Miss Riddler just wants to level up in peace.

Returning to the previous question, the girl said self-deprecatingly, "I can't tell who's better."

"If the three of us fell into the water, who would you save first?"

Bronya also knew that this question was meaningless, detached from reality, and largely intended to make things difficult for people.

But she still wanted to know who was the most important person in the girl's heart.

"Most people say nice things like 'find a way to have all the options at the same time,' but that's something only mediocre people say."

Ziyao remembered a line from a visual novel that perfectly matched her thoughts, so she repeated it.

"The reason is that when he said that, he abandoned the very essence of the option and let the only chance slip away."

"I'm just an ordinary person. No matter what it takes, I'll choose to have it all."

"Only children want everything; adults know their bodies can't handle it."

Bronya smiled and joked that Ziyao's statement was cheating.

As we reached the mountainside, the air grew increasingly cold.

The ice and snow never melt, and even finding the path up there is difficult.

After resting for half an hour, they continued uphill and finally found a lone assassin at the top of the mountain.

"Was he abandoned by his companions and died alone on the mountain?"

The assassin still wore tattered human clothes, his body had long since mutated, and Honkai energy flowed through his purple veins.

The hand bones meander and lengthen, extending from the ribs to form a sharp, long, knife-like layer of bone.

"Dr. Tesla, we have discovered a new special individual assassin."

Bronya didn't rush to take action. Instead, she turned on her communicator and projected the situation to Tesla.

"She looks quite unique, but she's still within the normal range. Thank you for your help."

Their appearance is a bit strange, but internally they are the same as ordinary assassins, maybe just a bit stronger, and not worth studying.

Tesla waved its hand, indicating that it could be removed.

"Huh? Are you going up there to get yourself killed?"

Tesla was surprised to see Ziyao stopping Bronya and indicating that he should do it himself.

She was well aware of how fragile a young girl's body was.

Many members of Anti-Entropy also found it strange that such an ordinary human could become a top-level advisor.

"Don't worry, Dr. Tesla, of course I have a backup plan."

The girl took out the Colt she had drawn a few days ago and clicked off the safety.

However, she didn't use it, but put it in her pocket for future use.

Because what we really need to test is her newly acquired ability.

"..."

Bronya felt a chill run down her spine at the sight of the Colt's silver-gray barrel; her intuition told her that this thing was dangerous.

Volume 1: Chapter 226 Snowfield (Part 2)

Like a rattlesnake, the assassin hissed, filled with hostility towards her.

Even if she had a trump card, Ziyao would normally not expose herself to danger.

However, it's just a doll, so there's no need to worry too much.

However, it would be shameful to be killed by such a death squad member.

The pain was still there, and the destruction of the doll would cause her considerable trauma.

"call---"

She exhaled a puff of white mist. The girl was wearing a dress and a scarf, and on the surface, she showed no signs of fighting.

The assassin was wary of Bronya beside him; his tall figure trembled from time to time, but the ferocity in his eyes did not diminish in the slightest.

It stared intently at Ziyao, its instincts driving it to want to kill this delicate girl.

As Ziyao approached, it retreated.

As it approached the foot of the mountain, it suddenly launched an attack.

He swung the long blade attached to his hand bones, tearing through the air, aiming straight for his fair and delicate neck.

"That was close..."

Without using any skills, Ziyao tried to dodge using her own strength.

Using the knowledge she gained from the doll, she executed a standard side-dodge maneuver.

My thinking is up to par, but my physical body is seriously lagging behind, always a step behind.

The Tesla image in the projection almost scared me to death, but thankfully I dodged it.

"Don't try to be brave. Just stay at the back of the team and contribute your talents. If you get stuck here, that bastard Otto will laugh himself silly."

Though the words were sharp, the underlying sentiment was one of concern.

Ziyao felt an itch on her collarbone, and when she reached out to touch it, she found it was stray hairs.

She narrowly avoided the attack, which grazed her shoulder and didn't hurt her, but it severed her long hair.

After a long-awaited period of vigorous exercise, my pulse and breathing became rapid and intense.

He took out a useless sword from the system space and used it as a weapon.

After their first wave of attacks failed, the assassins regrouped and, without even pausing, changed their vertical slashes to horizontal ones, intending to lock down her escape route.

Clang——

I successfully blocked the shot, but my wrist went numb from the impact.

Without even a chance to catch their breath, the second and third attacks came like a storm.

With its powerful mental strength, any of its movements were slowed down by three times in the face of Ziyao's focus, making it easy to deal with; the real problem was that its body couldn't keep up.

Just as he was about to collapse from exhaustion, the assassin was suddenly sent flying backward, crashing heavily into the mountainside with a loud bang.

Following the source, it turned out to be Bronya.

They were so worried about Ziyao's safety that they opened fire.

“Hiss….”

The assassin struggled to his feet, black smoke billowing from his joints, his eyes bloodshot, as if he had been enraged and entered a berserk state.

"This thing is rare even among the experimental subjects in the Fate's pile of bottles and jars."

Tesla breathed a sigh of relief. This kind of thing should be left to the Valkyrie, or to the Titan armor she developed.

"I'll touch it, I'll touch it."

Launch a head-patting attack, rendering Bronya unable to act for one turn.

The girl understood her meaning, nodded gently, and said she would not interfere again.

She believed that her sister Ziyao would be able to easily deal with this special assassin.

"This thing is difficult to deal with even my iron fist."

Is it too much to try and deal with this thing?

Tesla scratched his head and said he was thinking of taking this thing back to base for research.

But I decided against it, since those magistrates had strong opinions and were quite stubborn.

Returning their gaze to Ziyao, and seeing that her opponent was her, the assassin's attack became even more ferocious and swift this time.

As if breathing were a natural ability, Ziyao activated her powers with a thought, instantly giving herself a buff.

First, he dodged the attack, then grabbed the assassin's arm and slammed him against the wall.

Its strength is so great that it seems impossible for a human to do it.

Like a kite with a broken string, the assassin was slammed into the wall again, breaking several joints with a crisp sound.

Tesla: Huh?

What kind of super-strong woman?

The scene that defied common sense left her speechless.

That wasn't the end of it. The assassin rose again, his entire body radiating black energy that concentrated at the tip of his blade.

Its concentration is almost comparable to that of a God-level Honkai Beast.

Bronya's heart tightened, and she quietly reached for the Heavy Bunny's cannon.

"Gurgle, hiss, hahaha—!"

Roaring, the assassin charged forward with extreme speed, driven by a desire to perish together with his opponent.

Ziyao stood still, not even assuming a fighting stance, seemingly not intending to defend or dodge.

The moment she was struck, she bent down and punched the assassin in the abdomen, forcefully stopping the attack.

Then he raised his leg high and stomped half of his body into the snow.

The poor assassin hadn't even had time to react before he was killed by the monstrous strength.

At the same instant, the buff disappeared.

With one-third of her mental energy depleted, Ziyao finished her work early and turned off the buff.

"not bad."

She clapped her hands; her strength just now far surpassed that of ordinary people, and she had even touched the lower part of an A-rank Valkyrie.

"Bronya, be careful. This person in front of you might be a fake."

Tesla said earnestly, otherwise the contradiction in her understanding could not be explained.

"Huh? Wait...!"

Just as I was about to continue speaking, the communication was cut off.