As long as the Venerable Lord returns, everything will be fine!

[No, are you sure someone who knows how to be flexible would say something so awkward?]

[This system seems to be thinking... Holy crap????]

Why does it actually work?

Lin Yu wasn't surprised when he saw the sadness on Bronya's face gradually disappear.

Director, I hope you can understand something.

Bronya has just betrayed her closest relatives and is now in a state of confusion and grief.

At this time, as long as someone shows her the most sincere care and kindness, it is easy for her to be relieved of her grief to a certain extent.

"You're kidding me. This guy is Lucia soldier. What kind of tragic world hasn't he seen? How could you possibly..."

[You used a slideshow?]

How could that be?

She doesn't have the same deep-seated hatred Yuno, so why should I use the slideshow on her?

Ultimately, you still don't understand humans that well.

While comforting Yuno, I had already begun to think about how to talk to Bronya based on her past.

The reason Bronya has such deep feelings for Cocolia is simply because of the rigorous training she received from the Lucia military, which made her yearn for the 'love' of others.

That's why Bronya, who felt love from Cocolia, so deeply respected and loved her adoptive mother.

Now, the girl, who is lacking love and suffering in her heart, feels the care from others at this time, and her distress will naturally be relieved to some extent by this care.

Also, I suspect you forgot something.

I now wear the title of "Cold-Faced Hunk".

Although I didn't activate the cold-face effect, another ability allows me to further enhance my attractiveness to the opposite sex.

Normally, this stuff probably wouldn't work on this girl, but now that she's let her guard down, these charm points will obviously make it easier for me to get into her heart.

[I see... Sometimes I feel a little scared that you think about so many things without even realizing it.]

Therefore, please call this the instinct for survival.

She was also chosen, and one of the three future Herrscher.

Now that the day of the Finality may come sooner than expected, I not only want to roll it myself, but also to roll it together with everyone else.

To survive, I wouldn't hesitate to use such methods to get close to the heart of an injured girl.

[Well said! So now that you're in bed, you're finally ready to listen to this system and stimulate the duck skin—]

Yuno is still outside.

I also heard Kiana and Mei talking; they're probably having tutoring next door.

You really haven't changed at all—you were pretending to be so shocked on purpose, trying to hide your thoughts and lure me into doing something reckless, right?

Hey, guess what?

This system will see just how far you're willing to go to survive.

How far should we go...? Heh, sometimes, honesty is the best weapon.

"Brother Lin Yu".

Looking at the increasingly familiar boy before her, Bronya suddenly took a deep breath and said to Lin Yu with deep apology.

"I'm sorry about what happened in Changkong City."

"Although I don't care about this matter, I will accept your apology for now."

"As a return gift, let me tell you something in secret."

After pressing his body close to the girl's petite frame, Lin Yu whispered something in Bronya's ear.

"I'll go with you on this mission, but before that, there's something I feel I must tell you."

"The chip your mother implanted in your brain actually has a backdoor that controls your body's movements."

?????

Upon hearing Lin Yu's soft words, Bronya took a step back in disbelief.

She initially thought these were words Lin Yu used to sow discord.

But when she escaped from Lin Yu like a rabbit, Bronya saw Lin Yu's eyes and noticed a sincere expression in them.

"I know this is hard for you to accept, but think about it—isn't this kind of approach very much in line with Cocolia's style?"

Bronya, who was already feeling very bitter, made a judgment the moment she heard those words.

If Cocolia truly loved her adopted sons and daughters, Cocolia wouldn't do something to hurt them.

But... wasn't Seele already harmed by her mother's experiments?

Before Lin Yu exposes Cocolia's actions, Bronya can hypnotize herself into believing in Cocolia's every move.

But now, Bronya has seen all the mess Cocolia has made.

All the terrible things that woman had done in the past had now become factors that drove the girl to question her adoptive mother, forcing Bronya, who could have chosen to continue running away, to face reality.

Bronya's intelligence and accurate judgment, ironically, became the very blade that wounded her own heart.

That was truly amazing!

[He uses his skills and words to close the distance between himself and the girl, while simultaneously using the truth to break the girl's defenses a second time.]

[Because the girl has lowered her guard against her adoptive mother, it's easier for you to take advantage of her vulnerability.]

This trick might not work on others, but this little girl... hey, precisely because she's smart, you only need to say 10% of the content, and she can fill in the remaining 90% in her mind.

If possible, I hope you won't portray me as if I'm doing something wrong.

Sometimes, forcing someone to face reality prematurely can indeed hurt the victim's feelings.

But with preparation, the knife Cocolia plunged into her heart wouldn't wound her any deeper.

Seeing Bronya break down, Lin Yu didn't say anything more to the system, but instead chose to stay close to the girl's body.

Whether these things are true or not, whether I'm lying to you or not, the future will prove it. As for now, do you know what you should do?

"... Contact Mother Cocolia immediately?"

"Contact you my foot!"

