This Child is Terrifyingly Powerful, He Absolutely Cannot Be Kept Alive!

Sometimes it's necessary to play dumb.

If pretending to be weak is useless in front of that man...

—We'll just have to improvise when the time comes.

Meanwhile, the World Serpent Headquarters

Inside the World Serpent headquarters, after listening to the administrator Gray Serpent describe the recent situation, even Kevin felt a little lost in thought.

It has been less than three months since Cocolia, the executor of Anti-Entropy, began creating artificial Honkai in February of this year.

Then, during those three months, Chiyou was awakened by the World Serpent for Kevin's sake, but other things...

Otto, using methods even more sophisticated than Cocolia's, artificially brought about the Fourth Honkai Outbreak.

The Fifth Honkai Outbreak occurred just a few days ago, less than a month ago.

Moreover, and more importantly, the Herrscher Candidate chosen for this Honkai 3rd was actually Kevin's comrade-in-arms, Hua.

In Kevin's view, this Honkai has reached a point that is somewhat extreme.

What struck him as even more extreme was that just a few days after Hua became Herrscher of Reason, the girl named Wendy also became Herrscher.

Well, in less than three months, four Herrscher appeared.

Even if two of the Herrscher were artificially created, this is still a bit too exciting.

Kevin is indeed a seasoned veteran who has seen it all, but in his era, the manifestation of Herrscher would take at least some time.

In Kevin's era, approximately three years passed between the birth of the Third Herrscher and the defeat of the Sixth Herrscher.

In this era, from the birth of the Third Herrscher to the defeat of the Sixth Herrscher, three months have passed...?

According to our plan, the people of this era should be able to suppress the Honkai more smoothly after acquiring the Divine Key and the data left behind by the Previous Era.

Moreover, logically speaking, with Number Seventeen 'suppressing' the Honkai, the timing of the Herrscher' appearances shouldn't have been so chaotic.

Kevin hadn't forgotten what his lover, Dr. MEI, had once told Kevin and the other Flame-Chasers of the Fire Moth —that, in any case, the people of this era would never activate the Herrscher ahead of time.

Mei is arguably one of the people in the world who understands the true nature of Honkai in the most ways, so Kevin never had any doubts about his lover's opinions.

But now that the facts are laid bare before him, even if Kevin trusts May, he has to face reality.

"My Venerable Lord, the Honkai is accelerating; this is an undeniable fact."

After several minutes of frantic thinking, the administrator Gray Serpent spoke to Kevin, having figured out what he should say.

"And during this time, we discovered a person."

"We suspect that the accelerated Honkai is very likely related to that person."

After saying this, Gray Serpent tapped lightly a few times in mid-air, displaying the data and intelligence he had already compiled to Kevin.

"The S-rank Knight Lin Yu of Schicksal, the Herrscher of Thunder, Chiyou, and the Herrscher of Death were all defeated by him."

"Oh?"

After seeing this information, Kevin narrowed his eyes slightly.

Although he had made up his mind to carry out the Stigmata Plan, even now Kevin still hoped to see some hopeful fighters strive to resist the Honkai.

In Kevin's eyes, this young man with outstanding achievements was clearly such a talent.

"But I have my doubts... Your Venerable Lord, please wait a moment."

At this moment, the administrator, Gray Serpent, discovered that very important information had been transmitted from within the Gray Serpent network and immediately began to examine the message.

Then, Kevin looked at the silent administrator, Gray Serpent, and asked in a low voice.

"What's wrong, Gray Serpent?"

"My Venerable Lord, you may not believe it, but our World Serpent comrade lurking in Schicksal just told me something."

"Just a few minutes ago, Lin Yu defeated the Sixth Herrscher [Herrscher of Wind] Wendy."

"And according to information from the Schicksal Headquarters, the timing of their battle..."

"It shouldn't have been more than three minutes."

At this moment, upon hearing Gray Serpent's words, Kevin, who had just finished reading Lin Yu's personal profile, finally understood why his subordinate had fallen silent.

"If I'm not mistaken, this member named Lin Yu from Schicksal has been around for less than three months since his debut, right?"

"Yes, you read that right."

At that moment, Gray Serpent saw an expression on Kevin's face that he absolutely did not want to see now.

Kevin had initially appeared indifferent to everything...

—At this moment, the corners of his mouth were slightly turned up.

Chapter 233. This child is terrifyingly powerful; he must not be allowed to live!

Seeing Kevin's expression at that moment, the administrator Gray Serpent was not surprised at all.

As Kevin's old subordinate, Administrator Gray Serpent naturally knew that his boss was not particularly satisfied with the Stigmata Plan.

Kevin chose this path, which he wasn't entirely satisfied with, simply to defeat the Honkai.

Kevin probably always hoped that someone could tell him that the Honkai could be defeated without the Stigmata Plan.

Even though Kevin's heart is now filled with the determination to fight the Honkai, he will be happy because this era has produced warriors who can threaten the Honkai.

Now, Lin Yu, whom the Gray Serpent fears so much, is clearly the kind of person that his Venerable Lord admires most.

"Gray Serpent".

"Your subordinate is here."

Looking at his subordinates, Kevin adjusted his expression and asked Gray Serpent indifferently.

Can you confirm the veracity of this news?

"I am 90% confident."

Hearing Kevin's question, Gray Serpent spoke directly to Kevin.

"This is the message we received from the Schicksal Headquarters. Just now, the Schicksal Headquarters started announcing that 'Knight Lin Yu defeated the Herrscher of Wind and is returning to headquarters with the unconscious Herrscher of Wind.'"

"To be honest, we've seen this passage before, back when Lin Yu dealt with the Fourth Honkai Outbreak..."

