Siegfried wanted to reach Mei, but ended up being chased everywhere by people from Schicksal.
Cocolia and Schicksal had already begun a small-scale engagement.
And now, if things continued to develop at this rate, Mei awakening as the Herrscher of Thunder was only a matter of time.
"Damn it!"
Slamming the table in front of her heavily, Tesla, furious, cursed at the empty space.
"Cocolia, you idiot, do you even know what she's doing!"
"I—"
Just as Tesla was about to continue cursing Cocolia, the two suddenly heard a voice from the communicator.
"Hey, Pigtails."
Seeing Einstein on the other side pause as if her actions had been interrupted, Tesla, her 'chant' broken, said with extreme displeasure.
"Where's the problem this time?"
"It's not a problem somewhere, someone is contacting us."
"Someone? Siegfried?"
"No, it's not him."
Einstein, looking at the message received, suddenly covered her face in despair.
"Cocolia just sent a message saying she has 'protected' Kiana."
"She wants us to tell Siegfried about this..."
"Tell Siegfried to stop messing around from now on..."
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Chapter 43: Open Scheme
"She wants us to tell Siegfried about this..."
"Tell Siegfried to stop messing around from now on..."
After saying this, Einstein, usually very calm, felt all the strength drain from her body.
Then, she slumped onto her chair, utterly exhausted.
"Cocolia, does she even know what she's doing?"
"What? Kiana was kidnapped???"
Hearing this news, Tesla froze for a second.
Then, she felt her inner rage surge tenfold.
"Does this stupid, weak bitch know what she's doing!"
As those involved, both Tesla and Einstein knew that the Kiana Kaslana currently active was not the real one.
The real Kiana had disappeared years ago.
Well, "disappeared" was a polite way of putting it.
Even though that child was the offspring of the union of the contemporary geniuses of the Kaslana and Schariac families, falling from a great height before reaching ten years old, she was surely dead.
The Kiana active in the outside world now was the individual K423, whom Siegfried had rescued from Schicksal.
What was even more troublesome was that K423 possessed a Herrscher Persona and Herrscher powers within her.
If she were subjected to excessive stimulation, and the Herrscher Persona awakened, it would be a huge problem.
Mei's state of mind was unstable, and with the Gem of Conquest within her, she could awaken as the Herrscher of Thunder at any moment.
And K423 had already awakened once, incidentally taking one of Siegfried's arms.
If Cocolia's actions managed to provoke K423, then Changkong City could potentially have two Herrschers at the same time.
This was a disaster!
Thinking of the destruction caused by the Herrscher of the Void during the Second Honkai Eruption, Tesla found herself unable to even curse anymore.
The problem was now very serious.
To put it bluntly, whether Cocolia lived or died was no longer important.
The millions of unlucky people in Changkong City were already in mortal danger, and now K423 might be provoked by Cocolia.
If the Herrscher of Thunder truly awakened, Changkong City would lose several million people first.
If K423 was provoked into awakening her Herrscher Persona, and then fought the Herrscher of Thunder, either side winning would allow them to absorb the other's Herrscher core to strengthen themselves.
They didn't know how difficult it would be to deal with a Herrscher with an extra Herrscher core.
But remembering how Sirin, with her five cores, floated in the sky and rained down meteors, casually killing tens of millions, Einstein and Tesla's hands trembled.
"...We have to contact Siegfried about this. Only he, here in Changkong City, can sort this kind of mess out."
As Einstein began preparing to contact Siegfried, Tesla suddenly shot up from her chair.
"Dr. Tesla, are you planning to..."
"You're not still thinking of keeping this under wraps at a time like this, are you?"
Tesla, her back to her friend, clenched her fists tightly.
"Originally, you said Changkong City was Schicksal territory, and if we brought our Titans over, we'd easily get surrounded. That's why you told me to calm down."