Hearing Bronya's questioning words, Lin Yu lightly tapped Bronya's forehead with a chop to the head.

"This matter cannot be rushed. What you should do now is eat and drink as usual, play games if you want, and watch movies if you want."

"Cocolia may have once been a ray of light in your life, but now that light has dimmed, there's no need for you to be so heartbroken over a false ray of light."

"She indirectly killed a group of people by creating the Honkai, directly harmed orphans by conducting human experiments, betrayed her teammates by organizing infighting, and sent people to launch a sneak attack when Schicksal was fighting Honkai Schicksal —this bastard did nothing human from beginning to end and should have been arrested long ago."

"Her feelings for you are not love, but control. This woman was never fit to be your mother from the beginning, do you understand?!"

"Although Bronya still has reservations, but..."

After listening to Lin Yu's words, Bronya suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and the sadness and helplessness on her face dissipated considerably.

"I must admit, Brother Lin Yu, some of what you said is indeed correct."

Bronya, who was completely unaware of Lin Yu's inner thoughts, suddenly felt a strange emotion stirring within her.

Although the two were only three years apart in age, she felt the warmth of an elder from Lin Yu.

Looking at it this way, it really does look a bit like him. Brother Lin Yu is just like a worried father, nagging on and on about his daughter...

—She's usually so quiet, yet today she's been so earnestly trying to make me see reality clearly.

To worry so much about a former enemy, Brother Lin Yu, you're such a fool.

But... Bronya doesn't dislike this kind of fool.

Haha! She believed it! She really believed it!

[It seems you were right, host—this little brat is really easy to fool!]

Is it possible that I'm just telling the truth?

A piece of trash who sends his adopted daughter to be used for human experiments is truly unworthy of being their mother.

However, the way this little girl is looking at me seems a bit off.

Hehehe.

No, don't stay silent.

Hehehe.

Hey, you idiot.

Forget it, I'm not going to bother with you anymore.

The problem with Bronya is temporarily resolved. Even if she is controlled in the future, she won't be more heartbroken. She will only be more disappointed in Cocolia after my prediction comes true.

At this point—even if I kill Cocolia, she probably won't have many complaints.

All the groundwork has been laid and is ready to be completed. I have appeased Yuno, and after I tricked Bronya into giving up, he has become disappointed in Cocolia ahead of time.

Now, if that woman dares to show her face even once, I must seize the opportunity...

—Let's bury this cancer of humanity completely!

Chapter 139. As long as the Venerable Lord returns, everything will be alright!

For Gray Serpent, 2014 was definitely the darkest year he had ever experienced.

Well, less than a quarter of the year has passed, but for Gray Serpent, this year has already been terrible enough.

In Gray Serpent's plan, as long as he supports Cocolia this year and obtains a Herrscher Core and the coordinates of Haiyuan City from Cocolia, he will have a chance to welcome back Venerable Lord Kevin.

As for how Cocolia herself intends to obtain the Herrscher Core, the answer Gray Serpent received was 'to stimulate Raiden Mei's and 'to suppress Raiden Mei with Titan and Quantum Mech '.

At the time, Gray Serpent simply dismissed these words as Cocolia's ramblings as a way to guard against him.

However, according to the information Raven later observed using the Key of Judgment in Changkong City...

Cocolia really didn't hide anything from him.

She does exactly what she says.

Although Lin Yu's appearance surprised everyone, looking back now, Gray Serpent felt that even without Lin Yu's interference, Cocolia would not have been able to capture Raiden Mei.

The problems that followed were even more serious.

The Gray Serpent, unaware of the gravity of the situation, dispatched Raven to prepare to release Chiyou to fight against Schicksal.

After depleting Schicksal's strength, World Serpent had every opportunity to obtain Chiyou's corpse after Schicksal killed Chiyou, and use it as rations to replenish Venerable Lord Kevin's strength upon his return.

But now, instead of getting the Chiyou sashimi, the Raven has been arrested by the enemy.

Moreover, even after they exposed their trump cards—the artificial Emperor-class Honkai Beast and the Simulated Herrscher in Cocolia's possession—they still couldn't save Raven.

Only three days have passed since that utterly disastrous night. In these three days, Kamiya Pharmaceuticals, though not yet finished, is not far from it.

Otto is usually willing to play by the rules with other secular forces in the world, probably simply because he's too lazy to deal with so much trouble.

As the organization at the forefront of the world's fight against Honkai, apart from the countries and neutral countries that stand on the side of Anti-Entropy, other countries and organizations will not give Otto any special treatment.

If he can gain the upper hand within the rules of the game, he certainly doesn't need to overturn the table.

But now that Otto has determined that Kamiya Pharmaceuticals has problems, this man will naturally no longer be so amiable.

The entire organization was forcibly placed under a supervisory team, and all past experimental data and research data were forcibly made public by Schicksal.

As the company's apparent leader, Jackal the Jackal originally intended to take some measures.