At night, in Kirataka's dormitory.
"Are you going back to Nagazora City?"
After hearing this news, the cherry-colored girl put down the book in her hand and asked:
"...Do you need my help?"
Just like before, possessing his body and providing some necessary help.
"Of course, it would be great if you were willing to help me, but I don't need you to assist me in the battle this time."
Kirataka nodded.
Although Mei, a true Herrscher, is accompanying us on this mission, one can never have too many partners.
Besides, he really needs help.
——It was not to handle the task assigned by Theresa, but there were other arrangements.
After all, he was still a little worried about the other girl in the three-person team.
...Bronya.
The girl's position is still difficult to discern.
Unlike the homeless Kiana and Mei, she has a clear origin and loyalty.
Cocolia—this sinister and vicious woman, in Bronya's eyes now, is probably still her important mother.
If we follow the original timeline, it would take until the Wendy incident for Bronya to recognize Cocolia's true face, and then the subsequent Sea Abyss City incident for her to completely break up with her mother. That would take too long.
He didn't want to have to be constantly on guard against the possibility of backstabbing from this girl in the next few years.
Therefore, this time returning to Nagazora City to carry out the mission together is also a good opportunity for Kirataka.
In general, Kirataka intends to take this opportunity to persuade Bronya to stand completely on his side.
——Since her position was not yet clear, he took the initiative to help her finalize it.
After all, the fundamental purpose of all Bronya's actions now is to find Seele, who disappeared from Cocolia's laboratory a year ago.
If he starts from this point, it will be a relatively easy task to persuade Bronya to rebel.
Kirataka was very clear that the girl who disappeared from the real world had drifted in the vast quantum ocean.
And as long as he is given a chance to enter the quantum sea, it may not be impossible for him to find the girl pickled in the sea.
Although the vastness of the Quantum Sea is almost infinite, like a street with countless branches, he just happens to have the ability to travel through them one by one.
Thinking of this, Kirataka said to Yae Sakura beside him:
"Miss Sakura, I'll need you to do me a small favor when the time comes."
Sakura nodded:
"Go ahead."
"This is it, this is it..."
Afterward, Kirataka told the girl next to him his plan in detail.
"…I roughly understand."
"Well, this kind of thing can only be effective if it is done by someone she doesn't know. I'll trouble you then."
After finishing the important matters, Kirataka looked at the book in Yae Sakura's hand again.
This was the book about Kallen that he brought back from the library some time ago.
"How are these books? If you need, I can get you another batch."
"Thank you for your help... Through these books, I did learn a lot about Kallen. Moreover, I can see that the authors of these books love and admire her very much."
Having said that, Otto definitely knows about Yae Sakura, but conversely, Yae Sakura may not necessarily know about Otto.
At most, she might have heard a sentence or two from Kallen's conversation before the massacre in Yae Village broke out.
Yae Sakura smiled and replied:
"My dear friend has passed away for five hundred years, but she is still remembered by people in the world. I am happy for her."
......
The next day, in Nagazora City.
The three of them set foot on the wasteland again and came to the entrance of Chiba Academy.
The originally luxuriously decorated school gate had long since turned into ruins, and only the remaining debris could barely identify it as the entrance.
Kirataka's purpose was very clear. Knowing that the Pseudo-Herrscher would most likely be born here, he had no intention of going anywhere else first.
As for the reason, it is quite simple:
"Chiba Academy was originally the birthplace of the Third Herrscher. The concentration of Honkai energy is definitely higher than in other areas, so it naturally needs to be inspected first."
In fact, this is exactly what is shown on the Honkai energy distribution map of Nagazora City sent by the Science Department of St. Freya Academy.
Therefore, Mei and Bronya had no questions about his arrangement.
Standing at the entrance of the gate, Kirataka closed his eyes slightly.
——He is using his ability to go back in time to confirm whether the Pseudo-Herrscher has appeared.
Soon, he opened his eyes.
Judging from the results, the Pseudo-Herrscher has not been born for at least the next three hours.
It seems that they came earlier than originally expected.
In this case, there is another way to deal with the task that Theresa assigned to them.
He turned around and said to the two girls beside him:
"Let's split up, and if we encounter an Honkai beast that we can't handle alone, we can call on each other for support."
Bronya nodded silently, and under the protection of the heavily armored Project Bunny, she slowly floated toward the east side of Chiba Academy.
After saying goodbye to him, Mei headed towards the central area with a sword in hand.
After watching the two of them go away, Kirataka touched his chin and quickly walked to a deserted place.
Here, he called out Yae Sakura, who was hiding in his body.
"I'll trouble you with Bronya's matter."
The cherry-colored girl nodded and left immediately.
"Huh... Then, let's go find Mei."
Kirataka walked along a certain path with ease and took a detour to look for the girl.
After all, the birth of the Pseudo-Herrscher was due to the self-condensation of excessive Honkai energy.
Therefore, as long as the overflowing Honkai energy in the city can be absorbed in advance, wouldn't it be easier to suppress the birth of Pseudo-Herrscher?
Even the frequency of the birth of Honkai beasts will be greatly reduced.
Theresa's belief that with the current technology of Schicksal, it is not possible to completely cure the cities polluted by the Honkai is not entirely wrong.
It is true that human technology cannot handle it for now...but if we ask for help from beings other than humans, it is possible.
Hmm... wouldn't it be enough if we just let a Herrscher-level being actively absorb the Honkai energy here?
Theoretically, Kiana and Mei can do the same thing now.
However, Kiana is still unable to accept the power of the Herrscher of the Void. If she rashly absorbs a large amount of Honkai energy, it will almost certainly awaken the Herrscher consciousness in her body, allowing Sirin to control the body.
And that idiot is probably still being trained by Theresa...
Therefore, now we can only ask Sister Lei Lu in Mei's body for help.
Kirataka hasn't seen her since the last time on the rooftop, so this time is a chance.
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