Just as Snow and her group were searching all over the city for Miss Rin, the Herrscher of Corruption who had suddenly fallen ill, Kyuusyou, who was heading for Coral Island, also took out her communication terminal and dialed a certain contact...
"Hello, Theresa? Send the Divine Authority Squad to Coral Island... That idiot who kidnapped Ninti is going to meet me there!"
"Anyone who can kidnap Little Ninti is no ordinary kidnapper! We have to throw a heavy punch!"
"Ah... what? Otto was smashed by the Herrscher of Sentience who ran out of some Schicksal laboratory?"
"Serves him right. When's the funeral feast?"
"Ah, okay, okay... Kiana and Fu Hua and Durandal are also coming?"
"The Honkai reaction on Coral Island has been very active recently? Got it, got it... This is easy. If there's a problem, I'll just go and smash the problem."
After finishing the communication with Theresa, Kyuusyou did not stop her action of calling for backup, but continued to dial another communication channel...
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Today, in a certain World Serpent branch, our comrade Ms. Island Bomber seemed to be in a pretty good mood. After taking care of the little ones brought back from Nagazora City, Cioara opened the doors of the small bar that served as the branch's disguise, preparing to start a new day of business.
Of course, before officially opening, she needed to wake up a few people who had drunk too much and were now sprawled all over the floor like dead dogs...
"This bunch of people didn't even eat any peanuts while drinking vodka...???"
"Hey, hey, hey, wake up! How much did you drink last night???"
After kicking the Jackal who was lying across the hallway to no avail, Cioara could only lift these drunkards one by one onto the sofa...
"Jackal, Owl... Why is Gray Serpent here?? How did this guy drink with a mask on...?"
"Hmm... It seems like one is still missing... Where's the Little Ancestor??"
Noticing that someone seemed to be missing, Cioara began to look around, but the small bar didn't seem to contain the figure of a certain white-haired young girl.
"Thump—!"
"???!"
Cioara, who had just been struck on the head by a certain communicator, looked up to see the very person she was looking for fast asleep on the chandelier.
"How did she even manage to climb up there?!"
As Raven stood there, stunned by the increasingly unhinged drinking habits of her comrades, the communicator that had just fallen on her head started ringing...
"Hello, this is Raven's Spin-Spin Bar. Press one for reservations, press two for delivery, and press three if you're calling just to get cursed at—"
"What the hell is a 'Raven's Spin-Spin Bar'... What was your name again—oh, Ms. Island Bomber, right! I'm Houraiji Kyuusyou! Put that white-haired girl on the phone..."
On the other end of the line, Kyuusyou clearly paused for a moment after hearing Cioara's reply, then quickly reorganized her words and stated her purpose for calling.
"Hah??? I told you I'm not Ms. Island Bomber anymore!!! And I'm about to have a new little island! Right next to the Coral Artificial Island in the sea!"
"..."
"Hello? Say something!"
Just as Raven had let slip that she had a new island, the other end of the line fell silent.
"Oh, my friend, I have some bad news to share with you as a friend... Schicksal has recently detected that the Honkai energy reactions around Coral Island have become extremely active, and a Great Honkai Eruption is very likely to occur..."
Kyuusyou announced this news to Cioara in an extremely sympathetic tone.
"...Thanks, hold on a moment."
Cioara, on the other end of the line, fell silent for a moment, then immediately took out her phone and dialed the number of a certain auction house.
"Yes, I am giving up my first right of purchase for that island. The right will pass to the second highest bidder. The penalty fee? No problem. In short, I'm giving it up."
"Phew... Thanks, Schicksal Valkyrie."
Raven, who had just thrown away the hot potato on the spot, let out a deep sigh of relief and thanked Kyuusyou on the other end of the phone.
"You're welcome. So, where is the Imhotep I'm looking for?"
"Well... she got drunk and climbed onto the tavern's chandelier... I have to go find a ladder to get her down..."
"Huh? No need to go to all that trouble. Just find a broom and poke her down along with the chandelier. If she asks, just tell her she's gotten fat and pulled the chandelier down."
"Is that really a good idea...?"
Cioara glanced at the broom in her hand, then at the white-haired little ancestor above her, and suddenly felt a rebellious streak stir within her.
"Hurry up, I'm in a rush! Get her down now!"
"Alright..."
Hearing the urging from the other end of the line, Cioara immediately pulled out the security camera tape, then took the broom and poked Imhotep on the chandelier without thinking twice.
"Waaaaah!!!"
Along with the loud crash of the chandelier falling to the ground and the scream of a startled white-haired girl, the rest of the group who had been sleeping soundly also woke up one after another...
"Is the Little Ancestor awake? If you're awake, hurry up and answer your girlfriend's call!"
Before Imhotep could even begin to demand answers, a communicator was stuffed into the hands of the white-haired girl, who was still in a daze. The latter answered the call out of habit...
"Hello?"
"Stop saying hello! Your kid at home has been kidnapped!!!"
The bombshell dropped through the communicator instantly dispelled the sleepiness of the girl who had just fallen from the ceiling.
"Which kid? Little Sirin? Ninti? Or someone else? Don't tell me it's Theresa...???"
"...What kind of 'kid' is Theresa? Drink less, Imhotep! Besides, aren't you supposed to be taking care of Sirin?! Of course I'm talking about Ninti! Ninti Apocalypse."
"Your little darling has been kidnapped! The guy on the other end wants to meet with me on Coral Island. If any of your people are free, lend me a few!"
"Kidnapped Ninti... Ah, this...!"
Imhotep snapped completely awake on the spot.
"I'll go find that old shameless Kevin and make him come help!"
Imhotep could no longer remain seated after hearing that her nominal adopted daughter had been kidnapped.
"You old geezer! If you don't come back right now, I'm going to dismantle your wife, Judgement of Shamash!"
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Far away at Anti-Entropy, Kevin and Pardo exchanged a bewildered glance.
"Boss Kevin, what's wrong with your descendant?"
"I don't know..."
"Should we go back and check on her?"
"...Yes."
Thinking of a certain descendant who would actually dismantle Shamash piece by piece, Kevin gritted his teeth and ultimately decided to follow his heart—
"Eh, alright—this is a good chance to go back and see Su's Consciousness and the others..."
"Hmph, I'd like to see whose mouth is tougher, you shameless kidnapper, or if the people I call will be more numerous!"
To this day, we still don't know exactly what Senti said to Kyuusyou...
But a certain unique mother-in-law and daughter-in-law meeting, combined with a Fire Moth social event, is destined to take place on Coral Island—