Honkai, why do you only play high-end games?

Is it really you?

Chapter 149: The Ordinary Orchid Dell

Stan could never have imagined that the target he was ordered to stop and even eliminate this time would be the blonde girl who had once saved his life when he was being hunted, and who had been very kind to him, chatting with him and gently stroking his hair...

So her name is Yulan Dale?

Stan felt that he vaguely heard this name. When he was being held by the girl, a strange man who suddenly appeared seemed to have called her that.

But firstly, as a cat, it was not interested in idle chat between humans; secondly, it was frightened by another pair of dangerous eyes that it vaguely felt in the man's eyes, so it put the matter behind it.

And it naturally knows nothing about the meaning of this name.

This is also a natural thing.

Stan was just a cat, more than that a tool, a weapon. The Jackal wouldn't have the mind or patience to crouch down and teach one of his creations about the composition of Destiny...

And it was precisely this ignorance that made it treat Yulan Dell as an ordinary human girl whom it liked very much from the beginning to the end. It had no defense against her at all, and in the few encounters with her, it was happy to play the role of an ordinary kitten in its memory.

And it was precisely this unguarded friendliness that made Yulan Dell, who always had a keen intuition and a strong sense of crisis, not feel the slightest hostility from it, but only felt intimacy and friendliness.

It was precisely for this reason that Youlan Dell repeatedly failed to think in a more dangerous direction - even though Bishop Otto had reminded her early on that there was a cat-shaped Honkai Beast in this city.

"But how could such a coincidence happen, don't you think?"

Yu Lan Dale was scratching Stan's chin, watching him close his eyes and enjoy it, while thinking to himself.

A simple-minded girl and a kitten which is relatively smart but still simple-minded compared to humans, each of them has a warm memory due to coincidences and various unexpected factors.

Until recently, the Jackal input all the information he knew about Orlandale into Stan's collar; and Stan, who was connected to it neurally, was also stunned by this information for a while.

The S-class Valkyrie in the information, wearing a navy blue military uniform, with fluffy blonde hair blowing in the wind, a confident smile on her face, and a heroic demeanor, actually looked exactly like the blonde girl who gave her a big bag of dried meat as a gift before leaving.

When the bag of dried meat was burned to ashes by the fire, it felt extremely lost and sad, as if it had lost something very important...

"My enemy is her?"

Stan felt as if he was dreaming at this moment; but when the familiar blonde girl, dressed in blue and white armor and with a faint glowing light behind her, appeared in front of him with big strides, he finally realized that this was reality.

This meeting was indeed a bit unexpected, and the atmosphere was awkward for a moment.

"Meow……"

After a few seconds, Stan broke the silence first, meowing softly.

Please leave here, I don't want to hurt you...

Stan thought to himself, if it was someone else who appeared here, he would not hesitate at all. He would complete the transformation the moment she appeared, and then tear her into pieces with his extremely sharp claws after the transformation.

However, as for Youlan Dell, it still remembered the taste of that piece of jerky, and it couldn't bring itself to do that. It couldn't even think of transforming in front of her...

After holding it in for a while, he saw Youlan Dale frowning and not moving, and cried out pitifully again.

"Meow……"

I beg you……

"..."

Yulan Dell frowned tightly, lowered his eyes slightly, and looked at Stan, who was squatting at the end of the corridor, looking quite cute and well-behaved.

She was also surprised to see this familiar kitten here, but she was only stunned for a moment, and then she quickly figured out the whole story.

It seems that this is the cat-shaped Honkai Beast that the Bishop mentioned? It's ridiculous that I didn't realize it for so long.

Yulan Dell thought to himself.

When this man and cat met by chance before, Stan, being a relatively simple-minded kitten, naturally did not think of it in the direction of 'conspiracy'. He was simply surprised and at a loss.

As for Youlan Dell, she had obviously thought of this possibility. But at this moment, she didn't want to think about these meaningless things anymore.

She just frowned slightly and quickly accepted this reality. Then her brows relaxed slightly, and she took another step forward, saying softly,

"Step aside!"

I have important things to do and don't have time to bother with you here!

Even now, she still didn't want to fight it, so she issued such a stern warning.

