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"Stop!"
Olga Marie, of course, wouldn't let Marne escape, and immediately shouted.
Maren had no choice but to awkwardly stop the steps he had just taken.
Chapter 202 Marx and Engels: No! Investigate the Rumor Mongers!
There was nothing they could do; the moment Olga Marie yelled, the office door closed automatically, clearly controlled remotely by the other party.
Moreover, Chaldea is only so big; you can't hide forever. What's coming will come sooner or later.
Ma En had no choice but to turn around helplessly and said with a dry laugh, "Oh, what a coincidence, Director, what brings you here?"
"Don't you have any idea why I'm here?"
Olga Marie glared at Marne and immediately demanded, "Tell me! Was this damned rumor your doing?!"
She gets angry and annoyed whenever this is mentioned.
What kind of nonsense is going around outside these days?!
It's a story of mutual affection, forced separation, and even a melodramatic plot involving a misunderstanding about an engagement.
She's still a virgin, never even been in a relationship, and now she's suddenly in a relationship.
How could she not feel ashamed and angry!
"Absolutely not! I didn't say anything. It's just those guys spreading rumors out of boredom. I was in the infirmary all morning. Roman can vouch for me!"
Marx and Engels denied it, saying they wouldn't take the blame.
"If it wasn't you, then why are you running away!"
"I'm just worried about things like this. I just treated the injury this morning, and if I get another new injury, I'll really be disfigured."
"You deserve it! Serves you right for being so unruly!"
Olga Marie probably believed Marne's words, since she only needed to ask Roman to find out if it was true or not.
As for Maren's fear that she would cause trouble, Olga Marie said that Maren deserved it and was very wrong to think that she was easy to mess with!
She paused for a moment and then said, "Whether you spread the rumor or not, this matter started because of you. You need to handle it properly and clarify the situation."
"Me?" En hesitated for a moment, then pointed to himself.
"If you weren't the one to come, was I supposed to? Do you think it's appropriate for me to broadcast throughout Chaldea that I'm a little girl who's never been in a relationship before?"
Olga Marie glared at Marne with a mixture of shame and anger, as if she would take action if he disagreed.
Ma En quickly smiled and said, "Yes, yes, I'll do it, I'll do it, okay? Calm down, put your hand down."
Olga Marie looked down and realized that she had clenched her fist without realizing it. Slightly embarrassed, she quickly put it down and then glared at Marne.
It's all that bastard Ma En's fault. She wasn't like this before; she wasn't ladylike at all. Ma En made her more and more irritable.
"In short, you need to resolve this matter by today, even if it means broadcasting it throughout Chaldea, you must clarify the facts for me, or you can get out of Chaldea!"
After Olga Marie finished speaking, she left immediately.
"..."
Maren watched her leave silently, then sat down at his desk.
"We're in big trouble now."
Clarifying the truth is not that easy.
As the saying goes, it takes only a mouth to spread rumors, but it takes a lot of legwork to refute them.
Things that have already left an impression on me are not so easy to correct.
However, it's not impossible, but doing so would require a significant sacrifice from Marx and Engels themselves.
"Damn it, I better not find out who's spreading these rumors behind my back, or I'll make them see what cruelty is."
Marne had to bite the bullet and go for it, even though it meant a big sacrifice, especially since Olga Marie had even threatened to fire him.
Although he entered Chaldea through the Mage's Association route, Chaldea can apply to dismiss him, but it does not have the authority to dismiss him directly.
But even if they couldn't fire him, given Olga Marie's position as director, it would be incredibly easy for her to make things difficult for him.
Ma En was still thinking that he could just slack off and coast until Operation Rafe, and if he was ever made to suffer, he should be spared.
"Ma En, are you alright? I just saw the director walk this way. Was she here?"
Rin, now an adult, walked in. As Maren's assistant, she naturally knew about the office's existence immediately. She and Mashu had spent the morning slacking off here.
Although she teased Marne in the cafeteria, she still sided with Marne when it came to Olga Marie, and was somewhat worried about whether Marne had been harmed by the other party.
Ma En nodded, and said somewhat helplessly, "Yes, she's here, and now I'm in trouble."
"What trouble?"
Instead of answering, Marx asked in return, "Who told you that rumor, and where did you hear it?"
