Then she wore a puzzled expression.
"...aren't you afraid I'd ride the motorcycle and run away?"
"Duh, if you want to run, can I stop you?"
"There's nothing I can do if you run, but before you do, I have some things to tell you."
"We at Schicksal dispatched a bunch of people to Changkong City to protect you this time, but my companions are all dead."
"Although there's no proof, chances are high that they were killed by people from Anti-Entropy."
"And according to our investigation, Anti-Entropy's executive Cocolia plans to trigger a massive Honkai Eruption in Changkong City."
"Combined with data analysis from Schicksal's database, this massive Honkai Eruption might be on the same level as the Second Honkai Eruption fourteen years ago, when S-rank Valkyrie Cecilia Sania died in battle."
Hearing that name, Kiana couldn't help it and interrupted Lin Yu on the spot.
"Wait a minute? This Honkai Eruption is on the same level as the Second Honkai Eruption where Mom died in battle?"
"I—I'm kind of a mess."
"Anti-Entropy... Dad holds them in very high regard, you know."
"They're currently preparing to create a Honkai Eruption... Is—is this really possible?"
Chapter 53: You Should Know How to Use This Thing
"They're currently preparing to create a Honkai Eruption... Is—is this really possible?"
After finishing those words, Kiana suddenly reacted.
"Wait, you said Cocolia—is she really from Anti-Entropy?"
"Yeah."
Damn it, people from Anti-Entropy want to kidnap this lady???
Old man, how can you be so unreliable!
"Wait another minute!"
At this moment, Kiana recalled the words Lin Yu had just finished saying and felt the situation was even weirder.
"You guys at Schicksal knew Anti-Entropy was preparing to trigger a massive Honkai Eruption?"
"Then why didn't you notify the ordinary citizens of Changkong City!"
Looking at the obvious anger on Kiana's face right then, Lin Yu let out a helpless sigh.
Sigh, a heart of justice...
With this kind of drive, I really don't know whether to call it good or bad.
"There are several reasons."
"First, although a Honkai Eruption is about to break out in Changkong City, the citizens don't know about it. Once we at Schicksal take drastic action, Cocolia will find a way to proactively induce a massive Honkai Eruption ahead of time."
"If we mess around, the surrounding citizens will die even faster."
"Second, because the Honkai Eruption Cocolia is preparing to create is one that might give birth to a Herrscher, the Herrscher's power has already started causing malfunctions in Changkong City's power equipment."
What on earth?
Everyone's phones not working is actually related to the Honkai Eruption too???
"Just because of this reason, even if someone wanted to notify others of this intelligence, they couldn't complete the plan due to hardware reasons."
Saying this, Lin Yu's gaze suddenly turned somewhat frightening.
"My family died because of the Honkai Eruption."
"My hometown was destroyed because of the Honkai Eruption."
"Do you think that if I had a way, I'd just watch the people here die like this and let this city be completely destroyed by the Honkai Eruption?!"
"S-sorry..."
Looking at Lin Yu's frightening gaze, Kiana immediately apologized.
"Senior..."
"I don't care to talk much about this topic either, but as long as I had the ability to stop all this, I wouldn't bother talking nonsense with you here."
At this moment, Lin Yu suddenly slumped like a deflated ball, walked over to the seat, and leaned against it listlessly.
"So go ahead and leave if you want. Staying in this city, you'll sooner or later be finished off by Honkai Beasts and Meele that could appear at any moment."
"I know you're strong, but there are just too many of them."
Having said that, Lin Yu pulled a Glock he had previously obtained from a mercenary out of his coat and tossed it to Kiana.
"You should know how to use this thing."
"This is... a Glock G19?"
Catching the firearm, Kiana muttered.
"This thing won't do much against Meele and Honkai Beasts, will it..."
"This thing isn't meant to deal with them."
With his eyes closed, Lin Yu said tiredly.
"This gadget is for you to finish yourself off with when you truly can't run anymore."
"Hey!"
Kiana, who had wanted to berate Lin Yu, looked at his listless and exhausted state and suddenly felt...
Was her prejudice against the people of Schicksal too high?
Her old man used to be a person of Schicksal, too.
And on Schicksal's side, there were still many warriors fighting the Honkai just like her old man and Senior Lin Yu.
Even though Schicksal had a grudge against her old man, but... was this lady being way too defensive against them? Was she going a bit too far?
