K424 of the Collapse World

"So, Claudia, what did you think of the performance?"

Otto asked softly to the blonde woman standing beside him, with a smile on his face and his eyes still fixed on the image on the screen.

"It is indeed very interesting, Lord Otto. But... I don't understand. Her hatred for Nonny Tesla has already reached its limit. Why does she want Sora to reveal the truth? If so, won't she collapse in despair?"

"No, this is not enough, Claudia. Miss Shilis's willpower is stronger than you think. Through the scene that Sora and Wraith performed together this morning, let her kill her loyal friends with her own hands, and then tell her everything after she thinks she has taken revenge. The effect will definitely be better. Moreover, even if she is desperate, this despair will eventually turn into the purest hatred, and this feeling should allow her to master the power of creation. In short, you will understand if you keep reading, Claudia."

"Yes, Lord Otto."

Otto nodded, narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at the girl holding a long knife in the picture, and chuckled.

"Okay, hurry up, k424... Even if your body hasn't fully recovered, it shouldn't be a problem to kill a weak researcher with a gun with a knife..."

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(Shooting Shiris? Such a thing... But if I don't do this, Mr. Charlie...)

Noni's fingers trembled, and she looked at the girl in front of her with evasive eyes. After hesitating for a long time, she took a deep breath and then pulled the trigger!

--boom!

With a loud bang, a tongue of fire spurted out of the muzzle! Shirley instantly held the long sword upright in front of her, and the bullet flying towards her hit the intercepting blade, exploding a spark, and was instantly bounced away, focusing on the mechanical device next to it.

The next moment after being attacked, Shilis lowered her body and rushed forward with the knife. In a blink of an eye, she crossed the distance of more than ten meters between the two people and came in front of Noni, swinging the long knife in her hand at the orange-haired woman with a dull expression...

Following this scene, Otto's expression became slightly excited.

"Yes, that's it! Kill her... and then face the truth of this deception and feel the taste of despair...!"

---bite!!

Hillarys's horizontal slash accurately hit the side of Nonie's pistol, severing the entire barrel and the handle with one strike. The gun parts scattered out, and before they hit the ground, Hillarys's long sword turned back and swung it with a backhand, stopping at Nonie's neck.

At this moment, the winner is decided.

Noni looked at the stern-looking silver-haired girl, smiled bitterly, closed her eyes, and waited for her to make her move. Shooting her was already an act of betrayal, even if she was forced to do so. It was only natural that she would end up like this after her failure.

As long as that person is okay...

However, after a while, the long knife against her neck did not cut across as expected, but instead moved away from her neck and rested on her shoulder.

"This meeting is a little different, hehe~ Sorry, did I scare you, Noni?"

"Eh......?"

When she opened her eyes, Noni saw the silver-haired girl smiling gently. The violent murderous intent in her eyes had completely disappeared, and her expression was full of kindness, just like the previous times they met. If it weren't for the knife on Noni's neck, it would seem that what happened just now was just an illusion...

"You... You wanted to kill me, didn't you? And I already shot you..."

"So what? It wasn't your intention anyway. I hope you don't mind what happened just now. It was just an impromptu performance~"

"Huh? Improvisation...?"

"That's about right. It's just to let a certain bishop feel the feeling of having his expectations dashed."

Shiris shrugged, and suddenly remembered something, looking at Noni with a hint of resentment in her eyes.

"By the way, Noni, did you really want to kill me just now? You actually aimed at my heart and shot me... Never mind, this is what Otto meant anyway. If you can't kill me, you will die yourself. I won't blame you."

"Eh...? But I was clearly aiming at your calf..."

Hearing Noni's confused words, Hillis's mouth twitched and she rolled her eyes at Noni.

Hillis saw it from the beginning. The Noni in the morning was a fake. She was acting a trick with her. Hillis thought it was interesting and cooperated with her. But she didn't expect that she was shot twice for acting so realistically...

But taking that opportunity, she basically figured out what Otto was doing.

(Emotions... That cold-blooded guy actually believes in such things as emotions? And... you want me to accept the Serenity Gem for the sake of hatred and resurrecting my friends? Then you should also threaten me with my real friends...)

At this moment, the sense of being watched began to weaken, as if the person who was monitoring him had left the surveillance screen.

Suddenly realizing something, Shirley slowly withdrew the long knife in her hand and turned to look at the door on the other side.

"Since you're here, why don't you come over and have a chat?"

"..."

Following Shirley's smiling voice, the side door slowly opened, and the black-haired girl with a complicated expression slowly walked out. She looked at the indifferent silver-haired girl, with bitterness on her lips.

"Hi~ Good evening, Sora. By the way, how did you come back to life? Could it be that neither God nor Satan wants to accept you? How annoying must you be then..."

Listening to Shilis's sarcastic words, Sora smiled bitterly, shook his head, and sighed softly.

"I want to know, how did you see through me?"

