Humans are in chaos, despicable outsiders.

"You are Boom Boom Crow from the island, you are in Sky City, and you are going to duel the Second Herrscher next door. Brave Crow, go and create a miracle."

Imotek readily took over the conversation, watching the listless doll Sirin lying in Benares's arms and the seemingly delirious Siola, and began to fan the flames—

...

"This toy doll is the Second Herrscher???"

Siola's face screamed, "I'm uncultured, don't try to fool me."

"Hmph, it is I, the king! You cricket humans, why don't you bow down?! Eeya!"

Before the smug little doll could finish speaking, Raven, who had once again entered berserk mode, pounced on her as if she had seen her father's killer. Before Benares could even react, Raven snatched the doll Sirin from her hands, looking as if she intended to strangle her to death.

"Ah, this time there really is a stupid human trying to strangle a doll that doesn't need to breathe, Bella! I've seen an idiot!!"

Being choked by the black dodo did not affect the little doll's speech; she looked at the ruffled bird in front of her as if it were an idiot.

"Yes, this is the Second Herrscher's current body."

Imotek, always eager to stir up trouble, nodded.

Will she bite?

Suddenly remembering something, Siola turned her head and looked at Imotek.

"No, but she'll hurt you in another way—"

Imotek gave a mocking smile, as if he could already see a certain future.

"Hey, humans! Several months ago, Destiny and its affiliated insurance companies started calculating and distributing huge sums of compensation and resettlement funds. Guess who hasn't received any compensation?!"

The doll Sirin, held in Ciora's hand, began to gradually reveal her high level of aggression.

"Who?"

For a moment, Siola was stunned, staring at the menacing purple doll in front of her.

"Of course you—!"

The little doll let out its classic queen-like three-part laugh.

"........"

"You see, she'll hurt you in another way."

Imotek, seeing the ending he had envisioned, wore an amusing expression.

“…”

"Ah, dear raven, you can no longer dwell on the misfortunes fate has dealt you; you must enjoy the present, and... let bygones be bygones—"

The girl shook her head helplessly as she watched Hiola, who hadn't listened to a word she said and was once again engrossed in fighting with the little doll.

.....

"...You seem to enjoy teasing her? But you also gave her adopted daughter a large sum of money so she could take care of those orphans."

Grey Snake, standing to the side, looked at Imotek, who was drinking alone while watching the two wrestling opponents, and sounded somewhat puzzled.

"Ah... there is a force that always seeks evil, yet forever brings good, and I am one of its forces—"

"So, Gray Snake, what were you thinking about just now?"

"If I could, I would never put that painter lady into the Land of the Dead..."

After a moment of contemplation, the man gave his answer.

"Well, it's a real shame that Ancestor Kevin has already agreed to this a long time ago—Big Brother Kevin, who basically doesn't know how to coax little girls, promised her that he would go to a paradise in the afterlife to meet some new friends."

Imotek, leaning back on the sofa, uttered a message that caused Grey Serpent's heart and lungs to stop.

"...Then, Lord Imotek, please be sure to inform her in advance of the day she arrives."

Gray Snake's words froze instantly.

"You might as well rely on Kevin, the invincible older brother that Little Sirin talks about, to solve all your problems..."

"More than that, I'm worried about Miss Gretsch among the musicians..."

"Hmph, let's not talk about that anymore. That scumbag ancestor Kaslana actually tricked her descendants, so don't blame me for tricking her too—"

The girl's tone conveyed a sense of satisfaction at having avenged her great wrong.

"Would you two like to extend your personal grudges to the entire world of snakes...?"

The gray snake felt its blood pressure was about to reach its peak in the thousands of years since it lasted.

"I don't care, go talk to your respected Lord Kevin, I bet you—he'll only ask you which side you're on..."

Imotek had an indifferent expression on his face.

"Only in this matter... I choose the middle."

After struggling to recall how he felt when he first saw the painting, Gray Snake decisively chose to follow his heart.

"Tsk, why hasn't Kiana arrived yet? Did she get caught by the police in Sky City...?"

Putting aside the impending calamity that would befall the paradise of the past, Imotek began to wonder why someone had not yet joined the others.

"Miss Benares—what do you think Kiana is doing right now...?"

Imotek looked at the dragon girl with confusion.

"Hmm... I guess I'm trying to persuade and comfort her?"

Benares scratched his chin uncertainly and offered a guess.

"After all, when we were being chased around the house like crazy, we bluntly stated that Miss Sirin's paintings were very, very... uh, you know what I mean?"

"Soothing a child...will she know how to do that later...???"

Imotek suddenly realized something and his expression turned ominous.

