I was transported to a broken world, yet my dreams are connected to Star Iron?

　Silver Wolf, who was following behind Kafka and playing with his terminal as he walked, almost bumped into her: "Someone's there?"

　Silver Wolf's gaze sharpened, and the power of the Ether Editing technique was activated instantly, conjuring a blade of light in her hand.

　"Uh... hi? Good morning?"

　Inside the not-too-large Star Core Containment Chamber, Suzumo and Kafka Silver Wolf stared at each other awkwardly.

　Then, she quietly hid the projector controller behind her back.

　Is she in your script?

　Kafka frowned slightly and asked in a low voice.

　"No, are you the same?"

　"Well, since it's not in the script, it doesn't matter."

　Kafka also drew her longsword from her side, since in a confined room, firearms could easily injure friendly forces and could also pose a threat to the nearby star core.

　"Don't go too far. Most of the people who can hang around here are closely related to the Black Tower. I don't want to offend that woman to death."

　Silver Wolf reminded him.

　"rest assured."

　As soon as she finished speaking, Kafka appeared in front of Suzuma in an instant: "It was over in a flash."

　"bass--"

　Suzuma subconsciously materialized a sub-void spear using data to block Kafka's attack.

　As Sirin's most frequently used weapon, Suzumo had handled it quite a bit back in Siberia. Therefore, after obtaining the Corruption Core, the first data projection Suzumo practiced was the Void Spear.

　However, the strength of Suzuma's Void Spear, which is projected through data visualization, is definitely not comparable to the original, and it is even much weaker than Old Yang's ability. Fortunately, Kafka intended to hold back from the beginning, so she used the back of her blade. Otherwise, just that one strike might have cut Suzuma's Void Spear in two.

　"Huh? No, Kaffa, it's her!"

　At this moment, Silver Wolf, who was watching from the sidelines, had a sudden flash of inspiration. Through Ether Editing, she had automatically captured the energy emitted from the Void Spear that had struck Lingmo earlier: "Her ability to project that spear is exactly the same as that virus's!"

　"Oh?"

　Kafka smiled slightly: "Then do you need me to arrest him?"

　"Just use your Word of Power to control it. I just want to ask her what exactly her ability does."

　In the real world, Silver Wolf has a strong "competitive spirit": "Losing is losing. At least the opponent is not a human. Besides, if you can only defeat the opponent by using your words of power, then that would be cheating."

　Meanwhile, as Silver Wolf and Kafka were exchanging words, Suzuma was also quickly weighing the pros and cons.

　After all, she has only fused with an incomplete core and has only been at that level for less than half a day. Teasing Silver Wolf in the electronic field is already considered her all-out effort. She has not yet developed the combat capabilities of the Herrscher of Corruption. On her own, winning is definitely out of the question.

　However, Lingmo didn't want to just give up and give up. She was thinking about whether or not to use the character cards she had just drawn.

　Since each character card can only be used three times, using it once here wasn't too painful for Lingmo. Besides, the girl's intention wasn't to defeat these two, since the character card's duration wouldn't allow it—she just wanted to use the pretext of fighting to make contact with these two "high-level combatants" and add two up characters to her character pool.

　After all, in the early stages of the story, before heading to the Immortal Ship, the Star Iron's journey was basically safe, and losing one use wouldn't have any impact.

　However, the situation is different on the Honkai side. Even if the second Honkai battle went too far and caused a drop in the overall strength of both sides, considering how much Otto values ​​her, having more options is definitely not a bad thing.

　and so……

　A card suddenly appeared in Lingmo's hand.

　"It seems this little cutie has some other tricks up her sleeve."

　As a seasoned Star Core Hunter, Kafka naturally noticed the card in Lingmo's hand: "Listen to me, put down what you're holding."

　The small room fell silent for a second.

　"Eh?"

　"Ok?"

　As the power of words was activated, both sides were stunned.

　Kafka was surprised that her Word of Power seemed to have vanished without a trace against Suzuma, having no effect whatsoever.

　Suzumo, however, was surprised...

