One-way traffic

Kiana looked ahead in surprise—where the First Herrscher should have been, the white monster was just standing there casually.

"And actually, this is a diversionary tactic! Those Anti-Entropy guys... they're trying to attack us through the First Herrscher, Welt, while on the other hand, they're directly attacking the underground church. Those guys are planning to steal all sorts of technology from within Schicksal!"

"That's what happened."

“…Huh?”

Theresa, on the other side, froze on the spot.

Because she heard a voice through the communication that shocked her greatly.

"Wait, is there another voice over there? Wait! Could that voice be—"

"Those guys from Anti-Entropy are really playing their cards well. They're targeting these women, other places, and me all at the same time. They don't even care about unrelated bystanders. Interesting, this is getting more and more interesting."

For him, taking action against insignificant passersby is something he strongly resists.

Regardless of whether he is good or evil, this is something Accelerator cannot accept from the bottom of his heart.

"That's it."

It sounded like someone making a last-minute decision about where to eat tonight.

"—Let's go and demolish Anti-Entropy's old home."

"Eh?!"

"Huh? Hu ...!"

"What...did he say?"

The Valkyries surrounding them, as well as Theresa on the communicator, all heard this sentence.

"Wait, wait! Are you serious? That's the Anti-Entropy organization! Even Schicksal couldn't completely eradicate their former North American branch in a short time, and you're saying you're going to demolish their home base—"

"There's nothing surprising about that, is there?"

The other party interrupted Theresa directly.

Accelerator turned his head slightly and looked behind him, not at any one person, but at everyone present.

"Since you dare to do things in the dark, don't give me any unrealistic ideas about not being retaliated against. Security? Bullshit. That kind of thing might exist, but the fact that those piece of trash dared to act so recklessly has already enraged me."

"you…"

"One person does the deed, one person takes responsibility, understand?"

Then, the white monster laughed coldly.

"This level of darkness is just child's play."

boom! ! !

Immediately afterwards, a deafening explosion that shattered the sound barrier shook all the Valkyries around them.

When I came to my senses and looked again, all that remained on the ground was a long string of broken cracks.

It was as if it represented the monster's own anger.

"...The voice disappeared. Could that guy have really left your side?"

"Yes, Headmaster..."

It wasn't Kiana who responded to Theresa, but Fu Hua, who was standing next to her.

"The actual situation is as you said. The First Herrscher did break into our dormitory and try to kidnap Mei, but... the person you were talking to just now has completely annihilated the First Herrscher right in front of us."

"And just now, he... left this place directly."

"What the hell?! Is that guy an idiot?!"

Theresa’s angry and panicked voice came out quickly.

"That's the Anti-Entropy headquarters! Even an S-class Valkyrie would have to be fully prepared to go there, and he actually dared to go alone like that... It's incomprehensible!"

"Headmaster, are you worried about that person?"

"Huh...? Wait, wait a minute! Why would I care about someone I've barely met? I don't care about him at all!"

Even so, Theresa's tone before was indeed filled with anxiety and panic.

Regardless, the fact that someone dares to challenge the entire anti-entropy entity single-handedly, and even just leave on a whim, would probably shock anyone who saw it.

but.

'...If what Fu Hua said is true, then he really did defeat the First Herrscher...'

Maybe it really is possible to do that.

That person had already appeared in Changkong City during the Third Honkai Impact several months ago, and directly overwhelmed Raiden Mei, the Third Herrscher, and Himeko, who was wearing the Nexus system, with his own power.

Furthermore, it demonstrated terrifying strength that even the First Herrscher could not match, proving that all of that was not fiction.

Perhaps—it really is possible to do something so far-fetched.

"Never mind, I'll deal with this in detail when I get back... Let's talk about your situation first, Kiana."

"Amazing…"

"Kiana? Hey, Kiana, what's wrong?"

"Mei! What that guy said just now was so cool! 'This level of darkness is just child's play... Aww, that was so awesome!'"

"Hey, what are you swooning over there, you idiot Kiana?!"

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Once upon a time, Cocolia, a key figure in Anti-Entropy, was located in this laboratory.

