Humans are in chaos, despicable outsiders.

Theresa, sipping green bitter melon juice on the other side, watched Himeko's rampant drinking and offered a reminder. Then, the red-haired Valkyrie uttered words that made her veins bulge.

"Hmph, how boring. Older people are always so conservative, aren't they, Kiana?"

Himeko turned to look at the white fluffy ball on the other side. At that moment, Kiana was biting a white handkerchief, radiating intense jealousy towards the class president and Ninti.

As Jiuxiao walked past Kiana, he sniffed the air.

"Wow, such a strong smell of vinegar... Where is it coming from?"

......

"Fu Hua, and Ningdi... thank you for risking your lives to save me last time. I don't know how to thank you enough."

"Come, I've specially made some traditional Chinese snacks for you today, please have a taste."

Mei picked up a piece of pastry and fed it to Fu Hua, while Ning Di awkwardly picked up a piece of pastry with her chopsticks and put it in her own mouth.

"Mmm...delicious," Ningdi squinted her eyes, a happy smile spreading across her face, when a white figure whizzed past her, lunging at the plates and chopsticks in Fu Hua and Mei's hands.

"........"

Kiana, what are you doing?!

"This glutton is hopeless..."

Chapter 40 Target Singapore

"Mmm... Mei's desserts... are so delicious!" Kiana, having successfully snatched the food from someone's mouth, cupped her cheeks in her hands and chewed happily.

"Ha, everything Mei made is mine, I wouldn't let the class president eat it—after all, I'm the one who saved Mei, so this snack is mine too."

Kiana, one hand on her hip in a smug pose, poked Fu Hua's cheek with her other finger. From Ningdi's perspective, the class president's forehead veins bulged.

"Back then! The class monitor was beaten unconscious, so actually I was the one who saved the class monitor."

"Having saved the class monitor, who is an A-rank Valkyrie, and defeated a powerful enemy, it seems I might have unknowingly acquired the strength of an S-rank Valkyrie."

......Quiet

"I remember from the last video surveillance footage we reviewed... before that intruder even engaged you, Ningdi and Fu Hua had already blinded one of his eyes and taken an arm, right?" Himeko glanced at the smug white fluffy ball of fur.

"I remember Kiana won because of the Valkyrie armor of unknown origin, right? Don't be overconfident, or you might get yourself into trouble," Fu Hua said, pushing up her glasses and advising Kiana.

"Huh? You want to take on Theresa's 'Limit Challenge' again? Which one do you want to challenge this time?" Jiuxiao poked his head out of the kitchen, looking curiously at Kiana in front of him.

"...No! No! Ahahaha..." Under the kind gazes of the people in the room, the swollen white fluffy ball immediately deflated.

[A-Rank Valkyrie, Fu Hua. You have a new mission.] A notification popped up on Fu Hua's glasses.

The silver-haired Valkyrie's movement to stand up caught the attention of Theresa across the table.

"Huh, what kind of mission is it, Fu Hua?"

"Dean, don't worry, it's a simple infiltration mission, but we must set off immediately."

"I'm sorry, Mei, I can't finish the dessert you made with such care," Fu Hua said, placing her hand on Mei's shoulder.

"Don't worry, class monitor, I'll eat every last one of Mei's sweets!" Kiana said, popping the pastries into her mouth one by one.

"I'm afraid you won't have a chance to finish it, Kiana," the usually serious class monitor said with a mischievous grin.

"Since it's a simple task, we can bring a trainee along for the apprenticeship."

"I've just chosen you, so pack your things and let's go!"

"Huh? Why... shouldn't we bring that little girl, Ninti, along on this infiltration reconnaissance trip...?" Kiana paused, holding the pastry.

"For a simple reconnaissance mission, do you think it requires two A-rank Valkyries, or do you think Ningdi doesn't look like an A-rank Valkyrie but rather an apprentice?"

"Think about your pitiful number of credits, Kiana... If you complete the apprenticeship task Fu Hua gave you, you can make up for the credits you don't have."

Snow sat to the side, holding a piece of pastry in his hand, and looked at the white fluffy ball of fur with a friendly suggestion.

"I remember the semester is almost over... You don't want to repeat a year, do you?" Himeko looked at Kiana, remembering something as well.

"So... come with me... Kiana-san!"

Fu Hua appeared behind the white-fuzzy ball of hair without anyone noticing, adjusted her glasses with her left hand, and placed her right hand on Kiana's shoulder.

You feel Fu Hua climbing up your spine, which fills you with determination.

"No, I won't go!" Kiana wailed as Fu Hua dragged her across the floor.

"I want to stay by Mei's side!!!" The white fluffy ball grasped at her last straw, the door of Himeko's dormitory—

"I'm not leaving—!!!"

Then the door panel was taken away, um... literally.

"So this is Kaslana the gorilla... I've learned it—it will definitely be useful next time." Snow nodded, watching the door panel disappear.

"Don't learn this useless stuff!"

"Dean, wouldn't this be considered official damage? I'd like to apply for dormitory repair funds..." Himeko's mouth twitched violently as she stared at the missing door panel of her room.