　She was barely a Herrscher of the mental perception type, so she wasn't entirely helpless against mental abilities. However, when Kaffa activated her Word of Power, she was somewhat bewildered to find that her mental defenses were not triggered at all.

　"Immune to psychological attacks?"

　Silver Wolf uttered incredulously, "Is it your own ability, or a wondrous artifact?"

　"Heh heh, that's right, it's all thanks to 'Qi'~"

　Lingmo, who had instantly figured it out, no longer hesitated and crushed the character card in her hand.

　In an instant, her image transformed into that of a petite girl with brownish hair.

　That's right, she transformed into Welt, the very person she had fought alongside during the Second Honkai Impact.

　Chapter 52 Silver Wolf: Croak, don't mess with its teeth (referring to the game account).

　"Silver Wolf, her abilities are so similar to yours."

　With a series of clanging sounds of swords clashing, Suzuma discarded the seventh broken Mimic Water and then used Welt's ability to construct the eighth Key of Domination.

　Although they had transformed into Welt, due to the small space and the fact that Starbaby's "embryo" (crossed out) was in the center of the room, both sides tacitly refrained from using large-scale destructive skills and weapons, and instead engaged in simple melee combat.

　While dealing with Kafka, Suzuma also had to constantly mobilize her corrosive powers to resist Silver Wolf's invasion of her—it's unclear what that unlucky girl was thinking. If she had come up and engaged Suzuma in close combat, Suzuma would have been overwhelmed long ago. But instead, she chose to use Ether Editing to conduct data-level offense and defense from the sidelines.

　If you're talking about offense, then Suzumo might be a little worried, but if you're talking about defense... Suzumo doesn't even need to focus too much on controlling her corrosive power to completely neutralize the Silver Wolf's offensive.

　To use a somewhat inappropriate analogy, in terms of data-level offense and defense, Suzuma's corrosive power can be seen as a Scourge army composed of undead. As long as Silver Wolf's attack fails to kill her instantly, the "data" within it will be completely converted into Suzuma's use after absorbing this wave of attacks, meaning the more she fights, the more her army grows.

　"Damn it, that's not just similar. If I didn't know her completely, I would have thought she was some kind of secret humanoid weapon developed by Punk Lord specifically to target me!"

　Silver Wolf wiped the sweat from her brow. To be honest, even when she fought with Screw Gum, she didn't feel this much pressure. But facing Suzuma's strange "your data is mine, and my data is still mine" attitude, she was really sweating.

　In just over ten minutes, Silver Wolf could clearly see the results of her battle—she had successfully transmitted a large number of data samples to Lingmo, such as the light blade that Lingmo had just constructed.

　"It seems like we've gone a bit too far... Did Elio's script really not say anything? This level of inconsistency doesn't seem like it would have no impact on the script at all."

　Kafka frowned slightly. It wasn't that she was worried about not being able to beat Suzuma. Although both she and Silver Wolf's best abilities were countered by this girl, after more than ten minutes, she had noticed some clues. This girl's physique was not strong. Before using that card, she could be described as frail. Even after using it, she was basically suppressed by Kafka in all aspects of physical strength.

　It's clear that the other person's abilities are not suitable for use here; in fact, they're somewhat similar to someone on the Star Train. If that's the case... Kafka is confident she can take down the girl, but she can't guarantee the time.

　"Not at all! I'm starting to wonder if Elio gave me the wrong script..."

　"Paji."

　"...did it?"

　As soon as she finished speaking, accompanied by a muffled thud, the once energetic girl suddenly collapsed limply to the ground.

　"What's going on?"

　"It seems like he fainted from exhaustion..."

　"Clam?"

　Kafka and Silver Wolf looked at each other in confusion, then checked the time. There was only one minute left before their scheduled time to awaken the star. The battle just now had consumed the time that Kafka and Silver Wolf had "saved" when they speed through the space station.

　"...Holy crap, no wonder the script didn't say anything, Elio is awesome."

　……

　"Huh? What's going on?"

　On the other side, Lingmo sat up from the snowfield with a bewildered look on her face.

　"Wasn't I just fighting on the space station? How did everything suddenly go black and I ended up fighting the Honkai?"

　[Stupid host...]

　Customer service representative Xiaoqi sighed wearily.

