[0]-[The Descendant]-[0]

Ch 16: The Museum

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The CPUs headed westward in hopes to reach the capital building which in this case, looks like a huge castle near by the sea. As they were flying over the city, they saw some churches indicating this was a really religious place.

"The place feels so romantic, it reminds me of those movies I watched" Purple Sister surveyed the ground from the air.

"Oooh, I can definitely see what you're talking about" Black Sister agreed, "we should explore the place when we can"

They're conversation was interrupted by Purple Heart, "Come on girls, we have an urgent objective on our hands right now so don't get distracted"

"So we're looking for a castle near the sea right?" Blue Heart recapped.

White Heart nodded, "We just need to fly along the shoreline to reach our destination" She informed them.

"Hey Vert!" Purple Heart called her out, "Mind filling us up about this place?"

"Well first off U-Soft is quite a religious place and if I remember correctly, this is the place of the Pope" Blue Heart said, "PCLite is what their religion is called by the way, it has a few related religions, Windows and Chrome are practically the same but different sets of beliefs, Linux as well but they are more extreme and Mac is completely different but somewhat related. All of them don't like eachother by the way"

"Are they zealots by any chance?" Black Heart said in a concerned voice.

"They're commonly called elitists, well Vale said it's not common to see them, but it's not rare either" She said, "it's best if you ignore them, let most of the talking to me"

"I really hope we never come across any of those elitists" Said Black Sister.

The rest of the trip was uneventful after that. It was boring to say the least, but after nearly half an hour later, because some of them wanted to slow down for the view, but anyways they finally caught sight of the palace.

"Is that it over there?" White Sister (Ram) pointed out.

The rest caught eye of it, "That seems to be it, it looks huge" Blue Heart said. It was her first time seeing it, same goes for the rest.

The palace was huge and luxurious. As expected from any palace. It was flanked by the north and south wing. It also has a chapel integrated with it's south wing. The courtyard was wide and open with many guards and a few supposedly nobles by the looks of it.

"It looks gorgeous, like the those in fantasy book or even movies" Black Sister added to their amazement.

"Reminds me of the Leanbox palace actually" Purple Heart added to her amazement.

"Should we transform somewhere hidden? Seeing us might attract those so called elitists" Purple Sister was concerned of the fact of religious extremist.

"You bring a good point their Nepgear, you might want to transform in private, we don't want things to go south immediately" Blue Heart said to them.

"What are we gonna do?" White Heart asked.

"You guys transform back to your human forms in that alley way. Do not attract any attention" She firmly said.

The CPUs nodded and headed towards an alleyway and transformed, luckily there wasn't that many people in the streets. Blue Heart transformed back to her human form in the open and waited for them. After catching up they regroup back to the main gate. The soldiers who are chatting and minding their own business noticed them approaching the gate.

"Halt! What brings you the palace of the governor?" A soldier asked the CPUs.

"I am Lady Blue Heart and these are my dear friends" Vert said.

"Oh, apologies for my ignorance my goddess, you may enter the gate" The soldier bowed infront of Vert and signalled the other to open the gate.

The CPUs entered the palace grounds and now headed towards the entrance of the palace itself.

"The inside is just as elegant as the outside" Vert admired along with the rest.

The were in the main lobby room of the palace. Chandeliers hung from the ceiling lighting up the lobby and the walls trimmed with gold and filled with paintings. The ceiling are also filled with details. The room was filled with guards and servants roaming the room.

"This is a place fit for a king" Neptune looked around.

"You can say that again" Nepgear gazed at the gorgeous paintings depicting battles, people and scenery.

"Should've brought my camera with me" Uni said.

"Me too" Her sister followed

"Enough looking around girls, we have much more important business" Vert said.

A maid walked passed them and Vert took the chance to asked her, "Hey miss" The maid caught attention, "Can you show us where Yubi is? It's important"

"Of course ma'am, just follow me" The maid told them as the rest followed her.

