K424 of the Collapse World

"If you're so worried, why don't you spend more time with her? Although you seem to be very busy all the time, work shouldn't be everything in your life, Shirley."

"Huh? That's not something you would say, Himeko, since you're often overworked."

"I just did my job well. When Theresa was slacking off, I had to pick up the remaining responsibilities. Besides, I never neglected the important people around me."

"Of course, you're with everyone when you're working... But I can't help it here."

As she said that, Shilis bypassed the road leading to the headquarters and walked towards the direction leading to the hub station and the reception hall. In response, Jizi couldn't help but smile bitterly, and sighed in her heart that it was indeed the case.

"You're not here to register for a mission. I was looking forward to it, but you're still the same..."

"What? A registration mission...what's that?"

"So you didn't know anything at all?!"

"...?"

Although he had recovered the memories he had accumulated from countless times traveling through the world, it was not so easy to apply what he had learned to practical matters.

Just like the task registration process just now, although she must have come into contact with related matters, for such unimportant things, no matter how many times they are repeated, they will be filtered out by her unconscious Q group: 543659389. Although the human memory capacity is large, it is only relative to the limited and short life. If the life span becomes infinite, then the factors that restrict the continuation of life are relatively extremely limited.

Brain capacity.

Even if she had the ability, Shirley would not try to remember the unimportant things in her life. It is still unknown what will happen when a person's memory capacity reaches the upper limit. However, Shirley hopes that she will never know what will happen after that...

After bypassing the command center and following the unobstructed route to the reception room near the hub station, Shiris asked Asakura Miyuki to stay in the lounge of the hall and walked directly in through the electronic door in front.

This is the agreed location.

"Eh? Shiris, are you here to meet someone? If someone is visiting the branch, I should know about it before you do..."

Seeing the girl walk into the reception hall without hesitation, Ji Zi's expression became a little surprised. The distinguished guests who could visit the branch in the reception room must have been approved by the command center. But now, she actually knew nothing about the visitor? !

"Perhaps that guy doesn't want you to know about his visit."

Shilis responded calmly, and continued to move forward along the passage without paying attention to Ji Zi's still doubtful expression. At this time, her eyes had frozen like ice, and there was only coldness and sharpness in her eyes.

"But......"

Who has the authority to bypass the headquarters' review and come directly to the branch's reception room?

"Don't think about it. If that guy wants to, it would be easy for him to do this. And you will know it soon."

Looking at Ji Zi who wanted to ask something, Shilis waved her hand and turned around, raising her hand and pushing open the door on the side of the corridor.

As the light from the reception room seeped out the door, the layout of the room came into view. The next moment, Jizi saw the blond man sitting on the chair...

"You are...Bishop Otto?!"

553 The Girl's Bad Taste

Otto Apokalis, the bishop of the Mandate of Heaven headquarters. For Jizi, the leader of the Mandate of Heaven organization always seemed to exist only in the background. Although she would occasionally see him from a distance in some meetings, Jizi herself and the bishop had never communicated face to face like this.

"Very punctual, Miss Hillis."

Looking at Shilis and the other person standing at the door, Otto stood up from his chair and greeted the silver-haired girl naturally, extending his hand elegantly. His kind expression was exactly the same as his usual appearance in public.

"Oh? But I was fourteen minutes late. Is there something wrong with your schedule, or are you so old that you can't see the hands of the clock clearly, my Lord Bishop?"

Instead of shaking the friendly hand extended by Otto, Shirley crossed her arms, her cold and arrogant attitude evident in her words.

"Haha, Miss Shilis is so clear about the time of being late. I guess she must be a person with a strict sense of time, right? However, for us, this time is within the agreed error range, so I don't mind it to this extent."

Otto said with a smile, seemingly unconcerned about the girl's malicious provocation. Then, his eyes fell on Himeko, who was standing beside the girl and still hadn't recovered from her shock.

