K424 of the Collapse World

Charlotte raised her eyebrows, as if she had discovered something.

"..."

The girl did not answer immediately, but subconsciously raised her hand and touched the top of her head. Of course, she only felt the soft touch of her hair, but since then, her expression has become even stranger.

"Um, Lord Jiuxiao? You..."

Seeing Jiuxiao's strange behavior, Asakura Miyuki also realized something was wrong and tried to ask. But the next moment, Jiuxiao's unusual voice interrupted her.

"Feel sorry..."

The purple-haired girl lowered her head, her tone serious and earnest with a hint of apology. At this moment, she seemed like a real military personnel, without any trace of her usual nonsense.

"I seem to have forgotten something. May I ask... where is this place? And who are you two?"

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"What did you say...Jiu Xiao lost his memory?!"

Looking at Charlotte on the terminal screen, Shirley's eyes flashed with surprise. She had just sent Iselin to Theresa's office, and before she had even warmed up her chair, she received a call from Charlotte.

The news thrown out by the other party did indeed make her stunned for a moment.

"Suddenly she lost her memory or something... So, did she really lose her memory? Are you sure that weird girl wasn't kidding you guys?"

"It shouldn't be. Lord Jiuxiao is very stable right now. He is not as crazy as usual."

Asakura Miyuki on the other end of the line answered seriously. She frowned and thought for a while before finding an adjective that fits Jiuxiao better.

"Shilis, we have explained the general situation to her. She seemed surprised, but she quickly calmed down. As for her current specific situation...it's best for you to come in person."

Charlotte took the terminal, with a rare solemnity in her amber eyes. When she cleared the stigmata data for Jiuxiao a few days ago, Shilis had never seen a serious look in her eyes.

"Okay, I get it. Wait a minute."

Giving the two girls in front of her an apologetic look, Shirley didn't explain much. She set the light screen to a floating follow state, and then under the worried gaze of two pairs of eyes, she stood up and walked out of the room and left the principal's office.

She had originally planned to join in the fun while Iselin and Theresa, the two real and fake lolita, were talking. But now, it seemed that she didn't have the time for that.

Leave the reception of Iselin to Theresa. This doctor is only staying in Saint Freya's dormitory temporarily, but in return, she will share some of her technology and assist the Far East Branch in its cooperation with Anti-Entropy.

Some research projects. Based on these two points, Theresa would definitely agree to let this technical talent stay.

Shilis often felt that, compared to being a head of the Destiny Branch, Miss Theresa was more suitable to be the poster girl of the Anti-Entropy Reception Center...

Anyway, since I don't have to worry about this, I should go and see Jiuxiao's situation. Although the source of the amnesia should be the new stigmata, this unexpected situation, as Charlotte said, I should go and see it myself.

The distance from the teaching area to the medical area was not long, so the girl, who did not want to shock the world in front of Saint Freya, did not choose to fly directly, but instead trotted to the school's infirmary.

(I seem to have forgotten something... Oh yeah! The maid who delivered the message for Otto, but I think we can wait a little longer...)

Thinking of the agreement with the little blonde maid, Shilis weighed the pros and cons and made a decision.

Compared to an inexplicable piece of Honkai intelligence, the safety of her friends is obviously more important to her.

As Shiris defeated Otto's siege head-on on the Destiny Floating Island, the world line also deviated from its original trajectory and was introduced into a new direction. Therefore, the memories she obtained from the world bubble reincarnation gradually lost the ability to predict the future.

Whether it was Jiuxiao's amnesia with the awakening of the stigmata, or the latest information about the collapse from the destiny, these were things that had never happened in the previous reincarnations. Although Jiuxiao in the reincarnation memory had awakened the stigmata, her natural stigmata had never appeared, and she was unable to awaken until the end of the world; as for the activities on the collapse side, they would not occur until half a year later, instead of requiring Otto to send someone to inform them as it was now...

Two things that shouldn't have happened happened in front of her at the same time. It was obvious to the girl what these things meant.

Of course, Shirley knew the principle of the butterfly effect. However, she did not expect that the speed of qualitative change caused by her influence would be so fast.

Well, if you look at it from another angle, this is actually quite normal. After all, she is just a "big butterfly" and can easily affect a continent by flapping her wings. The rapid and huge changes in the world line seem to be in line with the law of quantitative change...

Looking at the purple-haired girl leaning against the bed on the terminal screen, Shilis sighed. Thinking that in the near future, the once energetic girl would treat her as a stranger, she couldn't help but feel heavy-hearted.

The future became hazy and unpredictable again. Shilis's blue eyes, which had been squinting with lack of energy, widened again, and her lazy temperament of the past few days gradually faded away. Since the changes have begun, this short vacation should also end.

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In the ward of the academy's medical department, a girl with long purple-red hair was leaning against the head of the bed, holding a thick book with "Chronicle of Honkai" on the cover, reading quietly.

The room was unusually quiet, with only the occasional sound of flipping papers.

This book was the textbook she was forced to study when she joined Anti-Entropy. Now that her memory has returned to a blank, this book that Miyuki found again has once again become her main way to understand this world.

