"Dr. Maki...Dr. Maki!"
"Hmm? Uh...what happened to me just now?"
Maki suddenly woke up from a strong push on his back in the back seat, covering his forehead and shaking his head uncomfortably.
As his consciousness gradually cleared, he realized he was in the mecha that Cocolia had arranged to pick him up, but he couldn't remember anything after entering it.
"I'm sorry to disturb your rest. But I need to confirm whether the HSN-B46 serum in your hand truly has the effect of eliminating the human body's collapse energy?"
The strong vibrations of the mecha and Kella's eager questioning made Maki ignore the blank memory he had just experienced.
Maybe he was too tired during this period, and the physical and mental burdens were very heavy, so he fell asleep as soon as he walked out of Otto's control range. As an old man, this was also normal.
Maki thought this, then held the serum in his hand and nodded vigorously. "I'm sure it has such an effect."
"Okay, Lord Cocolia trusts you, so let's give up the Gem of Serenity."
"Wait, what did you say?"
Maki was startled, and his old face suddenly changed color.
"Do you know what Schicksal does with the Gem of Serenity? If Otto continues to use this gem, what's the point of me escaping?"
"But with the gem, we will face the endless pursuit of Schicksal! Doctor, your serum and research ideas are the most important. Lord Cocolia said this is the key to changing the world. The gem is no longer important!"
"No! If the gem is taken back by Schicksal, then all this is meaningless!"
"... Then I cannot guarantee our safety. Doctor, I must remind you how dangerous this is. I have sacrificed several comrades, and they were all the bravest and most upright warriors."
Kella couldn't say whether they were upright or not; anyway, it was Angel herself, so she must be brave and not afraid of death.
Maki was silent for a while, and as the outside impacts rumbled in, he said:
"I'm sorry."
"It's okay, I'm sorry too."
Kella drove the Titan across the night sky at high speed and replied lightly.
Yes, I'm sorry, there is no hatred between me and you.
I pushed you towards death just because I needed to. "We' are all bad people, including you; no one should despise each other. Blame it on your weakness and the fact that you were unlucky to be in my sights.
"Boom!!!"
The fire illuminated the night sky.
In the large-scale explosion smoke, Kella fell to the ground in armor, looked back at the layers of pursuers who were whistling, and the corners of her mouth under the helmet slightly raised, then turned around and fled into the wasteland.
...
"Don't worry about me, take the gem away, don't let Schicksal get it!"
"Ziziziz..."
The critical scene, shaken intermittently by the explosion and flames, was transmitted to Welt's hands while driving.
The three old comrade in arms, who had a tacit understanding, frowned when they saw it.
"This is the situation. The only one left in the team I sent out is Kella, who is fighting alone with the Gem of Serenity, serum samples, and research materials. The East Shenzou Sea Base has been targeted by Otto. Whoever I send to reinforce will be besieged now. I can only rely on the leader to take action."
"Where is she?"
"She left the planned retreat route in the melee and is now roughly in the southeast corner of the Kuk Snowfield. Damn, if I hadn't moved out of Siberia, I might still be able to meet her now!"
"Doesn't that mean she has almost escaped and crossed half a planet?"
Welt compared the map in his mind and was shocked.
First, he didn't expect the Titan BT72 to have great endurance, and second, it was because of Kella's personal ability.
It's okay to tease Schicksal, but after the matter was done, being able to escape half a planet away from the Schicksal headquarters was so brave. Whose general is she?
Oh, it's mine?
That's fine. Welt's love for talent emerged. For an organization to grow and develop, doesn't it rely on these passionate, loyal, and capable talents?
This woman must be saved, even if not for the gem and serum. If she is not saved, it will be a shame for the goddess of fate's love for our anti-entropy!
Even Raiden Ryoma, who was not in harmony with Cocolia, couldn't help but nod secretly at this time, remembering this young man who had never been famous before he was imprisoned.
"Ryoma, open the hatch."
"Yes, leader."
Welt jumped, and his tall figure fell into the boundless night, turning into a black shadow, and flew towards the snowfield.
...
It was a very lively night.
Schicksal crossed half the planet to hunt down the Titan of Anti-Entropy.
Even if the huge gap in scientific and technological levels made it impossible for secular countries to discover anything with technical means, the chasing team would always pass through towns, so a considerable number of major countries with good intelligence means have noticed some clues one after another.
Europe asked Schicksal. America is trying to probe the Anti-Entropy headquarters. Asia is mainly trying to find out the situation with Cocolia and Theresa.
Unfortunately, no one cares about the doubts of secular society.
The fate of the Gem of Serenity is destined to be determined by an unprecedented large-scale conflict. At this moment, there are only three protagonists on this planet - Schicksal, Anti-Entropy, and World Serpent.
