"Um... Dr. Einstein?"
"Siegfried, here is the situation."
Even now, Einstein's tone was almost no different from usual, carrying a hint of laziness amidst her detachment.
Yet now, upon hearing Einstein's slow-paced words, Siegfried inexplicably began to grow somewhat nervous.
"Cocolia claims she kidnapped Kiana, and if possible, we hope you can handle this matter immediately."
"What did you say?!"
Hearing Einstein's news, Siegfried was instantly furious.
"That mental defective Cocolia actually dares to lay a hand on my daughter?!"
"That is how it is, and we have no way to verify here whether what she said is true."
After a brief pause, Einstein continued speaking to Siegfried.
"But believe me... given her personality, she really would do such a thing."
"...I understand. I already know Kiana's location, and I am heading toward her right away. When I get there, I will personally verify whether this is actually happening."
"Ah, be careful with everything."
After Einstein cut the communication, Siegfried felt as though his blood pressure was about to explode today.
The reason his blood pressure was so high was primarily due to two factors.
On the one hand, as a father, he naturally felt rage toward that villain because someone intended to harm his daughter.
Yet on the other hand, as a warrior fighting against the Honkai, Siegfried genuinely felt that some people were fucking traitors sent by the Honkai side to the human camp.
Cocolia intended to trigger the Third Honkai Outbreak in Changkong City, and Ryoma's daughter would directly awaken as a Herrscher because of it; ninety-nine percent of the several million people in Changkong City were bound to die without a doubt.
Then it did not end there.
Could he possibly not know the identity of his second daughter?
The Herrscher of the Void!
Furthermore, she was a Herrscher of the Void who harbored resentment toward humanity!
Once Kiana was provoked into releasing her Herrscher persona due to receiving poor treatment and experiences...
"Cocolia...!"
Accompanied by this murderous cry, Siegfried forced himself to calm down just a little bit.
Do not panic.
With just a surprise attack of this magnitude, if that child Kiana intended to evade it, she could still dodge away.
Besides, that brat from Destiny was also heading toward Kiana.
Although I do not believe Otto would do a good deed, Kiana is a Herrscher Candidate that Otto worked hard to resurrect, so Otto certainly will not let anything happen to her.
From my conversation with that young fellow, I could sense that he hated the Honkai that took his family away.
If Otto were to dispatch a bodyguard to protect Kiana, he certainly would not inform this bodyguard that Kiana was the Herrscher of the Void who had harmed countless people back then.
That kid was able to injure me, and coupled with Kiana's own strength, it should be fine.
So now, the thing I need to do is also very simple.
This bicycle cannot be used anymore, and I have to get some transportation so I can rush over and check out the situation.
Once the situation is confirmed, Cocolia, I am fucking going to kill you!
Siegfried, who was naturally unaccustomed to overthinking, found that under the circumstance where his daughter and the world faced crisis simultaneously, he had completed his situation analysis in under ten seconds.
Sigh, people really are driven to extremes by circumstances.
Just as Siegfried prepared to moonlight as a thief, he suddenly noticed something.
"No way..."
Feeling the presences lurking in the shadows at that moment, Siegfried looked at the leading Valkyrie Rita Roseweisse and said with utter helplessness.
"Junior, although I am handsome, dashing, and debonair, I am already married."
"If possible, could you please stop pestering me endlessly?"
"Mr. Siegfried jests. Rita holds no such interest in you."
Wearing a maid uniform at the moment, Rita faced Siegfried, who should have drawn his weapon, yet she reined in her aura and bowed to Siegfried with impeccable courtesy.
"Rita has come here this time due to some other reasons."
"Sigh, why is it you again?"
Looking at the unlucky junior he had seen just today, Siegfried said helplessly.
"I just beat you and injured you today, why did Otto still send you over?"
"Hey, junior, you wouldn't happen to have offended Otto and been sent over here to throw your life away, would you?"
"...You jest."
At this moment, Rita smiled at Siegfried with her expression unchanged.
"Lord Otto's actions inevitably carry his profound intentions, and he would not do such a boring thing."
Yet speaking this refuting retort aloud did not mean Rita truly had no thoughts in her heart.
After she rendezvoused with her superior Durandal today, the two of them, acting as the captain and deputy of the Blade of the Unbroken, should have begun acting together.
Yet prior to this operation, Otto had issued an instruction telling Durandal not to participate in this operation, preserving her strength to target the upcoming Herrscher.
Although the reason was entirely fitting, the actual cause...
Lord Otto, could it be that he is worried Lady Durandal will generate some bad thoughts after coming into contact with Siegfried?
Third installment, Chapter 45. Otto... Apocalypse!
Yet, ultimately, Rita would not voice the doubts in her heart just like that.
Since Otto did not want Durandal and Siegfried to have excessive contact, it meant he still did not want Durandal to know her own lineage.
