K424 of the Collapse World

Shirley covered her chest and replied with a stiff expression. The moment she realized that the video had been leaked, the only thing that came to her mind was "It's over." She had no idea how to make up for it or how to explain this matter. However, looking at the thoughtful black-haired girl in front of her, she had remembered her identity.

The researcher who was "held hostage" during the escape from the Destiny Headquarters after the Serenity Gem was used. Feeling the slightly diffused energy reaction from the black-haired girl, at that time, she must have hidden her strength and voluntarily been held hostage by me. Otherwise, with the strange energy she possessed, it would probably be easy for her to knock down me in my weak state at that time...

"Long time no see, Miss Changguang. It has been two years since we last met at the Tianming Headquarters, right?"

"Huh? You actually know me?"

"..."

Changguang's eyes moved, and he looked a little surprised, as if he didn't recognize Shirley's identity. In fact, it was true. Changguang did not recognize that the girl in front of him was the experimental subject who caused a commotion at the Tianming headquarters a few years ago. For most yellow people, they would be more or less face-blind to white people, not to mention the Kaslana family, whose entire clan was basically the same.

In Changguang's opinion, this silver-haired girl who looked about fourteen years old was probably the eldest daughter of the Kaslana family who was about to succeed the position of the head of the family. After the original head of the family, Siegfried, defected, it didn't seem strange for the Kaslana family to elect the next head of the family.

As for the overly gorgeous dress, it should be her personal interest. The third lady of Shanyat, Angelia Shanyat, also has the habit of dressing like this. This lady of Kaslana should be the same.

This original perception changed after the silver-haired girl called out his name. In Changguang's previous impression, although he had contact with many members of the Kaslana family, in recent years, he had only communicated with Miss Kiana, but that girl should have defected, so who would the person in front of him be...?

Seeing Changguang frowning and thinking hard, Shilis smiled bitterly, shook her head and coughed lightly.

"It seems that Miss Changguang has forgotten... I am sorry for what happened last time. Please accept my apology again."

"What happened last time?"

"Two years ago, I broke into your laboratory and pointed a gun at your head, forcing you to open the emergency escape route. You have forgotten such an exciting thing. Is this a common thing for Miss Changguang?"

"Are you the experimental subject?!"

As Changguang exclaimed, she finally recognized the identity of the silver-haired girl in front of her. There was no way. From the perspective of a researcher, she would never have thought that this girl in a dress with an aristocratic look would be an experimental subject who had no human rights in Tianming?

"I remember your number seemed to be that K..."

"I'm not a test subject. My name is Silis Kaslana. I should have introduced myself the last time we met, Miss Captain Hikari."

"Uh......"

"This Lady Silis Kaslana is an S-rank Valkyrie directly under the Bishop. Her authority in the headquarters is equivalent to the rank of major general in the military, Lord Changguang."

Seeing Changguang's stiff expression, the archive manager next to her introduced her kindly. As for the experimental subjects mentioned just now, she naturally chose to ignore them. After all, these things had nothing to do with her, and the noble status of these two people was unquestionable.

"Ah ha ha......"

"That's it. Hello, Lord Changguang."

After curtsying skillfully, Shirley looked at Changguang, who had an embarrassed expression, and sighed softly. Now she had calmed down. She didn't know why. It would be a terrible thing if the videos were exposed, but when she knew the fact, she suddenly felt mysteriously calm, as if it was not a serious matter.

"So, what brings Miss Changguang here?"

"Hey... I just came to check the test records of my new work. Recently, there are a lot of orders from the bishop. Don't think I'm so leisurely now, but I'm actually quite busy..."

Since the girl took the initiative to break the awkwardness, Changguang naturally continued her words. Originally, she just happened to meet this girl who was suspected to be from the Kaslana clan, and approached her to chat casually out of politeness, but she didn't expect...

(What on earth happened? Why did this experiment subject wanted by Destiny suddenly become a member of Destiny and an S-rank Valkyrie?!)

Of course, it was not convenient to say such things directly. Changguang suppressed her surprise and tried to make her smile look less strange. But while she was stunned, Shilis had turned around and returned to the communicator again.

