Ignoring Siegfried's gnashing of teeth, Otto gently snapped his fingers on the other end.
"In addition, you don't need to worry about Kiana."
At that moment, the communication screen immediately switched views.
On the screen, the teenage boy whom Siegfried had seen over ten minutes ago was riding a motorcycle.
And Siegfried's second daughter was sitting on the bike, hugging Lin Yu's waist.
"She has already contacted our ace agent, Lin Yu, and the two of them have successfully escaped from danger now."
"Well, will you disregard the safety of the people of Changkong City and Anti-Entropy's reputation to go after Kiana?"
"Or will you do what a hero ought to do?"
"As for how you want to choose, suit yourself."
After saying that, Otto proactively cut the communication.
At that moment, Siegfried put away Flame-Chaser's Judgment.
The atmosphere at the scene also grew tense because of Otto's call.
"Hey, junior."
Looking at Rita, whose expression remained unchanged, Siegfried asked.
"After hearing these words from Otto, do you have no thoughts at all?"
"Is a man like this really worth risking your lives for him?"
Chapter Forty-Six: Trust Bishop Otto.
Facing Siegfried's interrogation at this moment, Rita did not hesitate at all and nodded very seriously.
"Of course he is."
"—Utterly foolish!"
Facing the young girl before him, Siegfried stared coldly into Rita's pupils.
"You have no idea what kind of malicious things this man has actually done for the sake of his goals."
"Perhaps, but Senior Siegfried—do you think it really matters what kind of person Bishop Otto is?"
Faced with the man whose emotions were growing increasingly abnormal, Rita still did not draw her God-Slaying Armor and Divine Throne scythe as a Valkyrie.
"We pledge our loyalty to Lord Otto because we believe that no matter what, he will lead us to successfully defeat the Honkai."
"As for what kind of person he is in private, or what things he has done... honestly, I don't think everyone cares as much as you imagine."
"Besides, Lord Otto's methods have never let Rita down."
"You feel that Lord Otto's words were quite excessive, but in Rita's view, the moment Lord Otto spoke those words, he had already succeeded."
"Everything he said was true, and these truths easily deepened the conflict between you and Cocolia."
"He objectively analyzed the pros and cons of both courses of action for you, and as long as you maintain your original intent, you will naturally move along the path he anticipated."
"In less than two minutes and a few sentences, he completed a brilliant open conspiracy, successfully forcing you, who could have potentially become our obstacle, to make a choice favorable to us."
"It is precisely because Lord Otto possesses such ability that we believe in him."
Even if most of us present know he is no good guy.
"Ha... That's true."
After letting out a self-deprecating laugh, Siegfried smiled bitterly, shook his head, and walked toward the Valkyries.
"Tell Otto he has won."
"I truly have no way to ignore a friend's daughter and the millions of lives in Changkong City."
"You are truly a man of great righteousness."
Faced with the bitter-faced Siegfried, Rita once again bowed slightly toward him.
"Although our stances differ, Rita must admit that you are a hero worthy of Rita's admiration."
"A hero?"
Walking up to Rita, Siegfried stared at the young girl before him and said numbly.
"Don't make jokes, junior."
"The hero Siegfried died fourteen years ago."
"There is no hero in front of you, only a clown who lost his closest family yet was unable to exact revenge, and is still being led around by the nose by his enemy."
"No matter how you judge yourself, please take this."
Handing over a motorcycle key, Rita said to Siegfried.
"Bishop Otto knew you would need transportation, so he prepared a motorcycle for you in advance. The bike is in the alley behind us."
"Of course, if you don't trust us, you can ignore this motorcycle..."
"Ha, haha..."
Taking the motorcycle key from Rita's hand, Siegfried said with resignation.
"How could I possibly not trust him? Otto has no need to send me a faulty vehicle at a time like this."
"After all, I am just a chess piece in his hand right now; he still needs me to do things for him, so how could he proactively do something to hinder me at a time like this."
After saying that, Siegfried paid no more attention to the Valkyries before him and left from their sight.
Ten-odd seconds later, accompanied by the roar of an engine, Rita knew that Siegfried had begun his move.
"Lady Rita."
Another Valkyrie accompanying Rita watched Siegfried's departing figure and frowned slightly.
"Did we really just let him leave like this? What if he..."
"Trust Bishop Otto, his judgment will not be wrong."
Looking at her colleague, Rita said with a smile.
"Bishop Otto understands Siegfried Kaslana better than we do."
"From the very moment he stepped into Changkong City, Bishop Otto had already started scheming against him."
