K424 of the Collapse World

Fu Hua frowned, and before she could do anything, a strange force suddenly pressed down on her! As Fu Hua's eyes suddenly turned into surprise, this huge force directly forced her to half kneel down heavily!

"So what? Here, we have the final say, little girl."

An arrogant voice came from above his head, and a man in a dark blue hooded coat walked down the stairs. He pressed his palm on the position where Fu Hua was, holding a dark red gravity energy ball in his palm, and looked at the gray-haired girl who was pressed to the ground and unable to move with contempt.

"Wow...! This... is this the ability to manipulate gravity? It's you!!"

The moment she saw the man in the coat, Fu Hua recalled the Anti-Entropy Force that invaded St. Freya Academy a few months ago. Among them, the man who sneaked into the campus and almost captured Mei was the man in front of her!

"Oh? So you know me... Hehe, that's right, I am the leader of Anti-Entropy. You actually know me, I'm afraid you are not an ordinary Valkyrie? I'm really lucky. It seems that I should be able to get some useful information from you..."

The man walked up slowly, lifted Fu Hua's chin with two fingers, and had a sinister smile on his face. When their eyes met, Fu Hua's calm eyes revealed a hint of doubt.

This man doesn't seem to know me?

"Don't worry, I will stay in this city for a while. Before I leave, if you please me well, I may consider sparing your life."

"..."

“Haha, are you so scared that you can’t even speak? Since you dare to offend me, just accept your fate! Hahaha…”

The man laughed loudly, licked his lips, and slowly moved his face closer to the silent Fu Hua, grinned, and stuck out his tongue...

However, due to his overconfidence and carelessness in underestimating his opponent's strength, his plan was doomed to fail.

377 Encountering Danger >>

——Bang! !

The moment the man stuck out his tongue, an uppercut hit his chin hard, forcing his mouth shut! The man's head tilted back deeply with the heavy blow, and half of his tongue fell off in the splatter of blood. As soon as it hit the ground, it was crushed by a foot wearing a leather shoe!

"You evil fellow... I don't have time to play with you right now."

"#%@#＊......?!"

The man covered his mouth and widened his eyes, looking at Fu Hua who was motionless under the strong pressure of gravity, and uttered a meaningless grunt, and raised his hand again to gather energy. But the next moment, the girl's jab sank deeply into his abdomen...

"I'm sorry, squad leader. But I have to get everything cleared up... Afterwards, I will apologize to you..."

In the dim alley, the silver-haired girl muttered to herself, looked back at the brightly lit hotel building, then turned around resolutely and ran towards a place in her memory.

(An experimental clone...? How could I be that? But, that kind of thing...)

At this moment, Kiana felt completely confused. If she was not Kiana, then what was everything she had now? Her father, her friends, and her identity? Was it still hers?

But if I think about it another way, even if I am the real Kiana, it would mean that the two girls who look very similar to me are my clones. Then, how should I face them?

(The so-called "Sirin Project" undoubtedly exists! But what secrets are there? What is my true identity? I have to find that Wraith and ask her clearly. Even if I have to use special means, I must pry her open her mouth...!)

Kiana clenched her fists slightly. Under the white skin of her arms, the faintly visible blood vessels flashed with purple lines. Her thoughts had never been so clear. With her previous concentration on memory, the complex alleys that extended in all directions were all clearly remembered in her mind.

"We're almost there. Exit this street, turn left and take the fifth intersection on the right. That's the bar..."

After performing some operations on the terminal, the girl stretched out her hands under her skirt and held the Water Fairy I-type double guns in her hands. Now, she no longer cared about any rules. Compared with the secrets on her body, everything seemed unimportant.

"Come to think of it, my father and I seem to be wanted criminals of the Destiny Organization, right? Then, it's not strange to use violence to extract information from the Valkyrie of the Destiny Organization..."

Kiana muttered to herself, with a cold light flashing in her eyes, holding her two guns firmly, she kept moving forward in a certain direction. At this moment, she had inadvertently entered a combat state with a certain awakening on the spiritual level.

Therefore, the faint energy fluctuation that should have been imperceptible was keenly captured by the girl...

.

"......who?!"

Kiana paused and was about to ask a question when her eyes suddenly became sharp.

The strong hostility from somewhere made the girl give up the idea of ​​negotiation. She directly raised the two guns in her hands and crossed the guns in front of her!

At this moment, a deep purple light that almost blended into the night quietly flashed in front of her side...

--when! !

The next moment, the twin guns that the girl held in front of her to block the attack burst into sparks! The huge force shook her and she staggered, losing her balance! Without giving her a chance to adjust her momentum, another blurry purple light flashed from the end of the alley and arrived in front of her in an instant!

In this regard, her hands were unable to return to defend in time, and Kiana could only do her best to turn sideways, allowing the purple light to narrowly pass by her shoulder...

Boom!

A heavy collapse sounded from behind, and a burning pain came from her shoulder, followed by a completely opposite coolness. Kiana exhaled, knowing without looking that her shoulder was probably scratched by some kind of attack, and it was not a big problem.

