K424 of the Collapse World

Suddenly, the roaring man seemed to be poured with a bucket of cold water. He suddenly became quiet and looked at Claudia with horror, who had a cold look in her eyes.

"...?!"

"I'm sorry, Mr. Yax, my patience is limited. Also, please don't shout in the VIP room, it will have a bad influence."

Yax didn't respond to Claudia's words and remained standing there. But it was more like he was no longer able to respond.

In fact, this was the first time that this pampered man faced the hostility of the Valkyrie directly.

A faint murderous intent enveloped him, oppressing his nerves and almost making him unable to breathe. Under the gradually increasing fear, his thoughts almost came to a standstill. At this moment, the body of this middle-aged man began to tremble uncontrollably...

"Go away, I don't want you to dirty the ground here..."

Claudia looked at the man's trembling calves and turned her eyes away helplessly. Even though she had done so, she suddenly became a little worried that this frightened man would lose control of his bladder the next moment.

The oppressive atmosphere was instantly released. The man, who had long since thrown aside his noble airs, knelt down, breathing heavily, and no longer dared to look at the blonde woman...

For Yax, he had never felt the threat of death before, and he never wanted to experience this feeling again.

Indeed, everything was just as Claudia said. At this time, apart from the Apokalis family, the three families of the Destiny were already in name only, and had become affiliates of the Apokalis family. As their influence was declining, they also lost most of their real power. After the Second Herrscher Battle in the Babylonian Laboratory, the Shaniyat family could no longer find another strong person comparable to Cecilia, and their status plummeted, and even the most basic influence was basically gone...

Therefore, as the current head of the family, Yax would deliberately strengthen the family's power to regain its former status. When he heard that Claire was promoted to A-level Valkyrie, although he was surprised that this mixed-blood child with impure blood had such strength, he still planned to firmly grasp this power in his own hands, so he invited Claire's superior, S-level Valkyrie Claudia, to meet here, and then these things happened...

By the way, Otto has no good feelings towards the current head of the Shaniyat family. He has not taken action against him for such a long time, only because the strength of the Shaniyat family has been too weak to pose any threat...

The fear that deprived his mind gradually disappeared. As his thinking ability recovered, Yax thought of his previous behavior and couldn't help feeling a sense of horror and regret.

Because of his impulsiveness just now, his wishful thinking was completely messed up. Moreover, this time, he was probably completely offended by Claudia, Otto's direct adjutant and S-level Valkyrie.

"Mr. Yax, what are you waiting for? Are your legs so weak that you can't walk anymore? Then, do you need my help?"

“No, no, no…! No need!”

Seeing Claudia approaching with a malicious smile, Yax hurriedly stammered and shouted, propping up his body with trembling legs, took two steps back, and took a few deep breaths. He finally regained his composure, but the fear was already deeply engraved in his eyes.

“…Claudia, you’re going to regret this!”

After saying this, the man hurriedly walked around Claudia and rushed out of the wooden door behind him, not daring to look back. Although he regretted his previous decision very much at this moment, he would not give up his original plan.

"How ridiculous... Come to think of it, this scene looks familiar. Are all the current high-ranking officials of the Heavenly Mandate like this?"

Claudia did not move either, she just stared at the man running out of here, muttering to herself. She couldn't help but think of the minister who had angered her in the bishop's office not long ago, and ended up like this.

After a while, as the footsteps gradually faded away, Claudia sat on the chair beside her. She looked around and finally stopped her gaze on the open square window.

"Come out."

She shouted at the empty window. The next moment, a girl with short beige hair stuck her head out from under the window and looked at Claudia with a slight smile.

"Eh~... I've been discovered. That bastard has already left..."

"That's how I'll handle this matter. Any questions, Claire?"

Looking at the short-haired girl, Claudia spoke lightly. Unexpectedly, her tone had returned to its initial indifference.

“Not at all! I’d say it’s really well done~ Hahahaha… that old guy’s expression is really funny!”

After just two sentences, the girl couldn't help laughing. When she mentioned the man, there was no respect for elders in her tone, only disgust and ridicule.

"By the way, Sister Claudia, how did you find out I was there?"

As she spoke, Claire reached out and grabbed the window sill, then nimbly flipped in through the narrow window like a wild cat, gently landed on the windowsill, and looked at Claudia, who was sitting on a chair not far away, with a smile on her face.

"You've been there since I walked in, haven't you?"

Instead of criticizing the girl's impetuous behavior as she did before, Claudia asked back softly, using the same nonchalant tone as she would use to address a colleague at work.

"Hey hey hey..."

