K424 of the Collapse World

"What! A Herrscher who can control the human mind?!"

"That's right. According to the analysis of Sirius and Grandpa Otto... Bishop Otto, the Eighth Herrscher has begun to use his abilities to infiltrate human society and is expected to have secretly controlled the leadership of some countries..."

Theresa nodded, her slightly furrowed brows revealing her worry. However, the girls present obviously did not notice her expression, as they were all attracted by the concise report.

"Infiltrated human civilization? Isn't that a very bad situation?!"

"Indeed, if the Herrscher of the Heart really has that ability, it would be impossible to defend against."

"That means, some of us may also be controlled by the Herrscher..."

"I see. Is that why you want us to gather together?"

"By the way, her ability is definitely not invincible, right? There should be a way to fight against it..."

"..."

As they discussed, everyone's attention gradually focused on Fu Hua. The Red Kite Immortal, who held the Eighth God Key, was no longer a secret in the small circle. In response, Fu Hua nodded straightforwardly.

"Based on the effect of Yu Duchen, I can basically guess the nature of the Eighth Herrscher's ability. To some extent, Yu Duchen should be able to affect her ability."

"So, our mission is to stay here and protect Saint Freya from being attacked by the Herrscher? But if that's the case..."

Ji Zi spoke again, looking at Theresa's still furrowed brows, and patted the table with some dissatisfaction.

"So, are we going to let the Valkyrie hide in the base and let that Herrscher control humans all over the world? What kind of battle plan is this..."

"No... Himeko. The person who will defeat the Herrscher was decided from the beginning."

"Eh?"

Helplessly revealing the information that was not mentioned in the document, Theresa sighed, turned her gaze, and looked at Kiana, who was in a trance as if she had suddenly realized something, with a bitter smile in her blue eyes.

"It seems that Kiana-chan has already guessed it... Hehe, I should say that she is really worthy of being that girl. To be honest, I am not surprised at all that she would make such a decision."

"At the same time, there is no way to refute..."

Seeing the girls' eyes that were either clear or confused, Theresa stood up and whispered the decided plan...

605 Impact Diffusion

"What a mess!"

As Theresa expected, as soon as she relayed Shirley's decision, Kiana couldn't wait to offer her opinion.

Although I've long been accustomed to Shilis's independent actions, this time, facing the strongest enemy in the Honkai disaster, she still wants to take on the heavy responsibility alone like before?!

"One person went to hunt down two Herrschers? And they were perfect Herrschers with special abilities?! Even if Sister Shiris is also a Herrscher, this kind of thing..."

The others listened to Kiana's protest in silence, expressing their understanding of her concerns. However, not everyone agreed with her on this point.

"Ms. Kiana."

Following Jiuxiao's voice, everyone's eyes turned and looked at the calm purple-haired girl.

"Please wait a moment. I have something to consult with Lady Theresa. Has the leader of Anti-Entropy agreed to the plan?"

When she said the latter sentence, she looked at Theresa with a calm and serious expression, just like her attitude as the captain of Hyperion.

"Ah."

The silver-haired girl nodded in response to her question.

"Although it was not a personal response from Walter, the agent, Thunder Ryoma, has expressed his approval and provided Shiris with a tactical drone as support."

Jiu Xiao thought for a moment, his eyes focused. "I understand."

"Everyone, I think Miss Hillis's decision is correct."

Looking around at his colleagues, Jiuxiao from Penglai Temple calmly put forward his own views.

"The report of the Destiny Organization has made it very clear that the Herrscher of the Heart can control the thoughts of living things and make them obey their orders. And the 'power of law' possessed by the Herrscher of the Body may have abilities that we cannot imagine."

Unlike Kiana and Benares, Jiuxiao, who read the entire report carefully, did not focus only on Shiris, but carefully analyzed the theories and hypotheses mentioned in it.

Although she had lost her previous memories and some knowledge, after re-learning the relevant subjects of Destiny through her amazing talent and her own efforts, her understanding of the nature of Honkai and Herrscher is no less than that of researchers specializing in this field.

"With the power of the Herrscher, any creature can be controlled by her, including the strong ones with the power of Honkai, who can also be controlled by her and used by her. As far as I know, Miss Shiris's power of restraining the Herrscher can weaken energy of any nature and completely invalidate the products of Honkai energy. Is that right?"

