The woman, her face filled with indignance and anger, fainted dead away. March 7th, who was holding onto Stelle, and the struggling Hachi-Stelle both froze in unison. The noisy room instantly fell silent.
"Old Caelus, what exactly did you do to her?" Qingque asked with surprise, her eyes widening slightly.
"I have a special interrogation method."
Caelus was vigorously rubbing and shaking the unconscious woman's head as if he were ruffling a dog's head, looking like he intended to physically shake the intelligence information out of her brain.
Stelle, March, and Qingque looked at each other, exchanging glanced of dismay.
Five minutes later, Caelus was still holding the woman's head with both hands, rocking her back and forth, left and right, like a roly-poly toy.
"Stop shaking her, stop! If you keep shaking her like that, her brains are going to be scrambled into a smoothie!"
March 7th, whose eyes were spinning in circles just from watching, shook her own head as she grabbed Caelus's hands. She felt dizzy just looking at it.
Qingque, who had been squatting nearby preaching to Stelle and explaining the Xianzhou's number one entertainment game, Celestial Jade, stopped her instruction when she saw Caelus halt. She walked over together with Stelle.
"How was it? Old Caelus, did you get anything out of her?"
"Yeah. Just as the Realm-Keeping Commission speculated to Stelle and Ah Qi, this woman is indeed a member of the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus."
Caelus casually let the woman slump onto the floor and dragged a chair over to sit down.
"Her real name is Yuhai. Her codename within the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus is 'Blue Snowflake.' She's an ordinary member responsible for recruiting newcomers."
"For real? You actually got that out of her?"
March 7th raised her eyelids, looking somewhat incredulous. She thought Caelus was just having one of his daily fits of madness; she didn't expect he was actually doing serious work.
"How did you do it?"
"It might be hard for you to understand if I explain it. Why don't you experience it firsthand?"
Caelus curled his hands into claws, posing like a ghost, and grinningly reached toward March 7th's small head.
"! No, no, no~ This young lady is not trying that~!"
March 7th hid behind Stelle. Stelle furrowed her willow-leaf brows, staring at Caelus with a gaze as sharp as a husky's.
What is going on?
Why can't she do that?
"Is there any other intelligence? For example, the strongholds of the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus organization, or other members?" Qingque asked in a lazy tone, her delicate brows knitting and then relaxing.
"There is."
Caelus leaned back, balancing the chair on its two hind legs, relying on his sense of balance to keep it from falling over.
"The Disciples of Sanctus Medicus have many strongholds. She only knows one of them. The vast majority of ordinary members only know a single meeting place and only recognize the members who joined the organization at that specific stronghold. Members address each other by codenames."
"The boss of the stronghold she knows has an unknown real name, codenamed 'Dark Orchid Chrysanthemum.' Based on currently known intelligence, the members of the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus use codenames related to flowers and plants."
Caelus spoke in an orderly fashion, summarizing the memories he had browsed from 'Blue Snowflake's' mind using Fenghuang Down.
He had conveniently recorded it with his phone to save himself the trouble of having to cooperate with the investigation and repeat it all over again when facing the Realm-Keeping Commission Deacon later.
"A significant portion of the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus's economic resources comes from Outworlders seeking medicine."
There was no helping it; there were simply too many people pursuing immortality!
In Blue Snowflake's memories, Caelus discovered that someone had even sold sugar beans as immortality pills, and there was still a flock of Outworlders fighting to be deceived!
For instance, the middle-aged man who came to trade today had passed the organization's scrutiny. He was someone who could be given the 'real' longevity medicine and would serve the organization.
"Sigh, these people."
Qingque shook her head with emotion. She knew that such people could never be fully apprehended.
Let alone Outworlders, even considering the relatively short lifespans of the Foxians, the suffering of the Vidyadhara's cycle of rebirth and infertility, and the Mara-struck condition and other defects of the Xianzhou natives...
With these factors in play, how could the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus ever be truly eradicated?
However, this was not a problem a lowly Diviner like her should worry about.
Even if the sky collapsed, there were tall people to hold it up. If the tall ones couldn't, the short ones would have to, just like the Master Diviner, her ladyship~
Through Blue Snowflake's memories, Caelus gained a more detailed understanding of the Xianzhou.
The Xianzhou began as a fleet sent out by an ancient emperor in pursuit of immortality. Once, they could even be considered followers of the Abundance.
