The dark emotions naturally carried by the Herrscher, combined with the memories and feelings of the high-schooler Anqi experiencing bullying, undoubtedly made the current Anqi much more cold-blooded. But when it all came down to it, neither the transmigrator Anqi nor the original high-schooler Anqi had ever killed anyone, let alone personally created such a cruel scene that resembled an Asura's battlefield.
Anqi couldn't help covering her mouth and nose. Although she didn't vomit, her heart still raced uncontrollably, and she felt a strong sense of nausea.
Just as Anqi was struggling to adapt to this scene, growing accustomed to everything with an incredible composure, the hairs on her ears twitched slightly as she heard an unusual commotion from above.
Target spotted! Surrender now!
A clear and pleasant girlish voice came from above, carrying a strong sense of righteous indignation, yet failing to conceal the youthful vitality in her tone, sounding like a justice-seeking girl angered by injustice.
Bang!
Anqi only had time to raise her head, still unable to make out the newcomer's appearance, before a massive force slammed her down to the ground.
Ah!
Anqi felt a wave of pain throughout her body, and that girl's round, soft bottom was already sitting squarely on her back. Anqi's hands were pinned, and a slender, fair leg hooked fiercely around her neck, coming almost into contact with her nose. The overpowering milky fragrance rushed forward and washed away the lingering, heavy scent of blood.
What... kind of person are you?
This young lady is Kiana Kaslana! You killed all these people, right? Come quietly with this young lady, and we in Schicksal will give you a fair trial!
Kiana reached out to pin Anqi's hair, speaking through gritted teeth—partly on account of these brutally murdered civilians, and partly because she hadn't expected Anqi's struggle to be so forceful. Even though she occupied the upper hand, Kiana still found it quite strenuous.
Anqi panicked.
Why is she here? Did St. Freya notice me? Could the main force have already surrounded me?
As the Ruler of Domination, the current situation was super bad!
Chapter 4: Things She Didn't Expect!
Although things were very bad, she smelled really good...
No, no, now wasn't the time to be thinking about scents!
One Anqi's face was pressed against Kiana's pinned legs, but a total of thirty Anqis were rapidly turning their gears.
It shouldn't be an identity leak! If it had leaked, it would be a large-scale elite force coming to wipe me out, not a rookie like Kiana who has barely been enrolled for half a year!
So I can't expose abilities related to the Ruler.
My clones can't go to support.
I can't flash into the Theater of Domination to escape either.
And I definitely can't die! Dying drops the Herrscher Core, and that would seal my fate for good!
Escape using basic physical fitness as much as possible! In Kiana's case, she might just be acting on her own accord without orders, and if that's the case, the difficulty of running away won't be too high!
Hang in there, me!
You're not the ones being pinned down! It's easy to talk when you're just standing there!
Anqi tried hard to wrench her hands free, only for Kiana to grip her wrists even tighter.
After half a minute of stalemate, Anqi suddenly turned her head back with difficulty and, right in front of Kiana, spoke with the surprise of someone spotting an ally:
You're finally here! Smash her head!
What!?
Kiana was struck dumb with shock and whipped her head around behind her.
Then, a dainty sneaker rapidly enlarged in her field of view.
Bang!
Using a backward kick, Anqi displayed astonishing flexibility in her slender waist and thighs, and landed a full-powered kick squarely on Kiana's face.
Even though this body is human, the one controlling it is the Ruler of Domination! I knew I could do it!
Anqi felt a surge of ecstasy. Taking advantage of Kiana being somewhat dazed from the kick, she twisted her body with a fierce burst of strength, successfully rolling sideways to flip Kiana off her back, and used the momentum to free her hands.
Ouch! Ow, ow, ow!
Kiana scrambled up while clutching the shoe print on her face, only to see that Anqi was already sprinting hard toward the mouth of the alley.
What the hell! What kind of flexibility is that? But don't think you're getting away from this young lady!
Kiana gave energetic chase, drawing a pistol from her holster as she ran.
Bang!
A bullet shot toward Anqi's right leg.
The bullet speed of a standard Schicksal pistol far exceeded the speed of sound, yet Anqi still perceived the threat through superhuman instinct. Almost at the exact same moment the bullet left the barrel, Anqi slammed her foot against the wall, her body launching into the air, and then, in the blink of an eye, she stepped off the wall several times in rapid succession, quickly propelling her body up to a rooftop a dozen meters high in the twinkling of an eye.
Brilliant! Full marks for that move!
Stop talking nonsense and think of a way! She's catching up again!
Anqi scolded her other self for the unhelpful remarks, running for her life across the rooftop.
Arriving at the edge in a flash, Anqi had no time to ponder her fear of heights, and leaped toward the roof of another building across a gap of seven or eight meters.
Like a spirited steed clearing a cliff, Anqi made the jump successfully and landed lightly.
Taking the opportunity, Anqi turned her head to look back, and sure enough, she saw the silver-haired girl in a school uniform skirt, resembling an elf from the mortal realm, also leaping down from above—the only discordant element being the clear shoe print plastered on her face.
Pfft!
Anqi couldn't help laughing out loud, while simultaneously pushing herself to the absolute limit to continue running.
How dare you laugh!?
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Angered, Kiana raised her pistol and fired a rapid three-round burst into the air, precisely aiming at Anqi's legs and torso.
