A chat group where you switch bodies with Alicia at the start?

Alicia and the others were outside at that moment.

What they were about to do was one of the steps in Jiang Qiao's pre-arranged plan to save Changkong City—processing the salted duck.

After finding Kiana, Alicia was able to begin attempting a counterattack against Cocolia.

However, given their insufficient strength on paper, they must further weaken the fighting force around Cocolia.

Bronya was the first to be affected.

Spain lacks the conditions to persuade, or rather, there is absolutely no need to persuade.

Trying to turn Spain against its leader before that chip in her head is fixed is a very foolish thing to do.

Because Bronya is a very powerful fighter.

So even if we don't turn her to the enemy, we must at least render her unable to fight and participate in the next battle.

Jiang Qiao was certain that Bronya would be keeping an eye on Raiden Mei from the sidelines.

Then what Alicia and the others need to do is very simple.

Lure Bronya to a place with open terrain where she will have difficulty hiding.

Then, let Mei attract the opponent's attention, and then let Kiana and Alicia ambush them!

...

Just as Jiang Qiao had said before, Bronya had been following Mei all along, and even during the attack in the alley, she was waiting somewhere.

She originally intended to use a sniper rifle to take out those dangerous targets, but ultimately, the plan fell through because of Kiana's appearance.

However, the fact that Raiden Mei now has another person by her side makes Bronya somewhat conflicted.

She had considered whether to report this change to her mother, but remembering what Cocolia had told her to make her own judgment and that ordinary people didn't need to pay too much attention to this matter, she didn't think about it too much.

However, the behavior of the Third Herrscher's original body is becoming increasingly bizarre.

Unaware of what had happened, the original body and the suspicious person went out together and split up once again.

Needless to say, this time she naturally chose to follow Raiden Mei again, ignoring the existence of those two people.

Following and observing along the way, we unknowingly arrived at a place where buildings were sparse.

The Herrscher's physical form remained in place, seemingly waiting for something.

The night wind was a bit chilly, but Bronya didn't seem to mind.

After all, she's of Russian descent, very resistant to the cold. The evening breeze in the Far East is nothing compared to that in Russia, not to mention she's a mercenary.

The only thing that concerned her was Raiden Mei's condition.

"Target's intentions unclear... Entering standby mode."

Bronya, who did not believe she was at risk of being exposed, used a special technique to replenish her energy while monitoring Raiden Mei.

—Let the reloaded bunny replace surveillance.

Just wake her up when the target makes a sound.

Spain had already gained considerable experience in exploiting labor in its early days.

But just as Duck was dreaming of reuniting with Seele, a sudden chill ran down his spine—

"lb!"

The piercing sound of metal clashing accompanied the girl's eyes as she suddenly opened them.

Awakened from her dream, Bronya nimbly rolled over, her gray eyes fixed on the attacker with alertness and coldness.

The girl with white hair, blue eyes, and braided pigtails is Kiana.

Duck's gaze shifted to the baseball bat in Kiana's hand, which was firmly blocked by a steel-like shield.

"This is the robot you were talking about? It doesn't look very good. It just looks like a pile of scrap metal."

Kiana, who had flipped over to create some distance, started talking to herself, drawing Bronya's attention to her ear.

Portable communication device?

…Miscalculation.

but--

"Shattered metal?"

Kiana's evaluation of Heavy Bunny rarely angered Bronya, who was usually composed and unable to express much emotion due to her nerve damage.

She said coldly:

"The Heavy Bunny isn't just scrap metal! It's Bronya's important partner!"

There are pictures here, which can be viewed after the updated version

There are pictures here, which can be viewed after the updated version

Chapter 18. I, Duck Duck, am completely fearless!

At the base beneath the Me Company building, members of the Anti-Entropy faction belonging to Cocolia's side arrived beside Cocolia and spoke:

"Report! Miss Bronya has been attacked."

"what?"

Cocolia, who had been keeping an eye on the experiment's progress, was somewhat surprised to hear this. She then frowned and asked:

"what happened?"

Without further ado, her subordinates directly displayed the image that could connect to Bronya's brain chip to Cocolia.

The first thing Cocolia noticed was the girl with white hair and blue eyes.

"White hair...it looks familiar, from the Kaslana family?"

Looking at Kiana in the picture, Cocolia was somewhat surprised and uncertain.

Although white hair is not a privilege of Kaslana, upon seeing this feature, Cocolia, as an enforcer of anti-entropy, would still subconsciously associate it with the Kaslana family of Schicksal.

She currently has no idea about Kiana's identity or background, and in this respect, the Anti-Entropy conservatives and Otto's side have done a very good job of keeping things secret.

But World Serpent must know the identity of the white-fuzzy ball of fur as the Herrscher of the Void.

That is to say-

The relationship between World Serpent and Cocolia isn't really that close.

And that is indeed the case; she and the World Serpent were merely using each other.

Has destiny already noticed?

Cocolia pressed her forehead, her brows furrowed.

She felt she had done a very good job of keeping things under wraps and keeping things secret.

Those two conservative idiots have no idea what's going on here. With themselves and the World Serpent's interference, and with Destiny targeting them, those two are now in a complete mess.

The only thing that worried her was the Archbishop of Destiny. Just as Tesla often called her a shrew, Cocolia knew that the Archbishop of Destiny was an old fox no less cunning than herself.

Although Gray Snake told her not to worry about that person, Cocolia remained vigilant about Otto's presence.

Now, with the appearance of Kaslana, the Shield of Destiny, does it mean that the other side has discovered something and begun to intervene in this game?

Amidst her worries, information about Kiana was soon presented to Cocolia.

"Kiana Kaslana, daughter of Siegfried, the traitor of destiny."

"So she's Siegfried's daughter. No wonder she looked so familiar."

Cocolia breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing the information.

If she is Siegfried's daughter, she should have no connection with Otto, since Siegfried is a traitor to Schicksal.

"Lady Cocolia, should we send reinforcements to assist Miss Bronya?"

His subordinates asked this question.

"No need. It's just Kaslana. Bronya can handle her."

Upon learning that they weren't from the Destiny or the moderate faction, Cocolia instantly lost interest and rejected the offer of reinforcements.

Bronya is Cocolia's daughter, just a wild Kaslana, there's absolutely no need to worry about her!

“You don’t need to keep an eye on Bronya all the time; she is, after all, my daughter.”

While the chip placed in Bronya's brain does indeed serve a surveillance purpose, Cocolia now trusts Bronya quite a bit and has taken the initiative to instruct her subordinates to reduce their attention to her daughter.

"Yes."

The subordinate nodded, but inwardly cursed: Wasn't it you who ordered us to monitor Miss Bronya?

Cocolia's capriciousness was something even his subordinates found hard to understand.

As they abandoned their focus on Bronya, the battle on the ground had already broken out.

"This shorty is really troublesome!"