"That's right, but Sister Shirley's restraining power is also limited. The overly powerful energy cannot be eliminated in an instant, and when she activates the domain, she herself will also be affected! Well... I know Sister Shirley is very strong, but if she is facing two Herrschers alone..."

"Please be patient, Miss Kiana. According to the analysis of the properties of the Eighth God Key, when Yu Duchen invades the consciousness of living things, he also needs Honkai energy waves to launch it. This special wave has extremely small energy. With Miss Shiris's restraining power, it must be easy to eliminate this level of energy, not to mention that it is Honkai energy that is completely restrained by her."

Jiuxiao interrupted Kiana softly, picked up the terminal on the table and pointed to a paragraph in the analysis report.

"It is now certain that the Herrscher of Flame and the Herrscher of Heart are both complete Herrschers, and their powers have reached their peak. But even so, they have not yet launched a full-scale attack on humans, but are instead making small moves in secret. So, what could it be that would make even the arrogant Herrschers wary?"

"Could it be..."

Looking at the girls who seemed to be deep in thought, Jiu Xiao let out a sigh of relief, a hint of relief appearing on his face.

"The only person I can think of is Miss Shirley. Her power perfectly restrains the ability of the Herrscher of Heart. Even the Herrscher of Fire who is traveling with her can only fight her in hand-to-hand combat in the restraint field. From this, it can be inferred that if Shirley fights those two Herrschers head-on, the chances of winning can be guaranteed to be more than 90%."

"What about the remaining 10%?"

"There will be unexpected situations in any battle. I don't need to give examples for this."

"..."

Although she was still a little unwilling, Kiana was speechless. Although she had heard about Jiuxiao's changes a long time ago, seeing is believing. The current Penglai Temple Jiuxiao had become a completely different person in her eyes.

But I have to admit, she makes a lot of sense...

"Ms. Penglai Temple, although Lady Shilis can deal with them alone, can't we do something for her? Even if we can't fight against the Herrscher, it's always possible to clean up the group: 3 Honkai beasts, right?"

Benares kneaded his fingers, looking eager to try. Theresa shook her head helplessly.

"Huha... You still don't understand what Jiuxiao means, Bella... Miss Benares. I've already said that the Herrscher of the Heart can control any creature for his own use. Even if you don't come into contact with the Herrscher, but if you rashly approach that battlefield, it will cause unnecessary trouble - don't forget, Shilis

The radius of the restraining field reaches 50 kilometers. If we step into it casually, we will also be affected by her ability. If Shiris is forced to release the field... "

At this point, Theresa's eyes darkened.

"Let me just tell you the worst-case scenario. What would happen if the Herrscher of the Heart took advantage of the domain being lifted to control you and Kiana?"

"...!!"

Looking at Benares who seemed to be in a daze, Theresa sat back in her chair.

"She values ​​the people around her too much... Benares, although you are just a subordinate Houkai beast of Shilis, she probably already regards you as a family member."

"You can probably imagine how bad that situation is. Our random actions will only cause her trouble."

Benares lowered his head and said no more.

"Um... Principal, if we are both Herrschers, can we resist the power of the Herrscher of the Heart?"

At this time, the girl in the wheelchair spoke timidly.

605 Impact Diffusion >>

"Although I haven't reached my full form yet, I am also a Herrscher of the Wind, so I should be able to help Lady Shiris..."

"Wendy, Shilis's instructions have been very clear. You are all required to stay in St. Freya's Academy."

"But......"

"Indeed, you and Fu Hua should be able to fight against the Herrscher of the Heart, but that is why I want you to stay here to protect everyone. After all, there is a possibility that the Herrscher may attack Saint Freya's Academy."

"Hmm... I see."

After dispelling Wendy's thoughts, Theresa looked at the girls (+ Himeko) who no longer had any objections and smiled softly.

"Then it's decided. Is that ok with you?"

"I see." "That's it..." "Yeah, okay." "..."

With the sporadic responses, this small meeting was declared over. Although the reason was obvious, they were all more or less uncomfortable with such a decision.

"I can only pray that Shiris's military luck will flourish... Tsk, it feels terrible to put my hopes on others while being completely powerless..."