Whether it was the simple understanding she had of it during those encounters, or the fact that the cat came alone to stop her in the current situation, Yu Lan Dale was extremely sure that it could understand what she was saying. Therefore, she did not think that she was wasting her breath.

Of course, if it really wanted to face the hilt of his sword, Yulan Dell would knock it to the ground without hesitation.

"Tread, step, step..."

The crisp, rhythmic sound of footsteps was particularly loud in this enclosed underground space. It was originally quite pleasant, but to Stan, the crisp footsteps sounded like a knife cutting through flesh, causing him immense discomfort. Unable to help but let his hair stand on end, he raised his voice and let out the sound an animal would make when defending its base:

“Woo~ meow!”

The voice is high-pitched, short, and threatening:

Don't come over here! If you come over again, I won't be polite!

Stan couldn't remember the last time he made a sound like that.

I only remember that it was probably one chilly morning. The air was so cold that day that even mice and birds were unwilling to go out.

I finally managed to catch a pigeon that was sheltering from the rain under a roof, but before I could even eat it, I was spotted by a stray dog ​​that happened to be wandering nearby. Its eyes gleamed, as if it was not only trying to steal the food from the dog's mouth, but was even trying to make itself part of the meal.

That time, Stan could no longer remember whether he was defending his territory, food, or his own life; anyway, a skinny-looking kitten bared its teeth fiercely at a stray dog ​​that was obviously stronger than it.

Naturally, it failed to save its prey, but it also did not allow itself to become the prey of the other party, and even blinded one of the other party's eyes in return.

In short, it is difficult to say who won or lost in that short yet long battle that day.

And that day, the cry Stan made was a stressful, threatening cry:

“Woo~ meow!”

"Ok?"

This already high-pitched cry sounded doubly harsh in this enclosed environment.

Yulan Dell stopped in his tracks upon hearing the sound, even preparing to fight back with his hands, but nothing happened.

He even lowered his gaze slightly, and was surprised to see that after the cat made the threatening cry, its momentum suddenly weakened, it lowered its head, crouched down, and took a few steps back - after the momentary stress, it still didn't want to fight.

"..."

Yu Lan Dale was speechless for a moment. Why do you act like I'm bullying you?

Every time she took a step forward, the kitten took a step back; every time she took a step forward, the kitten took a step back...

Stan retreated until he was close to the wall, looked around, and saw that there was another corner here. He felt that if he retreated any further, he might not be able to pass his master's level, so he stopped hesitantly, looking at Yulan Dell with a pair of pitiful big eyes, somewhat at a loss.

He couldn't retreat, and he couldn't advance either... Stan felt so frustrated!

It couldn't retreat, of course, because the Jackal had given it a death order to hold on to this place.

The reason he couldn't go in was because Stan felt he hadn't used enough force and was afraid he might accidentally hurt the little human girl across from him...

Although it may sound funny, in the eyes of animals, things are often this simple - the degree of danger they perceive from the other party is proportional to the actual threat the other party can bring.

Therefore, even in the cruel natural world, in the daily cycle of hunting and escaping, when the lion is full and has no interest in hunting, the zebra will come over to drink water with it as if nothing had happened.

After years of diligent and self-disciplined training, Youlan Dale had already mastered her inner aura. So before she actually made her move, at least from the outside, she truly looked like an ordinary, beautiful girl who seemed to love sports...

But Stan didn't know this.

It is just a cat that has been biologically modified, not a cat that has studied in college; so it is clear-headed and stupid and does not understand those complex concepts of humans at all. In its world, there is no intuitive concept of "S-class Valkyrie" - can you expect a cat to distinguish "ABCD"?

On the contrary, her long-standing biological instinct told her that this blonde girl who looked so aggressive seemed... not threatening at all?

If it didn't know Orchiddale, then things would be simple—I don't care who you are, I'll just transform, slap you, and then get slapped against the wall. Game over...

And if it knew Yulan Dell and had a good relationship with him, but could clearly sense the obvious danger and powerful aura from Yulan Dell, then the matter would be just as simple - they were all warriors, each serving their own master and relying on their own abilities; Stan, who was actually quite proud of himself, did not hate such things.

Of course, the ending is probably as simple as "getting stuck to the wall by Orlandel, and then the game is over"...