"alright

It doesn’t matter whether it is encrypted or not, just delete its records, now! ”

"Okay, I understand. Do you need to confirm the video again..."

"No need! Delete it immediately."

She gave the administrator another order, her tone becoming serious. Seeing this, Changguang came over curiously, wanting to see what duties this girl, who had turned from a wanted criminal to a regular Valkyrie of Destiny, was performing.

"Ms. Shilis, are you planning to delete part of the combat records?"

"Ah."

"Those records..."

"Have you seen it?"

The silver-haired girl turned around, her tone serious, her eyes suddenly became alert, and Changguang waved his hand hurriedly.

"No, I am not interested in the record that has nothing to do with me. As I recall, it seemed to be a Valkyrie combat drill approved by the bishop himself..."

"Just don't read it! It's just a bunch of meaningless and totally meaningless records! Of course, they are all top-secret information that cannot be kept. It's best if you don't read it. If you accidentally see it, you will get into big trouble!"

"Eh... After what you said, I'm actually a little interested in that video..."

"Please give up your thoughts. Believe me, this damn record is meaningless! Miss Administrator, has it been deleted?"

Seriously rejecting Changguang's intention to take a glimpse, Shilis knocked on the terminal table and asked the administrator.

"Yes, as you instructed, all automatic records of the A-7 test site after 14:42 today have been deleted, but..."

"what happened?"

"Because these materials were previously classified as completely public drill records, there are no restrictions on access and reprinting within Tianming. When I deleted this record, I found that it already had two downloads. Will this cause any trouble?"

"Pfft...! How could this be! Even downloading is allowed? Is the public access to Tenmi's combat records so high?"

Hearing this, the girl almost vomited a mouthful of Honkai energy, and then her eyes dimmed and her expression instantly collapsed. Hearing her doubts, the administrator showed a puzzled expression.

444 Premonition of Change>>

"Eh? Don't you know that most of the Valkyrie actual combat match records of the Destiny Organization are completely public, used to encourage Valkyries to learn each other's fighting skills through video. The activation note of the test site is 'A-level Valkyrie actual combat confrontation'. I think many Valkyries have already browsed it..."

"That's enough...! Ms. Administrator, can you please track down the address of the download terminal?"

"Well, let me see... The two download records are from the team terminal of the Undying Blade team and the terminal of Zone E of the Helheim Laboratory. Lady Shilis, regarding this situation, I suggest that you report it to the parliament immediately. After the elders' judgment, if this record is determined to be a confidential file, you can legitimately recycle and destroy it..."

“…No need.”

"Well, with your authority, you are fully qualified to appeal directly to the parliament. All you have to do is..."

"I told you! It's not necessary anymore!"

(Do you want me to play the combat record of Fu Hua beating me to tears in front of the members of the Tianming Organization, and then ask them to delete it on the grounds of insulting my personal reputation? What a joke...)

The girl said angrily with an expression as if she had eaten a fly, and her face was full of mixed feelings. The administrator looked at the silver-haired girl's strange reaction, shook his head slightly, and said nothing more.

"Well, Ms. Hillis, since it is a very important confidential record, I also suggest that you apply for..."

"No need, Lord Changguang, don't bother with this matter. As long as you don't deliberately go to Rita and a certain idle researcher to ask for this record, it will be the greatest help to me..."

The girl spoke weakly, her blue irises had lost their luster. Seeing this, Changguang couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Ha... I've already said I'm not interested. Recently, Bishop Otto has given the Saint 1504 Institute a lot of tasks. Reforging the weapons of the original Snow Wolf team members is already troublesome enough. I don't have the time to join in the fun..."

Changguang said, shaking his head slightly and walking towards the exit.

"Ms. Shilis, it seems that my original choice was indeed correct."

"what?"

"If I had not chosen to let you go, but instead subdued you and handed you over to the laboratory, I'm afraid that the Destiny Organization would have lost a future S-class Valkyrie. Haha... We'll see each other again if there's a chance, Miss Shiris. I've been slacking off for so long, and I should go back to work. When the time comes, please tell me about your legendary experience of returning to Destiny and becoming an S-class Valkyrie..."

