Chapter 1367 - Ever-changing Phantom (2/2)

Bang!

At that moment, Canary heard someone opening a door loudly. Soon after, she heard a soft hum and series of footsteps, followed by some clanging and clacking that interrupted her thoughts. Upon hearing the clamors, Canary sighed in frustration. She got up from the bed, opened the door, and stepped onto the corridor. Sure enough, she saw Mini Bubble Gum on the other side of the corridor, searching a cabinet.

“Bubble, what are you doing?”

“Ah, Big Sister!”

Upon hearing Canary’s question, Bubble, who seemed to be searching for something, raised her head and waved her hand at Canary.

“Nothing, Big Sister Erin asked me to retrieve a document for her. She said she wanted to look at the current problems on the battle lines… So she asked me to look for it in this cabinet….” Bubble lowered her head and continued searching. “… How annoying. I hate these kinds of old documents, but Big Sister Erin sure loves them… Aha, found it!”

With that, Bubble picked up a document and waved it in front of Canary with a smile. Then, she left the corridor with the document in hand, humming a melody. And upon looking at the mischievous Mini Bubble Gum, Canary smiled helplessly and shook her head, before turning around, about to return to the room. But at that moment, she suddenly came to a standstill and looked at the end of the corridor with a puzzled expression. Erin’s room was right there. And before Mini Bubble Gum left, she closed its door. But somehow, there seemed to be something wrong to Canary…

“Am I overthinking things?”

Canary mumbled to herself and shook her head. But in the end, she hesitated for a moment, turned around, and walked over to Erin’s room. With that, she arrived at the door, reached out her arm, and pushed it open. Soon, everything in the room was revealed in her eyes. At first glance, the room hadn’t changed at all. Everything was nicely stacked in every corner, and the intelligence on the desk was neat and tidy and wasn’t cluttered in the slightest… Wait, neat and tidy?

At that moment, she finally realized what the problem was. She knew very well that with Mini Bubble Gum’s character, she wouldn’t have any afterthought. If Mini Bubble Gum retrieved something, she would have tossed the place all around to get what she wanted and leave right away. Logically speaking, if it were really Mini Bubble Gum who took the document, the desk in front of her should have been an unbearable mess.

Canary always cleaned up Mini Bubble Gum’s mess, so she was well aware of this bad habit of hers. A few moments ago, she also witnessed Mini Bubble Gum messing up the cabinet and that was indeed her character. But… not only was this table neat and tidy, but it also didn’t look any different from before?

Bang!

All of a sudden, there was another loud bang on the door. Canary turned back and soon after, heard the voice of Mini Bubble Gum.

“Jeez… We’re finally back for a break. Those damn Chaos creatures are so disgusting! Monsters that don’t drop equipment or gold are the most boring! It made me want to go AFK! Then again, we really need Big Sister Canary around. Just relying on the two of us for AiE attacks isn’t promising at all. It really is true that there are specializations in the arts. Seems like the ‘maiden class’ is still necessary in order for us to have some fun facing those impossible monsters.”

Upon hearing those words, Canary knitted her brows, held back her anxiety, and slowly walked to the stairway to look down. As expected, she saw the two little rascals with tired faces, sprawling on the couch as if they were almost dead. Looking at this scene, Canary’s chest tightened. However, she forced a smile and continued descending the stairs.

“Bubble, you’re back already?”

“Ah… Big Sister Canary. Yes, we’re back… Big Sister Erin has the ghost fleet up there with her. Since there aren’t any Chaos Lords, we came back to take a break…”

“I see…”

Canary nodded in response. Then, she looked at Mini Bubble Gum quietly and asked in surprise.

“By the way, have you delivered the document that Her Majesty Erin asked for?”

“Document?”

At that moment, the two little ones crawled up from the couch, exchanged dubious looks, and turned to Canary.

“Big Sister Canary, what document are you talking about? Big Sister Erin got us to retrieve something for her? When was that? Why are we unaware of that?”

“…”

Upon hearing their response, Canary’s heart sank to the bottom, and even her complexion turned pale. At that moment, the two Mini Bubble Gums seemed to realize something wrong with her. They went up to her worriedly and gazed at her curiously. But soon, Canary took in a breath and said.

“Bubble, get Her Majesty Erin here right away. I have something important to tell her.”

Someone had sneaked into the front lines.

This news came to Erin and Mini Bubble Gums like a bolt from the blue. Even though there were only a few of them living in this estate, it was secured with many layers of enchanted fields from the inside-out. They were allowed to enter and leave, while others couldn’t even get close. After all, these were the enchanted fields that Erin set up with her dragon soul power, and even Canary and Mini Bubble Gum couldn’t lift it and enter without her permission. But now, someone had disguised as Mini Bubble Gum and entered the manor house? Not to mention, she also searched Erin’s desk openly!

Although the documents were intelligence on military movements and such, it was basically of little value to non-Chaos beings (after all, with the respect for the strict hierarchy of the undead army, absolute control was held in Erin’s hands). But it still wasn’t a good thing to be looked over by someone like this. Not only that, but what surprised them was that after checking, Erin also found that she hadn’t lost any of the documents at all. So the document in Mini Bubble Gum’s hand that Canary witnessed earlier was most likely a copy.

Who that was and why the intelligence was taken weren’t the main points. On the contrary, it was how she got past the strong defenses, showed up in front of Canary in a form indistinguishable from the real Bubble, and walked away openly without raising any suspicion? Just how powerful was that person?

Of course, when Canary thought about it later, she realized that the other party wasn’t without flaws. For instance, although her tone of voice was no different from Mini Bubble Gum, Mini Bubble Gum’s biggest characteristic was that she always mixed reality with games, and spoke using all sorts of gaming and delusional terms.

The person who disguised herself as Mini Bubble Gum apparently didn’t know that, so her way of speaking was too normal to be Mini Bubble Gum. And this was what raised Canary’s suspicion and why she went up to check things out. Otherwise, she would have been fooled without knowing.

And now, the biggest question for them was…

Was it necessary to report this matter to Rhode?