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

　Meanwhile, on the other side.

　"Well, Ms. Theresa, now you believe what I said, right?"

　Looking at the two dense rows of Cecilia clones in front of her, Ai-in's voice was somewhat low.

　"Your memories have been altered, and the history of the Second Honkai Impact is not what you believe it to be."

　"..."

　Theresa remained silent for a moment.

　“I agree to your request to form an alliance with me, but…”

　“I understand your concerns, Ms. Theresa. You’re afraid we’re deceiving you, afraid you might accidentally trust the wrong person, right?”

　Ai Yin's voice was gentle and persuasive.

　"Then, we can first offer you some tokens of our sincerity."

　"Ms. Theresa, aren't you curious..."

　Why do you feel so close to Suzuma?

　"And why does Anti-Entropy have to go to such lengths to invade a project that Otto has already abandoned, to seize these Cecilia clones who have no soul, no consciousness, and who have not even inherited the blood of the Saniat Saint?"

　Chapter 98 Black Tower: So-called magic is simply taking advantage of the opponent's inattention and then going up and swinging a hammer.

　"Lingmo?"

　Theresa frowned slightly, somewhat puzzled as to why Ain had suddenly steered the conversation to this topic.

　"Didn't you say before that my affection for her is because we fought side by side on the battlefield of the Second Honkai Impact, and I even retrieved her body? So I subconsciously feel familiar with her."

　"That is indeed one of the reasons."

　Ai Yin nodded, but did not deny it.

　"But... there's actually another reason."

　"What if I told you that Cecilia didn't die back then, that her soul was preserved by Suzuma and remained in her Herrscher core?"

　"What if I told you... that if we could use the clone Cecilia here to create a body that is a good enough match for her, she could be resurrected?"

　"clang--"

　This was the sound of Theresa losing her grip on Judas and it falling to the ground.

　"Cecilia...can she be resurrected?"

　……

　Meanwhile, on the other side of the battlefield...

　"Hiss... Miss Lingmo, your strength is as great as ever..."

　After using Judah, who was once again mimicked by Void Treasury, to block Suzuma's heavy hammer, Otto quickly switched his weapon back to Jizo Mitama to defend against the purple light carrying corrosive power that the girl was trying to sneak up on.

　Otto was also feeling a bit troubled, because he had indeed underestimated Suzuma's strength this time.

　To be precise, he underestimated how difficult it was to erode power.

　"Wow, you switch weapons pretty quickly."

　Lingmo gripped the hammer with both hands, the hammerhead, almost a quarter the size of Judah's Oath, dragging on the ground and pressing a deep dent.

　"But it's okay, I don't believe you can maintain such precise switching forever..."

　Lingmo smiled slightly, and the heavy hammer behind her swung around in the air once more, heading straight for Otto.

　[Character Card Black Tower (Consumable Type)]

　【Category: Role】

　Star Rating: Four Stars

　[Using the Black Tower character card will automatically grant you Destiny Energy, Imaginary Energy, Elemental Conversion (Ice), weapon/hammer skills, and their usage memories.]

　[Character Trait 1: This character card has the form of a puppet. After use, it can greatly shield the user from most negative effects such as pain and weakness. At the same time, the user's physical attributes will be greatly improved.]

　[Character Trait 2: After using a character card, the user will receive a comprehensive boost to their existing abilities from the Wisdom Path, greatly improving calculation power, control precision, and reaction speed.]

　[Character Trait 3: To protect her doll, Lady Black Tower stored an activatable spell within the doll's weapon, which can be used by consuming the user's own abilities.]

　This character card has a 24-hour cooldown and can be used 2/3 times.

　That's right, the character card that Suzuma chose to use to deal with Otto this time was the little black tower in the space station.

　Of course, if we're talking about countermeasures, she still has the Silver Wolf and Welt character cards, which she could use. However, Otto's attack on her this time was just a test. If she wins, she'll only destroy one of his Soul Steel bodies. If Otto wins, he won't do anything to her. So, in this situation, there's no need to waste a five-star character card opportunity.

