K424 of the Collapse World

That is to say...

"Well, I'm Noni, thank you for saving me just now. May I ask who you are...?"

"Just call me Kerry."

"Mr. Kerry, may I ask...are you the reinforcement that Miss Cocolia has called for?"

Noni asked excitedly. The appearance of this young man meant that she no longer needed to muster up the courage to face those assassins. As long as he was not a member of the Destiny...

"I am not from Cocolia."

"...!"

The young man's answer immediately made Nonie's eyes alert, but the other party's answer the next moment dispelled her doubts.

"The so-called reinforcement that Cocolia found has now failed and has lost everything. I am here to clean up the mess for that guy. I can be considered a member of Anti-Entropy."

The young man spread out his hands and said, his normal left hand and the mutated right hand formed a clear contrast. Although his right hand looked more ferocious than the dead man, Noni felt that this young man with normal reason would definitely not attack her like the dead man.

"You are a member of Anti-Entropy? Great... My mission is to hand over the Serenity Gem to Anti-Entropy. Now that you are here, my mission is accomplished! The gem is in this container, so hurry up and take it away. The pursuers of the Destiny Organization are nearby, so we have to hurry!"

"Are you from the Destiny Organization?"

Hearing this, Kerry frowned, and a barely perceptible shadow flashed across his orange-red pupils. Although he quickly returned to normal, the temperature of his expression seemed to drop.

"That's perfect. Excuse me, Ms. Noni, my mission is not to receive the Serenity Gem, but just to confirm its location. I can only escort you out of this hotel, and an informant should contact you later...if that Cocolia doesn't give up easily."

"Ah? Aren't you... here to escort the gem?"

Noni was surprised, looking at this powerful young man. She had thought the mission was over, but now her heart was hanging again.

"No. I've already said it before, I'm not from Cocolia. Although my boss has agreed to cooperate with her, it doesn't mean I have to worry about Cocolia's affairs."

As Kerry spoke, he reached out to the glass container containing the Serenity Gem, grabbed the outer edge of what looked like a handle and pulled it, thus unlocking the container. The Serenity Gem was then truly exposed to the air.

"My purpose in coming here is just to rescue that troublesome guy. The matter of the Serenity Gem is just a side issue and has nothing to do with me. Although that matter is actually necessary... But that guy is my teacher after all, and I will need her strength to fight against the forces of destiny in the future, so..."

As if talking to himself, Kerry shook his head and stretched out his hand to the floating gem in front of him. However, the next moment, with a slight noise coming from behind him, he immediately turned around and found that Noni had suddenly collapsed to the ground.

"what happened to you?"

“Uh…I, I feel a little bit difficult

by......"

Noni frowned and slowly raised her hands. Kerry frowned sharply. He could clearly see that small gray spots appeared on Noni's fingertips and slowly began to spread upwards...

"Death reaction?! Is it the effect of the gem... Unexpected situation, is the radioactivity of this thing so strong?"

Kerry's heart trembled, and after a moment's hesitation, he retracted his hand and turned to check on Noni. Although he and this researcher were strangers, he couldn't just watch an ally die in front of him.

"Feel sorry......"

"Nothing. It seems that you have acquired antibodies that can resist a certain degree of Honkai erosion. But such defective antibodies cannot completely immunize Honkai after all. Just coming into contact with the air near the Serenity Gem has exceeded the limit of your antibodies... It was my negligence, because when I saw that you did not become a dead soldier, I subconsciously regarded you as a person like us..."

Kerry said helplessly as he quickly pulled Nonie away from the Serenity Gem. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the damage on Nonie's body had been slowed down. Then he turned around and cast his gaze on the blue gem that was still emitting a faint fluorescence, his face darkening.

"It's troublesome. I didn't expect that the permanent state of the Serenity Gem would be so unstable... Without a specific container, I have no way to take it out even if I want to..."

"Haha~~ In that case, please return the gem to us."

