"How is it, Chou? You should have already infiltrated the school's database and found information about this suddenly appearing Teacher Yoshino, right?" Hakase Satomi, wearing glasses and two braids, asked Chou Rinne beside her. Currently, the large screen in the research lab displayed all information about Yoshino from the Magical World War sixteen years ago, even detailing that Yoshino had been dormant for thirty years as an Ice Spirit. This was all intelligence Chou Rinne had obtained after secretly infiltrating the Mahora Academy database; for her, a person from the future, infiltrating the Mahora Academy database was simply too easy. However, the more she knew, the deeper the solemn expression on Chou Rinne's face became; this had completely exceeded expectations.
"Yes, I got it. It's truly astonishing; I never expected her to be the 'Saintess of Salvation' who saved the world and also a member of Red Wings. Now, carefully reviewing the history of this world's Magical World, it's completely different from my original world. You see, the Red Wings established by my grandfather Nagi was composed of a bunch of roughnecks. When did such a cute child become a member of Red Wings? If calculated according to the existing data, her current age should be over fifty. Over fifty and still such a soft and cute Little Loli, comparable to Evangeline."
Stroking her smooth chin, Chou Rinne looked at the large number of photos of Yoshino on the screen. If Yoshino were there, she would notice that many of them were candid shots, mostly of her accidentally getting milkshake on her face while eating sweets on the street in the Magical World. There were also photos of Yoshino dozing off in the park, her little head nodding. It turned out that she had been secretly photographed by others without her noticing, and the most terrifying thing was that she didn't know under what circumstances so many photos had been taken.
"Then what do you think of this suddenly appearing 'Saintess of Salvation'? According to your current statement, this completely contradicts what you know about the future. If we judge based on the results of our current research, then, Chou, you might..." Pushing up her glasses, Hakase Satomi, after careful consideration, arrived at an answer based on previous research.
"Ah, I know. It must be a parallel world. This must be a world with a different timeline. Although things generally happened similarly, after all, the Red Wings still disbanded as before, and Negi also came to Mahora Academy to be my teacher. Now two points can be confirmed. The first point is that 'Cassiopeia' was affected by some special reason during its time jump, causing my original trajectory to deviate and bring me to this parallel world," Chou Rinne said indifferently, looking at Yoshino's information.
"Oh? What's the second point? Are there other doubts?" Hakase Satomi asked curiously. Shouldn't this be the most likely probability?
"Yes! There are still doubts! I suspect this 'Saintess of Salvation' came here from another world. This would explain these issues. Look, these are the powers she used in the war. These are not powers that can be used within this world's magic system." Operating the computer, Chou Rinne immediately brought up recorded battle scenes of Yoshino in the war. Scenes of everything being frozen and a giant rabbit puppet: Ice Binding Puppet (Zadkiel). These were not powers from this world's magic system; at least, Chou Rinne, as a person from the future, had never seen such scenes in the future. Moreover, with her brilliant mind, she quickly discovered the suspicious aspects of Yoshino's techniques in the video.
"This kind of power is a bit like the power of God in the old Western world. When she summons this giant rabbit puppet, she always shouts something like a summoning chant: Ice Binding Puppet (Zadkiel). But based on the word Zadkiel, I can find this! Zadkiel! This is the Guardian Angel of the kabbalah tree of life's fourth sephirah: mercy. It can be inferred that the abilities she possesses are related to this." With Chou Rinne's operation, a picture of a large tree appeared on the screen in front of them, but this tree was not an ordinary one. "The shadow of this large tree also appeared when Yoshino finally transformed into an angel, which proves my conjecture is correct."
"The clues provided by the data indicate that this particle signifies the pure and sacred cosmic law – 'Love'. Chesed is also called Gedulah. The number is 4, the color is blue, the metal is tin, the shape is a regular tetrahedron, the gem is sapphire, and the planet Jupiter is its symbol. It represents the king sitting on the throne. The divine name is EL. The Guardian Angel is Zadkiel. Then, if we compare this with Yoshino's photo, we can find that Yoshino's name contains the number four, her sapphire-like eyes, and her gentle personality. It's as if she is a human created according to the form of this particle."
