"Tesla's sister made this during an episode?"
If Nancy Edison had simply given her a knife, it wouldn't have been a big deal, but if Tesla had made it... Mei was looking forward to it.
Among the scientists of Anti-Entropy, Tesla must be one of those who enjoys special popularity among the children.
Even Seele and the others have played with some of Tesla's strange inventions, although partly because Cocolia is carefree.
"What did Tesla invent?"
"This" Edison pulled a salted fish from behind her back with a mocking smile.
"?"
What on earth is this thing? A salted fish?
Mei tilted her head and managed to catch a glimpse of a knife on the salted fish.
Salted fish... a knife?
Wait, wait, is this thing actually made for fighting? And why does the sword taste salty? So is it just a salted fish?
To be honest, Mei would rather bite someone than try to cut them with that knife.
It looks like it could be used as an ingredient.
Cough cough, how could I have such a thought?
"Is it really okay to apply Anti-Entropy's living modification technology to salted fish?" Mei looked at Edison with a strange expression.
"Our Anti-Entropy does not have living organism modification technology"
"The enhancement experiments we performed for you in the biological field back then were the limit" Edison tapped Mei on the head to correct her.
"As for this knife... didn't I already say Tesla made it when she had an episode?"
"Doesn't it make perfect sense?"
Is that reasonable?
If it were Tesla's sister, maybe it would make sense.
Mei thought of the strange inventions Tesla made, and suddenly felt that the salted fish knife in front of her was somewhat acceptable.
Is it really acceptable?
"Does this knife have any other function?"
It seemed impossible to Mei that Tesla would make a simple salted fish knife.
"Hmm... does it count that it can be used as a water gun?"
Edison pressed a button on the handle... or rather, on the tail of the salted fish, and the salted fish opened its mouth and a jet of water splashed Mei's face.
"..."
Mei touched her face in silence.
"Thank you, Sister Edison" Mei took the salted fish sword from Edison and decided to seal the salted fish away forever.
Leaving aside the ridiculous water-spraying ability, based on this appearance alone, Mei would not dare to take it out in public.
But maybe this knife can be used as a kitchen knife?
After all, the blade had a strangely salty taste, and it is not clear how Tesla managed to do it.
"Don't worry, the salinity it has is not toxic; it is just normal salt" Edison seemed to have seen through Mei's thoughts and said very considerately.
Fine, from today on, this knife will be part of her kitchen utensil collection.
Even so, she still wanted to know what state of mind Tesla was in when she made this knife.
The illness... Although Mei knew that Edison and Tesla had a conflict, today Mei felt that Edison's words still made a lot of sense.
"By the way, where is my dad?" Mei looked around and said half-jokingly.
"Did you kick him out again, big sister?"
"..."
Hey! Don't suddenly go quiet at this question!
Edison realized that remaining silent on this matter was not a good idea, so she coughed twice and explained.
"Your father got a bit loud when he heard you were coming back, so I sent him to cool off"
To cool off?
It's a rather euphemistic way of putting it.
Mei thought it was better not to take this matter too seriously.
"By the way, Sister Edison, could you help us take a look at the senior student Wendy?" Mei gestured to Bronya to bring Wendy forward.
"Hmm... A Herrscher"
Edison looked at Wendy, who was held by a restraint device, and stroked her chin.
"Let's do it"
"If the mind is completely corrupted and eroded, then let's abandon her"
Edison's words were somewhat blunt, but they left them speechless.
"Of course, if there is any chance of saving someone, I will do it even without you telling me"
"I'll have to trouble you, Sister Edison... Speaking of which, things related to Herrschers usually require Uncle Joyce's help, right?"
"Don't worry, he's here too, he's just locked in his room"
"It's a shame Tian Shi isn't here" Edison sighed.
It wasn't that she couldn't get Joyce to do anything without Tian Shi; it was just that, without Tian Shi, Joyce spent most of his time slacking off.
This greatly displeased Edison, who was a capitalist.
"Mmm"
Mei nodded, and she and Bronya, very tacitly, did not mention anything about Tian Shi to Edison.
