"Uh... what's it..." Murata Himeko, sitting in the pilot's seat of the Schicksal 'BH1' transport ship, turned her head during a break to look behind her at the loli-nun who was humming a little tune, not a trace of nervousness on her face.
"Principal... I feel like you're not here to solve a problem, but to have fun?!" Himeko said, glancing at Theresa who was curled up in her seat reading manga.
"Oh? ...Well~ it's just your imagination, Himeko." Theresa looked up from her manga, waved her small hand, and said with a smile, "I'm definitely not trying to escape my daily office work..."
'.Hey, you just said it out loud...' Himeko looked helplessly at Principal Theresa, who was laughing like a silver bell, and refocused her attention on piloting the transport ship.
"Hey, you idiot principal, be careful..." Himeko said, a hint of worry in her eyes as she piloted the transport ship. "The Honkai energy reaction this time... the geeks in the science department have confirmed that it has the fluctuations of a Herrscher..."
"...Sigh~" Theresa sighed lightly. She closed the manga in her hand, her expression turning serious. "Of course I know, Himeko..."
"The Honkai energy in Nagazora City has lost its ruling Herrscher, so the large amount of residual Honkai energy is, on one hand, promoting the further evolution of Honkai Zombies and Honkai Beasts, while on the other hand, trying to give birth to a new Herrscher..."
"Fortunately... the remaining Honkai energy isn't enough to form a new 'Herrscher Core', so that Herrscher is just a newborn child right now..."
"So..." Theresa stood up, reached out and touched the somewhat cold outer shell of the giant golden cross placed beside her, and said, "just leave it to me... I'm more than enough on my own~"
"Sigh~ Just be careful, it's a Herrscher after all..." Hearing Theresa's calm words, she relaxed a bit. The impression the previous Third Herrscher, 'Raiden Mei', had left on her was quite profound. That 'Herrscher's' power was practically no different from the immense power of heaven and earth.
The scenery outside the ship continuously receded. The positioning system Murata Himeko had set up beforehand emitted a cold, synthetic female voice: 'Target has been reached...'
"We're here, Principal..." Murata Himeko glanced at the European-style girls' academy, 'Senba Academy', below the ship and said loudly.
"Ah ah~ We're here..." Theresa yawned and stretched. "Good times always fly by so fast."
"Alright, alright... stop with the nonsense. Because the wireless network in Nagazora City is currently being interfered with by Honkai energy, once you've dealt with that Pseudo-Herrscher, remember to press the red button on the communicator. We'll send a team to pick you up then..." Murata Himeko earnestly instructed.
"I know, I know..." Theresa took the special communicator Himeko handed her and stuffed it into the pocket of her nun's dress.
"Alright... I'm going to take out that newborn 'Fourth Herrscher'!" Principal Theresa patted her slightly wrinkled clothes and said, "Idiot Himeko, lower the ship a bit... Are you trying to make me fall to my death?!"
".Don't you have a parachute?!"
"I don't need one..." Theresa said proudly with her arms crossed. She paused, then said with some lingering fear, "Besides, if I accidentally miss the planned landing spot and fall into that pile of Honkai Zombies and Honkai Beasts below, that would be very troublesome..."
"..." Murata Himeko glanced at the dense crowd of Honkai Beasts and Honkai Zombies on the ground below the ship and couldn't help but feel a cold sweat break out on her back.
"Pssh!~" With the sound of pressurized air, the airlock on the side of the ship was manually opened.
"Phew~" Theresa took a deep breath. Her small frame lifted the 152kg 'Judah's Oath' and she turned her head to shout at Himeko.
"Alright, the world's cutest Lady Theresa is leaving now!" Principal Theresa struck a victory pose, sticking her tongue out at Murata Himeko, who had turned to look at her with a bewildered expression.
"Justice rains from above!" The next moment, Theresa shouted loudly, and then, under Major Himeko's astonished gaze, she grabbed her manga and the giant golden cross and jumped straight out of the hatch.
"..." Murata Himeko stared speechlessly as the loli-nun jumped from a high altitude, her black and white nun's habit fluttering in the whistling wind.
"White..." she said to herself, looking at the fleeting 'scenery'. "Sigh~ So old yet still acting cute, wearing white ones, ahem..."
"By the way, how old is the principal?"
"....Anyone who knew is probably dead by now..."
.............
"This is troublesome... how do I get through that pile of Honkai Zombies and Honkai Beasts to reach the destination?!" Li Xuan crouched on the ground, rubbing his chin with a troubled look.
At this moment, the three of them were still where they were, not having set out... The reason was simple: there were too many Honkai Beasts and Honkai Zombies ahead, and they simply couldn't get through.
"Looks like we can only take the long way around..." Li Xuan sighed and thought. Although he had 'Ciel's Flash Crystal', he couldn't make both Liv and Yae Sakura invisible at the same time...
"Master..." Liv gently tugged on the corner of Li Xuan's clothes and said.
"What is it, Liv?"
"Uh... that... something seems to be falling from the sky." Liv said, pointing towards the sky with a confused look.
"Huh?!..." Li Xuan stared intently and saw a golden object fall sharply from the flying ship hovering in the sky, disappearing in an instant.
"...What was that?!" Li Xuan muttered to himself. Why did it look like a cross?! ...No, it must be another plot by that 'Anti-Entropy' organization...
"Mmm... that's it!" And so, Li Xuan saw through everything...
(Actually, he didn't)
(End of Chapter)