Jizi complained at the end, but didn't say much. At this time, Theresa was about to explain the next countermeasures in detail, but the terminal suddenly received a communication.

Seeing the important news written in the note, Theresa thought about it and answered the call directly in front of everyone.

"Principal Theresa, Mr. Siegfried has caught a suspected spy at the training ground. Do you have time now?"

"spy......?!"

Hearing the secretary's voice, Theresa was stunned, and her eyes suddenly became sharp...

A flying machine flew across the sky of Europe, rapidly approaching the floating island of the Destiny headquarters...

Before reaching the detection range of the airport outpost, an authentication message was delivered to the airport's command center.

"This is Nidhogg E071, returning from reconnaissance mission, requesting authentication."

"E071 has passed the identity verification. Please proceed to the third airport to dock and undergo security inspection. Over."

"examine?"

Upon hearing the certification procedures which were slightly different from usual, the Valkyrie piloting the aircraft was stunned for a moment, but she didn't care much. She parked the aircraft at the third airport as instructed and came to the newly established checkpoint.

Then he was taken directly to the psychiatric department of the medical center.

After further analyzing the Eighth Herrscher's abilities, the Destiny Organization naturally had a countermeasure. Although it did not completely suspend activities like the Far East Branch, as long as they regularly checked the brain wave reactions of those who went out, they would naturally be able to identify those who were affected by the Herrscher of the Heart.

At present, the Destiny branches around the world have found a total of thirteen people whose memories and personalities have been changed, but their minds have been twisted into fanatics loyal to Honkai. Before a treatment is found, these people will be isolated and imprisoned separately, and no one is allowed to contact them.

No residual energy such as Honkai energy was found in the affected individuals. Based on this, it can be judged that the ability of the Herrscher of the Heart is not a continuous remote control type, but a one-time complete change of a person's core thinking.

Without a doubt, this is more terrifying than remote control. Apart from the regular comparison of brainwave information, there is almost no way to find these brainwashed people! Moreover, even this brainwave detection method sometimes makes mistakes and misjudges mentally normal people as brainwashed people...

Of course, everyone without exception was locked up.

......

"The brain areas of n75-n78 are normal, with no signs of being affected."

"Begin testing the shortwave and compare it with the records from the last physical examination..."

"..."

"Okay, thank you for your cooperation, Miss Lucy."

"Well...thank you for your hard work~"

Following the words of the inspection room leader, the young

The Valkyrie immediately breathed a sigh of relief, took off the detector on her head, bowed to the tester, then hurriedly picked up her backpack and left the brain wave testing room.

No one, affected or not, wants to be put in an isolation room.

However, the moment she walked out of the room, she suddenly heard the inspector's roar.

"Catch her!"

The two Valkyries guarding the door immediately took action, grabbed Lucy's arms, and pinned her to the ground in front of the girl's surprised and confused eyes, subduing her on the spot.

"Eh?! Why!"

Lucy struggled subconsciously, but was subdued by two high-level Valkyries of the same level, and her resistance was meaningless.

The person in charge turned off the detector's light screen and waved to the two Valkyries.

"She has been controlled by the Herrscher, with an accuracy rate of 86%. No need for a second check. She will be directly locked up in isolation room 086."

"Yes, Dr. Mason."

Two A-rank Valkyries responded, cuffed Lucy's hands with restraints, and roughly escorted her towards the isolation area.

"No! Wait! Please let me go... There must be something wrong... Please, I'm not being controlled...!"

The girl's crying voice echoed in the passage, and soon it returned to silence. An inspector looked at the person in charge beside him with a puzzled look in his eyes.

"Dr. Mason, the girl's test results seem to be..."

"My judgment is not wrong. Please do not question the conclusion of a doctor casually, Mr. Walton."

"I'm sorry sir, I made a mistake..."

The inspector quickly apologized and returned to his post. The moment he turned around, a strange smile flashed in Mason's eyes, and then disappeared in an instant, as if it had never appeared...

606 Tracking

At St. Freya Academy, accompanied by a group of Valkyries and Pseudo-Hermaphrodites, Theresa met the so-called in the compartment of the training ground.

"You are...Ms. Kaihara?!"