After all, if she had said anything, Mei could easily guess how Edison would have handled it.
"Murata Himeko was transferred back, while the others continued their studies at St. Freya"
Mei will not allow that to happen under any circumstances!
"Then let's go back to rest first"
"Fighting a Herrscher is quite exhausting"
Edison nodded, indicating that Mei could do whatever she wanted; after all, this was originally Mei's home.
Cocolia then replaced Wendy.
"Speaking of which, Mei, it seems your classmate also came"
"What should we do?" Cocolia asked casually.
"Should we pretend we don't know anything and let her infiltrate, or send someone to entertain her slowly?"
"Let's see how Kiana does it... though I think it's more likely she'll break in by force"
Mei wiped a bead of sweat from her forehead thinking of Kiana's recklessness.
"How about we find an excuse to lock her up for a while?"
"Mei, you want to rest for a while, right?" Cocolia said cheerfully.
"Let's not do that"
"Himeko-sensei might be there and help us trip her up"
"Our family's Valkyrie, now that I think about it, I don't even know her" Edison commented.
"(I really hope you two never meet in this life.)" Mei couldn't help but think.
"Okay, I'll leave this to you guys"
"Cocolia, Seele, take Miss Wendy to the lab"
"Yes"
…
On the Hyperion
"Himeko, Kiana, this rescue operation for Mei and Bronya is... in your hands"
Theresa felt a small pang of guilt saying this.
"Okay, Auntie!"
"I'll definitely bring back Mei and Bronya!" Kiana shouted with great momentum.
You want to go rescue them, but they might not even want to come back... Theresa always felt a bit guilty about Kiana's motivation... though at least she could be honest with her brain.
"Don't call me Auntie"
Out of sympathy for the silly girl, Theresa couldn't even refute, and then turned her gaze to Himeko.
"Himeko, could you look after her?"
Don't leave this girl alone and go chat with your colleagues!
"I'll do my best" Himeko replied as if she hadn't heard anything.
Just kidding, how are you supposed to control a husky if it really starts destroying the house?
"..."
Theresa, who understood Himeko's meaning, twisted the corner of her mouth.
But... well, there's no way to argue with that.
"In that case, let's go"
"I'll wait for you here"
Theresa waved her hand, signaling for the two people to leave.
"Very well! Principal!"
"..."
…
In front of the ME building.
"Is this where Mei and Bronya are being held?" Kiana spun the dual pistols in her hands.
"Let's not delay!"
"Let's just attack!"
"..."
Himeko silently grabbed Kiana by the collar.
It's surprising that someone can think of a method like "just rushing in".
If you weren't Siegfried's daughter, I wouldn't have found a reason for Kiana not to be riddled with bullets.
"There's a ventilation opening here"
Himeko dragged Kiana to the side and pointed to the vent below.
"I don't think Anti-Entropy is on guard here, so you can enter from here"
"And what about you, Himeko-sensei?"
"Do I look like someone who can fit inside?"
Himeko adjusted her chest and looked to the side.
"So I can just go in?" Kiana asked, a bit annoyed by Himeko's attitude.
"Aunt Himeko, you're going too far"
"If you call me Auntie again, I'll kick you, do you believe me?"
"Stop talking nonsense, if I tell you that you can enter, of course you can"
"What if I get stuck?"
"I'll kick your butt twice and then send you packing" Himeko said without hesitation.
"What if I get stuck halfway?"
Why do you talk so much nonsense? Himeko was very unhappy.
"I just thought this was a bad idea..."
Kiana complained sulkily: well, even a bad idea seems a bit better than her own.
"But what will you do after I go in, Himeko-sensei?"
"Me? I'll find a way to sneak in and see you inside"
Only after Himeko said that did Kiana feel calm and, reluctantly, climbed into the vent.
"Did you just trick this kid into going in like that?" Seeing Kiana climb inside, Tian Shi finally spoke.
"The vents at ME Company are incredibly complex, don't you agree?"
Himeko walked cheerfully toward the main entrance and pulled out her ID card, which had been gathering dust for six years.