"Kevin, as the ancestor, is only passable when it comes to soothing children... and that's after he's had experience raising kids. Her father, Siegfried, simply doesn't know how to soothe children at all, and he even goes so far as to teach his daughter how to pick up girls... and then there's Kiana's generation..."

"Boom—"

A loud noise came from outside the bar window, drawing the attention of everyone in the bar, while alarms and panicked screams from the crowd also reached the ears of a few people.

"What the hell is this thing...?"

Even the usually calm Gray Snake suddenly swore—

A colossal and grotesque creation—its form resembling a tuxedo-clad doll hanging upside down on a gigantic gear floating in mid-air...

"...Although the other show is a collaboration with an IP like Madoka Magica...doesn't this Witch's Night seem to be in the wrong timeline???"

Imotek spat out the drink he had just drunk—

"Forget it, at least it's not some green-skinned, fat, octopus-like creature living in the deep sea... Gray Serpent—lead the way! Let's go to the underground base of Shencheng Pharmaceuticals!"

"I don't think the guards of Sky City, the Valkyries of Destiny, or even that Island Raven who fought the puppet for ages and still couldn't defeat it could handle this thing—"

"...Let's go get the Heavenly Judgment!"

"Immediately! Now! Right now! Get moving!"

【White Cat, what new tricks are you up to with Little Xilin?】

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The streets were filled with panicked crowds. The moment the giant monster appeared in the sky, the city's residents were thrown into chaos once again.

"Pah, pah, pah, what's this? Planted too many flags? Is it an explosion of accumulated karma?"

The unnamed Valkyrie captain, on vacation, stared at the giant monster in the sky, then turned and hurried towards the Sky Dome City branch.

......

"Holy crap, even the Valkyrie can't handle this. Even if Lady Durandal herself came, she'd probably be helpless..."

As the Valkyries watched the drones hurtling towards them from the command center, they began to consider whether it was practical to use their power to destroy this behemoth.

"This thing is freaking huge... Even that cat-headed Herrscher would take half a day to deal with it... And that Herrscher would probably have to consider the damage and harm it would cause to the city and its inhabitants."

"Tsk, it's not easy to be a good person these days..."

The Valkyries standing nearby nodded in agreement.

"Go and bring out all the heavy weapons... Prepare to assist the Sky Guardians in evacuating the crowd out of the city, and at the same time send a request for assistance to headquarters."

The two Valkyrie captains leading the Sky Dome City branch sighed and gave instructions to their team members.

"Even if we have Herrschers to help us, we can't just stand by and watch—"

"As seniors, we cannot retreat without a fight."

......

In the night, the once dark sky of Sky City was illuminated again by the firepower of the mechs and Valkyries. The exploding shells lit up the sky above the city, as if day had returned. After the initial panic, the people in the city regained basic order through the loudspeaker's wide-area broadcast and, under guidance, orderly evacuated out of the city.

"Tsk, our firepower is too weak against this guy."

The mech pilots looked at the monster in the sky, which was completely covered by artillery fire. The monster only emitted a series of ear-piercing screams amidst the firepower, causing headaches and ringing in the ears for everyone around it; the barrage of fire from the mechs and the Valkyrie forces seemed to have no real effect.

"Where's that white Superwoman with cat ears on her head? It won't be a quick process for us to handle this thing!"

The driver shouted through the loudspeaker to the Valkyrie who was carrying a multi-barreled rocket launcher and was also firing at the giant monster.

"Huh? What are you thinking—even if she's willing to help us now, we still need to get this thing to somewhere further out of the city, right?"

The Valkyrie, having emptied the magazine, reloaded the rocket launcher and shouted to the pilot beside her—

"Lure them out? Why didn't you say so earlier—hey, hey, hey, can you hear me! All mech units, prepare for luring operation—"

"Isn't it just a matter of luring them out to be annihilated by the air reinforcement fleet that arrives later? Uncle, what were you Chinese originally planning to do???"

The blonde Valkyrie standing nearby looked incredulous upon hearing this.

"Huh? We were originally planning to wait until everyone had evacuated, then take out the heavy multiple rocket launchers that had been sitting idle in the warehouse and give them a run for their lives, and just bury this bastard in the spot with overwhelming firepower..."

"I haven't seen that big guy make a sound in a long time. The last time it was used was a few years ago when the Honkai Beast tide came from the aftermath of the third Honkai on the Far East island nation - it was so satisfying to see it explode back then. When you came to Sky Dome City, did you see that plain in the northwest of the city?"

"Ah, I see it. It looks like the agricultural production area of ​​Sky Dome City. What's going on there?"

"Back then, that place was a small hill. The Honkai Beast tide came from that direction. Killing those monsters was so satisfying back then."