Despite the immense shock she felt, Director Yashi maintained her composure, not revealing anything to Adele. Instead, she calmly said, “The task of interrogating the Evil God Ain falls to you, Adele.”

“We haven’t been able to get any useful information from her; she refuses to communicate.”

“But if you, as the ‘Chosen Girl,’ were to try...”

A smile played on the woman’s lips. “Perhaps you’ll succeed?”

Adele gave a helpless look. “Director Yashi... please don’t tease me.”

“You know exactly what’s going on with the ‘Chosen Girl’ title...”

“But since it’s your order, Director, I’ll do my best.”

“As it happens, I have many questions I want answered.”

Adele recalled her final battle with the Evil God Ain. If her memory served correctly, if it hadn’t been altered... she hadn’t actually defeated the Evil God Ain at all!

She remembered being careless! She hadn’t dodged! And then, she was ambushed by the soul of the Evil God Ain, residing within Teacher Victoria’s body! Causing Adele to lose consciousness.

Damn... she was indeed too inexperienced, she hadn’t anticipated the enemy using a feigned weakness to lure her in for a final, decisive blow.

But logically, the Evil God Ain should have succeeded. So why did she wake up later to find the Evil God Ain transformed into a dazed, unconscious slime?

Could it be that her ambush... hadn’t worked? Or was it like the last time, against True Ancestor Ron? Had a mysterious entity helped her?

The image of the Hell Queen, Jormungandr, flashed through Adele’s mind. That mature woman with the most alluring demonic body... if it was her, Adele wouldn’t know how to repay her. A life debt wasn’t easily repaid.

It seemed Adele hadn’t considered the possibility that she might possess the ability to counter the Evil God Ain.

Director Yashi nodded slightly in affirmation, hearing the girl’s words. Then, she left the depths of the containment center. However, surveillance cameras would continuously record Adele’s interaction with the Evil God Ain, ensuring her safety.

Thus, only Adele and the Evil God Ain’s slime remained in the deepest part of the containment facility. In actuality, there was another containment cell, but it was empty. It seemed designed to contain a legendary angel.

However, Seraph had remained well-hidden, evading the Enforcement Bureau’s detection and containment. Or perhaps, because of Adele, the Enforcement Bureau had lowered the priority of containing the angel?

After all, Director Yashi had personally witnessed the battle against the True Ancestor and the angel’s fall. She naturally understood there must be some indescribable, deep connection between Seraph and Adele.

Compared to containing an angel that hadn’t shown any signs of danger, Adele was clearly the higher priority. In fact, Adele was being treated and nurtured as the true “Chosen Girl.” It wasn’t merely to conceal the source of her power, although that was one of the Enforcement Bureau’s objectives.

True deception often involved presenting the truth, allowing others to overthink and speculate whether Adele was just a decoy, and the real “Chosen Girl” was someone else.

..................

Director Yashi deactivated the electrical grid, allowing Adele to observe the Evil God Ain up close and communicate with her. The containment cell was highly secure. There were very few instances of containment breaches.

Moreover, the Evil God Ain was currently in a “slime” state, arguably her weakest form. After research and discussion, the Enforcement Bureau had even formed a bold hypothesis: Could this be the Evil God Ain’s original form?

A weak creature existing as a slime in that unknown world. But because she possessed mimicry and other unknown abilities, she could gradually take over and devour new bodies, enhancing her power. In the end, she devoured that unknown world piece by piece. Her soul was nourished and strengthened by constantly absorbing new knowledge.

Based on the precious images recorded by the Magical World back then, the Human Race had roughly simulated the Evil God Ain’s complete form: a mass possessing physical volume, yet capable of phasing through objects like a ghost, a “Schrödinger’s slime” existing in both real and ethereal states.

Yes, Schrödinger and his unfortunate cat existed in this world too. And this slime could merge into shadows, becoming a ghost in the darkness, extending countless shadowy tentacles to attack.

Essentially, knowledge was a product of the mental power of various races. Therefore, the Evil God Ain, as a special “soul,” needed knowledge, or the products of mental power, to nourish and strengthen herself. Of course, she was now back to her original form.

To put it simply, while the Evil God Ain’s levels gained from devouring knowledge wouldn’t decrease, her HP and MP were critically low.

