K424 of the Collapse World

Standing in the silent room, Cocolia looked at the gray-haired girl standing in front of her, pondered for a long time, and finally gritted her teeth and threw out the words she had already prepared.

"Xi'er... participated in the experiment in your place. During the experiment, she couldn't stand the erosion of Honkai energy, and now..."

Hearing this, Bronya's pupils shrank slightly. Even though Lan Feng had told her the truth of the matter in advance, she still couldn't help but feel shaken when she heard the news from Cocolia.

"..."

Seeing Bronya's pupils dilate slightly, Cocolia sighed and felt a little bit of dismay.

endure.

(I was wrong just now. I shouldn’t have told Xing about Shirley… Shirley was just controlled in her mind. I shouldn’t have let the other children hate her. The only ones who need to be punished are those who manipulated her behind the scenes…)

"Bronya, don't be too sad... Seele at least left us valuable experimental data in the end. She used her own life to save more lives..."

Cocolia wanted to comfort the distraught gray-haired girl, but she didn't know how to say it. Seele's death was both an accident and not an accident. But for Bronya, the outcome of the matter did not change at all.

Xi'er has disappeared.

Cocolia didn't know that the gray-haired girl in front of her, who looked like she was in a daze with her head down, was thinking rapidly about what she had learned from Shilis not long ago...

(Sister Shilis said that she was a traitor in my mother's eyes, so she rescued Xi'er without telling Cocolia's mother, and asked me to keep her visit a secret... So, even if Xi'er was actually fine, I couldn't tell Cocolia's mother about it! Although this deception is a bit unfair to my mother, I'm sorry for Xi'er...)

Bronya thought silently, her grey eyes reflecting the light of reason under the light...

"Mom, Xi'er...is she really dead?"

Bronya asked with her head down, her voice calm, as if she had returned to being the cold-blooded killer she once was.

"...Yeah. I know it's hard for you to accept, but it's the truth."

Cocolia sighed, and her pity for Bronya grew stronger and stronger. She had seen everything about the relationship between Seele and Bronya. Now that Seele had passed away, it was probably an unbearable blow to Bronya, as if her other half had been torn apart...

"I understand, Mom. May I ask, when is Xi'er's funeral?"

"...Her body has completely disappeared. If you wish, I will organize everyone in the orphanage to carry out it together...as a ceremony."

As she spoke, Cocolia continued to look at the girl in front of her, a hint of approval flashing in her sad eyes.

"But, Bronya... you are really different from other children. Even I can't compare to your strength..."

Seeing that Bronya was calm and had no despair in her eyes, Cocolia sighed sincerely. She did not doubt that Bronya could remain calm after knowing this. After all, this girl was once the "Ural Silver Wolf" that the mercenaries were afraid of. Cocolia thought it was impossible to predict how such a person would react when her friend passed away.

"No need...Mom, besides, do you need me to participate in the experiment next?"

Bronya asked softly, and after some tactful words, she finally talked about what she was most concerned about at the moment.

"About this... let's forget it. Seele's resistance to Houkai energy is much higher than yours. Although it was almost successful in the end, the process was quite dangerous. As for you, Bronya, if you participate in the experiment, you will definitely fail."

"I see... I understand."

Bronya remained calm on the surface, but she was slightly relieved in her heart. Knowing that Seele was still alive, she didn't want to put herself in danger before meeting the girl.

"Mom, is there anything else? I... feel a little under the weather and want to rest for a while."

"Ah, then take a good rest, Bronya... I hope you won't be too sad. Although Seele is gone, you still have to live well."

Hearing this, Cocolia breathed a sigh of relief, and while comforting her, she gently closed the door for Bronya.

As the footsteps outside the door gradually faded away, Bronya's tense face relaxed slightly. She breathed a sigh of relief and sat back in her chair.

"That way, everything will be fine. Just keep going like this until the time Sister Shiris mentioned. When will I see you again?"

?; She muttered to herself and raised her hand slightly. The next moment, with a weak energy fluctuation, a white half-body armor appeared out of thin air beside Bronya, quietly stopping in place, allowing the girl's hand to gently stroke its head.

Relying on Seele's power of "reconstruction", it resonates with Bronya's consciousness and self-constructs the quantum shuttle mecha, the heavy-duty bunny 19c...

"I have received your gift. I just don't know how you are doing now, Xier..."

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Far East, me company headquarters...

In the middle of the night, no

The room was dark with the lights on. A girl with long purple hair stood in front of the window, silently looking at the stars outside the window, with a dazed look on her face.

"Hill...please tell me, what should I do?"

Her pale lips moved slightly, her soft cheeks looked bloodless in the moonlight, and her empty eyes made the girl seem to have fallen into despair.

"I regret it... I really regret it, but even if I could do it all over again... I'm afraid I still wouldn't be able to make a choice... Would I abandon you again, or turn to killing them?"

