K424 of the Collapse World

Theresa, who was in charge of operating the Key of God, was also a little out of breath, but she still answered in an orderly manner. Before speaking, she activated the terminal communication connected to the bridge so that the location she reported could be heard by Hyperion and the headquarters far away in the Far East at the same time.

"Received. We are changing course now."

"We have contacted the South American branch's intelligence chief, and will set up emergency surveillance at the Suriname border."

Jiuxiao and Jizi's voices sounded in the communication, which represented the feedback from the Hyperion Bridge and the Far East Command. It was only then that Theresa relaxed a little, stretched her limbs and stretched.

On the other side, Shiris still held the terminal, connecting to the advance team on another continent.

"Diana, did you hear that?"

"Zizi... Yeah! Checking the coordinates... Zizi... After I meet up with Mei, Bronya and the others, I'll rush to Suriname..."

An intermittent girl's voice came from the terminal. It seemed that the signal was bad, so the girl's voice was a little distorted. The image on the terminal was always garbled and could not project the real-time image.

"Well, remember to hide your energy and never alarm her until the encirclement is complete."

However, Shiris didn't care about these. After confirming that Kiana had received the message, she simply responded and cut off the remote communication.

At this time, Theresa came over with obvious worry on her face.

"Shiris, how do you feel now? This level of Honkai energy release, your body......"

Theresa whispered. She had never seen such a powerful Honkai energy before. Even the Honkai fission bombs that once made her turn pale could not be compared with the vortex of the restraining chain.

What's even more terrifying is that even with such a huge amount of Honkai energy, she was still able to control it perfectly! The restraining force with the characteristic of elimination was firmly controlled above Hyperion, without affecting the power system of the battleship at all...

"I'm fine. Tell Hyperion to keep going at full speed. Before we reach the South American area, we need to activate the hunting mode again to locate it."

In response to Theresa's concern, Hillary shook her head naturally to indicate that she was fine. She turned and walked to the edge of the deck, looking into the distance where the water and the sky met.

"By then, the encirclement set up by Diana and the others will leave that willful girl nowhere to escape... Humph, they even came up with the Columbia ghost to get the Destiny Headquarters to intervene. It's really worrying!"

"..."

Theresa opened her mouth but ultimately did not respond. Instead, she took two steps back and sat down against the heavy cross.

Looking at the tall and thin figure of the silver-haired woman, Theresa's eyes wavered slightly. She should have been happy that Shiris had become stronger and more reliable, but now, just before the operation was about to succeed, an ominous premonition enveloped her heart...

However, as an adult with rich work experience, Theresa would not let her messy thoughts affect herself. Soon, she concentrated again and began to check the information records displayed on the terminal.

Anyway, let's find Kiana first and then think about these things...

As a little-known

Suriname is a small country, and the settlements are mainly small and medium-sized towns. In an unknown abandoned urban area, a short and extremely small-scale battle took place.

"Hoo...cough cough..."

The gray-haired girl slumped down among the ruins, her weak gasps echoing in the silent alley along with the rise and fall of her chest. Around her, marks of heavy blows covered the ground nearby, and traces of blood were scattered...

This was an unequal battle. Before Bronya could activate her consciousness, she was instantly knocked down by the silver-haired girl's sudden attack. As the Herrscher's divine ring was directly destroyed, her Herrscher form was also forcibly dispelled after being maintained for a moment.

Without the trump card of the Law of Consciousness, facing Kiana, whose strength is equivalent to that of a Perfect Law User, the outcome of this battle is already doomed.

"It's about time you behave yourself... Bronya."

"..."

Hearing the cold voice coming from the front, even though her body was no longer under her control, the gray-haired girl still raised her head stubbornly and glared at the silver-haired girl in front of her.

"Sister Kiana... did you really betray everyone? But you are clearly not controlled by Honkai..."

"Control? Humph... I'm not the one being controlled by Honkai."

The silver-haired girl snorted coldly, and her golden eyes hidden in the shadows narrowed slightly under the lowered hood of her coat.

"But......"

Hearing this, the still exhausted gray-haired girl seemed to want to say something, but the next moment, as Kiana raised her hand again, a dark shadow filled her vision...

821 Errors

At the same time when Hyperion was dispatched, the special operations force led by Siegfried and Claire also began to head to North America through other routes, slowly shrinking the huge encirclement according to the feedback information of the Judas hunting mode.

Inside this small transport ship, combat personnel and technical workers stayed in the small cabin. Except for the electronic prompts of the terminal instruments and the mechanical operation of the aircraft, everyone sat quietly in their respective seats without any movement...

"The latest news is here. The location of the search target has been updated! I repeat, the location of the search target has been updated. Immediately change the course of the aircraft!"

Suddenly, a loud female voice resounded in the intelligence terminal room at the front of the cabin. Claire's childish voice was still very clear even through the metal door. Hearing the childish shout from next door, Siegfried and Cecilia, who were sitting in the cabin, looked at each other and smiled bitterly.

