K424 of the Collapse World

Unlike Einstein, who was unkempt when he was obsessed with research, Tesla, as an expert in electromagnetism, was also an ordinary woman who paid attention to her personal image. She never lagged behind the fashion trend in terms of clothing matching and makeup accessories. Therefore, when she participated in such activities, she would never go to deal with it like her friends did, with messy hair from working late at night!

Although she was in a bad mood, Tesla's seriousness in work was not affected at all. Her flexible fingers fell on the keyboard like dense raindrops, typing out a series of complex codes. After completing an instruction, she did not forget to review her code to ensure that there were no mistakes.

"Good morning, Dr. Tesla. Long time no see. I wonder how you are doing?"

"...!"

Suddenly, a teasing voice sounded behind her, causing Tesla's eyes to shrink slightly, and her hands froze as if the pause button was pressed. She was so focused on her work that she didn't notice that someone opened the door and entered the room.

Turning his head quickly, Tesla looked at the tall blonde woman standing at the door. His brows furrowed, and a gleam of brilliance flashed in his tired eyes.

"Cocolia?"

"Oh my... really serious dark circles. It seems that the new job you found is not ideal, Dr. Tesla."

Looking at the haggard face of the red-haired girl, Cocolia was stunned for a moment, shrugged lightly, and then showed a teasing expression that made Tesla angry.

"What are you doing here?

"

"Nothing, I came to get tomorrow's lesson plan. I saw the door of this room was open, so I came to see if some careless lolita control didn't lock the door after get off work. I didn't expect you to be here, typing code and talking to yourself. I stood here for a long time and you didn't notice... Hehe, I never saw you working so hard when I was in Anti-Entropy before..."

"So you don't have anything to do? Then go out and don't disturb my work."

"How cold! We are colleagues working in the same organization after all. Even if we had some minor conflicts in the past, so many years have passed. Even Destiny and Anti-Entropy have officially formed an alliance. Can't you let go of those little things?"

"Shut up! You almost blew me up in the European experimental base. Can you just forget about it?"

Tesla, who had just been ordered to leave and was about to return to work, turned away again with wide eyes in anger after hearing this. She realized that if she didn't send this woman away, she might not be able to work safely anymore.

"And... you've done so many things to betray the organization, and now you're suddenly saying you agree to an alliance. Are you kidding us?! Also, you didn't share all the information your Russian branch had hidden with us, did you? The information about your collusion with that organization... the World Serpent!"

Tesla stared at Cocolia in front of him, not caring to make things clear. Facing this woman who had always been at odds with her, Tesla didn't think he could get along well with her. Moreover, because of the previous raid on Haiyuan City, Anti-Entropy and World Snake were clearly hostile to each other. In her opinion, this guy who had dealt with World Snake before was obviously not trustworthy...

"World Serpent? I gave all my knowledge of this organization to Ms. Theresa during the intelligence exchange. Moreover, even if I traded with the World Serpent, I only got a part of their technology. I gained almost nothing else... You also saw the abnormality of the two children. The technology that saved Rosalia and Lilia through genetic modification was obtained from the World Serpent."

"Humph......"

Seeing the unwelcome look written on Tesla's face, Cocolia tactfully turned around, walked towards the exit, and gently closed the open door.

510 Encounter >>

"I know it's not easy to gain your trust, but I don't expect it. The reason I brought my daughter here to join you, in addition to my judgment after assessing the situation, is also because of betraying the World Serpent."

"...Even Anti-Entropy can be easily betrayed, how can there be an organization that can scare a fence-sitter like you?"

"I brought my daughters here just to seek shelter. The World Serpent is far more terrifying than you can imagine, and what I have seen is just the tip of the iceberg. At least, in their eyes, even the Herrscher is not worth mentioning."

Leaving these words behind, Cocolia left the room. Listening to her footsteps fading away in the corridor, Tesla frowned. Although she was very concerned, she did not want to call the woman to talk in detail.

After a brief moment of contemplation, her frown relaxed.

(Tsk... Never mind~ Now is not the time to worry about the World Snake or something like that. I should finish my work here quickly, change my clothes and go to Kiana's birthday party. That's what I should do now!)

"Happy birthday, Kiana-san~"

"Well, thank you... Oh! No, that's right... My name is Diana now..."

On the path downstairs from the dormitory, several Valkyries politely greeted the silver-haired girl. After breakfast and before lunch, Diana felt a little embarrassed to see everyone busy while she had nothing to do, so she thought about taking a walk downstairs. But just as she got here, she ran into several Valkyrie classmates who congratulated her.

Although the birthday party was not held in a grand manner, there was a lot of noise in the dormitory since early morning, and even the dean joined in. Many people also knew that today was Diana's birthday.

"Oh, sorry, sorry, I forgot that you and your twin sister were mistaken when you were little. After all, we are used to calling each other by their names, and unconsciously... Hehe, it's a rare birthday, you must enjoy it~"

After saying that, the Valkyrie who said the wrong thing stuck out her tongue, smiled at Diana, waved her hand as a farewell, and then left together.

"Well, thank you."