But it also shows that she really forgot everything...

Charlotte leaned on the windowsill without saying a word. Just now, after explaining her identity and the situation of this world to Jiuxiao, the wolf-eared girl turned around and said nothing more.

Not far away, Asakura Miyuki sat on a chair at the door, silently watching Jiuxiao on the bed. Although she used to have a good relationship with this colleague, now that he has lost his memory, she is too embarrassed to greet him as usual. She can only sit quietly, staring blankly at the purple-haired girl on the bed, waiting for Shilis to come...

To be fair, Jiuxiao herself is a very pretty petite girl, but people who have come into contact with her rarely notice her cute appearance. The first impression of her must be that she has entered the late stage of Chuunibyou and has a weird and eccentric personality.

And now, with her amnesia, after all those iconic personality traits have disappeared, Asakura Miyuki has noticed this. Looking at the purple-haired girl sitting on the hospital bed and reading quietly, her gentle and soft expression and unprecedented mature temperament make this girl bathed in the sun full of a special kind of beauty...

Overturning her perception of Jiuxiao's image in her mind, Asakura Miyuki was a little dazed. Although she was surprised by Jiuxiao's inadvertently elegant temperament, but recalling the scene when the two of them were talking just now, the indifference and vigilance in the eyes of the purple-haired girl gently hurt Asakura Miyuki's heart.

Sure enough, compared to Jiuxiao who has lost her memory, she still likes the silly middle school girl from before...

Swah—

Suddenly, Jiuxiao raised his head without warning, and his eyes passed over the frightened Asakura Miyuki and looked at the wooden door of the ward in front of him.

“Jiuxiao…?”

Asakura Miyuki was about to say something, but the next moment, a familiar silver-haired figure gently pushed open the half-open door and walked in. As her eyes met with the purple-haired girl's

, the girl’s deep blue eyes instantly met Jiuxiao’s sharp red pupils.

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The moment he saw the silver-haired girl, Jiu Xiao's temperament suddenly changed. After a fleeting moment of astonishment and anger, his pupils, which were fluctuating and slightly shrinking, quickly gathered with cold murderous intent...

Shilis saw all of this.

"Ah! Lady Shilis, you finally..."

Seeing the arrival of the silver-haired girl, Asakura Miyuki stood up happily, not noticing anything unusual. She was about to introduce the girl in front of her to Jiuxiao who had lost his memory, but the next moment, a strong wind suddenly broke out, almost tearing the space apart, and drowned out her voice like a polar blizzard.

As if the energy of nuclear fission was released at the moment, the sawdust and cloth turned into powder and flew into the air, disintegrating and annihilating in the spreading impact. Before the entire ward was completely destroyed, the figure of the purple-haired girl had already swept through the faintly vibrating space and appeared silently in front of Shirley.

"Impulsion Soul...Liberation!"

A dark sword with a turquoise blade appeared out of thin air in Jiuxiao's hand. The sword she held high seemed to carry the weight of a world as she slashed at the thin silver-haired girl...

"Eh? Ceruti, why are you out again?!"

Somewhere in Europe, in a gorgeous building complex that looked like an aristocratic academy, a girl was sitting on a bench in front of the training ground, staring at the blue sky in a trance. Suddenly, she saw the gray-haired girl staggering out of the building. She hurriedly stood up and walked towards her, blocking her way.

"Get out of the way! Ceruti...it's time to go train."

"Idiot! Do you remember what the doctor said? Your body needs rest. Avoid high-intensity exercise. Even unnecessary physical activities should be reduced as much as possible! Look at what you are doing? Hey! Stop!"

Seeing Celti staggering around her and heading towards the training ground, the girl in the Valkyrie uniform grabbed the weak girl without hesitation and pulled her back.

"Ugh...let me go! Lord Otto needs me to become stronger...so...I can't stop here yet!"

"Miss Chief Student, before you show off, please look at your current state! Not to mention me, even an ordinary person without stigmata can easily control your actions, so..."

“Ugh…Aaaaaa——!! Why…I have already joined the Divine Power Team, why am I still staying here?! This level of injury is nothing! Master Otto…I want to return to Master Otto…”

The girl who struggled in vain screamed heartbreakingly, and the Valkyrie who controlled her looked helpless. Although she also worshipped Bishop Otto, she was really helpless in the face of this girl who madly worshipped the Bishop.

This is St. Lourdes Academy, a Valkyrie Academy established by the Destiny Organization in Europe.

It wasn't just a branch imitating Theresa's behavior; the organizer of this academy was Otto himself.

Although it is called an academy, the training methods of the St. Lourdes Academy are still the same as those of the regular army. Most of the Valkyries who study here are children who were displaced during the collapse, and many of them are sick or even terminally ill. For them, the St. Lourdes Academy that took them in is like their only home.

But for Otto, this academy is also a perfect testing ground. The artificial Herrscher project started from this academy...

