Sirin: Anything Is Fine...

Mei had previously defeated Benares several times on the outskirts of Schicksal, looked out the window and summarized.

"Roar..."

The dragon's feeble, mournful cry seemed to foreshadow its impending demise.

It's too weak...

"How did she end up here?" Mei wondered. Even if Judgment-Class Honkai Beast is badly injured, as long as it is willing to survive, its strong vitality and powerful recovery ability can allow it to survive for a long time.

However, the voice that rang out the next moment answered Mei's question.

"Teacher Liu! Teacher Liu! I've caught you a mount!"

The husky, who had run off somewhere to frolic,... Shibao, with a "please praise me" look on its face, pushed open the door and ran towards Liu Bai.

"...No wonder."

Mei's lips twitched slightly. No wonder Benares, whose injuries she didn't remember being fatal, was shot down.

So that's who I met.

He deserved to be beaten...

As the dust settled in the plaza, Mei looked at the Demon Dragon lying on the ground, only able to let out a low, mournful cry... At this moment, the Demon Dragon, a mighty Judgment-Class Honkai Beast, didn't even have the strength to flap its wings and return to the sky.

"... It's dying, it can't be used as a mount." Mei calmly looked out the window, clearly treating the dragon outside as experimental material. "Anyone want to try becoming Fusion Warrior?"

Upon hearing Mei's words, Shibao immediately showed a wary expression. "This is a gift that I chased for nearly a thousand miles from yesterday until now to catch. It's for Teacher Liu. Junior Sister, you can go to the side."

Mei: "..."

"Teacher Liu Bai..."

Sensing the request from another will within her, Kiana spoke slowly after a brief silence.

"... Please, could you please save it?"

Chapter 232 Sirin: Anything is fine with me...

"Save it..."

After hearing Kiana's request Liu Bai pondered for a moment.

"What does Sirin mean?"

"Hmm... but I have a part of it too."

Kiana looked at the dragon outside and said softly.

"It saved me when I was about to fall into the sea."

"If it doesn't take you away, it can pull you out of the sea on the spot."

Mei's face darkened. If this guy hadn't interfered, would they have had to worry about Kiana?

She was alright, but Theresa and Siegfried were really getting worked up.

"..."

Mei's words made Kiana choke for a moment. Thinking about it carefully, it really made sense, since she had crashed in the center of Anti-Entropy's fleet.

(That bastard... If I get out of here, I'll tear her to pieces!) Sirin's roar echoed in Kiana's mind.

"...That's not how it works." Liu Bai thought for a moment. "After all, Benares did prevent Kiana from falling into the sea—and once someone falls into the sea, no one can guarantee that something won't happen."

Mei raised her eyebrows when she heard this.

Liu Bai ignored Mei's expression and continued, "However, Benares is Judgment-Class Honkai Beast after all. Once it goes berserk, it can easily destroy a city, and if we don't react in time, it can even destroy a country."

(...)

Sirin, in Kiana's mind, fell silent.

Then, another force enveloped her consciousness.

(Get out of my head, woman!)

(This is Kiana's brain, not yours.)

Fu Hua appeared before Sirin.

Letting this thing escape was a miscalculation on her part... But after all, she and Kiana are the same person, and even tracing back to the source, Sirin is the original personality. It's obviously impossible for Fu Hua, an outsider, to completely sever the connection.

"Tsk..." Sirin stared at the woman in front of her with displeasure, while Fu Hua remained silent in response.

However, Feather of the Wind's power did not stop "besieging" the newly revived Sirin consciousness for a moment.

... Sirin gave in.

"... Just this once."

"Sirin said through gritted teeth," she said.

If the other party is determined not to save Benares, then Sirin will definitely choose to lie low again with resentment.

However... although the other party was pointing out Benares's shortcomings, Sirin, who had suffered quite a few losses at Otto, could tell that the other party did not really intend to kill Benares... at least not now.

Faced with the life-or-death situation of her only "family member," Sirin relentlessly pushes her intellect to its limits.

"... Just this once, give me some time."

The previous sentence was filled with reluctance and gritted teeth, but now it's clear that it's being pleaded.

This caused Fu Hua to pause for a moment.

"...The other me, no, Kiana, ask him his conditions." Although the oppressive force outside remained, the cessation of the "aggression" relieved Sirin. "...Thank you."

Fu Hua remained unmoved.

"Um... Sirin asked you what the conditions were."

Kiana asked with a hint of hope.

"Conditions... no, let's talk about Benares' situation first."

"Seriously injured and on the verge of death." Mei pushed up her glasses. "But... at least outwardly, there are no fatal wounds on her body."

"Nonsense, I was captured by Teacher Liu as a mount, not used for hunting."

Shibao glanced at Mei with considerable dissatisfaction, though he did give Liu Bai a look that seemed to be seeking praise.

"How was it, Teacher Liu? Did I do a good job this time?"

Upon hearing this, Sirin in Kiana's mind gritted her teeth in anger, while silently glancing at Fu Hua beside her.

