Kiana and the others also happily made fun of Kitty's extremely roast-worthy lines.

The story progressed in a cheerful atmosphere.

Mei and Kitty followed the scent of Can, overcoming obstacles one after another, finally finding Can—who was trapped in Elysium due to anomalies—and Raven who was beside it.

And when Mei saw Raven "playing" with Can, she felt relieved, but also a bit speechless.

"[Senpai], you've been missing for so long, and it turns out you were here… playing with a cat?"

"Spare me. Playing with a cat? More like being played with by a cat. If not for it, how would I have ended up trapped here, unable to leave?"

As Raven spoke, her in-game portrait appeared.

Sharp-eyed players immediately noticed—Raven's portrait was different from before, with a pendant on her neck?

That definitely looked like an important item, right? Otherwise, miHoYo wouldn't have deliberately changed Raven's portrait.

So then, what would this pendant trigger?

They watched the plot even more intently.

Since both Raven and Pardo's cat had been found, Mei asked Pardo if there was any way to leave.

Pardo said she did have a method, but this method was "a trade secret." She hoped Raven and Mei could close their eyes, cover their ears, and neither look nor listen.

Although Pardo's request was strange, since Kitty looked so "harmless to humans and animals," Mei and Raven still agreed.

In the end, relying on Pardofelis's [craft], Mei and Raven returned to the hall.

Raven also recounted her recent experiences to Mei.

And during their conversation, sharp-eyed players immediately noticed that the pendant that was originally hanging around Raven's neck had mysteriously disappeared.

A production mistake? Did they forget to also use Raven's new portrait here?

Or was it…

The upcoming plot gave them the answer.

Raven told Mei about the mysterious woman in the [prison].

She remembered that the mysterious woman had even given her a pendant. Just as she was about to hand it over to Mei, she realized the pendant that had always been on her neck was gone.

[Could it have been when Mei and Raven closed their eyes just now, that Pardo snatched it away?]

[So Pardo stole Raven's pendant?]

[Pardo opening a door to teleport and charging a transmission fee is totally reasonable, right? Charging a fee can't be called stealing (dog head).]

When Mei noticed that the pendant originally around Raven's neck had vanished, the one often teased as "more suited to be the Herrscher of Reason than the Herrscher of Thunder" had her brain turning fast.

She immediately locked her suspicion onto Pardo.

Having decided, Mei headed to the intelligence room to ask Klein about Pardo's whereabouts.

However, instead of Klein, she ran into Mobius.

Mobius, seeing Mei, twitched her eyelids and said in a sarcastic tone:

"Well, well, look who it is… [Miss Raiden Mei who knocked Mobius flat]… Is that how I should be calling you now? My cute little lab rat?"

That line…

Everyone found it very familiar. Wasn't that exactly what Elysia had shouted through a loudspeaker before?

So Elysia wasn't joking—she really decided to spread Mei's "deed" around?

Now even the person concerned had heard of it.

Honestly, they were very curious about what kind of expression Mobius had when she saw Elysia walking around with a loudspeaker yelling "That Miss Raiden Mei who knocked Mobius flat!"

That scene would definitely be hilarious.

Should miHoYo consider adding that into the game?

In-game, Mei quickly figured out what had happened from Mobius's sarcasm.

But she didn't want to discuss the loudspeaker matter with Mobius—after all, the one "hurt" was Mobius, not her.

"Let's hope Mei will still think so later."

She casually changed the topic.

They talked about other things, and in the end, Mei accidentally learned from Mobius about the existence of someone called [Magician].

As for who this [Magician] was…

Although Mei in the game was clueless due to lack of information, the players quickly made guesses.

[The Magician should be Vill-V, right?]

[But Vill-V, like Mobius, is a researcher. One's a biologist, the other an engineer.]

[Who says an engineer can't double as a magician?]

[But being an engineer and being a magician are too far apart, that's not how "part-time" works.]

[Maybe she has special learning techniques (dog head).]

...

The audience's discussion was heated.

Meanwhile, Kiana continued advancing the story.

Mei, still somewhat puzzled, left the intelligence room.

But she wasn't overly bothered by the "Magician." The top priority was still finding Pardo, the most suspicious one who snatched the pendant.

She thought for a moment and decided to check Pardo's shop in Elysium. Perhaps she could find Pardo there.

Mei entered Elysium through an anchor point.

She made her way to Pardo's shop, and sure enough, Pardo was there.

Mei approached, and the game screen switched to a CG.

Players were immediately drawn to a golden pendant shown in the CG.

As expected!

The pendant had indeed been snatched by Pardo.

[Eh, isn't Pardo supposed to be a good cat?]

Mei bluntly pointed out that the golden pendant in Pardo's shop was probably not acquired legitimately.

Pardo instantly looked embarrassed.

"F-fine, Mei-sis, stop overthinking already!

This pendant is just the last one left… Hmm, how about this! Mei-sis, I'll give you a discount! I'll sell it to you cheaper!"

Before she finished speaking, Pardo forcibly shoved the pendant into Mei's hands.

Just like that, after a round of "passing around," the pendant finally ended up with Mei.

And the moment Mei touched the pendant, a voice echoed in her ear—and then everything went black as she fainted.

This was the first time, but definitely not the last time. In the following plot, Mei fainted in Elysium quite a lot.

Elysia never once took advantage of Mei's unconsciousness to touch her horns, instead "negotiating" with Mei about it. She was so gentle.jpg.

Back to the story—Mei fainted because her consciousness was transferred into a dark corridor.

There, she encountered a mysterious woman whose upper body was shrouded in shadow.

The woman's words carried a strange magical power.

As long as she added [please] in a sentence, people would be unable to resist her command.

[Is this a mind-control ability?]

[I have a bold idea—if she says please, and then asks for something lewd…]

[Cut it out, you and your "bold idea." Sit down and behave (funny).]

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