A smiling female voice suddenly interrupted his whisper. Kerry's eyes suddenly fixed and he instantly stood up and assumed a fighting stance.

"who?!"

"That's the 'power of destiny' you mentioned, kid."

Before the girl could answer, another voice came from the other side of the warehouse. Then, a giant sickle with a faint glow emerged from the darkness and pointed its blade at the stunned Kerry.

"You radicals are really causing trouble for others. What was originally a very simple matter has turned out like this. It must be you who are obstructing it, right? You want to activate the Serenity Gem in the center of the city? Do you think you will have that chance?"

391 Her Choice>>

The blue-haired girl holding a giant sickle sneered, and then a brown-haired figure also holding a sickle walked out from the shelf on the other side. Although there was a smile on her face, her eyes were filled with clear and sharp fighting spirit.

"Surrender immediately! Otherwise, we will use force."

Finally, a bare-handed gray-haired girl came out of the darkness. She spoke concisely and struck a martial arts stance. Although there seemed to be no special energy reaction from her, there was a dangerous sense of oppression that made Kerry almost dare not look at her.

"Are you the Valkyries of Destiny? Are you targeting the Serenity Gem over there..."

"It has nothing to do with you! Radical bastards... surrender quickly and hand over the gems! Otherwise, you will become a sacrifice for the rebirth of the Herrscher of Death! I will not show any leniency to guys like you..."

The blue-haired girl standing in the middle laughed coldly and swung the crystal sickle in her hand. The energy particles that emanated from it swept away the darkness around her and completely illuminated the surrounding environment.

Hearing this, Kerry's pupils shrank, and a hint of sarcasm appeared at the corners of his mouth.

"The sacrifice for the Herrscher's resurrection? Humph... As expected, the Destiny Organization is just as I expected. It is nominally an organization against Honkai, but secretly doing this kind of thing?"

In this underground warehouse with no escape route, it was a one-on-three situation, and the three opponents were likely stronger than me. In this situation, it was almost impossible to retreat unscathed...

However, in this extremely unfavorable situation, Kerry's eyes only flickered slightly and he regained his composure.

Noni raised her head in panic, looked at the young man beside her, and shrank back slightly. Although she still held the small pistol in her hand, she had no intention of using this modern weapon to point at the Valkyries holding cold weapons.

This is neither necessary nor meaningful.

Now, the only thing that made Noni feel at ease was the young man who remained calm beside her. Thinking of the overwhelming power Walter showed when he helped her solve the pursuit, she only hoped that the young man in front of her would also have such strength...

"Mr. Kerry! Are you sure?"

"..."

After glancing at Noni in confusion, Kerry ignored her. He withstood the pressure from the three powerful enemies, took a deep breath, and remained ready to fight.

(They are not ordinary Valkyries. Their auras are almost as strong as Fenrir's! They are really in a desperate situation. However, artificial stigmata are like antibodies! No matter how powerful they are, as long as they are Valkyries, the resistance of artificial stigmata to Honkai is still limited, and they will still be infected by Honkai! So...)

Thinking of this, Kerry suddenly moved. He stepped on his toes and quickly retreated backwards, and the blue-haired girl followed.

He took action, dragging his sickle towards Keri, and instantly closed the distance with a speed far exceeding Keri!

However, Kerry was still a beat faster. The moment he reached the gem container, he instantly stretched out his hand and shattered the container. Before the glass shards were scattered, his hand had already left the container, and the crystal emitting a faint blue light was tightly grasped by his collapsed purple right hand!

At this moment, the blue-haired girl had also rushed in front of him. Seeing Kerry's actions, her expression became a little subtle.

"Want to fuse the Serenity Gem? Your genetic sequence doesn't match, and you will turn into dust..."

"wrong!"

Kerry roared, and his right hand holding the gem suddenly opened! In the light that burst out from the crystal due to the impact, Kerry used his palm to press against the Serenity Gem and pushed it hard towards Hill who had already rushed in front of him...

