Chapter 78: Master's Task, Little Angel
You... Why would you do that?
After Bronya revealed her identity, Kiana's and Raiden Mei's confusion only grew.
"Does something this simple still need me to explain it deliberately? If Mr. Raiden Ryoma tried to destroy Nagazora City and kill everyone here, would Big Sis Mei stop him?"
"Of course!" The answer came out without needing a thought.
"So, you're actually a good person?"
The tuna scratched her head, her brain, capable of only one-step reasoning, reached a conclusion. But thinking of Bronya's earlier behavior, reminiscent of the female protagonist from that little booklet, she put a question mark next to "good person."
"Only children distinguish between good and bad."
"Who are you calling a child! You little pipsqueak!"
Standing up, Kiana's gaze shifted from a slight upward tilt to an absolute downward look. After her gaze moved down, her super-fierce expression turned into one of condescending pride.
Her full, round chest, which seemed quite ample for her frame, bounced like a slime as the girl deliberately puffed it out, drawing attention.
If it were before, being provoked like this, Bronya would undoubtedly have immediately taken back her body and summoned Project Bunny to punch her. But now, her heart was completely calm, she even felt a little like laughing.
Her calm and collected demeanor made Kiana feel a sense of powerlessness, like punching cotton. But since the other party didn't retaliate verbally, this round was her win!
"I can find Siegfried."
With a nonchalant expression, the silver-haired girl pressed her white-stockinged, beautiful legs and casually remarked.
"!!!"
Azure pupils contracted, Kiana shivered.
Then, she bowed extremely obediently, raising her hands to support those popsicle-white stockings, just like the cute girl in the booklet facing the sadistic female protagonist, and began to gently tap and massage with extremely precise force.
"Ahahaha, of course, compared to a little physical development, Big Sis Bronya, who possesses the great righteousness to disown her relatives, is much more mature."
With a smiling face, the white-haired furball made her voice high-pitched and sweet, like Soyo-chan.
"By the way, Big Sis Bronya, are your legs okay? It must be tough monitoring us usually."
The silver-haired girl's expression was quite colorful; she had a newfound understanding of a certain seemingly carefree tuna.
This fellow's ability to tailor her words to whomever she was speaking to was simply maxed out!
Thinking about it, this fellow had the track record of traveling alone since she was 8, crossing half the globe from Northern Europe to East Asia!
The silver-haired girl felt the perfectly applied pressure on her legs, a slight smile playing on her lips.
"It's fine. My legs were just eroded by Honkai energy due to Mama Cocolia's experiment, the nerves completely died, and they were paralyzed, that's all."
Gasp!
Her small, raised fist froze mid-air, and along with it, the slightly fawning smile on Kiana's face solidified.
Is this what they call flattering the horse's leg instead of its rump?
Kiana was tongue-tied, not knowing how to respond.
Exchanging a glance with Mei, both saw the realization in each other's eyes: Bronya had been hurt by her mother before. This was perhaps the main reason for her betraying her mother.
The lingering suspicion in Kiana's heart gradually began to dissipate.
Raiden Mei, learned all the truth.
If it were merely knowing, it might have had the opposite effect. Precisely because one sees the future clearly, one cannot see the future.
But now, the silver-haired girl, while telling her the dark truth, also pointed out the path to a bright future and invited her to walk it together.
Under such circumstances, how could Raiden Mei still wallow in the despair deliberately baked by others?
She resolved to save Nagazora City with Bronya, and to work hard to save her dear father!
With the Third Honkai threatening the city, Kiana, as a member of the Kaslana family, naturally couldn't shirk her responsibility, not to mention Bronya could help her find her stinky old dad!
The starter trio, under the leadership of the silver-haired girl, officially assembled.
Their fighting spirit was high, but neither Mei nor Kiana knew what to do, or what they could do.
They could only ask for the silver-haired girl's opinion.
"What should we do next?"
Ultimately, it returned to the plot development Kiana had seen in the little booklet earlier.
The captured cute girl, due to various reasons, agrees to cooperate with the sadistic female protagonist, waiting for the 'master' to issue tasks.
"Big Sis Mei, maintain the status quo for now. After I leave, you need to pretend to be in the same muddled state as before."
"Kiana, go farm... I mean, go clean up the Honkai beasts in the corners of the city, and wait for my further contact."
After giving tasks to the two, the silver-haired girl left the Raiden residence.
She had been in contact with Kiana and Raiden Mei for quite some time.
Bronya wasn't the only one monitoring Raiden Mei; there were also many conspicuous men in black suits, subordinates Cocolia had assigned to Bronya.
There was no intention of monitoring Bronya, but these people were undoubtedly loyal to Cocolia. Although the risk was very low, unnecessary risks should be avoided if possible.
The next day.
The president of the world's top 500 conglomerate ME Corp, the acting head of Anti-Entropy, Raiden Ryoma, was pacing in prison, his brow tightly furrowed.