Watching Changguang leave the archive room, if it were normal times, Shilis would be happy to talk to this blacksmith from ancient times, but now, she was no longer in the mood.

"Thank you for your hard work, Miss Administrator. Just forget about this matter. You don't have to worry about the follow-up."

Under the administrator's worried gaze, the silver-haired girl left the archive room in a daze, and followed the instructions of the terminal to walk towards the meeting room where Fu Hua and others were currently...

(I just hope that the two of them won't pass these records on casually... And, apart from the secret of the essence of Honkai, it's just a mere loss of face! There's no need to worry about it... absolutely not!)

At this moment, in a villa in the living area of ​​the Tianming headquarters, a blonde girl was sitting on the sofa, looking at the images on the TV screen with a strange expression, which were adjusted by a maid.

"..."

Skipping the first few dozen minutes of "fixed images", when you see the silver-haired girl on the screen inexplicably shrinking into the corner, crying and wiping her tears, the blonde girl finally opens her eyes wide and casts a surprised and puzzled look at the brown-haired maid sitting next to her, with a questioning look in her eyes.

"Rita, this is..."

"I occasionally see combat records, and I think they are very interesting, so I downloaded them and brought them to Lady Yulandel to have a look. Although I don't understand what happened, it is still a very interesting scene. If it were any later, this record would probably have been deleted."

"..."

Looking at the brown-haired girl who kept smiling, Yulandel's mouth twitched and she also smiled bitterly.

"Indeed. It's hard to imagine that Miss Silis would show such an expression... The members of the Kaslana family are basically very strong, and you will hardly see a weak expression on their faces. But, this should be a combat record, right? I didn't see them fighting, so why would she cry?"

Sitting cross-legged on the sofa, the blonde girl rested her chin on her hand and her elbows on her thighs. It must be said that this video refreshed her understanding of a certain Herrscher. In her original opinion, this fake Miss Cecilia should be very similar to herself, a person with a strong character, straightforward and serious, but now it seems that she is not as strong as she imagined...

"I have no way of knowing that. However, if Lady Yulandel cares, it would be okay to ask her directly, right? Hmm... But with Lady Shilis's personality, when asked about this, she would probably blush and deny it, right? Oh, haha~ This kind of thing is really exciting. Although she is a little older than Lady Theresa, Miss Shilis is also a very cute person..."

"Hey~ Rita, your true colors are exposed. And you actually have such a bad idea. Your devil horn-shaped headdress really suits you."

"Thank you for your compliment, Lord Yulandel~"

"I'm not complimenting you... Tsk, now I finally understand why you looked at me with such a strange smile back then."

The blonde girl said with empty eyes. She was originally worried that this adjutant lady had been wronged in the process of carrying out tasks with Shilis as a subordinate, but with her personality, she was embarrassed to directly express her concern. Until today, when she saw that Rita was very fond of that Miss Shilis, she was relieved...

The blonde girl picked up the remote control and turned the TV back to the orf news channel. She looked at the brown-haired girl next to her with a slightly strange expression.

"In any case, it's better not to get too close to Miss Shilis. Although she is our colleague now, she is different from me after all. Do you understand what I mean?"

"I understand your concerns, Lady Bianca, but Miss Shilis has obtained the approval of the Bishop, and the Destiny will no longer attack the Anti-Entropy Organization. Moreover, I have to admit that as an ally, she is also a very reliable comrade. As a Herrscher, she did not let herself be manipulated by the will of Honkai, but chose to stand on the same front with humans. In theory, we no longer have any reason to be hostile to her, right?"

In response, Yulandel just nodded and said no more, but her expression was a little worried. Her intuition has always been extremely accurate, whether it is good or bad. This is also the reason why she is so uneasy.

"You're right, Rita... Honkai is the common enemy of mankind. I hope we won't be enemies with them anymore..."

445 Old Friend Reunion

"My friend, do you think those 'clones' created using cloning technology are the same human beings as us?"

Walking in the quiet metal passage, heading towards the hidden secret place mentioned by Otto, Fu Hua suddenly heard the man's question. She thought about it for a moment and shook her head.