Hearing this, Shilis sneered, turned the long sword, held it upside down in her hand, and walked slowly towards Sora. At this time, the collar on her neck made a slight sound, and the silver-haired girl's body shook for a moment, then she continued to move forward, but her steps became a little heavy.

This situation was within her expectations. The person in charge was probably afraid that she would do something to Sora, so he activated her Honkai energy limiter and directly suppressed her whole body's power.

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Shilis didn't care about this and just came to Sora. Seeing the slightly nervous black-haired girl, the corners of her mouth curled up slightly.

"This kind of thing is not important... To be honest, I am still very disappointed in you, little sister Sora. From this point of view, what Otto said before was right. The traitor was indeed the only one, Lin. And you... have been an undercover agent of destiny from the beginning to the end, so naturally there is no such thing as betrayal."

"..."

"That performance this morning was a little awkward... but to be honest, it was really great. If it weren't for the obvious loopholes, I might have believed it directly..."

As she spoke, Shilis slowly stretched out her free left hand, and under Sora's nervous gaze, she slowly touched her chest, and suddenly pressed hard!

"Ugh...!"

Sora cried out in pain, her body trembled slightly, and a little cold sweat oozed from her forehead. In response, Shilis smiled and withdrew her hand, walked around Sora to her back, bent down, and put her lips next to her ear.

"It hurts, right? In order to make the performance more realistic, the first shot was actually shot with a real steel bullet. You are really cruel..."

Hearing the chaotic footsteps in the outer passage, Shilis ignored it, stood up straight, and walked towards Sora with a chuckle.

"However, the second headshot was a bit out of place. That was a dye bullet, right? Although the dye bullet is still filled with your own blood, and some mimicry of brain matter, but... you know what? My perception can even detect the direction of tiny electromagnetic waves. Do you think I can't detect the difference in kinetic energy between the dye bullet and the real bullet when firing?"

Hearing this, Sora covered the wound that was cracked by Shilis's pressure, frowned and turned away.

"Humph, you are really enough. You have seen through me, but you can still cry like that...Is that why you saw through me?"

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"Haha... Of course not. I began to doubt you as early as when I used the power of creation to heal your wounds. But at that time I was not completely sure. I just thought that you were deceived or threatened by them. What made me completely give up on you was the moment you appeared in front of me again..."

Having said that, Shilis sighed.

"Otto swore at that time that he would set you free... Although I don't know much about him and I hate that hypocritical guy, I know that at least he will definitely keep that promise. But the fake Noni who acted with you told me that it was Otto who went back on his word?! Hahaha... You idiots! You don't even understand the master you serve, who can you blame?"

Shirley smiled and tightened her grip on the long sword in her hand. Feeling her strength weakening again under the suppression of the collar, she gave up the idea of ​​killing this traitor with one blow. Although Sora was very weak, she was still a B-rank Valkyrie. Now that she had lost all her strength due to the opening of the collar, if she attacked her by force, she would probably just be pinned to the ground.

"You're amazing... Shirley. It seems like all of us underestimated you. I thought my acting skills were flawless, but I didn't expect you to be much better than me..."

"Thank you for the compliment~ But you were amazing to deceive us for a whole year. It was only due to a lack of intelligence that you were exposed. There's nothing shameful about that. From this point of view, the Oscar of the Destiny Organization is still yours. Um... no, and your partner... the one who can transform..."

--drop!

"Her code name is Wraith. By the way, you were also captured by her, Miss Shilis."

At this time, a familiar male voice suddenly sounded behind her, accompanied by a round of clapping. Silis smiled, then turned her head slightly, looking at Otto and the Valkyries holding weapons standing beside him, lifted the hem of her skirt, and saluted him.

"Hello, Mr. Otto... Speaking of which, my performance today was pretty good, wasn't it? Did it please you?"

"Hmm... It's really amazing. You even fooled me. You are really different from before. It's a bit suspicious... However, Ms. Shilis's performance just now and her judgment that I would keep my promise reminded me of someone..."

Otto smiled and praised. There was no anger or frustration at the failure of the plan in his eyes, only a hint of indifference and curiosity.

"Karen Kaslana, right?"

Before Otto could say anything, Shilis took the lead in saying the name. Hearing this, Otto's eyes moved slightly, and the doubt in his eyes became stronger.

"It seems that you do know some interesting things, Miss Hillis..."

"Hmm~ that's about right. Mr. Otto, you know, people with the bloodline of the Kaslana family have the attributes of being a fool and a drama queen~ ahem...

....Of course, the former does not apply to me. But Miss Kallen has brought these two into full play. "

Shirley smiled, turned around, and returned to the slightly flustered Nonie, gently patted her shoulder to comfort her, then turned around again, looked at Otto who had a nostalgic look on his face, and smiled again.