Aware of the hidden danger in his daughter, to defeat the Honkai God's Apostle that might occupy his daughter's body, Raiden Ryoma poured all his efforts into designing the greatest masterpiece of his life.
To design that cutting-edge technological weapon, he indeed used a considerable portion of the company's assets for research, but that wasn't the reason he was here now.
Any account book related to scientific research projects, without exception, wouldn't stand up to scrutiny, let alone a large-scale alliance organization like Anti-Entropy, which involved high-tech military industries.
Although Cocolia was treated like a punching bag by Schicksal and a clown by World Serpent in the story, when it came to dealing with colleagues, she was truly a god of internal conflict.
Normally, factional struggles would leave some leeway. After all, everyone was an executor of Anti-Entropy, fighting against the Honkai together; they wouldn't go too hard on each other.
Who would have thought Cocolia would show no mercy at all?
Holding the idea of leaving a way out in doing things, so they could meet again amicably in the future, Raiden Ryoma lost.
But as long as he was still an executor of Anti-Entropy, Cocolia wouldn't dare kill him.
Therefore, Raiden Ryoma was never worried about himself, but about his daughter. He could imagine the situation Mei would face after his imprisonment.
The stern-faced middle-aged man's expression grew increasingly gloomy.
Even in prison, he was still working.
Right now, his people were in the prison, but so were Cocolia's. Getting out would be very difficult.
"Mr. Raiden, someone wants to see you."
The news from his own prison guard made Raiden Ryoma raise an eyebrow.
"Silver Wolf..."
When he arrived at the special visiting room, Raiden Ryoma saw the girl who appeared before him, floating.
This name, of course, didn't refer to the Stellaron Hunter from the distant universe, but Bronya's renowned reputation in the underworld—the Uralian Silver Wolf.
"What did Cocolia send you here for?"
"Reply: Bronya has not received Mama Cocolia's orders. Coming here is Bronya's own judgment."
An expressionless face, an emotionless voice, a robotic way of speaking—all indicated the consciousness currently controlling the body.
The prison guard exited the room. The surveillance inside was under Bronya's control, replaced by false sounds and images.
"Your own?" Raiden Ryoma raised an eyebrow, his expression still gloomy.
"Bronya needs you to do some things."
"Heh, Uralian Silver Wolf, do you know what you're saying?" Raiden Ryoma sneered.
Asking her for help is simply daydreaming!
"I know, after all..."
That cute, expressionless face, under Raiden Ryoma's astonished and incredulous gaze, suddenly transformed into an angelic smile: "Uncle Raiden, you wouldn't want anything to happen to Big Sis Mei while she's out there, would you~"
"You...!"
Such a threat made Raiden Ryoma's face turn ashen, his expression a mix of alarm and strangeness.
That brilliant smile, and the change in temperament... Is the girl before him really Cocolia's subordinate, the Uralian Silver Wolf?
Under that Silver Wolf's exterior, it was as if there was a master comedian.
"What do you want me to help you with?"
Raiden Ryoma quickly regained his composure, this time not refusing immediately.
The abnormality was too obvious!
"You, wouldn't want Mama Cocolia to come in and sit for a while, not like your closed-off house arrest, but really come in to pedal a sewing machine?"
Raiden Ryoma steeled himself.
But hearing the silver-haired girl, who maintained a cute angelic smile, utter such words, he couldn't help but be stunned.
"You... What do you mean by this?"
"I think the meaning is concise enough. Being locked up here, I imagine you don't know Mama Cocolia's true plan, do you?"
Raiden Ryoma's pupils constricted. One of the reasons was that Cocolia's dark hand had struck too suddenly, quickly, accurately, and ruthlessly. By the time he came to his senses, he was already in prison.
"She plans to trigger the Third Great Honkai Eruption in Nagazora City. After your imprisonment, she has been pressuring Big Sis Mei, thereby making Big Sis Mei the Third Herrscher."
"What did you say!?"
The silver-haired girl's nonchalant words made Raiden Ryoma's face change drastically. He shot up from his chair, his eyes almost popping out of their sockets.
"That vixen... No, that madwoman! How dare she!?"
One, he was furious at Cocolia's methods against Mei.
Two, he was horrified by Cocolia's ruthless plan. Triggering the Third Great Honkai Eruption? Didn't she know how many people would die in a Great Honkai Eruption!?
After being imprisoned, Raiden Ryoma had already lowered his expectations of his 'ally's' conduct.
He hadn't expected that he had still overestimated Cocolia's moral bottom line!
The other party had never understood Anti-Entropy's ideals from the beginning. Joining Anti-Entropy was merely to obtain greater power.
"That's how it is. So, I need you to contact the conservative faction of Anti-Entropy for support, integrate your current remaining resources, and accumulate strength."
Raiden Ryoma's towering rage wavered and stalled with that clean, milky voice.
"And then..."
The silver-haired girl continued speaking, not minding Raiden Ryoma's increasingly strange expression.
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