They went towards the grand staircase and through some halls. They wish they could just stop for awhile and just admire the beauty and elegance of each passing room and hall. But alas this was more important. Soon they arrive at a hall filled with mirrors, in which light coming from the windows on the opposite side reflected and lit up the place more and along with the chandeliers. Some feet away from them they saw a hooded figure talking to a person in silk white robe covered with a red cloak and red cap and holding a staff.

"But Pope Pisius, the thief is getting closer and closer from the Holy Spear, we can't let that thief get any nearer" The hooded figure said.

"Stay calm Yubi, panicking isn't gonna help the situation any further" The Pope said.

"I supposed your right holy father" The hooded girl named Yubi said, "but I wish I can get more help"

"Governor Yubi, Pope Pisius" The maid approached them, "you have visitors" She presented the CPUs.

Yubi felt relieved seeing Vert as if all the stress from her body were released, "it's nice to see you again Lady Vert. I'd like you to meet Pope Pisius XVII" She introduced the man.

The Pope approached the CPU, "It a pleasure to finally meet the daughter of the true goddess of PC" He happily shook hand with her.

"It's a pleasure to meet you too" Vert replied, "So what seems to be the problem here?"

Yubi stepped up, "We were talking at how to stop the thief from getting the Holy Spear" She informed them.

"Before we continue, can you tell me about the importance of this Holy Spear?" Vert curiously asked.

"You see my goddess, the Holy Spear is said to have been held by one of the goddess' apprentices named, Bell Gates" The Pope informed her, "He is said to have been very close to the goddess"

The Pope continues, "It is said in the scriptures the Holy Spear holds immense power. Which is why we think the thief is heavily attracted to it"

"That solves one problem, the thief's the motive, but do you have any clue or hint of their identity?" Vert asked.

"We have none, not even a single clue" Yubi said, "so far, no one that has ever confronted the thief lived"

"This is harder than I thought" Vert thought this was an easy job, no, it was a huge problem. They are trying to protect a powerful weapon from a skilled thief.

Yubi looked at the people behind Vert and she was silent, no, stunned for a bit but then spoke, "How about you guys, have any suggestions?"

The CPUs were caught off guard by this, were their covers blown? But eventually kept calm, but they know they have to speak up.

"Umm", Neptune said, "maybe we should inspect the museum, check for any weak spots and openings the thief might use to their advantage"

Vert immediately backed them up, "She's right, that way all of us are on the same page and to see what we're dealing here"

"They have a point" The Pope smiled, "a team can't work effectively if some members don't know what they're up against"

Yubi reluctantly agreed aswell, "why don't we start right now?"

"Well we should get going if we want to get a step ahead of the thief" Vert replied.

"Goodbye holy father, we'll get going now to the museum" She waved goodbye to the Pope.

"Goodbye aswell father, it's nice knowing you" Vert did the same aswell.

"It's nice to see you as well, O Goddess, and I wish you good luck in these difficult times" The Pope returned.

The group left to have a headstart and investigate. They need to not waste precious time and need to get a step ahead to the thief before everything goes south.

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The U-Soft National Museum, it is the biggest museum in Mykros. It's home to hundreds of relics and historical items that dates back hundreds of thousands of years ago. One of its most famous relic is the Holy Spear, according to scriptures it's a weapon held by one of the Goddess' apprentices. This weapon is rumoured to hold immense power, but lately it's been a target of a thief and it's up for the group to secure it and hopefully catch the thief.

Yubi and the others are on there way to the museum, many guards frequently patrolled the area and as of late, the museum is closed to any visitors except for investigators or people with a special pass or are granted one.

"Good Afternoon dear governor, good afternoon goddess" One of the guards greeted and let them in seeing them, "and who are you people?" But the guard halted the CPUs.

Vert quickly explained to the guards that they are extra help and granted them access by the words of the goddess.

They continue to walk around the museum building and made their way to the apparent target of the thief. At this point they were deep inside the building.

