K424 of the Collapse World

"that......"

Hearing the question from the woman next to her, Cecilia's face flushed a little, but she still answered her partner's question seriously.

"That's... those words that can only be said in private and not told to others. But generally speaking, they refer to the sweet words that couples or spouses can only say to each other..."

"Eh~~ If that's the case, then the relationship between Miss Shilis and the Bishop..."

"Shh~ Leanna, it's very rude to discuss this kind of thing in front of others. Miss Shirley looks a little unhappy..."

"I see, I've learned a lesson."

Hearing this, Leanna nodded, but the next moment, she suddenly showed a strange expression.

"But we don't have any memories of the past, right? Cecilia, why do you know all this?"

"Eh......?"

Cecilia was stunned, and a trace of hesitation suddenly appeared in her blue eyes...

"Yeah, why do I...know all this...? Why do I suddenly feel...happy and sad at the same time?"

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The scene returned to the conference table. Hill, who was sitting next to the silver-haired girl, wanted to laugh, but when he felt the resentment in Hillis that had almost begun to solidify, he shuddered and panicked...

“Chillis! Hillis! Calm down, your Honkai energy is overflowing! Otto’s private words just now didn’t have that meaning, those idiots just made it up!”

Gently shaking the silver-haired girl's body, Hill spoke anxiously. The next moment, Hillis suddenly raised her head and showed a bright smile.

"Hate it, Hill, I'm not angry~"

The girl spoke softly in a tone that was eerily gentle, raised her hand, and held Hill's hand in her arms like a close friend, her smile becoming even brighter.

"Lord Otto really has good intentions~~ In order to cover up our secrets, he deliberately said such misleading words to let these gentlemen guess for themselves, so that he can better cover up the secrets about Honkai. He really deserves to be the thoughtful Archbishop of Destiny~~"

"Siris, your pupils have turned golden!"

"It's okay, I'm just happy~~ I'm so happy that Bishop Otto understands my thoughts so well. So as a reward, I will use all my Honkai energy to release the 'Light Wings Spread' as a salute. What do you think~?"

"Please get back to normal quickly, Shirley. This is just a bad joke. If you get angry, you'll play into that guy's hands..."

"..."

The girl lowered her head again, covered her cheeks with her hands, and a fishy sweetness surged in her throat. In fact, Shiris was very calm, so calm that she could feel her lungs about to explode. It was a real explosion. As a Honkai creature that had already left the human body, her internal organs naturally no longer had the human body's protection mechanism. If she didn't adjust herself, the more the anger in her chest accumulated, it would really make her explode...

(It seems that this advance meeting is indeed just a regular meeting within the Mandate of Heaven, and has nothing to do with the content of our covenant. Otto is really smart. In order to hide the secret, he actually came up with such a clever trick... What the hell!!)

"Well, I'm not angry. I'm not angry at all."

As the smile gradually disappeared, Shirley murmured, letting go of Hill's hand in the face of Hill's worried gaze, and as if all the strength had been drained from her body, she curled up and sat on the conference table, looking calmly at Otto in front of her.

(After becoming a Herrscher, my temper has really gotten better and better... I will always be impulsive when I should be calm, but when I shouldn't be calm, even if my lungs are furious, my brain can still remain calm...)

Silis thought silently, playing with the extremely compressed Honkai crystal on her fingertips. Although she wanted to throw this high-energy crystal that could blow up a room at Otto's face, she was too calm now. The moment she had this thought, she had already thought of the consequences of doing so. Unfortunately, between the overall view and the temporary venting of anger, it was already quite obvious what to choose in a calm state...

"Okay, everyone, let's be serious. This is enough as a refresher before the meeting begins."

Otto suddenly spoke up, interrupting the discussion in the conference room. He looked at the gentle smile full of murderous intent on Shirley's face and raised his hands in surrender.

"Let's get back to the point, Ms. Shilis. You wouldn't get angry over a little joke... or misunderstanding, would you? I don't want anything unpleasant to happen later..."

"Of course not~ Lord Otto, do I look like a petty person~?"

The girl giggled, her golden eyes staring straight at Otto. That "innocent" smile suddenly gave people an inexplicable chill. However, this still did not make Otto change color, he nodded,

"That's the best. Don't think this meeting is meaningless, because this incident has completely broken the long-standing unspoken rules. In addition to Destiny and Anti-Entropy, organizations around the world that knew about Honkai have been in chaos. Some small organizations simply published the information about Honkai directly on their own networks. Although the information was quickly deleted due to government interference, the power of the masses cannot be underestimated. If this continues, it is only a matter of time before the phenomenon of Honkai is exposed to the world."