"And earlier, the fact that I was injured after exchanging blows with Siegfried, but not to the extent of being immobilized, also shows that Siegfried still holds back slightly against his Destiny colleagues."
"Relying on this point, Lord Otto issued this mission only after making verification—that man, thoroughly outmaneuvered by Lord Otto, is someone we don't need to worry about."
"I see."
All the Valkyries present at this moment were trusted confidantes carefully selected by Otto.
In terms of combat prowess, their overall quality might not match the average standard of Destiny's strongest force, the Blade of the Unbroken.
Yet in terms of loyalty, this group of Valkyries were absolute members of Destiny most loyal to Otto.
Ha, Mr. Siegfried's actions... even his actions of accusing the Bishop to us have already been calculated by the Bishop.
After making an enemy of the Bishop, one still gets led around by the nose by him, forced to do his bidding.
The ending of defying the Bishop is truly this miserable.
Destiny Headquarters
Inside Destiny Headquarters, Otto, having finished his communication with Siegfried, looked toward the woman beside him.
"Amber, is there any news from the intelligence department?"
"Lord Otto, I am truly sorry."
Looking at the interrupted feed in her hand, Otto's secretary, Amber, shook her head helplessly.
"The intelligence department said that just cooperating with other departments to repair our communication screen system has already been extremely taxing."
"With our electronic warfare-related systems currently being battered, it is temporarily still impossible to gather intelligence on the First Herrscher."
"Never mind, they have worked hard enough."
Looking at the flickering screen before him, Otto tapped his fingers on the desktop with idle boredom.
The communication screen was a system Destiny had mastered in its early years.
Yet because the Herrscher of Thunder was about to awaken, problems had arisen within this system.
And precisely because of this, when Rita and the others of this Valkyrie squad infiltrated Changkong City earlier, they were forced to use outdated communication systems like electronic terminals.
Now, although this system was temporarily repaired, looking at this unstable light screen, Otto knew the Third Honkai Outbreak was about to erupt.
"Ha, during the Second Honkai Eruption, the two major organizations were still joining forces to fight the Honkai."
"Yet now, the Third Honkai Outbreak has actually turned into an outbreak guided by Anti-Entropy."
"My old rival, you must be unable to sit still by now."
"I am already starting to look forward to the posture witheringly with which you will appear on the battlefield."
Chapter Forty-Seven: Otto is Hysterical with Laughter.
Otto was far too satisfied with the current state of affairs in Changkong City.
Siegfried was forced by his open conspiracy to go work for him.
And Siegfried had encountered Raiden Mei, who could awaken at any moment. As long as he didn't choose to go for the kill upon meeting, then an awakened Raiden Mei, relying on Herrscher powers, could basically steadily defeat a Siegfried who now only had one hand left.
Even if Siegfried's strength was greater than I estimated and he stubbornly turned the situation into mutual destruction, that would be—even more thrilling for me!
If Siegfried is crippled, I can reclaim Flame-Chaser's Judgment.
If the Herrscher of Thunder is crippled, I can reclaim the Conquest of Thunder, and perhaps even recover an awakened Herrscher.
If both of them are crippled, I'll be able to get my hands on everything from both sides right away.
No matter what, it was already impossible for me to take a loss in this current situation.
The only difference was between making a profit and making a bloody fortune.
As for Lin Yu over there... Heh, this young man is even more outstanding than I imagined.
He is working hard to complete his mission, and K423 has successfully made contact with him as well.
Although they failed to survey what specifically happened over at the TV station building, based on their speeding-up-and-speeding-up-again actions along the way, they were the ones being hunted.
The motorcycle was driven by Lin Yu, which basically showed that Lin Yu went over to save K423.
A young man recklessly risked his life to save a young girl, and following that, the youth and maiden began a journey of joint escape to evade enemy pursuit.
This script is even more excellent than the one I prepared.
I originally planned for them to start cultivating feelings only after arriving inside St. Freya.
But now, relying on the Bridge Effect, as long as Lin Yu acts normally, even if he is completely clueless about flirting, he can make K423 develop favorable feelings for him.
This young man is truly a lucky charm for me.
I originally didn't expect him to accomplish much, but now it seems his execution capacity is far more powerful than I imagined.
Rita really found a good raw talent.
And over at Anti-Entropy... Anti-Entropy right now is basically stabbing themselves with a knife.
I have already sent the Ghost along with a bunch of intelligence personnel to start building momentum. Next, as long as everything Cocolia did is completely made public, the remaining neutral countries will all tilt toward our side.
My old rival Welt surely cannot sit still either. If I can capture him then, my harvest from this Honkai Outbreak will be simply too massive.
The Conquest of Thunder will most likely return to my hands.
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