Bronya... It's Okay.

But before he could delve into the other's consciousness, Lin Yu discovered...

"Huh? Kobayashi?"

The ghost in reality woke up immediately.

"What am I doing...?"

Seeing the woman clutching her head and beginning to chant, Lin Yu breathed a sigh of relief.

"Teacher Ghost, I'm relieved to see you're alright."

"How come you're alright? I'm in so much pain!"

Upon hearing Lin Yu's words, Ghost seemed to have heard a key phrase and began to roll around wildly on the bed.

"Aaaaaah! That damned spy! How dare he shoot me in the body!"

"... Teacher, everyone knows that person is Otto."

"Oh, is that so?"

Hearing Lin Yu's words, Ghost, who had just been rolling around wildly, immediately sat up on the bed with a serious expression and said to Lin Yu.

"That old dog was exposed so quickly?"

"Flame-Chaser's Judgment, if it has this kind of attribute output but can't kill A-Class Flame-Chaser's Judgment, then it can only be a fake created by the Void Archive."

Hearing Lin Yu's report, Ghost, who had completely recalled what had happened the night before, had a shadow fall over his face.

"That's true... This old dog really isn't pretending anymore."

"Hmm, wait a minute."

The ghost, sensing something amiss, looked at Lin Yu with utter shock.

"You didn't know all along that this old dog wasn't a good person, did you?"

"I already knew, but... I bet no one believed me when I said it before."

That's true.

If I hadn't encountered these events and hadn't found out about those past events, when Kobayashi told me about this, I would have just thought that he must have been mentally controlled to slander Otto.

"When exactly did you find out his true colors... never mind, it doesn't matter anymore."

After gently shaking his head, the ghost muttered to himself.

"Based on the information I've seen in the database, the most essential thing for Herrscher Candidate to become Herrscher is emotional despair."

"You are now Constraint Herrscher, which is enough to show that you were in a state of despair before."

"Before, I always thought this despair stemmed from your inability to save your parents, but now it seems..."

"Could this despair be related to Otto?"

What should I say?

"Ghost Teacher, you are so smart."

After saying this helplessly, Lin Yu pulled up a chair and sat down in front of the ghost, telling him some information that he had never told anyone else.

"I knew about this news much earlier than you think."

"At the time, I just thought that although Otto was rotten, the Schicksal was good."

"Whether it's fighting the Honkai or seeking revenge, joining Schicksal is my best choice."

Looking at the calm narrator in front of him, the ghost did not interrupt him, but chose to listen quietly.

"Of course, you all know what happened next. I learned a lot of skills under your training, and then I secretly participated in the mission in Changkong City without telling you and Sister Rita."

"During the mission in Changkong City, after discovering that my companions were being killed one by one by Cocolia's men, an idea began to uncontrollably pop into my head..."

"—Did it really make sense for me to do these things when Otto was the Archbishop of Schicksal?"

At this point, a bitter smile appeared on Lin Yu's face.

"Looking back now, I realize that my consciousness may have been Honkai Corruption the Honkai, and I started to think and act in a negative direction."

"But objectively speaking, in Otto's eyes, we are just divided into 'important pieces' and 'unimportant pieces'."

"But if K423 is alright, he probably won't care so much whether the pieces we sent out live or die."

"After realizing that this bastard could do whatever he wanted, and that I couldn't even resist him, I was gradually driven to despair in Changkong City by the Honkai that was creeping into my heart."

"Although I finally suppressed this despair using special methods and interrupted the arrival of the Constraint Herrscher, this despair was only suppressed, not eliminated."

"The suppressed despair did not deepen after I entered Otto's eyes and was forced to clean up his messes; it only grew stronger day by day."

"Perhaps in some people's eyes, I was driven to despair by Kevin's sword strike, but in reality..."

"—This despair has nothing to do with Kevin."

"Kevin's sword strike was less of a catalyst and more like a switch that made me realize the truth, unleashing all my growing despair in one go."

"Teacher Ghost, your guess was correct."

"The key reason why I became the Herrscher of Constraint is because of Otto Apocalypse."

Although Lin Yu only had a bitter smile on his face when he said these words, as long as you put yourself in Lin Yu's situation, Ghost only had one thought left.

It's really not easy for Kobayashi not to have gone crazy.

Rather, it's more like—how come you're not only not insane, but you can even maintain your self-awareness as Herrscher and fight for humanity?

After having this thought in his mind, the ghost suddenly realized something.

Fighting for humanity?

This might be the wrong answer.

Lin Yu's actions may not be for the sake of humanity, but simply to fight against the Honkai.

His values dictate that he will try his best not to harm others when fighting for the Honkai, but this does not mean that the order of priorities will change.

