K424 of the Collapse World

"..."

After Kiana finished speaking, she exhaled and moved closer to the girl in front of her. She was about to say something, but unexpectedly, the other party suddenly shook off her hand and took a few steps back from her side.

“No…! It’s impossible! Dad… Uncle Siegfried only sees me as your substitute. Now that you’ve appeared in front of him, how could he still be willing to treat me as his daughter?! I… Ugh…!!”

When the long-suppressed girl was treated gently by someone she should have hated, the sadness and grievance that had been pent up in her heart finally burst out completely, turning into a hoarse cry!

This situation was completely beyond Kiana's expectations, so much so that when the next moment the excited girl rushed forward and grabbed her shoulders and pushed her directly into the wild flowers in the woods, she was unable to react from her daze...

Two pairs of identical blue eyes looked at each other. The girl threw herself on Kiana, and her tearful eyes reflected the shocked Kiana below her.

"You don't understand! You don't understand anything! You have a sister who has given everything for you. She will never abandon you or betray you! But I... have nothing left! Whether it's Dad or Theresa and the others, they only treat me like another person. That's why they treat me so well. Now... your real self has appeared. What reason do they have to be nice to me? A mere fake... Senior Mei will sneer at me, right? What qualifications do I have to go back to the past!"

"...Do you really think that those people never took you seriously?"

The tears that slid down fell directly on Kiana's face, finally waking her up. Resisting the girl's strength, Kiana stood up and hugged the girl into her arms.

"The one who used to be with them day and night was not me, 'Kiana', but you! You are not a fake! You are also a unique individual! In fact, the name and so on... I don't care! As long as we don't interfere with each other's lives, what does it matter if there are two 'Kiana' in this world?"

"Ugh...but...aren't our lives already intertwined? Kiana..."

Burying her head in Kiana's shoulder, she sniffed the girl's fragrant hair. The girl sobbed softly, and a strange feeling began to spread in her heart...

"That's not the point... Their feelings for you are absolutely real, I can be sure of that. Mr. Siegfried will never abandon you, he has proved this to me with his actions..."

"Dad...won't abandon me?"

"That's right. I asked him to choose between you and me, and he chose you... Of course, this is what I wanted. After all, I don't have any memories of the past, and I definitely can't call a strange uncle dad. So, the only person who can stay with him is you, Kiana."

Speaking patiently, feeling that the body hugged by her no longer trembled slightly, Kiana let go of the girl in her arms and looked at her cheek gently.

"Kiana...I..."

"Hmm~~ Looks like you've finally cheered up."

Looking at the smiling Kiana, the girl's eyes wavered.

They looked exactly the same, but in her eyes, this silver-haired girl who was no different from herself began to shine as brightly and beautifully as a diamond...

Not noticing the girl's strange gaze, Kiana brushed off the dust on her dress and looked again at the girl in front of her who was slightly lowering her head.

"Let's go back together. Mr. Siegfried and Sister Silis are still waiting for us... If we hurry up, we should be able to catch up with the party. Okay, let's... eh?!"

The next moment, the fleeting warm touch between the lips made Kiana open her eyes wide and freeze in place.

But in response, the silver-haired girl just smiled brightly.

"Hehe, then, let's go back together... Sister Kiana~?"

405 Theresa's Troubles

Destiny Headquarters, Central Conference Room...

"...In summary, on behalf of the Mandate of Heaven, I hereby announce the future course of action. First... "

The representative elected by the parliament stood on the podium in the middle, holding a speech manuscript and speaking eloquently. When he got to the point, he glanced at the blond man in bishop's robes sitting not far away, and after receiving the other's eye signal, he turned the speech manuscript to the next page.

"The above is the arrangement for the next work. What will be unfolded next is the theme of this emergency meeting..."

The system used by Tianming is not the equal alliance system advocated by Anti-Entropy, but a truly centralized system. This can be seen from the layout of its conference room.