"This... should be the commander of the Far East Branch's operations team, Ms. Himeko Muliangta, right? Since she was able to accompany Ms. Shiris here, I guess Ms. Muliangta is also a trusted ally of that lady, right?"

"Ah... um, I just..."

After finally coming back to her senses after hearing Otto's voice, Ji Zi, who was still in a trance, was still a little incoherent. Although Otto's appearance at the moment did not have that kind of awe-inspiring majesty, without any psychological preparation, facing this bishop of destiny so closely for the first time, Ji Zi could not remain calm no matter what she said.

Although she has experienced a lot of things, as a traditional Far Eastern person with strict hierarchy, Wuliangta Jizi has an instinctive awe for superiors like Otto.

And...what on earth was going on? In front of this Bishop of Heaven's Fate, Shilis's attitude was not respectful at all, and even had a malicious and presumptuous attitude. This situation was too different from her previous cognition.

Jizi didn't know what happened between Otto and Shilis, but in this situation, it was as if the silver-haired girl next to her was the person with the highest status at the scene...

"She just insisted on coming here. I can't refuse the request of the Far East Branch Valkyrie Captain."

Her mind was in a mess. Jizi looked at the blond man in front of her and had no idea what to say.

At this time, Shilis interrupted unhappily, indirectly relieving Jizi's predicament. Then, the silver-haired girl sat down on a chair in the reception room, crossed her legs frivolously, and poured herself a glass of water.

"Do you want her to join this conversation, Otto? After all, this discussion is mainly about your affairs, so it is up to you to decide whether Muliangta Himeko is qualified to participate in our affairs?"

As she spoke, the girl frowned slightly.

, and gave Otto a cryptic look. The latter was slightly stunned when he looked at her, and then he quickly understood Shirley's intention. He exhaled and shook his head at Jizi.

"I see... Unfortunately, since Miss Shilis has no intention of letting you get involved, as the bishop of the Destiny Organization, I personally cannot agree to a Valkyrie who has nothing to do with the incident getting involved. So, please ask Miss Wuliangta to step aside first."

"...As you command, Your Excellency the Bishop."

In response to this, Jizi, who heard the order, had no choice but to respond and turned to open the door. She turned her head and gave Shiris a complicated look, then walked out of the reception room. No wonder Otto, who has the highest identity and authority in the entire organization, came to the reception room of the hub port intentionally concealing his whereabouts, and the branch headquarters naturally would not receive the news.

(That Bishop Otto actually came here... Why did he come? What does this have to do with Shiris and the Far East Branch? In any case, let's tell Theresa about this first...)

Ji Zi thought about it and quickened her pace. She walked quickly through the mechanized corridor and headed towards the exit of the hub port.

(Although the Bishop of Heaven's Fate visited the Far East Branch in secret, they didn't seem to have said that the news was not allowed to be leaked to the outside world, right?)

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——Crack!

"All the irrelevant people have left. Now, let's talk frankly, Otto Apokalis."

After Ji Zi's footsteps faded away, the glass in Shilis's hand was instantly crushed into pieces! Along with the crisp sound of glass breaking, the girl's cold voice slowly sounded.

Now, she finally stopped suppressing her anger. Her already frosty pupils became even colder, and there was no emotion in her voice.

"Yeah, that's why I came here."

"Don't think that what happened last time is over."

Although she had gained the memories of other worlds due to a blessing in disguise, Otto's betrayal of humanity was an undeniable fact. Even though she had become more stable under the accumulation of countless reincarnation memories, it did not mean that she would not be angry about it.

To be honest, if I were to face this situation three days ago, I would probably go berserk the moment I saw Otto, and destroy this man and everything around him...

"Before that, aren't you going to thank me for sending away your important partner, Miss Hillis?"

"Humph, I would be happy to let Ji Zi stay and let her hear with her own ears what this respected bishop has done."

"I will take responsibility for what I have done. But don't expect me to admit that my decision was wrong, Ms. Shilis."

"Humph......"

The girl snorted coldly, and the next moment, a domineering decomposition electric current spread out from under her feet, decomposing the water marks and glass fragments on the ground into particles invisible to the naked eye.