They turned a corner and saw the Holy Spear, it's surrounded by a glass box. The spear was long, a bit longer than ordinary spears Vert was familiar of, the blade is big and was still sharp like it was never used at all and it has blue highlights. But what caught her attention was the writing along the shaft which she doesn't understand. She felt like it was calling for her, she went blank for a second.

'Vert, you're finally here'

She heard a voice call out for her she looked around but she saw no one, she was then pulled back to reality.

Ram tried to get there first but was stopped by Yubi, "Don't, I've set up some traps here" She lifted her left leg and step on a tile which activated and opened a pit.

"Follow me, do not make any misstep" Yubi flawlessly made her way to the Spear while the rest followed her carefully.

"How do you know which tile is a trap and what isn't?" Neptune's curiosity got the better of her, the others looked at her as if she made a crucial mistake.

"Oh... I'm an assassin actually, well not the kind of assassin that kills other people, I'm also good at making traps which I used to capture bugs and thieves, except for this one" Yubi told them, "there's also a very tiny detail to tell traps apart that I only know of just so I don't lose track of it"

They soon made it to the podium where the spear rest. Yubi noticed the tension coming from the CPUs which is making them and her uncomfortable aswell.

"Okay time to break the ice, I know you're CPUs" Yubi said catching them off guard and surprised.

"You knew?!" They yelled.

"Of course I knew, you CPUs standout so much, you're extremely lucky that none of the guards or nobles recognized you" Yubi said to them.

"All of that worrying, for nothing" Nepgear said.

"A fruitless effort to hide our identity" Blanc disappointingly said.

"You're not gonna put us to jail are you?!" Noire called back the time they first arrived here in PC continent.

"What!? No! I'm not some elitists" The assessin yelled back.

After that awkward revelation, Vert spoke up, "Well... that's out of the way, let's get back to what we were supposed to do"

Things got less awkward and they were back to the topic at hand, "How can the thief even get near it if you've set up multiple traps around the place?" Noire asked.

"I don't know, some nights ago he bypassed all my traps again, I hypothesize the thief has other methods of breaking in" Yubi said.

"So you want us to search the whole museum for possible entrances the thief might use?" Vert guessed what she was planning.

"Exactly, we split up and search all possible break-ins the thief might use, after that we should meet by main hall of the museum and gather all your findings"

"Then let's do it" Neptune was excited.

"And by the way, the museum is quite huge so if you're lost, there are maps around the museum to help you. Without further ado let's start" Yubi said.

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They all split up into small groups, Nepgear and Uni went together, Noire was left with Neptune even though she wanted to go alone, Blanc chose to supervise her twin little sisters in case they might break something and finally, Yubi and Vert chose to go together.

"This museum is huge, there must be tons of potential openings the thief can use to it's advantage" Nepgear looked around the interior.

"This is gonna take awhile" Uni added, "but I suggest we should look for obscure places like vents, smalls windows and all those stuff"

"Well by the looks of it" Nepgear looked at the surroundings once more, "it's still gonna take awhile"

"Stop complaining, this'll pass by like it's no time" The Lastation candidate said.

A few minutes has gone by, so far, nothing suspicious. At the same time, they barely even covered much ground as they looked at every little detail as ordered by Uni.

"It this really necessary?" Nepgear looked hard for any major or minor details or evidence.

"Of course, you don't want to overlook anything when investigating" Uni replied.

Nepgear sighed, "This is gonna be boring" She said under her breath.

They've been searching this place for more than just a few minutes to almost half an hour or more, atleast that's what it feels like, and much to their expectations, still nothing.

"Still nothing" Nepgear closed the door to a janitors closet thinking that it may have something interesting.

In contrast, Uni was eagerly searching the place. It was boring she has to admit and it was going nowhere, that is until she found something interesting, "Hey Nepgear! Come over here!"

The Planeptune candidate followed and approached her, "What is it?" She asked.