“Uh… I’m sorry, Major, we’ve already overspent last month’s maintenance budget… Anyway, it’s spring now, so why don’t you just put up a curtain to make do?” Theresa looked at the door panel being dragged away, her face bearing the same expression as Himeko’s.

"...Alright then, let's keep dancing and having fun!"

Your leave application and that of your team have been approved.

A message popped up on Snow's bracelet, attracting the attention of the remaining people.

"Hey, Snow, did you guys apply for leave?" Theresa looked at the blonde Valkyrie with some curiosity.

“Hmm… the A-rank Valkyrie squad always gets a few days off each year,” Snow nodded.

"So where are you planning to go? Back to Europe?" Theresa asked curiously.

"Singapore, I've heard it's developed quite well in recent years," Snow said, pulling up a world map from the projection screen and tapping a point in the Asian region.

"I see. So when are you setting off?"

"Tomorrow at noon, Singapore is not under the jurisdiction of Destiny, but a neutral country, so we can't directly take Destiny's transport ship there."

"We're going to the civilian international airport on the Far East Island near the college this morning to catch our flight."

Snow picked up a pastry, popped it into his mouth, and smacked his lips a few times. Before he knew it, there were hardly any pastries left in front of him.

"Sigh, I want a vacation too—" Theresa huddled in her chair, clutching a bitter melon juice.

"Forget it, Dean, if you were just a simple S-rank Valkyrie, you might get a long leave."

“But you’re still the Far East Branch Chief of Schicksal,” Snow said with a hint of schadenfreude.

[This person seems completely unaware of the kind of 007-year-old, no-rest corporate slave life they will face after receiving the official robes of the Archbishop of Destiny.]

"Ugh! How dare they mock me? I'm furious!" Theresa slammed her hand on the table, venting her anger.

"Theresa, if you keep slamming this table, it'll collapse! Are you going to get me a new table?"

Himeko, seeing the table teetering on the edge after being slapped, began to bare her teeth at Theresa.

"Cough cough cough, alright, I'm magnanimous and won't hold a grudge against you. This headmaster is very generous and will let you off the hook," Theresa muttered, taking a big gulp of bitter melon juice.

"Anyway, have a pleasant trip—remember to bring back some local specialties! Specialties, please!" the academy headmaster emphasized loudly to the blonde Valkyrie.

"Okay, okay...bring some local specialties..." Snow nodded in response.

What are some special products from Singapore...? Do you want Honkai Energy Serum or the Gem of Silence...?

Then her gaze fell on the magazine on the corner of the table.

The 2014 Houmu Official Roadshow will be held in Singapore.

There's also a small line of text below that says the author of "Houmu Adventure," Mu Yue Ren Dong, will be holding an autograph session here.

Good grief, you're waiting for me... You might as well just go to the faculty dormitory and ask Walter Yang for the IPs; they're Anti-Entropy after all.

[Hmm...wait a minute! Mu Yue Ren Dong is Mr. Yang, right...tsk tsk tsk, this trip to Singapore is going to be quite a spectacle...]

Chapter Forty-One: Make Him Repent!

The next day, in the first-class cabin of the plane, Walter Young watched the three Valkyries before him, his eyes twitching.

Of the three Valkyries opposite, only Ningdi looked at Yang with some curiosity; the other two turned their heads and whistled.

"So...you guys are going to Singapore too?" Yang's eyebrows twitched as he looked at the three people in front of him.

In the first-class cabin of this flight, there were only four people seated. Thanks to the capricious demands of a certain young lady, no one would come aboard to disturb them until the plane landed.

“Yes, ostensibly a vacation, but actually a trip to retrieve samples of our most crucial item, the Honkai Energy Serum,” Snow nodded.

"But since Mr. Yang is also going to Singapore, it saves us a lot of trouble."

"So... what happened?" Yang looked somewhat confused.

"The Gem of Tranquility has been stolen. Guess which Entropy executor did it?" Snow asked Yang with a smile.

“...Cocolia,” Yang thought for a moment and quickly came up with an answer.

"What is she trying to do by bringing the Gem of Tranquility to a neutral country like Singapore?!"

Walter Young's expression was now a mixture of shock and anger.

"Considering that Enforcer lady's past record... the conquest of the gems and the birth of the Third Herrscher."

"She probably wants to create a new Herrscher... a typical anti-entropy radical."

Snow shook his head dismissively.

"Mr. Yang, you're going to that Houmu autograph session, right?"

"That's how it was supposed to be... but now we'll probably have to change the plan," Yang said, lost in thought.

“No…no need, this exhibition is necessary,” Snow interrupted Yang’s thoughts.

"Cocolia will most likely place the gem in the city center, Mr. Yang. You need to set up the exhibition venue in the city's suburbs."

"Houmu is the world's most famous IP and has an extraordinary influence. Mr. Yang, you need to make the most of this influence to attract people to the farthest suburbs of the city center."

“We will try to find the Tranquil Gem in the city center, and if nothing unexpected happens, those two doctors should have already noticed Cocolia’s actions.”

"We might encounter some unexpected reinforcements."