Mediterranean Sea, Giant Floating Island Archipelago, Schicksal Headquarters.
Schicksal Overseer Otto Apocalypse finished processing the day's piled-up documents and then took a well-deserved break with a round of "Kallen Fantasy."
"Pushing my limits once again, achieving an even higher score than last time. Truly worthy of myself."
Gazing at the game leaderboard where his score sat comfortably at the top, far ahead of second place, Otto Apocalypse nodded with satisfaction.
"Next up, the daily routine: purging those ignorant fools smearing the name of Saint Kallen online!"
Before his secretary Amber could walk in and catch him slacking, Otto quickly closed "Kallen Fantasy." He then transformed into a cyber-cop and went on patrol, beginning his battle to defend Saint Kallen's honor in the chaotic battlefield of the internet.
Although Amber had complained about him wasting strategic resources, Otto stubbornly persisted in using Schicksal's quantum computers for high-intensity, network-wide searches for comments and search queries related to Saint Kallen.
He would readily agree with comments praising and acknowledging Kallen.
Upon seeing negative comments criticizing or boycotting Kallen, Otto would righteously dox and ban the accounts under the charge of slandering a Schicksal Saint, forcing Kallen's cyber-haters to repent.
Schicksal's computers automatically sorted the collected information according to Otto's settings.
Just as Otto was fighting for his Saint, battling across the digital frontlines, the next search query captured by the quantum computer suddenly caught his eye.
"Hm? What's this... interesting."
After a casual glance, Otto's initially nonchalant expression abruptly shifted to keen interest.
"Suddenly searching for Kallen Kaslana's name online, and they even know about Yae Sakura... The fact that Kallen operated under the alias Phantom Thief Violet to rob the rich and give to the poor was only known by a handful of Schicksal's upper echelons back then. Now, five hundred years later, Phantom Thief Violet is considered less than apocryphal history, dismissed by many as nonexistent."
Otto stroked his chin, pondering the search record.
In fact, forget knowing the name Phantom Thief Violet; simply connecting the name Yae Sakura with Kallen already proved that the person searching knew some secrets from five hundred years ago.
Although Otto had used Yae Sakura as a basis for the fox spirit villain in the game "Kallen Fantasy," he hadn't used her actual name.
And...
"Jizo Mitama. If I recall correctly, that should be the name mentioned in Former Era records for the yet-unfinished Twelfth Divine Key, the Key of Corruption, right?"
Otto possessed the privilege of accessing the library within the First Divine Key, the Void Archives. Although he couldn't perform targeted searches, he had browsed through a vast amount of information regarding the Former Era.
Among that information, coincidentally, were records concerning the Twelfth Divine Key.
"Obtained the searcher's identity through data intrusion, have we? Name is Ren Amamiya. Judging by his records, there's nothing special about him, just an ordinary, unremarkable person. Current residence is in... oh? Chiba Academy in Nagazora City. What a pleasantly familiar city name."
Ren Amamiya's paper trail was completely normal, fitting the definition of an ordinary person. Otto wasn't too surprised by this; after all, this was data directly compiled by the quantum computer. Without manual screening, such an identity history could easily be faked.
But when Otto's gaze shifted to the end of the intel, seeing a city name he was currently very familiar with listed as Ren Amamiya's place of residence, he couldn't help but raise an eyebrow, a keenly interested smile playing on his lips.
Nagazora City. Right now, it could be said to be the focal point of attention for various major powers, a place simmering with dangerous undercurrents.
The Anti-Entropy reformist (AKA radical) executor, Cocolia, was attempting to artificially induce a Great Honkai Eruption in Nagazora City to force the birth and awakening of the Herrscher of Thunder.
World Serpent, which had always lurked behind the scenes of civilization's history, had also gotten involved, seemingly supporting Cocolia's actions, likely seeking some benefit from it.
Schicksal, or rather, Otto, was fully aware of Cocolia's little scheme. However, he was curious to observe the results of her experiment, so he had chosen to let it proceed unchecked.
After all, Raiden Mei, the unawakened vessel for the Third Herrscher, was growing close to K-423, the experimental subject Otto had meticulously cultivated.
If Raiden Mei became the Herrscher of Thunder, it should provide excellent psychological stimulus for K-423. The data variables generated by her Herrscher transformation could also offer Otto new experimental avenues.
"An Anti-Entropy Executor, World Serpent's tentacles, the unawakened Herrscher of Thunder and Herrscher of the Void, Schicksal's strongest knight Siegfried Kaslana wielding the Key of Destruction, Judgment of Shamash, and... Ren Amamiya, who very likely possesses the twelfth Divine Key, Jizo Mitama."
"This little Nagazora City truly is full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers."
A thoughtful curve formed on Otto's lips. He swiped the blue-glowing virtual screen before him, continuing to review the intelligence gathered by Schicksal's quantum computer regarding this Ren Amamiya.
And when Otto swiped to the next page on the virtual screen, his body suddenly froze rigid.
His pair of emerald eyes were utterly captivated by the image captured by the satellite. His Soulium body perfectly mimicked the biological reactions a normal human body would exhibit experiencing such emotions.
"This figure is—there's no mistake, that's Yae Sakura!"
Due to K-423's presence in Nagazora City, Schicksal's surveillance intensity over the area had been raised to the maximum level. Consequently, Schicksal satellites had also captured the incident at Ren Amamiya's home: the assassination attempt by the killer sent by Anti-Entropy's Cocolia.
Gazing at the satellite image—the figure in the red and white Miko attire, with smooth hair as vibrant as cherry blossoms, a pair of long, slender pink fox ears atop her head, plunging the hilt of a crimson-black katana into the Anti-Entropy assassin's abdomen, falling together with the assassin from the high-rise window—that sakura-colored silhouette...
Otto's chest began to heave violently, his breathing growing heavy.
"Yae Sakura... she should have died! She should have died five hundred years ago! But she's alive now, resurrected after disappearing for five centuries!"
"If Yae Sakura can come back to life, then what about Kallen? Could Kallen also be brought back the same way Yae Sakura was?!"
The Herrscher of Corruption, Yae Sakura, Kallen Kaslana, and Jizo Mitama... It all connected. Otto pieced together all the clues in his mind.
"The Yae Sakura appearing in Nagazora City is highly likely the Yae Sakura from five hundred years ago herself. However, final confirmation is still needed..."
Calming himself down, Otto initiated a communication channel with Rita Rossweisse, one of Schicksal's three S-rank Valkyries.
"Rita, there is an urgent mission I need you to undertake. The location is Nagazora City. You are to protect and observe a young man named Ren Amamiya."
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There are many inconsistencies in the matter of kallen, otto, Yae Sakura.
If otto doesn't know Yae sakura, how can he make her into the "Demon Fox" of the east in Kallen fantasy? the information he got from kallen's message also only said that kallen wanted to save "friends" and asked for Judah, etc
and if he knew how could he abandoned the Black box in japan?
etc etc there are many inconsistent things.