Humans are in chaos, despicable outsiders.

—It's time to wake up from this dream, Kiana.

Wearing black moon armor, Fu Hua instantly knocked down Kiana in front of her, prompting Benares, who was watching from the sidelines, to exclaim that Fu Hua lacked martial ethics. She was then suppressed by Kevin the Elder with one hand.

...

In the private laboratory of the Bishop of the Sky Island of Destiny—it's still the same incubation chamber, and it's still the same girl, except that the only change is that the girl has grown into a young woman.

"Ah, welcome home, K423."

The blond man looked at the girl in the incubation chamber and spoke, his words seemingly filled with a sincere welcome and a nameless mockery.

...

I can't feel my body, but I can see everything around me. I can hear "her" inner voice, and I can hear "her" restless presence in the distance—it seems to be a group of Honkai Beasts...

"Come back to me... my kin." The golden-eyed queen commanded.

[...Did that "me" wake up again?]

In the girl's perception, a horde of Honkai beasts from the Siberian snowfields in the north was rushing towards her location. Fortunately, the order from her other self seemed to be for them to come to her side as quickly as possible, rather than causing widespread destruction along the way.

These hordes of Honkai only caused considerable chaos among local residents along the way, with no casualties.

[...My body is out of my control? Wait! Is it "her"?...What does she want to do?! No! I must take back control of my body!]

The girl's thoughts began to struggle, but it was all in vain. Nourished by a massive amount of Honkai energy, the Second Herrscher's consciousness maintained unwavering control over this body in the slightest...

Why? Why can't I get it back...? No, you mustn't hurt Mei!

As if responding to the girl's roar of consciousness, she seemed to temporarily regain control of her body. The gold color faded from her eyes, and her blue self once again took over her body, but only for a brief moment...

Raiden Mei, whose neck had been choked, was released by Kiana. She looked at the girl in front of her, who was clutching her head and struggling in pain, somewhat at a loss.

Kiana?!

Raiden Mei's expression was full of concern, but it froze when the girl in front of her suddenly stopped struggling and let out a strange laugh.

Black particles danced and coalesced around the white-haired girl, forming a sphere, before a bolt of dark purple lightning opened the gate to the imaginary space...

--

In the scene, a large number of Titan mechs stepped past Raiden Mei and faced the Honkai beasts emerging from the wormhole. The Honkai creations and human steel clashed once again on this smoke-filled battlefield, while Benares, a Judgment-class Honkai beast, roared over the sky above Schicksal's sky island.

......

"Yay!" In the white space, a certain silly dragon, Beibei, cheered as it watched the queen wreak havoc and itself make a dashing entrance, only to be suppressed once again by Kevin, whose veins were bulging on his head.

"I'm starting to doubt whether bringing this silly dragon in was the right choice... Is it overly excited after waking up???"

Snow stared at the blue-gray dragon girl, who was being lifted up like a chick by Kevin, who was choking her with one hand.

"How about we kick her out of the group chat...?"

Sue nodded thoughtfully and looked at Bella, who was also carrying a bag.

"Waaaaah—!"

Upon hearing that he was going to be kicked out of the group chat, Beibeilong immediately became restless and began to struggle in Kevin's hand, so much so that Kevin almost dropped his grip.

"Come on, Bella, I haven't introduced you to all the people here yet..."

The blonde girl shook her head and pointed at the white-haired youth who was pinching Bella.

"The one pinching you like a chick is Kevin Kaslana, a fusion warrior from the previous era. Siegfried, who almost chopped you half-cooked with his Skyfire back then, is his descendant."

"Oh, the Heavenly Fire Judgment is just an accessory to him. When this ancestor gets angry, he could probably beat you flat with a few punches..."

"This is Su, also a fusion warrior from the previous era. Although this pioneer is not good at direct combat, Mr. Su and Mr. Kevin are old friends, hmm? You know what I mean?"

Benares nodded frantically, her whole body instantly filled with the will to survive, and then she looked curiously at little Sirin who was hiding behind her.

"That's Sirin, from another universe, or rather, another world's Second Herrscher. Right now, she's a little girl. By the way, she doesn't know you. If you do anything strange to her..."

"Hmph~ Hmph—"

Snow gave Benares a sinister look... At this moment, the young dragon girl was nodding her head vigorously, as if she were pounding garlic.

"So, have you figured it out?"

"I understand! My lord, I understand!"

"Then stop jumping up and down like that, and think about where you're standing right now?"

The blonde girl glared at the dragon girl in front of her with annoyance.

"Uh... in the middle?"

Bella scratched her head and uttered a conclusion that sent the blood pressure of everyone present soaring.

"The middle, right?" Kevin's fist hardened again.

"Uh? Is there a problem?"

Benares, whose mind was a beat slower than usual, hadn't yet realized the seriousness of the situation and looked at Kevin, who was pinching him, with some confusion.

