K424 of the Collapse World

"From today on, I plan to live with Wendy. Is that okay?"

"Eh?! Why...why did you...?"

Wendy was stunned, and Weisen beside her also opened his eyes wide, his gloomy expression becoming more and more complicated. Xili didn't care about their reactions at all, stared at Wendy seriously, and slowly spoke...

"As your mentor, I have the obligation to supervise your living habits and schedule. I said that I would let you fully master your own power, and I won't break my promise easily! In the future, please give me more guidance, little Wendy."

453 Trust is Hard to Get

"What did you say?! This... How can this be allowed! How can Lady Shilis live with a patient?!"

Following the girl's declaration, the man was stunned for a moment, then immediately expressed his opposition. He looked so panicked, as if he was the one who might be infected. This look caught the eyes of Shiris, and the smile on the girl's face became even thicker.

"Dr. Wisen, are you questioning my decision? Whether what I do is dangerous or not, it seems to have nothing to do with you, doctor? Or... will it cause you any trouble if I stay with Wendy?"

"How is that possible? There's no problem! I'm just concerned about Miss Shilis's safety. Don't forget that although Wendy is usually timid, she has the core of a Herrscher in her body! It was fine before, but now her power has awakened. If something unexpected happens, she might even turn into a monster! Lady Shilis, do you really want to live with this unstable girl who is like a time bomb?"

The man tried his best to dissuade Shirley from changing her mind, his eyes almost bleeding. But the silver-haired girl seemed to be tired of this topic, she yawned with her hands covering her mouth and gently waved her hand.

"You're worrying too much... Don't worry, if something like this really happens, the entire Oceania branch will be ruined, and none of us will be able to escape. In that case, what's the harm in letting me stay with Wendy? Besides, Wendy seems to like me more than you researchers, right? Right, little Wendy?"

"I......"

Hearing these light words from Shirley, Wendy looked at the silver-haired girl, then at Weisen whose face was about to burst into tears. She didn't know how to answer, so she could only lower her head as much as possible and pretend that she knew nothing.

Although facing the headquarters' specialist, Weisen's hands were unconsciously clenched. His brows were trembling slightly, and it was obvious that he was on the verge of exploding.

"In that case! Let Wendy decide for herself whether to go with Lady Shilis..."

"Rejected. Sorry, I have made up my mind and I don't intend to follow your advice anymore. Besides, the order from the headquarters should be very clear. From the day I arrived at the Oceania branch, the ownership of the Desire Gem...that is, Wendy, has been taken back by the headquarters. This means that any decision I make on Wendy's affairs is beyond your control. Of course, Wendy herself has no right to refuse~"

Looking at the middle-aged man who was speechless and silent but still looked unwilling, Shirley thought for a moment and added with a smile.

"Besides, the person in charge of the Oceania branch should be Miss Caroline, Dr. Wisen. I don't think a small New Zealand research institute employee like you can give me orders on behalf of the entire Oceania branch."

The girl even deliberately emphasized the words "little" and "employee". As she expected, the man's eyes had completely changed. He could no longer maintain the fake smile he had just put on. Instead, he showed an undisguised vicious look, and his cold malice almost overflowed. However, how could the eleventh Herrscher, Silis, who had been through many battlefields and had seen a lot, be frightened by the helpless and furious killing intent of a weak researcher?

"Ah~? Sorry, sorry, what I said just now was a bit harsh, but Doctor, your face suddenly looks a little ugly, did you have a stomach upset this morning? Speaking of which, the stomach-strengthening and digestion-promoting tablets exported from Shenzhou are very effective. If Dr. Weisen has a bad stomach, I suggest you buy some and save them for emergency use~☆"

Since the other party had already shown this expression, Shilis was too lazy to continue to be polite with him. As a Herrscher, her instinctive arrogance

She showed it without restraint. The teasing tone and contemptuous look of the superior made Weisen almost unable to resist rushing forward and stabbing the reagent syringe hidden in his arms into the girl's heart!

But in the end, he took a deep breath and calmed down. I don't know if it was because of self-control or simply because he was cowardly, but that slightly stiff and elegant expression appeared on the man's face again.

"...Since Lady Shilis insists on doing this, I won't say anything more. Goodbye."

"You're going to the bathroom, right? Just now, you were holding back your urge to poop for my own safety. I misunderstood Dr. Weissen. I'm sorry! There aren't many men as considerate as you in the world. Instead of being a researcher with no future in Tianming, I suggest you take up popular jobs in the market, such as nanny and waitress... Wait a minute, you really don't want to consider it? Ms. Rita Rossweisse at the headquarters will also provide professional training in this area..."

