Humans are in chaos, despicable outsiders.

"What was it again...?" The man looked confused.

[Opportunity!] Fu Hua, facing the man, and Ning Di, lurking in the shadows, watched as the man suddenly froze, and then pounced on him again.

"!? You think you can overpower me with speed? How naive, Valkyrie!" The man reacted quickly, erecting another barrier in an attempt to block Fu Hua and Ning Di's relentless attacks.

...The barrier was shattered by Fu Hua, and Mei, who was bound to him by gravity, was pulled off by Fu Hua. Meanwhile, Ning Di slashed the man's left arm once again.

"You talk a lot, but your strength is nothing special." The positions were reversed—this time Fu Hua occupied the high ground, looking down at the "Herrscher" whose left arm was completely destroyed.

"A wise person is slow to speak but quick to act; please keep this in mind."

There's no need to get entangled with this man here. Although Ningdi has succeeded many times, it's also because he hasn't lost control and launched indiscriminate, large-scale attacks. We must find Jiuxiao or Snow and get their help now.

Having finished her thought, Fu Hua looked at the man with a gloomy face and prepared to fly away.

"How dare you underestimate me..."

"Now—kneel down!" Blue lines appeared on the man's face, and his originally blue eyes now emitted a bluish fluorescence.

"I had no idea—when did I agree to let you leave...!"

"—If you don't get serious, you'll really underestimate me... Now—repent for your arrogance in this hell with gravity a hundred times stronger than normal! Valkyrie!"

The man floated in the air, rubble from the ruins of the building rising with his fury. Fu Hua, who had been leaping away to escape while holding the unconscious Mei, was now slammed to the ground.

--

However, all of this had nothing to do with Ningdi, who had already fled far away. She glanced at the lightning that began to flash in the distance with her purple eyes, then silently took a picture of her skin, which had just been grazed by the gravel, with her phone.

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In the secret underground vault of St. Freya Academy, a highly confidential location of Schicksal, the entire underground space was unguarded. Cocolia and a petite blue-haired girl stood before the gate engraved with the crests of the three Schicksal families.

"Heh, Theresa and the others still found out, huh?" Still wearing...

Cocolia, wearing that military green coat, chuckled softly upon hearing the message coming through the communication channel in her earpiece.

"I initially thought Dr. Tesla had successfully blocked all communication channels. Oh well... anyway, what we're really looking for is right in front of us."

"The rest is up to you, Dr. Einstein," the blond executor of Anti-Entropy said to the blue-haired girl beside him, uttering a name that should have disappeared 60 years ago.

The two watched as the enormous gate slowly opened, and then Cocolia's voice abruptly stopped—

"Come here, guest of anti-entropy."

Come to me—

Come, listen to my voice.

"Come forward and sit beside me."

"Come forward and accept my gift."

The blonde Valkyrie sat on a control panel in a secret room behind the main door, raising a wine glass filled with red wine to invite the two people standing frozen in the doorway.

"It's you! Valkyrie of Destiny, what are you doing here! This is your archbishop's secret location!" Cocolia drew her gun, nervously staring at the blonde girl before her.

"No need for doubt, no need for hesitation." The Valkyrie, seated at the control panel, vanished from their sight in an instant.

"What—!" Cocolia collapsed to the ground unconscious before she could finish speaking.

"My gift is only right and proper—"

Snow, who appeared in front of the two in an instant, handed the glass of red wine in front of him to the blue-haired girl.

Calmly reaching out to take the wine glass from the blonde girl, Einstein followed her to the control panel, watching her speak with composure.

"You remind me of an annoying guy..."

"Perhaps, that annoying guy in Dr. Lisser Albert Einstein's memories really is related to me?" She placed her palm on the verification device on the control panel, a slight stinging sensation at her fingertips as a drop of blood was extracted by the device.

[Pedagogy verification complete]

[Confirmed to be a member of the Apocalypse family]

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A cold, robotic voice echoed in the empty underground space.

"You...?" Einstein looked at the girl in front of him with surprise and doubt.

“I am Snow Apocalypse, daughter of Archbishop Otto Apocalypse of Destiny. I think the mechanical voice just now proves everything, Doctor.”

"Even Theresa Apocalypse, the Dean of the Far East Branch, doesn't have the highest access to this archive... I think you and I both know why, Doctor."

"Open St. Freya's underground secret laboratory, mainframe."

[Your will, sir]

A hidden door opened before the two, revealing a row of life support pods to the two "girls."

"Cecilia Shaniat clones, for the purpose of mass-producing Shaniat's Holy Blood? Holy Blood is indeed...the most prized product of the Apocalypse family in Schicksal's history—"

"Is this what you want to show Theresa? A replica of her former best friend?"

“Yes…” Einstein was extremely annoyed. This guy in front of her, while cute, was just as infuriating as her father.

"It seems I've saved you a lot of trouble, Doctor—ah... the Dean is here, I'll take my leave for now."

"Clear all underlying access logs for today, host."

