Chapter 248

Then, in the next instant, the newcomer pulled out a communicator and hung up the call from Theresa.

"Chief, I have arrived."

Wow, this child.

Seeing Lin Yu arrive and Xiola following him, Theresa became increasingly satisfied with her relative.

Just before that, she received news that Lin Yu had been sent back to the Schicksal Headquarters to report on his work.

Unexpectedly, Lin Yu returned to the Far East Branch a few hours later.

Moreover, judging from his tone and actions, he had already prepared words of comfort for Bronya.

What a wonderful child.

It's a pity, that's what Grandpa thought too.

"Lin Yu, you..."

After glancing at the incredibly relaxed Xiola beside Lin Yu, Himeko finally chose to keep quiet and not ask any more questions about what Lin Yu was about to do.

As teachers, she and Theresa are now at a loss for how to comfort their students, which is actually quite embarrassing.

When students step in to help solve the problem, she still asks all sorts of irrelevant questions...

Honestly, a good-natured kid like Lin Yu definitely wouldn't care about these things.

But they've already made such a fool of themselves, yet they continue to interfere with Lin Yu's actions—if they keep making such a fool of themselves, Himeko will be too embarrassed to be Lin Yu's teacher.

"Hello, Major Lin Yu."

After seeing Lin Yu place his hand on the doorknob, Raven suddenly asked Lin Yu a question.

"What you say..."

"Natural arithmetic."

After glancing back at Raven, Lin Yu gave it a smile.

"Once you tell Bronya all the information related to Cocolia, our matter will be settled."

"It's better to resolve conflicts than to let them fester. After all, we'll be working together in the same organization in the future, so there's no need to make things so tense."

"Hey, I love hearing that."

After receiving Lin Yu's promise, Raven was finally at ease.

Just before that, Lin Yu, who had suddenly returned to the Far East Branch, immediately sought out Raven to ask her about the cooperation between Cocolia and World Serpent.

According to Lin Yu himself at the time, he firmly believed that Cocolia have done something shady when she was cooperating with World Serpent.

Then, Raven, whose life and death power was in Lin Yu's hands, told him everything she knew about Cocolia.

After Raven finished delivering this information, she noticed a thoughtful expression on Lin Yu's face.

Then, Lin Yu and Raven made the agreement they had mentioned before.

Raven repeated to Bronya what Cocolia had done.

After that, Lin Yu would no longer target Lin Yu, who had almost killed him Raven, openly or secretly.

If it were someone else, the Raven might not have believed what they said.

However, Raven still believed in Lin Yu's character.

Raven's idea wasn't because Lin Yu was handsome enough.

The main reason is that, based on their time together, Raven believes that Lin Yu doesn't seem to care too much about what happened back then.

In addition, since most of the people around Lin Yu had fought with him to some extent, and Lin Yu usually cared about his other companions, Raven readily agreed to Lin Yu's request.

After the two entered Bronya's hospital room, Lin Yu's eyes flickered as he walked to Bronya's bedside, and then...

—He pinched Bronya's nose directly.

"Ugh...!"

Under Lin Yu's direct and rude action, Bronya, who was pretending to be asleep, slapped Lin Yu's hand away and glared at him angrily.

"Brother Lin Yu, you... you've gone too far."

"Can't Bronya even rest for a little while?"

"Of course not, you have important things to do."

Seeing the sadness already showing on the girl's face, Lin Yu spoke to Bronya without any politeness.

"You're a smart kid, you should know what I'm here to talk about today."

"... What did Mother Cocolia do in the end?"

Hearing the girl's persistent reply, Lin Yu calmly said...

"After you failed to persuade her and she took control of your body, she sent ten Titans and a large robot to wreak havoc in the suburbs of England."

"Unfortunately, your foster mother, who was planning to capture me, misjudged my combat strength. So after I dealt with those iron lumps, she turned into Honkai Beast on her own."

"I don't want to say more about what happened next. I've already said, 'I will obey orders from above. If Cocolia is willing to surrender obediently, I certainly won't kill her.'"

"Unfortunately, your adoptive mother doesn't realize the seriousness of the situation, so..."

Seeing that Bronya's eyes were once again filled with uncontrollable tears, Lin Yu still said the truth that Bronya did not want to face, but had to face.

"Your foster mother Cocolia, is dead."

"If you want revenge, you can come to me anytime. If you want to punch me now, you can do it now, and I won't fight back."

"However, after venting your emotions, I think you should listen to the information I have now—Teacher Xiola, please."

"Oh, you really are gentle."

Hearing Lin Yu's sincere words, Raven realized that he really didn't mind Bronya venting her emotions on him.

But in Raven's view, this overly gentle behavior... Hmph, whatever, it's not a bad thing for me if he's a little gentle.

"Bronya, you must be grieving over Cocolia's passing right now, but I have some regretful news to tell you."

