Humans are in chaos, despicable outsiders.

A white-haired girl dressed in the attire of a Cardinal of Destiny stood at the entrance of the exhibition hall where the stone tablet was kept.

"Boom—" Upon hearing the sound, the cat instinctively shuddered, and the charged beam of light from its tail grazed past Rita, piercing through the wall of the British Museum.

The cold wind blowing in through the gap in the wall ruffled the long hem of the Valkyrie's dress as she stood at the entrance of the exhibition hall.

"Wow... well done, little kitty!" The unknown woman clapped her hands and walked towards the still-standing confrontation between the person and the cat.

"Hmm... so kitty, you think the room is too dark, right?" The white-haired girl started twisting her wrists, looking at the "little" kitten in front of her with great interest.

"Meow!—" (Jackal, oh my god, why is this little devil here too?!)

Although his appearance seemed drastically different from when he was in Singapore, Stan's feline instincts allowed him to recognize the person in front of him at a glance.

The cat's entire body was tense. The power it gained from the transformation didn't bring it much sense of security. Its biological instincts told it—run! Now's the time.

"Beep beep beep—" Very unfortunate of all, the transformation collar around our adorable "little" kitten's neck just happened to go off right now, it seems its demonic transformation time is about to expire...

"Meow—!!!" (Damn it! Damn it!! Damn it!!!)

Stan glanced at Rita, who was poised to pounce behind him, then quickly turned back to face Snow, who was stretching his right arm as if preparing to deliver a serious punch. Stan felt his cat life was truly about to end.

Stan, the ultimate life form—abandoned thinking

"Looks like you want to go home, little one... Let me help you out. Besides, it does seem a bit too dark in the museum..."

"A cute little kitten like you should be rolling around on a sunny green lawn in London, happily fluttering around butterflies—right?!"

"Meow—!" (My little darling, I was wrong!!!)

The piercing meow abruptly stopped, and Snow appeared before the cat-shaped Honkai Beast, throwing a punch.

The white-purple cat-shaped Honkai Beast broke free from the pull of gravity, hurtling through the air at high speed. It passed through a large hole in the wall of the British Museum, creating a sonic boom cloud in its wake, and flew towards a distant plaza.

The cat's body shrank continuously in the air until it became the size of an ordinary cat. Its limbs and tail flailed wildly in the air, and its piercing meows had not stopped since takeoff.

"Meow!!!" (Cats can't fly!!!)

A mournful, incomprehensible meow echoed through the London sky, becoming a new urban legend among the city's young people.

However, cats ultimately have to abide by Newton's laws; they can't become celestial cats, and even the little kittens that soar through the city skies will eventually have to land.

Hmm, the landing spot looks great: soft grass, warm sunshine, small insects flitting about, and several of their kind.

As a landing spot for Stan, this is indeed a very good area....

Of course, it would be quite nice if it weren't for that blond, blue-eyed little devil who punched it out of the museum and sent it flying halfway across the city.

Oh, that little ancestor seems to have white hair now... Stan thought to himself in mid-air... then realized his predicament.

"Meow!" (Help!!!)

Stan crashed heavily in front of Durandal, the S-rank Valkyrie of Destiny, who was playing with kittens on the lawn.

"?...Meow~" Stan looked at the aluminum figure in front of him, which also exuded a terrifying aura, abandoned his thoughts, exposed his belly, and chose to sell his sex appeal on the spot.

"Eh? That's great!" After being rejected by several kittens in a row, Durandal looked at the adorable little one that had fallen from the sky and even willingly exposed its belly, and immediately started to pet it. The Valkyrie lifted up Stan, who was trembling inside.

"Huh? A collar? Little cutie, do you have an owner?" Bianca looked at the strange collar around the cat's neck with a hint of reluctance.

“If it has an owner, I can’t bring it home…” Bianca tightened her grip on the cat’s hand.

Stan felt the increasing pressure on his body and immediately shook his head like a rattle-drum, revealing a tearful cat expression. The battered transformation collar shattered with his movements and fell to the ground.

"Eh... so you were abandoned by your master? From now on, you'll follow me!" The Valkyrie cheered up again.

Chapter 55 Life is tough, let the cat vent its anger

"You are Lord Snow...?" Rita looked at the white-haired, purple-eyed Cardinal with some confusion.

"It's just some kind of disguise, Simone Riley seems to be quite skilled... Oh, she just left disguised as me..."

"Rita, let's put on a good show."

"As you wish, Your Excellency."

.......

In the ruins of the ancient stone gallery at the British Museum, Rita and Snow are exchanging information.

"We were so careless. We didn't expect that Honkai Beast to have such destructive power..."

Rita stood on the damaged wall, watching the trail left by the cat that Snow had punched, and reflected on her own actions.

"Oh, by the way, Rita, do you know a guy from the Gray Serpent faction? He wears a black hood, a mask that only reveals one eye, and he really likes to carry a black umbrella," Snow said, throwing out a piece of information.

"Lord Snow encountered someone who called himself the Gray Serpent?" Rita frowned.

