K424 of the Collapse World

Charlotte shook her ears and said, not paying attention to Yuno's anxious eyes. She turned her gaze back to Suzuki Fumi, and her mind moved. The red lines on her right hand gradually disappeared, and the sharp nails slowly retracted. She placed her normal palm on the center of the young man's chest, and a knowing smile appeared on the face of the wolf-eared girl.

"Well... putting aside the fact that he did help us, shouldn't we give this kind of conscious young man a small chance?"

As she spoke, Charlotte's heartbeat gradually intensified. A pure purple light shone through the thin lab coat and emanated from her heart, forming a similar purple pattern to the one just now, spreading from the girl's right shoulder, along her arm, and slowly crawling towards the young man's chest.

"This is......?"

Looking at the strange light slowly approaching his body, Suzuki showed an expectant and worried look. Even as an ordinary person, he could instinctively feel the power and danger of this purple energy.

Charlotte looked at the young man's expression with satisfaction, kept exerting her strength, and breathed a sigh of relief.

“Take it. The Houkai energy of ‘Demon Wolf Fenrir’… Although it is only a tiny amount, the power of the ancient Judgment-level Houkai beast is special! If you can withstand its erosion of your will, you can become an existence equivalent to an emperor-level Houkai beast, and then… uh!”

Suddenly, Charlotte's voice stopped! At the same time, the collar on her neck made a slight sound, and as the golden electric current flashed, her body collapsed to the ground, her face curled up in pain. The purple energy just now dissipated instantly, and the light between her hair also disappeared.

Then it dimmed and returned to its original light red color...

"this...?!"

This sudden development made Suzuki freeze in his tracks. At this moment, with the sound of clear footsteps behind him, he turned around abruptly and saw a figure with waist-length blue hair walking in from the door of the soul-simulating steel particle layer.

In his hand, he held a small control terminal. The indicator light at the bottom of the machine flashed at the same frequency as Charlotte's electronic collar...

"It's over, stop it, teacher."

492 Second Reversal

Yuno stared blankly at everything in front of her.

With the appearance of the blue-haired young man, the chance to escape that was within reach just now completely disappeared. Charlotte's power had been suppressed by the collar, and she couldn't even walk out of her cell.

Why...is this happening?

"Kerry...? Why...why are you suddenly...?"

Charlotte, who was lying on the ground, murmured, and struggled to straighten her body. She looked at the young man who was slowly walking towards her, and slowly clenched her teeth.

"You knew I would run away?"

"No, it's just that Mr. Suzuki's behavior was too abnormal, so I paid a little attention to his actions. As expected, he was bewitched by you."

"..."

As Kerry spoke, he ignored the panicked Suzuki in front of him, walked past him, came to Charlotte's side, and slowly leaned down with a complicated expression.

Looking at Charlotte's tense body and the claws that had already dug into the ground, Kerry shook his head, pointed at the collar around the girl's neck, and raised the control terminal in his hand.

"Please don't try to resist, Mr. Fenrir. The Soul Steel Imprisoner has blocked your ability to control Honkai and disrupted the Honkai nodes throughout your body. Now you can't even stand up. "

"Huha...Huha...you keep calling me teacher. So, is this how you treat your teacher?"

The girl responded weakly, but she did not relax in front of Kerry. Her claws on the ground left scratches on the metal floor. However, she was already out of breath just by kneeling like this. In such a weak state, she obviously could not pose any threat to Kerry.

"If you are willing to be honest, I don't want to do this either... Although I don't know how you bewitched this young man, I believe that Mr. Suzuki will tell me in the interrogation room later."

Glancing coldly at the young man who was sitting on the ground and dared not speak, Kerry turned his gaze back to the wolf-eared girl. Staring at Charlotte's stubborn eyes that still refused to admit defeat, Kerry could not help but feel distressed.

Why didn't she believe in herself? Neither Shiris nor Raiden Ryoma, the manager of the ME company, could keep her here forever. They would come to deal with her sooner or later. If Charlotte cooperated, it wouldn't be a problem for her to regain her freedom, but now...

