K424 of the Collapse World

Seeing this, the purple-haired girl sitting at the table not far away twitched her lips, and finally she couldn't bear it anymore and unplugged the recorder.

"That's enough! Stop it! Cut!"

He slammed the table hard, and the loud noise completely woke up the girls who were immersed in it. The two girls who were hugging each other in the middle also stopped, looked at each other, and cast a slightly puzzled look at him.

"Sister Xing, why are you interrupting us? The performance has just entered the most important part..."

"Lilia, put on your clothes quickly! What the hell is this? I shouldn't have listened to your nonsense and gathered everyone together! Besides, my sister Shilis would never say such disgusting things!"

The purple-haired girl... the real Xing shouted angrily, and rushed directly to the two twin girls, pulled up the blue-haired girl's half-taken-off clothes, then turned around and grabbed the red-haired girl's collar.

"Rosalia! I told you the story of Sis Shirley and me as material for a script, but I didn't ask you to adapt it blindly! The relationship between Sis Shirley and me is not so dirty, and what were you planning to do just now? Mom just went out to do something last night, how dare you do this?"

413 Daily life in the orphanage >>

The red-haired girl looked a little scared when Xing grabbed her collar and scolded her loudly. But after thinking about it, she plucked up her courage and looked back stubbornly.

"But...! Didn't Sister Xing say that the relationship between you and Sister Shilis is a special one that has surpassed the relationship between sisters? Isn't that kind of feeling love? If it's about expressing love, there's nothing wrong with this way of performing it!"

"Idiot! The relationship between me and Sis Shilis is not love! It is a kind of... well... it is a deeper and purer feeling! That's right! That's it..."

Subconsciously letting go of the red-haired girl's collar, Xing said with a slightly red face, not knowing whether she was angry or thinking of something difficult to say. However, her words obviously did not satisfy the red-haired girl in front of her.

"What? Sister Xing, you are just making things difficult for us Vodka girls! The strong and unclear feeling of liking each other, accompanied by possessiveness and the desire to be with each other forever, is obviously the so-called love...! Since we are acting in a love drama, our lines and the kissing scene that will take place soon are not normal?"

"I already told you it's not a romance! Wait... a kissing scene? So you were planning to kiss?! You two idiots, that kind of thing... how can you show it to a child!"

"Oh? Could it be that Sister Xing still thinks of herself as a child?"

“What nonsense are you talking about! How can I be a child? But... yes, that’s right! Even if I am okay, there are still so many little sisters here. Do you two want to teach them bad things?”

"Well......"

Hearing this, Rosalia didn't know how to respond, and immediately lowered her head in distress. Seeing this, Xing showed a triumphant smile, but before she could say anything, the blue-haired girl Lilia, who had already buttoned her clothes, turned around, and a hint of doubt appeared on her calm little face.

"But Sister Xing... your description is so abstract that Lilia can't figure out what the relationship between you two is like. Sister Xi Lisi didn't stay in the orphanage for a long time, and she has always been alone. Except for Xi'er and Sister Xing, she is cold to everyone. Even in the same orphanage, we rarely talked to her.

So, Rosalia and I don’t know exactly what kind of personality Sister Sis has, so naturally we can’t perfectly restore Sister Sis in your eyes... But even so, Sister Xing can’t completely deny our performance! "

Hearing this, Xing rolled her eyes and the corners of her mouth couldn't help twitching again.

"Heh... If that's the case, Lilia, shouldn't you be very familiar with me? Most of the children of the same age group had accidents, and only we have lived together for six years. In your eyes, am I, Xing Maer, just a pervert who takes off my clothes in front of others?!"

"But...if Sister Shilis really wants to see Sister Xing's body, will Sister Xing refuse?"

“Eh…!?”

Hearing this, Xing's expression froze immediately. After a moment's thought, the girl's face began to blush, and the impatient expression just now disappeared, leaving only a hint of shyness...

"Sister Shilis would never make such a shameless request!"

