"Hey! Why is the psychological endurance of this little puppet so low?" Senti said boredly as she looked at the completely scrapped puppet.
"It is also possible that it did so on purpose because it did not want to reveal any more information." Fu Hua had now returned to her usual nonchalant expression.
"Ah, my clothes are all wrinkled by that puppet. I have to go see the Captain whom I haven't seen for a long time. How about changing clothes before going?"
The Herrscher of Sentience squinted her eyes as if she was recognizing her own "old antique" for the first time.
'Hey, my old antique actually cares about her own appearance?'
'Love is indeed something very magical and incomprehensible... Even something as old as tens of thousands of years can change.'
The Herrscher of Sentience couldn't help but complain in her heart.
Fu Hua frowned as she watched the puppet's body slowly disappear from the ground.
"I feel that the energy of Corruption contained in it is rapidly dissipating and is being suppressed by the world itself."
"Sure enough, this world is not a simple world. It seems that it has a strong ability to suppress anything related to Honkai..."
"Otherwise, the Herrscher in front of us wouldn't be so weak. At least I wouldn't be suppressed by force even though I have the physical fitness of an ordinary person."
"Old Antique, the few hits you made just now are not even possible for a normal human being. Can you pull them off?"
"It's just using the appropriate techniques." Fu Hua simply defended herself and didn't say much. "Senti, let's go..."
"Hmm? Where should we go next, Old Antique?" There was slight confusion on the face of the Herrscher of Sentience.
The attack on that broken puppet just now had brightened the mood of the Herrscher of Sentience, but she still hadn't found any clues about the Captain.
"Let's go to the Captain's dessert shop!" Fu Hua said calmly. "I think all our problems can be solved there."
"Okay!" The Herrscher of Sentience pushed out the nearly broken bicycle by the door and said, "Come on, Old Antique, I'll take you over!"
It seemed that after the recent events, the Herrscher of Sentience had grown somewhat fond of riding bicycles.
Fu Hua only glanced at the bicycle, which looked ready to collapse and be completely scrapped at any moment, without any surprise.
"Let's take a taxi. It's faster and more convenient..."
"Why?"
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On the other side, the "Captain" slowly opened his eyes.
The first thing he saw was the face of a perfect maid who looked concerned about him.
"Rita, is that you?" The Captain looked a little scared, but his expression showed relief upon seeing Rita.
"Did you save me?" Subconsciously reaching out to grab Rita's hand that she had intended to place on his shoulder, the "Captain" said with lingering fear, "Fortunately, I still have you by my side..."
There was actually a hint of affection in his voice, which stunned Rita.
Her face couldn't help but turn slightly red.
"Captain... would you actually say that to me?"
"Ah? Did I offend you, Rita? I'm sorry, I was just speaking from my heart..." He scratched his head embarrassedly, looking like a shy big boy.
"What a shame..." Then, Rita switched to a disappointed expression. "If only the Captain really said that to me..."
"Hmm? Hmm! Hmm!!!"
The Captain's expression nearly broke down again. How could this happen again? He had just woken up and said a few words—how could he be exposed so quickly?
Then, a flash of knife light followed, and this time, the Captain—or rather, one of the Herrscher of Domination—quickly stood up and dodged it.
Looking back, he saw that the bed he had just been lying on was split in half.
"Let me see who this naughty impostor is? How dare he impersonate the Captain?" Rita walked like a model, and her high heels made a clanging sound as they hit the ground.
With a huge, standard sickle strapped to her back, Rita looked like a beautiful maid of death, combining elegance with lethality.
"It happens again!" The Herrscher of Domination felt like going mad. He had just sensed the other self on Fu Hua's side being killed!
As he was about to show off his superb acting skills, he was exposed before he could even say two sentences!
Putting aside the question of his acting abilities, something was definitely off with these Valkyries in front of him!
"You! How did you expose us?" He had completely given up pretending and reverted to his puppet form, shouting in a frustrated state.
"Again? You guys?" Rita was slightly stunned. "It seems I'm not the only one who was deceived. This makes me feel much better."
She gently waved the sickle in her hand and said, "Pinocchio? Do you want to know how I found you?"
"Isn't this going to be another excuse about women's intuition?"
"Intuition?" Rita shook her head. "Of course not. It's just that your acting was too poor..."
"What..." The Herrscher was at a loss for words.
"And your analysis of the character's behavior was flawed. Though I don't want to admit it..." Rita's eyes showed a trace of disappointment. "The Captain—or the Captain during this period..."
"If something like this really happened, the first thing the Captain would do upon waking up would definitely not be fear."
"And he would absolutely ask about the safety of his wife, Kiana, who is off somewhere."
"And one more thing, though I hate to admit it..." Rita's tone was filled with disappointment. "The Captain is unlikely to show any romantic feelings towards me... not in that way..."
"If the Captain were that easy to win over?" Rita's sadness only made her look even more pitiful. "Our children would probably be in elementary school by now..."
"You Valkyries on the Hyperion are all crazy!" Pinocchio finally lost it completely.
Unable to bear it any longer, she screamed and covered her head in frustration.
If Fu Hua's "intuition" could be dismissed as mere irrationality due to her experience as a "cheating player," then Rita had accurately pointed out all the flaws in her acting.
At this moment, the Herrscher of Domination, under continuous blows to her pride, fell into self-doubt and anger.
Once again, she chose to end her own life... The puppet raised its hands upwards with all its strength and removed its own head...
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