"This vent, it's loose" Uni told her but her friend was lost, "only thing supporting it is a loose screw but the rest seems to have been gone"

"You think this might be the work of the thief?" Nepgear said.

"Yup" Uni took the single screw off and opened the vents, "I knew it, the screws are inside, this might be an attempt to hide any his entrance and hopes to use it again"

"Wow, how do you know this?" She asked.

"A friend of me and Noire taught me these stuff, she's basically a professional at sneaking around and going undetected" Uni said.

"We should tell the others" Nepgear said.

Uni then said to her, "Not yet, let's figure out where it goes and it's not just some diversion" She crawled in the vent, "you coming?"

Seeing that she's got nothing else to do, she decided to join Uni in the vents.

The two crawled in the vents, it was an long, cramped journey much to their dismay.

"N-Nepgear! stop headbutting my butt!" Uni blushed as they crawled in the vents.

"Sorry" Nepgear innocently said, "there's barely any light here"

Uni can't see aswell, the only light they encountered was from the other vents, they've noticed that they've gone quite high already.

"Maybe we can go a bit quicker, the tight spaces is getting on me" Nepgear suggested.

"I really wish I could, but I also can't see where I'm going, it's practically gone pitch black"

"I hope we don't get lost"

They crawled further into the vent system until they found light, "I see light" Uni exclaimed.

Finally, they found light at the end of the tunnel, they hastened their crawling and finally crawled out.

"Huh? It leads outside" Nepgear observed. The vent led to the roof of the museum.

Uni was impressed, "well, now we know that it leads out here, I guess we can confirm what we have thought"

"Let's examine the rest of the rooftop just in case we can find anymore leads, after that we can go back" She said.

"You mean we have to go back to the vents?" Sweatdrops appeared on Nepgear's head.

Uni hummed and nodded, "now come on, after this we can report this back to the governor"

The two began their final inspection around the place, but they realize it's gone cold.

"Found nothing so far" Nepgear looked around, "how about you?"

"None either" Uni sighed, "It looks like this is as much of a lead we gonna get, we should go back now"

The two went back from where they once were, meaning they have to go back to the vents and finally report the findings.

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Meanwhile, Noire and Neptune were in one of many hallways looking for clues. They were occasionally splitting up to cover more grounds but still made little progress yet compared to the others.

"You found anything yet?" Noire said.

"Nope" Neptune said while still acting optimistic, "I guess we'll have to search another place"

Noire groaned in frustration, so far they have no evidence, "well, off to the next area, maybe we can find something there"

The two then walked off to there next designated area, "Man, either this thief is really good or we're just looking at the wrong places, either way this is gonna take some time" Neptune stated.

Noire crossed her arms, "what do you think the thief's motives are Nep?" She attempted to start a conversation.

"Hmm, probably take over the world as usual" The purple goddess replied.

"Is that what you're thinking? Really?" She stared at her unamused.

"Hey! most of our enemies fight us for control over Gamindustri, I don't see why it isn't the same in this case" Neptune defended herself.

"How about you?" She asked Noire.

"Umm, probably power" She answered, "the Pope did say the spear holds some kind of unimaginable power, that's the most likely motive"

"I really don't see how that differs much from what I said" Neptune told her.

"H-huh!? No! It's totally different!" She shouted, slightly blushing.

"Well you need power in order to take over the world, like what else is the the thief gonna use that power? Bring happiness?" She teased her fellow CPU.

"Sh-shut up!" Neptune let out a snicker at her outburst, but this was interrupted when they heard some noise just around the corner.

"!" They became alerted and slowly approached the source where the sound came from.

The two slowly approached the corner with weapons at hand, "Who's there!?" The replied was footsteps running. They immediately turn the corner and saw... No one. The supposed person just disappeared into the vastness of the museum. This confused them, they were dumbfounded.

"Must've been just our imagination, this investigation got our senses out of control" Neptune said.

"Aw damnit" In frustration, Noire stomped the floor but it felt wrong, "huh?" She stomped again. It was hollow below her.