"How is that shameless? I'm obviously asking you this because I'm concerned about your health! Sister Xing, maybe...it's because you always misinterpret other people's kindness that people didn't want to play with you in the past..."

Rosalia, who was standing next to him, said something that made sense, and nodded, thinking it made sense.

"So, even if it's Sister Shilis's personal request, Sister Xing, will you refuse?"

"Ah, no...! If it was really Sis-sister's request, I definitely wouldn't refuse... The performance at that time would definitely be different from now. As long as there weren't so many people watching, I wouldn't care..."

Xing's face flushed red, and at this moment she showed none of her usual temper and rebelliousness, and she rarely showed the shyness of a real girl.

(Having my body seen by Silis-nee... didn't it happen when I was 8 years old? By the way... is my feeling towards Silis-nee really love?)

In order to protect her own image, Xing did not mention her previous impulse to keep Shirley by her side even at the cost of hurting her, but doesn't this point coincide with the possessiveness that Rosalia mentioned just now?

(I really...)

"Look, look! Sister Xing, you agree with it yourself, so the plot is reasonable, and there must be nothing wrong with our performance. Don't you agree, Lilia?"

"That's right, but I think it's because Rosaria didn't restore Sister Shilis to her best form that Sister Xing is so angry..."

"What? When we were preparing the script, didn't you, Lilia, also say that this would be fine?"

"That's just my personal opinion, and it doesn't represent Sister Xing's opinion. Besides, that kiss scene was added by Rosalia without her permission, right? Although we, the Vodka Girls, are a first-rate acting group, it's better to minimize this kind of improvisation that deviates from the script."

"But I think it's very suitable! Isn't a kiss the best way for lovers to express their love? It's precisely because we are not familiar with Sister Shilis that we have to focus on Sister Xing's reaction to enhance the performance effect... And when I did this just now, Lilia, didn't you cooperate and come over too!"

"That's Lilia's self-cultivation as an actress. She forced herself to do this just to help the stupid Rosalia complete the performance..."

When Xing blushed and fell into a state of innocence, the red and blue twin girls started quarreling among themselves.

"What? Why do you always put the blame on me? And I think there's nothing wrong with the plot design. Sister Xing is definitely willing to kiss Sister Shilis!"

"Hmph... that's just your personal opinion. Sister Xing is right here. Rosalia might as well ask herself if Sister Xing would be willing to do this."

Lilia kept her voice calm and clear, and brought the topic back to Xing. With the girls around her watching, the blue-haired girl came to Xing, who was lost in thought, and clapped her hands gently.

"So... Sister Xing, are you willing to kiss Sister Shilis?"

"Kiss with Sister Shilis?"

After repeating the question unconsciously, Xing's dazed eyes gradually came back to life and her brain gradually resumed functioning.

"Kiss with Sister Shilis?!"

When she finally realized the meaning of these words, she stood there in a daze as if struck by lightning. As the blush on her face faded and returned again, her heartbeat and breathing began to quicken.

"...!"

In a trance, that scene automatically emerged in her mind. In her memory, the silver-haired girl held her in her arms like a romantic stage play, with one hand around her waist, gently lifting her chin with her fingertips, and slowly leaning down and lowering her head under her gentle gaze, finally touching her.

Lips...

"I......"

Isn't that what I want? Just by imagining it, I feel like I have already obtained that happiness.

With a slight gasp, her body temperature slowly rose along with her heartbeat, and Xing closed her eyes slightly with a satisfied smile...

"Rosalia, look at your bad idea. You made Sister Xing faint from anger."

"Huh? Why is this happening... What went wrong? My script should be perfect!"

"Don't make things more serious for yourself, Rosalia. Let's carry Sister Xing back to her room. I hope she won't be too angry when she wakes up..."

The blue-haired girl supported the unconscious Xing, turned around, looked at the girls who had puzzled looks in their eyes, and spoke loudly.

"Everyone, Vodka Girl's performance today has ended. Thank you for your support. In the future, please continue to support us~"

"Ah! Lilia, you actually stole my closing remarks!"