If we can find the source directly and catch the person who spread the rumors, he might not actually have to make any sacrifices.
However, time is a bit tight. Olga Marie gave him to handle it within the day, leaving only half a day. She doesn't know if half a day is enough to find out the culprit.
"It's an employee from the Heroic Spirit Summoning System. What's wrong?"
Do you remember which staff member it was?
"Of course I remember. It was just this morning. How could I forget? What? Are you going to investigate who spread the rumor?"
Upon hearing this, adult Rin roughly guessed what Ma En was planning to do.
"Oh dear, I think I've heard something interesting."
Reines suddenly appeared outside the door, glancing at Maren with a delighted smile: "I heard about it. I didn't expect someone to have such a complicated romantic history. What a surprise."
As she spoke, she came in and closed the door before continuing her teasing, "By the way, didn't you just come from a parallel world? How did you manage to be in a relationship with someone from this world for several years?"
"I know you still ask. If you want to laugh, then laugh. Stop talking nonsense. I don't have time to play with you right now. Go cool off somewhere else."
Ma En curled his lip, then ignored the troublesome little imp and said to the adult Rin, "Let's go catch this damn rumor-monger."
Before adult Rin could say anything, Reines said from the side, "That's really hurtful. They clearly came to help you because they heard you were in trouble."
As she spoke, she made a gesture of wiping away tears, but it was all in vain.
"You?" En looked Reines up and down upon hearing this.
Do you know who spread the rumor?
"I do not know?"
"Then say something, go away, don't get in my way."
"Hmph, although I don't know who the culprit is, I'm very experienced when it comes to finding culprits."
Then Marn remembered that the El-Melloi II Case Files was a detective story, with almost everyone in the main group being a detective, and Reines even had a deduction show.
Seeing Ma En's enlightened expression, Reines said smugly, "Well? As long as you sincerely ask me for help, I might be willing to take pity on you and help find the person spreading the rumors."
This piece of evidence, which was presented in such a condescending manner, made Marne's lips twitch slightly.
"Come or don't come, I don't have time to play your crazy game. Rin, let's go."
Upon seeing this, Rin glanced at Reines and quickly followed.
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Chapter 203 Approaching the Culprit! The Suspect Escaped?!
Seeing this, Reines didn't pay much attention and silently followed.
The three of them went together to the facility management room of the Heroic Spirit Summoning System and found the female staff member who had told adult Rin the rumor.
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The other party seemed not to have expected to be investigated, and confessed everything when questioned. She had heard about it from others, and the other party was also in this department.
After that, following the trail, they questioned almost half of the department, and the chain of transmission pointed to people in another department.
Helpless, Ma En had no choice but to continue investigating the past.
result……
This department points to that department, and that department points to another.
Good grief, are you guys playing a train-sharing game?!
It took three or four hours, and we searched almost half of Chaldea, but we still couldn't find the culprit.
Maren looked at Reines beside him. Well, the adult Rin had already left, since she couldn't help anymore. Plus, Da Vinci had asked her to go and help, so Maren let her go.
"Didn't you say you'd help? Now it's your turn to step in."
"Heh, you only remember me now."
Reines looked at Marne and chuckled, "But you haven't even asked him for anything yet. If he helps you like this, wouldn't it seem like he's being too easy? Oh dear, what should I do? This is so frustrating."
Maren's eye twitched twice.
"Stop messing around. If you keep this up, then forget it. Once I'm really expelled from Chaldea, then nobody can play anymore."
"Expelled from Chaldea? What happened?"
“Olga Marie has lost her temper and threatened to fire me. I have to deal with this rumor incident by today.”
Reines had only just learned about this and immediately dared not joke around anymore.
After all, Marne is gone, so they are all alone in Chaldea. What will they do if they find out something and can't handle it?
It can be said that Ma En's claim of having handled a singularity incident is precisely their source of confidence.
If they lose this confidence, they really don't know if they can withstand the pressure of a world-ending crisis.
Thinking this, Reines's expression changed slightly, and she took a deep breath and said, "Actually, I haven't found any clues either. None of the people we met before showed any signs of lying, which means we haven't reached the source yet."
"Isn't that obvious?" En rolled her eyes.
Reines's face darkened slightly, and she stomped her foot in anger.
"Hmph! So capable? Go find it yourself. With just one clue, what can you possibly deduce?"