"The identities of those people have all been verified, no problems. Himeko, is there anything else?"

Another comic book has gone cold, Izayoi Mirai thought to herself, but she had to hold it in. "Himeko, take me here to complete the onboarding process."

"oh oh."

Theresa then remembered that she had accepted Izayoi Mirai's application to join the company.

"Ahem, what's your major again?"

"philosophy."

This is difficult to handle.

Theresa pondered that as a school that trains Valkyries, most of their courses are related to Honkai energy research and military operations. Arts and music are used to cultivate personal hobbies and soothe the mind. Studying philosophy is not exactly soothing the mind, but there are quite a few famous philosophers whose minds are different from ordinary people.

Theresa opened this academy to help Valkyries become people who cherish their lives, rather than mentally ill individuals.

Do you have any other special skills?

Yuuyo Mirai smiled shyly: "I do have some, but it's not convenient to show them to others in public."

Theresa was a little confused, but Himeko, who understood immediately, poked Izayoi Mirai and said, "I'm afraid some people have nothing of value, but they insist on putting on a show."

There are some things you absolutely cannot give up on!

Yushou Mirai glared at him: "Do you want me to draw my weapon and we'll fight it out to see who's better?"

Theresa slammed her hand on the table: "No fighting in the office! If you want to fight, go to the training ground!"

She had no idea that some fights couldn't be fought in the training ground.

“How about you become a psychologist?” Theresa stroked her chin. “You seem to have a good tongue. You could give students advice and help them with their relationship problems. It would be a pretty easy job.”

"Relationship problems?" Mirai Izayoi raised an eyebrow. "I remember the title in the information was Valkyrie, right? Are there any boys left in our school?"

“If there’s a guy involved, then what kind of relationship problem is this?” Theresa asked while operating the screen, “Are you going to take this job or not?”

"I'll take it!"

Izayoi Mirai immediately nodded. He couldn't be a real philosophy teacher yet, unless he preached in the classroom and enlightened these seeds of resistance against the Honkai, so that they could live a life of seclusion and stay away from the world.

But if that were the case, Theresa could bite him to death.

Theresa handed over a card: "This is your ID card, and also your salary card. Don't lose it. As for your address..."

She pulled out a map marked with various locations within St. Freya Academy, circled the empty houses with a marker, and pushed it to Izayoi Mirai: "Choose one yourself."

Even Izayoi Mirai had to marvel at the Far East Branch's wealth; the houses were sold by the building. But then again, it made sense, since they were doing scientific research, and the cost of building a house was probably less than a fraction of the money burned in an experiment.

Yoyo Mirai randomly chose a building, and to avoid getting lost, she even made a special note of the surrounding buildings.

Theresa gave the keys to Izayoi Mirai, along with a laptop and a cell phone: "External devices can't connect to the local area network here. Also, there's a job waiting for you. Go to the hospital. Do your best on your first job."

As Yosuke Mirai took the things, he felt that it was because a girl who had just gotten lost on her life's journey had happened that Theresa had suddenly decided to have him become her psychologist.

Himeko took Izayoi Mirai to the hospital. On the way, she teased, "Weren't you going to show me your weapons? Why did you choose a villa all by yourself? Are you scared?"

Izayoi Mirai glanced at her: "I'm not that thick-skinned, and besides, if I actually brought it up, you'd probably just drop me off the list."

"Tsk, Little Future, you see things very clearly."

Himeko patted Izayoi Mirai on the shoulder.

The hospital wasn't far from Theresa's office, and the two arrived quickly, where they happened to see Himeko's adjutant.

"Major Himeko, we still have a lot of things waiting for you to handle here, so please don't go on dates during work hours."

"How did my simple act of showing you the way turn into a date?"

The adjutant adjusted her glasses: "We've arrived at the hospital. Shouldn't you be getting started now?"

"There's really no other way."

Himeko said to Izayoi Mirai, "I'll be going now. Don't take advantage of this to make a move on the female students."

Am I that kind of person?

Izayoi Mirai straightened her collar and stepped into the hospital.

There were no psychologists' offices in the hospital, and the lost sheep wasn't in any of them either. Yoyo Mirai found her target outside a ward.

Raiden Mei.

After entering the ward and learning about the situation, Izayoi Mirai walked up to Mei and said, "Mei-kun, your friend Kiana is out of danger. You don't need to worry."

"Really? That's great."

Mei gently gripped her collar, a relieved smile spreading across her face. "From now on, you can do whatever you want with me."

"really?"

Izayoi Mirai looked down at Mei, "Even if we use you for experiments?"

Mei lowered her head even further, her hands trembling slightly, clearly frightened. However, she still nodded: "That's good. If we can analyze the power of the Herrschers, we can save more people, right?"

"Then let's start with having children."

"good……?!"

Mei subconsciously agreed, but then suddenly realized something was wrong. She looked up at Izayoi Mirai, her body involuntarily leaning back against the wall. With unusual alertness, she asked, "What do you mean by having a baby?"

"You're a Herrscher, don't you understand its value yet?"

