One-way traffic

A voice, as if rising from the depths of hell, emerged.

"What I have done so far has been relatively 'gentle,' and I have never had any hostility towards you."

He... he has the ability to reflect attacks from Titan mechs back the way they came?

"—So, I'll only say it once."

At the same moment, he drew the scythe that was on the computer screen.

Cocolia and Anzu turned their gazes ahead, where the lighting system on the ceiling had been destroyed by the previous series of bombings, leaving only darkness.

--No.

Something else glimpsed in that darkness.

A pair of red eyes, belonging only to monsters.

"From this moment forward, there will be absolutely no connection between us."

"As long as they dare to make another move."

"I will turn you into a complete mess."

Bang! !

The sound of bombing echoed, and Cocolia couldn't help but hug Anzu beside her and close her eyes.

"…What?"

When I looked ahead again, there was nothing left.

There was no sign of the monster, nor anything else, only a scene of utter devastation.

"Mom, Mom..."

"..."

Cocolia silently got up.

After calming Xing Mar beside her, she looked around her base again.

Countless Titan mechs collapsed behind him, some even being smashed out of the walls.

She slowly walked to her main control computer to confirm the information.

"...Nothing is broken?"

Unbelievable.

Although the computer screen had a large dent, there wasn't a single trace of damage inside; only the screen glass was broken.

Cocolia had clearly seen with her own eyes that the white person forcefully shoved that scythe that appeared out of nowhere into her computer... How did they manage to do that?

"Lord Cocolia!"

Just then, the automatic door next to it opened.

These are the various personnel belonging to the anti-entropy team.

"What just happened?! We detected a very strong burst of Honkai energy from your location, but we didn't hear any alarms at all, as if the alarm system had been completely hacked..."

"Ah... what, what exactly is this place—?"

The members of Anti-Entropy, who had just arrived, were immediately shocked. The scene before them was clearly a case of someone having hacked into their territory.

"Lady Cocolia! Who did all this?"

"Were they assassins sent by Destiny?"

"But why isn't the alarm system responding at all...?"

"No matter what, we need to make sure you're safe first!"

Although countless members around her were asking her all sorts of questions, Cocolia had no mind to care about them at that moment.

Her mind was replaying what the other person had said.

Don't arbitrarily decide other people's identities for me.

"Could it be... that person isn't actually from Destiny's side?"

"Lord Cocolia...?"

It seemed that his absent-mindedness had aroused the suspicion of others.

Coming to her senses, Cocolia took a deep breath and raised her head.

"I'm fine, everyone... And Anzu, did you record the other party's Honkai energy level?"

"Eh…?"

"You should have a device on you that can record Honkai energy information, right? I gave you that kind of device before we went to the Netherworld, so what I just said should have worked."

Although the other party doesn't look like a Valkyrie at all.

Perhaps…it's quite possible that, like Siegfried from the Kaslana family, the other party might not be female and could still use Honkai weapons—

"The monitoring result is...zero."

"Wha, what?!"

As if to shatter all of Cocolia's assumptions, Anne's voice startled her.

Cocolia even took the monitor directly from Xing's hand, but what it displayed was only the Honkai energy value of the Titan mech, and there were no other values.

In this situation, there is only one possible outcome.

"That guy... he didn't use a single bit of Honkai energy in the fight? How is that possible! How did he manage to do all that?"

It's like planting an apple tree, but a watermelon grows instead.

Cocolia's brain circuits were even a little confused for a moment.

Because in this world, no one can fight against Honkai without relying on Honkai energy, let alone a Titan mech specifically designed to fight Honkai.

This kind of unbelievable thing is simply like—

"…etc."

She suddenly remembered something.

It was something that even she herself couldn't believe at the time.

"Lady Cocolia? You, you're going to—"

"Wait a minute... I need to make sure I'm sure of this!"

Pushing aside the members beside her, Cocolia quickly walked to her main control computer.

Although the screen was damaged, it does not prevent normal use.

After struggling to search through a long string of information, a somewhat blurry image appeared directly in front of her.

That was from several months ago.

Several months ago, a Honkai origin she herself meticulously planned began in Changkong City. After that, the Third Honkai directly broke out, and the Third Herrscher also awakened in that Honkai.

This was nothing new to Cocolia, as it was something she had planned herself.

but.

—What else was there in that collapse?

Months later, a seemingly unbelievable topic spread throughout the world: the content of the Third Honkai Impact.

Rumor has it that the Third Herrscher did not appear during the Third Honkai Impact.

There was a being who did not rely on Honkai energy at all, and was neither a Herrscher nor a Valkyrie, yet forcefully intervened in the battle between the Schicksal Far East Branch and the Third Herrscher, and suppressed them all.

Yes.

The monster standing in front of Cocolia, with huge, jet-black wings fluttering behind it, is the real one from the rumors.

Recalling that previous rumor, and considering what happened today,

"Could it be..."

If that's really the case—

"That entity that disappeared several months ago... just now, appeared in our headquarters?"

Upon closer inspection, one can actually vaguely perceive something.

Before the black wings was a rather unique shadow.

And the size of that shadow was comparable to that of the white-haired person from before.

Almost identical.

"Cocolia's mother...!"

Xing walked over and looked at him, continuing to speak.

"That guy just now... I encountered him directly inside Chi You's body!"

That means that the opponent directly broke into the body of the ancient Honkai Beast Chi You by relying on their own power.

Cocolia's thoughts froze for a moment.

—Who exactly did I encounter on my side?

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It was already quite late at night.

"Um, guest..."

It is an open-air cafe.

Accelerator, which had been ignoring the people around it, was suddenly stopped by the waiter in front of it.

"Excuse me, are you sure you only need one cup of coffee...?"

"Huh? What does this mean?"

"Um...you've been sitting here for two hours already...don't you really need any other services?"

Looking back carefully, I realize that I haven't had a moment's rest since I arrived here.

After defeating the monster named Chi You in the morning, Accelerator waited for his body to recover before heading straight to a place called Anti-Entropy.

It was actually quite easy to do this, because he had already imprinted something like a tracking signal into her mental realm using a psionic generator when he first met that brat.

No matter where the other party goes, you can find them directly.

Using this information, he infiltrated the domain of Anti-Entropy and gathered intelligence from there. This was his objective.

As far as Accelerator was concerned, it didn't matter how these guys fought, whether it was Destiny or Anti-Entropy; he had no intention of getting involved in these two petty squabbles.

For him, the most important goal should be to gather all sorts of information about this world.

…It’s impossible for me and Hatsune Miku to be separated into two different worlds, so it’s very likely that there was some kind of time difference issue with the other party, which is why the two of them couldn’t meet up immediately.

In that case, I should hurry up and figure out all the details about this world.

If he doesn't figure out the situation, he might not even be able to figure out where Hatsune Miku will descend, and he himself will be in a very troublesome situation.

He first gathered some intelligence from the Hyperion of Destiny. Then, the kid from Anti-Entropy gave him an even better opportunity. He followed the clues to Anti-Entropy and also brought their intelligence into his hands.

After that, he casually dropped off in nearby cities, found a coffee shop, and spent all his time processing intelligence.

However, it seems that I have stayed for a while.

—That's probably why the cute, long-haired, black-haired waitress in the maid outfit came to me with such a troubled expression.

"Tsk, I'll have another cup of coffee then."

"Okay, is that really all?"

"...And bring a plate of fried chicken, spicy, too."

"Okay! I understand!"

After the waiter made the note, he ran straight back to the outdoor counter in the distance.

"Xiaoyu, how is it?"

"Um... he ordered these dishes..."