Most of the qualified children voluntarily accepted the Valkyrie transformation and a series of transformation experiments afterwards. They regarded Otto as their faith and would absolutely obey any order.

Cerutti is one of them. She originally suffered from severe congenital anemia, but after Otto's experiment, she became the first artificial Herrscher after Claire, and got rid of the torture of the disease. Facing the benefactor who saved her, she was willing to give everything for Otto...

--Snapped!

Suddenly, a small fist landed on the back of Ceruti's head, and the frantically struggling girl immediately went limp and lost consciousness.

"Ceruti, it's a bit noisy..."

Hearing the soft girl's voice, the Valkyrie was stunned at first, then turned around and found that a small blonde figure had come to her side without her knowing.

"Ah...thanks, Nina."

Seeing the blonde girl in a white dress with a tired look on her face, the Valkyrie breathed a sigh of relief and greeted her familiarly.

This girl named Nina is also one of the artificial Herrschers of St. Lourdes Academy. She naturally recognizes these powerful beings who are far superior to ordinary Valkyries.

"It's just a small favor... and I only did it because she was too noisy."

The girl spoke listlessly and yawned lightly, as if she was woken up from a nap, with a hint of resentment in her tone.

"But anyway

Thank you anyway. If I wanted to knock her out, I wouldn’t be able to use my strength so accurately.”

The girl said with a wry smile, picked up Ceruti and walked towards the building.

Nina stood there, watching the Valkyrie send Cerutti back to the medical center building, then turned around and prepared to return to her room.

"Iselin...when will she come..."

The girl walking on the road talked to herself, and sleepiness made her eyes blurry again, as if as long as she lay down, she would be able to fall asleep without any hindrance even on the hard stone road surface.

She has pain-free syndrome, so she doesn't have to worry about whether she is comfortable or not. She insists on going back to her room to sleep, just to avoid causing trouble for the cleaning staff...

"Um......?"

But suddenly, the girl's eyes suddenly opened wide. As if she sensed something, she raised her head and looked at the spotless blue sky.

At the same time, many Valkyries in Saint Ludley, and even many ordinary people in the city, also made the same move as her. Even if they could not clearly perceive the reaction of Honkai, their instinct as living beings was enough to detect the heat that was clearly coming from the sky...

"Hey! Look at that!"

"my Lord!"

"What the hell is this..."

"..."

Exclamations and uncontrollable chaos began to ferment rapidly in this suburban city. After all, everyone could see -

I don't know when it started, but a second sun appeared in the sky...

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Nina narrowed her eyes as she stared at the second sun hanging in the sky.

The sun? No...

Compared to the surface phenomena that anyone can see with the naked eye, Nina, who has special abilities after the artificial Herrscher experiment, can naturally see through something deeper.

After she began to sense the Honkai energy, she immediately discovered that the second sun in the sky was not a world wonder at all, but a huge fireball created by Honkai energy!

"The concentration of Honkai energy... Judgment-level Honkai beast? No, it should be Herrscher."

Nina muttered to herself. Although her baby face still had a dazed expression, in fact, from the moment she felt the Honkai energy, her mind had already entered a state of high alert.

Not only Nina, but also the Valkyries who regained their composure at Saint Lourdes Academy began to investigate the "sun" that appeared out of nowhere with the help of various detection instruments. Soon, they came to the same conclusion as Nina.

"Report! It's a Honkai attack!"

"Please wait, the concentration of Honkai energy is being detected..."

"No need to wait, the enemy's lowest strength is expected to be an emperor-level Honkai beast! The academy base has entered a level one alert state! Mephisto is ready to go!"

"..."

With efficient combat command and excellent discipline, the Valkyries of St. Lourdes Academy quickly entered combat status. At the same time, the news was also transmitted to the local Schicksal branch within the next few seconds.

In terms of the strength of a single Valkyrie, the Valkyries in the Far East Branch and those in other places are basically the same; but in a large-scale legion battle like this, the girls of Saint Freya would never be able to achieve such assembly efficiency.

On the floating battleship, the girls wearing Valkyrie armor came to the preparation room and began to load air combat and high temperature resistance equipment. However, these high-spirited Valkyries still did not know the true nature of the existence that created the giant fireball...

In St. Lourdes Academy, Nina was still standing there. Within three minutes of the emergency alert being sounded, no one else could be seen in the open-air square of the academy.

According to the rules, she should also quickly gather with her team members like other Valkyries and prepare for the attack according to the order. But now, she does not intend to perform this duty as a Valkyrie...

Nina kept looking up and continued to stare at the dazzling ball of light above her head. The girl with a monotonous expression had put away her previous dazed look, and her delicate face was full of solemnity.

She could vaguely feel that in the sky over the light ball, another powerful energy induction locked onto her. Although the second sun dispelled the winter chill and even raised the temperature in a certain area by at least ten degrees, Nina was surrounded by the cold and strange atmosphere, and she began to feel the biting chill slowly creeping up her spine...

(The target... is me? But why...)

The next moment this question came to her mind, the blonde girl shook her head secretly, and a rare hint of helplessness appeared in her cold eyes.