Underground of the ME Society Experimental Building, Anti-Entropy Laboratory
"The experimental body has always been wary of Bronya." Bronya looked at Cocolia expressionlessly, remaining very calm.
"Judging that the purpose of the action cannot be achieved, Bronya chose to terminate this action."
"Really..."
Cocolia didn't show any emotion in response.
She didn't have any hope for Bronya's sudden decision, and she didn't even agree with it. It was only because Bronya had been firm in her stance that Cocolia, not wanting to disrupt the relationship that had finally shown signs of easing, agreed to Bronya's request to get close to and monitor the experimental body.
"Bronya, go down and take a rest."
As she said this, Cocolia turned her attention back to the equipment being debugged.
It wouldn't be long before this long-planned scheme could begin.
As long as the plan succeeded, she had the possibility of rescuing Seele, who had fallen into the Sea of Quanta.
Of course... more importantly, she could further enhance her influence within Anti-Entropy.
The power of the Herrscher.
The same power as the Lord Alliance Leader.
Hehe, once she controls this power, she can even compete with the Lord Alliance Leader.
Thinking of this, Cocolia's lips curled into a smile.
As for whether someone would try to stop her plan, Cocolia didn't even consider it.
Because the most troublesome Ryoma had already been tricked into prison.
Those two idiots from the conservative faction… humph, not to mention that they didn't know her plan; even if they did, they couldn't do anything to her with the leader gone.
The only threat was probably the man at Schicksal Headquarters.
But as everything had been going so smoothly so far, Cocolia could roughly guess that the Archbishop must have some hidden plans regarding this.
....
Bronya stepped out of Cocolia's presence and walked toward the hangar with ease.
Although Titans can enter quantization, they are usually parked in the hangar for inspection by technicians when there is no battle.
To eliminate these dangerous Titans, now was the most opportune moment.
She walked to the steel door and glanced at the iris recognition device next to it with her gray eyes.
[Recognition successful]
Click
The mechanized door slowly opened.
The scene inside the door unfolded before Bronya's eyes.
In the spacious underground hangar, rows of dark purple-painted, extremely majestic Titans stood quietly in their designated areas without moving.
Noticing something, Bronya glanced to the side.
In addition to the dozens of Titans, there were hundreds of spherical, six-legged, dark purple small robots in the hangar.
Unlike the expensive Titans, the manufacturing cost of these small machines was much lower, but that didn't mean they should be underestimated.
They were called Poison Spider Mechas.
Although small and far less intimidating than the massive Titans, these little machines were filled with high-energy explosives and current interference modules.
When they get close to the enemy, they will entangle the enemy without hesitation and then explode in a dangerous red light.
The power they release is enough to instantly blow up a Chariot-class Honkai beast.
With such incredible power, these Poison Spider Mechas were undoubtedly a serious threat.
Bronya glanced at the Poison Spider Mechas, the light in her calm gray eyes shifting as if she had thought of something.
...I have to clean them up anyway.
Why not use these Poison Spider Mechas to destroy them? These Titans are ready.
She thought this and immediately set the plan into motion.
Walking to the control console next to her, Bronya tapped the control keys.
She didn't have control over these mechas.
This kind of action required authorization from Cocolia.
But what she was about to do was clearly unauthorized, so Bronya was prepared to be rough and directly hack into the system to seize control of these mechas.
As for why she could take control but still had to destroy them, the reason was simple.
When the Titans were first designed, someone had considered the possibility that the enemy might take control of them. So, they designed a corresponding response—burying a secret backdoor in the Titan's underlying system.
When the enemy controls a Titan, they can use this backdoor to regain control. The existence of this backdoor was highly secretive.
Only very experienced technicians knew about it, so ordinary people were unaware.
However, Bronya's position was strong enough. With Cocolia, an executor, as her adoptive mother, and Cocolia's trust in her, Bronya had accidentally learned about this backdoor from Cocolia.
Of course, she only knew it existed and had no idea how to operate it.
Therefore, to deal with these Titans, the only method left was destruction. The firewall of Anti-Entropy was very strong.
Although not as robust as Schicksal's, it was likely the strongest firewall in the world—except for the one that had yet to appear: the World Serpent.
But unfortunately, this attack came from within.
As a super hacker and an internal member, Bronya needed only a few minutes to breach the firewall and seize control.
Of course, this behavior wasn't without consequences.
Bronya's attack was detected.
The control room of the base triggered a red alarm.
Cocolia, who had been confident that no one could stop her plan, turned pale due to the sudden breach.
Because of this unexpected attack, the accumulation and slow release of Honkai energy were temporarily interrupted.
"What's the situation?"
Cocolia, in a very bad mood, looked at the operator sitting in front of the control panel and asked, her anger rising.
"It's not good; the firewall has been breached."
The operator stared at the screen, cold sweat running down his face, as he reported the situation without turning around.
"How is that possible?!"
Cocolia looked incredulous, her eyes filled with fury.
"Even if someone from Schicksal came, it would be impossible to breach the firewall here in such a short time!"
However, questioning was meaningless given the situation. Understanding this, Cocolia gave a clear order: "Find out who did it and what their intentions were!"
"Yes!"
The technicians responded quickly.
Cocolia's request was straightforward.
Because Bronya hadn't hidden her intentions, the technicians quickly found out the truth.
"The target's identity is unknown, but their purpose appears to be to seize control of the mechas."
The technicians reported, one by one, then said in shock:
"...Wait, this is an attack from within!"
"From within?!"
Upon hearing this, Cocolia looked cold and asked, "Who is it?"
"The identity is unknown, but based on the hangar access data, it's suspected to be... your adopted daughter, Cocolia-sama... Miss Bronya."
Hearing this, Cocolia slowly closed her eyes, a mix of anger and confusion flashing in her heart.
"Bronya, what on earth do you want to do?!"