Not to mention the uneasiness and helplessness of secular countries.
Welt arrived at the snowfield at dawn. At this time, the satellite images had been interfered with by Schicksal and could not be used in a short time, so he directly created a large number of drones to search for traces of pursuit.
At the same time as Welt made his move, in another corner of the snowfield, the Aesir Mech and Valkyrie troops chasing Kella landed one after another, adjusted their status, and rested their spirits.
And in the front, the scarred silver helmet warrior was imprisoned by an invisible force, hanging in the air, unable to move.
"Oh my god, who is this woman? She escaped all the way from the Mediterranean to this place. Are you letting her go on purpose?"
Delta floated steadily in front of the pursuit team without touching the ground, yawning and asking casually.
"Lord Delta, we... are really ashamed!"
The leading Valkyrie stood up in shame.
To be honest, they also wanted to curse.
It was just a few Titans, at most they flew faster, but their firepower was not worth mentioning. However, these iron lumps were more cunning and tenacious than each other. They divided their troops, circled, harassed, and fought guerrilla warfare along the way. No matter how many attacks they endured, no one retreated or fell behind. So far, all the pursuit targets have delayed the enemy's pace with the most tragic self-explosion.
Their main opponents have always been the zombies and Honkai beasts, and occasionally those sinners who touched Honkai energy, but they were all pitifully weak and had no power to fight back in front of the Valkyries.
The Valkyries were tired but couldn't really hate such a unique opponent.
Therefore, in front of Delta who stopped Kella, the Valkyries with mixed feelings didn't care that they were picked by Delta, and just felt ashamed.
Delta raised her eyebrows, waved her hand, signaled the Valkyries to rest on the spot, and then came to Kella lightly.
"This big sister with a super good figure, let's discuss it. You give me the gem and let me end this business trip. I won't humiliate you further and let you go. How about it?"
"..."
"Don't be silent, I am a person who is very trustworthy. People who know me say that I am very honest. You have been running for so long, and it is not a dereliction of duty to return empty-handed. Besides, so many people are watching. I don't want to make it too bloody. Let's be peaceful, okay?"
"There is nothing to say. We have different positions. Kill me."
Kella's hoarse voice came from the closed and scarred exoskeleton mecha. Delta sighed, raised her hand, compressed the atmospheric pressure, and the sound of metal twisting came from Kella's mecha.
On the snow, the Valkyries turned their heads away, not wanting to see the bloody end of this enemy who was so tenacious that they all surrendered.
"Swish!"
Suddenly, a laser cannon came from a distance and hit Delta.
The residual beams splashed out, melting the ice and snow and the land, leaving dark holes.
Delta had an ideal fluid barrier, not to mention the damage; even her hair was not messed up at all. She frowned, looked at Welt who fell from the sky, and then said in a weak tone.
"Uncle, you are not here to seek revenge on me, are you? Reasonably speaking, there is a reason for every grievance. At most, I will point you in the direction of Overseer Otto, and you will let me go, okay?"
"Not really, I just came to save people."
"Then let's discuss it. You take the person away, but can you leave the gem? I don't want to work overtime, I want to go back to the Oceania branch to sleep."
"..."
Welt was choked.
After being opened up in the East Shenzou Sea last time, he paid attention to Delta's information and roughly found out that she was a lazy person, but he didn't expect that she would be so unfocused.
Could it be a deliberate disguise to make people relax their vigilance?
"Our situation is extremely special. To some extent, I am your predecessor. I am a little curious. What kind of willpower did you rely on to overcome the temptation of Honkai?"
"Because destroying the world is too tiring, I am too lazy to do it. If I have that time, I might as well watch Wendy jumping up and down."
"... Although I can't understand it, I always feel that Miss Wendy must be very distressed."
"Huh? How is that possible? We are best friends and agreed to put our ashes in the same urn in the future. Please give me an answer quickly, senior. Please take the gem back to me and I will not care about what happens next."
Delta showed an expectant look, which was super sincere. She almost wrote "I don't want to work" on her face.
Welt's mouth twitched. As a Herrscher on the human side, he felt a generation gap with this junior.
However, after carefully examining the scene, Welt found that it seemed that it was not a problem to take the gem away together.
Although Otto would definitely get angry later, didn't he still have the World Serpent to take the blame?
Honestly speaking, Welt was not very willing to put a dangerous item like the Gem of Serenity in the hands of the even more dangerous Otto.
If possible, it would be a good choice to let Anti-Entropy keep the gem.
The always serious Herrscher of Reason, stared at the pseudo-Herrscher of Wind who looked reluctant.
The air gradually solidified in silence, and the atmosphere gradually became sinister.