Starting Today, I Call the Shots in Schicksal!

No, things are in such a good state that it's led to a very awkward situation.

[Because you are strong enough yourself, and your teammates are getting stronger and stronger, so...]

[Now, for ordinary events, this system can no longer give you rewards.]

Ha, what kind of bad thing is this?

I wish you were just talking in my head instead of sending me lottery tickets every day.

After all, once I get these things, it means I'll be in danger again.

From this perspective, I...

I really wish I could see these things less often.

Chapter 216. From this day forward, I will decide my Schicksal!

Otto's office at the Schicksal Headquarters.

Otto, in his office, maintained his usual composed demeanor, but only he knew that he was actually a little flustered.

Originally, thanks to Rita's efforts yesterday, Lin Yu and the others had largely come to believe that the little girl was the work of World Serpent.

In this situation, Otto felt he could largely extricate himself from the situation.

To be honest, Otto did many bad things in his life, and he never considered himself a good person.

However, this time, Otto was very unusually wronged by Fu Hua and then realized that this feeling was indeed very unpleasant.

As for Rita's little schemes, Otto could guess the gist of it even without using the Feathered Dust.

To put it bluntly, Rita was still worried about Lin Yu, but dared not disobey Otto. That's why, after waking up, she tried to maneuver in the shadows to delay the awakening of the Herrscher of the Void.

Otto could easily guess that Rita was trying to sabotage Kiana and Lin Yu by taking Bianca to the beach.

In the past, Otto wouldn't have punished Rita, but he would have given her a little nudge for trying to thwart his plans.

But now, all Otto can say is— Rita, well done!

I just want someone to pull the brakes for me!

However, while Otto supports Rita's intention, the timing isn't actually quite right.

That's why Otto summoned Rita and Bianca back to headquarters at this time.

In his mind, after he finished arranging the plan, he even planned to send two people to the Far East Branch to take up temporary posts for a period of time, so as to create conditions for Rita to pull the handbrake.

But now, the problem is getting a bit serious.

Fu Hua, who should have been comforted by Rita's words, acted as if she had taken a gunpowder today. She completely ignored her 'pretense' and made a very firm choice to return to Schicksal Headquarters with Rita and Bianca on the spot.

If any other Valkyrie were to act so recklessly, not only Otto, but even Rita would choose to stop them.

However, Otto believed that Rita was well aware of the close relationship between Fu Hua and Otto, which was why she did not stop him from taking action.

But now, the problem is much bigger.

Ever since Fu Hua took the Blank Key from Schicksal Headquarters, Otto felt that his old friend had changed a lot.

I don't know if it was because she inexplicably recovered from her injuries and gained confidence, or if she simply had a sudden menopausal episode and took some medication.

In short, the current Fu Hua is clearly no longer the same as the honest person Otto used to be who could be easily persuaded with words.

Otto's plans have been completely disrupted by various unexpected events. If Fu Hua were to launch an attack at this time, Otto felt that his situation would only get worse.

What troubled him even more was that while Rita could easily fool those teenagers, fooling Fu Hua...

Fu Hua is indeed an honest person, but firstly, she doesn't trust Otto; secondly, Otto has actually done similar things; and finally Otto made a wrong prediction yesterday and directly self-destructed.

Even someone as naive as Otto knows that Fu Hua is here to cause trouble.

Moreover, Otto gave Fu Hua the Blank Key last time, which stabilized her mentality.

This time, Otto couldn't think of anything else he could use to keep his opponent in check.

Fu Hua used to cooperate with him because of a promise to Shenzhou, but...

In fact, once Fu Hua came to her senses, she would realize that Otto was currently preoccupied with his own plans and had no time to bother with Shenzhou.

Otto doesn't cause trouble in Shenzhou, then the martial arts practitioners and mechanical guards within Shenzhou can handle the small and medium-sized Honkai that occur Shenzhou.

If a large-scale Honkai or even Herrscher occurs in Shenzhou...

Fu Hua used to have headaches.

However, Fu Hua, whose condition has clearly improved, is now able to suppress ordinary Herrscher and Honkai -side combat power that is not as strong as Herrscher, by fighting her way to Shenzhou all by herself.

The promise between the two now depends entirely on whether Fu Hua will give Otto face.

From the moment the Crimson Heron Immortal was 'resurrected,' the initiative between the two had shifted from Otto to Fu Hua's side.

Of course, Otto could also choose to use Schicksal as a 'weapon' in a fit of anger and directly prepare for war with Shenzhou to threaten Fu Hua.

But reaching this point is tantamount to tearing off the mask of civility between the two parties.

Although Otto was extremely worried, he didn't think the current situation was worse than before.

Otto had racked his brains and tried various methods for hundreds of years but could not find the answer.

Now, he not only has the answer, but he can even see everything the plan needs right in front of him.

Now all he needs to do is clear away the obstacles, and he will have all the resources to complete that plan.

On the eve of the plan's success, Otto was asked to risk delays or even failure by sacrificing his Schicksal and the destruction of Shenzhou in exchange for Fu Hua's assistance...

—He's not stupid. Unless he's desperate, who would do something with such low returns and high risks?

Well, we shouldn't be too pessimistic.

An old friend is always an old friend. Even when she went through menopause, she was still the same kind and gentle person at heart.

When I stood in front of Kallen, she immediately held back.

So many years have passed, but she is still the same person.