Perhaps it's not 'Why isn't he crazy yet?' but rather 'He's already crazy, but we just haven't realized it.'

After the Fourth Honkai Outbreak ended, Ghost once asked Lin Yu in a bar to "wear that mask" to boost morale.

But now it seems I really didn't know anything.

I didn't need to remind her at all; Kobayashi had already put on the mask from the very beginning.

Burdened with despair, he was forced to mask his true self to inspire others to continue fighting because he had given them hope...

—What the hell is this joke?

"Okay, let's not make the atmosphere so heavy."

Seeing that Ghost had clearly entered "overthinking" mode, Lin Yu suddenly smiled and placed his hands on Ghost's shoulders.

"The fact that I'm saying these things today proves that I've already thrown all hopelessness into another dimension."

"I am now the strongest in Schicksal. Otto, that bastard, not only can't cause any trouble, but he's also too scared to go back to Schicksal Headquarters."

"I'm completely fine now, teacher. You should just focus on recovering. After all, there's still a lot of work to do. As the chief intelligence officer of Schicksal, you don't have much time to rest."

Sigh, still laughing.

The question is, how much of that smile of yours is genuine?

After Lin Yu finished speaking, a character introduction template suddenly popped up in the system.

Name: Wraith

[Identity: A-rank Valkyrie of Schicksal, concurrently head of Schicksal's intelligence department, and your mentor in special operations.]

Current favorability level: 40

[Note: This character's attributes overlap with Fu Hua's, but she can transform into a large-breasted woman or a small-breasted woman. Look at her current distressed attitude after imagining things; keep going, host!]

"Go ahead and drive, my ass! How can you still drive in this kind of atmosphere?"

[Otherwise, are we supposed to just go along with this oppressive atmosphere between the two of you and make it even more oppressive?]

Forget it, cheer up, it'll be over in a while...

You probably won't be able to laugh then.

Wow, that's terrifying!

The problem is, apart from the Asura Kevin and the False God Otto, no one is my match anymore.

The Asura Kevin needs to camp out to regenerate mana, and the False God Otto lacks various opportunities to descend into this world. Under these circumstances...

—You're not trying to say the Finality is coming, are you?

Well, this system can't really go into anything further back in time, anyway...

"—Keep going and survive, host."

The atmosphere has reached this point; if you don't deliver a decisive blow, it won't make sense.

Chapter 273. Bronya... It's okay.

Fight a brilliant battle...

That sounds nice, but in reality, Lin Yu felt a headache coming on just by thinking about it for a little while.

Was he in despair because the boss was a jerk?

That's not entirely true.

If the leader is incompetent, even if he doesn't behave properly, his destructive power is ultimately limited.

However, Otto is a capable person. The destructive power of a capable person acting as Honkai for the Honkai is, in some ways, even more terrifying than a billion-killer.

Even though Otto is now too afraid to show himself, and because of time constraints, his impatience has led him to reveal something he shouldn't have...

But even if Otto made mistakes, he was still Otto.

Because of their dislike for Otto, they rejected everything about him and ultimately treated him like an idiot.

Anyone who thinks that way is an idiot.

Moreover, Otto's abilities are actually quite strange.

Normally he's fine, but when Otto starts causing trouble, his destructive power multiplies.

Now, if Lin Yu wants to get rid of Otto, he only has one way.

Otto's immortality comes in two versions.

Otto's physical body was immortal in the past, thanks to the 'blessing' bestowed upon him by the power of the Black Abyss White Flower, which made his lifespan longer than that of ordinary people.

The reason why this version of Otto is 'immortal' is entirely due to the [Rebirth] program and the accompanying Soul Steel Body stored in the computer of the Schicksal Headquarters.

In this situation, even if Otto's Soul Steel Body was destroyed, as long as he realized that he was about to 'die,' he could immediately use the [Rebirth] program to transfer his consciousness to another body.

Even Otto himself was unaware that he was about to die, and died in an accident, Amber also had the permission to activate the [Rebirth] program.

Even if Otto dies and Amber also has an accident, the [Rebirth] program will still start some time after Otto's accident.

It can be said that as long as this program doesn't fail, Otto is unlikely to fail.

Of course, there is another way besides solving the Rebirth Program.

This method doesn't sound complicated; to put it simply, it's about destroying Otto's entire soul-steel body through which his consciousness was transferred.

However, a method that doesn't sound complicated doesn't mean it's actually simple to implement.

If Otto had hidden several Soul Steel Bodies in some strange places, he could still be resurrected in the end using the [Rebirth] program.

This is troublesome. Although I don't think it will succeed, I still have to give it a try.

But before that...

Meanwhile, Bronya, who was happily chatting with three friends, suddenly heard a text message ringtone coming from her communicator.

Bronya took out her communicator and was surprised to see a message.