A chat group where you switch bodies with Alicia at the start?

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"MEI? What brings you here?"

"Things have escalated to this point, and you've suddenly left. Doesn't it have to be me, the Herrscher of Thunder, who handles things here?"

Mei didn't pay attention to Jiang Qiao's appearance as Wendy at that moment, or rather, she was slightly surprised when she saw her, but then she calmed down. Her tone was a little reproachful, and then she waved her hand, "Come with me first."

"This is part of the Fourth Research Institute, a Class I civil defense facility located in the Alps, built by the Fire-Chasing Moths."

"Currently, the fourth major collapse has already occurred—but the good news is that thanks to Dr. Mebius and her team's prior preparations, most of New Zealand's population, while not migrating, has been evacuated into relatively safe civil defense facilities. With Wilwick's efforts to expedite the work, there is no need to worry about the safety of the people for the time being."

Walking inside the civil defense fortification, he led Jiang Qiao and Alicia to the MEI on the lower level to explain the current situation to the person in charge.

How did Wendy awaken her powers?

Although the current situation is extremely important, what Jiang Qiao is most curious about right now is why it has turned out this way.

Just as he had been confident before—as long as nothing major went wrong, Wendy wouldn't be able to awaken hastily given the backup plan he had left behind.

At that moment, Dr. MEI looked at Alicia and sighed.

—After Alicia returned to her body, although the difference between her and Jiang Qiao caused the fat lady a lot of trouble, Totori was not the sensitive type and did not distinguish between Jiang Qiao Alicia and Crying Alicia.

As arranged beforehand, Wendy was taken back to the Fourth Research Institute in Queenstown.

Even without Jiang Qiao, it wouldn't be difficult to temporarily stabilize the situation with the think tank composed of the three giants of Zhu Huo.

Everything seemed to be going so smoothly.

It wasn't until Totori heard Alicia's stomach rumbling that she took the initiative to suggest—

"I'll go to that dessert shop and bring you guys some dessert. It's really delicious! Wendy will definitely love it! Alicia can vouch for that!"

Alicia simply smiled in response.

That despicable Jiang Qiao used my body to go eat dessert with the lovely Totori. I'll remember this grudge!

PS: ...

"Don't Be a Trainer!"

Under the pure white moonlight, a loud bang echoed through the night sky.

Outside the broken wall, the chestnut-haired racehorse girl, her fists tucked in, slowly walked into the room.

His pale purple eyes were filled with rage and domineering power. He stood with his hands in his pockets, looking down at the panicked man who had fallen to the ground.

"So, are you my trainer?"

"I'm not a trainer. The trainers' building is next door. I'm a school janitor."

"Oh, thank you. Sorry to bother you—what? You think I'd say that! You big liar!"

"Hey! Don't come any closer!"

Chapter 141 Listen to the Wind Sing

—Although I did feel jealous, perhaps because of the previous efforts of [Alicia] to alleviate the situation, this somewhat despicable emotion should not have become the fuse for Wendy's transformation into a Herrscher.

She didn't have much ill will towards Alicia.

After all, although Miss Fat missed a lot of information due to the information gap, given her personality, getting along well with cute girls like Wendy and Totori would be a piece of cake, wouldn't it?

At least, Wendy was indeed very interested in the funny stories she was telling.

In the Fourth Research Institute, at Dr. MEI's request, Dr. Relia prepared a room specifically for Wendy, where the two had a pleasant conversation.

At the same time, they also look forward to the dessert that Totori praised highly.

After all, desserts are incredibly wonderful for girls.

This is especially true for Miss Fatty—Ali, I love desserts the most!

but--

Time passed by, minute by minute. Ten or twenty minutes could perhaps be explained by the fact that the dessert shop was far away, as Totori had mentioned. But when the time stretched to nearly an hour, they all became restless.

"dududu~"

Wendy, who was very concerned, dialed Totori's number, but all she got was a series of unsettling busy signals.

"Hmm... maybe something happened to the child and they couldn't answer the phone in time?"

The plump woman, who had been blinking, also sensed something was amiss and offered her suggestion:

"I'll go outside and look for her. Wendy, just stay here and behave yourself~"

This was also an instruction from Dr. MEI and her colleagues.