"Hey Nep, help me lift this tile" Noire said, Neptune was confused but followed her anyways.

The two lifted the tile and saw something big, "A hole" a hole with a ladder is what met them. Both had the same idea and went in the newly discovered hole.

They reached the bottom and was greeted with a tunnel, "okay, now this is interesting" Neptune said disrupting the silence.

"Wonder where it leads to?" Noire questioned, but one thing is certain, this was certainly more interesting than what they were doing after this.

"It's best if we figure out where this leads to" She stated and, along with Neptune, ventured through the tunnel.

It was dark, but there was just enough light to be visible. Soon they heard water and then developed a light stench. It's seems they both had an idea where this leads to. The tunnel itself wasn't very long aswell, so they soon reached the origin.

"The sewers, looks like our guess is right" Noire said, the tunnel leads to a nearby sewers.

"Did the thief planned all this out?" Neptune was more impressed than anything, "I wonder how long this took"

"We should go back now, the stench is getting unbearable" Noire covered her nose.

"Yeah this place smells, let head back quick" Neptune did the same and both went back to the museum.

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The investigation for Blanc was going smoothly so far, although she still has to keep a close eye on her little sister invade they get too far away from her. She can't blame them too much because they're kids, but they need to mature in order for one of them to successfully rule Lowee.

"Hey you two! Don't just wonder off!" Blanc yelled at her two sisters.

"We weren't gonna!!" Ram yelled back, "jeez,you have like no trust in us"

Blanc ignored that statement at first, 'Should've just left them in Steam' She grumbled.

"We're not kids now, you don't have to follow us everywhere we go you worrywart" Ram said. It was loud enough for their big sis to hear.

"How about to actually help out here instead of complaining like little brats!" Blanc almost loss control of her temper.

They felt a menacing aura around their big sister, a menacing aura that they're too familiar with. They immediately got back to helping out Blanc. Rom and Ram splitter from their sister and started gathering evidence.

"This is boring" Rom said in her soft voice, "found anything Ram?"

"Nothing worth talking" She frowned, "we should go back and call it a bust on our end"

They haven't noticed how time flew by quick, they were roughly doing it for almost half an hour.

"This place is... New" Rom said.

"Huh? This isn't where we've been" The twin in pink added.

And they also didn't notice where they were going and lost all track of where they've been.

"This is what Blanc told us about, we're lost" Rom concluded.

"Drats"

Blanc didn't find anything on her end, so she decided to go back now. She remembered where she went and traced back.

"Where are the two? Rom? Ram?" She yelled out their names.

She looked at the surrounding areas and rooms and they were no where to be seen, she started to get worried.

"Rom! Ram!" Blanc shouted their names again and the reply was silent.

"Oh Damnit, where could've they gone to?" Blanc was extremely worried for her little sisters. She so busy finding some clues that she forgot about her little sisters.

The twins were worried aswell, they are lost and alone, they can't call for help or find a map for the area. They were properly lost and all alone in an empty museum. Rom began to get increasingly worried to the point of tearing up.

"Uuuuu~ we can't find a way back" said Rom.

"Uh-uhmm, don't cry Rom, we can get out of this situation" Ram tried to act cool and confident, "everything's gonna be alright" she took hold of her twin sister's hand and comforted her as she stopped crying.

Rom's tears went away as she was face to face with her twin, she trust her twin in many situations including this one. She trust Ram more than anyone else.

"Okay okay" Ram tried to think of a plan, "maybe we could travel back, but the problem is, we don't where to start" She frowned, but she won't give up just yet.

Ram tried to remember where they last went, although it's not working so she had to guess and not disappoint her twin sister.

"Follow me" While holding her sister's hands they started walking.

Rom willingly agreed to do so as she was dragged by the twin.

Soon they were caught in a crossroad, "Uhhh... this way" Ram confidently said as she trusted her guts to do the decision making for her.