Diana smiled and waved in response, watching the girls whispering as they left, and then she breathed a sigh of relief. Then, she seemed to suddenly think of something, and the smile on her face turned awkward.

"By the way, the news that my aunt and dad celebrated my birthday seems to have spread around... Will it cause any bad influence...?"

In the past, I knew that I and De

Lisa didn't have many connections, so her school life was relatively peaceful. But now, everyone knew that the Far East branch chief's niece had a birthday. Diana was a little worried. Would she be secretly called a "second-generation official" and then alienated by her former classmates?

She sighed softly. Although she was very happy that this birthday party could be held so luxuriously, Diana knew that this was not just her birthday. The reason why Theresa and Shirley attached so much importance to this birthday was probably because of her sister...

However, even after realizing this, the girl did not feel the slightest bit of dissatisfaction or jealousy.

(This is the first time my sister has officially celebrated her birthday since she can remember... When my dad and I were living a wandering life, she should have been locked up in the laboratory of the Destiny Organization, struggling in pain all day long... Whether it is my aunt, my dad, or me, we all owe her too much...)

While thinking, Diana couldn't help but be lost in thought. But soon, as a small hand gently rested on her shoulder, the girl was startled, and when she turned around, she saw the silver-haired girl standing behind her who looked like herself in the mirror, and the white-haired man standing next to her with a smile on his face.

"Hey, wake up! The protagonist of the birthday party is not in the room. What are you doing outside?"

"Eh...? Sister Shilis, and Dad? Why are you guys..."

Seeing the two people in front of her, Diana was a little dazed. The sadness and self-blame she had shown when she thought of what happened to Kiana just now still remained on her face...

"We? We just came back from a walk and a chat. I saw you standing there in a daze from a distance, as if you were heartbroken, so I came to see you. Now... is there anything bothering you?"

"I......"

"It doesn't matter if you tell me~"

It seemed that she had become casual temporarily in the relaxation. While speaking, Shirley took a step forward, put her hands on Diana's shoulders, approached the girl's slightly shy expression, and met the girl's eyes with her gentle blue pupils.

Siegfried, who was standing nearby, saw the two girls getting so close to each other and was about to avoid their gazes out of understanding, but he suddenly noticed something and couldn't help laughing.

"Haha... Shirley, you are five centimeters shorter than Diana, and your breasts are..."

——duang!

"Mr. Siegfried, could you please focus a little more normally?"

She interrupted Siegfried's speech with physical means. However, after Siegfried's interruption, Silis puffed her cheeks slightly, and was too embarrassed to put on such a mature big sister attitude in front of Diana. She coughed twice and retreated to the original distance.

In terms of body shape and development, no matter how you look at it, I look more like the younger one. After paying attention to this point, it is really a bit out of place to do this kind of behavior......

"Alright, alright, let's stop fooling around and go back. Everyone should be here soon, and we can't let Kiana receive guests alone. Well! After we go back, it's time to show you the gifts that Siegfried and I prepared for you~"

"Gift......?"

511 Packing

"Ah...if we had known so many people would come, we shouldn't have held the birthday party in the dormitory!"

Looking at the living room that had become crowded without her noticing, Mei, who was peeking out from the kitchen door, sighed and turned back into the kitchen.

The hall was already crowded, and she thought it would be best if she didn't go out and take up more space.

Theresa and Himeko, Fu Hua and Bronya, Seele and other teachers and classmates of Saint Freya; the Arlene sisters and Xing Maer who followed Cocolia to the academy; the brother and sister Kerry and Elena and the former Valkyries who defected and joined Anti-Entropy; and Yaesakura, Benares, Wendy and other people related to Honkai.

Among the people who attended the birthday party, it seems that a large part of them are Shirley's followers and followers...

"There are indeed a lot of guests, but if the number is less than 20, the living room of this apartment can still accommodate them... Well, we need to prepare a few more chairs."

Kiana also stayed in the kitchen. She was used to being alone and not used to an overly lively environment, so she stayed in the kitchen with Mei. However, although she was not used to it, she didn't hate it. When the official start came and Shirley came out, she would naturally show up to accept everyone's blessings...

As for now, let her hide for a while.

Kiana accompanied Mei in the sink while rinsing the dishes used for breakfast. She used this as a way to kill time while listening to the slightly noisy sounds outside.

Kiana's previous knowledge of Mei was that she was a girl who was good at cooking and had a good relationship with her sister. But now, after actually communicating with Mei, she also developed a little bit of affection for this gentle and kind girl.

"Kiana-chan... aren't you going to go out and say hello to everyone?"

"No... it's not the right time yet, Mei-sister. I'm not very good at organizing this kind of event. Let's wait until Theresa or

After Sister Shilis is free, let me go out again..."

Kiana whispered as she gently wiped the dishes with a sponge, then gently stacked up the washed dishes and turned to look at Mei with a wry smile.

"I just saw that Sister Cialis was dragged to the next room by Dr. Tesla, Theresa was busy with something inexplicable, and Mr. Siegfried was nowhere to be seen. I'm sorry... it's really difficult for me to receive everyone alone..."

"Eh~ I didn't realize that Kiana is also the shy type?"

