Kika watched the bewildered looks on Ryn and Kiana's faces and shook her head helplessly, feeling foolish.
"Tsk, hearing Kiana shout 'Kaslana' all day, I actually didn't connect it to Schicksal's Kaslana family. Stupidity really is contagious. Stupid Kiana, eat my fist."
"Ouch, what are you doing?"
Kiana jumped to dodge Kika's attack, then subconsciously countered with an Iron Mountain Back-fist. Kika fell to the ground, unable to get up...
Otto looked at the fallen Kika, feeling a bit of regret. This physical fitness... isn't it a bit too poor? Could the Mushoku family be deceiving me? This is supposed to be the pride of the Mushoku family, the one with the greatest talent, and she's down for the count just like that?
Unfortunately, Otto only knew that the Mushoku family was a lineage with a Stigmata heritage, but he didn't know that while their Stigmata enhanced their ranged attacks, it weakened their physical stamina and close-combat talents...
Kika was indeed the most talented, and her Stigmata awakening was very powerful, so... the essence of a glass cannon mage was also fully awakened—high attack, low defense, one touch and she's down.
Kiana awkwardly stuck out her little tongue, trying to look cute. That idiot Kika often charged at her like this, but every time, she was instinctively knocked to the ground by Kiana.
"It's good to be young. You fall, you sleep."
Kiana and Ryn helped Kika up and placed her on her sofa. Although Kika went down with one touch, her recovery was quite good; she would wake up in a little while.
"Is Bishop Otto also here for the Summer Festival?" Ryn looked at the two mounds on Otto's chest. They bounced around as if they were real, it's so distracting...
Otto glanced at Ryn with disgust, while also slapping away Kiana's hand, which was sneakily reaching out to grope him. A tick mark seemed to appear on Otto's forehead.
"You two, that's enough. I'm mainly here to find Mushoku Kika. From now on, she will be part of Schicksal's combat roster, just like you."
"Oh." x2
Kiana and Ryn answered in unison. Although they didn't know why Kika was being recruited into Schicksal as a combatant by Otto, they could just ask her when she woke up. Right now, they were more curious about whether Otto was male or female.
"Aren't you curious? Aren't you comrades? What's with this attitude!"
"We can ask Fatty Kika about that when she wakes up. I'm more curious if Uncle Otto is a man or a woman... Ouch, you hit me again." Kiana once again extended her wandering hand to squeeze Otto's chest, only to have it slapped away again.
"Ahem, to be honest, I'm also very curious about this question. Those have to be fake, right? So big and bouncy, how about you let me have a feel later..."
Otto's face was already filled with anger, but his excellent composure allowed him to resist the urge to kill Ryn and Kiana on the spot.
"My body was discarded centuries ago. I'm using a Soulium body now."
"A woman?"
"Gender is meaningless to me, but this body is female, so this chest is real. If you two lay another finger on me, I'll have to hit you." Otto felt he was being too restrained, showing such tolerance towards Ryn and Kiana... Forget it, consider it an advance compensation for K-423.
"Then just give me a beating later! I've never seen a chest that big before, let me feel it..." Kiana let out a perverted laugh and charged forward.
And then, Ryn and Kiana were on the ground with big bumps on their heads.
"Why... I didn't even touch it and you still hit me! That's not fair!"
"Why did you hit me too... I was just watching..."
Otto said nothing, only wanting to beat these two up again. They're both Kiana, so why is the difference so huge? Forget it... the two Kianas are two of a kind. It's just that the other one has experienced more and is a bit more mature than K-423, but it doesn't change the fact that she's a blockhead.
If the plan succeeds... can the world really be entrusted to these two? Sigh, just thinking about it is exhausting.
Otto waited for the two to recover for a moment, then prepared to leave.
"Do you have any other questions? If not, I'll be leaving."
"Wait, Bishop Otto." Ryn got up and put an arm around Otto's shoulders. "Your Excellency, did you know... in ancient Shenzhou, wearing a green hat was a bad omen? It meant one's wife was having an affair. So I suggest you change to a different colored hat."
Otto thought about it. So that's what it was... No wonder Fu Hua always stared at his green hat for so long...
Otto subconsciously took off his hat, but on second thought, he put it back on.
Forget it, it's not like I'm wearing it for the wrong reason...
"Bishop Otto... you have to be strong!" Ryn patted Otto's shoulder. After all, the story in the game "Kallen: Sakura Dies Twice" was provided by Otto. So it really was a modified version of a true story!
"Some things are better left unsaid. As long as everyone knows it in their hearts, we can still be friends." Otto grabbed the hand Ryn had placed on his shoulder to comfort him, preventing his escape. "Since you enjoy pointing things out, let's talk about you, about the money you've embezzled..."
"Your Excellency must be joking... I have things to do, I won't disturb you any longer, I'll be on my way."
Ryn broke out in a cold sweat and struggled hard, but his hand was held tightly by Otto, unable to break free...
"You're not going anywhere. My dear Ryn, Amber told me that the funds Schicksal gave you are several times less than the funds you've withdrawn from Schicksal! People who know might think you're developing a game, but those who don't would think you're building an aircraft carrier!"
"Uh... Your Excellency, Kiana and I used to be homeless and starving... we're terrified of being poor! I haven't dared to touch a single cent of that money, it's all with Cortana! I haven't spent a single coin!"
"It's more like you can't spend it! How long have you been in Schicksal, and you've already embezzled so much money! It's enough for me to build a battleship plus its escort fleet!
Where the hell did you get the approval to take that money! When Amber told me, I thought she had just added a few extra zeros when approving your funds! Do you know that because of this damn mess, I had all my Soulium bodies sent for maintenance to see if there was an error!"
"Um... so is that the reason for the cross-dressing? No, wait, let me explain. It was all Cortana's doing, it has nothing to do with me! She said she wanted to test Schicksal's security vulnerabilities, it definitely wasn't me!"
"Cortana only listens to you, don't think I don't know!"
In the end, it concluded with Ryn lying next to Kika with three large bumps on his head. Otto left in a huff.
Normally, if Ryn had embezzled the money, so be it. Otto wasn't short on cash, and this could even help identify Schicksal's vulnerabilities, a lesson bought with money. But Ryn and Kiana's relentless teasing on the razor's edge made him finally snap.