"..."

"So, we will announce the truth of Honkai to the outside world, at the final stage of that plan..."

As Otto spoke, the light screen on the conference table lit up again. This time, the light did not form a plane, but gathered together to form a huge holographic projection of the earth, appearing above everyone's heads.

On the surface of the holographic projection of the earth, countless densely packed dots are spread all over it, with obscure and complex scientific formulas marked next to them.

“What are these…?”

Looking at the punctuation marks on the projection, Shiris raised her eyebrows. Seeing her reaction, Otto smiled with satisfaction.

"Hehe... a shielding layer to prevent the spread of imaginary energy. We have set up such things in every country, and the total number can accommodate all the people in the world. You should be able to guess the purpose of this thing, right? Miss Shilis..."

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"No, I can't guess."

However, facing Otto's self-evident tone, Shilis did not intend to play by the rules. She had given up paying too much attention to this meeting that sounded irrelevant to her. In other words, even if she could think of something, she would not bring it up in front of so many irrelevant people.

(To cooperate with the functions of Haiyuan City?... Damn it! You didn't tell me about this before. You haven't even figured out whether Haiyuan City can function normally, but you've already launched such a large-scale project...)

Shirley thought quickly and her expression turned ugly.

(If everything goes well, it won't matter. But if there is a problem with the activation device in Haiyuan City, you can justifiably put all the blame on us and use this to establish your absolute dominance in the alliance. You are truly worthy of being me, Otto...)

He was already furious about what had just happened, and now seeing Otto's shameless plan, he felt indignant again.

After restraining herself for a while, Shirley smacked her lips softly, stared at the globe projection above her head with empty eyes, pretended that she understood nothing, and started talking nonsense.

"Shielded buildings that block imaginary energy? And they are spread all over the world? Are you planning to use antimatter weapons to cleanse the surface of the earth? If you do this, even if you can eliminate the Honkai, this planet will almost disintegrate, right? Could it be that you have also built Noah's Ark to carry everyone in the world to escape from the earth?"

Shirley sneered, maintaining her original elegant sitting posture. However, at the corner of the table where she pressed her hand, where only Hill could see, the girl's palm had slightly imprinted into the surface of the table, and cracks appeared all around.

Being able to remain calm even when being so angry is quite amazing...

"Hmm? You don't seem to understand the point of the meeting, Ms. Hillis. The most important thing now is not what I plan to do with those devices, but what we should do to make those things useful. In other words, we need to create a prerequisite."

"Mr. Bishop, what are you talking about? I'm sorry, I don't understand anything at all..."

The girl spread her hands, and a mocking smile reappeared on her face. However, Cialis's attack did not stop the bishop from talking and explaining. Otto seemed to ignore the girl's words, and after a slight pause, he continued to speak.

"Although the project has been launched, the progress is not smooth in some areas, especially in neutral countries that oppose the Mandate of Heaven and Anti-Entropy. The Mandate of Heaven does not have the power to start construction in their countries privately. Therefore, all this still needs a reason, a reason that can be accepted by people all over the world..."

"Can you make those people accept your reason for building bunkers in their territory? So, do you want to disclose the 'truth' of the world's Houkai disaster and expose organizations such as Tianming and Anti-Entropy to the eyes of the world?"

Shirley nodded, took a deep breath, and relaxed. She had almost understood the situation, so there was no need to waste energy on these irrelevant things.

"That's it. At this critical moment, there is no need to worry about panic. Although it is still a little early, it is not a bad thing to prepare for the worst."

Otto nodded, not noticing that the girl's eyes had lost focus. He was about to continue speaking, but at this moment, an unexpected voice interrupted him.

"Excuse me, Master Otto... You seemed to be talking about a critical moment just now? But the Honkai disasters in recent years are not that serious, right? Isn't this decision really a bit hasty? Or has the scientific research department observed any major movement in the Honkai?"

One of the participants couldn't help but speak up and asked. When he was joking before, he didn't think there was anything wrong with the topic of this meeting. After all, the bishop had mentioned this matter at the last Destiny Conference. But now, after hearing this, doubts began to emerge in his heart.

A shielding layer that blocks imaginary energy? He didn't know what it was, and it was not within his professional knowledge. However, building such a thing all over the world? To the point where the number could accommodate all of humanity, he had never heard of such a thing before!