Compared to the injuries on her body, Kiana was more concerned about something at the moment. She suddenly felt a strange sense of familiarity, as if she had felt this unique energy fluctuation before...

(This guy... could it be...?)

Driven by a premonition, she risked being attacked again and turned her head to look behind her. The concrete wall behind her had been smashed to pieces by some attack just now. Among the rubble, a sharp purple strip caught her attention...

"...arrows?"

Kiana was stunned, and memories from many years ago suddenly flooded into her mind. She vaguely remembered that in the earliest days of confusion, she and her father seemed to have encountered enemies using bows and arrows in a jungle. This kind of purple arrow that was hard to defend against was exactly the same as that time...

"How dare you turn your back on the enemy in battle? Ha, is this Kaslana's unique arrogance?"

"...!"

A soft voice sounded in her ears without warning. Kiana was startled and rolled forward. As she stood up, the muzzle of the gun was already pointing in the direction of the voice.

"It's too slow. What's the point of shooting a weapon if you can't even aim it?"

As the sound rang out again behind her, Kiana realized that there was nothing where her gun was pointing. This time, she turned around angrily and threw a roundhouse kick behind her! However, as the kick missed and she felt unbalanced, her attack was avoided again.

"Ah~~ What a barbaric fighting style! It seems that you are more suitable for using a hammer or an axe than a gun..."

Hearing this, Kiana clenched her teeth. This feeling of being teased in the battle was already making her a little mad.

"Asshole...! Who the hell are you?! What on earth do you want to do?!"

Following the girl's angry voice, a chilling laugh came from the darkness, and after the laughter ended, the voice gave an answer.

"Kiana Kaslana, you don't need to know who I am. You just need to know that my goal is to catch you. If you don't want to be caught, then resist with all your might... Let me see if Kaslana's bloodline is worth all the trouble!"

378 Metamorphosis

"Kaslana's bloodline...?"

Standing in the middle of the dark alley, the girl was alert to the doors and windows around her that could lead to attacks at any time, and she gripped the handle of the gun in her hand even tighter.

"You just called me Kiana Kaslana, right? Why are you so sure that I am the real Kiana?"

"What else? Are you trying to disguise yourself as a clone of yourself and get away with it? Unfortunately, I've seen the rumored K424 experiment before. Although she looks very similar, it's impossible for you to pretend to be her in front of me."

The pleasant voice of a young girl echoed through the alley from all directions, and it was impossible to determine the other party's location by the sound.

But after hearing this, Kiana's expression suddenly became serious.

"You really know K424! Tell me, what else do you know?!"

"If you want to know, just give up resistance and follow me. How about that?"

The voice laughed, as if it was not going to reveal the information. Kiana hesitated for a moment and slowly raised her head.

"...You are here for my blood. So, what do you want to do to me?"

The bright red blood oozed from the abrasion on her shoulder, climbing down her upper arm to her elbow and slowly dripping down. Kiana raised her head and asked loudly, not caring about her bleeding shoulder.

Having started fighting Honkai beasts at the age of ten, she was already accustomed to this level of injuries.

In the darkness deep in the alley, a pair of green pupils locked onto the nervous silver-haired girl. He slightly spread his palms behind his back, and a purple glow of Honkai energy flashed by.

The arrow appeared in the hand of that figure.

"What do I want to do? Well... it's no big deal. I just want to collect some cell samples from Kaslana..."

As she spoke calmly, the figure bent her bow and drew her arrow. Her armored fingers held the tail of the arrow in a strange position, and the dark purple sharp arrow was aimed at the girl's defenseless back. She hesitated for a moment, and finally turned her aim to the girl's calf.

"Cell samples? Haha... In that case, if I'm willing to give you some blood samples, can you let me go? By the way, there's more information about K424's clones..."

Kiana said in a deep voice, her eyes flickering as she scanned the surroundings. With the help of her vague Honkai perception, she tried to capture the target's location. Even though the possibility was slim, she did not give up this seemingly futile action...

"Oh? I didn't realize you're quite sensible... But it's a pity that the experimental sample I need cannot be satisfied with just a little blood sample."

The voice chuckled, and the next moment, her tone once again carried that chilling chill...

A certain force was released, and the black shadow's fingertips tightly grasped the arrow tail, and the space became distorted in the concentrated energy.

"At the very least, I need a large portion of your body cells, right? Of course, in addition to physical cells, brain tissue samples are also necessary. So... I don't think you will agree to my conditions, and it would be a waste of time to say more. Sorry~"

Boom! !

Before she finished speaking, the sound of the bowstring vibrating was like thunder in Kiana's ears! However, she didn't have any chance to react. Almost at the same time, she felt a tearing pain in her left calf, and then a sharp sound of breaking wind came into her ears...

"Well--!"

The girl cried out in pain, her eyes widened as she lowered her head, looking at the crystal arrow that had appeared on her leg at some point, her expression completely frozen...

(What just happened?)