553 Girl's Bad Taste>>

"There is no right or wrong, no good or evil in the world, only inequality of mutual interests. I have no right to say that you are wrong for betraying the world for one person. However, you have indeed violated the interests of the majority of people, including mine. You should know what it means to use the lives of all people to satisfy your own selfish desires, right?"

"Yes, I know it very well. I have already made up my mind. But since I ended up losing, I chose the only other way left and came here to take the responsibility of being a loser."

"Yes, I gave you a second chance, but if Honkai is still willing to give you a second chance, will you still make that choice?"

"...The Honkai Will no longer responds to me."

"Well... I made a slip of the tongue. You don't lie easily, which is a rare advantage of yours, old bastard. As long as there is hope of reviving Kallen, it's not surprising what decision you will make."

Shirley sighed and did not pursue Otto's ambiguous answer. Seeing Otto's slightly downcast eyes, the girl's sharp blue pupils flashed a ripple.

"So in the final analysis... I really don't want to cooperate with a fence-sitter like you. If I had the chance, I would uproot you and your Destiny Organization and eradicate them completely!"

"..."

"Of course, I won't do that, and I can't do that. With a powerful enemy at hand, I don't want to waste unnecessary energy to start a civil war among humans. In addition, I don't know where your real body is. Although the power of the entire Destiny Headquarters cannot defeat me, if I attack you, I will definitely be counterattacked by the remaining forces hidden in the dark, and the final result will only be a lose-lose situation for both sides."

"That's right, you have no other choice, Miss Shirley. And I probably have no other way to go. Even if we don't rely on the power of God, after ending the Houkai, we can still find a way to resurrect the dead by studying Houkai energy as pure energy... So, Miss Shirley, even if something like that happened before, there is still a bond of cooperation between us."

"Heh... I hope so.

. "

Shirley said softly. As soon as she finished speaking, she stood up from the chair and walked straight to the door. Seeing this, Otto showed a puzzled expression.

"Wait, Miss Hillis, we haven't finished discussing what we want to discuss yet, right?"

"I haven't finished yet, but there's no need to rush into those minor issues. I don't need to say much about the progress of the construction of the shelter for the quantum shuttle."

As she spoke, Shilis gently opened the door and waved towards the corridor. After a while, the girl with red twin ponytails walked along the corridor into the reception room.

"Bishop Otto, you should be familiar with this person, right? Miss Frederica Nikola Tesla, a former member of the North American branch and a scientist on the wanted list of the Destiny Organization."

"I've heard about the situation, Shirley."

Tesla pushed up her glasses, her face as serious as ever. She looked at Otto, who was sitting on the chair with a puzzled look, and after a flash of disgust in her eyes, she turned to the silver-haired girl beside her.

"The troops of Tianming launched a large-scale attack on Aiyin and the others in Haiyuan City, and almost destroyed the barrier outside the ruins. Although they stopped quickly, it should be you, Shilis, who prevented the situation from developing further, right?"

"Well, that's about it..."

"You were attacked by the destiny too, right?! Are you hurt? Those guys didn't do anything to you, did they...?"

Faced with Tesla's concern, the girl smiled and shook her head.

"Frei, if something happened to me, how could Destiny stop attacking? Anyway, we won. Do you know what I asked you to do?"

"Hmm... about this guy, right? Darwen is on the way. To be honest, I'm really looking forward to this kind of thing~ This guy who killed Joyce..."

Tesla glanced at Otto coldly, his undisguised hatred in his eyes made Otto give up the greeting he was about to say. He looked at Shirley with a puzzled look, hoping that the girl could answer his questions.

"Ms. Hillis, may I ask what exactly you are planning to do...?"

"Otto, your current body is a soul steel substitute that is remotely controlled by mental projection, right? We have always been very interested in the structure and operating principle of this technology... Moreover, this is a rare opportunity, and I would like to take this opportunity to practice some of my previous ideas..."

