Humans are in chaos, despicable outsiders.

...

"You and I, we were originally one, without any difference; but you lost me, and I lost you—"

"...However, you and I are intertwined, our roots entwined as well."

"Fate will eventually bring us together again—"

Gripping her ruby-encrusted cane tightly, the nameless girl waved to her sleeping "self," then turned and left...

"Using multiple accounts is fun for a while, and it's even more fun if you keep doing it—"

Chapter 187 Elbow, let's go fight!

…A week after the massive collapse of the Destiny headquarters.

The new Schicksal recovered the Hermes, which had been freed from the Imaginary Space. The Second Herrscher prototype, K423, was nowhere to be found, and the whereabouts of the Godslayer Armor prototype, along with its carrier Himeko Murata, also became a mystery.

Snow Apocalypse, who briefly appeared on the Nibelungen, also vanished like a fleeting moment, his whereabouts remaining a mystery. However, the world does not stop the march of time because of this. With the aftershocks of the Second Herrscher's reawakening, large and small Honkai disasters are occurring all over the world.

Both the old and new Destiny alliances dispatched large numbers of troops to suppress the Honkai creations around the world. The Undying Blade and the Divine Authority acted as a fire brigade for several months, working tirelessly to keep up with the chaos. The intense overtime work made many Valkyries start to fantasize about where to go for their upcoming vacation.

Of course, in addition to rescue, the two elite forces under Schicksal also have their own special missions—to find Kiana, or rather K423, and bring her back. Both are striving to find their target and bring her back to their respective Schicksal first.

However, although in the past few months, the two teams of reconnaissance agents and intelligence personnel have frequently received reports of or even witnessed Kiana Kaslana, who is identified as the Second Herrscher's prototype, all capture operations have so far ended in failure.

The reason is simple... A person who runs on two legs cannot outrun a dual-wielding Herrscher of the Void and Flame who uses Blink to walk and accelerates with nitro.

"You still haven't found Kiana...?"

In the East District office of Destiny, Theresa frowned, looking somewhat worried. Her actions were hampered by the sheer volume of Destiny's affairs keeping her confined to her office for the past few months. She had been stuck in the office dealing with tedious and headache-inducing funding applications, carefully distinguishing between the routine Destiny Research Lab applications that involved extortion and those that were legitimate projects with genuine funding needs.

"Don't worry, Dean Theresa—we found it, but we just can't bring it back. After all, how can two people on two legs catch up with someone who uses Flash and Sprint to walk?"

"So you've already found Kiana several times? How is she now? You haven't spoken to her? You haven't seen Himeko or Snow near her?"

A barrage of questions came out of my mouth, soaring into the heavens, leaving her wondering which one to answer first.

"Ah... I'm sorry, Jiuxiao, I was too hasty. Let's take it one step at a time."

"I understand, you know, concern makes you confused."

"Let's start with the first one. We've seen and interacted with Kiana several times, and she doesn't seem to have any problems."

"We didn't get to see Himeko herself. When we talked about Himeko's situation, Kiana didn't show any sadness or loss of control. She just vaguely revealed a kind of worry."

"We can boldly guess that Himeko is fine, but for some reason she can't meet with us or Kiana."

"Just like you said on the ship, Theresa, let time give us the answer."

Jiuxiao nodded, signaling Theresa not to let these things throw her off balance.

"It's good that everyone is alright... As long as everyone is alright... As for meeting, we can wait... No! We can wait, but Grandpa can't wait."

"You don't need to worry about that. The bishop of the Western Heavenly Fate is currently busy with a large-scale experimental project, and the task of finding Kiana has been handed over to his Undying Blade squad."

“Treating that idiot is easy, no, I don’t even need to lift a finger to deal with that whole squad.”

"If you just grab a bottle and then enthusiastically approach them with it, the whole group of them will turn green with embarrassment, like they stepped in poop on the street."

