With Anti-Entropy's electronic warfare technology, hacking into a Schicksal data terminal was actually very easy.
Even though Rita's data terminal exploded, Dr. Einstein still managed to grab all the information that hadn't been destroyed in an instant.
And then she was stunned.
Otto was indeed taking action, even dispatching two S-rank Valkyries and Schicksal's current strongest combat unit, the [Immortal Blades].
Furthermore, Otto had even instructed his granddaughter, the former S-rank Valkyrie Theresa Apocalypse, to be on standby near Nagazora City with the Hyperion battleship.
Once the time was right, three S-rank Valkyries would storm Nagazora City with lightning speed, wipe out all of Anti-Entropy's forces, and take the Herrscher of Thunder with them.
But before that, Otto—didn't intend to do much else.
He did send agents to Senba High School, but that was mainly for K423, the revived Herrscher of the Void.
As for other matters, Otto took action, but not much.
Overall, Otto was basically letting Cocolia do as she pleased...
No, it should be said that he was looking forward to Cocolia successfully creating a major Honkai Eruption.
To Otto, the lives of several hundred thousand people in the Far East didn't matter.
And after Cocolia succeeded, this large-scale Honkai Eruption would be Anti-Entropy's creation.
At that point, Anti-Entropy's already mediocre reputation would become even more stinky because of this.
And Einstein couldn't even find any fault with Otto's actions.
He was just refusing to save them. The blame for creating the Honkai Eruption was something Cocolia brought upon Anti-Entropy herself.
And as for Otto...
His refusal to save them was actually a very polite gesture.
Normally, when Otto wasn't being polite, he would be kicking someone when they're down.
As a veteran of Anti-Entropy, Einstein knew very well what Otto was like when he wasn't being polite.
When facing Welt Joyce, the first Herrscher of Reason whom he couldn't defeat, Otto directly chose to bombard the city with a Honkai Fission Missile, forcing Joyce to burn his life force to protect the people.
The people didn't die, but Joyce was forced to his death by this move.
And decades later, during the Second Eruption, when the second Herrscher, Welt Yang, was on the verge of killing the Herrscher of the Void, Sirin.
Otto, for the sake of his own plans, chose to let the Herrscher of the Void live. For this reason, he jumped out and sucker-punched the nearly victorious Welt Yang, interrupting his simulated black hole.
The fact that Sirin went on to kill tens of millions more people is a story for another time.
Compared to Otto's actions in those two major events, him doing nothing now was indeed very polite.
"Sigh, what a pain."
Although Siegfried didn't know what exactly Einstein was worried about, he knew very well that the core of this incident was, in the end, Ryoma's daughter.
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Originally, he could have just gone directly to Senba High School and taken Ryoma's daughter away, and everything would have been fine, but in this situation...
If he tried to use force, the Valkyries and Schicksal's Mechanized Units ambushing in Nagazora City, as well as Anti-Entropy's Titans, would not let him go.
Siegfried wasn't afraid of these enemies, but the problem was that there were simply too many of them.
Once Siegfried's whereabouts were exposed, let alone taking Ryoma's daughter, he would be thankful if he could escape smoothly with his body that couldn't sustain long battles.
Plus, Siegfried's second daughter was also in Nagazora City right now. Just considering Kiana's identity for a moment, even someone with a not-so-great brain like Siegfried knew what Otto was planning.
Siegfried left Kiana because he was worried that 'killing Sirin' would stimulate the Sirin personality within Kiana's body.
But now, the Gem of Conquest was in Nagazora City, and it was even inside Ryoma's daughter.
If anything went wrong and Kiana came into contact with the Gem of Conquest, Siegfried couldn't guarantee that Sirin wouldn't absorb it to strengthen herself, just like she did back then.
Siegfried no longer possessed the terrifying power he once had. Forget a six-core Sirin, if even a two-core Sirin appeared, Siegfried felt he would be a goner.
And it wouldn't matter if he could win; there was no way he could actually kill his own daughter with a sword...
Damn it, damn it all!
That bastard Otto must have calculated this, which is why he didn't pay much attention to me.
So I came to Nagazora City, only to find I can't seriously change the situation?
Cecilia, I'm so useless.
Back then, I couldn't protect Kiana, and now, I can't even protect that child.
After losing you...
Maybe I really can't do anything at all.
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Nagazora City. Senba High School
Inside Senba High School, Raiden Mei, who had been constantly bullied, was humming a cheerful tune for a rare change as she walked towards her locker.
After seeing the 'stacking game' Leo Ash played at the school gate today, Raiden Mei finally chose to follow his advice.
And those clueless classmates of hers, after discovering that Leo Ash had suddenly skipped class, decisively chose to come and bother Raiden Mei.
After all, in their eyes, Raiden Mei was just a brat who was powerful only through association.
Without anyone to protect her, Raiden Mei would surely revert to the girl she used to be, bullied at will.
But they were wrong.
Raiden Mei hadn't laid a hand on them in the past, not because she couldn't, but because the gentle Raiden Mei didn't want to resort to violence.
And today, Mei, who was done tolerating it, easily taught these classmates a lesson using the ancient martial arts she had learned.
Although the teacher later took sides and gave Mei a lecture, for the cheerful Mei, this was no longer a big deal.
She felt that she had changed.
And all of this was thanks to Leo Ash.
Leo Ash... Hmm, I must thank him properly in the future.
But, it's a bit strange.
Leo Ash came to school and then suddenly skipped class.
And Kiana didn't come to school today either...
"Ah, are you also looking for Kiana?"
Hearing Raiden Mei's question, Kiana's classmate said with some curiosity.
"What a coincidence, that transfer student senior also came to ask about Kiana's whereabouts today."
"Eh, Leo Ash too..."
Strange, I know Leo Ash and Kiana know each other, but...
What could they possibly have going on that they both need to disappear at the same time?
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