The pierced calf was already bloody and bloody. Even if it was just a tiny arrow, the destructive power it brought when it flew at a speed that broke the sound barrier was definitely not to be underestimated. If it weren't for the fact that the girl's body had been transformed by the stigmata, and the density of her muscle tissue was far beyond that of an ordinary person, this blow would have been enough to tear her entire leg apart! Instead of being stuck between the tendons and bones like it is now...

Kiana didn't know why the attacker's bow and arrow could exert the power of an anti-material sniper rifle, but there was no doubt that the gap in hard power must be very large...

"Your choice is irrelevant. It's not difficult for me to catch you. Don't worry, living cells are the best experimental subjects. I won't kill you. If the experiment goes well, maybe only a part of your body will be used in the end. You still have a chance to keep your life..."

The voice said nonchalantly, looking at the girl who was twitching slightly in pain, and released the second arrow on the string.

The severe pain caused her muscles to contract, causing Kiana to bend her calf unconsciously. However, after the arrow pierced her calf, the arrowhead was directly nailed into the ground, fixing her leg to the ground.

As a result, she couldn't even bend her knees, and the reflex made the wound from the arrow more severe...

“Ha…ha…Is that all you want to say? Just shut up! Do you think you’ve won? Humph, you coward who doesn’t even dare to show your face…”

Kiana mocked with a pale face, and shot directly to break the arrowhead that pierced the ground! Pulling the remaining half of the arrow out of the flesh. The gushing blood dyed the white skirt red. She directly activated the ice energy of the water fairy to stop the bleeding of the wound, forced her body to stand, and raised the double guns in her hands again.

For some reason, ever since she fainted inexplicably during the invasion of Saint Freya, her "superpowers" have completely lost their effect, and the strange voices that occasionally sounded in her mind have also disappeared. However, Kiana has a hunch that if she wants, she can get those powers back at any time.

At the cost of my own sanity...

(Anyway... I'm alone now, so even if I enter that state, I don't have to worry about hurting Mei and the others. In that case...)

If the battle is regarded as a chess game, using that power is equivalent to flipping the table directly. Although this can be considered a victory in a sense, the price she pays afterwards may ruin her entire plan.

(If I fail again this time, will I still have a chance to get to the bottom of the matter...?)

Driven by that obsession, she thought for a moment and gave up on using that forbidden power. She dragged her powerless body and assumed the stance of Kaslana's gun fighting technique.

(Those powers that corrode my will are probably related to Honkai... So, if I use those powers now and lose control, and no one stops me, I'm afraid I'll be

This city has caused disaster...)

"Humph! Coward... I haven't lost yet, come at me!"

In response to Kiana's provocation, the voice remained silent for a moment, and then the cold hostility once again enveloped the surrounding air.

"...That's a pity. I didn't want to damage my precious body too much. However, it's unexpected that you can still stand despite this injury. Come to think of it, you look so relaxed. Are you hiding something?"

378 Metamorphosis>>

"Why don't you try it and find out? Humph, this kind of arrow made by Honkai... are you a ranger created by Honkai?"

"..."

"If you're so powerful, why don't you knock me down quickly? Or are you just bluffing?!"

Speaking recklessly, Kiana closed her eyes and stopped looking at the dark alley, instead concentrating her mind completely on the perception of energy.

Since you can’t see it with your eyes, use other methods to search for the target!

Although she doesn't have the specialized ability of Honkai like Shirley, as a Valkyrie who has been fighting Honkai for many years, she can also sense extremely small amounts of Honkai energy. Although it is rather vague, as long as she concentrates her energy like she did just now, she can also capture the tiny amounts of Honkai energy emitted from the arrow!

(I quickly recalled... How did I fight when I was wandering with my dad five years ago... Even if I didn't rely on those strange powers, I would definitely not be so weak! In the past, I could hunt down Honkai beasts alone without activating the power of the stigmata. Now... There is no reason for me to become weaker than I was then!)

Since when did I become so accustomed to suppressing my opponents with my physical fitness and strength that I forgot how to use skills?

——Whoosh!!

The familiar sense of crisis came over her again, and the hairs on the girl's body stood up. However, this time, the arrow was blocked by the gun that suddenly turned sideways!

Sparks flew everywhere! The impact of the arrow made the girl's body sway. Her injured leg could no longer adjust her balance, so she simply lay on her back. But before she fell to the ground, she opened her eyes and pointed the gun in her left hand in the direction where the arrow came from...

Pull the trigger, Water Fairy;?! The energy beam shot out, illuminating the dark alley in an instant, and also illuminating the astonished face of the petite figure in the cloak in the distance...

--Snapped! !

The energy bullet brushed past the black shadow's forehead and flew backwards, piercing through the old wall behind him, and successfully forced the mysterious attacker to reveal himself.

Although it was only a moment, Kiana saw clearly that it was a petite girl wearing a red cloak, with long orange-red hair reaching her waist and hips, with a Nordic appearance and light green eyes. She looked no older than fourteen. But Kiana didn't think that such an experienced "hunter" would really be an underage girl.

With Theresa's precedent, Kiana simply regarded this girl as a similar existence. However, none of this mattered now.