Not noticing Claudia's change of attitude, Claire touched her nose awkwardly and was unable to continue. As Claudia said, after seeing a disgusting figure enter the VIP building, she wanted to find out his intentions. So Claire kept wandering around until Claudia arrived, and then she squatted at the window to eavesdrop on their conversation.

095 Team>>

Looking at the girl who was unable to respond, Claudia did not continue the previous topic and stood up from her chair.

"But it just so happens that I just happen to have something I need you to do. Come with me."

After saying that, she walked towards the door first. Seeing this, Claire shrugged and followed her out. She had only eavesdropped on Claudia and Yax's conversation on a whim, but she had never expected that Claudia actually had something to talk to her about.

"Hey~ Let me tell you in advance, I don't want to go back to that place..."

"Don't worry, it's not about this. I've already told the head of Shaniyate that, so what are you still worried about?"

"That's true..."

Thinking of the funny look of the man running away, Claire couldn't help but smile again. At the same time, she nodded and said nothing more.

Following behind Claudia, they slowly moved towards the central area of ​​the Skymancer headquarters...

The headquarters of the Mandate of Heaven, the Central Cathedral...

As a religious organization, the Mandate of Heaven still retains some of the systems of the Middle Ages, and the reason for setting up the church is the same. However, although this is a church, it is actually the place where the Mandate of Heaven holds high-level meetings. Of course, the meeting room is set up in the side hall, and the main hall of the church is solemn and majestic, just like a solemn prayer room.

Under the cathedral is the Great Library of Tianming. Although not many people use these paper books nowadays when electronic information technology is highly developed, these cultural relics are still well preserved under the persistence of many people.

In a small lighted room in the side hall, a silver-haired girl sat quietly on a chair in the middle of the room, holding a thick book in her hands.

"...Soul Steel...Nano-particle metal left behind by the previous civilization. Its structure cannot be analyzed. It has the magical effect of blocking Houkai energy and is indestructible. Most of what has been excavated is in the form of weapons..."

The girl read the words in the book softly. Seeing this, she couldn't help but raise one hand and gently stroke the metal ring handcuffed around her neck. Feeling the solid texture, the girl bit her lip lightly and put her hand down.

She was wearing a simple white dress, and her clean little feet were hanging down from a slightly high chair, swaying slightly. The girl was browsing the book in her hands very carefully, and as long as no one disturbed her, it seemed that nothing could distract her.

She had been reading these books here a few hours ago. And now, the girl still maintained the same posture, as if nothing had changed, except that there was a thick stack of books on the table beside her.

After turning the last page, the girl closed the big book and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Almost indestructible metal..."

She muttered to herself, raised her hand again, tapped the pale golden metal collar gently, and fell into deep thought.

"It's a metal that completely blocks Houkai energy, but if it's destroyed from the outside using other forms of energy..."

As she talked to herself, the girl's eyes fluctuated slightly. After a while, she shook her head.

"No... If it is something that is currently allowed to be used, it should not be enough to destroy this metal..."

The girl placed the book in her hand on the low table next to her and stretched slightly. When she was about to take the next book from the desk next to her...

bang——

The door of the reading room was suddenly opened. The girl raised her head and looked in the direction of the sound. When she saw the tall figure walking into the reading room, she jumped down from the chair, stepped on the ground with her bare feet, and bowed slightly towards the woman.

"Lady Claudia..."

The blonde woman who entered the room waved her hand casually, stopping the girl's skirt-lifting ceremony.

“K–0, I’ve already told you that this kind of ladylike manner only needs to be displayed in front of Lord Otto.

"

As she spoke, Claudia walked towards the silver-haired girl who had resumed her standing position, and waved to the girl with short beige hair standing at the door.

"Don't be in a daze. I know you know her, too. Come in, Claire."

Hearing Claudia's voice, Claire, who was standing at the door, came back to her senses and walked into the reading room with a complicated expression. She stopped in front of the silver-haired girl and sighed softly.

"She is... k424? It turns out that this girl has been captured by you..."

"Um……?"

Hearing this, the silver-haired girl did not react, but Claudia frowned in confusion, but the next moment, she showed a look of sudden enlightenment.

"Oh... by the way, at that time you had been expelled from the Shaniyat family and had been staying in the army. No wonder you didn't know her identity..."

"Her identity? Speaking of which... she looks strangely familiar..."

Claire frowned, looked carefully at the silver-haired girl in front of her, and fell into deep thought.

In Claire's eyes, this petite girl seemed to be somewhat similar to an old friend of hers...

