K424 of the Collapse World

521The Price of Trust>>

However, she didn't show much reluctance to leave Charlotte. After the aircraft's docking board was fully raised, she walked over without hesitation, opened the cabin door, and waved to Charlotte expressionlessly.

"We're ready, let's go."

"Aren't you going to say goodbye to your friends?"

"This is not something you need to worry about, 'Fenrir'."

"I see... Sorry, I spoke out of turn."

Looking into Shirley's icy blue pupils, the red-haired girl with wolf ears smiled, a teasing look flashed across her eyes, and she quickly jumped onto the aircraft, squeezed through the narrow cockpit, took the initiative to sit on the co-pilot seat, stretched out her tail from the side and coiled it into her arms, and buckled the seat belt directly on herself.

"..."

"Hmm? Any questions, Miss Hillis?"

"No...nothing."

Looking at the wolf-eared girl's smooth movements, Shirley, who had raised her hand to say something, shook her head and sat in the driver's seat without saying a word.

"Start the aircraft, Charlotte. The target location is the Destiny headquarters above Austria. The coordinates should be marked in the automatic flight mode system."

"Eh? You want me to do it? But the driver's seat..."

"Is it possible to control the flight system from the co-pilot seat?"

"Okay, okay, I get it. Really... even such a small matter is entrusted to me. Even if you want to maximize the value of the slaves, it's a bit exaggerated."

Charlotte muttered a little slowly, but her movements were not slow at all. After skillfully calling up the aircraft's operating terminal, she quickly set the coordinates of the destination for automatic flight. After the system received the command, the aircraft was ejected under the explosive power of the thrusters and rushed into the blue sky.

"Ms. Shilis, you must be in a hurry to leave in such a hurry, right? The automatic mode will only fly at a safe speed, and it won't even start the enhanced propulsion. If you are in a hurry, manual driving will definitely be much faster than this."

"No need, just keep it like this."

During the acceleration phase of the aircraft, the two girls were pressed tightly against their seats by the propulsion force, but given their physical fitness, they did not feel any difficulty in breathing, and even had no problem having a normal conversation.

As the aircraft reached its normal flight altitude, it gradually stopped accelerating and maintained a constant speed. Seeing that Shirley was still motionless beside her, Charlotte sighed, reached out her hand and continued to operate, locked the command on the control terminal, and after confirming that it was correct, she closed the control panel and slumped back in her seat.

"The distance from the Far East to Europe is already very long, and because of the automatic constant speed navigation, it will take longer than expected. Even for such a super-high-speed aircraft, it will take about

Three hours, is that okay? "

Charlotte stretched lazily as she spoke. Although the temperature outside was close to zero degrees, in the cabin equipped with a constant temperature system, the sticky warmth was the easiest way to relax.

"Don't worry, the time is decided by me anyway. By the way... As a former member of Anti-Entropy, aren't you curious about why I took you to the Destiny Headquarters?"

Feeling the turbulence of the aircraft seat becoming less and less, and finally completely stable, Shilis also changed to a more relaxed sitting position and answered with half-closed eyes. After learning that there were more than three hours left, she was no longer in a hurry to think about the countermeasures when meeting Otto, and focused her attention on the wolf-eared girl beside her.

"Well... naturally I'm a little curious. But this isn't something I need to be concerned about, right?"

"If you want to know, I can tell you everything."

"No need. I know my own value very well, and I also know what mission I will be given, or how I will be treated."

Charlotte shook her head, and the emotion in her tone gradually disappeared. She gently clenched her right fist, then gently opened it, with a hint of self-mockery in her eyes.

"Haha... It's really ironic. Although I've lived for more than 500 years like that guy, unlike Otto, a mediocre person like me is good for nothing except fighting. Let alone building a huge organization, now... even the fighting skills that I was once proud of are like child's play in front of you."

"..."

"Ah... I'm sorry, Master Shilis. I was inspired and ended up saying so much useless nonsense. Anyway, I will abide by the agreement between us and become your strength. And the conditions in exchange... have been clearly stated in the agreement."

