Chapter 3: Mobius Curiosity

[Task completed: Supply card *1! ]

The next day, the notification sound that come from the system woke Loki up from his sleep, with a yawn, the young man rose from his couch to take a closer look at the message, and with a ] sigh, he let out a happy smile.

'Hey, it's been really hard, this supply card is really troublesome to get!'

Two months after he came to this world, Loki was able to trigger some quests occasionally, but with the original five supplies card that he got from the first mission months ago, in total, Loki only had eight supply cards.

The current stigmata on his body is the lower part of the four-star Tesla and the upper part of Aslaug. The effect of Tesla Stigmata is to get the power to manipulate electricity to some level and increase the strength of lightning, by using this alone, Loki estimated that his combat power is on part with a B rank valkyrie from the next era.

Since this is the previous era, this kind of combat power is enough, so the matter relating to his self-defense can be postponed until later.

Of course, it's only safe if the one he is fighting is just a human, but if it's a Honkai, especially the ones at the rank of Emperor or above, his only bet to survive is to flee on sight.

Due to that, Loki decided to hold the card and wait till it reach 10, so that he can do a ten consecutive draws.

After finishing checking up on the quest reward, Loki's head began to turn left and right.

"By the way, where's that girl? Is she still asleep?"

After looking around him, He decided to go check her up in the room he put her in, when he arrived, the door to the room has been opened, and seeing that, Loki decided to directly walked inside.

"Yep, looks like she has been long gone."

Looking at the empty but tidied-up bed, Loki made a guess that the green-haired girl should have left a few hours ago, since the other party has enough energy to tidy up the bed, then it probably meant her body is still in quite a great shape.

"Hm?"

Back in the living room, Loki noticed that there was a plate full of meals on the table with a piece of paper placed under it.

After picking up the paper, he glanced at the words on it [Thank you for what happened last night, but don't let it leak out, by the way, you don't have to worry about not finding me, because... we are going to meet again, whether you like it or not, so see you soon. ]

"..."

Loki silently crumpled the note into a ball and threw it into the trash can. See you soon? just forget it, if it weren't for the mission reward this time, he wouldn't even want to step into the gang alleyway last night.

Moreover, there should be no chance to see each other again in the future. After all, after the eruption of Nagazora City, the chance of survival of its residents is at most 1 in 100.000.

"Full name Julian Loki, most pedestrians around him call him Loki, one of the survivors of the eruption that happen at H City two months ago, is said to be a former citizen of Tianqiong City, from Shenzhou, the birthplace of his mother, he lives there till a few years ago and came to Nagazora City two years ago, and is currently a third-year student in the high school of Chiba academy. Two months ago while doing sightseeing in H city, he got involved in the Honkai eruption and was brought back to Nagazora by the M.O.T.H troop."

After finishing reading the information on the tablet, the short green-haired girl looked up at the frowning Mobius in front of her and asked. "Doctor, Why do you suddenly want to check this person's information? Judging from the information, it seems he's just an ordinary person."

"Hehe, an ordinary person eh?"

Mobius laughed and asked, "Klein, do you think that an ordinary person is someone who can control lightning and use it to knock a C rank assassin into the air and paralyze them?"

"Huh?"

Klein was shocked, she then took a glance at the information tablet in her hand, and asked, "Doctor, are you perhaps trying to say..."

"Well, that's right, Klein."

Mobius nodded and said with a smile, "When I was hanging out last night, I met that guys by chance, don't you think... this kind of power felt oddly very familiar. Right? And furthermore, from what you've told me, just two months ago, he was in City H..."

"Well... what does the doctor mean?"

Klein looked up at the other party, and suddenly had an ominous premonition. Generally, the person that gained the doctor interest always ended up as . . . .

"It's very simple, isn't he about to graduate? Anyway, he doesn't have any school right now, so... how about we recruit him into our laboratory first?"

Mobius looked at Klein with a half-smile and explained.

"Doctor, if you want a test subject, we already have plenty of volunterr alre- eh? Doctor, what did you say?"

Klein just wanted to persuade Mobius to be kind, but it seemed like... Did she hear it wrong?

Mobius said with a smile, "I said, I liked him, so how about lend a helping hand to him and make him work in our lab?"

"Well... I'l do what the doctor says."

Klein didn't say anything about it, she has no further opinion about Mobius decision, after all, she also feels that their laboratory is a bit lacking in personel. Although there are already two interns, Nuwa and Fuxi, but... those two are not reliable at all. Although, Klein does not think that Mobius can succeed in recruiting the boy.

After all, Doctor Mobius is quite notorious in the field of science, and it is too much to have normal people step inside their laboratory, let alone working alongside Mobius inside it.

"Then Doctor, I wish you success!"

