Chapter 55: How dare you assume that the gender is depleted?
~Honkai: Impact 3rd World~
"This pure love warrior is completely satisfied."
"Let me guess, you're probably lying in bed right now, twisting like a maggot, right?"
"Upstairs, can you remove the surveillance camera in my room?"
"Family, who understands?! This is a confession!!!"
Inside St. Freya High, Kiana was bored scrolling through the forums and found that the forums were almost completely dominated by Bronya and Seele.
The screen was full of discussions like "shipping so hard I'm dizzy," and "shipping so hard I'm crazy."
"Uncle Yang, Miss Himeko, Bronya, Seele... they all appeared on the screen."
Kiana lay on Mei's desk, playing with the strands of hair that hung down in front of the girl:
"Mei, when will you appear on the screen?"
"I'm also curious when Kiana will appear,"
Mei smiled gently.
"Mei is so good at cooking, her counterpart should also be very good at cooking."
Kiana was saying, when her eyes suddenly drifted back to the screen in the sky, looking at Seele and Bronya being affectionate inside... Kiana immediately shook her head again.
"No, Seele and Bronya's counterparts have completely different personalities and identities... and even their figures and appearances are very different. Maybe Mei's counterpart is also completely opposite, a big sister who can't cook at all?"
Mei gently tapped Kiana's forehead:
"Kiana, if you really appeared in the alternate world on the screen, what would you want to do the most?"
"Of course, I'd find you, Mei."
Kiana blinked her eyes and said without hesitation,
"No matter what world it is, I want to be with Mei!"
"Clang, clang—"
Just as the clock struck twelve, Kiana's stomach rumbled on time. The girl sat up from her chair with a "heave-ho" and said quickly,
"It's noon, Mei, I'm going to heat up our lunchboxes!"
After saying that, without giving Mei any time to react, Kiana disappeared from the classroom.
Looking at the chair Kiana had left behind, and the door behind her swinging back and forth, Mei slowly got up and went to the window to open it.
The warm wind from midday lifted her purple hair, and also made this usually serious and earnest Valkyrie feel more clearly that, compared to Seele on the screen—her face was also frighteningly hot.
"Um... Mei, will the afternoon training still be with Kiana?"
Mei turned her face and moved a strand of hair from behind her ear forward, covering her cheek.
"...Yes."
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「 After a night, the refreshed Stelle woke up from bed. Leaving the hotel, she found March 7th and Dan Heng waiting at the entrance. It seemed they had already woken up.
The three went to consult the Underworld for further plans. After meeting Oleg, the first step of the plan was for Sampo to lead everyone to the surface. However, when discussing the second step, Dan Heng finally realized that Bronya was not present.
Seele said that Bronya had already returned to the surface ahead of them, and there were some things she had to resolve for herself.
However, before leaving, she left a letter stating that if anything unexpected happened to her, the group could seek help from the Landau siblings—namely, Serval and Gepard.
"Serval... Ah, so she's Gepard's older sister!" March 7th's mouth widened in surprise, but upon closer inspection, their distinctive golden hair did indeed match.
Stelle suddenly said, "Maybe 'sister' refers to Gepard?"
March 7th: "???" 」
「 .....」
『Viewers of Countless World』
"Hahaha, Stelle's focus is so weird!"
"What's so weird about that? How dare you assume Gepard's gender?"
"Yeah, in the USA... Gepard can even define their gender as a Walmart shopping bag."
"??? So... this is St. Freya High, right?"
"According to USA standards, even if you are biologically male, as long as you identify as female psychologically, you can come and be a 'female' Valkyrie~"
"...!! Stop talking, upstairs! I'm getting goosebumps!"
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「 The scene shifts back to the surface. Bronya went directly to the Qlipoth Fort.
"Mother, I'm back."
Pushing open the office door, the moment she saw her mother, Bronya clearly felt that Cocolia looked much more haggard. Upon seeing her, her dim eyes immediately regained their brilliance.
"Bronya! I thought... I thought I had lost you." Cocolia's lips trembled slightly. "Where did you run off to? Are you hurt? I'll have the butler come over right away—"
"No, it's not necessary! I don't really want to see Sebastian right now. I'm sorry, Mother..."
Feeling her mother's warmth, Bronya's psychological preparation instantly crumbled. She couldn't help but imagine again—could all of this just be a misunderstanding?
"I'm fine, I'm really fine. I ran around the Underworld quite a bit and went through a few battles, but overall I managed."
"Underworld?" Cocolia's expression immediately changed. After a brief silence, her excited tone also became cold: "Then report to me your observations, Commander Bronya."」
「 .....」
~Chainsaw Man World~
"Her face changed so quickly, bad woman! Bad woman! Bad woman!"
Denji yelled as he watched the screen.
"Denji, you're so noisy!"
Power raised her hand and threw an empty milk carton at Denji's head,
"Say 'bad woman' again and I'll punish you by not letting you watch! This Great Me will dig out your eyeballs!!"
"Hmm..."
Denji, who had been making a fuss just a moment ago, suddenly quieted down. He propped his chin with one hand and stared intently at a certain conspicuous part of Cocolia that could be called a big watermelon.
Compared to a certain padded devil...
Although his eyes could be restored by drinking blood if they were dug out, missing Cocolia on the screen would be too much of a loss.
Although Cocolia was a bad woman, her figure was really alluring.
One thing is one thing... saying is saying, but looking is still necessary. In this regard, he was absolutely a pragmatist.
"If changing face quickly makes you a bad woman, then this Great Me is the best woman... no, devil in the world!"
Power suddenly said,
"This Great Me says I'll blast someone's balls, and I'll blast them, I'll never change face and never lie!"
"Denji, do you think this Great Me is right?!"
Denji ignored Power's chatter beside him and turned his gaze to the uncleaned dishes in the kitchen.
The leftover bread on the plate was smeared with butter and jam, and the sweet cream on the cupcakes had been licked clean, leaving only the coffee-colored soft cake base.
The coffee in the coffee cup... he had poured it away as slop.
—These were the breakfasts that the woman had promised him not long ago.
"I almost forgot... the best woman in the world must be Miss Makima."
Without hesitation, Denji said with certainty.
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