Honkai, they all became my stigmata

The girl named Ling raised her head, and a gleam of brilliance returned to her eyes:

"Are you here to see me?"

"Strictly speaking, I was born younger than you, but... Well, the Yingjies were all dispatched to other areas to carry out the task of destroying the Houkai Beast. I have nothing to deal with, so let's see look at you."

Prometheus nodded.

She didn't even think of correcting the poor girl's wrong address.

Different from the eleven Herrschers who appeared before, although the Fire Chasing Moth detected the Houkai reaction at the Herrscher level on Ling, she did not show any of the same external characteristics as the Herrscher.

He didn't try to destroy the city, and didn't show the power of the Herrscher, except for the special Houkai can respond to the wavelength, which is completely different from the previous Herrschers.

From what she looks like now, she is obviously just a harmless girl next door.

But in order to find out the truth, Dr. Mei decided to temporarily put Ling under house arrest.

So she was imprisoned in this prison.

"Sister, did she... go out too?"

Bell asked softly.

"Well...she went to a city to perform a mission, and she will be back soon."

The mechanical girl retrieved her own database and searched for Sakura's trace.

As a sister, Sakura naturally strongly opposed Dr. Mei's decision to imprison Ling, but in the end, Ling decided to stay in the Flaming Moth Base for custody.

——She also grew up in this catastrophe-ridden world. After understanding her current situation, she was even more worried about the uncertainties she brought about than the flame-chasing moths.

She didn't want others to take greater risks because of her, so she was brought here by the Flamemoth voluntarily to be guarded.

Through his electronic pupil, Prometheus saw Ling who was in a very stable emotional state, and he could not help but comfort him in a loud voice:

"You are a very good boy."

"Hey, I always feel... Sister Prometheus, you seem to have changed?"

Seemingly treating the mechanical girl in front of her as a best friend, Ling said curiously.

"... Changes? Well, there are indeed."

Prometheus looked down at his brand new body after replacement, and began to introduce himself:

"Not long ago, I, Dr. Tuoweiwei, helped me carry out some body modifications... The expression management system was upgraded, and the surface painting was replaced with simulated skin. You see, even the real touch and temperature can be simulated."

In order for Ling to feel the effect more clearly, the mechanical girl smiled, stretched out a finger, and lightly poked Ling's little face.

"Really, there is almost no difference compared with my sister's fingers... Sister Weiwei's skills are amazing."

The cherry-colored girl was a little amazed at the soft touch.

But soon, the bell that realized that he had been led astray by Prometheus rang his head like a rattle:

"No, no, the change I want to talk about is not this!"

"Then, Suzu, what change are you referring to...?"

"Well, that is the way you speak and behave. I feel that you have changed a lot recently."

If it was in the past, she would probably only report the changes in the mood swings she detected directly.

Instead of being like this... like a human being, like a sister next door comforting her.

Bell smiled slightly and said:

"I always feel, sister Prometheus, you are becoming more and more like a human being now."

"……Maybe."

The gray-haired girl nodded.

She has indeed been thinking and learning recently, why humans cry, why humans laugh, why humans are happy, and why humans are sad.

Of course, the source of her change was the dream woven by Aponia.

She seems to get a certain "humanity".

Speaking of which, after Aponia left, Thirteen Yingjie became Twelve Yingjie... This was undoubtedly a blow to the pink-haired girl who was trying to promote the Thirteen Yingjie system.

Those who control the high-level power of the Flaming Moth, at this moment when humanity has reached its final juncture, still can't believe the only thirteen heroes left, and deny their idea of ​​forming a "team".

Even, they were deliberately scattered and assigned to perform different tasks all over the world.

Why... Even though we have reached such a juncture, human beings are still afraid of each other?

Prometheus couldn't figure it out.

In short, after accepting the entrustment of that guy before he left, she is now earnestly carrying out the task of protecting Bell.

She sat side by side with Ling, talking with her with her huge knowledge base.

Communication is the strength of artificial intelligence.

This kind of appeasement can't solve the Herrscher problem on Ling, but at least it can soothe her emotions, and it's not useless.

——Prometheus thinks this way.

At this moment, the iron door of the hut suddenly began to vibrate violently.

Someone is knocking on it like crazy outside.

"...?"

Who?

Prometheus interrupted the chat with Bell, and raised his head vigilantly.

She skillfully connected to the surveillance system at the door through the network, and saw a group of Fire Moth soldiers gathering in front of Ling's prison.

