K424 of the Collapse World

"What can you do? The employer of this mission is your Destiny Organization. Since such an accident has happened, shouldn't you come up with a solution?"

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"I am extremely sorry, Lord Hill, this situation is beyond my ability, and I do not have the authority to direct your actions..."

"Tsk, you mean I have to give the order? Then I order you to kill all the guys blocking the way, and then go in and find the gem, how about that?!"

"I'm sorry, as a member of the Destiny Organization, I cannot have a direct conflict with the officials of a neutral country. This will inevitably affect Destiny's position in the world organization. Moreover, doing so is really inappropriate."

"Of course I know this is inappropriate! But can't you find some other way for me? You followed me here just to monitor me..."

Hill looked at the building full of police officers with a grumble on her face. Although she had no interest in the mission assigned by the Fate, she was looking forward to what was to come when she remembered that the purpose of taking back the Serenity Gem was to allow her to merge with it. Although she knew that Otto asked her to merge with the gem just to use her power, fusing the Serenity Gem that was almost the same as her core meant that she would regain her former power as a Herrscher...

It doesn't matter if I'm used. It's never a bad thing to have power in my hands.

With this mentality, she once again had a lot of expectations for what would happen after retaking the Serenity Gem. However, looking at the crowd in front of her and the staff who kept coming in and out of the hotel, she really didn't know how she should carry out this task...

For her, it was not difficult to sneak into the building under the eyes of ordinary people, but without the guidance of Rita and Fu Hua, it would probably take more than one night for her to find the quiet gems hidden by special methods. Moreover, if she encountered law enforcement officers inside, what should she do?

Although these ordinary armed forces were not to be feared, Hill was not a bloodthirsty person. If she was discovered, she would have no choice but to break through. In the process, even if she wanted to hold back, the deadly death energy would not allow her to do so.

Of course, if necessary...

"Miss Hill."

At this time, Fu Hua suddenly came over and handed the terminal in her hand to Hill.

"It has been reported in the news that the government interpreted the hotel incident as a terrorist attack. The upper passage of the hotel has been blocked and the army is preparing to suppress it. This means that the military has not occupied the upper floor yet. As long as we can avoid the surveillance of the helicopter and enter the hotel, we should have enough time to complete the search of the upper floor of the hotel..."

Hearing this, Hill's eyes lit up.

"You are worthy of being my old comrade. Well, let's do as you say! Although the gem may not be in the upper area of ​​the hotel, we have no way to determine its location immediately. Now we can only take it one step at a time..."

As she spoke, she walked towards another street nearby. Without anyone noticing, wisps of black mist slowly spread out from her body, gradually blending into the dim night...

"There's no need to talk about Chi Yuan. Ms. Rita, as the top Valkyrie of the Destiny Organization, you shouldn't be discovered by the helicopter's searchlight when you enter, right?"

"Please rest assured, although I am not talented, I am not so clumsy."

Rita nodded and said with a smile. The unchanged gentle smile on her face made Hill frown. He no longer paid attention to this secretive maid and quickly turned his whole body into black mist.

"Let's get started... Although there was a little accident, it's just a simple mission after all..."

"So that's how it is... When you escaped from your destiny, you failed to save Kiana, and only found me, so you took me away and started your escape... I understand, thank you."

After listening to Siegfried and Shirley's explanation, the girl's eyes revealed a hint of understanding, and then she smiled and thanked Siegfried softly.

The tone and expression became completely different from usual.

Then, her calm gaze turned slightly towards Shiris.

"And you...k424, also a clone of Kiana, was

Injected with the memory of her mother Cecilia, she escaped from the laboratory by chance and joined the Anti-Entropy Organization, becoming one of the top leaders of that organization. In a battle, she rescued the real Kiana and brought her to St. Freya Academy, handing her over to Cecilia's sister Theresa to take care of... What a legendary experience, Miss Silis. "

"..."

Not caring about Shirley's silence, Kiana lowered her sitting posture slightly, half-lying on the table and burying her head.

"That Miss Kiana always made sarcastic remarks to me. I thought she was a mean girl, but it turns out she is like this... I misunderstood her. She suffered a lot in captivity, but she didn't shoot me in the head the moment she saw me, the fake one who replaced her. I think she is a pretty kind person..."

"My power has gone out of control twice... Shiris, thank you for stopping me during those times. I guess... I must have caused a lot of trouble for everyone, right?"

