Open Plot

Siegfried wanted to reach out to Mei, but he ended up being chased all over the place by people from Schicksal.

Cocolia and Schicksal had already begun small-scale skirmishes.

And now, if things continued to develop at this momentum, it would only be a matter of time before Mei awakened as the Herrscher of Thunder.

"Dammit!"

After slamming his fist heavily against the table in front of him, an exasperated Tesla cursed angrily at the empty space.

"Does that idiot Cocolia even know what the hell she's doing!"

"I—"

Just as Tesla prepared to continue yelling at Cocolia, the two suddenly heard a voice coming through the communicator.

"Hey, chicken-nest head."

Watching Einstein's movements on the other end seem to pause for a moment, Tesla, whose 'chant' had been interrupted, spoke with extreme displeasure.

"Which place broke down this time?"

"It's not that somewhere broke down. Someone is contacting us."

"Someone? Siegfried?"

"No, not him."

At this moment, Einstein looked at the text message she had received and suddenly covered her face in despair.

"Cocolia just sent a message saying she has already 'protected' Kiana."

"She wants us to relay this matter to Siegfried..."

"And tell Siegfried not to mess around anymore from now on..."

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Chapter 43: Open Plot

"She wants us to relay this matter to Siegfried..."

"And tell Siegfried not to mess around anymore from now on..."

After saying this, Einstein, who was usually extremely calm, felt as though the strength within her body had been completely drained away.

Then, she collapsed utterly exhausted into her chair.

"Cocolia, does she even know what she's doing?"

"What the hell? Kiana was kidnapped???"

Hearing this news, Tesla froze for a full second.

Then, she felt the anger burning inside her surge by at least tenfold.

"Does that stupid, white-haired, bitch, weak-ass thing even know what the hell she's doing!"

As insiders to that incident, both Tesla and Einstein knew that the current Kiana Kaslana was not the real deal at all.

The real Kiana had disappeared several years ago.

Well, disappeared was a polite way to put it.

Even though that child was the offspring born from the contemporary union of talents from the Kaslana clan and the Sania clan, falling from a high altitude before she was even ten years old meant she was dead beyond a doubt.

And the Kiana currently active in the outside world was K423, an individual entity Siegfried had previously rescued from Schicksal.

To make matters worse, K423 possessed a Herrscher persona and Herrscher powers within her body.

Once she suffered excessive stimulation and the Herrscher persona awakened, things were going to get huge.

Mei's state of mind was currently unstable, and possessing the Gem of Conquest inside her meant she could awaken as the Herrscher of Thunder at any moment.

Meanwhile, K423 had already awakened once, and incidentally taken one of Siegfried's arms with her.

If Cocolia's whole operation ended up triggering K423, there was a possibility that two Herrschers would appear in Changkong City at the same time.

This was such bullshit!

Just thinking about 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 very serious now.

To put it bluntly, whether Cocolia lived or died didn't matter anymore.

The millions of poor souls in Changkong City were already in imminent danger, and now K423 might even be triggered by Cocolia.

If the Herrscher of Thunder truly awakened, a couple of million people would die in Changkong City first.

If K423 was triggered into awakening her Herrscher persona, she would end up fighting the Herrscher of Thunder. Whichever side won could absorb the opponent's Herrscher core to strengthen themselves.

How difficult a Herrscher with an extra Herrscher core was to deal with, they didn't know.

But remembering how Sirin, who had possessed five cores back then, floated in the sky dropping meteors and casually wiped out tens of millions of people, both Einstein and Tesla had trembling hands.

"...This matter must be communicated to Siegfried. Only he, currently in Changkong City, can smooth this kind of thing over."

Watching Einstein begin preparing to contact Siegfried, Tesla stood up from her chair with a swish.

"Dr. Einstein, what do you plan to..."

"You aren't still thinking about keeping things hidden at a time like this, are you?"

With her back to her friend, Tesla clenched her fists tightly.

"You said Changkong City was Schicksal's territory, and that if we drove Titans over there we'd easily get surrounded, which is why you told me to stay calm."

"But now, calm, calm, calm—if we keep staying calm, Ryoma's daughter is going to be in trouble, and Siegfried's daughter is going to be in trouble. When two Herrschers appear in Changkong City, if even one isn't handled right, the world will face a crisis!"

