"Run! Bronya is on a killing spree!"
The huge combat weapon behind Bronya postured menacingly. Although its cannons lit up with fiery light, they didn't actually fire.
Firing on the snowy plains would only hurt some flowers and grass; firing at the Far East Branch would mean destroying public property.
Besides, Bronya only wanted to scare her little sisters, she had no intention of actually hurting them.
Miss Sin, who had dealt the final blow to Bronya, grinned at this expected outcome and slowly walked towards the other children.
"Bronya, we won't disturb you two bonding. Just remember to invite us for your wedding candy!"
Bronya:
Sin Mal, you inherently evil little brat from Anti-Entropy, do you believe I can't frame you for espionage and make you sing the jailhouse blues in the Far East Branch?!
Despite her thoughts, Bronya had no intention of actually carrying it out.
After all, that girl Sin only had the ambitions of an unruly child; it wasn't a capital offense.
"Don't take what they just said seriously. They're just kids who speak without thinking, they're only playing around."
A short distance away, several small and cute girls were like country bumpkins in the big city, touching this and looking at that, full of the vitality of children.
*Kids say the darndest things, kids say the darndest things!*
"It's fine. They're just kids, they don't know any better."
The young Brian skillfully patted Bronya's head, causing the girl to show a disdainful expression.
If she didn't still need this guy to help her save Seele, she would have taken everyone and flown far, far away long ago.
"Spit it out, what do you want from me?"
Bronya had originally asked Raiden Mei or Kiana to pick her up from the airport. After all, a gentle big sister was always more likable than a lecherous big brother.
But unexpectedly, those two had given her a surprise without a word, changing the person picking her up to this Inner World Protagonist.
He wouldn't be here unless he had a motive. Bronya believed this guy definitely had other plans for her.
Definitely!
"Can't it just be because I care about you?"
"Bronya does not need your concern at the moment. Besides, your ex-girlfriend is here, lonely and cold. You should go and show your concern for that S-rank Valkyrie."
"No rush. She'll be staying at the Far East Branch for a while. We have plenty of time to talk about things between us."
Rita had come to the Far East Branch for two reasons.
First, for him, the new Herrscher of Death. Second, for Kiana, whom Otto valued the most.
With a reason to stay at the Far East Branch to complete Otto's mission, Rita was certainly in no hurry to leave.
Although Rita currently seemed to be living in constant fear under his, the Inner World Protagonist's, threat, in reality... just looking at how this woman could calmly recharge Theresa's energy showed that she wasn't that scared at all.
Perhaps... this was the sense of security brought by the bottom line he, the Inner World Protagonist, held of never forcing girls.
"Then your reason for coming to find me can't just be to pick me up from the airport, can it?"
He wouldn't be here without a motive. Bronya would rather believe that Raiden Mei had eaten too much and kicked him out of bed than believe he had come specially to pick her up.
"If I said I want you to be my girlfriend, how would you answer?"
→_→
He must be dreaming!
"You should know that I'm not interested in a degenerate man like you."
Adjusting her little skirt, Bronya reaffirmed in her heart her lifelong devotion to Seele Vollerei.
In this world, apart from the most adorable little sister Seele Vollerei, no one could shake the will of the Silver Wolf of the Urals, no one!
No one!
"Oh?"
The black-haired young man raised an eyebrow, feeling that Bronya, having been cured of the side effects of the experiment by him, had become somewhat ungrateful.
"I cured you of the side effects from the experiment, and this is the attitude you give me in return?"
[Heartbroken.jpg].
"Do you think I'm as naive and gullible as Sister Mei?"
Bronya retorted.
"Sister Mei was saved by you once in Nagazora City, and with that Kiana's help as a wingman, she's determined to marry no one but you."
"I'm not a simple-minded fool like Kiana, who is exceptionally easy to trick."
As she spoke, Bronya even pouted.
Whether Raiden Mei would be happy in the future was unknown, but their married life would definitely be very harmonious.
There are only wrongly given names, never wrongly given nicknames.
This guy's skills in bed were so incredible, he completely lived up to the title of 'Inner World Protagonist'.
Let alone one Raiden Mei, even ten more would be easily conquered by him!
Furthermore, this guy was a hero who had saved two cities, which directly made Raiden Mei give up the idea of repaying him in the next life and simply offer herself to him instead.
Ensuring that she would basically have a midnight snack every night.
As for her, the Silver Wolf of the Urals, her relationship with this guy was limited to a transaction. She had no intention of developing a deeper connection.
A win is saving my little sister, everything else is none of my business!
"Well, I guess there's nothing to be done then."
Since it had come to this, there seemed to be nothing left to say.
"I was originally planning to discuss with you the feasibility of a plan to rescue Seele from the Sea of Quanta, but you turned out to be so heartless towards me!"
"..."