With a smile that gradually softened, Charlotte yawned again, put her legs on the spacious seat, curled up like a cat, and huddled into the soft seat.

Looking at Charlotte's seemingly comfortable resting posture, Hillary hesitated for a moment, but ultimately did not make the same move, with a bitter smile on her face.

"Wolves... should be canines, right?"

"Eh? What?"

"Nothing. But, although I will keep my promise, you really trust me more than I expected..."

"Because I don't have any other choice, do I?"

Touching the metallic lace collar around her neck, Charlotte opened her eyes.

"Moreover...among the companions gathered around you, there are many kind and upright people. If you can gain their trust and admiration, you will certainly not break your promise easily."

"Are these words considered compliments to me?"

"Saying that a person is upright is not necessarily a compliment, right? But right now, there is nothing wrong with your understanding, and..."

"and?"

"No, nothing... A slave who talks too much won't live long. I don't want to die before seeing Lucia. Hmm~! Just pretend I didn't say anything~"

"..."

Under Hillary's bored gaze, Charlotte shook her ears cutely, closed her eyes with a smile, and dozed off.

She couldn't predict how Shirley would react after she said the second half of the sentence, so she could only repeat it silently in her mind.

(And...if even innocent people are not trustworthy, then who else in this world can be trusted? However, the word "innocent" is not necessarily a compliment...)

523 Undetectable Risks

After explaining everything to the security forces who arrived after hearing the news, the two easily left the outpost and successfully boarded the automatic flying vehicle to the headquarters transportation center.

Although the title of S-class Valkyrie was just a nominal position given by Otto to facilitate actions and communication of information, it was still very useful in this situation.

"The aircraft's drive device failed... or something like that. Didn't you intend to intimidate the Destiny Organization before crashing the aircraft? Why did you use such an excuse in the end?"

Sitting in the cabin of the Destiny Transport Plane, Charlotte looked at the silver-haired girl who was sitting next to her in silence with empty eyes, and spoke with some doubt, with her ears slightly drooped.

In response, Shilis simply turned her head to the other side.

"..."

"Hey~~ Don't pretend you didn't hear me! By the way, did you really install the defensive barrier on the aircraft on purpose? I suddenly remembered that you looked panicked at that time..."

“…long-winded.”

Hearing the girl's pretended indifference, Charlotte showed an expression of "as expected", then sighed and straightened her drooping ears again.

In the explosion just now, the hooded windbreaker she used to cover her ears and tail was also burned, and her unique beastly appearance was completely exposed. Now, she can only hope that the people of the Destiny Organization only regard her ears and tail as decorations...

"Okay, let's not talk about this for now... Miss Hillis, although I don't doubt your alliance with the Bishop of Destiny, it is a bit too dangerous to rashly come to the base of the enemy camp like this. As the leader of a faction, your sense of crisis is a bit poor."

"Don't worry. It's precisely because I'm in his own base that Otto won't easily attack me. Rather, Otto is a man of great courage for letting the Herrscher into his own courtyard..."

As Silis spoke, she raised a finger. As the purple light flickered slightly from her fingertips, a tiny pink and white creature appeared at her fingertips, gently fluttering its wings, floating in front of the girl, at eye level...

"Eh? Shiris, that's an insect? When did it appear there?"

The sudden appearance of life reaction within the perception range immediately attracted Charlotte's attention. However, when she saw the small creature that landed on the girl's fingertips like a butterfly, her eyes widened the next moment.

"Is this... a Breakthrough-level Honkai beast?! There's actually such a small one, but why would this thing...?"

"Well, this is my subordinate Honkai Beast. I have transformed the Honkai Beast's core into Honkai Energy and stored it in my body. Whenever needed, I can use my own Honkai Energy to shape its body."

"Eh......"

"It has been staying by Bella's side. Although it is classified as a lower-level breakthrough-level creature, it has already evolved simple intelligence. However, your perception is pretty good. The Honkai energy fluctuations in this micro state cannot be sensed by detection machines."

