After the light dissipated, Origami's visualization device disappeared, replaced by another set of armor on her body.
This armor was the prototype fourth-generation Valkyrie God Slaying Armor [White Knight · Moonlight]. This armor was originally a crucial part of Otto's Sirin Project.
However, since Kallen had already been resurrected, Otto no longer needed to design K-423 to awaken as the new Second Herrscher, and this armor was left in Schicksal's database.
Although it was still a prototype, this armor was a God Slaying Armor. How much power equipping this armor could enhance could be seen from Origami's current expression.
Origami, who had initially thought Inaba Tsukiyo was going to do something bad to her, felt the power the armor brought her and looked at her hands in disbelief.
This power was many times stronger than the previous visualization device.
She felt that with this armor, she seemed capable of fighting spirits, and even not losing to a spirit in its prime.
"Oh, I forgot to give you a weapon. Though I don't think this armor needs a weapon."
The light wings on the back of this God Slaying Armor were not just for aesthetics; they were parts capable of launching powerful attacks.
What made this armor different from other armor was that it was equipped to fly in the air using the light wings on its back.
It was clearly just wings made of energy, yet they allowed a person to fly in the air; no matter how you thought about it, it was unscientific.
Origami caught the weapons that dropped into her hands—a pair of twin pistols, full of futuristic technology.
[Super Electromagnetic Hand Cannon] – that was the name of these twin pistols. They were powerful weapons that attached Honkai Energy particles to an electromagnetic field, melted them, and then unleashed them simultaneously on the target.
[Bang!]
Origami fired a shot at Inaba Tsukiyo without hesitation, but it was blocked by a virtual barrier, and the bullet could not penetrate it.
Origami felt no regret; she had already guessed this outcome. She did this only to test her current strength.
Although the result of doing so might be being brutally rubbed into the ground, Origami was prepared, even if it meant being smeared with medicated oil again, she didn't care.
Origami charged at Inaba Tsukiyo without hesitation, her light wings also unfurling, launching a bombardment of attacks at Inaba Tsukiyo.
The method of using the valkyrie armor was fully absorbed by Origami in a short time, and it was precisely because she knew how to use the valkyrie armor that she dared to do such a thing.
Finally… Origami was thoroughly crushed, collapsing weakly to the ground, unmoving.
Complete defeat. Whether in her previous state or her later state, Origami was no match for Inaba Tsukiyo.
The difference was that Inaba Tsukiyo had more ways to deal with Origami later, leaving Origami completely unable to resist.
"Hehe~ It seems you're very satisfied with my sample. How about it? This power brought by the armor, don't you want it very much?"
At this moment, Inaba Tsukiyo was like a demon tempting humans to sell their souls, growing a pair of small demon horns on her head, and smiling.
"However, with your current strength, you are not yet capable of using the full power of this armor. You don't have Honkai Energy in your body."
Honkai Energy adaptability – Origami simply did not have such a thing.
The method of driving the visualization device relied on training, while the arbitrary domain relied on the user's spirit power to release.
The reason Origami could use this armor was simply because of the armor's own Honkai Energy; once the Honkai Energy was used up, there would be no energy to drive the armor.
"Honkai Energy… What is that?"
"That's complicated to explain. We can explain that later; it doesn't matter. For now, you just need to tell me, do you want to gain stronger power?"
"…I want to learn! No matter the cost, I want to learn!"
Although she didn't know what Honkai Energy was, even if it was something completely unknown to her, as long as it could be used against the spirit who killed her parents, she wanted to learn it.
There was no unexpected answer. Origami had taken the first bait, but it wasn't over yet; things couldn't be given to Origami all at once.
"It's not impossible for you to learn, but you've never seen this power before. If you don't get acquainted with it first, learning will take a lot of time. I also don't know if you have the talent for it, so I need to test you first."
"Mm."
Seeing Origami nod, Inaba Tsukiyo didn't hesitate. She reached out and placed her hand on Origami's head, injecting the Honkai Energy from her body into Origami's body.
The moment the Honkai Energy was injected into Origami's body, Origami's originally fair skin turned pale, and her brilliant blue pupils turned red.
This is the process of becoming Death Soldiers, something most girls who become Valkyries experience.
As long as the Honkai Energy in one's body exceeds a certain limit, they will turn into Death Soldiers, becoming enemies of humanity.
Origami, who had no Honkai Energy resistance at all, showed signs of becoming a Death Soldiers the moment Honkai Energy was injected into her body.
Soon, this process was suppressed, her pale skin quickly returned to its original state, and her pupils regained their original color.
Recovering, Origami collapsed onto the ground, breathing heavily.
Just now, she felt as if she had died; it was like falling into a dream, and a dream she was aware of falling into.
