Humans are in chaos, despicable outsiders.

"You mean...we're going to persuade the remaining heroes?"

“That’s right. Looking back now, everyone present had a wavering expression... Perhaps some of them had already resigned themselves to their fate, but that doesn’t mean they were willing to accept it.”

"Sister Bronya, who should we start with?"

Seele raised a new question.

"Of course, it's those two psychic-sensory fusion warriors, Mr. Su and Miss Aponia. If we get their help, our operation will be much easier..."

"However, if Seele remembers correctly, that Miss Aponia gave a hint to the entire Flame Chaser... never give up hope of defeating the Honkai, and killing a Herrscher perfectly fits that requirement... those Fusion Warriors might not be affected by such a hint, but what about those ordinary people..."

"Oh dear, why is this little girl so worried about this and that? Once we convince her, we can change this kind of psychological suggestion however we want—"

Da Xi'er rubbed Xiao Xi'er vigorously, interrupting her somewhat worried speech.

"Girl, hesitation will lead to nothing. Remember, when the time is right, act decisively—"

Short-haired Xi'er nodded thoughtfully to the leader, seemingly having grasped some profound truth...

Chapter 263 Sometimes you don't necessarily need a walkthrough to clear a game.

"Then it's decided in a pleasant way. Let's persuade those two first—"

Seeing that the group had almost finished their discussion, Bronya slapped his thigh and decided on the course of action for this mission.

"Hey, I'm telling you...did you guys forget something?...Did any of you consider what that pink fairy lady herself thinks???"

Brownie, seeing the restless crowd, asked a crucial question...

"Miss Alicia's own thoughts...?"

"That's right, don't forget, that pink fairy lady sacrificed herself voluntarily. If she herself had no desire to continue existing, even if we convinced everyone else, wouldn't she have chosen to sacrifice herself?"

Brownie slammed his hand on the table, pointing out the most important issue in the next series of actions.

"Instead of persuading Miss Aponia and Mr. Su, who could play the role of Commissar Yuri, we need to get the person in question sorted out first. If that pink fairy doesn't cooperate, everything we do will be in vain."

"It's so frustrating. If only someone could come and beat all these guys to a pulp..."

Seele, with her long hair, clicked her tongue in dissatisfaction, looking like she had no way to use her strength.

.....

"I heard someone is looking for help to beat someone up?"

A voice that Bronya was certain would be familiar with came from outside the café...

"Then how about I take one along—?"

The owner of the nonchalant voice walked into the coffee shop, his purplish-red eyes filled with laughter as he looked at the four people who were struggling, bringing new outside help to their current predicament.

"Sister Jiuxiao? What are you doing here?!"

Bronya stared in shock at the Penglai Temple Nine Heavens that had seemingly appeared out of nowhere.

"The children at St. Freya Academy are having some trouble, and naturally, Penglaiji Jiuxiao, their caring older sister, is here to help!"

Penglai Temple Nine Heavens, who was full of witty remarks, pulled out one of the chairs and joined the four-person world dungeon raiding group.

"And what I, the eldest sister of the Nine Heavens, am best at is clearing these kinds of endlessly looping dungeons—"

"If you do this... you'll be kneeling on a washboard and a keyboard from now on... Your Majesty, Nine Heavens of Penglai Temple."

The cold, mechanical voice that was originally devoid of emotion now rang out beside the purple-haired girl, causing Bronya and the others to turn their heads.

"If she makes me kneel on a washboard, I'll just switch accounts and have someone else play for me... Why do you need a washboard and a keyboard to rub against next?"

Miss Jiuxiao seemed to have found some kind of secret to passing the level, looking completely fearless and incredibly brave.

“…”

The purple-haired girl's decisive reply, which subtly indicated she had floored the accelerator to 80 mph, silenced the mysterious voice.

【You don't want to rub the washboard and keyboard, but you want to rub our Lord instead? ???】

"...Whatever makes you happy."

The enigmatic voice, which had been choked for a long time, finally uttered a single sentence and fell silent.

"Does Sister Jiuxiao seem to recognize this mysterious voice?"

Once Bronya confirmed that the mysterious voice was completely silent, she immediately approached and began frantically trying to find out more information.

"I recognize her, why wouldn't I? You should recognize that voice too, right? Didn't you recognize it? Although she looked really cool trying so hard to act innocent, she looked really pathetic when she finally broke down—"

Jiuxiao looked at Bronya in front of him with a strange expression.

"...Bronya really didn't recognize it. Did Bronya know such a person?"

"This is Wuni, though I don't know why she's hiding and not letting anyone see her—do you want to see her? If so, I'll grab her right now—"

The purple-haired demon was too impatient and made a mistake.

"No... Bronya thinks the most important thing right now is to figure out how to clear this strange world... rather than messing with that Miss Wuni; Sister Jiuxiao said she's an expert at clearing these kinds of reincarnation worlds, right?"

"Actually, if you just capture that bird-woman and threaten her to pluck all her feathers, you can beat the game much faster..."