"Teacher Fenrir, the head of the experimental area of ​​the ME Society is not a good person. If you mess up again, he will not show mercy. In order to save trouble, he can even cut off your limbs and put you in a life support chamber!"

"Hehe...are you threatening me? Little Kerry...if I don't want to cooperate, are you going to chop off my limbs with your own hands and make me into a living specimen?"

"..."

Listening to the girl's teasing voice, Kerry fell silent and stopped talking to Charlotte. When did this cunning girl who used to be able to bend and stretch become so stubborn?

Perhaps it is because, when people are in desperate situations, they always unconsciously expose their true feelings...

"Let's end this conversation. A new shelter will be prepared for you soon. If you keep the collar on like this, it will be very painful for you."

"Huh... Little Kerry, weren't you the one who brought me back to the cage and caused me all that pain?"

"Even if I didn't stop you, you would never be able to escape from here. Don't underestimate the guards of ME Company! Have you ever thought about why such an important place would be easily allowed to enter by low-level workers... Hey!"

At this time, Charlotte seemed to have finally exhausted her strength. She fell down limply while kneeling. Kerry, who was standing next to her, quickly supported the girl's body and carried her over.

"Hey, are you okay? As expected, the limiter is too damaging to the body of the Honkai creatures..."

Kerry quickly sat down, gently hugged the red-haired girl's neck, and let her lean on his chest.

The hair intertwined with each other. Looking at the wolf-eared girl in his arms, gritting her teeth as if enduring the pain, Kerry's expression gradually became worried. However, he could not remove the limiter. As a former subordinate of Charlotte, he knew very well that the strength of this girl was absolutely beyond his reach. If he rashly removed her restrictions, what if something unexpected happened...

"Woo~~ Little Kerry, you're willing to hug me, but you don't intend to remove the collar for me? You're really cruel..."

Suddenly, the girl slowly opened her eyes, looked at Kerry's hesitant expression, and chuckled, her tone so calm, as if the pain just now did not exist at all. However, Kerry could see that the suppression fluctuations of the collar were still being released normally, so he was not alert, but just felt a little strange.

"Why did you...?"

"You are so slow... It seems that you have forgotten what I taught you. But it doesn't matter, I will review it with you now..."

As Charlotte's voice fell, time seemed to slow down, and then the sound of an extremely strong and powerful heartbeat began to vibrate in Kerry's ears.

Plop... plop...

As the girl no longer actively suppressed her own strength, the Honkai beast core that acted as her heart brought her body back to its peak state in just a few breaths.

"Don't approach your prey rashly until it is completely unable to move, otherwise..."

——Saucy!

The soft and weak petite body released an unimaginable explosive force in an instant! Before Kerry's eyes were fully turned into astonishment, the control terminal in his left hand had silently turned into powder!

"you......!"

"Do you still have time to talk?"

——Bang!

As Charlotte turned suddenly, her tail swept across like lightning and hit Krieg's arm that was blocking it. The irresistible force knocked him directly out and smashed him into the damaged mechanical equipment behind him.

At this time, Kerry's mind was filled with what Shilis had told him. The limiter only suppressed the ability of the Honkai creatures to manipulate Honkai, and the pure power of the organisms themselves would not be affected at all...

"Even if I can't use Honkai energy, my physical strength is enough to tear apart an emperor-level Honkai beast with my bare hands! If it was in Saint Freya Academy where monsters are rampant, I might not have a chance, but here, with those third-rate enhanced warriors from your me club, do you think you can defeat me?"

Pinching the chip of the terminal between the sharp claws of her index finger and thumb, Charlotte closed her fingers slightly and crushed it into pieces.

492 Second Reversal>>

"If I were you, I would directly activate the limiter's highest fluctuation intensity, causing the target to lose all the power to resist, or directly knock her out and imprison her again before starting the subsequent conversation and torture."