As for Adele, although her level was lower than the Evil God Ain’s, her HP and MP were nearly overflowing! Thanks to absorbing the blood of many girls last night and replenishing her magic power in her Witch Form.

The saying “the more you do it, the more energetic you become” perfectly described Adele’s situation. And only she °• N 𝑜 v 𝑒 l i g h t •° could embody the phrase, “There’s only exhausted fields, no exhausted oxen.”

Adele stopped pondering who had helped her deal with the Evil God Ain and walked towards the strange slime that still vaguely resembled a chibi human figure. Like a melting blob cowering in the corner, reminiscent of Bocchi during her socially anxious moments!

Wherever Adele moved, the Evil God Ain would shrink away in the opposite direction. But the containment cell was square, with only eight corners. Adele followed her every move.

Finally, after trying all eight corners, Adele pouted, pressing her cheek against the transparent material of the containment cell, making a “ding—” sound that suffocated the Evil God. The Evil God Ain was sweating profusely from fear, looking like melting ice cream!

“Am I that scary...” Adele muttered to herself, unsure if the Evil God inside could hear. But since Director Yashi had instructed her to interrogate her, it was obvious she could hear.

So, Adele cleared her throat and put on a fierce expression, threatening, “Evil God Ain! Confess and be lenient, resist and be strict!”

“Confess how you turned Teacher Victoria into this state!”

“Don’t think we can’t do anything to you just because you’re a slime now!”

“Believe it or not, I have nine ways to make you suffer, nine!”

If anyone else were subjected to Adele’s interrogation, they’d only find this little girl boisterous, more adorable than intimidating. But in the eyes of the Evil God Ain, this girl was no ordinary human.

She was a “Soul Emperor” with an incredibly powerful soul capable of devouring stars and covering the moon! So, what was the Evil God Ain? Probably equivalent to a self-proclaimed otherworldly overlord in some trashy dimension who could use Blue Silver Grass Binding... Could the “Soul Emperor” be afraid of Blue Silver Grass Binding?!

The Evil God Ain’s experience within Adele’s spiritual world, being flicked out by the “Adele soul,” had left her with severe psychological trauma. Now, whenever she saw Adele, she recalled being crushed like an ant, despite being an Evil God.

Thus, Ain would instantly enter a state of distress, just like now. So, she might not fear threats from others, but threats from Adele... the Evil God Ain would likely submit unconditionally...

“Hey! Didn’t you hear me?!” Adele sounded impatient. She was worried the Evil God Ain would see through her bluster. However, the girl had no idea that regardless of her outward appearance, she was definitely not weak inside.

Not just not weak, the “Adele” in the spiritual world was like Saitama from One Punch Man, capable of crushing any spiritual being.

“￥%￥#%#” In the monitoring room, Director Yashi’s eyes widened in shock, hearing the incomprehensible whispers of the Evil God. She hadn’t held much hope for Adele’s interrogation, let alone expect Adele to actually elicit a response from the Evil God Ain!

Unfortunately, it was in “Evil God language,” the language used by their kind in the other world, which hadn’t been deciphered yet. Still, Adele’s achievement was commendable.

Wait—the girl seemed dissatisfied with the Evil God Ain’s answer.

“What gibberish are you speaking?!”

“I want you to tell me in human language how to wake Teacher Victoria up!”

“Speak Common Tongue, do you hear me?!”

“If you don’t, I’ll turn you into a slime flying O-cup...!”

Adele’s threat on the monitor was quite savage. Even Yashi couldn’t help but be taken aback. How could such a strange threat be effective...?

Wait, holy... it actually worked?!

Adele’s surprises were endless, even shocking Director Yashi to the point of nearly uttering a curse. On the monitor, in the Evil God’s containment area, the Evil God in front of Adele was rapidly switching between her human and slime forms.

She seemed too terrified of Adele to maintain a stable form, melting into slime mid-sentence.

“No, don’t #%# Victoria #￥#4...”

This way, no useful information could be gleaned. Adele thought for a moment and stepped back, to a position where the Evil God Ain could see her but not be overwhelmed.

The girl’s tactic worked. The Evil God Ain gradually solidified from slime, transforming back into the black-haired, pale-skinned girl version of Teacher Victoria. And she regained the ability to speak in this world’s language.

“To... save Victoria...”

“Only I can do it...”

“I can... he-help you.”

“But on one condition...”