Hearing Shirley's answer with a malicious smile on her face, Otto immediately understood the girl's plan. He couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his hands helplessly.

"Wait, Ms. Shilis. Although I have long been prepared to face your anger, but before destroying this body, we should at least finish what we need to discuss, right?"

"Don't worry, Mr. Otto~ I know very well that even if the clone is destroyed, it will not have any effect on your original body. Although beating you up without reservation seems to be a good way to vent, there is no practical meaning in doing so. Therefore, I decided to make this result more meaningful."

"Ha... I can send you the principle of this technology directly through the terminal later, but the main point we are going to discuss next..."

"So don't worry. During our research and transformation, we will not damage your clone's connection system and language center. We will also keep this experiment confidential and will not embarrass the bishop. In addition, scientists always prefer to do their own research and discoveries rather than giving away information for free, am I right? Frey~☆"

"Hehehe... you really do understand me, Shirley~"

Looking at the two girls with unfriendly faces, Otto's eyes twitched slightly, and he could only sigh and sit down again helplessly.

"Well, if this can calm your anger, you can do whatever you want with this soul steel body. But I just hope you don't go too far..."

554 How to Get Along with Wolves

The bright red stigmata on the girl's back, like a brand, slowly faded under the flame-shaped energy shadow, until it finally disappeared completely, and the skin under the mark also returned to its original color. Seeing this, Charlotte finally breathed a sigh of relief and put down her raised hand.

"That's all I need..."

The crystal claw that continued to release Honkai energy turned back into her right hand, and the light red shadow that filled the room also dissipated. This is the infirmary of St. Freya Academy. After Charlotte explained her physical problems to Jiuxiao and asked her to make a choice, the captain lady chose to eliminate the artificial stigmata on her body as she expected.

After the stigmata were destroyed, the unrepressed Honkai energy in her body, as a Valkyrie, should be able to stimulate the dormant stigmata and accelerate its awakening...

"It's a great courage to make the decision so quickly and abandon the existing stigmata. However, choosing to trust in your own strength instead of relying on external forces is not a choice that ordinary humans would make..."

It is through the ability to make and use tools with the help of external forces that humans have emerged from the countless races on Earth.

Stand out and become the representative of the civilized race on this planet. But the decision made by Penglai Temple Jiuxiao at this moment runs counter to the thinking of the new era humans.

Primitive humans have long seen the limits of the human body. Relying solely on their own strength, they may not even be able to defeat a baboon. Therefore, in Charlotte's view, Jiuxiao's voluntary abandonment of the powerful artificial stigmata and choosing to retain the original unknown stigmata on her body is incomprehensible. What if her new stigmata will never truly awaken on her body, or is just a superficial genetic information without any special power, then what should she do?

It's a pity that she could make such a decisive decision...

"but......"

Looking at the purple-haired girl who was sleeping on the hospital bed, Charlotte gently turned Jiuxiao's body over and let her lie flat on the white sheets.

"Even if you ask me to remove the stigmata on your body, I can't do it with my power without the stigmata showing... But if it's that guy, Shirley, I think she should be able to do it..."

The work of destroying the stigmata has been completed. She can now wake Jiuxiao up, keep her conscious, and prepare to fight against the uncontrolled Honkai energy in her body. However, feeling the still stable energy reaction in Jiuxiao's body, Charlotte relaxed a little.

It seems that the dormant stigma has absorbed the free Honkai energy in Jiuxiao's body and transformed it into its own nutrients, accelerating the repair of the damaged parts.

(You are really lucky... But this is also due to your correct choice. Being able to decompose Honkai energy so quickly and turn it into your own energy, this stigma should not be as simple as I thought. Hehe... You really picked up a big treasure, Miss Horaiji.)

Charlotte murmured to herself as she gently covered Jiuxiao's body with the quilt, a hint of tenderness in her slightly envious eyes.

Bold and decisive, courageous yet careful. His best friend, the flower-guarding knight Lucia, has the same personality...