In the large and luxuriously decorated conference room, the bishops and members of the Supreme Council at the top of the Mandate of Heaven power are at the center, and outside are the top leaders of each department, the ministers of each branch, as well as the commanders of the military and the senior Valkyries.

Theresa, the representative of the Far East branch, was also sitting among the heads of the branches. She was a lolita, sitting among a group of middle-aged men, and she was already very eye-catching. Coupled with her specially raised chair and the unique nun's uniform, it was hard not to notice her.

However, only the newly promoted Valkyrie officers at the outermost layer expressed doubts about this; the slightly older participants all turned a blind eye to the white-haired loli.

"call......"

At this moment, someone didn't know that she had become the focus of the new generation of Valkyries. But even if she knew, she wouldn't care at all. She had long been accustomed to other people's strange looks. For Theresa, this situation was just a small scene.

Looking at the message from Mei on the terminal, the silver-haired girl smiled.

"Alas, Shirley and the others have returned from their mission, but I am still here in a meeting. What a pity, a party... should be fun, even Siegfried is back, how many things have I missed..."

Theresa half-lying on the table, bored, holding her chin with one hand, muttering to herself, then yawning with her hand covering her mouth.

"Siegfried is back, so what happened to Kiana and K423? Hmm... I'm really concerned about this! By the way, she should have sent a message to Himeko too, right?"

Suddenly remembering something, Theresa turned around and looked at the officer-level Valkyries' seats in the outer circle. After a little searching, she found Himeko Muliangta who came as her adjutant.

"Tsk... That stern guy really doesn't know how to use a terminal in a conference room... Never mind, as expected of Himeko, it's not a bad thing that she's such an excellent professional soldier..."

? Turning back with some boredom, Theresa narrowed her eyes slightly and watched the middle-aged man in the lecture hall in the distance opening and closing his mouth, and his expression gradually became dull.

She already knew the reason why Tianming held this meeting. After the "God's Envoy Incident" that caused a sensation in Singapore, the collapse was brought out from behind the curtain to the eyes of the world. Although the truth has not been completely leaked due to the asymmetry of information, as the rumors gradually became more popular, the truth could not be hidden...

Thinking of this, the girl's expression gradually became serious.

(What are you going to do, Grandpa Otto... Anyway, I guess you must have instigated Shirley to do that, right? But that's not necessarily the case... Threats and control are all possible, right? If you can do that to Kiana, what else can't you do...)

Although she didn't know much about Hillis's trip to Singapore, Theresa knew that Hillis might have reached an agreement with this man because of something or because Otto did something to her. Apart from this, Theresa couldn't think of any other reason why the girl who hated Otto so much would cooperate with her enemy...

(Something must have happened after this, but I have no idea what it was... And even if I ask her, she won't tell me... However, even for Kiana, I must find out everything!

I still have no idea...)

With a helpless sigh, Theresa had no intention to listen to the speaker's speech. She secretly glanced at Otto sitting in the bishop's chair, and her annoyance flashed across her eyes. Now, whenever she saw Otto, Theresa would involuntarily think of the injustices suffered by Kiana, and she could no longer calmly look at the bishop of destiny...

"Wait... terminate the confidentiality agreement of Honkai? Mr. Speaker, are you serious?"

At some point, after the congressman finished his speech, a slightly surprised voice came from the outer seating area, and a white man in formal attire stood up.

"The chain reaction of announcing the Honkai to the public will be explained later. Also, Mr. Warner, this is a unanimous decision of the Senate. Please state the reasons for your doubts."

After getting the Speaker's confirmation, the man frowned and spoke again.

"This is a big problem! Ahem... Sorry, I mean this decision may be a little unreasonable. If we completely terminate the confidentiality agreement of Honkai, everything related to the Destiny Organization will be exposed! Including Honkai research projects and synchronous experiments, they will no longer be confidential! This also means... international organizations such as the United Nations will have the right to interfere with us!"

The man's speech caused a commotion in the conference room, and everyone was talking about it.

