I'll Take Your Mother's Life (cont.)

Oh, how awful.

Although I really want to deny it, the senior who was able to resolve the Fourth Honkai Outbreak is indeed very strong in this aspect.

"However, if one becomes overconfident, one may become careless in battle—something even I know!"

Hearing Kiana's complaints, Himeko smiled wryly.

"Yeah, even that idiot Kiana knows it, how could Lin Yu not know it?"

"I understand your concerns about him, but Kiana, that kid hasn't gotten arrogant because of all the praise he's received."

"Although Bishop Otto claims that 'A-Class knight Lin Yu single-handedly resolved the Fourth Honkai Outbreak,' I know very well that the kid doesn't have that kind of terrifying strength yet."

"But now, our Schicksal needs a banner to boost morale, which is why Bishop Otto launched this propaganda campaign."

"Lin Yu himself understands this very well, which is why he usually displays this confident demeanor."

"So don't overthink it. He's definitely faking it. He's probably panicking inside right now."

"Well..."

Hearing Himeko's speculation, Kiana said with a hint of doubt.

"Is that so?"

"Of course he looked unnatural, didn't you notice?"

It seems there really isn't...

Kiana was initially worried that Lin Yu was becoming too arrogant and would suffer a setback in future battles against powerful enemies.

But now, after Himeko's explanation, she realized that she might have been overthinking things.

The senior is still the same senior, but me...

—It seems like I'm still the same silly me.

How could I, a self-important person who skips classes and sleeps in class every day, have the nerve to worry about my senior in this regard?

Awkward, extremely awkward.

Thinking about it carefully, it's quite humorous that Kiana, who doesn't even care about passing the exam, is actually concerned about Lin Yu, who has already gone out for an internship and is the strongest in the organization.

Kiana, feeling increasingly ashamed, immediately ran to her room and locked the door after figuring out the details of the matter.

"Ugh, this guy..."

Himeko really felt that Kiana didn't need to act like this, given that Ms. Kiana had entered her self-isolation mode.

If it were when Kiana had just St. Freya Academy, Himeko would have hoped to use Lin Yu, Fu Hua, and even Yuno and Mei's learning attitudes to teach Kiana a lesson.

But now, Kiana not only sees the truth clearly, she even exaggerates the situation.

As a descendant of the Kaslana clan, Kiana's current strength surpasses that of all her clansmen of her generation.

She is undoubtedly a genius. Judging from both her combat awareness and her speed of progress, she will definitely become S-rank Valkyrie in the future.

Unfortunately, she happened to have a contemporary named Lin Yu.

Because Lin Yu's identity after infiltrating Changkong City is Kiana's senior, Kiana subconsciously compares herself to Lin Yu.

Then, because Lin Yu's growth rate is so fast, Kiana will feel that she is not good enough.

The problem isn't Kiana's own rate of progress— Lin Yu's monstrous rate of progress is simply not something a normal person should compare themselves to.

And coincidentally, Kiana has a very strong personality.

Sigh, this has happened before, but when one of them gets stuck on a rut, all we teachers can do is try to provide psychological guidance.

At that moment, Himeko suddenly felt a sharp pain in her body.

Although she was already used to this kind of pain, Himeko still almost couldn't bear the pain when it came.

Time.

Everything takes a lot of time.

But right now, I simply don't have enough time to protect and educate my students.

After using the youth version of HSN Serum on an enemy last time, the organization probably won't use this precious item on me again anytime soon.

Then, Himeko, who was lamenting, suddenly heard her communicator beep.

After turning on her communicator, Himeko saw a message that had just been sent.

[Major Himeko, I've placed the new HSN Serum in the headmaster's office.]

[I know the Major is determined to continue fighting the Honkai and doesn't want her strength to diminish, so I specifically asked Dr. Mags to prepare this specialized serum for me.]

[After injecting this serum, according to Dr. Mags's calculations, your Honkai Energy level will likely drop to the lower limit of A-rank Valkyrie.]

However, at the same time, injecting this serum can extend your lifespan by about ten years.

I'm afraid of death, but it's precisely because I'm afraid of death that I know how precious life is.

[I hope the major understands one thing—to live is to not have lost.]

Looking at this message, Himeko really felt that Schicksal was incredibly lucky to have someone like Lin Yu.

Even though the Honkai destroyed his past and turned him into a vengeful spirit seeking revenge against the Honkai, he still maintained a relatively normal mind.

During the time she spent with Lin Yu, Himeko could sense that Lin Yu genuinely cared about his companions.

Even though his own mental state wasn't very healthy, he kept trying to make everyone else's mental state healthy.

It's a pity that when fighting, Lin Yu didn't follow the so-called "fear of death" principle, which made everyone afraid that he would die outside.

Otherwise, this handsome young man would be a perfect person without any flaws.

However, this time, he and Bronya were only going to participate in an investigation mission.

No matter how unlucky he was in the past...

—Is it really necessary to be targeted and eliminated by the Honkai after participating in an investigation mission?

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After completing the communication with the Far East Branch, Bronya, who was next to Lin Yu, suddenly turned her head to look at Lin Yu, who was sending a message.

