"Melt!"

Walking up to the front of the iceberg and seeing the boss inside with barely any HP left, I melted a large chunk of ice, exposing his head.

"Alright, I know that you're currently in a feigned death state because of the humanoid connection, so if you don't want to die now, tell me everything you know."

I learned about the ability to enter a feigned death state after merging with humanoid from the information I found in the Azumaya family's records. Although I initially just read it for entertainment, I never expected it to come in handy later on.

Speaking of which, the uses of this humanoid are quite impressive. Ordinary people would never know that it can utilize the energy within humanoid to allow the merged individual to enter a feigned death state, as long as they aren't killed in ways like beheading. The people who designed this thing are truly remarkable.

However, in order to utilize the abilities of this body, the person merging with humanoid also needs to undergo certain modifications. I really don't know what mindset these guys had when they chose to become artificial humans. But as someone who went from being human directly to a divine undead angel, I don't really have the right to judge them.

"... Angel's wings... I see... You're from the Church..."

He slowly opened his eyes, but I never expected him to say that.

Right, earlier when I was recovering HP, I used the Angel's Wings and forgot to put them away.

The Church... Speaking of which, when I was researching earlier, I also came across information about body modifications by the Church. Could it be that the Azumaya family's humanoid and the Church's body modifications are actually competing industries?

...If that's the case, I'll just deceive him.

"Oh, so what? Even if you know, what can you do about it?"

When he heard these words, he paused for a moment, then laughed again.

This is really strange, what does this guy want to express?

"I don't know... how you... found out about our training plans... but... it's really surprising to send someone of your level as a monster..."

"Well~ Well~, if I say that I was just being overly friendly but happened to discover you, would you believe it? This is all..."

"This is God's guidance? Hmph, only you charlatans would say such nonsense!"

I just wanted to say that this is the choice of the Steins;Gate. Why did you steal my lines?

"Cough cough, alright, let's not waste any more time. Tell me the information about Oyado, or else I'll directly dig out the core of humanoid."

"Hehe... Is that so? Then listen carefully."

"Hm?"

"Even if I tell you, I am walking a dead-end path! Go and regret it!"

After saying that, the puppet head stabbed in his chest shot up into the sky like a missile! I quickly turned around and conjured an ice shield, but instead of attacking me, it flew straight into the distance!

A black box?

I didn't expect there to be such a system. It wasn't mentioned in the previous records!

Thirty Ice Arrows!

Strands of blue light flew towards the head of humanoid, but halfway there, they suddenly disappeared!

Oh no, it's beyond the range of magic!

Watching the object about to fly away, I thought for a moment and took out the bow I obtained from Miss Yuki Montest. Then, I pulled it back.

A black and white arrow appeared directly on the bow. Aim, anticipate, release. A black and white intertwined light sliced through the sky, chasing after the head of humanoid.

From afar, I saw the arrow brush past the side of humanoid's head, which then spun in the air a few times before landing in the forest.

Well, I guess that's resolved?

I turned around to look at Hima, only to find that his head had drooped and his HP bar was completely empty.

Is he dead? So the noumenon was humanoid's head.

Looking at him, I thought for a moment, then waved my hand, releasing his entire body. I walked up to his corpse, sighed, and then flipped it over.

Crack! After a series of sounds, the shell of humanoid directly detached from the body and returned to its normal appearance. However, it was now missing its head, which looked extremely eerie.

I picked up the hand of the corpse and, just as stated in the documents, there were four rings on the index and middle fingers of both hands. After removing them, I threw the humanoid body along with the rings into the ring.

However, I couldn't find anything related to Oyado after searching the whole body. It seems that the other party did a good job at hiding their work.

Looking around at the half-cleaned houses, I thought for a moment and shook my head.

Search through all these things? Are you kidding? There are so many things...

Just then, a red light suddenly shot into the sky in the distance. I turned around and realized that it was the same direction where the head had flown. Could it be that there were other traps with that thing?

Immediately, I activated all my acceleration magic and flew towards that location with my wings spread out. After all, there wouldn't be anyone else coming here. I had already made that clear during the search these past few days.

The accelerated flight was like a roller coaster ride. Before long, I flew near the source of the red light. As I slowed down and looked over, I saw that there was actually a figure at the center of the red light.

"... Oyado!"

In the next second, I immediately recognized her identity from her clothing. I dove down and flew directly beside her.

"Hey! Oyado!"

For some reason, she was holding the head of the humanoid in her hands. Red light was coming out of the eyes of the humanoid, enveloping Oyado and shooting towards the sky.

My goodness, what on earth is this? I reached out my hand to pull Oyado out of the light pillar, but before I could approach, I was shocked by an electric shock.

What kind of enchantment is this?

Or rather, what kind of device is this? Why does the head of the humanoid have such strange functions?

Before I could finish being amazed, the rising red light gradually weakened and withdrew into Oyado's eyes.

With a snap, the head of the humanoid fell to the ground and no longer emitted light.

I rushed to Oyado's side. Her eyes, now lifeless, stared blankly at the sky, still with a red light.

Slowly, her hair turned purple and her eyes turned golden. Then, her eyes shifted and looked at me.

"... Brother?"

"Oyado? Are you okay?"

"Well, Oyado is fine, but... I feel like there are a lot of things in my head... No... No, what is this!"

Oyado showed a fearful expression, then passed out with her eyes rolling back.

"Oyado! Oyado!"

I shook her body, but she didn't react at all. Helplessly, I sighed and first picked up the head of the humanoid next to us, then carried Oyado in my arms.

Let her rest for a while. With this thought in mind, I walked towards the direction of the village.