--drop...

As the power turned on, the light from the ceiling instantly dispelled the darkness in the room. Lan Feng's expression slightly changed, and her scattered eyes slowly focused. She slowly turned her head and looked at Kiana standing at the door, with a hint of doubt on her dull expression.

224 Broken Faith>>

"...Kiana? Why don't you rest yet? It's already so late..."

"This is what I want to say, Sister Shilis. It's already late at night. You just came back. You must be exhausted from the long journey. But you are not resting and are looking at the stars here?"

"..."

As the purple-haired girl in front of her fell silent, Kiana couldn't help but frown, sighed softly, then walked over slowly, stopped beside Lan Feng, and stood side by side with her in front of the window.

"Regarding that matter... Sister Shilis, obviously no one said anything to you, and everyone understood your choice at that time, but why do you still think it's so hard to let go?"

Kiana asked in a deep voice. She really felt a headache. Ever since Shirley explained the whole story, she seemed to be in a state of confusion. Although Einstein and Tesla tried to enlighten her later, it seemed that it was of no use now...

"I didn't think too much about anything. It was a simple matter... I left her behind without caring about her safety and left the dangerous battlefield. Anyway, since I did something wrong, I should repent for it..."

"ah...?"

Hearing this, Kiana was slightly stunned, and subconsciously turned her eyes to look carefully at the purple-haired girl beside her. As the girl's weak and helpless expression fell into her eyes, Kiana suddenly felt a nameless fire rising in her heart...

Before this, she had never seen such an expression on the girl's face, such a cowardly and weak expression... She wanted to know where the strong and confident Shirley had gone?

Kiana grabbed Lan Feng's shoulders fiercely, and in the girl's slightly stunned and dull eyes, she directly pressed her down on the windowsill! Looking at the faint doubt in the girl's empty crossed pupils, her powerless body was pressed against the window without any resistance, and Kiana's anger in her heart became even worse!

"What's wrong with you?! Sister Shilis! Repent? What's the point of repenting? Since you already think you did something wrong, instead of trying to make up for it, you do these meaningless things! Or do you think she is already dead? So everything is irreversible?"

"No...I didn't..."

"Then what's going on?! Has this level of guilt turned you into a useless person? The sister Shilis I know is not a weak and incompetent glass heart! Where is the courage you had to fight against the main force of destiny when we first met?"

"I...oh, forget it."

Lan Feng smiled miserably, shook his head, and gently closed his eyes.

"I'm sorry... I'm disappointing you, Kiana... As you can see, after I take off my powerful disguise, I'm just a weakling like this..."

(That’s right... After all, before I came to this world, I was just a otaku with less willpower than an ordinary person, right? How strong can a guy like me be? Those things I did before were probably just luck...)

"hehe......"

(Alas... even after it has become like this, I still have the mood to laugh at myself. Well... that's right, there's nothing else I can do anyway...)

On one side was her friend who had just made peace with her, and on the other side was the person she once loved. Although it was indeed a difficult decision, she did not even have the courage to make a choice. In the end, she just followed Hill's instructions. The situation at that time was indeed painful, but now, after reflecting on it, she only felt more and more guilty and had a strong sense of self-loathing...

(Next...even if Seele and Miss Stigmata come back, how should I face them?)

She thought silently, and even when she saw Kiana's resentful expression, her heart remained calm.

"Why... did you become like this?"

Kiana murmured, holding Lan Feng's shoulders tightly with both hands, and began to exert force slightly involuntarily, pointing

The tip of the knife almost completely sunk into the girl's shoulder, and even bled. But Lan Feng's expression did not change at all in response to her behavior.

"If you are extremely disappointed in me and want to beat me up or take it out on me, I won't fight back. Rather, if I can be punished for my mistakes, I will feel better... But, Kiana, remember you said not long ago that you would not impose your values ​​on others? But now, you are forcing me to let it go? In fact, I also want to let it go. I don't mean anything else, I just want to say... I'm not as strong as you think, I'm really sorry, Kiana..."

Following these words, Kiana was stunned. She looked at the girl who was pressed against the windowsill by her in disbelief. Tears flickered in her dull eyes, covering her dark gaze...

Although it was only a superficial phenomenon, at least she no longer looked so desperate.

Kiana silently loosened her hands, and the purple-haired girl, whose body had lost support, slowly slid down the windowsill and sat on the ground.

Kiana rubbed her eyes, then turned around and walked towards the door behind her.

"I'm sorry, I was too impulsive just now, Sister Shilis... please don't mind it. I won't tell you anything about this matter anymore. I just hope you can recover soon. So, good night."

As she spoke, she stepped out of the room and gently closed the door. With the sound of the lock hitting the ground, the room returned to its previous silence.

Lan Feng raised her hand, supported herself against the wall, and stood up very slowly. Although her body strength seemed to be fine, for some reason, she felt as weak as if she had just left the incubator...