Dr. MEI and the others believed that since Wendy was so unstable, even with the insurance left by [Alicia], it would be best to place her in a relatively stable environment.

To prevent Wendy from feeling imprisoned or restrained, which could lead to resentment and accidents, Alicia and Totori, who have contact with Wendy, will act as her guardians in a different way to stabilize her emotions.

During this period, Mebius and Vervier will be responsible for preparing for the evacuation of New Zealanders.

Directly evacuating the country is impossible. A migration and evacuation on a national scale is not something that can be done by the moths chasing the flame at present, or rather, no single force can accomplish such a thing.

All they could do was to issue warnings as much as possible in the name of the Fire-Chasing Moths, and then reinforce existing civil defense works to give them a certain degree of defensive capability against the Great Collapse.

However, Dr. MEI ultimately miscalculated.

She had no idea that the key to the fatal problem wasn't Wendy, who was about to awaken, but... that girl named Totori.

—From Totori's colleague, Alicia learned the location of the dessert shop that Totori frequented.

But when she arrived at the dessert shop, she didn't see Totori.

The owner said that Totori did come, but she left half an hour ago, and she was all smiles when she left.

Alicia walked out of the dessert shop with a furrowed brow, a sense of foreboding flashing through her mind.

Instead of returning to the research institute, she searched around.

Finally, in a corner very close to the research institute.

She discovered the missing Totori.

...in a pool of blood.

Blood stained the girl's skirt, and next to her were desserts that had been packed up and spilled on the ground.

"Totori!"

A mixture of shock and anger, Alicia approached the girl, completely unaware of what had happened.

The only thing that comforted her was that Totori was still breathing, albeit very weakly, but she was indeed still alive.

Fortunately, she still had the medication she had obtained from other members of the group.

The large red bottle given by Youyou temporarily saved Totori from danger.

but--

Sensing the gaze, Alicia looked in the direction of the gaze and saw Wendy, who should have been in the research institute.

"temperature..."

Sensing something was wrong, Alicia wanted to say something, but it seemed too late after Wendy witnessed the little bird lying in a pool of blood.

Recalling that scene, Alicia lowered her head and said with great self-reproach:

"It's all my fault. If my stomach hadn't been rumbling so loudly back then, Totori wouldn't have run into this mess, and things wouldn't have turned out this way."

"...This was also my mistake. I didn't expect that child to have such a great influence on the Fourth Herrscher."

Dr. Mei also sighed.

Despite all precautions, the problem didn't stem from Wendy herself, but from the guards she had assigned.

Alicia could have gone with Totori, and Alicia originally intended to do so, but because of the instructions given to her beforehand, in order to better prevent any accidents from happening to Wendy, Alicia did not go.

In the end, it turned out like this.

“You don’t need to blame yourselves. If someone had done it with ulterior motives, then even if you escaped this time, the same thing would have happened sooner or later.”

After learning the reason, Wendy sighed and comforted the two of them.

Even if he were in charge, it wouldn't make a difference in this kind of situation.

After all, he couldn't possibly keep an eye on the little bird all the time, and as a human with free will, Totori couldn't possibly be subject to such constant surveillance.

There will always be times when you make a mistake.

"How is the child doing?"

"After emergency treatment, he is temporarily out of danger, but he won't be waking up anytime soon..."

As Mei spoke, she remarked with emotion, "After the Fourth Herrscher awakened, she left the scene immediately, and it was thanks to that that we were able to save the situation in time."

The area around a Herrscher is often the place with the most abundant Honkai energy, especially for a newly awakened Herrscher like Wendy. Fortunately, Totori has Alicia's protection by her side. Even though she still cannot fully understand that power, after being developed by Alicia, the fat lady's body can provide a certain degree of protection for those around her just by staying in one place.

Furthermore, Wendy left in a timely manner; otherwise, if the dying little bird had stayed with the newly awakened Herrscher, even with the fat woman's protection, it probably wouldn't have lasted long.

"Where did she go?"

"According to satellite surveillance, it appears to be Tonga in the central Pacific Ocean."