The girl lowered her head and whispered, then she lightly tapped the table in front of Siegfried with her fingertips.

"I just want to know, why did you keep this from me? Including the Herrscher core in my body, if I had known this earlier, I would..."

The girl stopped talking here, although no one interrupted her. Siegfried shook his head in bewilderment, his eyes full of apology. He raised his hand and wanted to stroke the silver-haired girl's head, but after a moment's hesitation, he put his hand down, no longer stimulating the girl's sensitive and fragile heart.

"I'm sorry... Kiana, it was indeed my fault that I treated you as a substitute for that child at that time. But we concealed the truth of this matter because we were worried that your heart would not be able to withstand the impact of such a thing, and the Honkai in your body would take advantage of it..."

"Hehe... In your imagination, how fragile my heart is. But now... I already know everything, and I'm fine, right?"

The girl's voice was a little choked up, but she hid it well. She leaned on the table, took a deep breath, wiped the table with her arm, and sat up slightly.

In the slightly red eyes, the blue pupils were still pure, without any trace of gold...

"Dad...? I can still call you that. I heard what you said to Miss Shilis just now. I am very grateful that you are willing to treat me as your real daughter. But I think... this is wrong. You leave the feelings that belong to Kiana to me. This is unfair to that child! She is the one who should enjoy all this, not me."

"No! Whether it's you or that child, I won't...!"

"You poured your true love into me, but abandoned her in the prison of fate. Will she really not care? Think about how much you owe her... Will she really accept such a thing?"

The girl interrupted Siegfried seriously, panting slightly, stood up suddenly and turned around, ignoring Siegfried who was hesitant to speak, and slowly walked towards the lounge.

"Speaking of which, you should have more important things to do, right? My injury is no longer a problem, but in front of you, my strength will only hinder you... Ignore me and do what you should do..."

Before he finished speaking, the door of the lounge was gently closed. Siegfried slowly lowered his half-extended right hand, his eyes full of confusion and bewilderment.

"What are you going to do, Siegfried?"

Siegfried came back to his senses when he heard Shirley's voice from the other side. Looking at the water stains on the table where the girl had just laid down, which were still faintly visible after being wiped away, the man smiled bitterly, and as if he had lost his strength, he bent over the table.

"I can't abandon her, but now, I'm afraid she won't listen to anything..."

389responsibility

Shirley understood K423's pain, but she didn't think she had done anything wrong.

In the final analysis, Shirley and K423 were just products from the same batch of Tianming. Although their relationship could barely be called sisters, as clones, brothers and sisters, etc., only need one button to create thousands of similar existences, so this is meaningless. There is nothing wrong with the relationship between them, even if they are strangers.

Although she knew everything about K423, it was only from another person's memory. Driven by this memory, she even risked her life to protect this girl once, which was considered a favor to her. However, after knowing her true self, she no longer cared about these things.

Although Shiris herself did not mind interacting with girls like K423 and Mei, Kiana clearly showed disgust and resistance when she first met K423. For this reason, all Shiris could do to the clone girl numbered K423 was not to interfere in her life and to draw a line between them.

After all, the most important person to Shirley is the real Kiana Kaslana.

This decision, whether for Kiana, or for K423 and Mei, is a better way to deal with it. Even if what happened just now happened, she plans to continue like this.

However, Siegfried seemed to have other plans.

Looking at the serious-looking man opposite her, Shirley sighed softly, put her left hand hidden under the table back on the table, and dispersed the golden light wrapped around her fingertips.

She had released the restraining energy around her in advance, and she didn't know whether the girl relied on her willpower to suppress the runaway collapse, or relied on her own energy to regain her composure. However, as long as the result was good, it was enough.

"Siegfried, I know what you're thinking. Speaking of which... I don't object to your decision. Although she is not Kiana, I don't want to see an innocent child fall into misfortune."

"Shiris, I..."

"But let me make it clear first. I am not going to make up for your mistakes! What the child said is absolutely right. No matter what you thought at that time, the harm your behavior caused to Kiana cannot be easily forgiven. Before you make the choice to have it all, you might as well think about what your daughter Kiana would think of this. Will she be able to accept such a result?"

Shirley spoke in a slightly lowered voice, stood up from the chair, and walked to the open space on the other side of the tavern with a helpless smile on her face.

"Hmph... What do you think of you in Kiana's eyes? In her eyes, the father who abandoned you found another daughter. For five years, he ignored your situation and allowed you to be imprisoned in the Destiny Laboratory and tortured. He didn't show up until he lost his memory due to the torture experiments. And after he escaped, he shamelessly ran out to recognize me..."