"Your question is not rigorous, Bishop Otto. If you look at it from different angles, you will get different answers."

She simply said this perfunctorily, but seeing that Otto was still listening, as if waiting for her next words, she sighed and spoke again.

"Clones are still the same species as us in terms of biological nature.

, but from a social and ethical perspective, they cannot be called a real "person". I wonder from which aspect Bishop Otto wants me to evaluate them?"

"It doesn't matter which aspect you choose. Just tell me from your own perspective. I want to hear your own opinion, not your objective analysis."

Otto replied. Although the three of them were walking side by side, in the dim light, Fu Hua could not see the expression of Otto, who was a little ahead. However, she was too lazy to guess what the cunning bishop was planning. What was the harm in telling him about such an insignificant matter?

"My own thoughts... I think that clones are the same as us."

Yes, isn't it the same? Even if they were born without a normal reproductive process and do not have the "human rights" granted by society, how are their bones, flesh, blood, body structure, and even thoughts and will different from those of ordinary people? Whether it is Shiris or K423 who was once born as Kiana, what is the difference between them and ordinary humans?

However, after hearing Fu Hua's words, Otto's tone seemed to be a little lower.

"Oh, you think so too? But according to Miss Hill, your former civilization's anti-collapse organization, the Fire Moth, created a large number of clones as a disposable combat force to defend the shelter in the early stages of the collapse. What did you think at that time?"

"I don't remember those things anymore. Even so, my thoughts at that time must be the same as they are now."

Without showing the hesitant expression that Otto expected, Fu Hua answered neither humbly nor arrogantly, without showing any emotion.

"I am not the leader of the Fire Moths. Although I feel disgusted by this kind of behavior, I can understand their approach. In extraordinary times, it is not unacceptable to take extraordinary measures. However, this cannot be a reason to deliberately take human lives. For example, Bishop Otto, the AE experiment you planned before..."

"I have no intention of accepting your criticism, Red Kite Immortal. Those experiments are necessary for me."

"I have no intention of criticizing you. I am just speaking the truth."

He responded immediately to Otto's interruption. Although the tone between the two was normal, Hill, who was eavesdropping, felt that there was a sense of tit-for-tat and hurriedly intervened in the conversation.

"Well, Mr. Bishop, is this question suddenly asked? Is it related to the secret you mentioned?"

"Ah...sort of."

Glancing at Hill who was walking on the other side, Otto restrained his serious expression and returned to his gentle and elegant temperament.

"The replicants I mentioned just now are just a generalization. Without being able to prove the existence of the soul, even for those who were reborn by your power of creation, we still cannot determine whether they are the same human beings as before, or are still false replicas."

"Well, but there's nothing we can do about it, right? The claim that the Herrscher of Death can reverse life and death is just a legend made up by humans. It's not certain whether it's true... In fact, I'm also a victim of the rumor, right?"

Otto had no reaction to Hill's self-mockery. He looked at the metal door that was right in front of him, closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, the worry in his eyes was gone.

"Humph... Whether they are reborn or cloned, it doesn't matter anymore. At least the power they reproduced is far beyond the replicas created by current cloning technology. As long as they have the power of creation, they can be resurrected indefinitely, hehe... Anyway, they can be resurrected indefinitely, and no one cares about their existence. So, it doesn't matter if we use these 'abandoned' like consumables like the Fire Moth, right?"

The metal door in front of her automatically rose up, revealing the space behind to Fu Hua. After entering this slightly warmer room, she saw a public place that was no different from the Valkyrie training ground. Various exercise equipment was placed on the ground, but in the corners of the huge square, there were some potted plants and paintings, which gave it a subtle sense of relaxation compared to the training ground.

The ones using these equipment are dozens of young women wearing uniform Valkyrie training uniforms...

"The Bishop is here!"

Someone shouted, and the girls who were using the exercise equipment turned around and looked at Otto and the other two standing at the door.

"Your Excellency the Bishop, thank you for your hard work! Do you need me to make tea for you?"

"Good afternoon, your Excellency."