Bronya... It's Okay. (Continued)

[I've sent you the coordinates. Contact me privately. — Lin Yu]

Strange, after Brother Lin Yu returned to Schicksal, he asked me to go find him alone?

The moment Bronya finished reading the message, she actually thought that Lin Yu had finally given in.

But in the next instant, she dismissed this completely impossible idea.

Although Lin Yu had always been abstinent, Bronya could guess his Lin Yu preferences from his Lin Yu gaze.

Putting everything else aside, Lin Yu did sneak peeks at everyone's chests before, but unfortunately, Bronya was the only one in the dorm who wasn't subjected to that kind of gaze from him.

So why should I think so much?

Brother Lin Yu asked me to go over... so I'll go over then.

"Sister Bronya, what's wrong?"

Seeing Bronya take out the communicator, Seele asked with great curiosity.

Is it about work?

"Well, I have some work-related matters to attend to. I might be a bit busy from now on."

Seeing the obvious disappointment in the three people's eyes, Bronya smiled helplessly and said to them.

"Okay, we'll have plenty of time to meet in the future. I'm busy now, but I'll make time for everyone later."

"Bishop Theresa has promised me that when a transport plane from headquarters goes to the Far East Branch today, it will take the three of you with it."

"Although everyone in the orphanage is still recuperating in their hospital beds, they are all worried about you."

"If you show your face, everyone will be happy."

Hearing Bronya's words, Seele put away her disappointed expression and nodded slightly to Bronya.

"Yes, we'll go there and put everyone's mind at ease."

"Okay, then I'll head over there first."

Watching Bronya's departing figure, Seele felt...

—My Sister Bronya seems to have changed a lot.

Yes, she has indeed changed a lot. Not only is her signature verbal tic gone, but her entire demeanor is different.

Hmm, so you noticed even my other self.

My sister seems very happy now, even...

— I'm happier than when I was in the orphanage.

Oh ho, what's wrong, jealous?

No, it's not. Of course, it's a good thing that my sister is happy.

But... I still feel a little strange.

Sigh, when did you become so prone to overthinking?

Everyone at the orphanage was saved. My older sister seems to have recovered her legs and is much more cheerful now.

Aside from not seeing your troublesome foster mother, everything you've experienced since your return has been perfect.

That's true, but...

[No buts! Why are you saying so much... wait.]

Are you disappointed because you didn't get to see Lin Yu?

You're talking nonsense.

Hearing the obvious panic in Seele's tone, Black Seele immediately fell silent.

I made a wild guess about it, and I actually guessed right.

I'm too lazy to even comment. This girl is hopeless.

It's only been a few days!

It's only been a few days since we last saw each other, why is she missing me so much? (╯‵□′)╯┻━┻

A few minutes later, in a certain room

Bronya arrived at the room according to the coordinates, looked at Lin Yu the room, and immediately asked him a question.

"Brother Lin Yu, is there something you wanted to ask me to come here?"

"Ah, about that."

Looking at the girl who had come here as he had arranged, Lin Yu spoke calmly.

"I miss you, is that not allowed?"

...?

Hearing these calm words, Bronya felt that Lin Yu was acting very strangely today.

Although her relationship with Lin Yu is completely different now than it used to be, and they can even be considered close comrades-in-arms, well...

—It was strange that Lin Yu said that.

As everyone knows, Lin Yu is a vengeful ghost who is determined to seek revenge, and this vengeful ghost did not stop his pursuit of revenge even after he had a daughter.

Now, this vengeful ghost suddenly jumps out and says to Bronya, who isn't even his closest friend and isn't in his good zone, "I missed you"...

Bronya was more worried than that Lin Yu had suddenly gone into heat; she wondered if the pressure had driven him crazy.

Oh no, this is really a big problem.

Although Yuno and I had long expected this day to come, now...

What should we do? Brother Lin Yu seems fine, but what he said proves that he definitely has a problem.

"Ah, perhaps this is a bit too sudden, but..."

At this moment, Lin Yu got up from his chair and walked towards Bronya.

"Am I really that scary right now?"

[You're being ridiculous. A vengeful ghost who, in everyone else's eyes, only wants to fight Honkai and not engage in any actual combat, suddenly tells a flat-chested girl, "I missed you." Let alone Bronya, anyone else would just think you've been completely driven mad.]

Oh, is it really that exaggerated?

What do you think?

However, this system recommends—

What's your suggestion?