"Come and help me, Rosalia, I can't move Sister Xing by myself..."

"Wu... Remember this, I will not let go of stealing your spotlight so easily~!"

Watching the two people carrying Xing away, the girls present looked at each other, and after a moment of staring at each other, they stood up and moved the stacked chairs back to their original places...

This is the daily life at the Kokolia Orphanage, and they are no longer surprised by such things.

“Let’s start cooking.”

At the suggestion of one of the girls, seeing that it was almost noon, these young but fully independent girls went into the kitchen and began to prepare lunch for the day...

414 Identity

"Hey, hey, you're treating your adopted daughter like this, isn't that a bit too much, Mom Cocolia?"

In a fully mechanized factory, a silver-haired girl was escorted by two soldiers on her left and right and led into the gate. At the rear, the armored troops remained alert, with countless guns pointed at the girl's back. At a slightly higher position on the ceiling, four mechanical sentry guns were also activated, pointing their three-barreled machine guns, which were comparable in caliber to grenade launchers, at the girl's body...

The silver-haired girl's arms and shoulders were tightly grasped by two soldiers wearing mechanical armor, and her eyes were covered with black blindfolds. But even so, she still had a calm smile on her face, and her handcuffed hands were clasped together like a lady, looking unusually docile. She followed the escort's steps and walked along the metal passage into the depths of the factory.

"It would be fine if you transported me in an armored vehicle filled with TNT, but you actually implanted a micro-bomb in my body and put on a soul-simulating steel Honkai isolation collar... In your eyes, am I so dangerous now?"

Shirley smiled bitterly, her tone gentle, without any sense of nervousness that her life was threatened, as if she really could not see anything.

In fact, even if her eyes were blindfolded, she could still "see" the surrounding environment clearly by relying on the instinctive perception of a high-level Honkai creature.

It is not difficult to see from the facilities of this fully mechanized factory that this place should be an important base of Russian Heavy Industry under Kokolia. Since Kokolia brought her to such an important place, it should not be a scam...

Thinking of this, the girl felt relieved. From the sense of being watched from the countless hidden surveillance cameras along the way, it was not difficult for her to guess that Cocolia should be observing her from behind the camera.

(Wait, so... am I being too submissive? She should know some of my strength. In her opinion, I have the ability to easily annihilate the Valkyrie troops, but I was captured by ordinary soldiers without any resistance. Isn't it a bit suspicious...)

Although he did have an agenda in coming to Cocolia, if he showed it too obviously, it might cause that woman to have unnecessary suspicion.

(What if she thinks I'm an assassin sent by destiny, and then mobilizes a large-scale army to ambush and encircle me? That would be a headache... So, what should I do? Hmm... a symbolic struggle? Or...)

Thinking of this, the girl raised her eyebrows. The next moment, she deliberately stumbled, lost her balance and fell forward, but because her arms were tightly held by the two soldiers, she did not fall down, but the weight of her whole body fell on her arms, and it seemed as if the two soldiers had done something to her on purpose...

"Ah! Where are you touching?!"

"...?"

She twisted her arms slightly with very little force, but under her control, it was not enough to break free from the hands of the two soldiers in powered armor. However, in order to suppress her struggle, the two soldiers had to grab her arms harder and press down hard.

But at the moment of fighting against the opponent's strength, Shirley instantly withdrew her strength and fell down under the pressure of the two soldiers. Her sudden withdrawal of strength made it impossible for the two soldiers to stop and directly pressed the girl down.

Falling to the ground...

“Ah! Ouch… It hurts! Let go!”

The girl's voice was a little tearful, and her helpless struggle made people feel pity. However, the two soldiers in charge of the escort said they were innocent, looked at each other blankly, and faced with the disdainful looks of their teammates behind them, they didn't know what to do...

However, the sudden abnormal situation still made the troops escorting her nervous. The soldier at the rear quickly stepped forward and pointed the rifle in his hand at the silver-haired girl lying on the ground.