Kiana undoubtedly liked beautiful girls. Even without excessive, malicious intent, she naturally harbored extra leniency toward cute girls, and under normal circumstances, it was impossible for her to fire a gun at a girl as exquisitely cute as a doll like Anqi. But having witnessed that Asura-like slaughterhouse in the alley, Kiana could no longer view Anqi as an ordinary beautiful girl, but rather as a dangerous murderer.
Anqi glanced back, her sharp senses capturing the trajectory of the bullets.
Thus, Kiana watched as the slender, delicate little girl performed a graceful front flip like a dancer, dodged the bullets, landed steadily, and then resumed sprinting at top speed.
Don't run! Stop right there!
Only an idiot wouldn't run!
Anqi retorted inwardly, her gaze sweeping across the cluster of buildings before her as she tried her best to find a route for escape.
Fortunately, no matter how weak the Thousand-Person Ruler was, she was still a proper Ruler; a single core was already enough to strengthen a frail girl's body to surpass the average Valkyrie. Therefore, even though Anqi herself lacked any practical experience, she still possessed an extremely high fault tolerance when it came to rooftop parkour.
At this rate, I can shake her!
Performing a clean tumble, Anqi once again dodged a bullet fired from behind. After vaulting consecutively over several buildings, she crashed straight into a semi-finished building under development.
Are you a wild monkey!?
An agitated Kiana likewise smashed through a pile of construction scaffolding, entering the building.
She waved her hand to brush away the dust before her, but Anqi's figure was already gone.
Up or down?
Kiana ran to the stairwell. Looking down, she saw nothing; looking up, she spotted a figure rapidly climbing the stairs.
Don't run!
Kiana gave chase.
Tracking all the way to the roof, Kiana held her pistol, searching the entire rooftop with caution yet great speed, but found nothing.
Did she jump down? Or is she hiding on one of the floors?
Panicking, Kiana rushed to the edge, looked around down below, and still couldn't find Anqi's figure. So she decisively jumped onto the scaffolding at the edge of the building, leaping down level by level to visually search every floor.
Just as Kiana was frantically searching the building, high above in the air, upon a suspended construction crane, Anqi was hanging by her hands from a steel plate that happened to conceal her body, peeking down at Kiana's figure.
Hah—
Anqi let out a long breath.
Temporarily shaken off. But this place is not to be lingered in... Better not enter the theater yet; it's still uncertain if there are prying eyes elsewhere.
That's right, the theater is our safest life-saving amulet right now, hiding it is the highest priority!
Well, then come up with some other idea, you guys!
Just hang on for now. Knowing Kiana, if she can't find anything, she might just leave to search somewhere else! Besides, based on what we know of her intelligence, she shouldn't think you'd hide right here!
Anqi puffed out her cheeks in frustration.
Fortunately, her physical stats were exceptionally strong, so hanging like this took virtually no effort at all. Anqi felt she could hold on for several more days, and thus had no choice but to accept this option.
Kiana quickly reached the ground, and a round of searching naturally yielded no results.
She stood on the street, gripping her pistol, crossing her arms, and tilting her head in puzzlement.
No way? She managed to escape even like this? Which direction should I go next? Oh? That crane is so tall, maybe I can spot the target from up there!
Kiana's eyes lit up, and she quickly sprinted toward the crane.
The Anqis had forgotten one thing.
Kiana at this stage was indeed brainless, but she was a European.
Chapter 5: A Friendship Forged in All-Out Brawling
Anqi watched helplessly as the white-haired girl rapidly approached the top of the tower crane like a monkey climbing a tree.
...Didn't you say she wouldn't think of this?
Ahem! Think on the bright side, maybe St. Freya Academy spotted you with a satellite?
Then there's no way out!
Wait, is there any possibility that you can actually beat her?
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The benefits of independent thought streams were manifesting right here.
Anqi raised a blind spot in reasoning that the other Anqis hadn't noticed.
The struggle in the alley had already demonstrated that, in terms of physical fitness, Anqi was actually a notch stronger than Kiana. As for combat experience, Anqi was admittedly a novice, but how strong could Kiana possibly be at this stage? Wasn't she just relying on brute force anyway?
Beat her up!
That's right! If she's acting alone, defeating her will let us run away. If it's a blockade by St. Freya Academy, capturing her might still buy us a sliver of survival.
Then let's beat her, it'll just give us a chance to get used to fighting!
At worst we can just run if we can't win! Besides, she has low intelligence, we have plenty of ways to fool her!
The Anqis were filled with righteous indignation, eagerly egging Anqi on to make a move.
And Anqi, being right there at the scene, didn't have time to ponder any further because Kiana had almost climbed up onto the crane's boom.
The crane boom was a long, narrow, and sturdy steel frame, and the narrow walkway paved with steel mesh and wooden boards on both sides of the crane's ladder opening was practically the only walkable path on the boom.
Just as Kiana climbed the ladder, before she even had a chance to catch her breath, Anqi lunged straight toward her waist.
Bang!
The two of them tangled into a ball on the narrow walkway, and amid the shoving, Anqi found an opportunity to knock Kiana's pistol away.
You were actually hiding here? Damn it, my gun!
Kiana went wild, scratching and kicking blindly.
I, the great Kiana Kaslana, future strongest Valkyrie of Schicksal, when have I ever suffered this kind of grievance?
Driven to fury, Kiana's strength surged, and she finally kicked Anqi flying.
Immediately afterward, the two of them panted as they faced off on the high-altitude walkway.
Both had bruised faces, both had slightly torn clothes, and patches of snowy skin were faintly exposed.
Then, without any prior agreement, they charged at each other.
Ha!×2
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