A Person in Honkai, This Narration is Not Right / Honkai Scroll Dog Path

Damn, Otto's Siren Project has already developed new products?

I see.

My previous guess was correct.

This kid is indeed Otto's contingency plan.

The medicine that forcibly suppresses the Herrscher's power and calms her down, combined with what appears to be an application of the Siren Project's abilities...

No wonder Otto felt so confident this time, even letting me act so boldly and using me.

He has too many cards up his sleeve.

"Kid, I'm really curious—after you let me go, will Otto really not blame you?"

"Mr. Siegfried, I know you have a prejudice against Archbishop Otto, but I hope you can understand one thing—he's truly evil, not stupid."

Lin Yu, who had already started tying Mei to himself with ropes, said to Siegfried without looking back.

"With your current combat power, you can't cause him trouble. And right now, Cocolia is causing chaos. If you and your Anti-Entropy friends have normal intelligence, you'll want to deal with that disaster-causing beast first."

"You're no threat to Archbishop Otto, but you're a big threat to Cocolia. If I let you go here, the Archbishop will only think I did a good job—besides, I can't beat you either. You think too highly of me."

No, I think there's a huge problem with that last statement.

I can't even beat a Herrscher, and you knocked her down with one punch. You call that "can't beat me"???

Outer Area of Changkong City

In this area, Murata Himeko, an A-rank Valkyrie of the Far East Branch, was frowning as she looked at the various data on the control panel, deep in thought.

"Major Himeko, we can confirm that the Herrscher's reaction... has truly disappeared."

"Tsk, what's going on? This shouldn't be happening."

After sitting back down in her chair, Himeko began to review what had happened.

This mission was a large-scale operation in the Far East. As the ace of the Far East Branch, Himeko, along with her old friend and unreliable superior, Theresa Apocalypse, had participated in this mission.

For such a large-scale mission where a Herrscher could descend at any moment, Himeko felt that the headquarters' deployment of two S-ranks, one former S-rank, one A-rank, and a warship wasn't excessive.

After all, Herrschers were enemies that needed to be taken seriously.

However, before the Herrscher appeared, Theresa was forced to leave the Hyperion under Archbishop Otto's orders to carry out another mission in Changkong City.

Himeko, who remained here, could only follow Archbishop Otto's instructions and chose to continue waiting.

Then the Honkai erupted.

Himeko really wanted to charge in with the warship, but the problem was that she was responsible for the lives of her subordinates.

The Second Herrscher had once defeated three S-rank combatants who possessed Divine Keys at the time: Siegfried Kaslana, Cecilia Schariac, and Theresa Apocalypse.

Now, even with only a fraction of the Second Herrscher's strength, the Third Herrscher was still not something the Hyperion could contend with.

Admittedly, Himeko could connect to the ace Nexus system on the Hyperion and fight using the Hyperion's Honkai Energy, which had a strength of up to 1320 HW. However, the cost of this trump card was immense.

Himeko's lifespan was already short due to special reasons. Using such a high-load system would only make her already extremely short life as fragile as a candle in the wind.

Of course, Himeko wasn't afraid of death. The main reason was that she had inquired about the Herrscher's information from Theresa.

Theresa had told Himeko that a Herrscher's awakening would unleash a large-scale Honkai event with an intensity of 1000 HW, and the Honkai Energy a Herrscher could wield was far greater in intensity than this level.

On one side, there was 1320 HW that required burning her life force to use, and on the other, a Herrscher who could easily unleash attacks of higher intensity.

If she charged in like a reckless fool at this point, she would most likely be reduced to molecules along with the ship by the Herrscher.

In fact, when the Herrscher appeared, she had already notified Theresa. Theresa had directly stated that the other two S-ranks had also received orders and were preparing to advance to the location where the Herrscher had erupted.

But in just these few minutes, Himeko suddenly received an awkward new report.

The Honkai Energy intensity met the standard, but its diffusion speed was very slow. Honkai Beasts had appeared, but their quality wasn't very strong.

Most importantly, the Herrscher's reaction had disappeared.

It was a good thing not to have to risk her subordinates' lives, but Himeko felt that the situation was not right.

A Herrscher wouldn't disappear out of thin air.

Its reaction disappeared, meaning it suddenly died... which was obviously impossible.

There had been battle fluctuations erupting over there earlier, but Himeko didn't believe anyone in this world could kill a Herrscher in just a few minutes.

Rather than someone killing the Herrscher single-handedly, she would rather believe that the Herrscher had killed its enemies and then actively hidden itself, preparing to find an opportunity to cause more trouble.

Although Herrschers were enemies of humanity, they were all human before becoming Herrschers.

They possessed human intelligence, human cunning, and malice towards humans, which was enough for Himeko to prepare for the worst.

But now, because of this information, the headquarters knew, and a new problem arose.

The three S-ranks didn't come here because Archbishop Otto judged that "the Herrscher is gone, you guys continue with your mission."

If anything were to go wrong, Himeko would still have to charge in with the Nexus and risk her life with everyone on the ship.

She couldn't figure it out.