"But now, calm down, calm down, calm down! If we calm down any further, Ryoma's daughter is going to be in trouble, and Siegfried's daughter is going to be in trouble. If two Herrschers appear in Changkong City, and even one of them isn't handled properly, the world will face a crisis!"
"...You're right."
"See?"
After convincing her friend, Tesla directly chose to leave the Ark.
Time was of the essence now. If they were even a little slower, who knew how many more people the entire world would lose.
Meanwhile, Einstein, watching her friend leave, let out a helpless sigh before beginning to prepare to inform Siegfried.
Tesla was right. The situation had become this dire.
Cocolia was with Anti-Entropy. A major incident caused by Anti-Entropy needed to be resolved by Anti-Entropy.
And...
The moment she thought of that detestable face, Einstein felt that sometimes, being indecisive and wishy-washy was indeed detrimental.
Tesla's forward-charging personality, and the decision she made at this moment, instead reminded her of something.
Welt Yang, the Alliance Leader of Anti-Entropy, whom she hadn't seen in a long time, was undoubtedly paying attention to the developments in Changkong City.
And on Schicksal's side, according to the information they obtained through electronic warfare, two S-rank Valkyries were already on standby in Changkong City.
Not only that, but outside Changkong City, the Hyperion and the Divine Machine units from Schicksal headquarters had already rendezvoused.
Under these circumstances, it could be said that Schicksal had laid a perfect trap in Changkong City, just waiting for the big fish to bite.
Otto was doing this on purpose.
He had the ability to prevent all of this, but he allowed Cocolia to act recklessly.
And if Yang found out that an Anti-Entropy executor was creating a Honkai outbreak, he would definitely not be able to sit still.
This was even an open scheme.
Because Otto knew that even if Yang knew it was a trap, he would appear on the battlefield to save others.
Therefore, Tesla and she had to end all of this before then.
So what if the Titans were blown up? They could build more.
If Yang was captured by Otto, then...
Thinking of this, Einstein felt she couldn't bear to think any further.
Einstein immediately initiated communication with Siegfried. Once he answered, she immediately said to him, "Siegfried, here's the situation."
"Cocolia claims she kidnapped Kiana. If possible, we'd like you to handle this immediately."
Several minutes ago. Changkong City.
After adjusting his physical condition, Siegfried walked to the vicinity of the battlefield where he had fought Lin Yu and pushed out a...
Well, a bicycle from an alley.
The situation was like this.
Siegfried, who had been secretly tracking his daughter, had prepared transportation when he was following Kiana earlier.
However, his motorcycle was blown up by Schicksal while they were chasing him, so he had no choice but to switch.
And to avoid the motorcycle engine being too loud, Siegfried had switched to a bicycle this time.
Thus, after resting, Siegfried mounted his bicycle and began to chase after Kiana and Lin Yu.
Originally, given Siegfried's physical condition, once he opened up a distance and didn't have to worry about noise, he wouldn't fall too far behind Kiana and Lin Yu.
But just as he was halfway through his ride...
"Huh?"
He suddenly saw a group of people appear before him.
It was normal to see other people on the road.
But upon seeing the rocket launchers in their hands, Siegfried knew...
—These guys were definitely after him.
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As the group uniformly fired their rocket launchers, Siegfried's body was instantly engulfed in flames.
Then...
"That's enough."
With an eruption of Honkai Energy, Siegfried used its power to blast away the surrounding flames and smoke in one go.
"I'm really busy today and in a hurry. And you guys are still standing in my way at a time like this?"
Facing the mercenaries who didn't hesitate to try and kill him, Siegfried had no intention of holding back this time.
Drawing Flame-Chaser's Judgment, Siegfried switched to rapid-fire mode and instantly killed the mercenaries before him.
These mercenaries, who had just ambushed him, didn't even have time to launch a second attack before they were all reduced to ashes by the assault of Flame-Chaser's Judgment.
"Tch, damn it..."
Looking at his now completely unusable bicycle, Siegfried clicked his tongue in annoyance.
Just then, the communicator on his person suddenly rang.
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