"I'll give it back to you. Let me give you a taste of what it's like to be eroded by Honkai, Valkyrie!"

"..."

The blue-haired girl paused in her charge, and the scythe she had raised high also lost its strength. The next moment, in Kerry's slightly surprised eyes, she lightly raised one hand and met Kerry's palm that was pressing down on the crystal...

"Are you trying to...corrupt me with this gem?"

On the streets of Singapore, the excitement caused by the release of the Holy Fire Judge had not subsided at all. The lights were bright in the late night before dawn, as if a carnival was going on. The media organizations that were supposed to be off work quickly resumed work, and within a few hours, the incident was widely spread on the Internet...

Outside the cordon formed by the army and police, a figure flashed slightly at the corner of the street and then disappeared. The people who saw it only wondered if they were dazzled or if they thought it was an insignificant pedestrian. Therefore, no one paid any attention to this scene.

"I'm sorry, Dad... No, I should call you Uncle Siegfried now."

Amidst the faint sound of her own voice, the silver-haired girl slowly walked past the corner of the city and continued to move towards the outer city area.

She was barefoot and wearing only a thin set of pajamas. The blood stains on her sleeves from the previous treatment were still clearly visible. However, her steady steps showed that her previous injuries had healed.

"Since I'm not your biological daughter, there's no need for me to continue occupying this position... In the eyes of Kiana, Ms. Shiris, and those who know the truth, I must be a shameless fake..."

The girl turned her head and took a deep look at the alley on the other side of the corner, a faint smile flashed across her lips. There was no trace of grief or sadness in her beautiful blue eyes, only a sense of indifference and emptiness as if she had let go of everything.

It seems that she has indeed made the corresponding preparations. However, no one knows whether, apart from the external appearance, her already shattered heart will throb again...

"It doesn't matter. Leaving like this is the best outcome before causing more misunderstandings and resentment...for both me and them."

At this point, the girl stopped talking to herself. She raised her head, took in the road in front of her, and began to quicken her pace.

"Hurry~ Wait a minute... Miss..."

Suddenly, accompanied by a loud burp, a deep and unclear male voice came from the front of the road.

The girl paused and stared ahead. She slowly closed her eyes, then opened them again. Her sharp eyes instantly tore through the darkness, and she could see the scene ahead clearly.

"who are you?"

What came into view was a slovenly man, with slightly curly hair puffed up on his head, and a greasy face with untidy beard that seemed to be rarely washed. He was leaning against the wall on the other side of her, holding a bottle of wine in one hand and the other hand slightly raised, as if to greet the girl.

Any normal person would not come to such a dark alley at this time, nor would they greet people they meet without being able to see their faces. However, the current situation is an exception.

The girl could see the man clearly, and so could the man.

Despite his scruffy appearance, the man had a small single-lens scanner on his right eye, and some kind of mechanical operating suit on his sturdy body. It was obvious that this man was not an ordinary drunkard, nor was he drunk and wandering around in the middle of the night, but had been waiting here long ago...

"Just call me Mike, little girl. Ton tun tun...cough! Hahaha, judging from the look in your eyes, you should have guessed why I was looking for you, right?"

As the girl watched quietly, the man threw away the bottle and snapped his fingers. His whole body was suddenly filled with dense electric currents. Then, in a flash of light, a huge blue-black mecha replaced the man and appeared in front of the girl...

"Although it's not my intention...but according to the boss's request, I have to ask you to come with me, little girl Kiana."

"You got the wrong person, I'm not Kiana."

"Hey.....

.This rebuttal is really interesting, but I am not blind. Don't worry, as long as you don't resist, uncle won't hurt you......"

The man's voice came out of the mecha's loudspeaker, sounding slightly distorted. He seemed to be about to say something, but the next moment he was gently interrupted by the girl's soft voice.

"I'm not trying to avoid a fight, I just want to correct your mistakes..."