Charlotte's metal collar continued to flash, obviously still in the activated state. However, she seemed to completely ignore the continuous suppression fluctuations, just frowned slightly, endured the pain that was nothing to her, and turned to the compartment where Yuno was imprisoned.

"Charlotte, your Honkai energy...?"

"Don't worry, my friend. Although it's a bit difficult not to use Honkai energy, this level of composite crystal layer can still be destroyed as long as a little price is paid..."

Swish——! !

As he was speaking, a fierce sound of breaking wind came from behind. Charlotte took a step sideways as if she had foreseen the situation, and dodged the purple-white lance that was thrusting at him, allowing it to pierce the crystal layer in front of her with great force.

"Aren't you going to lie still, little Kerry?"

"..."

Hearing this, the blue-haired youth, who was covered with a little dust, did not respond. He had already taken off the long glove covering his right arm. Under Kerry's control, the arm that had mutated under the influence of Honkai energy, the forearm below his elbow, was reshaped with Honkai constructs, and transformed into the lance form of a temple-level Honkai beast.

After missing the first attack, Kerry quickly turned the gun around and swung it again at Charlotte who had dodged to the side!

The crystal layer that was pierced by the lance tip just now only left a small dent, which formed a clear contrast with the force that Charlotte had used to shatter the crystal just now. However, Kerry did not intend to give up. Charlotte's actions could only be said to have been anticipated. He should do his best to make up for the mistake he made carelessly!

"You are still a little short of what you can do to stop me. Besides..."

Leaning down, she dodged the sweep of the lance, and the whistling wind slightly swayed the girl's red hair. For Charlotte, it was easy to find loopholes in this big move. With this, she approached Kerry in one move and blocked the sickle transformed from the lance. The sharp sickle blade was gently pinched by her two fingers, unable to move forward or backward. The girl stood there, looking at Kerry's solemn eyes, and sneered.

"You didn't use the emperor-level 'Butterfly Wings', but only used the temple-level spear to fight me? It seems that in the few months at St. Freya's Academy, your skills have not improved much, but you have become more powerful.

I have become more confident in my own abilities... How sad."

"Well......!"

The captured sickle blade was deformed again and lost control, turning the arm into the sharp claws of the prison claws. Kerry swung out the sharp claws with lightning, but the strength difference was too great. After only three moves, Kerry was knocked out again and hit the wall behind him. The long blue hair fell down as the hairband broke, spreading around him.

The temple-level shield constructed by the right arm was shattered by Charlotte easily, and the purple-black collapsed arm was forced back to its original form. The liquid collapse energy splashed in the air like blood and dissipated into the air before landing.

Looking at the blue-haired figure coughing up blood, Charlotte turned around without hesitation and walked quickly to the compartment where Yuno was locked up. Unexpected things had wasted too much time, and she now felt a sense of urgency.

"I'll save you now~ Yuno-chan."

"Um...please."

Charlotte nodded, and assumed an ancient martial arts stance. Then, she swung her fist with all her strength and slammed it hard on the crystal layer! With a loud noise that shook the entire containment room, the composite crystal layer was immediately covered with cracks...

Rubbing her slightly bleeding fist, Charlotte adjusted her breathing.

If we do it once more, we can release this cellmate.

Although it was more than enough for her to escape from here on her own, Yuno did help her a lot. Whether for the sake of return or to continue using Yuno's power, Charlotte didn't want to abandon this pseudo-herrscher who could control plants.

"Um...Miss Charlotte?"

At this time, Suzuki Fumi, who was hiding in the corner and was not affected by the battle, stood up. He first looked at Kerry who was lying on the ground with a complicated look, shook his head vigorously, and walked towards the direction of the red-haired girl.

"Oh~ Brother, you're still here... I'm so sorry, my ability has been limited. So, there's nothing I can do~"

"Then... can you take me with you? I can't stay here anymore. If you want to escape, please take me with you..."

Listening to the young man's plea, Charlotte was stunned for a moment, then a hint of cunning flashed in her eyes.

"Oh~~ Sure, if you can keep up, I will fulfill my promise after we escape from the ME Club. But I have to say that we don't have the extra time to take care of you. If you are too slow and fall behind, you'll be on your own."