"I never thought that the commander of our action team would be Miss Claire..."

"Well, don't be fooled by her small stature. She is very reliable on the battlefield! Speaking of which, Cecilia, you probably don't know that, except for the defensive battle against Honkai, the Far East Branch rarely launches such a large-scale operation!"

Siegfried naturally took over Cecilia's words and added on his own. After all, Cecilia, who had been reborn, had no memories of the past, and since they had reaffirmed their relationship, Siegfried had always been the one to take the initiative to advance the topic.

"..."

However, the depressing atmosphere could not be changed so easily. Facing the topic raised by Siegfried, the silver-haired woman was obviously a little bored. She lowered her head slightly, and her blue eyes dimmed again.

Looking at the worried face of the silver-haired woman, Siegfried shook his head and sighed. As the person who knew Cecilia best, he knew his wife's troubles.

After the Herrscher of Time incident, before she had time to be honest with Kiana again, that incident happened. What's even more ironic is that the mother who was preparing to recognize her daughter a few days ago now took on the task of hunting down Kiana and personally joined the search team for her daughter...

This mission did not require Cecilia to go on a mission together, but because of the woman's insistence, Theresa reluctantly agreed to her self-recommendation and let her join Siegfried's combat team.

"Well, I really shouldn't have joined this operation, right? Meeting Kiana in this way is weird no matter how you look at it, right? Will that girl... hold a grudge against me for this..."

Cecilia was still wearing the same black and white Valkyrie armor that she had worn ten years ago. Although she was dressed the same, her expression was more confused than before. The sharp and capable temperament she had as an S-class Valkyrie was no longer discernible.

"She will definitely not bear a grudge against you. Kiana is not the kind of child who doesn't know what's good for her. Sigh... So why do you want to get involved? The Far East Branch has a lot of combat power to carry out missions, so why don't you just stay at the base and wait for news from everyone?"

Siegfried wanted to say something to comfort her, but in the end he just scratched his hair and spread his hands helplessly.

"But, I am a member of the Far East Branch now, right? I should be obliged to do something for the branch... Otherwise, I will feel uneasy.

 …”

Siegfried didn't know how to comment on this reason, but in the end, he softened his tone a little and began to comfort the woman.

"Anyway... don't put too much pressure on yourself. It was Shiris's decision to use this method to get Kiana back, and we are just executing her decision. Besides, even if there is a conflict with Kiana, it may not be a bad thing. That girl left us without saying a word, and she needs to be taught a lesson!"

"But...I'm still afraid..."

Cecilia was still hesitant. Even though the reason had been made very clear, she could not suppress her emotions in this situation.

Although they were only whispering, in the small and quiet cabin, it was useless to lower their voices. As Cecilia's uneasiness began to infect the entire environment, the Valkyries, including Lillian, also looked at her sideways. However, before Siegfried could say anything, another girl sitting next to him couldn't help but interrupt.

821 Errors>>

"Don't worry! We are only responsible for cutting off the retreat. Even if Kiana is still stubborn and wants to resist, we will not be the ones who confront her head-on."

Cecilia looked in the direction of the sound and the first thing she saw was a pair of pointed, furry cat ears.

"After all, Miss Shilis chose to go out in person just to capture her rebellious sister. Even if Kiana breaks through from this side, we only need to symbolically block her. There will not be a life-and-death duel as you imagine..."

Charlotte raised a finger and gestured, her tail half-circled behind her and was held in her arms. At this moment, the wolf-eared girl still had a relaxed smile on her face, as if she was not affected by the solemnity in the cabin at all.

"To be honest, I don't quite understand. As a product of the experiment of the power of creation, you should not have inherited the memories of the original Cecilia, right? Even if someone tells you that Kiana Kaslana is your daughter, for someone like you with a blank memory, is there any difference between her and other people?"

"..."

Cecilia remained silent, as if she was still deeply troubled. However, although the silver-haired woman did not refute anything, Charlotte's casual remarks made the man next to her frown slightly.

"Well, although it is indeed a replica, it is still a bit disappointing to see the former Valkyrie now in such a trembling state..."

However, the person concerned was completely unaware of this and continued to express his feelings until he was interrupted by the man's deep voice.

"That's enough! Charlotte, watch your words. Cecilia is Cecilia, not a knockoff as you say. Don't forget that we are on a mission now. Stop dwelling on this issue!"

"oh......?"

Hearing Siegfried's slightly aggressive voice, Charlotte raised her eyebrows slightly and the hair on her tail stood up, but then the girl returned to normal and shrugged nonchalantly.

"Okay, okay, I was wrong. I shouldn't have joked about your important wife. But even I wouldn't do that after someone important passed away... uh huh~"

Although Charlotte didn't finish her words, Siegfried could tell from the provocative words what she wanted to say in the second half.

Even I wouldn't use a clone as a replacement after an important person passes away.

This is probably what she wanted to express, right?

Siegfried snorted coldly, but seeing that Charlotte had kept silent, he was too lazy to explain the telepathic connection between close relatives. And even if he explained it, such an emotional answer would probably not be convincing at all.