If I can reason with them and appeal to their emotions, even if my old friend harbors resentment towards me, they probably won't start a direct confrontation with me.

Now lower your expectations and goals.

I'm not expecting my old friend to help me anymore at this point. I'll just promise her some benefits so she can stay calm and not beat up Sirin at this crucial moment, and that will be all that matters.

This is really difficult.

I was still thinking about how to handle Su's situation, but now that my old friend has regained his strength, it's only a matter of time before the two of us meet and talk.

If the two pioneers from the Previous Era were to meet and join forces after a brief conversation, they would become the fourth major power outside of the three major organizations: Schicksal, Price Anti-Entropy, and World Serpent.

Even if there are only two people, but there are three types of Divine Key and two Herrscher- level or higher combatants...

Thousand Worlds Annihilation!

My Thousand Worlds Annihilation!

Why did you have to end up in that man's hands!

Otto felt that his plans and arrangements were meticulous enough, but during this period, Otto deeply realized what it meant for plans to be subject to change.

Otto Changkong City that Lin Yu, an agent he had never paid any attention to before, had actually become his 'ace', he was filled with surprise and delight.

After Lin Yu returned to the Schicksal Headquarters, Otto at the time only considered cultivating Lin Yu's personal strength and his relationship with Kiana, and seeing if he could survive the turmoil of the Awakening of the Herrscher of the Void.

A month later, Lin Yu's attack on Chiyou made Otto feel that he could spend more resources to cultivate Lin Yu.

After all, Lin Yu had already demonstrated terrifying talent at that time. In Otto's view, Lin Yu was a high-quality stock with 'low investment and high return'.

At the time, Otto was unaware of just how wrong he was.

As a result, only twenty days after the chaos of the Nine Nether, Lin Yu had become a master who could survive from a single-core Herrscher under certain circumstances.

Before Otto could react, Lin Yu, who had just returned to the Far East Branch after a trip to England, immediately demonstrated his strong adaptability to the Blank Key and the Divine Key.

It has been less than a month since Su became a guest of Schicksal. Otto felt that it was not his fault that he had not dealt with a master who could teleport, had enhanced mental power, and was also very powerful in his physical body within a month.

But time waits for no one.

Otto's plan to murder Sue had not yet been fully implemented, and now it seems that the plan has been stillborn.

To gain access to the Void Key, Otto cannot bypass Su.

And now that he can't take down Su, the next thing he can probably do is...

The problem is that Su and Fu Hua are different!

He wasn't the kind of honest person Fu Hua who was easily fooled, Otto felt that it would be ridiculously difficult to deceive him.

The original Otto might have been able to persuade Fu Hua to act as an intermediary and convince Su to lend Otto the Void Key.

But now, Fu Hua has also been angered by him.

There's a saying in Shenzhou that goes, "As long as you don't give up, there will always be more solutions than problems."

However, it takes time to come up with a suitable solution and implement it.

Otto could certainly devise a new plan to scheme against Su, but the problem was that he couldn't control the speed at which Lin Yu's strength was improving.

What Otto needs now is a large-scale upheaval that can suppress Lin Yu's strength, injure him, or even kill Su.

The problem is, where can you find such turmoil?

With a single core Herrscher, Su and Fu Hua can reliably defeat their opponent.

Moreover, the HSN Serum developed by Dr. Mags can even weaken the Herrscher's strength to some extent when injected into the Herrscher's body.

Even if a Herrscher as powerful as Sirin was fourteen years ago appeared, Fu Hua now possesses some of the former glory. Otto doesn't know if Fu Hua can still unleash that incredibly powerful sword strike.

Now, only a sufficiently powerful Herrscher, or a strong individual of equal strength, who stands against Su and Fu Hua, can help Otto resolve these troublesome issues he faces...

Etc...

I think I've found the answer.

Fourteen years ago, when Anti-Entropy kept its oath and transmitted the data from the Soul Steel to me, I saw the images inside.

The footage records the combat logs of Kevin, a warrior from the Previous Era.

That was a man who, when paired with the Moonlight Throne, could injure the Herrscher of Finality.

Moreover, according to Xiola, he is also the Venerable Lord of the World Serpent, and the Stigmata Plan was spearheaded by him.

The Stigmata Plan is such a crazy plan that old friends would definitely not agree to it.

In other words, as long as we can find the warrior Kevin, then...

No, that's insane.

The fact that the World Serpent was suppressed to such a state by me, and that Warrior Kevin didn't even make a move, suggests that he might really be 'not in this world' at all, just as Xiola guessed based on intelligence.

Gray Serpent has always been obsessed with the Herrscher Core.

Kevin is most likely not in this world, or is unable to intervene.

So—hasn't the problem already been solved?!

I still have a Plague Gem, and this Plague Gem...

This plan is too crazy.

However, it's not without its value in trying.

I am now only one step away from the success of my plan, but the current situation is a complete dead end for me.

Only when this situation is broken can I find an opportunity to continue my plan.

"Lord Otto, Lady Rita, Durandal, and Lady Fu Hua have returned to headquarters."

Looking at the information on the screen in front of her, Amber, who didn't want to disturb Otto's thoughts, finally chose to ask Otto a question.

"Excuse me, would you like to summon the three gentlemen to this room?"

"... Let Durandal and Rita stand by for now. I have something to say to an old friend alone."