Noticing the thoughtful look on the girl's face, a meaningful glint flashed in Ren's eyes.
The potential of the Herrscher of Reason was indeed terrifying. If fully unleashed, it was almost one of the abilities standing at the pinnacle of the world. However, in reality, this was only theoretically speaking.
The Herrscher of Reason's authority was based on understanding, but behind this simple word lay vast calculations. Ren was able to achieve and demonstrate it due to the amplification from the massive number of puppets in the Hive Consciousness and the support of his own strength.
And besides him, the only one in history who could achieve this was the first-generation Herrscher of Reason, Joyce.
As a born Herrscher, the Herrscher of Reason's authority was evenly distributed throughout his DNA. Unlike Welt Yang and Bronya, Joyce was a fully fledged Herrscher from the moment of his birth; he was the Herrscher of Reason itself.
Each segment of special DNA contained a part of the Herrscher core, providing powerful calculation abilities. When these DNAs expanded to an entire body, one could imagine how terrifying the computational power it represented would be.
Therefore, even when Joyce used his abilities instinctively, the learning ability and creative authority he displayed were enough to contend against Schicksal at the time single-handedly.
However, for the current Bronya, not to mention deciphering Herrscher authorities, just constructing the Star of Eden would probably be enough to overload her brain.
Admittedly, as a chosen Herrscher, Bronya certainly had a promising future, but no matter how high the potential, it still needed time to grow. Even if she just wanted to reach half of what Ren had shown, it would take at least several years of accumulation and experience.
In essence, what Ren was doing was just drawing a big pie in the sky for her.
But this pie wasn't drawn casually. Choosing to guide Bronya wasn't a whim of Ren's. As one of Kiana's closest friends, this girl was destined to fight alongside Kiana in the future.
If he could help her improve her understanding of the Herrscher of Reason's authority and enhance her strength faster, it would also increase Kiana's trump cards against Honkai.
As everyone knew, solving a complex math problem required a lot of proofs and formulas. What was even more torturous was that even if you finally solved it, you couldn't guarantee that your answer was correct.
What Ren was doing was directly giving Bronya the answer to the problem, going from result to cause, reversing the process. In this way, not only was the solving process easier, but once she wrote something wrong, she could also find the problem through the standard answer and correct it immediately.
It could be said that after experiencing this event, Bronya's future Herrscher path would not have any obstacles. She only needed to improve step by step to reach a peak that others could not reach.
And the biggest reason why Ren went to so much trouble to do this was that he couldn't guarantee that he could always accompany Kiana down this path.
In the Imaginary Space, his main body was getting closer and closer to the tree, and the things he saw from the tree were becoming clearer and clearer. When he initially cut off Berlin's time to create [Cristal of Time], he had glimpsed some terrifying existences. Now, as the number of puppets gradually increased, the secrets he knew were also increasing.
A large part of them were about himself.
He deliberately guided Raiden Mei to find her true self, personally came forward to guide Bronya, and intercepted the Herrscher of Sentience outside ARC City. The ultimate goal was to enhance Kiana's strength against the Imaginary.
In this way, even if one day in the future he couldn't accompany the girl, there would be enough partners around her to support her to continue walking.
Of course, this didn't mean Ren was pessimistic. If possible, he certainly wanted to accompany Kiana forever. Just as every perfect performance planned by the Herrscher of Dominance had countless threads supporting it, what Ren was doing was just preparing enough contingency plans for that perfect ending.
He would not stop until even if he, the planner, was gone, the Dominance Theater could still offer the most wonderful performance and the most perfect ending to everyone.
Thoughts swirling, but only for an instant.
Ren withdrew his gaze from Bronya and looked at Senti again.
The other party was a newly born Herrscher and was fortunate enough to inherit Fu Hua's memories, forming some form of self. Such unruly behavior, to Ren, was just a child's instinctive desire to announce their existence to the world.
He wouldn't get angry at a child, but the power of a Herrscher was destined to be an uncontrollable threat.
The most direct way was naturally to solve her directly, or even kill her and seize the core, if being extreme.
People like Raiden Mei and Bronya, he could completely use them in the form of tools. Ren never minded bearing sins, but he couldn't bear to see the girl sad, so he could only choose a gentle approach.
It was the same with Senti.
Newborn children didn't understand right and wrong; what she needed was correct guidance. Ren wasn't a male mother, but having experienced the despair of hundreds of puppet shows, he understood many things more deeply than others.
Fu Hua's powerful body and Herrscher abilities, coupled with dissatisfaction with Fu Hua's past yes-man attitude, were what caused Senti to show such an arrogant appearance. The first step Ren needed to take was to defeat her reliance on strength.
Just like taming a wild beast, the first thing was always to defeat it.
"Give up, Class Monitor, you can't beat me." Ren calmly blocked Senti's side kick with one hand, his expression calm, but his tone was much softer than at the beginning.
"Impossible, I'm not convinced!" Senti, who was fighting head-on, didn't care so much and continued to attack fiercely.
Ren was very patient; he knew the first step had been completed. What was needed next was more guidance.
"Class Monitor, it was you who helped Otto conduct experiments on me. You destroyed me and also changed me. I should be the one who hates you." He constantly mentioned Senti's title of "Class Monitor," deepening Senti's recognition of her own identity.
"Do you know? Deep down, I don't actually hate you that much."
"Admittedly, your initial purpose in entering St. Freya was to monitor me for Otto, but in the process of getting along, you also helped me and protected me countless times. Your image has always been rigid and you always liked to control me, but you are a good person, I know it better than anyone."
In the illusory sky of the dreamscape, Ren, playing 'Kiana,' and Senti, this 'Fu Hua,' reminisced about their time at St. Freya like old friends.
"..." Senti didn't stop attacking, but her movements unconsciously slowed down a bit.
"Those were my happiest and most carefree days. Everyone at school became my friend, including you, Fu Hua."
The anger in her heart melted away unknowingly like spring snow. Senti really wanted to defeat Ren immediately and let him taste defeat, but the sense of satisfaction from being recognized couldn't be concealed no matter what.
She pursed her lips and waved more weapons towards Ren, stubbornly retorting, "You think I'll believe your nonsense? Look at how disheveled I am, this is all caused by you!"
"I won't lose, and I won't admit defeat. Want to shake me with a few words? Don't even think about it."
After speaking, Senti directly blocked her ears, no longer listening to Ren's words. Out of a Herrscher's keen instinct, she sensed her own wavering, but the Honkai energy filling her body forced her not to accept it.
She was, after all, a Herrscher born from Honkai. Even with Fu Hua's memories, the desire to destroy would not fade away.
With the three-selves consciousness just recently fused, this was the period when Senti was most easily swayed. She was just a child and didn't understand these things, so she could only let Honkai make choices for her instead.
"I am the newborn Fu Hua, I am the real Fu Hua, I will make my own choices, I will reverse all phenomena, and I don't want to listen to your nonsense."
Senti, who had closed herself off again, regained her initial arrogant posture. Her eyes emitted a scarlet light, and her cold voice carried a sneer, "Aren't you good at learning my moves? Then let's see if you can learn this move!"
Dense Honkai energy rapidly gathered, its intensity even showing a visible form. Deep purple streamers swirled and rose, gradually turning into a shadow that blotted out the sky.
Senti put her right hand together, lightly touching her brow with her index and middle fingers. The purple-gold starlight suddenly shone dazzlingly.
"Kiana, I am not a loser!"
"Taixu Sword God!"