Such a large-scale project, and the amount of manpower and financial resources spent, was beyond the imagination of a small branch chief like him. In terms of the scope involved, this level has exceeded the war against the Second Herrscher more than a decade ago. Moreover, at that time, it was an emergency situation of world survival crisis, which was different from the peaceful times like now. So what exactly does this bishop want to do?

"Captain O'Neill, the answer to this question is beyond your authority. Moreover, I don't think it's too early to take action against the collapse. Although the specific situation is not convenient to disclose, this time, we are taking the initiative to prevent the next sequence collapse..."

"Wait a minute! Did I hear you correctly? You said to take the initiative?"

"That's right, completely destroy the will of Honkai and completely wipe out the Honkai phenomenon from this world!"

As Otto nodded in affirmation, the meeting room suddenly became lively.

"Can Honkai be completely eliminated?!"

"But how can we do this..."

"Wait! Since ancient times, the Honkai phenomenon would only happen without any signs, and there was no mastermind behind it. Bishop? How can we fight against an invisible and intangible 'will'?"

"......"

Listening to these people's heated discussion, Otto suddenly clapped his hands, and the noisy noise in the conference room soon quieted down.

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"Everyone, I understand your concerns. In fact, we have mastered the specific nature of Honkai not long ago, and now we can be sure that it can be completely eliminated. There is no need to doubt this plan. If we passively fight Honkai as we have been doing, we will only reap more tragedies like the Battle of the Herrscher of the Sky. Now, the opportunity to end it all is right in front of us. What do you think we should do?"

Otto's infectious voice echoed in the meeting room, and the congressmen who heard it fell into deep thought. As time passed slowly, some people hesitated, and their eyes gradually became firm...

"Anyway, the plan has already been implemented. I hope everyone can fulfill their duties as pigeons seriously. The scale of the war when it finally starts will probably be far beyond our imagination."

No one expressed an opinion, and no one objected. But Otto knew that this was enough. Except for the Far East Branch and other special branches, most members of the Mandate of Heaven had unconditional trust in Archbishop Otto.

"Excuse me... Mr. Otto, can I say something?"

At this time, a soft girl's voice came from the other end of the square table, and the people present subconsciously turned their eyes to

The light turned to Shirley who was sitting at the edge of the table, and the silver-haired girl, feeling those glances directed at her, suddenly came back to her senses from her daze and tilted her head with confusion in her eyes.

"Hmm...? What's wrong? Why are you all looking at me?"

The next moment, the girl's voice sounded again behind Shirley.

"Hehe...I was the one speaking just now, allies of destiny."

Hill said with a smile, and slowly stood up from the chair. Then he appeared in front of everyone. Because Shilis was sitting at the table in front of her, she was completely blocked behind the conference table. Over time, everyone forgot that there was another Herrscher sitting next to the silver-haired girl.

Compared to Shirley, who was in her Herrscher form, Hill, who was wearing ordinary clothes and had a delicate makeup, was obviously more likely to win the favor of these people. Although her complexion was very pale and her face was a little haggard due to her weakness, in fact, these were not as serious as Shirley said. Under the cover of her makeup, ordinary people could not see anything unusual. On the contrary, because of her current weakness, her every move showed a sense of dignity and tranquility...

"Mr. Otto, are you sure you want to completely reveal the existence of Destiny?"

"Right...is there anything wrong with that?"

"Well, I think it's a bit inappropriate. The confidentiality of the Anti-Honkai Organization is very important. If the existence of the organization is completely known to the outside world, any actions taken by the organization will be revealed to the world. This will probably cause a lot of trouble, right?"

"Well... that's true, but these things are still within the plan. As long as the harm of Honkai is infinitely magnified when it is exposed, there is no need to worry about people's attention being focused on the illegal experiments of the anti-Honkai organization."

"Hehe~ Is it really like this?"

Inadvertently revealing a charming smile, Hill shook his head gently.

"Unfortunately, this is probably impossible. It is difficult for people to quickly understand such an abstract and completely unfamiliar disaster as 'Honkai Impact', so naturally they don't know how terrible it is. It's just like how people in peaceful areas view war. Although they think it is cruel, they don't know how terrible it is, and they never think that such a thing will happen to them."

"......oh?"

"So compared to that, for ordinary people, the anti-Honkai organization composed of human beings is definitely more likely to arouse their interest. Since you want to open it to the public, then let's not talk about those human experiments that ordinary people absolutely cannot accept. You must make the most basic organizational properties and structure public. Well... just from your Valkyrie system and centralized power, there are many things that people criticize."

Hearing this, Otto was stunned. Only then did he realize that there was something wrong with his previous idea.