Regardless of which of these two scenarios unfolded, the outcome was the same—Yulan Dell quickly broke through Stan's fragile defenses, penetrated deep into the base, wreaked havoc, and then reunited with Otto at the fastest possible speed...

But if the situation is like this: Stan and Yulan Dale know each other and have a good relationship, but he does not feel any threat from her, then things become complicated:

"This is a good girl. I really can't bear to hurt her. If I can avoid it, I'd better not do it..."

This is probably what Stan's mentality is like.

This, in turn, made the situation before us more complicated and subtle—

Stan retreated step by step, and finally had almost no way to retreat, staring at Yulan Dell eagerly;

Although Youlan Dale pressed forward step by step, her momentum and fighting spirit were constantly dissolved and melted away as she advanced step by step, and finally became somewhat awkward:

She always felt like she was bullying a cat!

Who came up with this idea? How despicable!

"..."

Youlan Dell didn't want to waste time here, but now it seems that he has no choice but to waste it...

But even so, she still wanted to end it quickly.

"Kitten, I know you can understand what I say; so, let's discuss something."

Yulandel stopped and said with a frown.

She didn't know Stan's name, so she called him "Kitten" and then expressed her attitude directly.

"Fight me. If you win, you can stop me here. If you lose, get out of the way. I'll go deeper into here and find your master and a friend of mine."

As she spoke, Youlan Dale even waved her hand, dispelling the Valkyrie armor on her body, returning to her daily attire, and said with great confidence,

"I won't bully you either. How about I fight you with my bare hands?"

Yu Lan Dale thought that he had made a huge concession, but he saw that the hateful kitten was shaking its little head even more.

It was fine when Yulan Dell was wearing the Valkyrie armor, and Stan still felt a little unfamiliar with her; but when she took off the armor, she completely turned back into the blonde girl he was most familiar with; now, he didn't want to fight even more.

"Why did this human girl even take off that strange armor? Doesn't this bully her even more? No way!"

Stan shook his head frantically.

I have to say, the communication between this man and this cat is somewhat off-kilter...

"Don't want to fight? Then get out of the way!"

After entering the mission state, Yulan Dell had no intention of playing with the cat and planned to leave it behind and rush in.

"Meow!"

Stan jumped out and blocked her way from a distance.

"you……"

Yu Lan Dale was so angry that he even wanted to kick the little guy away.

But seeing its pitiful big eyes, I still couldn't bear it...

………………

"Ha, that's it, trip her up..."

On the other side, Lin Wei, who was waiting on the rooftop, smiled and closed the communicator. He had just seen the entire scene through the underground monitoring system he had hacked into.

"Just a little bit of time will be enough. It doesn't need to be much, just one or two minutes will be enough..."

Lin Wei looked in another direction and saw clearly that the jackal had already walked to Yuno's side. He couldn't help but smile.

"Next, all we have to do is wait for Otto to reveal his true form..."

Chapter 150: Otto and the Jackal's Two-Way Journey (5,000 words)

No one knew how ecstatic the Jackal was when, filled with remorse and ignoring the mess on the ground and herself in the mess, she walked to the edge of the big pit formed by the explosion in a somewhat awkward posture, and saw a girl lying motionless in the middle of the radiating pit from a distance.

"Hahahahahaha!"

The Jackal couldn't help but burst into laughter, feeling that all the continuous ups and downs he had encountered in the past two days, as well as the humiliation, frustration and regret he had suffered in the process, had finally been rewarded.

To be fair, Jackal is a very selfish person, but she is also not one who would sacrifice public interest for personal gain...

Later in the original worldline, the Jackal also madly coveted the Herrscher of the Void, and once forced Kiana into his laboratory for research; but she turned the tables on him, taking advantage of the opportunity to steal a lot of information, and completely ruined the stigma experiment he had carefully prepared for a long time in Sky City;

Given her personality, she had every reason to resent and retaliate against Kiana; but in the attack on the Schicksal North African base immediately following the Sky City incident, after once again catching the Herrscher of the Sky, she did not hesitate at all, but immediately reported her whereabouts to Kevin and asked him to make a judgment; she herself did not take any unauthorized action from beginning to end.