They continued to walk for a good few minutes, guessing which way to go just by their guts. Truthfully, they made some smalls stops just to look around the place. Their curiosity just got out of hand, but they still got their agenda straight.

At some point it felt they we're just going in circles, they swore they passed by the same painting a few times by now. They were on the verge of just giving up.

But Rom spotted something in the distance and then spoke up, "Umm, who's that?" She pointed out as she saw a figure at the corridor.

Her twin looked at where she was pointing, "maybe that's Blanc" Ram said bringing their hopes up, "hey big sis!" She shouted.

The figure just ran, which properly confused them, "Maybe she didn't hear us" She still has hope.

Both ran after the figure thinking it was Blanc, "Hey! Wait!" The figure didn't stop, they we're starting to doubt it was someone they know.

"Hey stop!" They yelled again.

"Huh?" They stopped, they lost track of the person, "where did that person go?" Ram said.

"Maybe it was a ghost" Rom stuttered in fear.

Ram was terrified at the thought that they were following a ghost, "D-don't be silly Rom, those don't exist"

"What about the boos and uncle Luigi's mansion?" Rom contradicted her sister.

"Uhhhh..." Her fear meter is increasing.

Blanc on the other hand was still on the search for her little sisters who was became lost. She search everywhere she can even if it takes her all day, her little sisters are precious to her.

"Hey! Wait!" Blanc heard a voice, "Rom, Ram" She hurriedly searched where the voice originated.

"Hey stop!" She heard their voice once more, but this time it made her extremely worried especially that she doesn't know the context.

She hurriedly chased after the source of the sound, then she found them "Rom! Ram!"

The twins turned around, "Blanc!" The ran towards her, hugging their big sister while Blanc returned the hug aswell.

"What the hell did you two gone to?" Blanc said to them as the twins begin to get nervous as her aura changed.

"Ummm, w-we lost track of where we were going, hehe he" Ram replied with a nervous laugh.

Blanc sighed, "Let's go back now, I haven't found anything interesting in my end" She stood up, followed but her little sisters and walked away.

The twins were silently debating whether what they saw was a ghost or a real person, either way, they can't just claim it as it is.

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The Goddess and the Governor got nothing on their end so they decided to head to the main hall where they were supposed to meet.

"I hope the others got something on their end" Yubi desperately said.

"I'm sure they found some things that can help us" Vert tried to be positive to cheer her up.

Their end of the investigation was empty even though they searched a huge area, they even searched many rooms and floors, when that failed they looked at CCTV tapes archives but found nothing aswell, the cameras glitchef out or lost connection making it unreliable.

"Haaaaaa~" Yubi exhaled, releasing some stress off her mind, "I need a break after this whole ordeal"

"This has been bothering you ever since huh?" Vert asked her.

She nodded, "Ever since the thief's first attempt, this thing is not just the national treasure of U-Soft, but it is the national treasure of the entirety of Mykros, the only few relics that remain during the era of the goddess"

"A lot of pressure is put upon you. I can understand" Vert told her, "ever since I became the new goddess of Mykros I've never felt so much pressure in my life, I have to carry two nations over my shoulder"

"Although I have plans to make it easier for me, but I doubt some of my citizens would be onboard with it"

Just as Yubi was about they were interrupted by a voice.

"Yubi! I finally found you!"

Both stopped were they are as a man, in priest clothing approached them.

"Bishop Borja" Yubi replied, "w-what are you doing here! I explicitly ordered the guards to only let authorized personnel in here and your not one of them!"

"I have my ways" The bishop, "but none of that, didn't I tell you to stay at the palace, look at you, you'll overwork yourself"

"I'm the leader, I can do whatever I want!"

"Let the professionals handle this, like me"

Vert stepped in, "ahem, do you know who you're talking to, bishop"

The bishop glared at her, "Listen here you, you have no business being in here missy, why not go home to your place"

The two girls were taken aback by his statement, "Do you have any respect for the daughter of the ancient goddess?" Yubi said.