Even without checking their bodies through the emotional monitoring system, Prometheus can still see their extremely abnormal mental state through the transparent window.

They were extremely excited and fanatical, their eyes were bloodshot, and they stared at the bell in the room through the window.

"Sister Prometheus..."

Bell had never seen such a scene before, she was a little scared.

"...Hide behind me, I will protect you."

The gray-haired girl said lightly.

She still didn't know what these fanatical guys were planning to do, but there was no doubt that they were trying to do something unfavorable to Ling.

Whether it's being Dr. Mei's artificial intelligence assistant, or agreeing to the promise made by that guy, or...just being Ling's friend, she has to do something.

The electric current of the microelectronics flowed through the body, and she quickly decided what to do.

She first sent a message of the status quo to Dr. Mei through the Internet, asking her to make arrangements immediately.

Dr. Mei, who is always wise and intelligent, will make a corresponding judgment and deal with it.

However, at the moment when the other Ying Jie are not in the Fire Chaser Moth base, Dr. Mei may be able to mobilize very limited personnel.

After all, they couldn't confirm now that the group of soldiers who were knocking on the door was just a small group of lunatics, or it was the result of other people's deliberate actions.

Then, the next thing she has to do is to protect the bell from these lunatics before Dr. Mei takes measures.

It didn't take long for the door to hold Bell to be opened by them. They rushed into the room, picked up the weapons in their hands, and aimed at the cherry-colored girl.

Among them, there are pistols, long knives, and axes.

"...What do you want to do?"

Facing the fanatical gun-wielding crowd, the gray-haired girl asked fearlessly.

She calculated the trajectory of the bullet and put the bell behind her to make sure that she would never be injured by a bullet fired suddenly by someone.

"Go away, you artificial intelligence!"

"We're going to kill the Herrscher!"

"Kill the Herrscher! Save mankind!"

"Don't stop us from saving the world!"

The fanatical crowd obviously didn't want to communicate with her.

With a sigh, Prometheus said:

"You are disobeying Dr. May's orders."

"Dr. May? What is she good for?"

"If she is really useful, why did the world come to where it is today?"

"She even wanted to tolerate the Herrscher!"

"If it weren't for her, the world wouldn't be what it is today!"

Dr. May's name obviously aroused greater opposition among these fanatics.

Like a pot exploded, they began to yell at the leader of the Flaming Moth, as if they wanted to blame her for all the misfortunes they encountered.

Don't hate the enemy, but hate the people who protect them...

Is this what Albonia said "human nature is immutable".

But, why not hate the Yingjies?Because Dr. May is just an ordinary person?

Prometheus felt that she seemed to have a little more understanding of human beings.

It seems that in the face of this group of guys who have gone mad, communication is meaningless.

Perhaps because the [Tragedy of Restraint] was too tragic, the tense nerves of these soldiers finally reached the limit.

Their...hatred towards the Herrscher had reached an extreme point, and they couldn't tolerate Ling, the Herrscher, surviving safely in the world.

"..."

The gray-haired girl's eyes gradually became cold.

"Loading battle mod..."

The pair of electronic pupils accurately locked every Firemoth soldier in front of him and the weapons in their hands.

Afterwards, she arched her body slightly, and shot out like an arrow off a string.

……

After a moment.

"Sister Prometheus..."

Bell looked worriedly at the AI ​​girl who was fighting to protect her.

"Don't worry, Ling, the cleaning has been completed."

Prometheus turned around indifferently.

The ground was already full of Flaming Moth soldiers who had been knocked to the ground by her and lost their ability to fight.

They wailed helplessly. Although there was hatred in their eyes, she had actually disabled their ability to move, and they could no longer do anything that could harm Ling.

She didn't kill them directly. How to judge and dispose of these lunatics is Dr. Mei's responsibility.

Of course, her body was also damaged a lot. Bullet holes directly pierced through her simulated skin and sunk into the inside of the mechanical armor. Even one arm was cut off by the swing of the ax and fell to the ground.

"But, your hand..."

"It's okay, it's very convenient for me to change the arm."

She said indifferently.

For this kind of thing, just wait a while and go to the maintenance room to reinstall it.

"Let's go, Ling, I'll take you to a safe place first."

She reached out to the cherry-colored girl in front of her with her other surviving hand.

I don't know if those crazy guys have any accomplices. Although Dr. Mei is already dispatching trustworthy personnel to rush over, but before that, it's better to change another place to protect her.

"it is good……"

Bell briskly ran close to Prometheus.

"Puff"——