By this point, how could Su not realize that Vill-V had been influenced by Liora's personality?
This kind of situation did happen to Vill-V from time to time—she would get pulled off course by people with particularly strong personality traits.
According to Vill-V herself, this was a kind of spontaneous, unconscious learning process, allowing her to rapidly accumulate certain types of experience.
As long as she imitated someone, she could learn their skills.
Su, however, had no idea why simply imitating someone would allow you to learn their abilities.
Perhaps this was just something only people from the future could do?
"Ahem... just don't let Miss Liora lead you astray."
Naturally, Su had no inappropriate thoughts about Vill-V, so there was nothing for him to feel awkward about.
That was also why Vill-V felt completely confident teasing him.
If it could cause embarrassment, then it wouldn't be a prank.
It would be a surprise.
Just imagine it—the mature and composed Su showing a shy, flustered expression of pure innocence.
That would be even rarer than seeing Su widen his eyes!
It had to be captured on camera—an SSR-level collectible.
Something to brag about within MOTH!
And if there was ever a chance to enter the Elysian Realm in the future, she could show all the Flame-Chasers what true genius Vill-V looked like!
Especially that widowed old ancestor Kevin from World Serpent—he had to see it properly.
And Mei too—she had to see it!
Everyone would see it!
Sensing the "deep affection" hidden behind Vill-V's enthusiastic gaze, Su closed his eyes and slowly exhaled, straightening his posture and expression before speaking seriously.
"Back to the topic, Vill-V. I have one piece of bad news, one piece of good news, and one... even worse piece of news. Which would you like to hear first?"
Vill-V composed herself and replied, "Oh? You mean someone in MOTH impersonating 'Vill-V'? Dr. Einstein already informed me about that. Newton is fine too—living it up in a presidential suite."
"Heh. That shouldn't be much of a problem for you, right?" Su said with a faint smile.
Just as Vill-V understood him, he also understood her. For something like this, she would definitely have left herself a fallback.
Vill-V had borrowed countless identities in the past. No one was more skilled than her in this regard.
Like before, when a certain organization leader impersonated Mr. Mad Hatter—his final outcome had been to become the scapegoat for one of the Mad Hatter's operations, eventually being captured by MOTH. It had been a great help to the Mad Hatter.
Vill-V lay back on the soft sofa, propping her head up with one hand, looking completely at ease. "Indeed, I've got plenty of identities. It's normal for someone to wear one of my 'skins.' Then let's hear that... worse piece of news first."
"Miss Zofia..." Su paused briefly before continuing, "She was taken away by MOTH."
"Wha—what did you just say?!"
Vill-V's eyes widened, her words stumbling.
"I said... Miss Zofia was taken by MOTH." Su repeated.
Vill-V pushed herself up from the sofa's armrest in one swift motion.
This had come completely out of nowhere, without any warning.
She had only been gone for a month, and yet their entire base had been uprooted.
This was probably something that had been planned long before the Fourth Honkai Eruption.
No wonder she had just noticed Su's eyelid twitching earlier!
This was the Divine Key—Eye of the Awakened—issuing a warning!
It seemed the severity of the situation had indeed reached the level of "Su reacts and his eyelids tremble."
"I see... no wonder the North American government acted so decisively against HoMu Company. That explains everything. I thought those company directors had all lost their minds."
Even with the gravity of the situation, Conductor quickly calmed down and began analyzing the situation.
"As expected, developing too quickly on the surface is still too dangerous. To the government, a company is just livestock waiting to be slaughtered."
"As for money and such, Project Bunny and I should have handled things cleanly... Was it that incident at the Homu Family Park that exposed Zofia's identity?"
Su nodded. "Most likely. The royal consortium from that region must have intervened. Using MOTH's hand, they forcibly took back their little princess."
"Fortunately, MOTH probably hasn't traced things back to the Mad Hatter yet. We still have room to maneuver. I've already abandoned several decoy bases."
"However, with their capabilities, even if Zofia keeps her mouth shut, they'll still uncover some clues."
"Since it was those royal consortiums making the move, at least Zofia's life shouldn't be in danger."
Vill-V understood that Su was worried about Zofia's safety. She let out a sigh. "Sigh... but that child isn't like me... a professional liar. Honestly, I'd rather she confessed early to avoid unnecessary suffering."
Thinking about Zofia's outwardly soft but inwardly stubborn personality, Vill-V couldn't help but worry.
Don't be fooled by how relaxed Vill-V had seemed when facing MOTH's interrogation back then.
That was only because she was Vill-V. She had even managed to turn the tables on MOTH's world-class psychological and criminal investigation experts on their own turf.
MOTH was, after all, a super-organization a century ahead of the world. In every aspect, they had nearly reached the pinnacle of this era. Naturally, they had countless methods for extracting information from individuals.
Lie detectors on the market had an accuracy rate of 97%. But MOTH's lie detectors, before encountering Vill-V, had a 100% accuracy rate.
The difference might seem like only 3%, but in reality, it was the difference between heaven and earth. That 3% covered people who were extremely cunning or mentally unstable—individuals who sometimes didn't even believe their own words, making it nearly impossible to extract the truth from them.
At the same time, 100% accuracy meant the results could be used as evidence.
For anyone else, there was no way it would be this easy. Just a single dose of truth serum would already be unbearable.
Only honest Vill-V could tell the "truth" in full, yet still reveal nothing. In front of her, the lie detector's readings remained smooth and stable.
It was almost as if the waveform itself was shouting: "She is not lying. She is innocent. You cannot wrong her."
In short—she was absurdly sincere.
Of course, Vill-V also possessed far more advanced anti-interrogation psychological conditioning methods from another world. In that world, humanity had realized the unique nature of deception in the universe, and the importance of psychology had been elevated to an extreme level.
However, those methods were too inhumane. People trained that way would become emotionally closed off, no longer resembling normal humans. Vill-V had no intention of using such methods on her friends.
She herself had undergone that kind of training.
And just look at her—did she still seem like a normal person?
Pardo's whereabouts were unknown. Zofia had been taken by MOTH.
The city's civilians were waiting for rescue. The bizarre Honkai needed suppression.
A mysterious organization was plotting to create a god. The Sixth Honkai Eruption could break out at any moment.
What had started as a simple trip to confront a shady company over baseless accusations against HoMu Company had spiraled into so many complications.
Faced with so many developments beyond the original plan, Id felt utterly exhausted. "I just didn't want the company to go bankrupt. I just wanted to protect my little bit of money. Is that so hard?"
Pure Evil said, "I'm telling you, this is Su's curse. That brat's wicked—refuses to become a woman! We're all Flame-Chasers, and we've all turned into women. Why can't we just cut him down?!"
Pure Evil was still fixated on that matter.
Expert ignored Pure Evil's "Turn Su into Vita Plan" and said to Conductor, "This is likely a setup by someone—deliberately drawing us in."
Conductor gave a helpless smile. "Don't worry. Problems will always be solved... at the very least, they'll eventually solve us."