Chapter 318: What Are The Bunarfs Up To?

I decided to pay Maylene and her sisters a visit today since it’s been a while since I’ve last seen them.

I didn’t know where they were so I went over to my sister who was hanging around my living room and lounging while eating her snacks.

"Ah Hui. Do you know where Maylene is?"

She looked up from where she was laying on her couch, "Hmm? You looking for her for what?"

"We came back from the rift with some technology there and I want to see what they’re doing with it."

My sister hummed and looked off into space for a moment, which I understood she was trying to focus with her other clones that were scattered around the island.

She then turned back to me, "Ummm... They’re at the factory across the bridge on the other island."

Factory? Wait... I mean... I know they were trying to make a building that is focused on fabrication or something but I didn’t know that they already made an entire building for it.

I gave her head a few pats as thanks before opening a teleportation door to send me to the other side of the island.

Stepping out... I realised that I haven’t been to this part of the island for a while now so I haven’t actually seen the extent of changes the Bunarfs have made to this island.

The place where they had first set up their camp as their housing area was now a complex where roads ran to and from the place with automated vehicles and walkers carrying both people and materials in and out of it.

Not only that, there were also conveyor belts going in and out of the building that connected it to another set of buildings that were set up along the edge of the island.

I’m more surprised that the building where I had stayed with my Guardians to deal with the rift here remained intact... Until I saw a sign board placed in front of the building.

’Heritage site of where our Mortal God spent the night to clear the rift of St. John’s island.’

Seriously? They turned this building into a heritage site just for that?

What’s next, are they also going to change the convenience store I usually frequent into a heritage site too?

You know what? Don’t answer that question...

I took the time to look around and I realised that the Bunarfs really went to town with the island as there were even more buildings that had been erected around this island in particular, which they seemed to have designated as the place where they would manufacture and produce all of their goods.

And judging by the sounds of muted explosions coming from one of the buildings... That also included weapons testing... I think?

They really managed to build all this in less than a few months... I wonder if other people already knew about this?

I know that they do have some kind of wall built around the coast line that was supposedly projecting a false image so that to others outside the island, it would look like nothing has changed much or that these buildings were still under construction.

But surely someone flying overhead must have already seen the changes, right?

Oh well... Whatever, it’s not like anyone can do anything about it anyway. My position as Mortal God would have silenced any complaints.

But one of the problems now is that I’m not sure just where on this island Maylene and her sisters might be.

But just as I was wondering what I should do here, I felt a tug on my sleeve.

I turned back to look at the side, only to see empty space.

Then I realised the tugging came from below and I looked down to see one of the Bunarfs looking up at me with a dazed expression.

"Mo... Mortal... God?" She muttered.

Well, I was wearing my mask right now so the people I see around here should assume that I was the Mortal God.

I nodded my head, "Yes. I am looking for Maylene and her sisters. Do you know where they are?"

She nodded slowly, though her eyes never left me as she continued to look up at me like she was seeing the stars for the first time.

I waited patiently for her to lift up her finger to point at one of the smaller buildings towards the other end of the island, the one that looked more like a laboratory building than a factory plant.

I thanked her and gave her head a pat as well out of reflex before making my way over to that building by running there.

Maylene’s enhanced speed helped me shrink the distance in just a few short seconds and I was standing in front of a set of glass doors that, for some reason, felt like they were tougher than steel.

I walked up to it and there was a scanner that shone on me before the glass doors slid open, allowing me to step inside.

Almost instantly, I was hit with the smell of antiseptic... Or at least what smelt like antiseptic... And was greeted with a rather open hall with several Bunarfs moving around the place carrying various different boxes and materials.

I have no idea what was happening here but one of the Bunarfs finally caught sight of me and ran over excitedly.

"Mo... Mortal God! Mortal God! Welcome! Welcome!"

I looked around the lobby, "What is this place?"

The Bunarf’s face lit up at the question, "Our research facility! We do a lot of our experiments here! Or... At least some of them. There are others but... Ah! You are looking for Sagia?"

That’s the eldest sister of the bunny sisters so I figured that I might as well just start there.

I nodded, "Yes, where is she?"

She reached up and pinched my sleeve with her fingers, "I’ll guide you!"

She then started skipping towards the lift lobby and I followed behind her, trying my best not to think how cute the bunnygirl in front of me was.

We reached the lift and she tapped on a few buttons on a console which I assumed were the security system to unlock the panel before she pressed one of the buttons for the higher floors.

I then watched the doors close before the lift started to ascend without a sound, giving me only the barest feeling of it moving which I might have missed if it weren’t for my enhanced senses.

Eventually, the lift reached its destination and the doors slid open, revealing a... An apartment?

I mean... I’m standing in what looked like the entrance hall that led into the living room with a kitchen and doors at the back which no doubt led to bedrooms.

I thought this was a research facility?

I stepped out of the lift but the bunnygirl escorting me remained inside, the girl giving me a quick bow before she closed the lift and left me alone there.

Err... I guess that was as far as she was allowed to guide me or something? But where do I go from here? Where is everyone?

I walked through the entrance hall until I was in the living room, which looked to be a complete mess with pieces of paper, blueprints, writing materials, snacks, drinks and various mechanical devices all strewn about the place.

I could just imagine the bunny sisters spending their time draped around the room tinkering and working on stuff and just leaving their things there to go to sleep before coming back here to work again.

I’m guessing the sisters have been holed up in their research so much that they figured they might as well build an apartment floor for themselves within the research facility so that they never had to leave.

Then, a blur of green and brown appeared in front of me and I realised it was Sagia wearing her usual green bunnygirl outfit.

She looked quite surprised to see me and... Dare I say, even slightly panicked.

"Qi-- Mo... Mortal God?! What... What are you doing here?!"

I blinked and slowly reached up to take off my mask to raise an eyebrow at her, "What do you mean? I’m here to see how you girls are doing? Why are you looking like you saw an Anomaly or something? Am I not allowed to be here?"

"Ah... Ah... No! That... That’s not what I mean! Umm... It’s just... We weren’t expecting you!"

"Yeah, well... That’s because I didn’t tell you girls ahead of time that I was coming. Where’s everyone else?"

She poked her hands together, "Umm... I’m... I’m afraid that... Now is not a good time... Umm... Could you come back in umm... Maybe a week? Just not to--"

"QIIIINNNGGGGG!!!"

She didn’t get to finish her words before the door to one of the rooms suddenly burst open and a figure with blonde hair suddenly rushed towards me in a flash, crashing straight into me with their face buried in my chest.

I panicked a little only to stop when I realised that the person looked like Maylene... But the problem was... Why the heck is she now as big as a normal person?