher pointed toward a certain area.
"How powerful could it be... This, this, this—Big Sis, are you saying she did all of this alone?!"
At first, Bartholos was somewhat indifferent, but when he saw the scene in the distance, he was instantly thrown into a state of panic.
Charred earth, nothing but scorched land devoid of all life, stretching as far as the eye could see.
Furthermore, he could faintly feel the heat radiating from that patch of deathly silent land.
After Bartholos strained his eyes to look into the distance for a long time, he finally saw clearly just how massive the area of this scorched earth truly was.
"Hiss..." After finishing his observation, Bartholos sucked in a breath of cold air. "If the Holy City had no protection, this single strike could probably take out more than half of Okhema?!"
"This isn't even her full strength yet." Seeing Bartholos's shocked state, Cipher spoke slowly with a mischievous grin:
"If she were to use her full power for this strike, I'm afraid this entire city would be covered in scorched earth~"
"As expected of Big Sis!"
Just after she finished speaking, Cipher heard Bartholos suddenly praise her, causing her to freeze for a moment.
She hadn't expected Bartholos to react this way.
"I wasn't the one who did this. What do you mean 'as expected of me'?"
Cipher looked at Bartholos with some confusion, not quite understanding the meaning behind his words.
"Big Sis, she is your friend!" Bartholos began to explain with grand gestures. "To actually know such a powerful friend! Surely a ton of people would lose their minds trying to befriend her!!! Yet you, Big Sis, easily achieved something that a ton of people couldn't do. So you are truly amazing! As expected of Big Sis!"