[Your will, sir]

"Doctor, let's meet in the forest outside later... You should know which forest I'm referring to, right?"

“Okay, also… Miss Snow Apocalypse, has anyone told you—”

Tell me what?

"Besides being quite pleasing to the eye—you're just as deserving of a beating as your father?" Even Einstein's usually composed face now showed an expression of annoyance.

"Haha, allow me to take that as a compliment, Doctor—"

The girl disappeared before the blue-haired girl's eyes, and at that moment, Cocolia, who had been unconscious, slowly awoke. From a distance in the passage, hurried footsteps could be heard; Theresa was rushing towards them.

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Late at night, St. Freya Academy, Eastern Forest

In a clearing in the forest, Walter Young hid behind a tree, frowning as he stared at Penglai Temple's Nine Heavens, who was standing in the center of the clearing.

The girl seemed to be waiting for someone to arrive; the creaking of the dry twig in her hand betrayed her restless emotions.

Why is Jiuxiao of Penglai Temple here? The Valkyrie should have already returned to her dormitory to rest at this time.

Yang's anxiety grew as he looked at Jiuxiao sitting in the open space.

[Dr. Einstein is coming... A Valkyrie with the appearance of a chosen one has appeared among the Entropy Executors who lack combat abilities....]

Just as Yang made up his mind to ambush and knock out the girl wandering in the open space, the sound of hurried footsteps in the distance once again drew his attention.

The young man who had attacked the Valkyrie dormitory at St. Freya Academy fled in disarray along the forest path, cursing incessantly.

"Damn it... How could I possibly die here! I am the leader of Anti-Entropy! The First Herrscher, Welt Joyce!" the man roared in defiance.

"Those damned Valkyries! One day, I'll make them pay!"

"A very courageous statement... A clone of the First Herrscher, but only the courage is commendable—"

Mocking, mocking, contemptuous—the few words contained countless scornful tones. Penglai Temple Nine Heavens interrupted the man's roar.

【When?!】 Standing in the shadows, Yang turned his gaze towards Penglai Temple's Nine Heavens—

Her long, deep purple hair cascaded to her ankles, her purple eyes had turned into a murky crimson, and her St. Freya school uniform had somehow transformed into a white-based evening gown with purple accents. The cross-shaped openwork pattern on the skirt swayed freely in the night breeze, and a black crown of thorns floated atop her head.

"What a joke! I am Walter Joyce! I am not some clone!" The clone, having lost its mind, roared in impotent rage, completely ignoring the dangerous aura emanating from the woman before it.

The girl's right arm seemed to be flowing with magma as she raised her hand and grabbed the Herrscher clone by the neck, lifting him off the ground.

"You're saying you're not a clone?" Jiu Xiao's lips curled into a wicked smile as he leaned close to his ear and asked.

"So, the so-called First Herrscher... can you tell me... what did you do in New York on November 24, 1955...? Do you remember what you said to the Bishop of Schicksal?" The tall, purple-haired woman looked at the clone before her with disdain.

"What did I do...? What did I say?! I...why?...I don't know? Yes! I must have forgotten..." The man's pupils began to dilate and become empty; his heart was denying the truth and reality.

Then, his last shred of self-deception was utterly shattered by the words of Jiuxiao of Penglai Temple—

He addressed Archbishop Otto Apocalypse, the Lord of Destiny: "Tyrant of Heaven, behold the sight of stars shattered!" He paid the ultimate price—to save New York in that era.

"Yes, he is dead. The original leader of Anti-Entropy died on November 24, 1955... And you? You are nothing but a copy that bears his appearance, steals his name, and tramples on his honor—"

"No...no! No! You're lying!! Disappear under a hundred times the gravity!!!" The dark purple sphere reappeared beside the Herrscher clone.

"Now, look at me... pathetic creation—I have brought you to your death." Ignoring the man's dying madness, a pure black sphere appeared, swallowing all surrounding light.

"Did you know? Under gravity tens of millions of times stronger... even stars would be physically torn apart—"

The black hole swallowed the clone's form, erasing its last trace of sound along with its physical body from the forest.

"As punishment for defiling the name of a noble person and for injuring my child... you have no choice but to atone with your death, you insect—"

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"Penglai Temple Jiuxiao... no... who are you?" The brown-haired man emerged from behind a tree... no, there were no trees nearby anymore. Although Jiuxiao had intentionally limited the black hole, it had still torn apart all the surrounding debris.

***He was staring at the tall woman in front of him in the small basin created by the black hole.

"Wow...it's you. Should I call you Joachim Nokianvitanen...or Walter Yang—?"

A flirtatious voice escaped the mature woman's lips, her cloudy, scarlet eyes scrutinizing the man before her with keen interest.

"...Walter Yang, that's the name I chose myself...And you, Houraiji Kusho—I don't think someone with that kind of power would condescend to become a Rank B Valkyrie of Destiny?"

The man paused for a moment before giving his answer and posing his question to the woman, only to be interrupted by a sound from the side.

"Mr. Walter, do you need any help?"