Chapter 78: Let's Play a Game
Watching herself in the movie powerlessly watch Mei get captured by Anti-Entropy's troops, Kiana clenches her fists. Mei gently takes Kiana's hand.
Kiana feels a softness and looks at Mei.
And Mei is also looking at her.
In the last row, Yaqing turns off his phone's flash and sound, silently takes a picture, and sends it to his sister. Cecilia quickly replies.
Flower of the Snowfield: O(∩_∩)O
Yaqing smiles faintly.
Mobius curiously leans over.
"This is so messed up. Wendy had already believed Kiana and the others, but was still..." Kevin says angrily.
"Sigh."
"This is just a movie, Kevin. The real Ms. Cocolia is very gentle with children. She founded an orphanage in Siberia to take in orphans who lost their families in the war," Yaqing explains.
"Then why did you write her like this in the movie?" MEI asks.
"The movie just needed a villain," Yaqing says.
"You're lying," Mobius says, pulling Yaqing's head over and looking seriously into his eyes.
"What?" Yaqing is confused.
"Every time you lie, your finger twitches unconsciously. I've observed it carefully. It looks strange, but if you have a coin, it becomes normal," Mobius explains.
Yaqing doesn't panic at all and smiles. "I never lie, Doctor. I should say, lying is the lowest form of deception. I wouldn't use this method to deceive others and achieve my goals unless I absolutely had to."
Yaqing turns the tables, tilting his head up slightly. That gaze makes the snake feel annoyed.
"Let's play a game, Doctor."
"What game?"
"If one day you can catch me in a lie, I'll grant you one condition. But if I can prove it's not a lie, the reverse is true."
"Why should I play this game with you?" Mobius says irritably.
"Because you have no other choice," Yaqing says, looking into Mobius's eyes.
Mobius seems to have thought of something.
"Are you talking about that matter?"
Mobius looks at Yaqing's serious expression, her tone carrying a hint of dissatisfaction. "To give so easily, Yaqing. You truly feel like a stranger to me now."
"Doctor, people change. Ten years is enough time to change a person's attitude towards life and love from the inside out."
Kevin looks at the two of them, bewildered. He doesn't understand why the somewhat romantic scene from just now has become so strange.
Eli also raises her head and looks over curiously with Eden.
[The camera cuts to a street. Moonlight shines on the alley. Kiana, in her Valkyrie armor, leans against a wall, communicating with Theresa and Himeko.
According to intelligence, Mei, Bronya, and Wendy are being held in the ME Corp headquarters building before them. And Schicksal is unwilling to declare all-out war on Anti-Entropy, so only three people will be infiltrating this time.
Himeko, Theresa, and Kiana.
After scouting the perimeter for a bit, they find that the headquarters building is like an iron barrel, with no place to sneak in. And Kiana also raises a question: isn't the CEO of ME Corp Mei's father, Raiden Ryoma?
Soon, Theresa and Himeko's answers clear up Kiana's confusion.
On the surface, Raiden Ryoma was imprisoned for economic problems. In reality, he was framed by personnel within Anti-Entropy. The root cause was the clash between the moderate and radical factions.
Theresa and Kiana talk about Bronya. Kiana is holding a grudge about Anti-Entropy modifying Bronya, but Theresa can't help but ask in return, "So, is Schicksal the righteous one?"
Anti-Entropy modifying Bronya, implanting a chip in her brain, is inexcusable.
But isn't Schicksal the same? Modifying Valkyries, giving them the ability to fight the Honkai, and the price is that the Honkai energy will continuously corrode their bodies, causing them to die at a young age.
Theresa teaches Kiana that there is no absolute justice in the world. The opposite of justice is still justice. To work hard for one's own goals, this is a form of justice.
"Among them, the most dazzling is the Kaslana family's kind of... justice, to protect others regardless of oneself."
Theresa tells Kiana not to forget.]
"Time... can it really change a person from the inside out?" Mobius frowns. Whether it's what Yaqing just said or what's presented in the movie, it's all telling her about the changes of time.
From the hot-blooded young woman who fought for her country in the first part to the madwoman who frames her comrades and even implants a chip in her own daughter's brain in the second part, fourteen years have passed in between.
"Justice. Yaqing, what do you think justice is?" Kevin asks curiously.
"My heart and my actions are as clear as a mirror. All that I do is for justice."
...
Far away in North America, at the headquarters of Anti-Entropy, Einstein, Tesla, Welt Yang, and Joyce all look at the lowered head of Raiden Ryoma at the same time. The next second, they all move.
Tesla and Einstein grab Raiden Ryoma's arms. Joyce hugs Ryoma's waist. Seeing that all the spots have been taken, Welt Yang, regardless of his status, grabs Ryoma's leg.
"Ryoma, you have to calm down!"
"Ryoma, don't get excited."
"That's right, it's all fake in the movies."
"Ryoma, you can't be thinking of doing something rash!"
Faced with their exaggerated actions, Raiden Ryoma can't help but laugh self-deprecatingly. "Are you guys excited or am I excited? You all know it's fake, yet you still think I'll take it as real. Am I that stupid?"
"Phew, that's good then."
Joyce takes the opportunity to sit down next to Ryoma.
Welt Yang silently gets up from the floor.
Tesla wipes her sweat. It's no wonder they're so agitated. The Cocolia in the plot really goes after the Ryoma family, first framing the father and then turning the daughter into a Herrscher.
"Using ME Corp as a headquarters base, I think this is the most fitting setting for Cocolia," Ryoma says with a laugh.
ME Corp is the most profitable industry under Anti-Entropy and also the industry Cocolia wants most. But Ryoma has always held ME Corp tightly in his hands, not giving her any loopholes.
But even with ME Corp's earning power, it can't withstand Anti-Entropy Entertainment's spending. That one season of Arahato a year often requires ME Corp's funds to plug the hole.
Who can blame Tesla and Einstein for liking to film tokusatsu?
Joyce has no intention of stopping them either, just letting the two of them establish some kind of subsidiary called Anti-Entropy Entertainment.
"Achoo!"
In Siberia, Cocolia suddenly sneezes.
"Mother, did you catch a cold?" Seele asks with concern.
Cocolia rubs her itchy nose.
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