Humans are in chaos, despicable outsiders.

"That's right, where's that old popsicle guy?"

Jiu Xiao nodded, waiting for Susanna's reply.

"That handsome guy seemed really unhappy... He just jumped off the building, seemingly heading towards the bishop..."

"???"

"Here's your good friend Penglai Temple Jiuxiao, here to give all the colleagues in town who are hunting Mr. Otto a major piece of news—a certain bishop may be about to be dealt a heavy blow by the Kaslana family's ancestor for improper use of Heavenly Fire."

"Please beat up Bishop Otto before Old Man Kevin starts beating him up—otherwise I think your whole night of chasing will have been for nothing."

The news, broadcast throughout the town, easily reached the ears of all those chasing Otto, and after a brief pause, the crowd sped up even more.

If before everyone was deliberately slowing down the search to avoid disturbing Mr. Otto... then now it's a case of everyone using their own unique methods, each group frantically searching as if afraid of missing out on a certain man...

--

"Karen—Snow—where have you been hiding?"

Meanwhile, elsewhere, Mr. Otto, who had used his fire acrobatics to leave his hunters far behind, had lost track of his target and was now aimlessly searching for him in the streets...

"I can't take it anymore, I need to rest for a while—Ashi, you flew too fast, I'm a little dizzy... Oh, Amber, you're taking a walk here too?"

Karen looked up and saw a familiar face, who was also looking at her with some surprise...

"Good evening, Lady Karen, Lord Snow—I...I just wanted to get out and clear my head."

Amber stopped and nodded slightly to the group after greeting everyone.

"Alright, alright—Snow, go to the riverbank and chat with Amber. I need to find a place to relax. Su Chang, do you want to come?"

"Take me with you... Little Grandmaster, you're flying so fast, I'm going to throw up—"

.....

Not long after—a quiet riverside path in Klosten.

"Karen, where are you—answer me...!"

Otto, whose journey to win back his wife was long and arduous, emerged from a side road—the man turned his head to the right and was overjoyed, but of course, Otto quickly calmed down after the joy.

Snow and his old friend seemed to be having a pleasant conversation with Karen not far away... They shouldn't be disturbed, or they might run away again...

The man pulled out a bunch of strange gadgets and used the stealth function of his Soul Steel body to quietly approach the three people who were chatting; although he was wondering where Li Sushang had gone..., Lord Otto, who was eager to find his wife, couldn't care less about that now!

As a certain man approached, both Snow and Miss Symbol Recognition gave off a strange, hopeless expression...

"Finally—I've got you, Karen! This time I won't let you go..."

The blond man appeared from behind and hugged Amber tightly... then gradually realized something was wrong...

"Uh... Dad, what are you doing?"

Miss Snow, leaning against the railing with one hand, suppressed her gloating and looked at Mr. Otto with a serious expression...

"Huff...huff...my daughter...don't play jokes like that again; Karen, I've finally found you...."

"Emmm... Dad, why don't you take another look and see who this is?"

Seeing that his father seemed somewhat delirious, Snow offered a "friendly" suggestion.

"Mom was a little dizzy because Ash flew too fast... so she went to rest on the side—you're holding Miss Amber."

Amidst Snow's awkward words and Shi Bao's gossipy, almost ecstatic expression... oh, and Amber's flushed cheeks, Mr. Otto, realizing something was terribly wrong, heard a voice that sounded like a death knell...

"Otto, what are you doing?!"

Yay! Good morning, Makka Pakka!!

*Evening recycling introduction daze!

*Thanks to @ICHbin for the generous donation of salted fish spikes and to @无色琴 for the spicy strips.

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"Karen, isn't this a bit inappropriate?"

Bound to Judas, Mr. Otto stared stiffly at his fiancée and daughter, drenched in sweat...

His own daughter seemed to be getting revenge on him, looking like she was enjoying the drama—not only did she show Karen some gossip photos from New York a few days ago, but she also started digging up his old almanac...

"Mother, let me tell you, you haven't had a chance to explore Father's private collection room yet..."

"—It's full of your figurines, you know, those tiny plastic figures with a specific look. There's one dressed as a phantom thief, one dressed as a nun... oh right, and one dressed in weird Valkyrie armor! Half of my dad's browsing history on his PC is about Kallen Kaslana..."

Ta-da!

Otto learned a valuable lesson: before making a run for it, remember to humanely destroy your online history and any personal belongings you can't take, rather than letting your successors dig them up and ruin your reputation...

