Chapter 79: Cutting Off the Source
If he had drawn Kiana or Raiden Mei series character cards and reverse-mapped them to this Honkai world at this time node, facing the impending Third Honkai Eruption event, it would undoubtedly be a hell-difficulty start.
Relying on his thorough knowledge of Honkai Impact 3rd's plot might lower the difficulty by one level, but it would still be a hard-level instance.
But, joining the game as Bronya, the difficulty of the instance would undergo a qualitative change, a positive qualitative change!
Approaching Cocolia as her daughter, launching a righteous backstab at point-blank range, directly finishing off Cocolia.
An easy difficulty that anyone with hands could manage, a super-fast clear record that no one could surpass.
Unfortunately, even if Cocolia's crimes were too numerous to count, and death couldn't absolve her, if you counted her offenses, five minutes of execution by firing squad wouldn't be enough.
She was, after all, Bronya's mother. Caelus needed to consider their future relationship.
To clear the game while leaving Cocolia alive would be slightly more troublesome, but not difficult.
Bronya needed to unite with Raiden Ryoma and the conservative faction of Anti-Entropy, who were still clueless about the situation in Nagazora City, and use the latter's power to infiltrate Cocolia's layout in Nagazora City.
When she went to pay her respects to her dear mother with a signal axe and Frostmourne, Raiden Ryoma and the conservative Anti-Entropy forces would coordinate, launching a swift offensive against the entire Cocolia faction from both within and without.
Thus, while Bronya was showing filial piety to her dear mother, the entire Cocolia faction would be dismantled—Cocolia had transferred many resources to Nagazora City for her plan.
What Bronya had to do was to make it completely fall apart!
Perhaps it wouldn't be possible to destroy all of Cocolia's foundations built over many years in various circles, but knocking off more than 85% of the health bar she had accumulated over several years shouldn't be a problem.
All the painstaking efforts Cocolia had invested over the years would collapse.
Then, cut off the source!
Actively triggering a Great Honkai Eruption, the grave crime of substantively murdering millions, this crime against humanity, once confirmed, even the radical faction of Anti-Entropy would have to point their spears at Cocolia.
They were radical, a bit radical, but they weren't crazy yet!
Even if it was just for show, they would have to withdraw their support for Cocolia.
At that time, even if Cocolia didn't become a lone wolf, she would at most have a few stragglers by her side, completely unable to resist the other executors.
Bronya didn't think that with such a criminal record against humanity, Mama Cocolia could still hold onto her position as an executor. Not to mention immediate execution, the lightest possible scenario would be life imprisonment, right?
"Hiss—!"
Listening to the silver-haired girl's plan, Raiden Ryoma couldn't help but widen his eyes, tactically lean back, and suck in a breath of cold air.
He felt the shock of a "greatly filial" daughter!
"What? Is there still a problem?" The silver-haired girl casually looked up, her gaze drifting towards the "I'm so damn shocked" Raiden Ryoma.
"No, no, I just..."
Raiden Ryoma suddenly fell silent, shaking his head after a long while. What kind of expression should he show?
"Don't understand why you're doing this?"
What on earth did Cocolia do to the Uralian Silver Wolf?
This was already beyond the level of betrayal. The ruthlessness of this little padded jacket's methods was something Raiden Ryoma had never seen in his life.
Or perhaps, was it a ruthlessness passed down in the mother-daughter line?
Raiden Ryoma became even more silent.
Thinking about it this way, Cocolia had actually shown him some mercy?
Cocolia had exiled many of his people and seized resources like the mecha production line. These actions weren't a fundamental blow to Raiden Ryoma; he would have room to operate and recover after getting out.
But if this little padded jacket's plan succeeded, Cocolia's basic foundation would collapse. She would completely lose her seat on the world stage and spend the rest of her life in prison.
Putting himself in her shoes, if Mei teamed up with Cocolia to destroy ME Corp and send him, her old father, to prison to be shot... Raiden Ryoma couldn't even imagine what kind of mood he'd be in.
He just fantasized about it for a moment, and his face turned pale, breaking out in a cold sweat.
"Why? It's troublesome to explain."
The silver-haired girl jumped off the chair, maintaining a 10-centimeter float above the ground.
"Once, Bronya failed a mission and was then adopted by Mama Cocolia. The time in the orphanage was Bronya's happiest time."
"Although that place was very cold and resources weren't abundant, everyone in the orphanage was very cute, and Mama Cocolia often spent time with us."
Raiden Ryoma frowned.
Cocolia, as an executor of Anti-Entropy, wielded great power. Even before she became an executor, she was a famous regional warlord.
Not to mention turning the orphanage into a paradise, ensuring the children were well-fed and warmly clothed should have been absolutely no problem. But what was this about resources not being abundant?
"I just want Mama to have more energy to spend with everyone in the orphanage in the future, you know~"
The silver-haired girl's face once again showed an angelic, cute smile.
Raiden Ryoma only felt a chilling malice spread throughout his body. What kind of yandere thinking is this?
Spending the rest of her life in prison, then she'll definitely have plenty of time to spend with the children.