As she spoke, she slowly stepped forward with her right leg, turned sideways to face the mecha in front of her, raised her arms, and assumed the most versatile fighting stance.

Standing unwaveringly in front of the huge mecha, there was no fear in the girl's eyes, as if she was facing a fighter who was equally matched with herself.

"I don't have a name, only a code name that is equivalent to a name - K423, that's all. Let's get started. If you want to take me away, it will depend on your ability..."

392 Master

"Um... Lady Shilis? I have a request... Can you please untie me first? The chains are making me feel uncomfortable... I promise that I will never do anything wrong next time..."

"As long as you don't struggle, you won't get strangled."

Hearing the red-haired girl's plea, Shilis responded without thinking. She was half lying on the table, supporting her forehead with one hand, looking listless.

Charlotte saw what Shirley was like. The girl thought for a moment and gently shook her tail. She arched her body and moved slightly towards the other's feet. She gently rubbed Shirley's stocking-wrapped calves with her furry ears, and a cute expression of flattery appeared on her face.

“Hey~ Hey~ It must be hard for Lady Shirley to keep using her power like this, right? If you just let me go, both of us will be relieved, right? Then there won’t be any hard chains... It’s okay if you want to hug me, you can touch my ears and tail as you like... Eaaaa!!”

"Sorry, I can still touch you if I want. Don't worry about my body. I won't exhaust my strength to this extent. I'm just doing this because I'm bored... It will probably take several days for me to wait until my mental strength collapses, Wolf Loli."

As she spoke, Shirley grabbed the red-haired girl's tail. Feeling Charlotte's body stiffen, Shirley couldn't help but chuckle. She twisted the tip of the tail with her hand and gently scratched the middle of the tail covered with thick fur with her other hand...

"Ah! Ugh... Xi, Lady Shilis, please don't..."

Seeing the red-haired girl's face flushed, her toes stretched straight, and her stiff body trembling, Shilis knew that she had found the girl's weakness. These parts of the body stimulated by the collapse were all new, and the nerves on them must be very sensitive. So, just gently tickle like this...

“Wuwu… Stop it! I was wrong! Lady Shilis… Please forgive me…”

"Ah~~ Who said that ears and tails can be touched casually? Or do you prefer Mr. Siegfried's violent method to this gentle touch?"

"No! It's not...I..."

"Mr. Siegfried will probably settle accounts with you for hurting that child. Although I am a little angry, I don't need to get involved in this matter."

"Okay, I'll teach you a lesson first. Don't bother me anymore. I can keep these chains for a few days without any problem. So, just give up and wait to be taken back to St. Freya's Academy. Aiyin and Frey will probably give you a light punishment since they were your former colleagues..."

As Shirley said this, she immediately let go of the tail in her hand. Seeing the red-haired girl shrinking back as if running away, panting lightly and looking at her with a vigilant face, Shirley smiled and shook her head, lying back on the table and began to close her eyes to rest.

After dealing with this radical strongman, her mission was completed. Now, they just had to wait for Fu Hua and Hill's group to finish recovering the gems, and then they could embark on the return journey...

"Shiris! Shiris! Kiana is gone!"

"Clam?!"

However, this tranquility did not last long, as Siegfried's anxious shout broke the silence around the girl.

"I just went to look for Kiana and found that she was not in the room! Shilis, she must have run away by herself!"

"Wait, you said she was missing... What happened? How could she slip away right under the nose of an S-rank 'Valkyrie' like you? You really didn't let her go on purpose?"

Shirley frowned and looked at Siegfried in confusion. She had to maintain the transmission of the energy chain, and her perception would naturally decrease when she was distracted. There was nothing she could do about it. But Siegfried was idle, and there was only a wall between them. If he didn't notice the girl's departure, it would be hard to explain.

"No way...! That room is not connected to this place. She must have gotten in from the ventilation duct in the room.

Damn it, I never thought that girl would run away without a word......"

"Huh... Didn't you do the same thing back then, abandoning her and running away without a word?"