"Master, what's the situation?"
Gudako, who had been left by Rin Tohsaka near an abandoned house in the desert, was as confused as a monk scratching his head. She pointed at the shivering Cleopatra with a strange look.
Rin Tohsaka, who had just finished her satisfying robbery and was currently using spirit particle transmission to send the loot back to the Throne of Heroes, looked extremely embarrassed upon hearing Gudako's words.
Now that she had cleared her head, Rin Tohsaka remembered she had seemingly done something outrageous—she had kidnapped the Pharaoh along with the loot!
Looking extremely awkward, Rin Tohsaka walked sheepishly to Cleopatra's side, preparing to explain. However, the shivering Cleopatra, like a bullied little girl, crawled away on all fours while screaming at Rin Tohsaka.
"Don't come near me, I'm warning you! I am the Pharaoh! If you come any closer, I'll have your head! Waaaaah..."
Cleopatra actually started crying as she spoke.
This made Rin Tohsaka even more embarrassed.
Seeing that she couldn't get close to Cleopatra, Rin Tohsaka could only shake her head. She turned to Gudako, intending to have her comfort Cleopatra. However, Rin Tohsaka didn't see that the moment she turned around, a smug smile appeared on Cleopatra's face.
Cleopatra, the Queen of Egypt, was a clever woman who had played Caesar and Antony like fiddles. How could she be so easily frightened by Rin Tohsaka? Though Rin Tohsaka's power had indeed surprised her.
If someone could read her mind right now, they would know that Cleopatra's thoughts were completely different from her pitiful appearance. Rin Tohsaka had unknowingly been thoroughly tested by Cleopatra. In Cleopatra's eyes, Rin Tohsaka was now someone powerful, proud, greedy, and compassionate.
After much persuasion from Gudako, Cleopatra finally stopped her tearful act and cautiously approached Rin Tohsaka.
Still feeling very awkward, Rin Tohsaka scratched the back of her head.
"Um, sorry!...But I'm definitely not giving back the gems and gold!"
Cleopatra wore an expression of suppressed anger, nodding weakly at Rin Tohsaka. 'As expected, she's a greedy deity. As long as she's greedy, it's fine!'
"Um, Great Goddess, could you send me back?"
"Of course. We'll leave right now, or your subjects will fall into chaos."
Saying that, Rin Tohsaka summoned ishtars bow. Once Gudako was steady on it, Rin Tohsaka pulled Cleopatra along and sped toward Cairo on ishtars bow.
At this moment, Cairo was in complete chaos, just as Rin Tohsaka had said.
Upon receiving news that the Pharaoh had been kidnapped, the military immediately mobilized all the garrison in Cairo. They surrounded all the temples, large and small, and began a tense standoff with the temple personnel.
Several high-ranking military officials dropped everything and rushed to the city gate to begin a harsh interrogation of the High Priest.
Crack!
A bloody whip mark appeared on the white-haired High Priest's back. The general in charge of the interrogation asked sharply.
"Tell us! Did you people collude with an evil god to kidnap the Pharaoh?"
The High Priest was tough. He spat a mouthful of bloody phlegm into the general's face and said without fear.
"Pah! If I could contact an evil god, I would have used them to help the Pharaoh deal with those two guys from France and Britain long ago! Why the hell would I kidnap the Pharaoh?"
The general wiped the blood from his face and turned to exchange looks with his colleagues.
"He's right. If these priests could contact an evil god, how could we have been suppressing them all this time?"
"That may be so, but isn't all of this caused by this old guy?"
"So, should we continue the interrogation, or immediately summon the national army to find the Pharaoh?"
At this moment, a melodious voice suddenly came from outside the temporarily erected tent.
"No need to search! I have returned!"
The generals saw the tent flap lifted from the outside, and Cleopatra walked slowly into the tent with a bewitching gait.
The generals quickly knelt down and respectfully saluted Cleopatra.
"Greetings, Pharaoh, congratulations on your safe return!"
Suddenly, the generals' expressions changed. They quickly scrambled up, drew their weapons, and protected Cleopatra behind them, pointing at Rin, who had just walked in from outside the tent with Gudako.
"Evil god!" X3
"Eh, eh, eh? Master, how did you become an evil god?"
Cleopatra hurriedly stopped the generals who were preparing to attack, and explained with a calm face.
"Put down your weapons. Allow me to introduce her. This is the Venus Goddess, Rin. The Goddess wasn't kidnapping me; she just thought the rug and the golden throne were offerings. She got too excited while collecting the offerings and happened to take me along with them!"
Saying this, Cleopatra's face turned slightly red. Cleopatra herself didn't believe such words; after all, what kind of god exists like that in this world?
"Venus Goddess~! I understand, you must be Lady Ishtar!"
At this moment, the High Priest, tied to a wooden stake nearby, exclaimed in surprise and said with certainty.
Rin's expression changed. 'Damn it, I've been recognized! Damn Ishtar, I'm done for, I'm going to take the blame!'
"According to the legend of Lady Ishtar's appearance, this form of Ishtar is both willful and greedy for money. She even has a string of nicknames: the oldest swindler in human history, the oldest home invader in human history, the oldest illegal street racer in human history! You must be this incarnation of the goddess, right?"
After hearing the High Priest's words, Cleopatra burst out laughing, clutching her stomach without any grace, pointing at Rin and emitting laughter like silver bells.
"Pfft! The oldest swindler, the oldest home invader, the oldest illegal street racer in human history, hahahahaha!"
The generals on the side endured it with twisted faces, twitching as if they were sick, but because of Rin's status, they didn't dare to laugh out loud and had to hold it in.
"Shut up, shut up! Cleopatra, shut up!"
Rin, having her dark history exposed, was embarrassed and angry. She condensed the Spear of Venus in her hand, aiming it at the sky, and punched one hole after another into the tent roof, hoping to scare Cleopatra into silence.
However, to Rin's despair, Cleopatra, having already probed part of Rin's personality, was not afraid of this at all. She laughed even more wildly and waved at the generals, signaling them not to hold it in.
Embarrassed and angry, Rin looked at the people laughing in the tent, stomped her little foot on the ground, and dragged Gudako out of the tent.
"Gudako, let's go!"
"Hey, Master, don't you want the intelligence anymore?"
"Not anymore~!"
Finding that Rin was leaving, Cleopatra panicked. She quickly stopped laughing, stopped the laughing generals, and shouted anxiously at Rin's back.
"Rin, don't go! As long as you stay, I'll give you gems and gold~!"
Hearing gems and gold, Rin stopped involuntarily. She turned around coyly, pretending to be indifferent, and said.
"Forget it, for the sake of you begging me, I'll stay for now. But it's agreed, I'm definitely not staying because you'll offer me gems and gold..."
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