"Perhaps in your adoptive mother's eyes, you are not a daughter she should love, but just a bargaining chip."

"If you ask me why I have this opinion, the answer is very simple."

Seeing Bronya staring blankly at him, Raven sneered at Bronya.

"Unbeknownst to you, Cocolia has already handed over your brothers and sisters from the orphanage to the World Serpent as hostages."

"What did you say...?"

Upon hearing this news from the Raven, Bronya immediately panicked.

"You're lying!"

"Bronya, you're getting impatient."

Seeing Bronya's anxious expression, Lin Yu picked up where he left off and continued speaking to Bronya.

"The reason you're anxious is because you realize in your heart that Cocolia of doing this."

"But in order to protect that last shred of beautiful memory you had of your adoptive mother, you chose to go against reason and deny this possible fact."

"If you need to vent your emotions, you can use me as a punching bag, but now..."

"It's about time to wake up from this dream."

After taking out a photo of a child clone that he had casually taken, Lin Yu spoke to Bronya.

"This child, like the last batch of blue-haired clones, is Cocolia to be used as a soldier."

"However, Cocolia did the same thing to him as you did to him—she conducted human experiments on this child, implanting Simulated Herrscher Core into his body, making him the human core of the Father-class Mech."

"Think about it carefully. Your foster mother may have brought you warmth, but she was also the villain who caused harm to a group of children at the Cocolia Orphanage."

"I warned you before that you have a brain chip implanted by her in your brain, and now—do you still think I'm trying to drive a wedge between you and Cocolia?"

Under Lin Yu's series of questions, Bronya, who wanted to refute Lin Yu, opened her mouth.

But after opening her mouth, she didn't know what to say.

Because Bronya was a smart person, she knew that there was nothing wrong with what Lin Yu said.

After all, as a victim of the X10 Experiment, Bronya knew very well that these were facts.

"Whether you grieve for your adoptive mother or take it out on me, I won't interfere too much. But I think you have something more important to do than these things."

At this moment, Lin Yu took out a small knife, placed it in Bronya's hand, and said to Bronya.

"Cocolia is not a good person, but your friends are innocent."

"As someone with the ability to save them, what should you do now? Grieve for a villain who is using you, or should you pull yourself together and fight to save your friends?"

Hearing Lin Yu's prepared words, Raven was truly convinced of Lin Yu's abilities this time.

What Lin Yu said was perfectly correct, as these were indeed facts.

But the timing of his statement was very clever.

While Bronya was still grieving, Lin Yu's words successfully diverted Bronya attention.

When Bronya has other things to do, she is likely to become so busy that she starts to numb herself.

Hey, after some time, she might figure it out herself.

Not only are they incredibly powerful in combat, but they also demonstrate sufficient intelligence when handling routine matters...

Sigh, what a pity—oh wait, I'm no longer a member of the World Serpent, so what's there to regret!

Fortunately, he's one of my own, otherwise I'd be the one with a headache right now.

However, after having this thought in her mind, Raven saw Lin Yu suddenly glance at her.

Then, the Raven immediately felt a chill.

Oh no, I was so busy marveling that I forgot to mention something else.

After understanding Lin Yu's thoughts, Raven immediately spoke to Bronya.

"Actually, Bronya, I feel there's something else I need to tell you."

"Teacher Xiola... please speak."

Upon hearing Bronya address him in that way, Raven immediately realized that Bronya had calmed down somewhat.

That's why Bronya, now realizing she needs someone's help, is using a respectful title for Raven, her former enemy.

"Well, how should I put it, as you know, the World Serpent organization does produce Honkai Beast transformation potions."

"As one of the organization's cadres, although I am just a cadre who has no access to core secrets, I am also very clear that another cadre, Jackal, has quite a lot of experience in human modification."

Upon hearing the news from Raven, Bronya felt her body suddenly turn ice-cold.

Noticing Bronya's change in expression, Raven sighed softly and said to Bronya.

"I've checked the information. You and I are both victims of the Siberia Massive Honkai at the end of the Second Honkai Eruption."

"And those of us who survived all had a certain degree of resistance to Honkai Energy at the time. I think your companions in the orphanage had similar characteristics to us."

"For a devilish scientist like Jackal, your companions might be the best experimental subjects."

"If you don't hurry, what do you think will happen to the children Cocolia entrusted to the World Serpent after she dies?"

"Alright, Ms. Xiola, that's enough."

After interrupting Raven, Lin Yu looked at Raven expressionlessly.

After seeing Lin Yu's attitude, Raven decisively shut up, glanced helplessly at Bronya, and finally chose to obediently leave the ward.

"Alright, what she said was a bit extreme, but it's not entirely unreasonable, so..."

"Brother Lin Yu, Bronya knows..."

Bronya knew that Mother Cocolia was unforgivable.

"Bronya also knows that Seele and everyone else are now waiting for Bronya to save them."