"... Hmm, not bad." Liu Bai gave Shibao a reluctant compliment, and Shibao's smile immediately widened.

I have a feeling this girl is getting too cocky... Liu Bai's gaze returned to Mei: "Tell me your treatment plan."

"I only have experience dissecting Honkai Beast, I have never had experience treating Honkai Beast."

Mei said calmly, "Judgment-Class Honkai Beast wouldn't be a small fry even if it were placed in a civilization. Only a small portion of the Herrscher's companion beasts are at this level."

For example, the Shesha that Mobius chose was a companion beast of the Judgment-class Third Herrscher.

However, most are of the Emperor-class —such as Mayuri, the companion beast of the Eighth Herrscher.

To be more realistic, not all Herrscher can have a companion beast.

Many people in Flame-Chasers were scavenged wild Emperor-class for gene fusion.

The Judgment-class and the Apocalypse-Class, which are above the Judgment-class, were also rare species in Previous Era.

For example, Vishnu, a Honkai Beast that had developed to the Apocalypse-Class in the Previous Era, was killed when the current civilization was still at the Emperor-class...

Therefore, Mei had absolutely no intention of saving such a precious material as Benares.

It would be better if it were dead. This was a complete Judgment-Class Honkai Beast. She had never seen such a material in the Previous Era. Honkai Beast of Emperor-class and above benefited from their powerful vitality and self-healing ability, so it was impossible for them to come into contact with a complete high-level Honkai Beast corpse.

When Mobius personally went to capture Shesha, he only managed to get a small part of the body, an eyeball, and a section of the spine—how little was that? The items were packed into jars, which Mobius could hide on his back so well that Mobius could even hold them in one hand.

This shows just how precious the complete corpse of Judgment-Class Honkai Beast is.

Even if picking up some corpses is enough, it still feels like something is missing—just like being just one achievement away from getting the platinum trophy in a game.

"Mei, do you have any ideas?"

Liu Bai's questioning brought Mei back to reality.

"... a little bit."

You can't just pay lip service to your teacher's questions, can you?

On a optimist note, maybe if you put together all the materials you and Mobius worked on back then, you could even create a Judgment-class document...

Mei comforted herself as she said, "If it's not fatally injured, we don't need to worry about it. We'll find a large basement and feed it two Honkai Beasts or a high concentration of Honkai Cores every day. It should be able to recover to its peak condition in two or three years, or at most ten years."

"... Mei, have you really thought this through?"

Liu Bai's expression was quite strange.

While this is indeed a method, it doesn't align with Mei's intelligence.

Mei: "..."

Could she say that she would rather create an accident to kill the dragon than save it?

"... I'm sorry, I really have no experience in treating Honkai Beast —or perhaps I could bring it to my lab bench? Maybe I can come up with a suitable solution."

"It feels like throwing good money after bad."

Rita commented with a half-smile.

This made Mei glare at Rita... Does this girl have to come out and be annoying?

"... Sirin said she wouldn't accept it."

Kiana gave a slight twitch at the corner of her mouth.

Rita's words had been a good thing, as Sirin was already prepared to agree, thinking that at least Benares could live, and that she could wait ten or eight years to recover.

But Rita's words immediately awakened Sirin and everyone else present.

You're asking a butcher how to treat an injured fat pig?

"... Okay, I shouldn't have asked you."

Liu Bai rubbed his forehead.

At that moment, another figure rushed in.

"What the hell is that dragon outside?"

The Raven's first words today were so irritable.

That's right, it was Raven, wearing the Unfading Blade uniform, who rushed in.

The Raven then charged right up to Rita without any hesitation.

"Do you know that your bunch of idiot teammates almost fucking came over?"

"... Would you like a glass of water first?"

Rita was slightly startled by the Raven's unusually high level of "mother" (referring to its high fertility) today, and proactively offered the Raven the water she had just collected.

"...Thanks."

After hesitating for a moment, Raven realized that she had been a bit too irritable and unladylike, so she calmed herself down and accepted the glass of water.

"I just spent some time calming down the members of the Unfading Blade team, and then I rushed over here without stopping—of course, more importantly, my plan for today is to sleep in—I'm very sorry, Lord Liu Bai."

After drinking the water in one gulp, the Raven sincerely apologized to Liu Bai.

Rita: "..."

If I remember correctly, she was the one who got yelled at just now, okay? Why are you apologizing to Liu Bai?

"Hmm... I can understand, after all, today is the first day that you, Shiora, are financially free."

Upon hearing this, the Raven immediately revealed an expression that said, "You understand me, Lord Liu Bai."

Heaven have mercy, on her first day of financial freedom, just as she was about to go to work and lie in bed all day, suddenly something that looked like a meteorite crashed into Shencheng Pharmaceuticals early in the morning.

Well, the raven only glanced at the Raven before lying down.

It crashed onto the plaza, but judging from the commotion, it didn't affect the building—after all, if that kind of impact were truly an attack, Shencheng Pharmaceuticals's office building would have collapsed long ago.