Too far? The running dogs of Schicksal all deserve to die!
Ah, what was that sound?
After nervously looking around all over, Kiana awkwardly realized that she seemed to have suffered from auditory hallucinations.
"Um, Senior."
"Don't speak."
At this moment, Lin Yu opened his eyes and looked at the night sky as if his mood were extremely terrible, revealing a melancholy expression.
Let me... have a little quiet time.
Brilliant!
Using half-truths, you successfully made K423 feel a sense of guilt toward you.
For someone like her, this is exactly the kind of routine to use.
Watching the obvious guilt on the girl's face, you already understand how to bring her under your control from now on.
Ah, yeah.
This time you really didn't say it wrong.
My family died because of the Honkai Eruption, and you think that if I had a way, I'd just watch the people here die like this?—I really have the nerve to say something like that.
I have no family.
From the past until now, I have always lived alone.
I couldn't get along with those guys at the orphanage, and those stinky dogs in my class only feared me.
By the time I started working, interactions between colleagues only went as far as common courtesy.
Even from my death until now, I have never harbored familial affection toward anyone else.
Even Rita Roseweisse was no exception.
We had only met once and chatted for a few words, so how could I immediately recognize her as family just because she cared about me?
Just then, the frightening look Lin Yu wore wasn't because of what Kiana thought—that he felt anger and dissatisfaction toward his own powerlessness because the Honkai was about to run rampant.
Telling lies, Lin Yu discovered one thing at that moment.
Lin Yu, who lied and deceived others for his own sake, was essentially no different from Otto or Cocolia.
He indeed wasn't as vicious and appalling as the two of them, but right now, he was indeed exploiting a young girl's sympathy to lure her into falling into a trap woven with his own words.
Kiana Kaslana was someone who ate soft approaches rather than hard ones.
Precisely because he understood this, Lin Yu didn't treat her with a tough attitude, instead choosing a "go ahead and leave if you want" posture, putting on an appearance that let her choose her own path.
However, Lin Yu knew very well in his heart that Kiana wasn't an unreasonable person.
As long as you could make her feel that you were doing it for her own good and cared about her, many matters that seemed impossible to negotiate could be discussed.
Take right now for instance: although Kiana didn't say much, the fact that she didn't take the car keys from Lin Yu's hand or choose to leave on foot already explained her choice.
The reason Lin Yu later wore an exhausted expression was also because he felt a slight blow to his heart after discovering his true appearance.
He was deceiving someone who believed in him.
Not just his words, but even his facial expressions and demeanor born from self-loathing had at this moment become tools for him to deceive others.
Self-loathing? After this unnecessary emotion appeared in your mind, it quickly vanished shortly after.
You know very well that in this world, acting on goodwill alone gets you nowhere.
Finesse and lies are necessities—telling yourself this, you immediately cast off this state of self-loathing.
Because you are well aware that unnecessary emotions like self-loathing cannot change a single thing.
Ha, thanks a lot for thinking so highly of me.
It's just a pity that I'm just an ordinary person.
Even though rationally I know your warning is correct, when these people appear alive right in front of me...
How could I possibly act purely on reason?
Chapter 54: News of Death
Tens of minutes ago. ME Company
Inside the president's office, Cocolia had her fingers intertwined, gazing ahead toward the main entrance at the front of the room.
Only, no one appeared in the spot she kept staring at.
"Ha, enough is enough."
Failing to wait for that "guest", Cocolia wore a tired expression and collapsed onto her seat.
Then...
"These idiots! Not a single one of them has a sense of the big picture!"
Anti-Entropy executive Ms. Cocolia instantly discarded her previous tired expression and slammed her hand angrily against the desktop in front of her.
Just moments before, she had obtained information that the spy she planted among the conservatives had managed to steal with great effort.
Einstein and Tesla, those two stubborn old hags, had finally lost their patience.
They were bringing a large number of Titans and charging straight toward Changkong City.
My Anti-Entropy comrades have brought a Titan Brigade to support me—the brilliant and mighty vixen executive certainly wouldn't entertain such a foolish thought.
Cocolia knew very well that those two stubborn old hags had found her an eyesore for quite some time.
Ever since she backstabbed Raiden Ryoma and seized the opening he exposed to send him to prison, Cocolia knew Tesla and Einstein's dissatisfaction with her had reached its peak.
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