——Bang! !

The automatically closed inductive electronic door was slammed down with a loud noise when Weisen left. As the hurried footsteps gradually faded away, Shirley breathed a sigh of relief, and the sarcastic and arrogant look on her face disappeared. When she turned to Wendy, her previous gentle smile reappeared on her face.

Although they didn't have a falling out, she definitely offended Visen thoroughly. However, Hillis admired the courage of this doctor, who dared to show his teeth to her "leader" who came from the headquarters. If it were someone else, he would directly report to the headquarters using the terminal, and the laboratory would be doomed. I really don't know whether he is stubborn or hopelessly stupid...

Of course, Hillary had no intention of doing such boring things as complaining, nor was she worried about future developments. Whether or not he did those things, or whether he had any follow-up plans, it was no longer important now.

Because now, I am with Wendy.

"Wendy, how do you feel now?"

"..."

Facing Shirley's concern, Wendy's expression was still a little dull. To be honest, in the more than a year since she entered the New Zealand laboratory, she had never seen Dr. Weisen so angry. Thinking of the strange doctor's behavior of slamming the door just now, what happened yesterday evening once again flooded into her mind, and Wendy began to worry more and more about the silver-haired girl in front of her.

"Lady Shilis! What are you doing? I just... have a common cold, it's nothing serious. But why do you have to offend Dr. Weisen for such a small matter?"

"Common cold? Haha... When the flu virus enters the body of the Valkyrie, it will be directly destroyed by the virus-like free Honkai energy. In other words, the Valkyrie will not suffer from ordinary people's diseases, let alone you who are full of Honkai energy?"

"Lady Shilis..."

"Besides, do you think I can't see that this is a symptom of being injected with a Houkai-like inhibitor?"

Looking at the girl sitting on the bed, Shirley raised her right hand. A light golden liquid was suspended in her hand in the form of a sphere, surrounded by a layer of purple light.

Using energy manipulation to remove harmful impurities from the bodies of Honkai creatures is a piece of cake for Shiris at this stage. Moreover, these solutions should have been injected not long ago.

Well, not long ago...

For some reason, the surprise in Weisen's eyes when he first entered the room reappeared in Shiris' mind. He obviously knew that Wendy had a "fever", so this behavior made no sense at all.

"This is......?!"

On the other side, Wendy's eyes suddenly showed a trace of fear when she saw the yellow liquid ball. She remembered very clearly that this was the experimental reagent she was injected with yesterday. The next moment, after suddenly realizing that the liquid was suspended, the expression on Wendy's face was replaced by surprise and confusion.

"You... How is it possible? How did you do this?!"

"Well, just think of this as my exclusive ability as an 'S-class Valkyrie'. It's nothing special. You'll see when you get to the headquarters. You'll see all kinds of strange S-class Valkyrie abilities like the Judas Launcher and Stand User. Compared to them, my little trick is nothing..."

Shilis said with a smile, looking at Wendy's confused expression of "I don't understand but it feels so great", she smiled bitterly and shook her head. After thinking for a while, she still didn't say that she used the resonance of Honkai energy to promote the activation of the Desire Gem.

Soon, her expression became serious.

"Let's get back to the point. You should recognize these crappy reagents that are full of impurities and low in purity, right? This should be a replica of the HSN series of original solutions. The guy who made this chemical waste-like solution must be a crappy researcher among crappy researchers. Even an amateur wouldn't make such a low-level mistake. Although it's a little hard to believe, this should be the product of Dr. Weissen, and he was the one who injected you, right?"

453 Trust is Hard to Get>>

The decomposition current of the simulated conquest gem flashed by, and the solution dissipated. Shiris wiped her hands and frowned.

Up.

Why are there traces of earlier reaction products in this solution? Moreover, the same product has two completely different composition patterns, as if it were an imitation made by two people. However, one is a low-quality imitation, and the other is an imitation of an even worse imitation...

"..."

At this moment, under the serious question of Shirley, the girl fell silent again. She nodded hesitantly at first, then shook her head, as if she was going through a fierce ideological struggle. Finally, she seemed to have made a decision, and lowered her head with a struggling look in her eyes.

"Please, Lady Shilis. Please stop interfering in my affairs! I may... not be able to leave with you."

"Taking you back was an order from headquarters, not my personal decision. Your opinion has no effect, Wendy."

As Cialis spoke, she held up Wendy's cheeks with both hands while she was stunned. When her hands touched the girl's left cheek, she felt the slight swelling on the left side, and Cialis was stunned, and then a trace of anger flashed in her eyes.