"It's true. The universal laws of the surface world cannot be used to measure the Destiny Organization... If you really want to know, most of the experiments we conduct are illegal experiments that cannot be put on the table..."

With the sound of wooden clogs, a director of the research department in a white coat echoed. As she spoke, she stood up, looked at the spokesperson and senior leaders in the center of the conference room with a slightly playful expression, and spread her hands.

"Don't underestimate the power of public opinion. Although we are the main force against Honkai, we can act so recklessly in various countries because of the mystery of Honkai-related things and the fear of Honkai in various countries. Now, if the truth about Honkai is made public, the first to suffer will most likely be our organization that fights Honkai."

"hehe......"

Before the speaker could respond, the blond man sitting in the bishop's seat suddenly laughed. Under everyone's gaze, he waved to the representative on the podium, then stood up and walked to the podium.

"What Miss Changguang said makes sense. I'm sure her doubts are shared by all of you..."

Otto spoke loudly and looked around the venue. Obviously, with the bishop's personal speech, the participants were all excited. Except for a little nun who turned her head away slightly and did not meet his eyes. However, although she still had a grudge against Otto, Theresa was also shocked by the decision just announced. She wanted to hear what strange things this man was going to do...

"Revealing the existence of Honkai to the public does not mean that the Destiny Organization will also expose its true nature. Moreover, the part of the 'truth' that they are about to know can also be manipulated..."

"But Bishop, although it is theoretically feasible to reveal some of the information about Honkai, why do we do this? If it is because of the previous Singapore incident, the information leakage has not yet reached the point where it cannot be recovered. I think this way of dealing with it is not the best choice."

405 Theresa's Troubles>>

At this time, the voice of doubt sounded as expected. Looking at the Valkyrie officer who asked the question, Otto explained without hesitation.

"The Singapore incident was just an opportunity. Revealing the truth about Honkai is a necessary step for one of our future plans! It is not convenient to reveal the details of that plan now, and this is not our current focus, so let's skip it..."

At this point, Otto smiled slightly.

"The fate of all mankind, everyone is involved. Ordinary people are naturally qualified to know all this... In short, it is not necessary to make it public immediately. Let the incident in Singapore continue to ferment. What we need to do is to slightly control it and let its truth be exposed in the end 'unintentionally'... As for how to deal with the details, that is our recent topic. Then, with the absolute advantage of information, it should not be a problem for you to create a positive and reasonable external image for the Mandate of Heaven?"

"Otto... Sir, what is it that you specifically asked me to do?"

In an independent office at the headquarters, Theresa asked first, her eyes flickering.

After the meeting, Theresa, who was about to leave the headquarters, suddenly received a call from Otto, asking her to come to the headquarters office. After the last complete breakdown of the talk with Otto, she didn't expect to meet him again so soon. Theresa herself refused, but as a branch leader, she had no right to refuse the bishop's order...

On the other side, after hearing what Theresa said,

Otto's expression moved slightly, and a meaningful smile appeared on his face.

"Theresa, you don't even want to call me grandpa now?"

"My Lord Bishop, please respect yourself. I am just a cadre under the order of heaven. I dare not flatter you."

Theresa lowered her head and responded. Although she claimed to be of low status, her voice was full of hostility. In response, Otto just chuckled and stopped talking about this topic.

After a little thought, he directly stated his purpose.

"Stop investigating Shilis's affairs."

"Varied......!"

The moment he said this, Otto clearly saw Theresa's pupils suddenly shrink, and the question was about to come out of her mouth. But the next moment, she forcibly held it back, but her questioning eyes were fixed on Otto.

Otto smiled, then began to adjust his expression, his face became stern, and his tone became serious.

"Shiris volunteered to work for me. We formed an alliance for a common goal. This is all you know. Other than that, everything else is top secret of the Destiny Organization. You should understand what I mean, right, Ms. Theresa?"

Otto said this in line with Theresa's tone. Although his expression was serious, his eyes were full of teasing. Theresa was so angry that her teeth itched, but she could do nothing about it. After a brief hesitation, she raised her head suddenly, obviously not intending to accept this explanation.