Yuuyo Future stated matter-of-factly, "Only Honkai can fight Honkai. If the children of Herrschers can also inherit part of the Herrscher's power, then the progress of our research will be unprecedented, and the nature of Honkai will be further analyzed."

"Could my child also become a guinea pig?"

Wow, the focus is actually on the child? Your maternal instincts are overflowing!

While inwardly complaining, Izayoi Mirai maintained a serious expression: "Of course, after all, their mothers were experimental subjects. What right do they have to resist? Aren't the children of lab rats still lab rats?"

Mei felt a chill run down her spine as she looked at the man's smile. She couldn't imagine the fate of herself and her child becoming experimental subjects.

"What I mean is, you should kill me. I can't control my other self, and as long as I'm alive, I'll definitely hurt other people."

“That’s true, living Herrschers are too dangerous.” Yushou Mirai nodded and gave Mei a gentle smile. “Anyway, you can still use them even if they’re dead.”

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I saw your argument, but there's one point you all missed. Putting aside Himeko's emotional involvement, Izayoi Mirai clearly stated that the experiment would ultimately fail, so it's better to fail from the start and not expect any benefit from it. It's in the last sentence of that part of your argument—of course, because threatening someone with one's own life is too low-class, I wrote it subtly, so you probably missed it—and in the first sentence of the next paragraph, Himeko understands the protagonist's meaning. Therefore, regardless of whether Himeko can bring herself to report her savior, Destiny won't obtain the technology, thus leaving her with no reason to report it.

Chapter Fifteen: Once you're asleep, I'll...

Mei's expression was somewhat subtle, as if she were seeing green pus oozing from a rotting caterpillar, yet restrained by her personality.

"The 'use' you're referring to wouldn't be..."

"That's right, just as you think."

Yuzai Mirai's smile gradually turned sinister. "After all, Herrschers are messengers of Honkai. Who knows if they'll be completely dead? Besides, dead people don't cry out in pain or get tired, and you can even save on clothes. It's especially convenient."

Mei got goosebumps all over her body. She couldn't imagine lying naked on the lab table, being manipulated by someone.

Are you a devil?!

Faced with Mei's horrified gaze, Izayoi Mirai shrugged: "If you've given up on yourself, how can you expect respect from others?"

"So it was persuasion?" Mei's eyes twitched. "Teacher, your way of persuading people is really unique."

“I’m not a teacher, I’m a psychologist,” Izayoi Mirai corrected. “The point isn’t my method, but that you don’t actually want to give up your life. You still have many things you care about.”

"It's like dressing yourself up like a white lotus flower, trying to seduce people with your beauty and seize the world, but you won't even give your body away, and you still say that you are a nun who has renounced all worldly desires."

"What a strange metaphor!"

Mei clearly hadn't read "Twin Dragons of the Tang Dynasty," but she still understood what Yushou Mirai meant: "But the fact that I am a Herrscher will not change. Perhaps one day I will be controlled by the consciousness of the Honkai, and my hands will be stained with the blood of many people."

"Then we'll take control for you."

Izayoi Mirai pointed to her chest, "We will implant a bomb near your heart, which will explode once the Honkai energy in your body reaches a certain limit."

"Are you relieved now?" Izayoi Mirai pointed to the ward. "You need power too, don't you? Do you really want to be the next time your friend is in danger, only to watch her go into the operating room, or even die?"

“I understand.” Mei raised her head and looked into Mirai’s eyes. “I will not let that happen again. This time, I will protect Kiana.”

"That's more like it." Yushou Mirai nodded with satisfaction. He was quite good at comforting people. With her hands in her pockets, Yushou Mirai, keeping her accomplishment to herself, prepared to leave.

"Wait a moment."

Mei called out to him, covering her ample breasts as she said, "If it's surgery, I want a female doctor to perform it."

After being intimidated by Mirai's previous attempts at persuasion, Mei is now finding it difficult to look the male doctor in the eye.

"Don't worry, most of the doctors here are women. How many male doctors have you seen?"

Izayoi waved her hand, "If you need anything, you can come to the school's counseling center to find me."

"Thank you."

Mei stood up and bowed deeply.

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Izayoi Mirai is facing a major crisis in her life. Having just helped a misguided girl, she is in a great mood and forgets to turn on her GPS. Instead, she chooses to find her villa using the map she saw at Theresa's place.

Then he got lost.

Looking at the artificial lake before her, Izayoi Mirai fell into deep thought:

Who am I? Where am I? Where am I going?

Philosophical questions arose in his mind, and he even wondered if Theresa's map was wrong.

But ultimately he must confront his own heart:

He is definitely terrible with directions; he can't find his way at all without navigation. In fact, before he gained his magic eyes, he wouldn't recognize the roads he knew during the day at night.

"Never mind. I'll just wander around," Mirai Yushou comforted herself. "Anyway, the scenery in St. Freya is so beautiful, it's not a bad idea to wander around."

Moreover, once he visits the area a few more times and becomes familiar with it, he won't get lost anymore!

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