"I've said my piece. So, Mr. Raiden Ryoma, what's your answer?"
"No problem!"
Without a shred of hesitation, Raiden Ryoma nodded heavily, afraid that if he was a second too slow, Bronya would run off.
Although he didn't know what grudges this daughter and Cocolia had, and even though this Uralian Silver Wolf's behavior was extremely strange, the fact that she could freely enter and leave this place to see him undoubtedly meant she was Cocolia's daughter.
"Very good. Then, happy cooperation."
The silver-haired girl left Raiden Ryoma a special communicator, through which he could contact the outside world and communicate with the conservative faction of Anti-Entropy using his own communicator.
Afterward, the angelic smile disappeared, returning to a three-nos state, and control of the body switched.
Raiden Ryoma watched the somewhat dejected "greatly filial" daughter float out, somewhat puzzled. This level of change didn't seem like an ordinary disguise.
Ignoring Raiden Ryoma's gaze, the silver-haired girl continued to console Bronya in her mind. Just now, she seemed to be explaining to Raiden Ryoma, but in fact, some words were meant for Bronya.
The years of nurturing grace were not false. Watching Silver Wolf push Cocolia into prison, a prison from which she could never escape, Bronya still felt unbearable and confused.
But after hearing Silver Wolf's words, she was somewhat speechless.
Yes, Mama Cocolia clearly had the ability to let everyone in the orphanage live a happy life where they could eat candy every day, yet everyone's life remained just as cold and difficult.
Those yandere words spoken like a joke served as a reminder to Bronya: letting Mama Cocolia spend the rest of her life in prison was indeed a good idea.
If everyone in the orphanage missed Mama, they could visit her anytime, without worrying about Mama not having time.
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On the other side, Belobog.
The Trailblazing squad had been having a lot of fun these past two days. Ahem, it should be said they were progressing with the Trailblazing mission step by step.
Caelus, Stelle, March 7th, and Seele spent their days exploring and opening treasure chests.
Besides the daily crystals from the monthly card, Caelus had harvested 87 jades.
Belobog had a lot of trash can treasure chests. Most chests only contained one or two crystals, but every little bit counts.
Or they would go to the Everwinter Workshop to learn musical instruments and practice band ensemble.
Caelus and Seele were also gathering intelligence on the side, but given their tourist status, they couldn't be too conspicuous, otherwise, it would easily attract the attention of watchers.
Although Cocolia spoke of 'sincere treatment' and 'warm hospitality,' in reality, her surveillance of the group had never relaxed.
Shopping was naturally an indispensable part of touring. Caelus bought a lot of miscellaneous things.
Mainly items for making disguises or concealing appearances; other items were cover for these things.
He was using Bronya's body to operate in the Honkai Impact 3rd world; he couldn't always keep Silverwing in the Valkyrie space here.
Due to the accident that night, Bronya didn't know how to face Seele. After briefly using Silverwing's body, she didn't actively seek out Seele but watched from afar, observing secretly.
She wanted to use her own eyes to thoroughly confirm this Seele's identity. As a result, the more Bronya watched, the more silent she became, her heart heavy yet excited.
Because whenever this happened, Seele would let White Seele take over her body.
He hadn't forgotten to look for that divine mecha and the Tara mask, but searching for these two small items on an entire planet by himself was purely like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Clues were almost zero. Caelus had considered asking Bronya for help.
During this time, Rand Duck (Bronya) had visited once.
After all, the Supreme Guardian had explicitly assigned her the task of entertaining the guests. Even if Pela was arranged to accompany and take care of the outworld visitors, she should still devote more effort.
But even Pela could see that Bronya's main purpose in coming was Seele.
Commander Bronya really liked that girl.
Pela admitted that the cute Seele was very likable. She had heard about the connection between Seele, 'Bronya,' and 'Cocolia.' Commander Bronya seemed to really be treating the other as a younger sister.
If Seele mentioned lost items and asked Bronya for help, she would surely help without reservation.
But when Seele interacted with Bronya, Rand Duck too often mentioned things like 'Mother said' or 'Mother taught me.'
Seele inwardly complained that Rand Duck was far more deeply poisoned by Cocolia than Little Duckling.
Therefore, she gave up the idea of asking Rand Duck for help.
Dan Heng, who had been soaking in the library, had made some progress.
Night, Goethe Hotel.
Dan Heng's room. Apart from Seele, the other members of the Trailblazing squad were gathered.
"Around 20 years before the Fortress Era, the Destruction Legion descended from the sky like rain, and the great Fortress Builders fought against them for a long time."
"When the war between the Fortress Builders and the Anti-Matter Legion was almost overwhelmingly disadvantageous, at the critical moment when humanity was on the verge of extinction, a mysterious cold wave appeared without warning. Although it devoured everything indiscriminately,"
"Under such circumstances, it can undoubtedly be seen as a victory for humanity."
Dan Heng sent some records scanned with his phone to the group chat, giving his judgment:
"The timing of the cold wave's arrival is too coincidental. I suspect that someone among the Fortress Builders at that time actively came into contact with the Stellaron."
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