"Yes."

"He was a highly reputable and well-known intelligence broker in the underworld, a place rife with all sorts of shady dealings, and he was renowned for his respect for business ethics and the accuracy of his intelligence."

Rita explained to Snow, who was pretending to know nothing.

"So, Grey Snake is actually a sole proprietor?"

"Well, based on the information Schicksal currently has, yes, has Lord Snow made any other discoveries...?" Rita looked at the blonde Valkyrie with some curiosity.

"He mentioned an organization called World Serpent—a mysterious organization that claims to have accompanied humanity since the birth of this generation of human civilization."

"And it seems they intend to prevent us from finding the Divine Keys left behind by a previous civilization..."

“That strange cat was probably sent by them too…” Snow turned to look at the large hole in the wall.

"I saw this adorable kitten when I was collecting the Tranquility Gemstone in Singapore. It was trying to run away with the gemstone..."

"A mysterious organization intends to steal the gem and prevent us from obtaining the Divine Key hidden in England..." Rita fell into deep thought.

“Lord Snow, I need to report this information to Bishop Otto.”

"Well, let's hear what my father has to say..."

The girl nodded, while Rita operated her armor, relaying information back to Bishop Otto.

The reply came quickly, indicating that the man had been keeping a close eye on the situation in London. Rita paused for a moment upon seeing the reply, then nodded.

"Let me guess, did my father anticipate this situation? Why did he want you to continue the mission, Rita?" Snow guessed the gist of the reply just from Rita's slightly stunned expression.

“Yes, the bishop said everything is going according to plan, but… he said he’ll leave the rest to you…” Rita nodded.

"Leave it to me...? Making me work for free comes at a price~"

Just as the two were about to continue their conversation, an angry female voice interrupted them.

“Miss Rita…and this unknown…sir?” The curator of the British Museum hesitated for a moment, looking at Snow’s exquisite formal attire.

“You can call me Omega… Miss Catherine, the current director of the British Museum,” Snow said, raising an eyebrow as he looked at the burgundy-haired woman who appeared from behind him.

"Alright... Miss Rita and Lord Omega... can you explain... what happened here?"

Veins bulged on the forehead of the still-young museum director as Catherine glared at the two people in front of her.

“Don’t worry, the museum’s losses will be fully covered by Destiny,” Rita said with a polite smile, her eyes narrowed.

“…That would be best, Miss Rita. I’ll have the staff clean up the scene now.” The museum director turned and left.

.....

"Lord Snow... what are you looking at?" Rita asked, looking at the white-haired girl who had been staring at Catherine until she left.

"Her eyes...."

"?"

“Rita, didn’t you notice…? When Miss Catherine, the curator of the British Museum, was angry just now, her pupils turned vertical… That’s not the pupil size a normal human should have…”

Snow gave a playful smile.

"You mean...she's also a World Serpent...?"

"No...she's probably just a pawn...she's not worth much compared to that Gray Serpent."

"But we can take a look... at what they're really up to..."

In the distance, sirens wailed. Scotland Yard police received an alarm from the museum and cordoned off the British Museum, which had been attacked. Soon, yellow and black barricades were put up to keep the curious onlookers out.

"Let's go out... We'll leave this to the English police. I saw Bianca, let's go find her."

"Lady Durandal? I understand."

Rita nodded and followed the girl. The road out was quite ordinary. The police officers who filed in seemed to have been given prior notice and did not stop the two from leaving. Several officers even nodded to the two when they saw them.

...

"Oh~! By the way, Rita, who is this Cardinal Fate next to you?" Bianca, dressed casually, happily greeted the two who came out of the museum while holding her cat.

“It’s me, Snow. I’ll explain Bianca and the cat in your hand to you when we get back…”

"..." The two men's eyebrows twitched when they saw the cat in her hand, while the cat's pupils dilated in shock when it saw them.

"Rita, this is a kitten I found. Isn't it cute? Its owner doesn't want it anymore, so let's adopt it!"

"..." The two people and the cat all looked choked up.

"Bianca, hug your cat tight first... then listen to me..." Snow's lips twitched as he began to explain.

"This cat just turned into a Honkai Beast in the British Museum and attacked Rita... and even made a big hole in the museum wall."

"Then I punched it and sent it flying... Where did you pick this guy up from..."

"Uh... on the lawn of a square, the sun was shining brightly, and this little kitten suddenly fell from the sky and landed right in front of me, even showing me its belly and rolling around, trying to be cute..."

"—I thought they were quite cute, and looked like they'd been abandoned, so I couldn't resist picking them up and petting them..."

Snow and Rita turned their gaze to the white and gray Siamese cat in the goose's hand, making Stan break out in a cold sweat.

"Exposing your belly?"

"Acting cute?"

"Rolling around in the grass?"

"This one?" The two looked at the cat Bianca was holding with suspicion.

Seeing the suspicious expressions on the two people in front of him, Stan gave them a cute, squinting look.

"Meow~!" (This cat has now abandoned darkness and embraced the light, what do you want to do!)