Under these circumstances, if Rita were to make redundant moves, that visibly joking remark Siegfried made earlier—"you wouldn't happen to have offended Otto"—might just become reality.
Rita Roseweisse was a tactful and obediently listening subordinate to Otto.
Yet to put it bluntly, to Otto, she was merely an easy-to-use and obedient tool.
Once a tool crossed the line while handling matters and did things a tool ought not to do, Rita believed Otto would destroy her, this disobedient tool, without the slightest hesitation.
"Very well, you are also a bitter soul."
At that, Siegfried aimed the muzzle of the Flame-Chaser's Judgment directly at Rita.
"Then I will give you a chance, hurry up and finish saying what you need to say."
"Once you finish, we will fight if we must, but this time, I will not have time to hold back, so if you really die then, do not blame me."
"Sigh, why must you be like this?"
Facing the muzzle of the Key of Destruction, Rita let out a helpless sigh.
"Lord Otto dispatched me to come here not to capture you and drag you back."
"As you already know, relying solely on my strength, there is no way I can contend with you."
"True, so?"
"So, I hope to have a good chat with you."
At that instant, a communication light screen appeared before Rita.
And upon seeing the man within the light screen, Siegfried's gaze grew exceptionally dangerous.
"Otto... Apocalypse!"
"Oh, what terrifying murderous intent—hey, even though I am not at the scene, I can still feel this virtually tangible murderous intent on you."
On the other side of the communication light screen, Otto looked at the murderous Siegfried and smiled as he spoke to him.
"So many years have passed, and you are still the same as back then, showing hardly any change when it comes to being rash."
"Facing an elder you have not seen in a long time, this kind of attitude is hardly appropriate."
"I have nothing to say to you."
Looking at this detestable face, Siegfried had already placed his finger on the trigger of the Flame-Chaser's Judgment.
"Haha, you are still the same as back then, showing hardly any change when it comes to being rash."
Faced with Siegfried's angry glare, Otto still smiled calmly and collectedly.
"Look, this shot of yours still cannot hit me, and at most it would just bully a Destiny junior who has zero grievance or enmity with you."
"Getting this angry now, can it change the predicament you face?"
"You actually have the nerve to say such things!"
Consumed by immense rage, Siegfried pulled the trigger directly at Rita.
Yet Rita, who had long been prepared, narrowly and perilously avoided the blow before the bullet from the Flame-Chaser's Judgment could strike her.
Looking at the abandoned building that had been pierced straight through, Rita's expression remained unchanged, but bitterness had already begun to well up in her heart.
Previously when Mr. Siegfried crossed moves with me, he easily defeated us without even using the Flame-Chaser's Judgment.
Now he already intends to use a Divine Key, coupled with the fact that Lord Otto also angered him.
For this just-fired strike, Mr. Siegfried actively adjusted the trajectory, otherwise I might not even have been able to dodge this attack.
Sigh, if Lord Otto does not handle this well, we are truly going to suffer a bit.
"Alright, alright, I know you do not want to see this face of mine, so I will cut a long story short."
Facing the silent Siegfried, Otto smiled and spoke.
"Do not be so serious, Siegfried. I came to find you today not to shoot the breeze with you."
"I have a piece of intelligence in my hand, and considering past events, let's treat it as an apology—I will gift it to you free of charge."
"Right now, a group of mercenaries has approached the apartment where Raiden Mei lives."
"Furthermore, your coordinates were sent to Destiny by an anonymous IP."
"Otherwise, there is no way we could have pinpointed your current location so precisely and dispatched Rita to make contact with you."
"Even with a brain like yours, you should be able to guess who did these two things, right?"
...Fucking Cocolia!
Originally these matters counted as internal Anti-Entropy affairs, and now, you actually sold my coordinates to Otto???
Seeing Siegfried's angry expression grow even more terrifying, Otto knew Siegfried had already guessed who that mastermind behind the scenes was.
"Of course, you can suspect that I am lying; I know I have zero credibility in your eyes."
"I have already stated the intelligence anyway, believe it or not is up to you."
"Actively telling me this intelligence—you want to use me, right?"
"Of course!"
Hearing Siegfried's words, Otto began frantically applauding with feigned pretense.
"You are quite smart, aren't you?"
"Then what if I refuse to fall for it?"
"Refuse to fall for it? It does not matter to me."
"Anyway, the Third Honkai Outbreak was caused by Anti-Entropy, and Raiden Ryoma is not my friend, so his daughter's life or death has nothing to do with me."
"Although a large-scale outbreak erupting here in Far East will damage Destiny's prestige, for every 1 point of reputation Destiny loses, Anti-Entropy's lost reputation will be at least 100."
"Take a guess, who is in a rush right now, me or you?"
"You fucking...!"
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