"What are you afraid of, Wendy? With your current strength, you should be able to easily tear those researchers who abused you into pieces, right?"

"No! If that's the case...!"

What the Honkai Will wanted most was for her to let go and start slaughtering humans. If she really did that, it would be like she had unlocked the seal, and who knew what would happen to her will at that time.

"Then let me protect you. It's just a remote branch of the Destiny Organization. Give me a week and it won't be difficult to destroy the entire Australian continent!"

"Eh? Haha... you really are..."

Wendy couldn't help but smile bitterly at the proud silver-haired girl. She didn't know how to comment on Lady Shilis's "bold words". After all, even if the power of the S-class Valkyrie might be stronger than she imagined, it was impossible for one person to fight against the entire Destiny Branch, let alone flatten an entire continent.

How can I put it? Lady Shilis looks like an underage girl like me, but why does she have the personality of a child who loves to show off?

Shilis didn't know that in Wendy's eyes, she was less majestic as an S-rank Valkyrie and more approachable like a person of the same age. Naturally, her words were also regarded as a self-aggrandizing joke by Wendy.

"You are really... ahem, Lady Shilis, you have no idea how many unknown secrets are hidden in this laboratory. If you dig deeper, even you will be..."

"Stop, stop. From what you said, are they still conducting some illegal experiments here? It seems that I will have to take on another job... Ugh! No, no, how can I work for that old man Otto for free? It seems that I must blackmail him first... Well, let's do it!"

"Lady Shilis! I'm serious! Please... ahem...!"

Wendy couldn't help coughing as she was out of breath. She looked at the silver-haired girl who had completely lost touch with her since she didn't know when. The image of Lady Shilis gradually became associated with the word "unreliable" in her mind.

(What should I do... If this continues, Dr. Weisen will definitely attack Lady Silis! But if I tell her everything now...)

Can this silver-haired girl really walk out of this experiment alive?

"Ok?"

At this time, Hillary suddenly stood up, walked slowly to the trash can in the room, reached in under Wendy's puzzled eyes, and picked up an empty metal syringe.

Gently breaking the syringe, Shirley looked at the light golden solution remaining in it, twisted it with her fingers, and narrowed her eyes.

(The impurity content of the Honkai Inhibitor Fluid just now was a bit too much... Is this an industrial raw material? Putting this stuff into a medical syringe is really an insult to medicine. Is it a crappy imitation of that imitation product?)

Indeed, even if Dr. Weisen's skills were terrible, he wouldn't have done even the basic purification like this. In other words, this reagent must have been made by someone else.

Thinking of Weisen's unnatural expression at the beginning, a smile appeared on the girl's face.

Things seem to be getting interesting...

The innermost part of the New Zealand Experimental Area is the core area of ​​the Desire Gem Research Team. However, since the "Container" has never shown any signs of awakening, over time, the number of activations here has become less and less.

But today, because of the sampling yesterday evening, the door here was opened again after a long absence.

The liquid Houkai energy extracted from Wendy's body was placed in a small sealed glass tank. Wearing heavy chemical protection gear, Weisen carefully placed the glass tank into the instrument on the laboratory table, not even daring to breathe.

Loudly. The words that I had told Shiris not long ago, that the researcher who implanted the antibody was not afraid of the collapse, seemed to have become a joke.

"The constituent elements... Damn it! As expected, they are just free Houkai energy that evolved automatically, without any interference from other forms of energy. That bastard... As expected, she just sits back and enjoys the fruits of her labor without doing anything! She even wants to live with Wendy. Is she determined to steal my research results?!"

The man punched the table hard, his angry expression distorted. Soon, as if he had thought of something, his expression turned worried.

"So, Christina is indeed that guy's person... She actually took the initiative to interfere in my affairs. Is she impatient? Damn it! If I don't produce research results, that guy will definitely..."

The worry in his eyes gradually turned into fear. The man took a few quick breaths, his eyes becoming unfocused in fear.

"No! No way! As long as my research on the Desire Gem yields results and Wendy becomes an artificial Herrscher, everything will be fine..."

Gradually, he calmed down, and the expression on his thin face gradually turned into resentment.

"Yes! As long as I can find a way to kill that bitch, the research results will belong to me! Hahahaha... bastard! I won't work hard in such a damn place for the rest of my life! As long as I want, I can do it anytime with a naive little girl like that...!"

The man's emotions gradually turned from excitement to madness, and his shouting to himself echoed in the empty laboratory. At this time, the bright white light in the laboratory suddenly flashed, and then slowly went out, and the laboratory was shrouded in darkness...