“Tsk! My body is driven by the core of a Judgment-level Honkai Beast. After all, I am a humanoid Emperor-level Honkai Beast. If I can’t even sense the Honkai Energy around me, I’m afraid I won’t live past the age of twenty.”

As she spoke, she leaned over to Shiris and looked at the insect-sized Advance-level Honkai Beast. With its streamlined body with purple lines and the mosquito-like wings on its back, Charlotte was absolutely certain that this was undoubtedly the most common Advance-level Honkai Beast, but compared to the regular Advance-level beasts the size of a computer desk, this one in front of her should be a version that was several hundred times smaller...

"What? You keep staring at me like this. Do you want to raise a Honkai beast? It doesn't need to be fed or watered. It will be full of energy as long as it absorbs Honkai energy. It is also well-behaved and obedient. It is much better than those cats and dogs~"

"No... But a Honkai beast this small is considered a rare species, so you keep it as a follower... or as a pet?"

Charlotte smiled and shook her head, guessing jokingly. Hearing this, Shilis also smiled, and the purple light flashed again, and the Honkai beast in her hand melted into her palm.

"Well... more like that."

"What? Such a perfunctory tone. Could it be that the little guy has any other use?"

Facing Charlotte's questioning, Shirley still had that intriguing smile on her face. She glanced around the walls of the passenger cabin and put a finger between her lips.

"Well... guess what?"

Meeting Shirley's eyes, the girl quickly realized something, snorted with her lips pursed, and leaned her head back on the seat back.

?;|"Forget it, forget it. Just pretend I didn't say anything. I'm not interested in your life preferences at all. Although I'm forced to serve you now, our alliance will end when the agreement is reached anyway."

"Ah~ I was originally planning to tell you... forget it. Putting aside my identity as a Herrscher, I am also a six-year-old girl. It is best not to tell others about some things in my private life~"

"Six years old?"

"As for the age of this body, although growth hormones were used when it was created, if you count from the day my consciousness awakened, it's only six years now."

"Tsk, you're really good at pretending to be young..."

After that, the two of them kept chatting about these meaningless topics. The headquarters general aircraft carrying them slowly flew to the Vatican District in the center of the floating island. At this moment, in a communication center far away in the military district, the communicator who was monitoring the sound inside the cabin yawned and gradually lost interest in the chat between the two monitored targets.

From the moment that Shiris and the others stepped onto the floating island of the Sky Destiny headquarters, the confrontation with Otto had already begun. Although the Sky Destiny side seemed to have known that the girl had an extremely keen sense of peeping. However, even if the monitors in the transport plane were replaced with listening devices, they still underestimated Shiris's special ability.

Even though she couldn't feel the peeping sensation, Shiris, who was proficient in the electromagnetic properties of Honkai energy, could naturally feel it.

As the two talked, low-frequency signal data fluctuations continued to radiate from the walls of the cabin and spread to somewhere far away...

After realizing this, the girl did not remove the bug, but she would not leak any important information in her conversation with Charlotte. Moreover, she could use this to mislead the members of the Destiny who were monitoring the conversation.

523 Undetectable Risks >>

However, at this moment, Shirley didn't know that her plan could not keep up with the changes, and the development of things had long been out of her control...

"How is it, Jizi, what are the results of the test of the two children's combat aptitude?"

Theresa, who had just arrived at the physical training ground of Saint Freya, saw two girls, Rosalia and Lilia, who were exhausted in the transparent training room. Seeing this, she immediately asked the red-haired woman who walked out of the room.

"Oh? That's rare. The last time you came to the training ground in person was when you tested Diana half a year ago, right?"

"Well... that kind of thing doesn't matter! Before she left, Silis specifically said that the training of Saint Freya's internal members must not be relaxed, including the children brought by Cocolia. Those who have combat talents must have the ability to protect themselves in the collapse. These are her original words!"

