Shu's successful blame-shifting, especially after he told Kiana and Bianka to "just say I said so," resulted in the two of them... jumping out of Shu's window without a second thought.
Shu glanced at the room door that had never been closed, then at the open window. After a moment of daze, he shakily stood up from the chair, walked to the bed, and face-planted onto it.
Almost the next second, Shu's breathing had calmed.
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Back in Kiana's room, the two didn't immediately go to find Otto. The first thing Kiana did was to draw the curtains and close the door, turning her room into a slightly dark little secret chamber.
"Senior Kiana, what should we do now?" Bianka asked in a low voice.
Kiana blinked, then showed an embarrassed expression. "Oh, don't call me senior. You're a member of our family now. Call me... no, call me younger sister."
"How can I do that?" Bianka's eyes widened. "Even so... I should be calling you older sister!"
Kiana scratched her head. Although she really wanted to be the older sister, but... Bianka was more suited to be the older sister in every way. And in the original story...
Slap!
Kiana suddenly raised both hands and gently slapped her own cheeks, then rubbed her face and let out a long breath.
So what if the Bianka in the original story was her older sister? This wasn't the original story. Who was the older sister was up to her now!
"Alright then, I'll call you older sister, and you call me older sister. We'll both be each other's older sister!" So Kiana put her hands on her hips and very proudly stated her opinion.
Bianka's head shot forward, and she looked at Kiana, who had just uttered such golden words, in disbelief.
But her brain spun three times and she couldn't find any problem with Kiana's "conjugate sister theory." In the end, she just nodded blankly.
"So... Older Sister Kiana, should we go find Overseer Otto now?" Bianka shrank back slightly. She still felt an uncontrollable fear when she mentioned Overseer Otto.
Kiana shook her head. "Otto definitely knows everything, but we can't go to him."
"Why?" Bianka was stunned. Since Otto knew everything, why couldn't they go to him? Wasn't that the best choice?
Kiana put on a profound expression and wagged a finger at Bianka. "We definitely can't go to Otto, because Otto..."
Kiana suddenly looked left and right, then leaned in and lowered her voice to a whisper, making a small trumpet gesture with her hand.
Bianka immediately turned her head and offered her ear.
"Otto, he's actually not a very good person, you know~"
Bianka's heart suddenly trembled, and a glint flashed in her eyes.
The urge to nod in agreement had never been stronger. But out of personal upbringing and certain emotions in her heart, Bianka's neck was too stiff to move. Only the "I agree" light in her eyes shone brightly.
"Although Otto rarely lies directly, even Aunt Theresa gets tricked by him, and he uses the truth to do it!" Kiana scratched her head in frustration. "I really don't understand why, even though Otto is telling the truth, we all get tricked..."
Anyway, it's not because I'm too stupid. I'm a genius!
It must be because Otto is too evil!
"Shu definitely knows something, but he just doesn't want to say it. This means it must be very important information!" Kiana's train of thought suddenly changed. She turned to look at the curtains, her gaze seeming to penetrate them and see Shu, who was lying flat on his bed, unconscious.
She had known Shu for almost half a year, and they had been through so much together. Shu knew them very well, and they knew him very well too.
Although Shu had a little quirk of not liking to talk to people and often keeping things to himself, as long as they took the initiative to ask, Shu would almost always answer.
And Shu was actually the kind of person who could easily get carried away in a conversation. If he couldn't get a conversation going, he could be a clam for days. But once he started talking, he could talk about anything and everything.
At times like that, if someone wanted to end the conversation, Shu would show a very disappointed expression and then go back to being a clam.
But this time was different! Shu had taken the initiative to end the conversation! And there was no Honkai Beast attack, no Herrscher appearance, and no urgent matter...
So, there was only one truth!
A wise light shot out from Kiana's eyes. She struck a classic pose of a certain ageless, blue-haired, bed-headed character she had seen as a child, crossed her arms, and looked at Bianka from the side.
"Shu has definitely been coerced by Otto, so he's not allowed to reveal any information about that Kevin!"
Bianka was struck by lightning... as if she had received a great pardon, an epiphany.
"So that's how it is!" As expected of Older Sister Kiana! To be able to think so deeply! Even able to uncover Overseer Otto's conspiracy!
Such wisdom... indeed, she was still too naive. She had to learn more from Older Sister Kiana!
A wise light enveloped the two of them. Under Bianka's admiring gaze, Kiana felt a different kind of emotion growing in her chest.
I told you I'm a genius! That annoying Bronya even called me a Paramecium. Actually, I'm super smart!
As expected, Mei and Shu understand me. They know I've always been a hidden genius!
Right, and now there's Older Sister Bianka!
After a minute of intense and heated discussion, the two who had uncovered Otto's evil conspiracy with their own intelligence finally made a decision, with Kiana making the final call—
This was a matter where they had to investigate the truth themselves! Anyone's information could be false, but only what they saw with their own eyes was true! In this operation without allies, they could only trust each other!
They both saw the determination in each other's eyes. After a telepathic fist bump, they cautiously left Kiana's room, sneaking past people like guilty thieves until they reached the elevator.
How to determine a relationship the fastest and most accurately?
It had to be a paternity test—a wise statement from Kiana.
Although the publicly available paternity test technology had a very small range, only able to prove relationships like father and son, or mother and son, Future City had the technology.
Blood relations within three generations could be tested in Future City.
And this was the publicly available technology! Who knew what other good stuff Future City was hiding?
As for the samples for genetic testing...
Don't forget, this base was once called—
Heliopolis Life Sciences Pharmaceutical.