The man's voice stopped abruptly. He looked around at the darkness surrounding him at a loss. His pupils had been dilated to the limit, but he still couldn't see anything in the darkness.

Fear began to spread in his heart...

But soon, with a sudden inspiration in his heart, Weisen hurriedly took out his terminal and activated the operating light screen. The faint light emitted by the terminal immediately dispelled the darkness around him.

His vision was restored, and his fear of darkness and the unknown also dissipated. He breathed a sigh of relief, a flash of relief in his eyes, and his expression returned to the previous anger and dissatisfaction.

"Power outage...? It's the kind of thing that only happens in a place like this! Enough is enough. Once I kill that white-haired girl, I won't stay here for another minute!"

Weisen cursed, holding the terminal tightly in his hand, intending to use the light to leave the laboratory and return to his bedroom. However, as soon as he raised his foot, this simple action froze again. He opened his eyes wide and looked forward, and the fear just now appeared in his eyes again.

Da... Da...

From the direction of the laboratory exit, a rhythmic sound of footsteps gradually became clearer...

455 The Interweaving of Powers

"...That's it."

As everyone's eyes were focused on her, a look of confusion flashed across Shiris's face, and she nodded lightly, indicating that she already knew.

If this happened to someone else, they would probably deny it three times in a row in a hurry. However, although Shiris was also surprised, she did not feel panic at all...

Should we say that this is because if you don't do anything wrong, you don't have to worry about ghosts knocking on your door, or is it purely a surplus of being a strong person?

Caroline obviously didn't expect the girl to be so calm, and the words of comfort she was about to blurt out were stuck in her throat. However, as the head of the Tianming branch, she had experienced a lot of things, so she quickly came to her senses, cleared her throat, and walked forward to break the silence.

"Ahem... Of course! We haven't completely confirmed that Weisen is in a normal mental state, so these testimonies are only partially of reference value at present. Miss Hillis, please don't panic about this! It's totally unnecessary!"

"Yeah, it's okay, I'm not panicking at all now... Ms. Caroline, please calm down, I have roughly understood the situation..."

Helplessly looking at the woman holding her hands, Shirley smiled bitterly and tried to get her hands out. Caroline also quickly realized that her behavior was inappropriate and smiled a little embarrassedly.

"Ahaha... I'm sorry to have embarrassed you. However, I personally don't think you would do such a thing. You have no need and no motive to do so. Besides, little Wendy has already provided your alibi. In addition, if Dr. Wesen has offended you in any way, you can report it to the headquarters and punish him in a formal way. Using this illegal lynching is really a bad idea. With Miss Hillis's intelligence, I don't think you would do such a reckless thing."

"Um......"

The girl responded, her eyes twitching slightly. She would never admit that when she found out that Weisen had done something harmful to Wendy, the first thing that came to her mind was to put a sack over his head and beat him up...

"By the way, Miss Hillis, although Weisen's testimony is currently invalid, it is still of great significance to your

Reputation will eventually be affected. I think it would be better for the global headquarters to investigate this matter. What do you think? "

"Forget it. There's no need to bother the headquarters with such a small matter. I don't care about reputation."

Xili refused without hesitation. After all, the relationship between her, the Destiny Organization and Otto was actually quite delicate. In name, she was now allied with Destiny to help Otto, and Otto also gave her the corresponding power as a token of his sincerity. But in fact, the personal hatred between the two, or the girl's unilateral hatred for Otto, did not change because of this.

Although the best way to solve the current situation is to let the headquarters propose it, under such circumstances, she would naturally not report such a small matter to the Tianming headquarters. In the eyes of the girl, such behavior is like that of a little girl who goes to her parents when she is bullied, which is really unacceptable to her...

"But in this case, even if there is no motive, Miss Shilis will become a suspect based on the victim's testimony... Well, no one can ignore the rules, even if you are the head of the headquarters."

"I can agree with that, but I don't know how you're going to deal with it? If you treat me as a suspect...are you going to lock me up?"

"No, no! This is totally unnecessary. Don't worry. We just need Miss Hillis to cooperate with us in some investigations. I also know that Miss Hillis has had some friction with Dr. Wesen recently because of the matter of little Wendy, right? In view of this, we can't rule out the possibility that he is blaming you by self-harming..."

Caroline said with a smile, and winked at Hillis with a hint of meaning. Hillis didn't know what to say about this. Although the branch director was obviously on her side, it would be a bit too frivolous to let her judge like this.

"Well... I don't think Dr. Weisen has the courage to do that. It's better to investigate it as thoroughly as possible."