In the face of a major issue like a Herrscher, what else could possibly be more important in Archbishop Otto's eyes?

"Major Himeko, something's wrong!"

"Is it a Herrscher?!"

Himeko, who had already braced herself, looked at the illuminated screen above the control panel.

Then, she paused.

"No, it's not a Herrscher."

"It's Anti-Entropy! These guys actually attacked us at a time like this, despicable and shameless!"

Cocolia was having a terrible headache right now.

Originally, her plan was very successful.

Induce Raiden Mei's awakening, capture her, take out her core, and then begin the next phase of work.

With Gray Serpent's assistance, Cocolia had also successfully relayed the message to Raiden Mei.

Of course, Tesla wouldn't be foolish enough to transmit the message directly.

In reality, the "Tesla" at the time was a voice simulation created by Gray Serpent using an AI voice system.

After hacking into Anti-Entropy's communication system and playing that message with the synthesized voice, Gray Serpent's mission was complete.

Furthermore, Siegfried was on the Herrscher of Thunder's side. If Cocolia could arrive at the scene in time, she could have both Siegfried and the Herrscher of Thunder arrested on the spot after Siegfried had depleted the Herrscher's strength.

But now, Cocolia felt the situation had become a huge problem.

There was no fluctuation of battle from the area where Raiden Mei awakened.

This meant that either Siegfried and Raiden Mei hadn't fought, or they had already finished.

And—Schicksal's warship was here.

The Herrscher's reaction had also disappeared.

Herrscher reaction gone, battle concluded, Schicksal's warship present...

Connecting these pieces of intelligence, Cocolia instantly arrived at a terrible conclusion.

Damn it, my perfectly cooked duck flew away and Schicksal intercepted it?

How could I possibly tolerate this!

Damn it, if only the Quantum Teleportation System wasn't complete yet... It's all Tesla and Einstein's fault, those stubborn old fossils, for not agreeing with me.

If they had agreed with me, I would have handed this technology over to them for research long ago!

Calm down, Cocolia, the problem isn't that big right now.

The Hyperion looks difficult to deal with, but the problem is, my target isn't to destroy the Hyperion, it's to snatch the Herrscher from their hands.

As long as I can get the Titan Brigade to breach the Hyperion's interior, I can snatch the person and retreat.

As for the Valkyrie forces... Hmph, aren't all the flowers in the greenhouse cultivated by St. Freya Academy's Far East Branch?

They must have sustained some damage even if they were just mopping up after the battle with the Herrscher.

Yes, that's right, attack now.

The Gem of Conquest is mine by right.

Now...

—It's time to reclaim what belongs to me!

After parting ways with Lin Yu, Kiana began to head back to Changkong City alone along the original route.

While riding her bike at high speed, Kiana thought about many things.

Even though Lin Yu said he was professional, seeing the horde of Honkai Beasts ahead, Kiana felt Lin Yu's actions were very dangerous.

From their previous encounters, Kiana felt that although Senior Lin Yu's actions were a bit radical, he wouldn't actively seek death.

He chose to jump off the building not because he wanted to drag Kiana to her death, but because he had techniques to change his trajectory in mid-air.

So, since Lin Yu chose to act alone this time, he must have his reasons...

—Reasons my ass, this looks incredibly dangerous no matter how you look at it.

Because of this, Kiana felt she had no choice now.

Lin Yu had warned her that if Schicksal arrived, she wouldn't be able to leave.

But if Schicksal arrived, Kiana didn't think it was a bad thing.

Her father, Siegfried, had also said that there weren't many bad people in Schicksal; most people were actually quite decent.

At the same time, no matter how strong or confident Lin Yu was alone, he would still need backup.

Lin Yu was part of Schicksal. As long as Kiana contacted the Schicksal troops and explained the situation in detail, Kiana believed there was a good chance Schicksal would send reinforcements to Lin Yu.

As for whether she'd be captured for being the 'traitor's daughter' when the time came...

If that's what happened, there'd be nothing she could do.

She couldn't just stand by and watch the probability of that unlucky senior's death continue to increase.

Of course, Kiana hadn't planned on being captured so obediently.

If Lin Yu was a special agent sent by Schicksal to protect her, it meant Schicksal already knew what she looked like.

And now, like this...

Kiana stopped her motorcycle, found a spot nearby, smeared some dirt on her face, and looked at her two braided pigtails before letting out a long sigh.

"Sigh... my hair."

"After this mission is over, I'm going to have my senior treat me, if only for my hair's sake!"

Having said that, the girl found a piece of broken tile that was somewhat sharp and forcefully cut off her hair.

After finishing this, Kiana took out the glasses she had prepared long ago.

Before going to the TV station today, Kiana had prepared not only a mask but also sunglasses for self-disguise.

Of course, she knew they wouldn't be of much use, but it was better to be prepared than not.

Just in case... she meant, just in case.

What if those people from Schicksal were fooled by her appearance like this?

After putting on the sunglasses, her sky-blue pupils were hidden.

With her braids cut off, her hairstyle was now messy.

Well, combined with the dirt on her face