"This time the elves are really hard to deal with."

When Shiori changed back to Shidou and returned to the air battleship, the first thing he saw was Kotori's frowning face. She was walking back and forth in front of the command desk, and at her feet, a blond handsome guy was lying there, and Kotori would step on his back or head from time to time, but he was indifferent to it, and closed his eyes as if he was enjoying something.

"Kotori, do you really want to seal them?"

Shidao chose to turn a blind eye to this. After all, this was a daily routine on this battleship. On the contrary, he was more concerned about another issue.

"To be honest, I don't think it's necessary to seal these two spirits."

If Shidao still had some doubts before the contact, then after the contact with the two, he felt for the first time that it was okay not to seal the spirits. On the one hand, it was because he was resistant to kissing men, and on the other hand, after talking with them, Shidao found that these two spirits were not like Tohka who lacked common sense, nor did they have any unsolvable problems like the Yamai sisters. On the contrary, they seemed to be enjoying life very happily. From the conversation with the two, Shidao could feel that they really liked to travel around the world, appreciate the scenery and culture... To be honest, even Shidao thought that after graduating from high school, he should take a trip around the world and learn from them to find fun in the strange and unknown world.

"They won't cause any damage to this world, and I feel like these two elves are harmless, so there's no need to seal them..."

What Shidao said was not wrong. The original purpose of Ratatoskr was to "let the elves experience the beauty of this world and prevent them from destroying it." But now, Fang Zheng and Yoshino were obviously enjoying life more than they thought... It could even be said that they were enjoying life more than most people here.

To be honest, even Kotori Itsuka is a little envious of them. If only she could go on a round-the-world trip with Shidou on a whim... Alas, it's just a dream.

“That’s what I said, but… uh…”

This time, Kotori hesitated for once.

"Besides, the seal requires kissing, right? Let's not talk about whether I can kiss another grown man. Even if we do kiss, there will be a day when I will return to my male body. Wouldn't it be even more terrible if I am exposed?"

If Shidao were to ask himself honestly, if he found out that the girl he was dating was actually a man in disguise, he would probably want to die. He had no doubt that if his true identity was exposed, the other party would probably destroy the world.

"That's true...Okay, I will review this, but..."

Having said that, Kotori looked at Shidou with a smile again.

"You still have to work hard on your date tomorrow. After all, we've already made an appointment, so we can't just ignore it. Although they seem to have good personalities, they are also spirits. What if they get upset because they were stood up and cause harm? So... please continue to work hard, Sister Shiori?"

"...Kotori, you plotted against me!!"

"This is your responsibility, Shidou! Saving the world is up to you. Tomorrow is the most important date for a girl, and it's also my brother's first date with a man! As your sister, I will never let you embarrass yourself!"

As she spoke, Kotori snapped her fingers, and soon, two staff members appeared from behind, flanking Shidou, one on the left and one on the right.

"Go ahead and turn my sister into the most beautiful woman in the world!"

“Nooooooooooooooooo!!”

With a scream, Shidou disappeared into the depths of the corridor...

While Shidou was accepting the transformation of his sister's love, in the woods outside Amamiya City, Fang Zheng and Yoshino were having a secret meeting with a woman.

Of course, this wasn't the kind of thing where you did something shameful in a deserted grove... but in a way, it was shameful enough.

"Um……"

The girl raised her head and moaned slightly, her eyes slightly opened with a hazy glow. Then the girl's body trembled suddenly, and she leaned against the tree trunk behind her, panting.

"Can't you absorb power in a more normal way, Kurumi?"

Looking at the panting Kurumi in front of him, and the red-faced Yoshino beside him who covered her eyes and peeked through the cracks, Fang Zheng sighed helplessly.

"This is not good for Yoshino's moral education. Don't let her learn bad things."

“Hoo, hoo, hoo, I can feel it. The power of darkness is flowing through my body. This power even shocks my soul! Yes, that’s it! As long as I have this power, I can change the world. My seal will be lifted soon... Ahhh, I can feel... the long-lost voice of darkness..."

Looking at Kuang San in front of him with her arms open, as if she had been unsealed, Fang Zheng couldn't help but twitch his eyes. In fact, the reason why things turned out like this was very simple - because the Kuang San who appeared here was not her real self.