"Hmm...I see!"

Looking at the nodding young man, Charlotte sighed helplessly. Feeling that her fist had almost recovered, she once again assumed the starting position of the Bengquan.

"You are too weak, little Kerry. Too weak to pose any threat to me. However, as we are a master and a disciple, I will not kill you for our past friendship. However, after today's separation, our friendship is over."

With her back to Kerry who was lying not far away, Charlotte spoke casually, slowly regulating her breath. Upon hearing her voice, the blue-haired young man opened his eyes.

"Well...thank you very much, Mr. Fenrir. But I don't intend to sever my relationship with you."

"Oh?"

"Hehe... Because we will not be separated today. You are destined to not be able to escape from me company."

Charlotte frowned at Kerry's confident voice, but soon her expression relaxed and she smiled disdainfully again.

"Little Kerry, although ME Club has many combatants, apart from the powerful tactical mechas, you are the only one with special Honkai power. As for the others, they are just enhanced warriors who have undergone simple modifications. Even if you add up the members of a whole squad, you may not be able to defeat such a force. Do you expect them to keep me?"

"Indeed...Among the full-time employees of ME, I am the only Honkai creature. I also know that ordinary warriors cannot match special beings like us, but do you think that ME, as an important branch of Anti-Entropy, will have such weak internal defense against unexpected situations?"

---boom!!

Before Kerry finished speaking, the soul steel particle layer leading to the outside shattered! In Charlotte's astonished eyes, the huge blue-white dragon claw directly tore open the shattered soul steel particle layer and swung it heavily towards her head!

493 Benares' Abilities

The moment the huge dragon claw fell, with a deafening roar, the ground of the entire experimental area trembled. The metal plate that was directly hit by the dragon claw had already sunk deeply, showing how heavy the blow was...

Instantly, the powder of metal debris spread rapidly like smoke and dust, and the strong airflow brought by the swing of the dragon claws was like a tornado passing through, blowing away all the control consoles and mechanical cables in the isolation area, and even blowing away Keri who was lying on the side. However, he did not fall on the hard ground again, but was gently caught by a pair of delicate hands.

"Ms. Chris, are you okay?"

Hear

A soft voice rang in his ears. Kerry opened his eyes and turned his head with some effort. What came into his sight was a beautiful girl wearing a blue Valkyrie armor. She had two samurai swords hanging around her waist, and a short kimono over the armor. Her long cherry-pink hair that reached her hips swayed slightly in the air waves...

The most obvious thing was the strange pair of long pink ears on the girl's head. On the furry left ear, there was a small mechanical earphone hanging.

"Um......"

Looking at the cherry-haired girl who appeared out of nowhere, and then looking at her iconic long ears, Kerry recognized the girl's identity, then came to his senses and smiled bitterly.

"It's okay, it's just a minor injury. The other party doesn't seem to intend to kill me. Besides... I've said it so many times, my name is Kerry, not Chris."

"Well, I see, Miss Kerry."

"No, miss! Hiss——! Ha... cough cough. Forget it, Miss Yaesakura, has the intelligence department given any explanation about the current situation?"

Kerry, who was about to lose his temper, accidentally touched his wound, and his momentum instantly dissipated. He sighed helplessly, no longer making any unnecessary rebuttals, and sat down with the help of the cherry-haired girl.

Hearing his question, Yaesakura's gentle expression became slightly serious and she nodded.

"Well, although the intelligence department was inexplicably paralyzed, I basically understand what happened. Judging from the situation, this is an event that Mr. Ryoma had anticipated. Fenrir's containment has failed."

As she spoke, she turned her head and looked at the figure standing outside the soul-simulating steel isolation door. In Yaesakura's sight, a girl with long purple-gray hair stood there, with a giant dragon claw transformed from energy in front of her slightly outstretched palm, extending from the destroyed particle layer and pressing on the metal floor of the isolation room.

"Good day, Mr. Kerry."