Jiuxiao muttered something under his breath, then composed himself and gave Bronya a confident look, casually making a thumbs-up gesture.

"Of course, I can be a professional. Feel free to consult me ​​with any questions—"

"Well... Sister Jiuxiao, the current situation is like this: we have found the key to reincarnation, but reversing this key might put Bronya and Seele in danger of becoming enemies of the world."

"And most importantly, the key figures might not necessarily cooperate with us..."

After listening to Bronya's introduction to Penglai Temple, Jiuxiao nodded thoughtfully.

"Well... to sum up your problem, it's that you're not using enough force—if you just use enough force, miracles can happen."

The purple-haired savior remembered a very, very distant past, a story of her pre-awakened self struggling and toiling in a hapless world through endless cycles of reincarnation—

If my mother back then had been half as awesome as my mother is now, would things be like this?

—I used to be timid and hesitant, but now I strike back with full force!

"Um... Miss Jiuxiao, what do you mean???"

Brownie looked uncertainly at the purple-haired girl in front of him... and a very outrageous idea popped into his mind—

"Why all the fancy stuff? Come on, let me teach you. Just beat them all down, that's all. The first lesson from Lord Jiuxiao of Penglai Temple: The weak should never try to persuade the strong with words, and vice versa!"

"The weapon of criticism cannot replace the criticism of weapons. When you beat someone up every day and then ask them if they have understood, they will initially be stubborn and say that they have not understood. Then they will verbally say that they have understood, but at this point they are just fobbing you off. You should continue to beat them up."

"Beat them until they can only say 'yes, yes, yes' no matter what you say, and that's when our goal is achieved—"

Translation: Stop talking nonsense, beat them to death.jpg

"Miss Jiuxiao, are you awake...? We can't possibly defeat those fusion warriors... Even if we really had to fight, we'd need to find someone like Delta to come, to use fusion warriors against fusion warriors..."

Brownie gave him a knowing look and rolled his eyes, as if to say, "Are you still half asleep?"

LOL—I couldn't beat them at all; I was the one who got beaten into a cookie.

"Hmm... I think you all have some misconceptions about your confidante, Penglai Temple Nine Heavens's Phowa—well, that's true, after all, I've never actually fought... So, let's look at the facts—"

"—Elbow, come with me to smash the Fire-Chasing Moth!!!"

"...You play video games completely irrationally, don't you?!"

Duck's eyes widened—

"Hilarious, Bronya, remember this, Lord Jiuxiao calls this speedrunning—!"

Chapter 264 How many floors does it take to carry a bag of rice?

"Sister Jiuxiao, wake up!"

In the city streets, a spectacle unlike anything ever seen or heard of, has appeared in the sanctuary of the fire-chasing moths.

A purple-haired girl, dragging a string of gray-haired and blue-haired girls, hurtled towards the Firemoth building, like a derailed train...

Immediately following was a startling statement that could be heard throughout the entire city, a statement that shocked the entire Firemoth community—

"Thousand Calamities—please, come here!!!"

"We're doomed!"

Bronya, Seele, and the others, who were in the train car, heard this shocking statement that would resonate for a hundred years, and immediately gave up thinking.

Unsurprisingly, the Firemoth base building exploded—a white-haired man wearing a black mask, engulfed in flames, crashed directly into the culprit, Penglai Temple Nine Heavens.

"Come here and face your death—!!!"

The explosion engulfed the street, which had long been deserted, leaving only the four unlucky old men, who had been dragged there by Jiu Xiao, silently enduring it all...

"Kicking the door is one thing, but why did Sister Jiuxiao have to kick the hardest titanium alloy door?!!"

In mid-air, Penglai Temple's Jiuxiao and Qianjie were locked in a fierce battle, with explosions and the extreme foul language of a certain mad king echoing throughout the air.

.....

"Brownie has good news and bad news. Which do you want to hear first?"

The four, who had stumbled and scrambled out of the battle zone, panting heavily, hid in a small alley, waiting for Miss Mysterious Voice to announce the reopening...

"Let's hear the good news first; I think we've already had enough bad news already—"

Once she caught her breath, Seele waved her hand, indicating that any bad news should wait until later...

"Well, I'll tell you then. The good news is... I just peeked and our invincible Sister Jiuxiao has already beaten down three Yingjie, and she did it while being ganged up on."

"Now, standing on top of that guy with the worst mouth, I'm totally invincible..."

"????"

"Hey, hey, hey, you Bronya, is your Sister Jiuxiao really this outrageous?"

All eyes turned to Bronya.

"Bronya's perception of Sister Jiuxiao of Penglai Temple is that she is a lazy, gluttonous Valkyrie who will touch you whenever she can, and who will suddenly develop a chuunibyou-like disorder."

"The most unworthy and least deserving of the title of S-class Valkyrie, as the most powerful Miss Durandal in the Destiny, always manages to get away with various excuses whenever she comes to cause trouble for her."

Bronya also wore an incredulous expression...