"As long as I shamelessly stick by their side, they can't get anything done properly."

Jiu Xiao stood with her hands on her hips as if it were the most natural thing in the world, with an expression that said, "As long as I'm shameless, I'm invincible."

"I hope that some shameless deputy captains will have some self-awareness and stop being like flies, haunting the world and causing havoc!"

The door was pushed open angrily, and a certain unlucky old man, the number one sucker of the Undying Blade, and the Destiny Dumb Goose, barged in.

"Durandal? What are you doing here?"

Before Theresa could finish her confused words, Jiuxiao's voice followed.

"When you get swarmed by a fly—you have to realize you're a blob... um... um—"

Jiuxiao gave him a knowing look.

"You! Come and spar with me again later—"

"Your Excellency Theresa, I've come to deliver a gift to Miss Kiana."

"Gift?"

Theresa's expression turned bewildered.

"Hmm... After rescuing a small team from the Undying Blade who was in danger, Miss Kiana handed this to me, called me 'good sister Bianca,' gave it to Aunt Theresa, and then disappeared immediately."

Bianca pulled out a strange yellow rabbit doll, and Theresa's eyes widened upon seeing it. With lightning speed, she collected the other rabbit dolls that Bianca had placed on the office floor, then immediately regained her composure as if nothing had happened, leaving Jiu Xiao and Bianca speechless.

"So... Durandal, you've met Kiana too, right? What kind of person do you think she is?"

Theresa, now in her true colors, raised a question.

"She truly lives up to her title as the Herrscher of the Void... Her ability to escape is simply unmatched. I couldn't even catch a single hair of hers. We Valkyries who secretly wanted to chase her but couldn't have given that Herrscher a nickname: 'Qi the Runner.'"

"However, that Herrscher's performance in the War of Destiny is completely different, not only in terms of personality but also in terms of ability—even by the most critical standards, she can be considered a very qualified Kaslana Knight."

"During these three months, she was active at the Honkai sites around the world, saving a large number of innocent civilians and Valkyries. Whether it was the Undying Blade, the divine power squad that this mortal scum stayed in, or those ordinary Valkyrie squads, almost all of them received her help."

Speaking of divine authority, Bianca glared fiercely at Hōraiji Kūshō, who had started whistling beside her.

"In short, I know what Lady Theresa is thinking. If that Herrscher lady really does return to Schicksal in the end, I can't guarantee other departments, but the Valkyrie Squad, as the combat department, certainly won't have many objections, and may even welcome it?"

"I see. Thank you, Durandal."

"No need to thank me. If you really want to thank me, just ask this piece of trash next to me to do me a favor."

"Ah? Alright—Jiuxiao, why don't you go help Durandal..."

"Help my ass, this idiot goose clearly wants to—"

"Elbow, let's go fight!!!"

Chapter 188 If I can't even walk today, I don't even dare to think about what I'll be capable of tomorrow.

"You two, just wait a minute!!"

Theresa suddenly remembered something and interrupted Kaslana, the Valkyrie of Superpowers, who was about to drag the purple-haired girl out the door.

"Has Kiana hooked up with some weirdos outside again?"

Knowing that Kiana seemed to be very popular, Theresa seemed to have made a connection and looked at the two people in front of her with some nervousness.

The headmaster in front of her seemed to recall when Kiana was first brought to the academy as a wanderer, and now that she had said goodbye to her period. Tonight, I'm going to wander again. Along the way, she has brought along so many strange and wonderful people—and almost every one of them is quite heavyweight.

There's an aunt who helped me get a daughter who's a little younger than me... oh, or maybe she's a little older than me... who knows when my grandfather's daughter was born—the young Snow Apocalypse.

Well, there's also a bunch of weird Herrschers: the Third Herrscher, Raiden Mei; the Fourth Herrscher, Wendy; and the two who hooked up with an unidentified and unaligned agent of a god, Wuni and Fokin.