Claudia shook her head secretly. As far as she knew, the girl named Claire Shaniyate was sent to the training institution of the Destiny Organization by her family elders since she was a child on the grounds that her blood was impure. She grew up with orphans and received training as a Valkyrie. Moreover, the marriage between Shaniyate and the Kaslana family was kept secret. Therefore, it was natural that Claire did not know Cecilia's daughter, Kiana.

"Since you don't know, don't speculate. Her identity is not important anyway."

Claire's thoughts were interrupted by Claudia's faint voice. She turned around and saw Claudia continuing to speak with a blank expression.

"Also, she is not subject K424. You can call her K-0."

"They are the same type of experimental subjects, right? I see. So, Sister Claudia, why did you bring me here to see her? Is there something going on?"

Without correcting Claire's cognitive error, Claudia directly opened the communicator's operating interface, brought up a light screen, and sent a piece of information data to Claire's communicator.

"Oh~? So there is a mission for me..."

Seeing Claudia's actions, Claire smiled and turned on her communicator. The light screen of the operating page appeared in front of her. Claire directly opened the information bar and opened the task information she had just received.

"Hmm... a ruins investigation mission? The remains of a former civilization discovered in Turkey... What? An S-rank commission?!"

"Yes, this is a mission issued by Lord Otto himself. There is another requirement... that K-0 join the search team as a member."

Having said that, Claudia casually pointed at the silver-haired girl who was standing quietly there.

Claire already knew that this girl was the so-called K-0, but...

"Why would you entrust such a mission to me...? Moreover, such a young child has to carry out the mission together...?"

Looking at the silent silver-haired girl, Claire asked in confusion. Logically, such a young girl is not yet able to fight. At the same time, noticing the collar around the girl's neck, Claire frowned, with a hint of subtlety in her eyes.

"Lord Otto asked me to choose the executor of the mission, and I chose you. Claire, you became an A-rank Valkyrie two years ago, and you are also a squad leader. You are fully qualified to accept such a mission. Also, don't underestimate K-0. As an experimental subject, she cannot be judged by common sense. Moreover, she will fully assist you in completing the mission. That's it, any other questions?"

"Before that, I want to ask... who is she?"

Looking at the collar on the girl's neck and combining it with what Claudia had just said, Claire could basically tell what this girl had been through...

"This is an SS-level secret of the Destiny Organization. With your authority, you are not qualified to know it. A-level Valkyrie Claire, are you willing to accept this mission?"

Claire fell silent and sighed slightly. The next moment, she resolutely pressed the confirmation button on the terminal to accept the task.

"Hmph... Even if I don't accept this kind of mission, you will find someone else, right? Why don't you let me see what kind of mission the bishop personally assigns."

Hearing Claire's deep voice, Claudia chuckled and nodded.

Then she turned to the silver-haired girl beside her.

"So... k–0, from now on, Claire is your temporary captain. You must obey her orders completely until the end of this mission."

"Yes, I understand."

The girl nodded slightly and looked at Claire.

"Please give me your guidance, Captain Claire."

Claire looked at the well-behaved silver-haired girl and couldn't help but recall the mission to capture the escaped experimental subject a few years ago.

(k424...? k-0...? You and I are really destined to be together... But this time, I won't hurt you again...)

Claire in

He sighed slightly in his heart, looked at the silver-haired girl with a little pity in his eyes, and extended his hand to her.

"Welcome. From now on, you will be a member of our team temporarily. Don't worry, everyone is a very nice person. Um... k-0?"

"Yes."

In front of Claudia, the silver-haired girl didn't say anything extra. Looking at the smiling Claire, she hesitated for a moment, then slowly raised her slender arm and held the other's outstretched hand...

096 Meeting

Far East, Changkong City...

Changkong City, located in the north of the Far East, is the most prosperous city in this country besides its capital. As a city that can be called a technology center, Changkong City is most famous for the world-renowned electronic technology company located in the city center - messiveelectric, referred to as me.

In the world, one out of every 10 electronic devices is equipped with an electronic chip produced by me, which is enough to reflect me's status in the world today.

Before the rise of the me club, the symbol of Changkong City was originally a high school for girls located in this city, Qianyu College, with a very high admission rate. But now, compared with the me club, this educational institution seems a little unknown.

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Outside the me company headquarters, in a residential area...

——Ding-ling-ling-ling…!

In a neat and luxurious room, the midday tranquility was suddenly broken by the sound of a crisp alarm clock. After a while, a small hand stretched out from the quilt of the low bed, touched the alarm clock on the table, and gently turned it off.

“…Ugh~~”

The next moment, the quilt was slowly lifted, and a petite figure stood up from the bed, yawned, stretched, and slightly smoothed her messy black hair. Then she moved out of bed and stepped on a pair of pink slippers.