"Enough small talk."
The Cloud Knights escorted Kafka to the center of the Matrix of Prescience, and Fu Xuan began casting the spell without another word.
As the Third Eye on her forehead lit up again, Kafka was also lifted into mid-air by a pale blue power. However, she showed no panic at all; the corners of her mouth even turned up slightly, as if she were enjoying the sensation.
"Not afraid at all?" Onlooker March 7th was startled.
Sure enough, with a clear sound, Fu Xuan staggered back half a step, gasping for breath. After only a few minutes, she had suffered another impact.
This impact was clearly not as shocking as the first one. She recovered after a few seconds:
"You... all for this? For this kind of thing?"
"Well? Do you like this truth?" Kafka asked her patiently.
"Unbelievable..." Fu Xuan couldn't evaluate it properly. "However, the Matrix of Prescience cannot be wrong."
"What did you see?" Stelle asked the question she cared about most.
"Kafka has nothing to do with the Stellaron. On the contrary, it's you... it's actually you..." The look in Fu Xuan's eyes when she looked at the Express crew changed.
"Ha! To think such a thing exists, though it cannot be called absurd."
She had already divined an Aeon; something like the Stellaron Hunters was no longer anything to be surprised about.
"No, Master Diviner, don't be a Riddler too! speak clearly!"
"Go ask her yourselves... ask as long as you want. This Seat must report to the General immediately. Excuse me for not keeping you company."
"Didn't we agree to share intelligence?" Stelle scratched her head. Master Diviner, you are so heartless, leaving without looking back.
"Sigh~ We have to ask ourselves. I knew it would be like this."
By unanimous decision, Stelle shouldered the heavy responsibility of interrogating Kafka. She indeed had many doubts she wanted to clarify with Kafka.
March 7th unilaterally didn't want to talk to the bad woman. "Be careful, don't get tricked by the mature big sister again."
Dan Heng basically didn't participate in such matters. Although Welt was very confused, he could wait.
Compared to himself, he was more curious about what answer Kafka would give Stelle.
"Carrying everyone's expectations, I will not fail the mission."
"Did we forget something... where did Teacher Adrian run off to?"
"While we were voting on who to send, he was already chatting with Kafka." Dan Heng pointed to the center of the Matrix of Prescience, where Adrian was sharing milk tea with Kafka.
"It seems... that Master Diviner already knows your identity. Pity I didn't see her expression at that time," Kafka said with slight regret.
It was precisely because Fu Xuan's reaction wasn't as intense as she imagined, and Adrian happened to be nearby, that Kafka deduced this news.
"Never mind the identity, want some milk tea?"
Kafka: ...
She had reason to suspect that Adrian's true form was a milk tea the size of the galaxy.
If she didn't know Adrian's identity, Kafka would really think HE was a dedicated milk tea shop owner, doing everything just to maintain his persona.
But that wasn't important. What was important was that her hands were shackled right now; she couldn't drink even if she wanted to.
"Someone is coming to chat with you. I won't disturb; I'm off."
Adrian placed the milk tea in Kafka's hands. Stelle then arrived in front of Kafka. Kafka's tone immediately became gentle as she greeted Stelle:
"Hi, Stelle... you haven't changed much."
"I'm really sorry for letting you see me in such a sorry state."
After a long silence, four words finally came out of Stelle's mouth: "Are you... okay?"
Hearing this sentence, Kafka was slightly surprised, her tone carrying a trace of delight: "Are you worried about me? I'm fine. The Xianzhou is always polite to captives."
"On the Express, I didn't speak to you because I knew back then that here, you and I would talk alone. So I thought, why not save everything for now? You seem to have a lot of things you want to ask me."
"What did Fu Xuan see?"
Kafka recalled the content of the [Script] before it went wrong: "Hmm... Elio said he foresaw three questions, but they are essentially the same thing. If I heard one of them, I would tell you the purpose of this trip in full detail."
"Since you asked one of those three questions, it means everything is going smoothly so far. Ready to hear my answer?"
Stelle corrected herself in time, looking at the milk tea in Kafka's hand: "What flavor is this?"
"I don't know, do you want to drink it?" She honestly shook her head first, raising her hands to offer the milk tea to Stelle.
"Better tell me your purpose first."
"Alright. The Stellaron turmoil on the Xianzhou is not directly related to us. But if you look from Elio's perspective, then... you can't say the Stellaron Hunters are innocent either."
"We foresaw all of this long ago, but we remained indifferent, only throwing ourselves into it when the time was right. The reason Master Diviner Fu was so surprised is that she discovered three facts."
Kafka shook the milk tea in her hand: "First, the Stellaron Hunters are not enemies of the Xianzhou. You already know this, although you never believed it."
"Second, someone else brought the Stellaron into the Xianzhou and activated it. This involves both internal trouble and external aggression. Traitors within the Luofu and enemies from outside want to overthrow the Xianzhou. The Master Diviner rushing to find the General must be to inform him of this point."
Looking at the retreating figures of Fu Xuan and Jing Yuan, Kafka continued: "However, that is all the Master Diviner knows, because Elio didn't tell me the key information either."
"He foresaw that the Divination Commission would use the Matrix of Prescience on me. To prevent accidents, at this moment, I only know what the Xianzhou Alliance should know."
"As for the third fact, I'm afraid the Xianzhou Alliance wouldn't dream of it... Haha~ The third fact is: If the Stellaron Hunters are not the instigators of all this, then why are I, Silver Wolf, and Bladie here?"
"For... us?" Stelle guessed.
"Sounds absurd, doesn't it?" Kafka asked back. "No wonder Master Diviner Fu didn't believe it either. But you know, the Matrix of Prescience doesn't lie, so the answer is just that interesting~"
"The Stellaron Hunters appearing here, Bladie being captured, Silver Wolf's whereabouts unknown, and me being led into this Matrix of Prescience—it was all to bring you... to bring the Astral Express to the Xianzhou."
In the original [Script], Silver Wolf wouldn't appear on the Xianzhou. But alas, garbled text had appeared, so Kafka could only adapt a bit.
Three Stellaron Hunters appearing on the Luofu should be enough to illustrate the severity of the problem.
"It's just that, that teacher of yours... sped up the story's progress a little bit." A genuine complaint from Kafka.
"Adrian? You mean the Church of Eternity coming to the Luofu... is also in Elio's prophecy?"
"The Astral Express coming to the Luofu, yes. And you are to achieve something great on the Xianzhou: In that future chosen by Elio, the power of [The Hunt] is indispensable. For this, you must establish a connection with the Alliance..."
"As for [Eternity]... you already encountered it on Jarilo-VI, didn't you? My understanding of the Church is not deep; for more detailed information, it's better to ask Silver Wolf."
This was the truth. Kafka really hadn't had contact with the Church of Eternity. As for the Pontiff and Priestess or whatever, she didn't know a single one; felt like she was behind the times.