"Brother Lin Yu, if you encounter Mother Cocolia... could you please not kill her?"

"Ha, asking such a question—you should know very well what I'm thinking right now."

Upon hearing this, Bronya immediately became extremely nervous.

Although she had long known the extent of Lin Yu's murderous intent towards Cocolia, she had always believed that Lin Yu would obey orders from above.

But now...

Seeing Lin Yu's eager and ready-to-try actions and expression, Bronya decided to give up on this naive idea.

Cocolia is her adoptive mother, but at the same time, Cocolia is also a scourge that almost killed Lin Yu, directly killed Yuno's mother, and countless residents of Changkong City.

Lin Yu was willing to give advice to the daughter of a sinner, which was already quite kind of him.

Bronya at this point has no right to expect Lin Yu to do anything more for her.

"You're so smart, there's no point in deceiving you."

At this moment, Lin Yu, who was in the room, turned his head to look at Bronya, whose expression was gloomy. After suppressing the murderous smile on his face, he calmly spoke to Bronya.

"I will obey orders from above. If Cocolia is willing to surrender obediently, I certainly won't kill her."

"Is that really true?!"

"It's absolutely true, why would I lie to you?"

Seeing a smile appear on Bronya's face, Lin Yu immediately asked Bronya a question.

"But do you think your ambitious adoptive mother would obediently surrender to Schicksal just because of a few words from you?"

"I told you before that she tampered with the chip in your brain."

"Let's make a bet—do you believe that if your adoptive mother finds out you're looking for her to persuade me to surrender, and I'm right here with you, she might directly activate the backdoor in your brain chip to trick me?"

You're lying!

Bronya really wanted to say that, but considering her understanding of her adoptive mother, she hesitated.

As long as the backdoor Lin Yu mentioned exists, there's a possibility that Cocolia activate it.

Even if she didn't choose to activate this backdoor and simply rejected Bronya's proposal, Lin Yu would never let go of this opportunity to kill Cocolia without disobeying orders.

"Alright, I didn't come to England this time to hunt down your mother."

Unfortunately, once we separate, your mother is very likely to seize this opportunity to come knocking on our door.

Although I'm very sorry, I'm prepared to take Bronya —your mother's life.

After tidying up his clothes, Lin Yu walked to the door of the room and spoke with his back to Bronya.

"I'm going out to gather intelligence. While you're contacting Cocolia, don't forget your own mission."

"... Yes, I understand, Major Lin Yu."

After watching Lin Yu leave, Bronya immediately began frantically trying to contact Cocolia using the chip in her brain.

It's just a pity...

—Bronya still hasn't been able to contact her adoptive mother, whose life is nearing its end, even as the day ends.

Anti-Entropy- entropy radicals. A secret base.

Ignoring Bronya's communication request, Cocolia stared at the light screen in front of her and questioned Gray Serpent with a sinister expression.

"Gray Serpent, what have you done to my child?!"

"Why is it that after I started contacting them regularly, I heard them say that Rosalia and Lilia were taken away by your people?!"

"Oh, Cocolia, you actually treat them like your 'children'."

Seeing Cocolia's exasperated expression, Gray Serpent said in a very flippant manner.

"I thought you didn't care about their lives when you sent them to be test subjects."

"To be honest, I'm a little scared of you—you really have feelings for them, yet you can still do something like treating their lives as disposable."

"So, as your ally, are you also planning to use me up and then get rid of me?"

"... Do you think you can throw me into a panic by changing the subject?"

Cocolia, whose heart had been wounded by the Gray Serpent, spoke to it with extreme ruthlessness.

"Don't underestimate me, Gray Serpent. If you really don't want to cooperate—"

"You're the one who doesn't want to cooperate, aren't you, Cocolia?"

At this moment, Gray Serpent rudely interrupted Cocolia's words and immediately said to Cocolia.

"I didn't criticize you too much when you failed several times before. Instead, I chose to support you, you good-for-nothing."

"It's one thing that you can't get the gems, but now you can't even get the coordinates of Haiyuan City."

"To be honest, I really don't understand what the point of cooperating with a useless person like you who only knows how to ruin his teammates is."

"You...!"

At this moment, Cocolia really wanted to take the Dawn Judgment to the World Serpent's base and deliver warmth directly to them.

However, considering that she had no idea of the coordinates of the other party's base, Cocolia suppressed her murderous intent and forced herself to continue negotiating with Gray Serpent.

On the other hand, after mocking Cocolia, Gray Serpent, perhaps not wanting to push Cocolia too far, finally softened his tone considerably.

"Alright, pointing out each other's weaknesses won't make our fragile alliance any stronger."

"To be honest with you, your two daughters are well-mannered, so I chose to have them become soldiers."

"As long as they receive training, they will eventually become capable of rivaling Emperor-class Honkai Beast... no, they might even reach the strength of a fully-formed Herrscher of Reason Herrscher Clone."

"I just need them to help me complete a task. Once this period is over, I will bring them back to you."

After saying this, Gray Serpent immediately cut off communication with Cocolia.

After all, in Gray Serpent's eyes, Cocolia only curse him furiously behind his back.