　Among the four-star character cards, the one that best suits Suzuma, or more precisely, the one that best suits Suzuma against Otto, is this Little Black Tower.

　On one hand, the huge boost to physical attributes provided by the Black Tower can perfectly solve Suzumo's own physical weakness. This boost is even more significant than when she used Alan's character card last time.

　After using the Little Black Tower character card, Suzuma even felt a strange sense of confidence, thinking that she could probably beat even the fully evolved version of Bud 1 from the later stages of the story...

　Ahem, I digress. In short, at least for now, in terms of physical strength, compared to Otto's Soul Steel body, Suzuma is not at all at a disadvantage.

　And the other ability of this character card, the enhancement of the Wisdom Destiny, is even more terrifying.

　With enhanced computational and control abilities from the Path of Wisdom, Suzuma could even operate on multiple fronts simultaneously. While swinging her hammer around Otto, she secretly controlled the power of erosion, attempting to "**" Otto—which caused Otto considerable distress.

　After all, Otto doesn't have a genuine Jizo Mitama. If he wants to use the power of erosion, he needs to use Void Archives to mimic it. However, if he mimics Jizo Mitama to resist Suzuma's sneak attack, it means he won't have a suitable weapon to deal with Suzuma's hammer swings that hurt more and more each time. He can't just take it with his own face, can he? Even Soul Steel can't withstand that kind of damage.

　Under Lingmo's all-around suppression, even Lao Yang was leisurely holding the line on the sidelines—his physical condition was not good, and since Lingmo could defeat him on her own, he didn't need to put himself in a severely crippled state just because of Otto's soul steel body.

　"It's alright, Miss Suzumo, please come on over."

　Although he looked a bit disheveled, Otto's tone remained as calm as ever: "Martial arts are also an important skill that I need to hone. I'd be quite pleased if Miss Suzumo could find my weakness, so..."

　"Ah this..."

　Lingmo paused for a moment with the hammer in her hand. She was now conflicted, feeling a mix of wanting to kill him but also being afraid of giving him a good beating.

　"Alright, let's settle this with one move. If we keep fighting, Kiana will wake up soon."

　Lingmo took a deep breath: "Otto, have you ever heard of magic?"

　"Oh? I've never heard of it before."

　"Then you'll be able to see him today..."

　Lingmo closed her eyes slightly, recalling the "teachings" that Black Tower had given her before.

　"Oh? You drew the Little Black Tower... So, you want to ask me what the magic mentioned on the character card is?"

　Looking at Lingmo, who had come to her office for advice, Heita gave a slightly disdainful smile.

　"It's actually very simple. It's just a special effects device plus a burst of power. When you use it, turn on the special effects first, make it look like you're about to chant, and then when the other person isn't paying attention, just swing the hammer and smash them."

　Back to the present, under Otto's somewhat interested gaze, Suzumo closed her eyes, her lips moving as if she were muttering something.

　Then, the top of her exquisite giant hammer suddenly opened, and a diamond with a purple glow flew out from the hammer and floated between the two of them.

　"Oh? So this hammer is actually a staff? It's quite an ingenious fake... wait a minute?"

　Before Otto could react, the purple diamond that had been gathering power in the air suddenly expanded to nearly a hundred times its original size in an instant. Then, Suzumo leaped up and slammed her "staff" heavily onto the large diamond.

　"Such a big diamond—it's for you!"

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　Children, besides the stars, flying birds, and violets, there is nothing left in the sky (sadly).

　Chapter 99 Cecilia: Proving Identity? Then let me tell you about Theresa's childhood.

　"Well……"

　With a deafening roar, Welt raised his hand to protect the unconscious Kiana, and at the same time, he looked at the huge crater that had appeared on the ground and fell into deep thought.

　"Lingmo, have we made a bit too much of a commotion...?"

　"It's alright, as long as Otto is dealt with, everything will be fine."

　After putting away the hammer, Suzuma revealed a "sunny" smile, then stepped into the pit and used her corrosive power to invade Otto's body.

　"Tch, this guy transferred his consciousness away again beforehand... But at least I got a piece of soul steel for free, so it wasn't a complete waste of time."