Moreover, Cecilia was not the only one affected by the emotion. Siegfried himself was the most uneasy about the action planned against Kiana. In the past month since Kiana disappeared, he still couldn't figure out why his daughter left the Far East.

According to Shirley, Kiana was most likely not sane because of Honkai. After all, the girl would not allow herself to be controlled by Honkai. In the fight against Honkai, her consciousness would inevitably be confused. In this case, she could not accurately avoid Shirley's search and perfectly hide her whereabouts.

In this case, only her subjective factors remain, and the question returns to the starting point - why did Kiana choose to leave on her own initiative?

Siegfried's intuition told him that the truth of the matter might not be simple. But now, as long as he found Kiana according to the plan, the mystery would soon be solved...

Siegfried's idea was simple. However, fifteen minutes after the second exploration, the advance team sent an urgent call back to the Far East Branch, and the originally planned work was disrupted again...

"Bronya encountered the target of the mission head-on?!"

822 Turnaround

"Emergency notice! Bronya... encountered the surveillance target head-on and a conflict occurred! Teacher Himeko, what should we do now..."

"..."

"Yes

When we arrived at the scene, Kiana had already disappeared, and only the injured Bronya was left there. It was from her that we learned the general situation of the incident. "

"..."

"Consciousness? Well, Bronya is still conscious so far. Do you need to talk to her?"

............

During the special operation, the members of the advance team maintained close contact with the branch base. Therefore, the situation of Bronya's attack was quickly obtained by the Far East Branch's intelligence station and conveyed to the subordinate combat departments at the first time.

The attack on the advance team means that Kiana had already discovered the actions of the Far East Branch in advance, and the secret capture plan has failed!

Obviously, this encirclement, which was far from being formed, could not stop a powerful Herrscher girl. Both Ji Zi, who was in charge of the operation command in the base, and Shilis, who initiated this operation, were extremely clear about this.

Therefore, they also tacitly changed the combat orders, directly abandoned the carefully prepared plans of each unit, and instead modified the mission objectives to the coordinates of the advance team.

After all, these members who participated in the action were all students and friends who were extremely important to them...

"Diana, Mei! Can you hear me? How is Bronya's injury?"

In Hyperion, when Theresa learned the news, her first reaction was not to care about the mission or Kiana's whereabouts, but to hurriedly contact the advance team in South America to confirm the safety of the injured girl.

When the mission was interrupted, Theresa was too lazy to use encrypted communication routes to avoid being intercepted by Kiana, so she directly used the local signal equipment in South America to connect to the terminal of the Valkyrie Advance Team.

"Principal, Bronya is fine..."

There was no need for Diana and Mei to speak for them. The image of the gray-haired girl appeared on the light screen, and she spoke in a slightly weak voice.

"Sister Kiana has shown mercy. Bronya is too weak... I'm really ashamed that Bronya couldn't hold on until Diana and Mei arrived..."

Seeing that there was nothing obviously abnormal about Bronya except that her face looked a little pale, Theresa felt relieved and shook her head quickly.

"I'm glad you're safe, Bronya. You've done a great job. By the way, what was Kiana's condition like when you met her?"

Whether Kiana is sane or not is information that the Far East Branch has not yet learned. Seeing that Bronya's condition was not serious, Theresa asked, and her expression became serious.

After all, even if she was worried about the safety of her subordinates, Kiana was one of Theresa's most cherished people. If possible, she didn't want the operation she had prepared for so long to fail. Even if she couldn't find her, at least she could get some clues...

"Hmm... I remember Sister Kiana's condition..."

In the video, Bronya covered her forehead, as if she was struggling to recall something. But soon, her eyes sank to the side and shook her head.

"I'm sorry... Bronya only remembers that Kiana attacked without explanation, and she didn't say anything until Bronya was defeated and fell into a coma. It's impossible to judge Kiana's mental state... Ugh!"

At the end of her words, the haggard gray-haired girl staggered, but fortunately she was supported by Diana and Mei beside her so she did not fall to the ground.

"Don't worry, it's okay if you can't remember! I'm just asking casually... You should have a good rest first. The Third Action Team where Xi'er is is very close to you and will be able to take you home soon!"

Theresa said quickly, watching Bronya lying flat in Mei's arms. After Diana took over the terminal, she continued to ask about the specific situation at the scene as a post-mission confirmation...

822 Transfer>>

While Theresa was contacting the advance team, Shilis also stayed on the deck of the battleship. She stood on the edge of the platform, staring at the horizon that was beyond her vision, her blue pupils seemed frozen.

The plan has been exposed, and Kiana will definitely flee South America immediately, making all their plans in vain...

But is she really willing to do so?

The silver-haired girl who was once within reach would soon leave her far behind again and hide in the farthest corner of the planet.

This kind of thing...

In this place where no one was paying attention, Shirley slowly clenched her teeth, and an emotion called anger gradually appeared on her face, which had been as calm as water since time accelerated.