After Fang Zheng made a plan, Kuang San began the task of finding the second elf. However, because DEM had hidden the second elf very secretly, Kuang San still had no clues. In order to increase efficiency and for safety reasons, Kuang San did not choose to let the real body follow Fang Zheng. Instead, she would send a clone to Fang Zheng through the shadow every day, and then absorb the power of the lost child at zero hour, and report the latest situation.

And the problem lies with these clones.

Kuang San's clones are her forms in different timelines that she recreated using one of her angel Kekeketei's abilities, the Eight Bullets. Of course, this includes several forms of Kuang San from long ago. For example, the Kuang San that appeared in front of Fang Zheng now was her five years ago. Unlike the Kuang San now, the Kuang San five years ago did not tie her hair up into a ponytail, but had a long straight black hairstyle and wore a black and white Gothic dress. She covered her left eye with an eye patch. How to say...

It always gives people the feeling that he will suddenly say something like "Explode, reality! Shatter, spirit! Disappear, this world!"

And in fact it is true.

"Thank you for the power you have provided, Lord of Eternal Darkness. I will always be subservient to you. Please look forward to my performance as a fallen angel of darkness."

"Ah... um... then please."

Listening to the eye-patch Kuang San's full of second-year dialogue, Fang Zheng also forced himself to hold back the desire to complain and nodded. Before, when he knew about Kuang San's ability of Keke Di, he was shocked. At that time, Fang Zheng also carefully considered whether he should try it after recovering the power of time manipulation. Now... Fang Zheng has decided that he will never do this thing in his life.

This kind of shameful play of exposing one's dark history to outsiders was still too high a level for Fang Zheng.

"So, back to the original topic, what is the situation over there now?"

After putting away the Zero Hour Lost Child, Fang Zheng asked, while the eyepatch-wearing Kurumi shook her head.

"DEM is really well hidden. Although I have infiltrated many branches, I have not found any trace of the second elf. But at least it can be confirmed that DEM has indeed captured the second elf. It is just unclear how they sealed it up. Humph, it is indeed an evil organization that secretly controls this world. Even my power cannot penetrate the dark abyss..."

"Things are going well on my end."

Fang Zheng hurriedly interrupted the eye-patch Kurumi's second-year speech. On the one hand, it was for Kurumi's real face, and on the other hand... this was really not good for Yoshino's moral education.

"I have already seen the young man named Gokawa Shido, and he can indeed seal the spiritual power of spirits..."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng recounted all the intelligence information he had obtained from Ratastock. After listening to Fang Zheng's story, Eyepatch Kuang San also nodded.

"I see, using love to seal the power? Well, it seems that this boy named Gokawa Shido will be our biggest obstacle. But don't worry, in front of the power of our Black Wings, his resistance is hopeless and fragile!"

"Let's just take it as it is... By the way, tell Kurumi for me that if you find something like a physically isolated hard drive, it's best to remove it and hand it over to me. Maybe I can try to crack the contents inside. Also, regarding Gokawa Shido's situation, I did some research and found that he seemed to be adopted by the Gokawa family. I'm trying to find Gokawa Shido's biological parents. Maybe I can get some clues from them. But so far there has been no progress."

Fang Zheng had basically cracked all the confidential information in the DEM public network, but there was no information about the second elf. If this was the most confidential file, it must have been placed in a physically isolated local area network, and Fang Zheng had no way to deal with it.

"Okay, I'll tell 'me'."

"Tell her to be careful and not neglect her own safety. If that doesn't work, we'll implement Plan B."

Plan B that Fang Zheng mentioned was his backup plan, which was that if they couldn't find it in secret, then Fang Zheng and Kuang San would join forces to directly attack the DEM headquarters and take it down by force. Of course, this plan was also a last resort.

"Understood. That concludes today's contact report. Great King of the Thousand Nights, I wish you all the best."

As the middle school student Kuang San spoke, she lifted up the hem of her skirt and quickly sank into the shadows.

"Oh, by the way, there is one more thing. Ellen Mira Mathers from DEM will be here soon. I don't know what she is here for, but please be careful. Well, how are you... huhuhu..."

As the voice was spoken, eye-patch Kurumi disappeared into the shadows.

“…”

Looking at the place where the eye-patch Kuang San disappeared, Fang Zheng secretly swore that he would never use this ability in his life.