"That's also how the Schicksal Headquarters is communicating with the public."

"Is there no possibility of false reporting of military intelligence?"

"The probability is not high."

Faced with Kevin's slightly teasing question, Gray Serpent looked up at Kevin very seriously and tried to speak to Kevin in an extremely serious tone.

"My Venerable Lord, although you may find this matter strange, if it is Lin Yu —I believe he is capable of doing such a thing."

"Before this, Miss Hua had already taught him the Shenzhou Arts that he had improved through the Divine Sound System."

"After the Fourth Honkai Outbreak, he gained the right to use the Blank Key and other Divine Key."

"If all these equipment are added, Lin Yu's defeat of Miss Wendy is not outrageous in my opinion."

Kevin found Gray Serpent's words even more interesting.

"Judging from what you're saying, your evaluation of Lin Yu seems to be quite high."

"In fact, his subordinates' evaluation of him is certainly higher than what Your Venerable Lord imagines."

At this moment, Gray Serpent listed out the intelligence he had gathered about Lin Yu one by one and presented it all to Kevin.

"Three months ago, Lin Yu was just a junior member of the Schicksal Force who couldn't even pass the initial screening of the Schicksal combat unit."

"But after he became Schicksal agent and participated in missions related to Changkong City, everything started to go wrong."

"At first, when he took down the Herrscher of Thunder, we thought he was Otto's hidden trump card, and that he had resolved the incident with the HSN Serum."

"But when the Chi You Awakening event in the Nine Nether Chiyou began, we discovered something."

"Lin Yu's rate of growth is simply too fast, and my suspicions about him reached their peak after the Fourth Honkai Outbreak."

Recalling what she had seen through the Gray Serpent Network that day, Gray Serpent said to Kevin with lingering fear.

"After Lin Yu fought and defeated the Herrscher of Death, his subordinates dispatched combat troops to the location of Lin Yu the Herrscher of Death order to retrieve the Tranquility Gem and attempt to knock them unconscious."

"However, when facing the combat troops sent by his subordinates, Lin Yu killed all of the nearly one hundred pseudo -Herrscher Clone with just one move."

"From that moment on, I felt that there was something fishy about him."

"And..."

Looking at Kevin's Gray Serpent, after a moment's thought, he finally said to Kevin what he hadn't intended to say.

"His progress is too fast, even your speed of progress, Venerable Lord, cannot compare to Lin Yu's current speed."

If it were a narrow-minded high-ranking official, hearing someone say such things that seemed to belittle them would probably make them somewhat unhappy.

However, Gray Serpent knew very well that the great World Serpent Venerable Lord Kevin was not that kind of person.

Rather than hiding her own thoughts, Gray Serpent felt it was more important to let Kevin figure out the threat Lin Yu posed.

Anyway, the boss won't be angry. As long as I tell the truth, Venerable Lord Kevin will naturally make a decision.

As for Kevin making a different choice than Gray Serpent expected—that certainly isn't Kevin's fault.

Without Kevin, World Serpent is essentially a somewhat powerful underworld organization. If Gray Serpent and Kevin have different views, it would be Gray Serpent's fault, not Kevin's.

"Indeed, we must admit that he has made progress even faster than I did back then."

After quickly reviewing the information presented by Gray Serpent, Kevin asked with great interest.

"He really didn't undergo the Fusion Warrior modification surgery?"

"At least for now, Lin Yu has not displayed any power similar to that of Fusion Warrior."

"Interesting. But Gray Serpent, you haven't finished speaking yet."

As expected of the Venerable Lord, he has already sensed my thoughts.

"Just as the Venerable Lord thought, in fact, I have been doubting one thing since the Fourth Honkai Outbreak."

At this moment, the Gray Serpent, which had been building up for so long, finally spoke the words it had always wanted to say.

"The speed at which the Herrscher of this era manifests has been far too abnormal since Lin Yu's debut."

"I admit that the Third Honkai Outbreak and Fourth Honkai Outbreak were caused by Cocolia and Otto, and cannot be counted within the time frame of a normal Honkai."

"But the Fifth Honkai Outbreak and Sixth Honkai Eruption are so close in time to the previous Honkai, which is obviously problematic."

"Furthermore, now that even Miss Hua has been chosen as Herrscher by the Honkai, I suspect..."

"—Lin Yu, who is so brave and skilled in battle, is not only the culprit who accelerated the arrival of the Herrscher of Honkai, but may also be chosen by Honkai as the next Herrscher."

"His plasticity and potential are so great, and his inner world must be extremely extreme."

"If we don't address this hidden danger before he grows up, he will inevitably... no, he is already hindering our World Serpent's Stigmata Plan!"

At this point, Gray Serpent could no longer suppress the murderous intent he felt towards Lin Yu and delivered a passionate speech to Kevin.

"My Venerable Lord, if this person were to transform into Herrscher, he would undoubtedly become the most troublesome enemy of our World Serpent!"

"This child is terrifyingly powerful; he must not be allowed to live!"

Despite Gray Serpent's impassioned speech, Kevin's face remained largely expressionless.

In fact, if Lin Yu hadn't given him such a big surprise, he wouldn't have even shown a slight upturn of his lips.

"Gray Serpent, after all you've said, you just want me to kill him?"

"... Your subordinate believes that the decision made by Your Venerable Lord will be absolutely correct."

Hearing his subordinate's words, Kevin stood up from his throne, walked to Gray Serpent 'Gray Serpent side, and continued speaking to him.

"I know what you're thinking. Although your thoughts are somewhat biased, I must admit that what you said is not entirely wrong."

"Lin Yu is a promising talent, and his progress is indeed too fast."