As Shirley said this, she sighed as she watched Siegfried's face gradually become uglier.

"To be honest, if I were Kiana and knew I had a father like this, I would definitely slap him hard and tell him to get lost."

"It wasn't like that. At that time..."

"Of course I know that's not the case. No matter how much of a bastard you are, you will never abandon your daughter. But in Kiana's eyes, this is the truth. When she was most desperate, you as a father were of no use at all. And you only appeared after your image in her heart had collapsed, and you brought a clone of yourself with you. How do you think she would feel?"

"..."

Looking at the silent Siegfried, Shirley suddenly felt helpless and hated him for not fighting. Although she couldn't fully guess what Kiana was thinking, at least she was sure that the girl would not accept such a result...

"Sorry, I'm getting off topic... Our primary focus right now should be on the child, right?"

Glancing cautiously in the direction of the lounge, Shilis spread her senses slightly and found biological reactions in the inner corner. According to the details of the feedback, the girl should be curled up in the corner, with her head buried between her knees, and she was not deliberately eavesdropping on the conversation here.

"Hmm... However, her reaction was not as strong as I thought. Perhaps we all underestimated the child's willpower. Even for ordinary people, such a truth is hard to accept, but it is not enough to make people completely collapse in an instant. She has been fighting against Honkai with me since she was a child, so her willpower must be beyond ordinary people... I think that as long as I keep an attitude as usual and explain everything to her, she probably won't ask... Oops! Cecilia, did I say something wrong?"

Under Siegfried's puzzled gaze, Shirley withdrew her fist that had hit his forehead expressionlessly, frowned, snorted, and turned away.

"First of all, don't call me Cecilia! Secondly, just because you think she's fine, does that mean she's really fine?! Siegfried! When we first met in Turkey a few years ago, you flirted with me on purpose, and your emotional intelligence was still very high. Why are you suddenly acting like a single straight man now? She was just trying to be strong just now! Can't you see such an obvious thing?"

"This... But her emotions are not out of control, and her Honkai energy has not overflowed at all. Moreover, she is very good at getting out of trouble through reflection. Although her current state is a bit difficult to describe, it can basically be regarded as... being upset, right?"

"..."

Hearing this, Shirley rolled her eyes and didn't answer. She walked around Siegfried and began to slowly pace around the tavern. When she came to Charlotte, who was still bound by chains, she sat down on the ground, ignoring the nervous and puzzled look of the red-haired girl, and directly grabbed her furry tail.

"Lady...Lady Shiris?"

Charlotte was startled and clenched her chained hands, trying in vain to hide the glimmer of light from the ring, but unexpectedly, Shirley did not pay attention to her fingers, but stroked her tail.

"Don't move."

“Well… yes

. "

Pinching the somewhat stiff wolf tail, Shirley stroked the slightly erected hair on the tail with some annoyance. She didn't know why this wolf loli was still so nervous. The fluffy tail was a little prickly, and it was no longer as soft as before.

The girl wanted to relieve her boredom by stroking the wolf's fur, but it didn't have the desired effect. After taking a few deep breaths, she turned her gaze to Siegfried again.

A lot of troubles were weighing on her, which inevitably made her feel heavy pressure. However, after a brief consideration in her mind, she decided how to deal with these things.

Even if she wanted to contact Cocolia to learn about the news of Haiyuan City, she had to go to the Destiny Headquarters with the Serenity Gem first. She was not at ease letting Hill accompany Otto alone to conduct the experiment of the power of creation. No matter what Otto wanted Hill to do, she had to supervise him.

It seems that the time wasted on these trivial matters is worth a trip back to Saint Freya.

"It would be great if it were really that easy to guess a girl's thoughts... Especially a teenage girl like this. Although she has a simple personality and is sometimes as lively as a boy, her thoughts are much more delicate than you think, Siegfried. As a father, you are really unqualified."

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Shirley shook her head, looked at Siegfried with a wry smile, and sighed again. The next moment, in Charlotte's relieved eyes, the girl let go of her angry wolf tail and returned to the wine table where Siegfried was sitting.

"Forget it... Now that I'm here, nothing unusual should happen. I was able to stop her from going berserk twice before, so I can certainly stop her for the third time! But, Siegfried, I don't care what you plan to do next. This time, you must come back to Saint Freya with me! I think we need to discuss the matter of Kiana and K423 with Theresa. As their father, you have an obligation to take responsibility for this."