"Isn't it? Once she gets into the role, even the silly-looking Miss Karen can instantly become a talkative person. Haven't you witnessed this yourself? My dear Mr. Otto~"

Shirley said softly, standing beside Noni. Facing Otto's suddenly sharp eyes, the girl looked at him without flinching, and a confident and calm smile returned to her face again.

On the other hand, Otto's eyes were filled with more and more doubts, and even his brows were unconsciously frowned. He suddenly realized that apart from the identity of the girl K424, he still knew nothing about her!

"In short, your plan has completely failed, Mr. Otto. I heard that you want to play the emotional card with me? Use human emotions to create miracles. Humph, borrow Sora to pretend to be a companion to trick me, and then let Noni take the blame, let me kill Noni myself, and finally let Sora tell me the truth? Emmmm~ It is indeed a very powerful psychological tactic. If your plan succeeds, maybe it can really make me collapse directly... But now, it's useless to say these anymore."

Shiris said calmly, her gaze towards Otto gradually returning to calm.

"But, Mr. Otto, I still want to tell you that emotions can indeed create miracles. However, it is undeniable that human individuals are still extremely weak. Even if they can rely on so-called emotions to break the rules and create a small miracle, at the bottom, humans are still ordinary carbon-based creatures. An ordinary person, no matter how strong his emotions are, can't blow up a truck with one punch. Under the limitations of physical conditions, no matter how strong the mind is, it is meaningless. Humans... have limits!"

Hearing this, Otto came back to his senses from his deep thoughts, his eyes moved, and he nodded in agreement. He also remembered that many of the experimental subjects before had their bodies corroded by Honkai before their brain waves became disordered, which ultimately led to the failure of the experiment.

"That makes sense. But Miss Hillis, what do you want to say by telling me this...?"

"I...! Ahem, what I want to say is that under this premise, no matter how much you arouse my emotions, the experiment will not be successful due to the limitations of my physical condition..."

Shirley said with a serious expression, looking directly at Otto in front of her and exhaled slightly.

"Having said that, I can almost guess what you are going to do next... You want to attack Noni, right? This is the only option that can force me to compromise after your plan fails, and it is also the only way to make my emotions fluctuate. Humph, if you still believe in your idealistic experimental theory of 'emotions first', why not give it a try and see if I will act as you expect! Anyway... we are indeed in your hands now, aren't we?"

As she spoke, Shilis held Noni's hand and looked at her solemnly. As if she sensed the girl's feelings, Noni turned around slightly and gave the girl a gentle smile.

"Well, I don't quite understand what you are talking about. But... the bishop is planning to use my life to threaten you, right? Shirley..."

She spoke softly and took a deep breath.

"If that's the case, Shirley...you shouldn't have compromised with the Bishop for me! To be honest with you, the sins I have committed during this period of time are not enough to offset even if I die a hundred times! You shouldn't be threatened because of a guy like me!"

"Well, Noni, I promise you, I'm really sorry... At this moment, I can't say 'I will definitely protect you', and I don't want to break that promise..."

Shirley smiled bitterly. She had thought that Noni would say such a thing at first, but watching a person who could be called a friend go to die, this helpless feeling was really not very comfortable...

Sure enough, everything is the fault of this green man!

In response, Otto hesitated for a long time and laughed again.

"I see, haha... Miss Shilis, you are indeed different! You have explained it so clearly. If I attack that researcher again, wouldn't it be a waste of effort?"

Otto waved his hand, and the Valkyries around him put down their guns aimed at Noni and Silis, stepped aside, and then Otto turned around and walked straight to the exit of the room.

"In that case, we can only start with you. Thank you, Ms. Hillis. The experiment can probably get back on track..."

"--Well!"

As soon as the words fell, the collar locked on Shirley's neck released a burst of electricity! The moment the blue arc hit the girl, her eyes blurred and her body went limp. The moment she fell into a coma, she could only hear

Noni's exclamation and Otto's faint voice...

"I hope you won't regret giving me this advice, Miss Hillis..."

"Hmph... whatever you want. One day, I will beat that disgusting fake smile of yours so hard that you can no longer smile..."

The girl murmured softly, and her consciousness fell into darkness. She could probably guess what was waiting for her next...

(However, I won this round. But it doesn’t matter. Next time, you must not let me seize the opportunity... Otherwise, what I said will definitely come true, Otto!)

250 People who have experienced hell

Central area of ​​Tianming headquarters, general archives room...

On a machine at the terminal inside the archive room, a light screen image was displayed. The keyboard next to the table had not been retracted, and it was obvious that someone had been operating here not long ago.

On the light screen, a few lines of characters were sparsely displayed.

Confidential File: "Sirin Project ex"

Start time: September 2013, 12

Project Nature: Level 3 Biological Experiment...

Experiment Number: 074–k424

Execution location: Helheim Third Research Center...

Experiment Supervisor: Maki Lawrence

Experimental authorization: Otto Apokalis

Current status: Frozen