The moment before leaving the dream, Origami saw a pair of golden eyes.
The pressure released by these golden eyes made Origami unable to move her entire body.
It wasn't fear, but a sense of powerlessness, as if facing the entire world, pressing down on her.
"Just now... what was that?"
"Hmm? You seem to have seen something I don't know about."
Raising her eyebrows, Origami's reaction was not part of her plan. Could she have seen something in those few seconds of unconsciousness?
Unable to figure it out, Inaba Tsukiyo had never experienced such a thing herself, so she didn't know what Origami had seen. She could only temporarily ignore the question.
Next, Inaba Tsukiyo briefly explained the power of Honkai to Origami.
This power, which did not belong to this world, challenged Origami's worldview, making her feel as if she was listening to a science fiction novel.
"Simply put, valkyrie armor is equipment made based on Honkai Energy. Living in this world, you naturally don't have what is called Honkai Energy."
"...How can I possess Honkai Energy?"
"Oh? Are you that eager? Don't be so impatient; this is not something you should accept at this stage. You should go back and think about this question carefully."
Inaba Tsukiyo was not prepared to let Origami access this information so quickly. She wanted to slowly feed Origami this information, allowing her mindset to gradually change.
Although she could achieve this with the Herrscher of Corrosion's power, doing so would be too boring. There was a sense of accomplishment in watching a person slowly change.
"I can't give you the valkyrie armor, but these two weapons can be yours to play with."
The Prototype Pulse Pistol was one of the prototypes of Honkai weapons, perfect as a Meeting gift for Origami.
After speaking, Inaba Tsukiyo threw Origami out of the Imaginary Space.
"Oh, I think I forgot to give her my contact information. Never mind, I've already left a'seed' on her anyway. I can find her anytime I want."
Origami, who left the Imaginary Space, returned to the original hillside. At this time, Shiori and Tohka had already left, leaving only Origami and the anti-tank weapons that Inaba Tsukiyo had recognized.
"Origami! Origami! Do you read me! Do you read me!"
The captain's voice came through her earpiece. Origami simply responded a few times and ended the report.
She looked at the twin pistols in her hands with complex eyes. The weapons were very light, like plastic toy guns.
Origami didn't underestimate them, carefully placing them back into the holsters on her thighs.
Recalling the power she felt when equipped with the White Knight: Moonlight, Origami clenched her right hand.
She was very confused now. After leaving the Imaginary Space, two conflicting thoughts kept echoing in her mind.
One was to accept Inaba Tsukiyo's proposal and her power.
The other was to refuse Inaba Tsukiyo's power. The other party was a Spirit; she must have secrets Origami didn't know about, so she couldn't be trusted.
Inaba Tsukiyo was unaware of Origami's complex psychology. She returned to Yoshino's side and picked up the camera to watch.
It recorded Tohka and Shiori's every move, even the final scene of Shiori and Tohka kissing.
Looking at the shy Yoshino, Inaba Tsukiyo stroked her chin.
The scene where Tohka's clothes turned into light and disappeared after kissing Shiori was probably due to her spiritual power being sealed, and the spiritual power supporting her clothes being depleted.
"Gaining the Spirits' favorability, and finally sealing their power through a kiss. This really is... if this power were on a Boy, wouldn't it mean all Spirits are part of the Boy's harem?"
This setting is entirely that of a harem protagonist; sealing Spirits' power through a kiss is just a perk.
However, knowing that Shiori was a girl, Shiori and Tohka's kiss had a feeling of blossoming yuri.
Inaba Tsukiyo was already very familiar with such things, feeling it was like the feelings Kallen had for Yae Sakura, K-423 had for Mei, and Bronya had for Seele (Inaba Tsukiyo) in the Honkai World.
Yuri was not unacceptable; she herself was a girl with this attribute and very much welcomed Shiori's actions.
However... Inaba Tsukiyo could not accept Yoshino having her spiritual power sealed by Shiori.
Even if Shiori sealed the power of other Spirits, Inaba Tsukiyo would not allow Shiori to seal Yoshino's power. This was her personal preference, for no other reason.
"However... this video can be put to good use."
The day after Shiori sealed Tohka, Shiori woke up as usual to make breakfast.
After her power was sealed, Tohka was taken away by Kotori and the others, who said they needed to conduct some examinations.
Although she didn't know what kind of examination Tohka would undergo, Shiori believed Kotori wouldn't force Tohka to do anything bad, and Kotori had also promised her that she would see Tohka very soon.
It was just Kotori's final smile; no matter how she looked at it, it seemed like she was planning something.
While Shiori was making breakfast, her phone suddenly rang. It was a garbled phone number.
This phone number sent Shiori a file, a video file.
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