The Speedrun Manual of Miss Witch - Chapter 230

“Information? Or…”

“All of your lives?”

These words were like a heavy hammer, striking the black-armored man’s heart.

That left hand, emanating a terrifying aura from the Other Side, just lay on the red-haired girl’s shoulder. Its eyes, which were cracks, narrowed. It arched the back of its hand and rubbed against the pad of the girl’s outstretched left finger, like a docile pet…

The blood-red vortex in front of the girl still swirled, like a malevolent crimson giant eye staring at the black-armored man.

Only when the left hand felt the man’s gaze and its eyeballs turned to face the man, did the immense pressure force the man to stiffly lower his head, no longer making direct eye contact.

He was too familiar with this aura. It was the Other Side…

The shock in the man’s heart was beyond measure.

How did she do it!!!

She summoned the door to the Other Side so casually, and could even communicate with the creatures inside!!!

And when they summoned the door to the Other Side, there was an unimaginable price to pay. Even to explore, they had to pile up countless candidate “Saints” and candidate “Saintesses”… Let alone communicate with those strange creatures from the Other Side!

Although this left hand didn’t exert too much pressure on him, he had no doubt that the other party had more tricks up their sleeve, even summoning more terrifying creatures from the Other Side…

Meanwhile, Lafayette, beside Ciel, looked down through her goggles at the left hand perched on Ciel’s shoulder, also feeling a considerable shock.

Now, Lafayette truly believed that what Ciel said about “killing everyone” wasn’t just an empty threat… She truly seemed to possess that ability.

How did Ciel do it? She wasn’t even a transcendent!

Or… had she already surpassed the realm of “transcendents”?

Is she… a Transcender?

“My patience is limited,”

Ciel stopped interacting with Little Left, looked at the black-armored man before her, and said, “What is your answer?”

The black-armored man was now sweating profusely beneath his armor. After struggling for a while, he slowly raised his hand and removed his helmet, revealing a chiseled, gaunt face and short brown hair. He lowered his head and said, “My… my name is Henry, Your Excellency.”

Seeing Henry’s appearance, it was clear he had compromised.

Ciel slightly nodded and said, “Speak.”

“The Other Side… node…”

Henry took a deep breath, adjusted his voice slightly to make it less shaky, “…We can share information about it with you.”

“But this sharing is on the condition that it does not interfere with the actions of the Church of the God of Order… You cannot take the node.”

Take it away?

Is this something that can be taken away?

Also…

“Are you negotiating with me?”

Ciel’s voice was cold, her expression a little displeased.

“This concerns not only the Church of the God of Order but also the interests of the Pharos Medical Association and the Royal Orchestra,”

Henry slowly raised his head and met Ciel’s gaze. This time, he seemed a little more resolute, “This is no longer something I can decide.”

“Even if I die here right now, I cannot betray the Church.”

Henry held his breath and said, “This is my bottom line, and it is also the Church’s bottom line.”

After the sense of shock brought by the door to the Other Side subsided, Henry also gradually calmed down.

The Other Side node involved the Church’s most core interests and plans in recent centuries. Even if there was truly a fight, as Ciel said, the Church could not compromise without any resistance… Moreover, they had allies.

Ciel looked calmly at Henry before her. The more they resisted like this, the stronger her curiosity about that node became.

Unfortunately, Henry’s loyalty to the Church was a little more than Ciel had expected. It seemed that if she didn’t agree to his condition, he would rather die than tell Ciel anything about the Other Side node…

However, Henry missed one point.

He revealed that the Other Side node was an “item,” and he wrongly assumed that Ciel couldn’t find that item.

She indeed couldn’t find it.

But Little Left could.

Stealing things was Little Left’s specialty.

“Little Left, can you sense the aura of other Other Sides?”

Ciel slightly turned her head to look at the left hand perched on her right shoulder.

“Click click click—”

The crack in the center of Little Left’s palm, which was filled with sharp teeth, continuously opened and closed, making a chilling “click click” sound. Ciel “heard” the meaning it expressed.

Yes.

“Okay…”

Ciel said with a smile, “Go.”

She gently patted the back of Little Left’s hand. Little Left leaped directly from Ciel’s shoulder.

But at this moment, Henry, who had a premonition of something, suddenly said, “Wait! Please wait! Your Excellency!”

Another drop of cold sweat rolled down Henry’s forehead.

He wasn’t stupid. He could see that Ciel truly seemed to have a way to directly take the Other Side node, and this was something he himself had revealed.

Now even regret was useless—who could have imagined what abilities that strange creature from the Other Side possessed? How could he guard against this?

“We can talk again, Your Excellency Ciel. I agree, I agree to tell you the information about the Other Side node. I can take you to see it,”

Henry gasped and said quickly, “As long as you don’t take the Other Side node.”

See? People compromise. If you say you’re going to directly steal the node, they will agree to let you see it.

“No rush.”

Ciel raised her hand, stopping Little Left, and said, “First, tell me, what is the Other Side node?”

“This is something that has been left behind since before the Holy War era…”

After being provoked, Henry was much more compliant now. He directly spoke, telling Ciel everything about the Other Side node.

As she listened, Ciel’s mind formed a concrete image of the item.