Below her is Bronya, the Saintess of Anti-Entropy—no, she should probably be called the Acting Leader of Anti-Entropy someday. Mr. Yang and Mr. Joyce seem to like her quite a bit; at the very least, she's a Chosen S-class Valkyrie, even though she's the ever-unruly Penglai Temple Nine Heavens.

However, that smirking guy was scheming like a grandfather every day when they attacked Destiny a week ago. You could say that he deserves half the credit for choosing this position. According to the original plan, the Far East Branch would have been going to wander the world from then on.

This is unbelievable! How come there's not a single one who's easy to get along with? Only Mei is easy to talk to... um, and there's also Ningdi!

Wait a minute! Nindy is Snow's adopted daughter, which means she's my generation? ...And what about the Snow people? Why is it that my destiny, nominally hers, is to work overtime?!

"Damn it, what kind of hellhole is our Second Life?! It's full of demons and monsters!"

The more Theresa thought about it, the angrier she became. She slammed her hand on the table and stood up, startling the two people in front of her.

"what?"

This is Miss Durandal, who seems somewhat at a loss.

"That really is a den of demons, known as the Herrscher Academy."

"This is Jiu Xiao," she nodded naturally.

"Uh... let's not worry about that. So, have you seen any strange guys around Kiana?"

"Strange guys? Hmm, how about those two purple-haired girls who look almost exactly like the Second Herrscher from 2000, just a little younger and a billion times cuter?"

"Oh, and there's also a girl with blue-gray hair. The comparison of Schicksal's portrait indicates that she is the second Herrscher's Judgment-class companion Honkai Beast, Benares in human form."

After thinking for a moment, Jiu Xiao named the trio who had always been seen with Kiana.

"Let me think... One of them, a little Sirin who's about 12 years old, can use some weird magic... Hmm, don't look at me like that, you've probably seen it a lot, you silly goose—anyway, the little guy's pronouncements have basically all come true."

"Who told you about magic?"

Yulandel glared at Jiuxiao beside her, annoyed.

"Are you sure that little one is just a little cute?! Rita was practically mesmerized by that little girl!"

"What the hell?! Military Police?!"

Upon hearing that her beloved pet was being eyed by a certain maid, Penglaiji Jiuxiao instantly became alert—someone was trying to steal her little cabbage! (6 8 ~.37 0'⑵?9 95)

"Cough cough cough, I just can't walk! I can't walk, but I haven't committed a crime yet!"

Durandal resolutely defended her adjutant.

"You said it yourself, right? You're basically assuming the next step is a crime, aren't you?! Today Rita Rossweisse is paralyzed with fear, I don't even want to think about what she might do tomorrow! I don't even want to think about it!"

"Alright, alright...you two stop arguing...Rita just really likes kids, Jiuxiao, you'll get used to it."

"So, there's a young Sirin whose words become law, and who's the other one?"

"Another one should be Sirin, whom we will face in the Battle of Destiny. Kiana somehow separated her from herself and stuffed her into a Q-like doll; that unfortunate girl is the complete opposite of the previous cute girl - I simply cannot understand how foul the words that come out of that cherry-like mouth can be, the kind that could give someone a stroke if released to roam freely."

This time it was Durandal's turn to explain, and she rubbed her temples with lingering fear, thinking of another chibi version of Sirin.

"The fact that this stinky-mouthed chibi doll Sirin has made such a great contribution to making that cutie and Miss Kiana so popular is not only due to her outstanding skills, but also to her remarkable achievements."

"Fortunately, she's usually held down by the humanoid Judgment-class Honkai Beast Benares and can't move, so she doesn't run around much, which is barely acceptable..."

"Uh...maybe?"

Thinking about how his teammates seemed to have recently replaced all the targets in the training field with those chibi-style dolls, Dai'e turned his head away somewhat guiltily.

"Be bold, it's absolutely impossible."

Jiu Xiao, who also saw the doll Xilin, rolled his eyes.