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Last Embryo Volume 3 Chapter 3 Part 5

Translator: DarkHeartedAlchemist

Pritt stopped smiling a bit regrettably and pondered with a hand on her chin. There might have been some reason for using Albinos, who were more prone to illnesses than ordinary people, as experimental subjects. But for these two who were basically outsiders, there was no knowing what that reason was.

Izayoi continued his speech.

「We might find a lead if we examine this little Snow White. Even more so if she is the subject of Particle Body research. It will be better if we ask ‘Everything Company’ to safeguard her.」

「……You have a point. It can’t be helped. Let me hear about your best friend some other time.」

「Forget about it. That was just your imagination, you got it?」

「Fufu, sorry to say but you better give up on that. This Mother Earth Goddess here is a huge peeping tom, being a mother and all. …For now, let’s focus on safeguarding her for the sake of investigation. Though we are assuming that she would know the location of the research facility.」

「Taking her condition in mind, it would better if we assume that she knows something. On top of having special powers, she has shackles and chains on her. Don’t you think that it’s perfectly normal to think that she escaped from that facility? It would be best if we could get in touch with Homura and give her a proper medical… no, wait a minute.」

Izayoi’s relaxed expression tensed up. He approached the Albino and touched the chains attached to her shackles.

「Pritt. Take a look at this chain. It’s been severed.」

「What?」

Pritt leaned forward and took the chain in hand. Those cold steel chains weren’t destroyed as they would be with the previous explosion but instead were severed with something sharp. If she didn’t escape by her own efforts, it would completely change the situation.

「It’s cut…… which means, it wasn’t this girl but someone else that let her escape?」

「What’s more, it wasn’t someone with similar power to hers like we believed before. Since the chains were cut, the cause was completely different from in it.」

The two exchanged looks and tried to understand the situation. It was no doubt at this point that she escaped from the facility and was loitering in the forest. The real question was whether she escaped by her own effort or if other experimental subjects helped her escape. Or was it a third party that let her escape?

「Maybe there was some trouble inside the research facility, and she used the chance to escape……or maybe a third party attacked the facility, and she escaped in the chaos.」

「Yeah. After all, there are at least two organizations that are researching the Particle Bodies. ……This is troubling. If we knew it would turn out like this, we would’ve asked for more details…」

Right at that time, they heard the sound of a plain ringtone.

As Izayoi grabbed his vibrating chest pocket, the two exchanged glances.

「……Incoming call? Is it from Homura?」

「……Yeah. That brat’s actually monitoring us via the satellite isn’t he?」

Speak of the devil or whatever, but his timing was too perfect. Even if the satellite thing was a joke, he couldn’t help but be suspicious on whether they were being monitored in some way. Even if Homura himself didn’t have such hobbies, there were more than enough people around him who did. Feeling unpleasant omens, Izayoi answered the call with a displeased face.

「Woah, I can’t believe it. It actually connected, Tokuteru!」

「As expected of Queen! Last time was the same, but for her to even send out the electromagnetic waves from Little Garden, it’s like there’s nothing she can’t do! Anyhow, we have a light hope with this!」

Homura and Mikado Tokuteru’s cheers came from the other side.

Izayoi raised a brow from slight surprise and then turned on the speaker mode so that Pritt could also hear it.

「What, are you two already in Little Garden? There’s still some time before the opening ceremony, isn’t there? Isn’t that quite cunning of you two getting a head start on me.」

「It’s not like that. I have an overall idea about the Star Particle Body research and the curing of the virus, and since the summer vacation starts today, I thought I’d go and enjoy the trip to the other world a little…」

「There’s no time for that, Brother!!」

This time Ayazato Suzuka’s voice came from the phone, who snatched it away from Homura..

「Listen to me, Big Bro Iza! We had one foot in the grave due to the debts Tokuteru made! Or rather, we are in quite a pinch even now! As matters stand, Aya, Ms. Uesugi and I will be sold off as the beauty maid set!!!」

「…You what?」

The two exchanged doubtful gazes. As expected, they didn’t get what she was trying to say. Pritt who stood next to Izayoi asked again in a calm manner.

「Suzuka. It’s me. Pritt.」

「Eh? Ah, Ms. Pritt, so you are with Big Bro Iza too? Ah, I get it. You both work in the same field, after all. So Big Bro must been in your care this whole time.」

「No no, it’s me who’s in his care. That aside, please calm down and explain. Are you two along with Tokuteru in Little Garden now?」

Izayoi suddenly opened his eyes wide. That was quite unnatural indeed. If they were in Little Garden together with Tokuteru who was supposedly hiding his identity from them, that left several questions unanswered. At that point, Tokuteru took over the phone.

「Pritt. Let’s save that for later. I want us to exchange information for now. According to Queen, you have some questions for Homura too, right?」

「That’s indeed the case, but I’d like to hear from your side first. If our president was troubled over loan problems and finally decided to resort to beauty trafficking, then it seems it’s time for me to visit a certain place.」

Pritt’s chillingly cold voice made Tokuteru leak a little shriek and swallow his breath.

「No well… I’m also troubled. It’s like I’m not directly at fault…. or should I say I’m also a victim.」

「Huh!!?」

「Haah!?? Are you seriously saying that now! If you don’t stop screwing around I’ll drown you in Sumita river along with Shibamata’s Buddha statue, Shittyteru!!!」

「……Father of mine. It might sound odd coming from myself, but that was too thoughtless of you.」

Hearing Suzuka and Homura’s, as well as an unfamiliar youth’s voice, the two bent their heads in wonder. In any case, Sumita river in question was in the territory of Shibamata Taishakuten. If one were to throw the Buddha statue inside that river, the War God’s honor would be completely ruined without a doubt. It was something even the 『Twelve Devas』 needed to avoid. The only person with common sense there, Kudou Ayato, took over the phone, perhaps realizing that the conversation would get nowhere as the matters stood.

「Pritt. Also, Homura-senpai’s big brother. Can I talk about our business first?」

「Hm? ……Ah, is it the masked rich lady? If it’s you, you should be able to calmly tell us what’s going on.」

「Well, yes. But please don’t give me such embarrassing nickname.」

Ayato seemed a bit embarrassed due to the name Izayoi called her. He wanted to say something, but he decided that it was time to get to the point already.

And so, Kudou Ayato started to tell them about this morning… about the incident that occurred after Homura had returned home.