Vert tried to keep calm and not get angry about this situation as Yubi covered for her.

"Do you really believe in such stories on the internet? For all we know she an imposter wanting attention" The bishop exclaimed.

Now that got Vert's veins popping but she has to keep calm in order to preserve her image. She kept a neutral smile on her face.

"I could order your imprisonment if you disrespect the goddess" Yubi threatened him.

"Imprisoning me is only gonna hurt you more than me, the popularity of the people supports me" The bishop bragged at her.

"Yubi, Vert, there you are" they were interrupted once again but this time the other CPUs and their candidates are approaching them.

"And who are they? Didn't you're mommy teach you to not get help from strangers?"

Yubi replied, "For your information, I gave them permission to help us on the investigation"

"We are finally putting an end to this thievery ourselves"

The bishop looked around, seeing that he is outnumbered, "Fine then, do whatever you want" The bishop left them alone. Finally.

"Umm, who was he?" Nepgear curiously asked.

Yubi sighed, cursing under her breath, "He's the bishop of the region, Roderick Borja, always likes to get things his way"

"Gee, sounds like a horrible person to be with" Neptune said.

"I should let this get to my head, so anyways, how's your part of the investigation gone?" The governor changed subjects in an attempt to forget what happened.

"We found something interesting in our end" Uni went up first, "We found a vent that we suspect the thief uses it as an entrance point"

A confident and hopeful smile formed on Yubi's face as they might've found an important piece to stop the thief.

Neptune and Noire questioned, "Huh? we found like a tunnel under one of the tiles, we also suspect it to be the thief main entrance point" Noire interjected.

This threw everyone into a confusion, "What? Multiple entrances?" Yubi questioned.

"This thief is a few steps ahead of us it seems" Vert said, "it looks like he planned it through in case one of the thief's hidden entrance point is compromised"

"We should look through the museum again to fish out anymore entrances the thief might've made" Blanc suggested.

"She's right, plus there's still some daylight left" Noire said, "it wouldn't hurt to thoroughly check the area"

Yubi immediately agreed to their plans and gone to checking each and every area of the museum before the sun sets below the horizon.

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Nighttime finally fell upon the land and the group made their way towards the palace to gather up all the information they've found during their second run.

"Thanks for the help again, my job just got easier" Yubi can't thank the enough for the help they've brought her.

"No problem, we're more than glad to help you" Vert told her, "isn't that right girls?"

"Yup" Neptune confidently smiled.

"It was a good use of our time" Blanc added.

Yubi was really grateful to have known them, "well I'm going to compile all these for tomorrow's meeting" She said.

"Do you need some help" Vert looked worried for her.

"Oh, no I can do this on my own, thanks anyways" Yubi declined her offer, "I'll tell my maids to prepare a room for you for the night"

"Okay, just don't overwork yourself" Vert replied.

"I won't. Goodnight everyone" Yubi left and went to her office to gather and compile all the things they've found.

"Phew" Neptune said, "that's finally done, come on let's explore the palace"

"Yay!" The twins cheered.

"Neptune! You might get us in trouble" Noire stopped her.

"Aw you're no fun Noire" The purple goddess pouted.

"You two come back here!" Blanc got the twins before they run around the palace and making a scene.

"I was looking forward exploring too" Uni silently said under her breath.

Vert giggled, "well we can explore some areas since I'm the goddess" She told them.

"See, Vert agrees" Ram told her sister.

"But~ we should restrict ourselves going into personnel only areas, if they say no, then no" She finished her statement.

"Hmm, fair enough, come on let's go" Neptune lead the way.

"Hey! Don't run!" Noire yelled after catching up to her, luckily they didn't gather an audience.

The rest enjoyed the night exploring the palace. Tommorow will the day they will hopefully stop the theft if not catch the thief once and for all.

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A/N: I finally got around finishing this chapter, sorry for the long wait. I hope you like this chapter.

Stay safe everyone amidst the Coronavirus pandemic.