　Please take another good look at the character card description.

　"The introduction... seems fine?"

　Lingmo scratched her head: "Didn't they say that after transforming, you get a fixed extra energy bar for a minimum of one hour and a maximum of three hours?"

　【…】

　Customer service representative Xiaoqi was speechless.

　[Next, in the user agreement section.]

　"When the user runs out of fixed energy in advance, if the time is one hour, the transformation form will exit directly. If the time is less than one hour, the user's own energy will be consumed to extend the character card's lifespan until the time is one hour?"

　Lingmo's lips twitched slightly: "No, why would something so important be hidden in the user agreement?!"

　Well... how should I put it? This kind of situation doesn't usually happen.

　Customer service representative Xiaoqi's voice sounded a bit strange.

　[However, since you were operating two systems simultaneously, and given that the Herrscher of Reason's abilities are inherently energy-intensive, and you also happened to project many of Silver Wolf's weapons that you're completely unfamiliar with... it's normal to run out of energy.]

　[Instead of asking, why did you choose to use Welt's character card? That's probably the character card you're least able to utilize effectively, both in terms of the combat environment and your skill level...]

　"Ahem, the main thing is that I wasn't really thinking about winning... I just wanted to complete the encyclopedia. It would be such a waste to use Sirin or Cecilia's transformation card, so I just used Welt's to get by."

　That's a very realistic reason...

　"Forget it, let's not think about those things for now."

　Lingmo glanced at the newly added Silver Wolf and Kafka in her character pool: "Anyway, the goal has been achieved. The Star Core Hunters won't kill me, and even if I'm unconscious, I've left myself a backup plan to deal with Silver Wolf, so there shouldn't be any major problems there."

　"Right now, let's see where I am roughly..."

　……

　"What did Eriol say?"

　As she pressed the star core into the prepared body, Kafka took a moment to ask a question.

　"Elliot said that we have encountered an extremely low probability event, and it has not changed the final result, so it is not a big problem."

　"What should we do with this girl who fainted from exhaustion?"

　"We can't touch her. Elio said she'll be an important member of the Star Train, and also a very close companion of Star..."

　Silver Wolf paused, then said, "Most importantly, this guy has a powerful envoy-level figure behind him."

　"The Black Tower?"

　"No, if it were the Black Tower, Elio would have said the name directly, but it didn't."

　Silver Wolf shrugged: "Never mind, it's not a big problem. She'll be a member of the Star Train, which is perfect. I can secretly play games with her in the future."

　"But right now... I'm still very curious, what exactly is her ability?"

　Silver Wolf squatted down next to Lingmo and gently poked her cheek: "If this ability were in a game, even if the game planner was a gambler, there wouldn't be enough horses to go around."

　"So, before I leave, I must analyze what this guy's abilities are..."

　“But Elio’s script didn’t say you could… Never mind, do as you please. Xing seems to be awake, I’ll go check on her.”

　Kafka was naturally unfamiliar with hacking techniques, but judging from Eriol's script...

　Kafka gave a somewhat "pleasant" look.

　Sure enough, less than ten seconds later, the silver wolf's mournful howl came from behind her.

　"Wait, wait a minute, what is this? A reverse intrusion? When did this happen?!"

　"Quack, this is my game save file! Don't you dare touch its teeth!"

　Chapter 53 Cecilia: How about... Suzumo, you call me Mom too?

　"How much longer do we have to talk? According to the schedule, the people on the Starry Sky Train will be arriving soon."

　"I understand, Silver Wolf. Just a little while, just a little while."

　After a chaotic "save protection battle," the Star Core Hunter duo finally completed their respective missions.

　However, Silver Wolf was not very satisfied with this. After all, the protective measures left by Suzuma did not actually delete Silver Wolf's save file. Just as Silver Wolf said earlier, it was just a retaliatory "playing" with it for a while.

　This made Silver Wolf feel a strange sense of resentment amidst his relief, something like, "You've come this far and you're not going to continue?"

　While Silver Wolf and Suzuma (live-action version) were locked in a battle of wits, Kafka also bid farewell to Hoshi in a gentle tone.