The Disciples of Sanctus Medicus is one of the oldest organizations on the Xianzhou, lurking in various corners, waiting for the opportunity to grow strong again.
In their view, the Xianzhou people clearly enjoy the longevity bestowed by the Abundance, yet they hunt the Abundance and prevent others from seeking the blessings of immortality from the Abundance. It is the behavior of animals who eat from the bowl and then curse the cook once they put the bowl down!
Regarding this point, Caelus did not comment.
If someone jumped out and said they could liberate the Xianzhou people from the curse of being Mara-struck, at the cost of returning to a normal human lifespan, Caelus dared to say that over 97% of Xianzhou natives would refuse.
Of course, this did not mean the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus were right.
The notoriety of the Denizens of Abundance was known to everyone in the Galaxy. Even the Antimatter Legion had once sought out the Xianzhou, hoping to form an alliance to deal with the Denizens of Abundance. Although the alliance wasn't formed in the end, one can imagine how hateful these Denizens of Abundance are.
No matter how pretty the Xianzhou's words were, there were ultimately flaws in their moral high ground. But in such matters, there was never any true right or wrong.
As for what true right and wrong is?
Heh, let's go to the tavern for a drink and find some Elation~
"Thank you all for helping us arrest these felons who covet immortality. And this intelligence... it really is too important!"
The Realm-Keeping Commission Deacon arrived with the Cloud Knights to take custody of the prisoners, shaking Caelus's hand and thanking him repeatedly. Although the credibility of the intelligence was still in doubt, the words of gratitude could not be omitted.
Blue Snowflake and the middle-aged Outworlder each received a pair of 'silver bracelets'. The former would likely be locked into the Shackling Prison, while the latter, even if he avoided jail time, would never be allowed to enter the Xianzhou again for the rest of his life.
"Supporting the good and punishing the evil is my duty. I only did what any zealous citizen should do."
Caelus spoke with righteous strictness, then gave Stelle a look.
Stelle understood instantly. She scratched her cheek in embarrassment and smiled.
"That's right. However, if the Realm-Keeping Commission really wants to reward us, our credit card account is 114514. Just transfer the bonus directly to the card. Be careful not to type it wrong."
"..."
The Realm-Keeping Commission Deacon fell silent for two seconds, then nodded with a smile. "No problem, I will apply to my superiors."
It wasn't his money anyway; the bonus would come from the public funds.
Subsequently, the Deacon and the Cloud Knights escorted the handcuffed prisoners onto the Starskiff returning to the Realm-Keeping Commission.
"Hi~ya! As expected of the Master, another good deed done. Big points for merit~!"
Stelle placed her hands on her hips with immense awesomeness. But soon, after seeing 10 sparkling crystals appear, stars exploded directly in Stelle's eyes.
Her expression collapsed into a Jashin-chan meme face. The gray-haired girl lunged at the sparkling crystals that had appeared out of thin air, hugging them tightly to her chest, drool flowing from her mouth.
"Hehe~ Stellar Jade, my Stellar Jade!"
"Wait, Stellar Jade? You just said Stellar Jade, right? What's going on?"
Caelus was exceptionally surprised to see the crystals in Stelle's arms, which bore a high resemblance to Crystals.
[System?]
[I didn't, I don't have it, don't talk nonsense.]
The System issued a denial combo.
"Hehe, Caelus-cub, be envious~!"
Stelle smugly hugged the Stellar Jade and gave a shake, showing off as she told Caelus about receiving the mission.
Caelus fell into thought upon hearing this. If it wasn't the System's mission module, there was undoubtedly only one guy in the world capable of doing such a thing.
Hachi-Aha! That guy...
He probably wanted to see Stelle cause more amusement.
This was a good thing.
Getting Stellar Jade and getting to watch Stelle create amusement—even if the joke was on him, it was still amusement~!
"Let me see!"
Caelus reached out to grab the Stellar Jade in Stelle's arms.
"Call me Daddy first."
Stelle hugged the Stellar Jade and turned her back to Caelus, bowing and dodging left and right.
The liveliness belonged to the two of them; the silence belonged to the other four.
March 7th and Little Duck watched the two with mouths slightly agape, wanting to speak but stopping.
Even with the genius brain beneath the skin of the master slacker Mahjong spirit, Qingque couldn't guess the relationship between Stelle and Caelus without any hints.
So, she was bewildered.
What exactly is the situation with these two?