Theresa looked at Himeko, who had tested the two girls' strengths in person without any disorder in her breathing, and there was a flash of surprise in her eyes. Thinking of this woman who had been struggling to survive the Honkai not long ago, and now with the help of the Stigmata of Shiris, she has recovered her health and her battle skills that have been honed for thousands of years have been fully utilized. Now, even Theresa dared not assert whether she could still beat this adjutant in a competition...

"I know, that's why I want to confirm for myself what these two children who are expected to do can achieve. But to be honest, the final result is a little disappointing..."

Hearing Ji Zi's answer, Theresa frowned in confusion.

"Not satisfactory? Those two girls should have been transformed by Honkai energy, right? And they also achieved perfect cell fusion... Logically speaking, the genes of Honkai beasts can make them have physical qualities far superior to ordinary Valkyries. At least they can reach the level of A-level Valkyries, right?"

Putting the plastic-steel sword used for training back to its place, Ji Zi sighed and shook her head, looking at the two girls in the glass partition with a trace of helplessness in her eyes.

"It's not that simple... Well, I'll tell you the result directly. Rosalia and Lilia, those two children do have the abilities you mentioned. Their strength, motor nerves and reaction speed are all excellent, but apart from their strong physical fitness, they are terrible at controlling their strength, and can be called amateurs among amateurs! It's as if they have never had any form of combat practice..."

"Of course, because I never thought of sending these children to the battlefield before."

Suddenly, another voice came from the door. A blonde woman slowly walked into the training room. Looking at this uninvited guest, Theresa frowned slightly.

"Ms. Cocolia, have you finished your teaching work? You have time to come here. Are you worried about us training your daughter?"

"Although I haven't trained them, I am also concerned about whether my proud daughters have the ability to control the power of Honkai beasts. As for the teaching work, it has been completed at noon today. But speaking of work, Miss Principal, it seems that you haven't completed your own summary task yet?"

“Ugh…! Stop talking so much! You don’t need to interfere in the affairs of the principal!”

Cocolia's calm voice made Theresa angry, but she was speechless. Hearing the arguments outside, Rosalia, who was lying on the ground, opened her eyes with difficulty and poked her sister with her tail.

"Wake up, Lilia, mom is here to see us..."

"Hmm... Lilia can't move anymore. She should go into hibernation early today..."

Seeing Lilia give no response after a difficult reply, Rosalia simply gave up struggling to get up, collapsed back to the ground, and fell asleep.

......

"In other words, although they have not undergone any form of training, their own qualities are fully qualified, is that what you mean?"

"Well, you could say that."

"Isn't that simple? Let them train with the Valkyries in the academy, and they will gradually master the fighting skills, right?"

Hearing Theresa's question, Ji Zi covered her forehead with a headache.

"After so many years, it seems that you still don't understand education at all, Theresa. Let me put it this way. The two girls, apart from their physical fitness being improved through the experiment, their thinking logic and psychological quality are still at the level of children who have not experienced much of the world. Do you think a thirteen-year-old girl can immediately adapt to the high-intensity and strict military training?"

"Well..

....Isn’t it possible? "

"Moreover, since they have extraordinary powers from the beginning, they are completely different from ordinary Valkyries. Naturally, they cannot be trained step by step using the normal Valkyrie methods. When they realize their superior qualifications, they are prone to arrogance. In short, due to their special circumstances, they must be assigned someone to provide one-on-one guidance. However, with the current teaching staff of the academy, no one has the time to do so..."

At this point, Jizi was also a little troubled. If she were to be the instructor, she was confident that within a month, these two extremely talented girls could become excellent Valkyries. However, she was in charge of several classes of practical training, so she really didn't have the time or energy to do these things.

(Leaving aside Rosalia’s excellent physical fitness, that blue-haired kid, Lilia… she doesn’t even know how to hold a sword correctly, but she can accurately block all my basic attacks! If she hadn’t fallen down due to exhaustion, I’m afraid she could have kept fighting with me…)