Feeling the muzzle of the gun against the back of her head, the girl shuddered and stopped struggling, but still raised her head stubbornly. She still had a blindfold on her eyes, but she turned her face towards the camera closest to her, biting her lips lightly as if she was enduring something.

"Enough! This is too much... Let Cocolia come to see me! I am not carrying any weapons, nor have I done anything aggressive. I just want to see that person. Why should I be insulted by you like this?!"

No one answered her. A few officers behind her whispered a few words into the terminal and stopped being alert. The two soldiers also obeyed the order, silently helped the girl up, and continued to move forward along the passage...

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In an office in the base, the blonde woman frowned and looked at the surveillance footage in front of her, her eyes full of solemnity.

"What on earth does that girl want to do?"

The scenes just now fell into her eyes clearly. With her eyesight, she couldn't tell whether it was really happening or the silver-haired girl's acting. However, Cocolia felt that the soldiers under her command would not do such a thing.

However, seeing the pitiful appearance of the girl, she still felt a little bit of pity in her heart.

"She has been avoiding me for several years, but now she suddenly comes to me. What is her purpose...?"

Cocolia frowned and thought, some dangerous conjectures flashed through her mind. She remembered clearly that the girl had the fighting power of a Valkyrie six years ago, and she was no match for her with her modified body. After so long, in the Executor's Meeting not long ago, and in the subsequent Chiyou annihilation war, she had already demonstrated super strength comparable to that of the Third Herrscher. Even Walter Yang, the leader of the alliance, might not be her opponent now...

"Can that level of confinement really make her unable to resist? Or is this girl just hiding her incompetence in order to get closer to me?"

After the two factions officially split, Anti-Entropy was already dead in name only. The conservatives entered Saint Freya, and it was suspected that they had formed an alliance with the Destiny Organization. As an important member of the conservatives, Shilis came here at this time, and her purpose was definitely not just to see me...

(Do you want to see me, or do you want my life? Shirley...)

There is no doubt that the girl's motive is very suspicious. However, Xi'er, who was thought to have been killed by Shilis, is now following her well. Cocolia can't help but be shaken. She doesn't know why the girl who betrayed her for a long time suddenly visited her...

"Heh... We've already brought her into the base, what's the point in thinking about this?"

Thinking of her previous impulsive decision, Cocolia couldn't help but laugh at herself. As her eyes became firm, she stood up from the chair.

What to do...hasn't it been decided from the beginning?

The soldiers took Shirley into a room that looked like an interrogation room, unblinded the girl, and left the room, locking the door.

Her hands were still handcuffed behind her back, but the girl didn't care. She opened her blue eyes, looked at the monitors and speakers in the room, and smiled.

The next moment, as soon as the loudspeaker made the rustling sound of activation, Shirley was the first to speak.

"Since you've come here in person, why do you want to talk to me through a wall? If you want to communicate with me remotely, why not just use a terminal from the beginning? Why go through so much trouble?"

"..."

Following Shirley's voice, the people behind the scenes seemed to fall into silence. The only sound in the room was the rustling sound of the loudspeaker. The next moment, the loudspeaker was turned off. At the same time, the metal door in front rose up. A blonde woman in military uniform stood behind the door and put the terminal in her pocket.

"Have you finally remembered your mother, Shilis?"

Looking at the girl who seemed to be smiling while sitting on the chair, Cocolia said in a deep voice and slowly walked over there.

"Is this how you treat your daughter, Lady Cocolia? It seems that taking Seele and Bronya away was the right decision..."

Having not seen each other for a few years, Shirley smiled as she looked at Cocolia whose face showed a few more signs of aging, with a hint of surprise on her pretty face.

Things were going much more smoothly than she had imagined...

"Speaking of which, how did you find me?

? ”

"Just a random guess... I didn't expect you to show up to see me so easily. It's incredible. I've done so many things to betray you before, and now you're still willing to believe me?"

"It's the same for you. You were put in shackles without any resistance. Aren't you worried that I would just lock you up in the military laboratory?"