"...You're right."

"Right?"

Having persuaded her friend, Tesla directly chose to leave the Ark chamber.

It was already a race against time. If they were even slightly slower, there was no telling how many more people across the whole world would die.

On the other side, watching her friend depart and letting out a helpless sigh, Einstein also began preparing to inform Siegfried of the matter.

Tesla was right; the situation had already become this critical.

Cocolia belonged to Anti-Entropy, and the huge mess created by someone from Anti-Entropy had to be resolved by Anti-Entropy.

And...

Just thinking of that hateful face made Einstein feel that being hesitant and indecisive all the time really ruined things.

Tesla's indomitable personality and the decision she made at a time like this instead reminded her of something.

Welt Yang, the Sovereign of Anti-Entropy whom she hadn't seen in a long time, would inevitably be paying attention to Changkong City's movements now as well.

As for Schicksal, according to the information they had gathered through electronic warfare, two S-rank Valkyries were already standing by in Changkong City.

Not only that, on the outskirts of Changkong City, the Hyperion and the divine machine forces of Schicksal's headquarters had already completed a rendezvous.

Under these circumstances, Schicksal could be said to have laid an inescapable net in Changkong City, just waiting for a big fish to take the bait.

Otto was doing this on purpose.

He had the ability to stop all of this, yet he allowed Cocolia to run amok.

And Anti-Entropy's executors were creating a Honkai outbreak; if Yang knew about this, he definitely wouldn't be able to sit still.

This was practically an open plot.

Because Otto knew that even if Yang knew it was a trap, he would still appear on this battlefield to save others.

That's why I and Tesla must end all of this before then.

If the Titans get blown up, so be it; we'll just build new ones if they explode.

If Yang gets captured by Otto, then by that time...

At this thought, Einstein felt she didn't dare to think any further.

Promptly initiating communication with Siegfried, Einstein spoke to him the moment he answered.

"Siegfried, here is the situation."

"Cocolia claims she kidnapped Kiana. If possible, we hope you can handle this matter immediately."

Several minutes ago. Changkong City

Having adjusted his physical state, Siegfried immediately walked over to the vicinity of the battlefield where he had fought Lin Yu, pushing out a bicycle from an alley...

Um, a bicycle.

The situation was this.

Siegfried, who had been stealthily tailing his daughter, had already prepared a means of transportation beforehand while following Kiana.

However, his motorcycle had been blasted to pieces when he was being hunted down and intercepted by Schicksal, so he had no choice but to switch.

Moreover, to avoid the motorcycle engine being too loud, Siegfried had even changed to a bicycle this time.

Just like that, having finished resting, Siegfried mounted the bicycle and began chasing after Kiana and Lin Yu.

Originally, given Siegfried's physical fitness, once he widened the distance and didn't need to worry about noise, he wouldn't have fallen too far behind Kiana and Lin Yu.

But just as he was riding at full speed halfway...

"Huh?"

He suddenly saw a group of people appear in front of him.

Normally, seeing other people on the road was quite ordinary.

However, upon seeing the rocket launchers in the hands of these people, Siegfried knew...

—These guys were definitely coming for him.

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Accompanied by these people firing their rocket launchers in unison, Siegfried's body was instantly swallowed by the flames.

Then...

"Enough is enough."

Accompanied by an eruption of Honkai Energy, Siegfried relied on the power of Honkai Energy to blast away the surrounding flames and dust in one breath.

"I'm busy and in a hurry today, and you guys still dare to block my path at a time like this?"

Facing the mercenaries before him who tried to kill him without a second thought, Siegfried had no intention of holding back at all this time.

Drawing the Flame-Chaser's Judgment, Siegfried directly used rapid-fire mode, instantly killing the mercenaries before him.

These mercenaries who had been lying in ambush and had just made their move didn't even have time to launch a second round of attacks before they all turned to ashes under the attacks of the Flame-Chaser's Judgment.

"Tch, dammit..."

Looking at the bicycle that was now completely unusable, Siegfried clicked his tongue in dissatisfaction.

And right at that moment, the communicator on his body suddenly rang.