"Hmm? So, Mei-nee-sama, what do you think I should be like?"

"Well, you used to give me the impression of being a cold, strong-willed girl. Except for the time you spent with Ki...Diana and Shirley, you always kept to yourself, almost writing 'keep away from strangers' on your face... But now it seems that first impressions are not absolute. Kiana-chan is also a very cute girl, not a cold person at all."

"Thank you, Mei-sister... I just discovered that Mei-sister is also a very good person..."

......

As they chatted, the distance between the two girls gradually narrowed. Although they had known each other for a long time, it was the first time for them to get to know each other in solitude like this. For Kiana, this was also the first time she had such a pleasant conversation with an ordinary girl of similar age.

Carefully weaving words, expressing what she wants to say in the most kind way. Kiana didn't realize that her careful way of speaking was just like a girl in love, clumsily trying to understand her lover...

It's something engraved in Kaslana's genes, and the subtle influence of living with Diana for so long, it's inevitable that Kiana would develop such feelings for the same girl.

- squeak

However, with the sound of the kitchen door being gently pushed open, the warm and short chat time came to an end.

"So it's here... Kiana."

"Eh? Mr. Siegfried?"

Turning around and seeing the white-haired man standing at the door, Mei tilted her head in confusion, but before she could say hello to the uncle, the other party walked straight up and came in front of Kiana.

"...Father, what's the matter?"

Seeing Siegfried, the girl hesitated for a moment before she asked in a somewhat puzzled tone. Her tone was less sincere than before and more polite and respectful. However, Siegfried did not care about Kiana's hesitation in addressing him, and directly took the girl's wrist.

"It's like this. Because everyone arrived earlier than expected, your birthday party will probably start earlier. Kiana, come with me to get ready. Coincidentally, before the birthday party starts, I have something I want to give you in advance..."

"What was handed over to me?"

"Well... your mother prepared this gift sixteen years ago, but never had the time to personally deliver it. Come with me, Kiana, that gift is guaranteed to surprise everyone in the venue!"

After saying that, he nodded to Mei and turned to walk out of the kitchen. Kiana did not break free from Siegfried's hand, and let the father pull her away. Before leaving, she turned back slightly and waved to Mei who was still in the kitchen.

"Then see you later, Mei-nee."

"Well, see you later... Kiana."

Although Kiana's apartment was already crowded with people, the apartment next door was completely quiet. There wasn't even any extra furniture in the empty living room, and one could only vaguely hear the sounds of chatting and TV from the other side of the wall.

This was originally an empty room with no one living here, but with the permission of the school principal Theresa, it is no problem to temporarily use this empty room to carry out some preparatory work...

"Hey~~ Why do you have to do this?"

In the room inside, Shirley sat motionless on the chair, looking at the red-haired girl who was fiddling with something in front of her, complaining helplessly.

After returning to the dormitory apartment with Siegfried and Diana, she was dragged to this place by Tesla who showed up halfway before she even walked into the door. Then, before Silis could ask anything, she saw the table full of small bottles and jars, as well as various brushes and something similar to an eyeshadow palette...

511 Package >>

"Are you planning to give me...?"

"Shiris! As Kiana's sister and one of the elders in the Kaslana family, are you going to attend the event without makeup? How lazy! You don't take that child's birthday seriously at all!"

After saying this, Tesla pushed her down on the chair without saying a word and started applying liquids from the bottles and jars on her face.

I have been maintaining this posture for dozens of minutes.

"Not yet, Fleur?"

"Don't talk! I'll be distracted!"

"Well... but it's really uncomfortable. I can clearly feel those powdery and sticky foreign objects spread on my face, seeping into the cracks in my facial skin and filling up my pores..."

"Stop talking so disgustingly, okay? And is your sense of touch at the cellular level?"

"Well... because there is nothing else to distract my attention, and I am really paying too much attention to it, so I can feel all of this... Speaking of which, my skin seems to absorb these things automatically. If I let these messy cosmetics continue to stay on my face, will my skin be pickled?"

"No way! Shirley, you seem to have some very rude misunderstandings about girls who wear makeup..."

"So it's really uncomfortable~ Do I have to go to the party with a foreign body feeling on my face? Forget it... It's up to you. As long as I want, I can use energy to dispel all these foreign bodies at any time..."

Hillis half-closed her eyes and let Tesla fiddle with her face. Tesla was also happy and stopped moving around, continuing to skillfully use the powder puff and brush to move up and down Hillis's face...

"Tsk!"

Suddenly, Tesla raised his eyebrows slightly, smacked his lips in dissatisfaction, picked up the makeup remover cotton on the table and rubbed it on the girl's face, wiping off all the powder she had just applied.

"Damn, Shiris, your skin is so good... No matter how you look at it, foundation is totally unnecessary!"

"Eh? Is that so... But wouldn't it save time if it were this way? But why are you..."

“That’s why it’s so difficult! I can’t find a makeup look that suits you, so I have to try again and again…”

Tesla turned around again and started to pick new bottles and cans on the table next to him. At this point, Shirley couldn't help herself.

"Hey...Frei, you've been painting and removing, removing and painting for me for more than ten times, right? How long will it take?"