After speaking, Klein turned her body around, she planned to continue working.

"Klein..."

Then, Mobius suddenly grabbed her and said with a smile, "This person is very important to me, so... I hope Klein can recruit him personally, and... Before he brings it, don't tell him my name, let alone tell him this is my laboratory..."

Klein "..."

"Doctor, this is your own business, and..."

Klein looked speechlessly at Mobius and said, "Dr. Mobius, just saying your name is enough to scare almost everyone away. None of the interns from last year are willing to come to our laboratory. Don't you know that, Doctor? That you are the sole reason for that?"

"No, Klein..."

Mobius pulled Klein's sleeve directly, looked at Klein with pleading eyes, and said, "Please, Klein, you know ordinary people will reject me when they hear my name, so if I go to recruit him on person, I will definitely not succeed, so... Klein, please help me."

Klein directly ignored her doctor's words, Planning to leave...

"Klein..."

Mobius hugged Klein decisively, and said coquettishly, "Just go there in person, I know you are the best for me, Klein... big sis Klein, please~..."

Klein "..."

"Hey... I really can't say no to you doctor." In the end, Klein could only agree to her doctor's request. Feeling very tired all of a sudden, her mind started to come up with a suitable recruitment speech.

Of course, even if the other party agreed to see the laboratorium, Klein felt that the chance of success in recruiting him was low. After all, no one in the M.O.T.H organization didn't know about Mobius' "notoriety". The young man will definitely try to run away in a few days, after all, this kind of thing has happened many times.

"The Eruption that would occur on Nagazora is about to happen sooner or later, at this moment, the safest place to make a shelter should be either in Shenzou or Bauru, but I'm not familiar with this era Bauru, while the Shenzhou of this era is not much different from those of my world."

While leaning on a wooden chair in one of the many classrooms of Chiba academy, Loki began to thought about the best choice for his next destination and decided to prepare to go to his mother's hometown rather than his father's.

From the current information that he had gathered so far, Shenzou is the current best choice for him, since, unlike Bauru, there is no Honkai outbreak that spawned Templar-Class Honkai or above, this single information is enough to make him go there.

Moreover, the extreme east is not far from Shenzhou, and it can be reached in less than an hour by using a plane, and the plane ticket doesn't cost too much.

But although he already planned to go to Shenzou, it would only be a temporary residence, since soon, the first thirteen Herrscherr will emerge, and then the gigantic final one will also come to clean the human race up, so he could only live to the fullest for 10 years at max.

There is also the choice of directly building an underground base in this Pre-Era honkai-verse, then using this era technology to go dormant using the cyro chamber and wait till the next era comes over.

This method should be feasible, but there are many problems if he chose to do it, such as the funding that is needed to make the underground base, the technology for the dormant cabin which so far, has yet to be invented, there is also the problem regarding scientific research personnel, etc., all of which are indispensable if he wants to make his plan work, and unfortunately, the time that he has is very short.

"Ring Ling Ling..."

At this moment, the bell rang for the end of the class, and the morning class ended with it.

"Haaaah~.."

Loki stretched his body, and then left the classroom alongside the rest of the students in it, planning to go to the school cafeteria to grab a quick lunch.

unfortunately, there is no special types of foods that only exist in this era. Anyway, most of the foods he has seen in the school cafeteria are the one that can be seen after 50,000 years has passed. The staple foods are still rice and flour, and the recipes are no different from the future ones.

In the afternoon, Loki was resting in his rental apartment, thinking about going to Shenzou to lie down his path on how to make an underground base to wairwait the next era.

Because he had already gone to Shenzou a few times in his past life with his whole family, and also had resided there for the first half of his life, he can be considered a native of Shenzhou, so it is very easy to go back, but the problem is that he is still a student of Chiba College, which is the top college in the world. If he can graduate from here, then he will doesn't need to worry about his future work path.

Hence, because of that, if he decided to leave Nagazora City, this also means that he also need to leave Chiba academy in advance, and by doing so, he will lose his identity would make it very difficult to start a money-making business and will need to build the underground shelter from scratch.

However, if he doesn't leave Nagazora, he is afraid of the incoming third Eruption, since it will happen sooner or later, and he's afraid that if he doesn't leave soon, he will be buried alongside the rest of the residents here, since, unlike the next era, most of the Herrscherr in the previous era are serious on their mission to end humanity, and will not be easily defeated by a mere hug or a kiss from a pretty girl.

"Ding dong..."

Just as Loki was busy struggling on deciding what is the best time to leave Nagazora, the doorbell of his house suddenly rang, snapping the young man from his thought.

"Huh?"

Loki was feeling a little puzzled. He's just transmigrated 2 months ago, and from what his memories told him, he should have no friends right?