"No problem, but young lady, you're going to get a beating."

Su smiled as she looked at the dragon girl, who was being swung around by Kevin, who was grabbing her thigh and swinging her back and forth.

"In the middle, right?"

"Ouch! Boss, stop hitting me!"

"Standing in the middle, huh!"

"Stop swinging it! Waaaaah, the dragon's going crazy! Roar!"

The movie scene, just like Hulk throwing Loki, was replicated in the white space. Even Little Sirin, who had been hiding far away from Bella, looked at the dragon girl being swung around like a punching bag with some concern.

.....

"Tell me! Which side are you on?!"

Kevin glared at Benares, who was lying on the ground groaning and unable to stand, and asked relentlessly.

"...Middle...uh!"

"Waaaaah... No matter the cost, we will defeat the Honkai!"

The dragon girl, who was originally a creation of Honkai, made a terrifying (outrageous) declaration at this moment.

"Once this dragon's excitement wears off, it should return to normal... It's supposed to be a butler, how did it become a comedian...?"

Snow looked at the dragon girl, who had been forced to confess under torture, and pondered...

Chapter Ninety Your Family's Brat

After dealing with the silly dragons who were sitting upside down, Kevin and the others returned to the projector. Everything that was happening in the arena caught the man's attention.

"Is this Hua?" The white-haired youth stared intently at the group in the image. Theresa and Raiden Mei, who were fighting the Herrscher of the Void, were now completely at a disadvantage, while a Valkyrie in black armor stood in front of the three members of the Far East Branch.

“With her weakened power, she is no match for a Herrscher at all…” Kevin and Sue both frowned.

"Yes, she'll be defeated soon... but her old friend... my father, Otto Apocalypse, will save her..."

"And then our Kiana. She will be able to see—a corner of my dear father’s real plan, ah, it begins... the classic villain explaining his plan."

The blonde girl nodded and looked at the screen.

In the scene, the blond man, with a mocking and flippant tone, forced back the Herrscher of the Void as eerie blood cones spread from his hands. He then began to treat Fu Hua, who was lying on the ground, explaining his plan—

"Ah... how embarrassing, old friend..."

"K423 did not die. Two consciousnesses reside in that body—the consciousness of K423, whom you call Kiana, and the consciousness of Sirin, the Herrscher of the Void."

"After absorbing enough Honkai energy, Sirin's consciousness, which was residing in that body, began to activate and successfully took over the container, ultimately leading to the Herrscher of the Void's reawakening."

"But this is not the ending I wanted. Up to this point, we'll call it Phase One. And what follows... is the real experiment. K423's consciousness has fallen into slumber due to the Herrscher's determination, but she has not disappeared."

"So, what would happen if the opposite were true, and K423's consciousness defeated Sirin's consciousness?"

"—The answer is that a human with the power of a Herrscher will be born."

The blond man's voice, once full of mockery and flippancy, had vanished, leaving only fervor and anticipation.

"The Third and Fourth Herrschers have already proven this to us. Even if a Herrscher's consciousness is suppressed, the Herrscher's power will not disappear... Manipulating a human is far simpler than manipulating a Herrscher."

......

“What a crazy man…” Sue shook her head and looked at Snow beside her, asking:

"This isn't for that child, is it? She wasn't even present in the illusion... I think it's for us?"

"Of course...because my dad might do something that will make you all furious and completely baffled..."

The blonde girl shrugged and continued watching the scene. The blonde man confessed his plan to his friend and then posed one last question to Fu Hua:

"My friend, your behavior has gotten out of my control, so I've chosen to tell you everything... Even so, will you still defy me?"

"Without a doubt, given Fu Hua's current personality, she refused... and my father also made a decision..."

The blond man conjured a golden musket in his hand, pointed it at the fallen immortal, and made a decision.

“Red Iris Immortal… I didn’t lie….”

"boom--"

The crisp sound of a gunshot faded into the empty sky island. Sue and Kevin, witnessing all this, clenched their fists...

“I’ve changed my mind. I’m going to go out and beat him up right now…” Kevin rolled up his sleeves, stood up, and prepared to walk out.

"Cough cough cough... Fu Hua isn't dead yet."

"Furthermore, Ancestor Kevin, have you forgotten? She carries the Divine Key—the Key of Consciousness: Feather Crossing the Dust."

"She will leave her consciousness inside and transfer it away, hiding it within Kiana's body. Otto only injured an empty shell..."

"Moreover... my father is a very complicated person... He killed... or rather, temporarily killed Fu Hua, but then took her body back and put it in the medical pod, intending to heal her and awaken her soon."

Kevin stopped and turned to look at his descendants—

"So, Hua won't get into trouble in the end?"

"No, it means being both a mother and a father...?" Snow thought of something and a playful smile appeared on his face.

"Ha... Being a mom is just like being a dad?" The girl's words drew Sue and Kevin's attention back.