The Girl Who Looted Tomorrow

Euphemia asked again, “Then what happened? What happened after the Mobile Unit arrived?”

Freya said, “The adjutant stopped us with his life. Jerome forcibly activated the occult array and detonated one-third of the city, completing the War Path ritual to advance from Rank Five to Rank Six.”

“Eh? How could it turn out like that?”

Euphemia took another sip of coffee.

Freya stared hard at her when she saw it, but Euphemia did not show even the slightest sign of suffering from the bitterness.

Euphemia continued, “After going through all that, how did it end up as a bad ending? I refuse to accept that. In novels, when the protagonists go through countless hardships and finally reach the end, they’re supposed to be rewarded with a good ending.”

Freya nodded. “That’s what I think too. That’s why I came to find you… or more accurately, why I waited at that intersection for you to come find me.”

Euphemia said, “Then what now? I’ll write another letter to my grandfather, use that letter as evidence, and call in the Mobile Unit right away. If General Jerome has only just started drawing the array, then if we surround and suppress him now, he naturally won’t have any way to detonate the array early.”

“The Mobile Unit…”

Freya murmured the words.

In truth, she could understand why Jessica had changed sides at the last moment before.

But understanding did not mean forgiveness.

Because of that, Freya’s opinion of the Mobile Unit, or more specifically Jessica’s team, had dropped sharply.

Still, they had to call them.

After all, a Rank Five combat force was crucial.

Freya said, “Actually… I don’t think we need to write a letter?”

As she spoke, Freya took out an envelope and a notebook.

These were the pieces of evidence Euphemia had provided to Special Affairs in the previous simulation. Freya had casually brought them out with her.

In truth, there had been even more critical evidence.

That was the blueprint of the enormous occult array used to burn the city, the one found in General Jerome’s residence.

But in the simulation, Nolan had submitted that blueprint as evidence for Jerome’s trial.

Freya had no reason to ask for it.

At that moment, Euphemia stared at the two items Freya had taken out and froze completely.

Leaving the envelope aside for the moment, she immediately opened her satchel and pulled out an identical notebook.

Because Freya had said too many outrageous things in such a short time, Euphemia had started to feel a little numb.

She had thought she would not be surprised again.

In the end, she had still overestimated herself, or rather, underestimated Freya.

“Wait, this… you… I…”

To be honest, Euphemia was now extremely curious.

If the occult array copied in this notebook were handed to General Jerome himself, what kind of expression would he make?

Originally, Euphemia had thought Freya knew these things through some form of “future prediction.”

But whose “future prediction” could extract actual objects from the future?

After a pause, Euphemia lowered her voice and asked Freya, “You aren’t lying to me, are you? Are you sure you’re really not a high-ranking Fate Path practitioner?”

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Freya said, “No. I really am just an ordinary person right now. Speaking of that, there’s actually something else I want you to help me investigate.”

Euphemia immediately patted her chest. “I’m the great detective who could investigate a case this big. What commission could possibly be difficult? I’ll handle it easily.”

Freya said, “If I had wishes and resentments on the scale of tens of millions of people at the same time, and the former was enough to make my Rank One to Rank Five Earth Path potions melt on entry, while the latter was enough to make my Rank One to Rank Five War Path potions melt on entry, what do you think could cause that?”

Euphemia’s first reaction was naturally disbelief.

She was not some newcomer who knew nothing about the extraordinary world.

How could something like that possibly exist?

But when she looked at Freya’s serious, thoughtful expression, then looked down at the two identical notebooks in her hands, she swallowed.

“You’re serious?”

Freya nodded. “Mm.”

In any case, Freya could now confirm that this absolutely was not karma or consequence inherited from her “previous life.”

It also did not feel closely related to her future simulation system.

Then, in a world where extraordinary power existed, a “gift” that fell from the sky like this might very well come with some unknown price attached.

So after resolving her death crisis, Freya had set her next goal.

