Chapter 73: Gem of Desire
[The Valkyrie exam is finally over. According to the message from the "Selene's" central hub, their first destination is the Oceania branch in New Zealand. A day before, a large-scale Honkai Eruption occurred in New Zealand, and the Gem of Desire was lost in this eruption.
And Kiana and the others' first mission upon arriving at the Oceania branch is to retrieve the Gem of Desire. They head to its location based on the detection and positioning device on the Hyperion warship.
On the way, Theresa contacts them. From the conversation between Theresa and Kiana, it can be learned that the Selene is not in a fully activated state, and requires the energy of at least four Herrschers to be fully activated, which corresponds to the four keys.
The camera cuts to the Hyperion warship, where Himeko and Theresa are communicating. They talk about the Second Eruption from fourteen years ago, but much of it conflicts with the truth.
In Theresa's account, it was Otto who gave the order, and she personally fired the Honkai fission missiles. Also, she only met Anti-Entropy for the first time after the Second Eruption had concluded.
Anti-Entropy, from the hands of a Schicksal that had lost its basic combat strength, snatched the body of the Second Herrscher and the Gem of Conquest, which controls lightning.
And the Third Eruption was the Herrscher of Thunder, but there's one thing neither Himeko nor Theresa can figure out.
Since Anti-Entropy was already conducting research on Herrschers, why would they let Mei, the Third Herrscher, run free? And why would Mei know nothing about Anti-Entropy's affairs?]
"It seems Theresa's memories have indeed been altered," Su remembered the end of the last movie, where Otto used Fenghuang Down to hypnotize Theresa.
"So the four gems are actually the loot Sirin dropped?" Pardofelis caught the blind spot.
"The conquering thunder, the desiring wind, the next two are the plaguing flame and the silent death. What is this, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?" Rin complained.
"Hmph, Anti-Entropy isn't so upright either. Conducting human experiments in private, what's the difference between them and Schicksal?" Kalpas said, wearing sunglasses and a black mask, completely covering his face.
...
Far away in North America, at the headquarters of the Anti-Entropy group, Tesla, Einstein, Joyce, Welt Yang, and Raiden Ryoma were all in Joyce's director's office, projecting the movie onto a white screen.
"How could Anti-Entropy conduct such an experiment!" Tesla was furious. When it came to Anti-Entropy's experiments, her first thought was of her and Einstein.
"Dr. Tesla, don't be so agitated," Einstein said, drinking his coffee, a sharp contrast to the irate Tesla.
"..." Ryoma watched as the Anti-Entropy in the plot actually used his own daughter for experiments. First, he was angry, then he remembered this was a fabricated script and smiled helplessly.
"Don't be angry, Ryoma. It's all for the plot," Joyce had to comfort him. After all, Raiden Ryoma's ME Corp was a cash cow for the Anti-Entropy group, and along with Cocolia, they were both gods of wealth—one earned money, the other managed it.
"I'm not angry, Director. I just got a little too into it. The model looks too much like my daughter," Ryoma marveled at Schicksal's modeling technology. Although it was an animation, the level of detail in the models was no different from real people.
And every time he saw the movie's delicate models and explosive special effects, Yaqing would remember that day.
Late at night, he had gone back to the company specifically to get something and saw Patrick and Cheng Lixue still quietly working overtime in the office area. They sighed at the same time, and a few strands of hair floated from their palms as they sat and sighed alone.
Welt Yang, who had seen the script, sighed. He would never know how much... money he had paid to get Cocolia to agree to Yaqing's characterization, and he had even given up a lot of shares.
[The trio of Kiana arrives at the designated location, but it's a sunny plaza with no Gem of Desire, only a girl in a wheelchair. Mei wants to take the girl away from this dangerous place.
"It seems you've found your target," Raiden Mei's communicator suddenly connects, and Himeko's image appears on the screen.
"Target?" Mei is very surprised. She looks at the girl in the wheelchair and says uncertainly, "Isn't our target the Gem of Desire? But we only found this young lady."
"According to the latest news from the Oceania branch, this young lady is the Gem of Desire," Himeko's tone is surprisingly cold.
"Um... my name is Wendy."
The girl in the wheelchair raises her head. Her face is pale, her expression gloomy, and her tone is very weak.]
Oceania Branch. Wendy takes a bite of an apple. The her in the movie is very much like the impression the old fossils had of her when she first came to the Oceania branch. Now, if anyone still thinks she's gentle and easy to bully, that would be fun.
"Voice acting is too much trouble. It's even more troublesome than arguing with those old fossils," Wendy stretches lazily. The white shirt she pulls up reveals a slender waist, making one want to get closer.
Wendy picks up her phone and opens the chat log with Principal Theresa. The principal had arranged a helper for her, but she never had time to add them. Today, she finally had time, and the friend request was just sent.
Unexpectedly, it was accepted instantly.
A message came from the other side.
"Hello, I'm Ai Hyperion. You can call me Ai-chan."
["Let me explain. In an experiment conducted at the Oceania branch three years ago, the Gem of Desire was transplanted into Miss Wendy's legs. The Honkai energy crystal was fused with her calf bones, in the hope of obtaining power on par with a Herrscher."
Mei, who also has a gem in her body, asks with confusion, "In that case, Miss Wendy should have immense power, right? But she looks very weak right now."
"Although Wendy was the most outstanding Valkyrie at the Oceania branch at the time, and was once thought to be the fourth S-rank Valkyrie of this generation, unfortunately, she was unable to control its power."
Wendy lowers her head. The camera switches to her first-person perspective. Looking at her paralyzed legs, she says with a dejected expression, "My strength was insufficient... not only could I not control the power of the Gem of Desire, but because of the crystal, my legs also became immobile."
The kind-hearted Mei, hearing that Wendy's legs were paralyzed because of the gem, can't help but question Himeko, demanding to know why the crystal wasn't removed!
And Himeko's answer is realistic and cruel.
The Gem of Desire is extremely unstable in all other mediums. Only in Wendy's body does it stabilize. It is precisely because of this that Schicksal has always regarded Wendy as a vessel for the gem.
Mei cannot accept this answer.
But Himeko believes that arguing about these things now is useless. The first thing they should do is bring Wendy back to the Hyperion.
Wendy agrees, but worries that she will be a burden to them. Just then, Bronya suddenly steps forward. The Project Bunny behind her activates and lifts Wendy, along with her wheelchair.
The group thus plans to return to the Hyperion.]
Siberia, Cocolia's Orphanage. The children are watching the movie in the main hall, just like in the last film. Seele and the Alin sisters are taking care of the children.
"Seele, I want to eat this!"
A child points to the candy on the other side of the table.
But Seele doesn't answer. Her eyes are fixed on the interaction between Bronya and Wendy on the screen. It's not until the iron spoon in her hand bends that she snaps out of it, gently ruffles the child's head, and brings the candy over.
But the child is already trembling uncontrollably, crying out, "This isn't the usual Big Sis Seele!"
Seele is once again flustered and starts to comfort the child.
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