Bronya's previously disdainful little face suddenly stiffened.
*Really? Godfather!*
Even her exceptionally brilliant brain couldn't come up with a solution that would satisfy both sides in this situation.
Brain: Dammit mouth, say something!
Mouth: Dammit brain, do something!
Bronya even felt for a moment that a mutiny was happening inside her body.
The black-haired young man made a gesture as if to leave, causing Bronya's stiff expression to change in the blink of an eye.
"Brother Brian, I was wrong just now. I apologize to you."
For the sake of her little sister, what's a little duck butt?!
Her little lips had never even been kissed by this guy, and that one time was her own initiative; it's just her butt, if it's been groped, it's been groped.
A fawning smile appeared on the young girl's face: "It's not that Bronya doesn't like you, I just feel that right now, we're in a state of being more than friends, but not yet lovers."
She didn't make her words final, nor did she completely deny the relationship between them.
This Russian loli had learned the art of keeping him on the hook without being taught, attempting to use a tiny bit of bait to get this man to bring her sister out of the Sea of Quanta for her.
She had previously analyzed the few words Brian had said, and combined with his subsequent actions, she had figured out some key points.
The Herrscher Core was not a gift for someone, but for him to gain great power for himself.
Power is the foundation of everything. Only with power can one face the dangers in the Sea of Quanta.
She didn't know what Brahma's Hundred Beasts was, but she figured it was not something to be trifled with, requiring Herrscher-level strength to ensure one's own safety.
Seele was like a princess held captive by a dragon, and the king had to prepare treasure to find a warrior who could slay the dragon.
Bronya couldn't offer Seele as this 'treasure', otherwise it would defeat the whole purpose.
The only thing she could use was still herself!
However...
"That's it?"
The man didn't even bother to adjust his pants, feeling completely bored.
If the Bronya from four years in the future was standing here, he might have chosen to agree.
As for now...
The dragonslayer eventually becomes the dragon.
After he took care of the dragon holding the princess captive, it was his turn to hold the pretty little princess captive.
Bronya: "..."
She had a bad feeling about this!
But before she could offer a higher price, the man started walking away from the airport in one direction, beckoning Bronya to come over and be his drudge.
"What are you standing around for? You dawdle any longer, and the time for Seele and Mei to become sisters will be delayed again."
Bronya: "..."
(▼ヘ▼＃)
For Seele to escape danger, she... will endure!
"Coming right away!"
...
"The plan to save Seele is simple. Find a way into the Sea of Quanta, find Seele who knows where, and bring her back to Earth with us."
Bronya: "..."
This plan was so crude that Bronya automatically pictured the loving relationship between a refrigerator and an elephant in her mind.
Step one, dismember an elephant; step two, open the refrigerator door; step three, put the elephant inside.
To call it a plan was a stretch; it was merely an intention on paper.
Her expectations were dashed once again, and even Bronya couldn't help but complain.
"You can't even call this a plan."
"But I have obtained the power of a Herrscher. Power is the first step in my plan."
On this point alone, Bronya could not offer any rebuttal.
Before the X-10 experiment, she knew nothing about the Sea of Quanta.
After that, she crammed knowledge from all fields, and after joining St. Freya High School, she received systematic education and learned of the dangers of the Sea of Quanta.
Without formidable strength, one simply could not survive.
The young girl pushed the topic forward: "Then have you figured out a way to enter the Sea of Quanta?"
As far as she knew, there were currently only two ways to enter the Sea of Quanta.
One was the Eye of the Deep, a ruin from the Previous Era controlled by Anti-Entropy, and the other was the Genius System, built by the Schicksal Overseer to search for the Second Divine Key in the Sea of Quanta.
The former would get you in but not out, while the latter could get you there and back.
Entering the Sea of Quanta wasn't difficult; the difficulty lay in how to anchor the coordinates of the Real World to get a return path.
"Entering the Sea of Quanta and returning to Earth is, to some extent, not something we need to worry about. We just need to hitch a little ride with Brahma's Hundred Beasts."
*Screech—!*
The girl, who was writing and drawing in a notebook, slipped her pen, drawing a long black line across the page.
She raised her head to look at the man, asking in disbelief: "You want to bring a beast into this world?"
Brahma's Hundred Beasts, just the name sounded formidable.
Brahma, the creator god in Hinduism, along with Vishnu and Shiva, are known as the Trimurti.
In Hindu mythology, this being created the universe and humanity, and would grant the requests of all living creatures.
The Hindu mythology wasn't the key issue for today's research. The key was that whatever was named Brahma's Hundred Beasts must be an extremely dangerous thing.
One must know that Schicksal's naming of Honkai Beasts was entirely inherited from the legacy of the previous epoch.
Unless it was an unrecorded Honkai Beast like the Judgement-class Honkai Beast Benares, they were all classified into existing categories.