"How do you plan to explain the Valkyrie system of the Destiny to the outside world? Using drugs and experiments to change the body structure, and implanting artificial stigmata like chronic poison, in exchange for the power of the girl warriors at the cost of life? Excuse me, Lord Otto, just for this, the Destiny organization will be wildly condemned by the United Nations Human Rights Organization and women's rights protection associations of various countries, right?"

"..."

"Moreover, a religious organization with power comparable to that of a superpower is ruled by a dictatorship led by an 'archbishop', and most of its members obey him unconditionally, just like they have been brainwashed. No matter how outsiders look at it, they will think that Tianming is a cult organization, right?"

Seeing Otto's slightly frowned brows, Hill also gave a helpless bitter smile. In the past, she would definitely be happy to see such things, but now, she couldn't gloat over it anyway. After all, they and destiny were now grasshoppers on the same string.

"In the last era, when I was still a human, I worked for an anti-Honkai organization. Our organization has never been kept secret from the beginning, and it is completely known to the world. But this was not a problem for us at that time, because the Fire Moths were originally formed spontaneously by humans when the world was on the verge of destruction. This organization, which carries the hope of all mankind, will get people's support no matter what it does. But the current situation of Tianming is different. In the eyes of ordinary people in this world, we appeared out of thin air along with the disaster, and it is impossible for us to get people's support easily! Maybe we will even bear the stigma of the initiator of all Honkai disasters... Bishop, have you really thought it through?"

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After a short period of contemplation, Otto regained his composure.

"Thank you for your advice, Miss Hill. But in fact, public opinion will not cause much trouble to the Destiny Organization."

"Is that really the case? But as far as I know, people in Europe in this era like to hold protests and marches whenever they have nothing to do. Wouldn't people from all over the world condemn such a large illegal organization with such an obvious destiny? Don't underestimate the power of the people, Mr. Bishop~"

Hill obviously didn't agree with this explanation. Although Otto's decision-making had nothing to do with her, Hill didn't want the organization she was currently "working for" to be like a rat on holiday and be beaten by everyone.

"Don't worry

, Miss Hill. Our Destiny Organization is not a country. All the activities we carry out do not require people's support. Naturally, we will not be defeated by protests and pressure from public opinion. Even if a neutral country directly opposes Destiny, I have a way to make them shut up. "

Otto said calmly, looking at Hill's still worried eyes, and then smiled slightly.

"I know what you're thinking. An organization that is hostile to the world will not have a good ending, right? I will indeed reveal the truth about Honkai and the existence of Sky's Mandate to the world, but by that time, it will be almost the final stage of the plan. People who have fully witnessed the power of the Herrscher probably won't have the time to interfere with Sky's decision-making, right? Humph... If necessary, we can also use the Honkai creatures that Sky's Mandate has captured before to direct and perform a play with those neutral countries to make them understand the harm of Honkai, which is also a feasible method."

"..."

Hill was stunned for a moment, and seeing Otto's serious expression, he knew that this man was not joking. But she still found it a little unbelievable. The so-called "playing a play" to let people understand the horror of Honkai was nothing more than releasing Honkai creatures to wreak havoc in a certain area and letting them slaughter humans. After the spread of the disaster news is maximized, the Mandate of Heaven will finally clean up the mess and become the "savior" in public. Moreover, it can also be used to eliminate neutral countries that have objections to the Mandate of Heaven, killing two birds with one stone.

Although the darkness in Fire Moth is no less than destiny, and Kevin and Mei have done many things that take human lives lightly, but such a choice that is tantamount to massacre still makes Hill frown.

This kind of thing is really too crazy, isn't it?

However, unlike Hill's surprise, Hillis, who was sitting next to her, had no reaction at all, as if she was mentally prepared for Otto's choice.

After all, she knew that five hundred years ago, when Kallen was sentenced to death by the then Destiny Organization, Otto released Honkai Beasts in the center of town to cause chaos in order to save Kallen. Now that so many years have passed, it is probably not surprising that this bishop, who has almost abandoned his "humanity", would do anything?

"That's very much your style, Your Excellency. But since all your plans are already established, what's the point of this meeting?"

Hillary, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke, turned sideways with her skirt covering her face, and lightly jumped down from the edge of the table.

"In that case, what happens next has nothing to do with me. You guys just continue to discuss slowly. After that, I'm looking forward to having a 'private conversation' with you later, Lord Otto~☆"

When she said the last sentence, the girl's smile suddenly became brighter, and her eyes, which had just returned to their azure blue color, once again revealed a few dangerous golden waves...