She wanted to figure out the source of those wishes and resentments.

But if Freya investigated it alone, she would definitely have no idea where to start.

At a time like this, she needed someone experienced who specialized in occult knowledge.

Euphemia was the most suitable candidate.

Euphemia showed a hesitant, thoughtful expression. “To be honest, even if you ask me to investigate, I don’t have any leads right now. This is also the first time I’ve heard of something like [early digestion]. But are you sure these so-called tens of millions of wishes and resentments aren’t from you doing too many good and bad things in the past?”

Freya said helplessly, “I’m only seventeen. Even if I started saving and killing people from the moment I was born, I still couldn’t reach that number.”

Although she had transmigrated into this body, she clearly knew all the original owner’s memories.

Before Freya arrived, the original owner had truly been an ordinary, hardworking good student who had come out of an orphanage, lived on her own, worked part-time, and studied diligently.

Euphemia said, “That’s not necessarily certain. Memories can deceive people. As far as I know, the Mind Path has three class changes, [Mind Reader], [Memory Thief], and [Dragon Warrior]. Among them, [Mind Reader] and [Memory Thief] can both modify or hide other people’s memories.”

“Maybe you really did those things before. You just don’t remember them now.”

Freya asked doubtfully, “But that still comes back to the same issue. Even if my memories are wrong, I’m still just an ordinary person. There’s no way I could help that many people and kill that many people, right?”

Euphemia did not speak.

She only silently looked at Freya.

The meaning in her eyes was very clear.

Do you hear yourself? What part of you is ordinary?

Freya was briefly stuck and did not know how to answer.

Euphemia said, “That’s my current thought. If we want to investigate what these tens of millions of wishes and resentments are about, the simplest method is to find a [Mind Reader] or [Memory Thief] and have them look into your past experiences.”

“Mmm…”

Freya thought for a moment, then said, “Let’s talk about the details later.”

Euphemia nodded. “Of course. For now, we should deal with the case in front of us first. With my grandfather’s envelope and this… notebook of mine, we should be able to call the Mobile Unit directly. When the time comes, we can go straight to Jerome’s residence, set up an ambush, and take him down in one move.”

Freya said, “Then you go to Special Affairs and report the case first. I have something else to do. Let’s agree on a place and meet again later.”

“Sure.”

Euphemia agreed without hesitation.

Still, she casually asked, “What are you going to do now?”

According to normal thinking, Freya was someone with so many secrets who had just revealed such important intelligence. Whatever she did next should definitely be something extremely important.

Then Freya said, “Go to class at Kobdo National Academy.”

Euphemia stared at her.

Girl, what did you just say?

Freya tilted her head slightly and blinked. “Isn’t it normal for a student to go to class? Although I’m already very late.”

Euphemia fell silent.

She stared at Freya and looked her up and down carefully.

Freya was not wearing the original owner’s old shirt and trousers anymore.

Instead, she was wearing one of the outfits Euphemia had bought for her in the last simulation.

Yes. When Freya had ended the simulation, she had carried all those bags and brought them out with her.

Although those clothes had been bought for Life Freya, the two were essentially the same person. Only their hair color and a slight difference in height separated them.

So the main body could also wear those clothes.

Freya’s upper body now had a white inner shirt and a brown jacket, with a pale bow tie fastened at her chest.

Her lower half was a pair of shorts, leaving her fair thighs and calves exposed to the air.

On her feet were white ankle socks and a pair of sneakers.

It was worth mentioning that the socks and shoes had not been brought out of the simulation.

They were from her home.

This outfit made Freya look full of energy.

From head to toe, she radiated cuteness, completely giving off the image of a pure schoolgirl.

Compared with when she had first crossed over, she had already begun learning how to dress and style herself.

On top of that, she had just said she was seventeen.

At that age, dressed like this, going to school really was a very reasonable thing to do.

As if.

Euphemia complained, “No, seriously. You’re already this ridiculous, and you’re still going to school? What for?”