And these high-level Honkai Beasts were mostly named after gods or monsters from mythology, highlighting their ferocious nature.
This thing named after Brahma...
Was probably at least a Herrscher-level existence.
However...
"Don't worry too much about it. That's a person, and an ancestor of the Kaslana family at that."
"..."
Bronya was stunned, somewhat surprised.
Although that big idiot Kiana often boasted that the power to save the world flowed in her veins, Bronya had never really believed it.
Compared to the so-called 'world-saving power', she was more willing to believe in the Herrscher Core that was right in front of her.
At least the latter was more powerful! The one in Mei's body could even be used as an electric J-boy.
But for an ancestor of the Kaslana family to suddenly appear, it was truly surprising to her.
Brian continued: "The supporter behind Cocolia is his subordinate and believer."
"The Sovereign they worship as a god is trapped in the Sea of Quanta and needs a coordinate to return to the Real World."
In short, on the matter of exploring the Sea of Quanta, World Serpent and he had a common interest, with no conflict whatsoever.
Welt Yang had become Kevin Kaslana's jailer, giving that man another two years of boredom.
This man, who had already sat still for over a thousand years, didn't mind another two years; after all, there was still some time before the next node of the Stigma Project.
But World Serpent, which had been without its Sovereign for over a thousand years, could not tolerate it and would inevitably scheme with all its might on this matter.
Therefore, as long as they tied World Serpent to their chariot, entering the Sea of Quanta would never be a problem.
Then, the mission to rescue Seele would have only one final key element left...
"We just need a method that can guarantee our return from the Sea of Quanta."
Failing the rescue and getting trapped instead was not a funny joke.
But it was very likely to happen.
After all, they were not related to Kevin in any way. That man had no reason to let him hitch a ride back to the Real World.
If you want to return to the Real World, then come and get it yourself!
That's all there was to it.
At this point, Bronya, having heard the whole story, finally had a moment of clarity.
Although she didn't know why this guy was so confident, she would tentatively take his previous words as truth.
All the previous action plans could be disregarded; just let this organization called World Serpent do the work for them.
Only when returning to the Real World would they need to prepare a backup plan, to avoid being trapped in the Sea of Quanta by the World Serpent organization.
After all, they had some grudges between them, more or less.
"Bronya understands the specific situation now."
"So now we just need to contact the World Serpent organization, and we can begin the operation to rescue Seele, right?"
The girl's eyes burned with a fiery passion. The wolf from the Siberian snow plains could no longer endure the bitter days without her sister!
"Yes, that's right."
"Then how do we contact World Serpent?"
As long as it could help rescue Seele, Bronya could do anything.
"Go find your old friend Raven, and have a good chat with her."
Bronya: "..."
So she had fought with her future great benefactor so many times. What a miscalculation!
"I'll go right away!"
...
"Today is another beautiful day."
The graceful woman slowly picked up a white cloth and meticulously wiped the marks on a wine glass.
Raven's movements were impeccable, as if she were handling some important treasure.
But in reality, it was just a cheap, mass-produced industrial product from an assembly line, not worth much at all.
The reason she did this was simply to pass the idle time outside of work.
It couldn't be helped; a professional killer is a professional.
No business for half a year, then one job feeds you for half a year.
When on a mission, she was a killer who murdered without batting an eye, an executioner who only saw money; when not on a mission, she was the owner and bartender of this bar.
Most of the time during the year, she was waiting for missions to come to her.
As usual, Raven, the professional killer, was waiting for her clients on the filthy and sordid dark web.
She thought today would be another fruitless day, but unexpectedly...
"Deliver an item... ten million US dollars..."
"And they specifically requested me to complete the mission?"
The mission was so simple it was like free money. Raven once thought she had misread the text, rather than the unknown client having made a typo.
She checked again and again, but still got an affirmative answer.
But out of a killer's vigilance, she chose to refuse.
[Sorry, this mission is too simple, it doesn't fit my status.]
The money was abnormally large, to the point that she subconsciously thought it was a trap.
Although there were few in the world today who could threaten her, a World Serpent executive, she still had to be wary of Schicksal's S-rank Valkyries and Herrschers.
Better safe than sorry.
As long as she was alive, her dream of a villa and an island would one day come true!
Her mind made up, Raven was about to close the communication to prevent herself from losing sleep all night over the loss of ten million US dollars.
But just then...
[Natasha Cioara, that's your real name, isn't it?]
"..."
Her eyes sharpened.
This person did not come with good intentions!
[Who are you?]
[Who I am is not important. What's important is that you are an executive of World Serpent.]
In that instant, Raven almost thought some Gray Serpent was playing a prank on her.
But just a moment later...
[Raven, you wouldn't want your Sovereign to be trapped in the Sea of Quanta, unable to escape, would you?]
"..."
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