"It seems I've encountered an incredible existence in this parallel world I've arrived at. However, even if it's a parallel world, I must save it. History will not change because of this 'Saintess of Salvation'! The future tragedy may still occur! I, after all, am a righteous Great Demon King!" Chou Rinne said with a bright and determined smile, looking at the data in front of her.
"However, this Yoshino is the biggest difference in this world. Based on the current available data, the initial change in this world was her joining the Red Wings more than a decade ago. And we are about to face the 'Saintess of Salvation' who once saved the world; her strength is simply too immense." Chou Rinne stared at the screen, which showed Yoshino transforming into an angel in her final battle and then perishing with the world-ending magic, her brows furrowed.
"So, what should we do, Chou? At today's welcome party, the other party clearly noticed our suspicious points. What if she tries to stop our plan? If she wants to stop us, I don't think our current combat power can stop her. In that case, we might fall into crisis," Hakase Satomi said worriedly.
"It shouldn't matter," Chou Rinne mused, "Judging by her and Evangeline's performance today, her relationship with Evangeline should be very good. Perhaps we can negotiate with Yoshino through Evangeline. What we are doing is to save 1.2 billion people. I think Yoshino, who once sacrificed herself to save the world, should not refuse us. After all, we should have no conflict with her. I hope she isn't someone who meddles in other people's affairs. As long as the starting point of our plan is good, then our plan will not conflict with her at all. I think it shouldn't be a problem to get her to stay out of it." It was truly a headache for the plan to have unexpected developments.
"I hope Yoshino's plan can proceed smoothly. I have a hunch that, unlike us, she seems to already know what we are going to do next. She seems to already know my identity as a person from the future. After all, as the fourth sephirah of the kabbalah tree of life, how could she speak such fluent Chinese? And..." Chou Rinne said helplessly, then she took out a pocket watch from her person. It was a very exquisitely crafted pocket watch. "Today, when I approached Yoshino, though only for a moment, the hands of Cassiopeia rotated."
"Rotated? How is that possible! Haven't experiments already proven that only the magic power of the World Tree, 'Divine Wood, Peach of Immortality,' can make the hands of Cassiopeia rotate? You know, the World Tree has a cycle of twenty-two years. Every twenty-two years, the World Tree's magic power reaches its peak and is released outside the tree. Although the next period was originally next year, it was brought forward by a year due to abnormal climate, which was also our original plan. But for the hands of Cassiopeia to rotate because of Yoshino, how can that be normal? Is the machine broken?"
"I thought so at first, so as soon as I returned to the lab, I immediately investigated Cassiopeia. But Cassiopeia had no problems, which means Yoshino has the power of time, and when this energy leaked, it was absorbed by Cassiopeia, causing the hands to rotate," Chou Rinne said indifferently, looking at the pocket watch in her hand.
"To have mastered such a forbidden ability, we must now, no matter what, get her to agree not to interfere with our plan." Suddenly, Chou Rinne's face showed a malicious expression, and she said in a sinister tone, "If she doesn't agree, I'll have to bring out my secret weapon. This is a file hidden in the database that only the Director has permission to open. If I threaten her with this, I believe she will definitely agree to our demands."
"Uh, Chou. Don't you think she might get angry and completely become our enemy? This method is a bit too extreme, isn't it?" Hakase Satomi said with a complex expression, looking at the photo displayed on the screen. "Although Yoshino looks very kind, Evangeline is not a good person."
"That can't be helped, can it, Satomi? I'm only making this choice out of desperation. Besides, letting more people see such a cute Yoshino, even if I'm beaten to death by Evangeline in the end, I don't think I'll lose out! And I believe the loli con who receive these photos will protect me," Chou Rinne said with a brilliant smile. One must know that there are many loli con in Neon.
"Oh, I hope so. I don't want your final plan to fail because of your self-destructive actions," Hakase Satomi said helplessly. "It would be too terrible if the righteous Great Demon King turned into a self-destructive Great Demon King."
"Hahaha~ No way, I won't become like that. But let's look at the Headmaster's collection. I didn't expect that old man to have such an interest. It's truly surprising. Oh? There's even Konoka's! What would happen if Konoka found out about this?" Chou Rinne said with some surprise. He even had his own granddaughter's! How perverse could he be!
"I think Konoka would probably hammer him to death with a small hammer," Hakase Satomi said, sweating. He really was an old man who liked to court death.
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