With a beep, the doors of ME Company opened automatically.
"Good evening, Himeko-sensei" Cocolia, who was sitting on the first floor, looked at the Valkyrie who entered, her face showing a hint of helplessness.
"Putting her in a vent... I can't believe you came up with this idea"
"She's been watching too many movies, hasn't she?"
Cocolia watched Kiana slowly crawling through the vent on the monitor and her lips twitched slightly.
"In Anti-Entropy we also have surveillance cameras in the vents"
"I know, that's why I let her in like that"
"If she gets stuck there, it's easy for her to get out, isn't it?"
Himeko pulled a chair next to Cocolia and sat down.
"Is this the first time we've sat down to chat like this?"
Himeko looked at the woman in military uniform in front of her with a sense of excitement.
The two have been involved in many fixed matches over the past two years and have been friends for a long time.
"Yes, I've wanted to talk to you, Himeko-sensei, for a long time"
Cocolia smiled softly.
To be honest, it's really amazing that such a smile appeared on Cocolia's face at that moment.
This gave Tian Shi a great sense of accomplishment.
"Himeko-sensei, I hope my Bronya hasn't caused you any trouble"
"Not at all, Bronya has always been a good girl at school"
Tian Shi suddenly felt that the conversation between the two people seemed a bit strange.
It's less a meeting of colleagues and more like... a parent-teacher conference?
"Uh, Himeko-sensei, how are Bronya's grades these last two years?" Cocolia asked.
Sure enough, this is exactly the topic of a parent-teacher conference!
"Eh? Didn't Bronya tell you?"
"The main reason is that I'm too busy with work and sometimes Bronya can't reach me on the phone" Cocolia explained.
"Besides, Bronya is a bit precocious, so there are some things that I, as her mother, shouldn't ask her"
Well, precocity is not the problem, the problem is early romantic relationships...
Well, a precocious romance is not a problem. By Russian standards, Bronya is not considered to be in a precocious relationship. But the problem is that the target is the alliance leader!
Every time Cocolia thinks about it, she can't help but get a headache.
What also gave her a headache was Seele and the restless girls at the orphanage.
Because of this, Cocolia has been trying to make herself less visible in front of Edison for the past two years, fearing that Edison would care about how her daughters are doing.
As she was very self-aware and with Raiden Ryoma, who was obsessed with his daughter, taking the blame for her, Cocolia had a relatively quiet life these past two years.
"Hmm... more or less I understand"
"You understand?" Cocolia was a bit taken aback.
"Do you really understand?"
"Well, after all, Bronya and Mei sometimes talk about things that aren't even comfortable for me"
"Ah, I understand that now" Cocolia said instantly.
Due to her status, Mei's hobbies are no secret among them.
Without her Herrscher form, Mei would already be socially dead.
However, since Mei in her Herrscher form is truly impressive and powerful, no one sees her with prejudice.
"Thank you very much, Himeko-sensei"
Cocolia said sympathetically, although she was also a bit worried about Bronya.
This girl really could have gone astray... Back then, the Alliance Leader finally managed to correct her from the path of weapons, but now is she going to go astray in an indescribable direction?
As for Mei, who has already gone astray... Cocolia thinks.
"She is not my daughter, why am I so worried?"
However, if we could go back ten or eight years, if Raiden Ryoma had taken Mei to see Cocolia, Cocolia might not have minded taking in a goddaughter.
Well... fortunately that didn't happen, otherwise Cocolia would have been doubly frustrated.
"By the way, can I see Bronya's report card from the last two years?"
After much deliberation, Cocolia could only worry about Bronya's grades.
"If Mr. Siegfried had said that, I would have said no, but Cocolia… Madam Cocolia, you can say whatever you want"
Himeko and Cocolia were close, maintaining a cooperative relationship.
After thinking for a long time, considering that the other party already had a daughter, she simply called her "Madam".
"Well, I haven't gotten married yet"
"Bronya and Seele are children from an orphanage, although I treat them as my own children" Cocolia explained with an embarrassed expression.