"Sorry, Shirley, I have an agreement with a friend of the radical group to work with her organization..."

"Hey...! Siegfried, is there anything more important than your two daughters? Say it again, will you come with me?!"

The girl said as she cracked her fingers, her joints making a crisp sound, revealing the threat in her words. On the other side, being stared at by Shirley's burning eyes, Siegfried thought for a moment, and finally nodded helplessly.

"Well... since you've already made up your mind, I can't do anything about it. Considering the time, I haven't seen that short-legged girl for a long time. It's a good opportunity to go have a drink with her and reminisce about the past..."

Hearing Siegfried's reluctant agreement, Shirley nodded with a hint of cunning on her face.

"Don't agree so reluctantly. You left your daughter to fool around. It's time for you to go back. Qia... that girl doesn't want to bother with us for the time being because of what happened just now, but she has almost crossed half of the world in the past few years to find you. She finally arrived in the Far East and met Theresa. Do you think she will let you leave so easily after finally meeting you?"

Shirley said with a smile, sitting back in the chair opposite Siegfried again, leaning deeply against the back of the chair and closing her eyes.

"Before we set off, let's wait for Hill and the others to come back. Given their abilities and the time they've been in, they should have already found the whereabouts of the Serenity Gem... As long as we meet up with them, we can leave this city immediately!"

At the Queen Hotel, due to the battle between Shiris and Charlotte, the abnormal roar caused by the clash of extraordinary powers was mistaken by the local government as a terrorist attack, and some measures were taken...

A sturdy man in mechanical armor kicked open the door, holding a high-tech energy gun. He glanced around the room, then lowered the gun barrel and gestured behind him.

"B-19 area, no situation found!"

"Very good, the floor above is where the collapse occurred, everyone stay alert."

A man who looked like an officer standing in the back nodded, and the tactical team quickly passed through the chaotic guest area and headed towards the stairwell leading to the next floor.

At this moment, in the middle and upper levels of the hotel, well-trained government troops, in coordination with external tactical aircraft, were checking the hotel building floor by floor.

As a strong neutral country that does not take the Honkai disaster seriously, Singapore has its reasons for refusing to cooperate with the Mandate of Heaven and Anti-Entropy to fight the Honkai. In addition to the special forces that deal with the Honkai incident, the country's regular army has also been mechanized, and even the technology of helicopters is close to the RPC series of tactical aircraft of the Mandate of Heaven. Therefore, this country is fully capable of dealing with its own Honkai problem on its own.

However, even with such technology, they did not believe the results of mechanical scanning. After the explosion, the people inside the hotel were completely dispersed, and no signs of life were found inside the building. However, the military believed that the people who carried out the terrorist attack must have special hiding methods, so they decided to conduct a full-scale terrorist attack on the entire hotel.

Carpet search of the building!

In their view, the only organizations that have a technological level beyond their own are Destiny and Anti-Entropy. According to the United Nations Convention, members of these two organizations are strictly prohibited from entering the territory of neutral countries. As long as they can find them, they have reason to prosecute...

Originally, after Shirley left, they were destined to find nothing even if they searched every corner, but now, the situation is different...

"breakthrough!"

The badly damaged walls were blown open by the explosion, and the military forces finally arrived at the corridor area on the 20th and 21st floors, which had once served as the battlefield.

This floor, which was originally a residential area, was filled with piles of bricks and mechanical wreckage after the upper floors collapsed. However, it was expected that they still did not encounter any enemies. In front of them was only a ruin like after an earthquake, and those deformed corpses buried in the ruins that had been discovered by instruments a long time ago...

This is how the scene appears in their eyes.

"Sir, these bodies..."

"Ah. There is no doubt that the bodies of these poor guys were crushed. The one who killed them must be someone with special abilities. It couldn't be anyone else except those monsters of Destiny and Anti-Entropy."

The man wearing a tactical helmet leaned over and looked at a flat corpse with its brain squeezed out. After recording it, he no longer paid attention to these things.

"Everyone, our prey should be difficult to find. Keep moving upwards! There are aircraft monitoring the rooftops. They should still be in the area between the rooftops last time. Let's start moving..."

As he spoke, the officer led the way to the stairwell in another area. At this moment, a team member suddenly tripped and fell to the ground without any warning. This incident instantly put the action team on alert.

"what happens?!"