"I am weak... only in my heart. I am probably not worthy of such power..."

She murmured to herself, leaning on her arms again and gazing at the full moon in the sky.

"I've let Kiana down. Anyway... I can't keep feeling sorry for myself. I should adjust my mentality..."

She took a deep breath and forced herself to smile as usual. However, her face seemed to be frozen and she could hardly make any expression...

"Forget it. I can't keep doing this. If possible, I should find some time to go out and relax... Speaking of which, it's been so long since I came to the Far East, but I haven't taken a good look at Changkong City yet..."

Canghai City, Saint Freya Academy...

"What?! Honkai reaction...? Is this true?"

After Hyperion returned to the Far East Branch, Theresa received an urgent communication from a subordinate agency before she had time to change her clothes.

"How could there be a dead soldier in the Far East?! The monitoring of Honkai energy here should be perfect, why did a dead soldier appear out of nowhere?"

"It's true! Lady Theresa, when we were inspecting the Houkai radar, we released a high-energy detection wave and happened to find a weak Houkai reaction near Changkong City! We have already started to organize people to investigate, but..."

"But what? Don't keep me in suspense. Tell me everything at once!"

"...The cleanup team we sent out found a high-level assassin wielding a sickle in the outer ring of Changkong City! But...by the time they found him, he had already been killed by someone else! Only his remains and a small amount of bullet shells were left at the scene..."

Hearing this, Theresa frowned slightly. As some guesses flashed through her mind, she suddenly became alert and had a bad premonition in her heart. But she herself couldn't explain where this premonition came from...

ps————————————·

According to readers' feedback, it was decided to solve the protagonist's mental problems in advance. So, using the blank time from 2013 to 2014, the planned Out of Control and the Third Collapse were swapped. In other words, the original plot was postponed again...

that's all.

225 Undercurrent

"Wait, you just said that you found a high-level assassin? The kind of high-level assassin who can directly manipulate the Honkai energy to create weapons?"

Suddenly remembering something, Theresa asked in a somewhat awkward tone. However, as the communicator in the video nodded, Theresa fell silent.

"Those assassins are powerful enemies... It's almost impossible to kill them with ordinary weapons. But, are there only bullet shells found at the scene? Could they be special ammunition that resists Houkai?"

"About this, Lady Theresa... According to the bullets found in the remains of the dead soldiers, after testing, we found that they were just ordinary brass bullets. However, it was these bullets that caused fatal damage to the dead soldiers! It's like

...Some special energy is added to the surface of the bullet..."

After hearing the report from the communicator, Theresa felt a headache for the first time in a long time. She had just fought a big battle with the Herrscher and the Honkai Beasts, and just after returning to the base, before she had time to catch her breath, something like this happened in the Far East...

After a short silence, Theresa's expression became serious again. For some reason, she had a hunch that the person who killed the assassin must be someone very important...

"Regarding this matter...please organize personnel to conduct an investigation in Changkong City immediately! If there are not enough people, in addition to the regular Valkyries of the branch, you can assign the task to the third-year Valkyrie trainees above level B. But remember, you must not mess around in the city!"

"Yes!"

In the teaching building of Qianyu College, a girl with long black hair in uniform sat on a chair, looking at the teacher on the podium with a dull gaze and looking a little dazed.

If you get close enough, you can see that in the girl's black eyes, some dark red particles are slowly condensing. Along with purple particles that are difficult to capture with the naked eye, they slowly dissipate, and most of them fly directly out of the window with the wind. In the eyes of ordinary people, it is just like an illusion of a faint light.

Outside the window, the particles that attract each other form luminous particles visible to the naked eye, which slowly drift away under the cover of strong sunlight...

——Pop!

Suddenly, with the sound of loud clapping, the girl's eyes moved slightly, and then she came back to her senses. The next moment, she found that the teacher was standing in front of her, looking at her with a bad face.

"Hey! Raiden Mei, you're daydreaming again... How many times has this happened this week? Even if you were an excellent student, you shouldn't be distracted like this in class, right?"

"Ah...I'm sorry, Sensei, I won't be distracted again..."

The girl bowed her head slightly and apologized softly. Seeing the girl's polite behavior that could not be faulted at all, the teacher quickly calmed down.

"You...well, okay, I hope you can be a little more serious."

Shaking his head, he returned to the podium and continued to explain the course he was in charge of, not paying attention to the fact that the young lady from the ME Club was distracted.

"Hey~ Raiden-san, it's rare... You actually stared blankly in your homeroom teacher's class twice in a row. Are you feeling unwell?"

The girl at the next table tapped the table gently

"Thank you for your concern, Sato-san, but there's nothing wrong with my body."

The girl responded in a low voice, and stopped talking. Instead, she looked at the blackboard thoughtfully, and her expression gradually became complicated.

(What on earth just happened?)