"No! I...I don't understand! Miss Shilis is a wanted criminal of the Destiny Organization. She is a criminal who has harmed the interests of the Destiny Organization. Why would the Bishop form an alliance with the enemy?"

The next moment, Otto's laughter startled Theresa. Without giving her time to react, Otto began to explain.

"Hahaha... You actually want to question me in official language? Little Theresa, is your ability of logical thinking inversely proportional to your age? Since you intend to face me as the principal of St. Freya Academy, not my granddaughter Theresa. Then, what qualifications do you, a mere branch school principal, have to ask questions to me, the Supreme Bishop of Heaven's Destiny?"

"..."

For a moment, Theresa's mouth twitched, and she didn't know how to respond, but the next moment, Otto stood up, walked straight past Theresa, and walked towards the door.

"Okay, that's all I have to say. Don't even think about pursuing this matter any further. Even if you ask Shiris, she will definitely not tell you... I have guests coming, so I'll excuse myself for now. Ms. Theresa, please do as you please."

After leaving these words, he pushed the door open and walked out, leaving Theresa standing alone in the slightly empty room, with her head down, wondering what she was thinking...

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"That's rare, Claudia. You're distracted while working. What are you thinking about?"

In the aisle, Otto glanced at the blonde woman walking beside him, chuckled, and slowed down his pace.

"I'm sorry, Your Excellency. I was really thinking about something..."

Hearing this, the woman's dazed pupils instantly returned to normal, and she responded respectfully, with no intention of concealing her thoughts.

"Excuse me...Is there any problem even if I tell Miss Theresa about Lady Cialis's plan?"

"There is really no problem. On the contrary, it can increase the combat power available in the final battle. However, this is an additional request made by Miss Shilis. Just do as she says."

"I see. I understand."

"Hmph... meaningless tenderness, but it's not an unacceptable request. Put aside those special cases and let her do as she pleases. As for you, Claudia, after retiring, your erosion condition is still normal, right?"

"Yes, thanks to the bishop, the Honkai erosion rate is very stable in the non-combat state, but I can only do these clerical tasks now... I'm sorry, bishop."

"No need to apologize, you have completed your duties as a Valkyrie and do not need to go to the battlefield again. It just so happens that it happens to be the day when Amber is undergoing maintenance on her machine, so today I can only let you serve as an adjutant. However, this job should be very suitable for you, after all, she is an old acquaintance..."

"...?"

"Don't worry, you'll see it soon."

Otto smiled, pushed open the door of the reception room at the end of the corridor, and walked in.

Hearing the noise at the door, the girl sitting on the chair raised her head. Under her beige bangs, her green eyes fell on the two people who walked in the door...

"you......?!"

When Claudia saw the girl with short beige hair, she was stunned for a moment. Her expressionless face showed a rare look of astonishment.

"Okay... Claudia, although you were a superior and a subordinate before, she has now been freed from the Fate of Heaven and has been released from the wanted order as a subordinate of Shilis. Naturally, we have to treat her as a guest."

"Yes."

Otto said with a smile, and Claudia, whose expression had regained her composure, walked forward and stood in front of the girl.

"Claire Shaniat... One last check, have you really made up your mind?"

Facing Otto's question, the girl just gave a calm and firm look and nodded slightly...

406 The two finally returned

At night, Saint Freya's restaurant should have stopped serving food at this time, but on this day, the restaurant was still brightly lit, with bursts of playfulness and laughter coming out, causing the Valkyries who were walking in the evening to stop and wonder who was gathering inside at this time...

"Um...Yae Sakura-nee, are your bunny ears real?"

"Well, there is one thing you said wrong. These are not rabbit ears, but fox ears."

Gently shaking the long ears on her head, Yae Sakura looked at Bronya and Seele who had come to her side at some point, smiled and spoke softly to the two girls, and at the same time played the cards in her hand.

"Three belts and one."