Countless experiments have been conducted here, and Cocolia uses this place as her daily laboratory.

Nowadays.

—It has completely disappeared from this world.

Bang——! ! !

Overwhelmed by the power of a nuclear warhead, a figure descended upon this place.

A white monster ruthlessly tore open the ceiling, destroyed all the external defenses, and entered the room in one go.

Accelerator.

In order to thoroughly settle accounts for the entropy that caused him to lose consciousness, he directly returned to Cocolia's original location.

"It's really deserted."

Although they had indeed broken into the laboratory, it was completely empty as far as the eye could see.

There was no sign of Cocolia, nor any other security personnel. All that could be heard was the echoing alarm in the room and the various Titan mechs that he had previously destroyed.

"So they really did prepare to run away beforehand?"

Accelerator had anticipated all of this.

Since Cocolia dared to ignore her initial warnings and continue to attack her, even dragging unrelated passersby into the mess, it means she must have gone too far.

Someone who has gone to such lengths could not possibly have failed to foresee Accelerator's return for revenge.

Therefore, Accelerator had also considered the possibility that the other party had already packed up and run away.

"It doesn't matter, as long as we reinvestigate the circuit here, there won't be any problems."

Even if all the mechanical facilities here are taken away or abolished by Cocolia, it doesn't matter. His Nathos is an armed weapon that can directly monitor the mental system itself, and it will not be tripped up by obstacles of this level.

As long as a portion of the original circuit remains, he can directly reproduce all of its information.

By performing this reverse calculation, we can directly detect Cocolia's current location.

You can dodge the first day of the month, but you can't dodge the fifteenth. That's the kind of truth it's talking about, isn't it?

"I'll strike first and not let that guy get away again."

After confirming that there was no one inside the facility, Accelerator headed straight for Cocolia's main computer.

Sure enough, the computer itself had been completely dismantled, leaving only a bunch of broken wires lying around.

These are enough.

Accelerator raised his right hand, and flames ignited, instantly grasping the scythe named Nathos in his grasp.

With a wave of his hand, he directly lifted the cover that was covering countless circuits in front of him.

then.

"…ah?"

A small object was placed directly under the lid in front of him.

The moment he lifted the lid, the small device instantly lit up with an eerie red light.

Accompanying.

It was the alarm that echoed throughout the entire laboratory.

"—Could it be?!"

Too late.

A radiant light, powerful enough to reach the heavens, completely enveloped the entire research institute.

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"Lord Cocolia."

On the road leading back to the headquarters of Anti-Entropy, the staff member standing next to Cocolia quickly came over.

"Everything is going exactly as you planned."

"The bomb planted in the original laboratory has been completely detonated."

Cocolia stood still.

A smile immediately appeared on her face.

"…snort."

She then pulled out a terminal device, from which a series of red lights flashed.

Cocolia's previous stronghold was located in a very remote area outside the city, so even if it was blown up, it wouldn't affect anything inside the city.

The number of bombs was enough to wipe out the entire laboratory in the mountains in an instant.

The bomb must have detonated because the other side would have opened the cover and tried to read the internal circuitry. The person who could do that must be the one on the other side.

She had anticipated all of this.

"Even a Herrscher would have no chance of surviving a bombing of that scale."

That means she has won.

“But, but Lady Cocolia.”

The subordinate standing to the side still seemed somewhat hesitant.

"Um, what about Lord Welt, the First Herrscher..."

"Don't worry about it, that guy? He's just a piece of junk."

"what?!"

"You really think Welt is only this good? Even if left alone, he would be suppressed by the power of the Third Herrscher. It wouldn't be surprising if that guy killed him outright, would it?"

In other words, Welt, who went to attack Raiden Mei, was simply a true copy of the First Herrscher.

Then it's just a discarded pawn.

"Next, having received this information from beneath Theresa's church, and having eliminated such a significant hidden danger all at once..."

The side that has the advantage is themselves.

Cocolia couldn't help but laugh at the thought of all the developments that were about to unfold.

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"Bishop Otto."

On the other side, in another unknown location.