"Karen, let me explain—"

"If you're going to ask questions... I suggest we go somewhere else, okay? The angry masses have already come knocking on our door..."

--

This is the bishop's office from the old Schicksal headquarters era. To avoid Otto being beaten speechless by Anti-Entropy and his Schicksal colleagues, Karen, on the advice of Snow and Amber, dragged Otto here...

Now, Karen, holding Otto by the collar, scrutinized the Otto Apocalypse before her, who wore a forced smile and appeared timid and submissive. The man was completely devoid of the composure and high spirits she had seen on screen and in the recordings; his face was filled with cowardice.

"Karen, just ask me whatever you want—I know everything and I'll answer everything!"

"To be omniscient and omnipotent, right...?"

Karen pondered for a moment, then looked at Otto to confirm...

"Ahem... That's right—Karen, just ask away!"

"You mean, Otto—"

Karen narrowed her eyes, causing Mr. Otto to break out in another cold sweat—the white-haired woman picked up Otto and pointed at the blonde girl beside him.

"Yours, right?!"

"Uh... um... ah... um... this—"

Mr. Otto immediately got stuck...

"Speak up! Didn't you say you were all-knowing and all-answering...?"

Miss Karen pressed on relentlessly, while Mr. Otto looked pleadingly at his daughter standing to the side—

As for the latter... Miss Snow tilted her head—

Good evening, Dad!

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"Um... Karen, I think we can still argue... oops, explain?"

"With whom—?"

Miss Karen, still somewhat unwilling to accept the fact that she might become a mother in five hundred years, raised a question... to shatter her last illusion.

"Ah... this? Hmm—"

Just as Otto was trying to continue joking around and fooling people, Ms. Karen grabbed the man's waist and ribs and then performed a move that women often use... a 360-degree twist and pinch.

“Speak—Otto Apocalypse—!”

“I…I and…Karen, your—”

The blond man turned his head away, not daring to look his fiancée in the eye, while Miss Snow, standing to the side, did something that was unclear whether she was pressing her advantage or adding fuel to the fire.

"So, good evening, Mom—" (laughs.jpg)

The blonde girl's precise finishing blow snapped Kallen's last shred of rationality.

"..."

"You, surnamed Apocalypse—! What's your relationship with Li Sushang?!"

"Friends?"

"What kind of friend would make you hide someone in the Destiny Laboratory for five hundred years?!"

"I'm really a friend, Karen, believe me—Leo, say something!"

Having received a reply, Karen turned to look at Li Sushang, who was clicking her tongue in amazement. Her fierce expression startled the girl.

"Um... Sister Karen, calm down... We've talked about this before, haven't we? We're definitely friends, I just have a crush on Otto, that's all; Rakshasa himself has never reciprocated..."

Congratulations! At least Li Sushang, our Miss Li, didn't have any bad intentions. She simply explained the situation and even tried to persuade the somewhat agitated Miss Karen.

If Miss Li Sushang had even half the wickedness of Snow, Mr. Otto would have had Karen thrown out of his office window...

"Okay—what about Otto, that green-haired woman from New York?"

Karen rubbed her temples to calm herself down and looked at Otto in front of her, her face clearly saying, "If you can explain yourself, I'll let you go."

"That was Ms. Mebius, a fusion warrior scientist from the previous era—she's from the same generation as your ancestor, Mr. Kevin Kaslana, Karen. She could be my great-great-grandmother..."

"We were just having an academic discussion as fellow scientists—"

"Then why are you all able to stay in the same room at the same hotel?"

"Would you believe me if I said that lady had nowhere to stay, Karen—look, even our daughter Snow managed to bring someone from Destiny to stay here..."

"walk slowly--"

Karen pinched her nose and reluctantly accepted Mr. Otto's explanation...

Just as Karen was about to untie Otto from Judas, Miss Snow happened to brush past Karen's face again...

"Oh, right—"

Karen stopped to untie Otto's hands... scrutinizing the man before her.

“Snow—Otto and I are still not married, right? He is my fiancé, and I am his fiancée.”

"Huh? Yes—what's wrong?"

The blonde girl tilted her head, puzzled...

"This isn't premarital pregnancy... wait, this daughter has grown up so much!"

"Oh... Mom, you're thinking about this? It's very simple—the Cathedral of Destiny is right next door, it can be repaired and put into use. Although Dad is the only elder left in his family, Mom, you still have the patriarch Kevin."