What is their relationship?
'White' Seele shut her eyes tight and lowered her small head, her face looking like a thoroughly ripened red apple.
March 7th didn't know how 'Stellar Jade' had suddenly popped up again, but it was clearly something like Crystals that only Stelle and Caelus could see.
However, the few pieces of Stellar Jade that Caelus was snatching at appeared to the outsiders as toys prepared for guests in the room—the kind where just looking at the shape and packaging would make a young girl blush to her ears.
"Alright, alright, you two stop messing around. If you want to fight, go back and fight. I'll be the referee."
Little March really couldn't bear to look directly at the two gray-hairs, each gripping one end of a double-headed dragon and pulling with all their might. If they went back and fought with pillows, it would at least be watchable.
"Go back?"
Stelle and Caelus, who were rolling and wrestling on the bed, stopped. They glanced at Little March, then locked eyes with each other, their eyelids blinking like Morse code.
With direct physical contact, their already sufficiently attuned minds connected as if a mental communication channel had been opened, and they finally reached a consensus.
Stelle took out three pieces of Stellar Jade and gave them to Caelus. The two sat side-by-side on the large bed.
"It would be such a waste to go back like this," Caelus said in a casual tone.
"Yeah, yeah," Stelle nodded in agreement.
"Waste?" March 7th tilted her head in confusion.
"Qingque and I specifically booked a room to investigate the criminal. The money is already spent. Wouldn't it be a waste not to play until checkout time?" Caelus spread his hands, laying out the facts and reasoning with logic.
"Yeah, yeah," Stelle chimed in, singing the same tune.
"Play? What is there to play with here?"
March 7th looked around. Her gaze quickly swept over the room—the giant birdcage surrounding the bed, the octopus chair, the rows of uniforms with ridiculously short skirts—and her face grew redder and redder.
She glanced at Stelle, then at Bronya. Suddenly thinking of something, the crimson flush spread to the roots of her crystal-clear ears.
"Y-You guys play. W-We're leaving first."
Saying that, March 7th panicked and tried to drag Qingque away to flee.
"! Wait, don't go. If you leave, we won't have enough people."
Caelus grabbed March 7th's hand.
"Wh-wh-wh-what... not enough people?"
Like a kettle that had reached its boiling point, visible white steam seemed to rise from March 7th's head as she transformed into a Steam Girl.
"You mean to say you want to drag me into it too?"
March 7th hammered Caelus's shoulder with her small fist in shame and indignation.
"Yeah. This kind of thing should be done together with your best friends."
Caelus wore an expression that said 'of course.'
"T-Together? Should be?"
March 7th felt there was something wrong with Caelus's view on love. She felt she should help correct him; that kind of thing could only be done between a boyfriend and girlfriend.
"And Qingque, she's really good at it. I might not even be able to handle her."
"Eeeek!!! Q-Qingque? She did it with you too?"
March 7th's eyes widened, her whole body stiffening in place. She turned her head, frame by frame, to look at Qingque, whose height was only about 140cm.
Th-This was done already?
Thinking of Qingque's age again, for a moment, she couldn't tell who the real pervert was!
Moreover... 'She's really good at it,' 'Caelus might not be able to handle her...'
March 7th looked at Qingque's petite and exquisite body, and the images formed in her mind caused the temperature of her cheeks to rise continuously.
"Q-Qingque, is what Caelus said true?"
March 7th turned to Qingque and asked in disbelief.
Qingque exchanged a glance with Caelus, roughly understood the situation, and nodded: "Yes."
Boom!
Little March felt her brain buzzing.
"However, Old Caelus, doing it here isn't great, right? Let's go somewhere else," Qingque chuckled.
Huh?
Go somewhere else to do it?
March 7th looked at Qingque as if she were knowing her for the first time.
"Let's go to the teahouse where we first met."
Qingque's words made March 7th suck in a breath of cold air, her face flushing crimson.
Th-The teahouse too?
Is a teahouse a place where you can do that kind of thing?
Just as March 7th's moist, misty blue-pink eyes were about to turn into spinning spirals from shyness, she finally seemed to realize something.
Shy and timid, like a newly blooming peach blossom, March 7th hesitated with a strange look on her face, asking in a slightly trembling voice:
"Caelus, this thing you said we should do together... what is it?"
"Of course it's..."
Caelus smiled faintly and pulled over the card table in the room.
"Celestial Jade!"
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