[—How about we press on and take advantage of this momentum to conquer Bronya today, and beat them senseless?]

Hey, that seems like a good idea.

But you definitely wouldn't do that, right?

Who knows?

I am indeed under a lot of pressure right now. Relying on drugs to relieve stress when under pressure is a common practice in the military, right?

Whether you intend to exploit this system or not is unknown, but I can definitely tell you're under a lot of pressure.

[In normal times, you should have switched to the complain mode, but now... forget it, this system can just watch the show with peace of mind today.]

"Brother Lin Yu".

Seeing that Lin Yu seemed fine at the moment, but was definitely in serious trouble, Bronya gritted her teeth, rushed towards Lin Yu, and hugged him tightly.

"I don't know what's wrong with you, but if you're really under too much pressure, Bronya ... it's okay."

[Holy crap, a straight shot?]

No, are we going to go this far?

Thinking about it carefully, it makes sense. They already had that knowledge; it's just that they're the ace, so they didn't need to use it.

From this perspective, she's actually the most outgoing one in the dorm, so... it's not really that surprising.

Of course, that's not the point.

What's the key point?

Hearing Lin Yu's question, the system did not answer, but silently displayed Bronya's character introduction template.

[Name: Bronya Zaychek]

[Identity: A genuine member of Anti-Entropy who joined Schicksal, Cocolia's adopted daughter.]

Current favorability rating: 75

[Note: Although you are indirectly responsible for her mother's death, you are now undoubtedly the person she trusts most, and she clearly feels more than just camaraderie towards you for rescuing Seele.]

... Whether it's heavy or not is another matter, but it just feels so heavy.

She was treated relatively lightly.

"What's wrong, Brother Lin Yu?"

At this moment, Bronya, who had taken the initiative, looked up at the silent Lin Yu.

"Bronya can hack the surveillance system here, so..."

"Ha, so..."

Facing the girl in front of him, Lin Yu activated the Phantasm Lantern Barrier directly at Bronya at point-blank range.

"Please keep a close eye on me, Bronya."

Bronya, who had been caught off guard and consumed the Phantasm Lantern Barrier, had no time to realize what was happening before Lin Yu pulled her consciousness into the illusion.

When the clever girl came to her senses, she looked at the suddenly changed scenery around her and breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, Bronya looked at Lin Yu in front of her and said with great dissatisfaction.

"Brother Lin Yu, can't you just say what's on your mind?"

I thought you'd really gone crazy and had mentally prepared yourself for that kind of thing.

"I'm sorry, this is really not something that should be known to other people."

"I have no other choice but to resort to this method to bring you into this consciousness space and then have a proper discussion with you about the plan."

Seeing that Lin Yu had clearly returned to his usual work mode, Bronya felt relieved, but also felt a pang of disappointment.

However, she quickly adjusted her mindset and quietly waited for Lin Yu to continue.

"Let me ask you something first—how far can you hack into Schicksal's surveillance system?"

"Well, it's okay to black out part of it, but it can only be done for a short time."

Hearing what Lin Yu said, Bronya immediately perked up and asked Lin Yu a question.

"Brother Lin Yu, do you already know the true nature of Bishop Otto?"

"... So you all knew too?"

After realizing that the girl in front of him seemed to know a lot of information, Lin Yu immediately compared the information he had with Bronya's.

As it turns out, Lin Yu now realizes that Otto's mistake this time was truly enormous.

The main characters, who were originally stationed at the Far East Branch, arrived at the Schicksal Headquarters ahead of schedule for various reasons.

Otto is temporarily unable to return because of Fu Hua, which results in Bronya, the genius hacker who can hack into Schicksal's database, actually hacking into Schicksal Headquarters database when Otto is in dire straits.

I thought Bronya would be much weaker in this version because she wouldn't get the core, but now I realize I underestimated her.

She may not have a core, but she's still a highly intelligent genius girl. She's on a completely different track from someone like me who only knows how to fight and fool young girls.

"Hmm, so Brother Lin Yu already knows about these things. Then there's no need to explain too much."

Upon hearing Lin Yu say that "the Second Honkai Eruption was amplified because Otto let the Herrscher of the Void go," Bronya's mind immediately began to frantically consider the information derived from this.

Although Bronya wasn't even born when the Second Honkai Eruption occurred fourteen years ago, Bronya knew some things very well after checking various databases.

Her parents died young because of the Second Honkai Eruption.

Her hometown also became uninhabitable due to the Second Honkai Eruption.