　“Now that Otto has left, and Cocolia seems to have left through the anti-entropy evacuation point as well, Suzumo, move the Titan forces away. This farce should end now.”

　After checking the message Ain had sent him, Walter looked up again and said, "By the way, Ain said... she and Theresa are on their way here. Would you like to meet them?"

　"Hmm... it's no big deal to see her, especially since I still need to hand Kiana over to Theresa."

　Suzuma took Kiana from Welt and then began to control the Titans throughout the academy.

　Theresa and Ai-in didn't keep the two waiting long. After Lingmo had almost finished evacuating Titan, two figures, one in white and one in blue, appeared in their field of vision.

　"Alliance Leader, Lingmo."

　Ai Yin nodded to the two of them: "Good evening, I'm glad to see you are both safe and sound."

　"After all, Otto didn't come here to kill people. We fought more... well, we stopped short of killing."

　"...Stop it here?"

　Ai Yin looked at the huge diamond-shaped hole in the woods and her lips twitched.

　"It's alright, since Grandpa is the one who pays for St. Freya's expenses anyway. We can just put the repair costs on his tab."

　Theresa seemed unsurprised by this, perhaps because she had just learned the truth about the Second Honkai Impact. When she mentioned Otto, her tone was extremely complicated.

　"But... I really didn't expect this. It's one thing for you to be a member of Anti-Entropy, Lingmo, but even the leader of Anti-Entropy is a teacher at my St. Freya Academy... Is this some kind of mandatory training for the higher-ups of Anti-Entropy?"

　"It's hard to say about the higher-ups at Anti-Entropy, but the Herrscher's Den is definitely not going to be taken away."

　Lingmo scratched her head and laughed, "The first, second, and third Herrschers are all here, plus me, an immature Herrscher of Corruption... The entire St. Freya actually has four Herrschers joining, and there may even be more in the future. What is this if not a Herrscher's den?"

　"Lingmo—"

　Theresa drawled, "Be careful, or I, the headmaster, might dock your pay!"

　"Quack! You can't pick your teeth in such a sensitive area!"

　"Don't give me that! You've taken all of Cocolia's mechs. You should be paying me a salary now."

　Theresa angrily took Kiana from Suzumo's hands, then looked at the unconscious girl and couldn't help but sigh.

　"However, this is truly a cruel twist of fate..."

　"What's wrong, Theresa? You don't look like yourself at all... How about I get you a bitter melon?"

　“No need… By the way, Suzumo, would it be convenient for me to see Cecilia now?”

　Theresa paused for a moment, then suddenly spoke.

　"Of course, I'll ask Cecilia first. Besides, this is an essential part of the process anyway, and you might even see her quite often in the future."

　Seeing Theresa's somewhat apprehensive expression, Lingmo smiled slightly, and then the stigmata on her chest began to flash.

　"Theresa? Long time no see~"

　In the blink of an eye, Lingmo's temperament underwent a visible change. Lingmo, who was not very tall to begin with and had a rather girlish appearance, suddenly exuded the temperament of a gentle mother as she finished speaking.

　"Cecilia?"

　Although it was hard to believe, Theresa still unconsciously murmured the name to herself.

　"Of course, or do you also need me to tell you some of your embarrassing past before you'll believe me, just like Ritsuki and Salome?"

　Seeing Theresa's dazed expression, Cecilia couldn't help but smile gently: "For example: O Staff of the Hyperdimensional that seals the power of darkness, reveal your true power here, may the power of miracles transform into stars..."

　"wait wait wait!"

　Theresa's eyes widened suddenly, her face instantly flushing with a shy blush, and she let out a sharp, shrill cry: "I, I believe it, I believe it! Stop talking about this!"

　"Hey, isn't that the transformation line from that magical girl Teriri? I used to really enjoy watching it... Pfft!"

　Walter, who had been watching the two's conversation with a smile, suddenly showed a thoughtful expression. However, before he could finish speaking, Ai-in skillfully covered his mouth, put his throat in a chokehold, and dragged him into the nearby woods.

　"Could you please say less, Alliance Leader? I don't want the cooperation we just finalized to fall through like this..."