Of course, even if he is still in doubt, it's a basic manner to see who is knocking on his door before turning them away, Loki quickly got up and went to open the door.

Opening the door, Loki found a gorgeous green-haired girl standing at the door. Although her expression was a little dull, it didn't affect her beauty at all, it give her some sort of cool-girl charm instead.

While looking at her appearance. Loki suddenly realize something weird, the girl in front of him felt a little familiar and yet not, realizing that Loki now began to wonder if she was one of those NPC girls that only have their outline drawn, while their face, mouth, and rest are utterly blank.

But after a few moments, Loki realized who this girl in front of him is.

"Hello, Loki."

And after seeing Loki, the girl greeted him immediately.

"Uh... hello, you are... Klein?"

Although Loki was a little unsure if he got the name right, he felt that the girl in front of him was too similar to the Klein Elf from the game, there is some difference between the girl in front of him and the image on the game, but barring those difference, it's the same.

"Oops, you actually know me..."

Hearing Loki calling out her name directly, Klein panicked inside her heart, because... If Loki knew her name, then obviously the young man should know about Mobius, the doctor she was working under, and with the notoriety of Mobius, if she still wants to recruit Loki, then the chance of that happening would immediately turn to zero.

Well, it's not like it's possible in the first place, she had no hope about this endeavor before she came, and now, it is even more hopeless!

"Huh? Actually? What do you mean?"

Hearing Klein's words, Loki was also a little puzzled.

"Well...it's nothing."

Although she panicked a bit, Klein had been working with Mobius for several years as an assistant. she had seen everything that any human being shouldn't see in these past years, so a little rejection is nothing for her, rather than focusing on the incoming refusal, she focuses on another thing instead.

"I'm only interested in the fact that you know about me. It's just a little surprise, can you tell me how you know me?"

"Uh..."

Loki was stunned for a moment, how did he know Klein's..., of course, he knew it from the game, but he definitely can't say that unless he wants to get strapped on an operation table and get bisected like a lab rat.

"Forget it, it's fine if you don't want to tell me about it, I already know the reason"

Seeing that Loki didn't seem to want to say it, Klein had already guessed the answer. There is no doubt that it's because he knew that she was working under Mobius. The fact that she was Mobius's assistant is something that many people already know, so it's not surprising.

Loki, feeling a little stupefied, began to wander '...What did i know?'

"So..."

Looking at Loki who is silent, Klein began to talk in a low voice, "My doctor rudely asked you to take care of her last night, so the doctor asked me to say thank you for her, other than that…."

"The doctor also wants to invite you to her laboratory. so that she can thank you in person."

Klein dared not say that Mobius is trying to recruit Loki to work in her lab, she is afraid that if she said so, Loki might just directly slam the door in her face, and from her past experience, the feeling of a thick wooden door slammed right into your face is not pleasant at all.

"The Doctor..."

Loki suddenly thought of something and asked, "Your doctor... Could she be a green-haired girl called Mobius?"

at the back of his mind, Loki remembered some information from the game. Although he didn't watch the plot and the animation that got released on youtube, and also didn't fully clear the level, he knew from a few Reddit posts that say Klein was the assistant of Mobius, one of the top dogs of the previous era, so...

That drunken girl last night was Mobius?

Eh, wait, there seems to be something wrong with this script, shouldn't Mobius be a naughty loli? When did she become a big sis?

Loki remembered very clearly that before he crossed over to this world, the version of the game that he last played seemed to have reached 5.1, but his account had been half-abandoned for almost a full year, so after the version update went online, he logged in just to get the return rewards, and then draw some cards and play at most once. Hence, because of that, his knowledge about the plot is scarce.

Loki who realizes how lacking his knowledge about Honkai is starts to regret not playing the game more.

"Looks like you know my doctor..."

After hearing Loki mention the characteristic of Mobius, Klein was even more sure that Loki knew Mobius, so... the recruitment is probably not going to work. It can't be helped then.

"Uh... Mobius, of course, I know about her, after all, she is an excellent scientist."

Loki smiled and said, "It's just that I just heard about it, and I haven't seen Mobius. that's why I didn't recognize her last night."

"Excellent, that's great..."

Klein seemed a little surprised when Loki commented on his doctor. Whether it's from the outside or inside, there are many comments on Mobius, but without exception... they're all bad comments!

Not to mention excellence, after all, Mobius is indeed an excellent scientist and contribute a lot to mankind, but greatness, in the eyes of everyone else who is not great, is something that they see as a bad thing, hence the cliché of Mad scientist.

But. . . . . Looking at Loki's reaction, the young man seems to have a good impression of her doctor? If it's like this, perhaps recruitment is still possible after all . . .

Because of that, Klein's originally stunned face showed a little happy smile.