Chapter 159

MEI didn't believe that Bronya could quickly gain control.

MEI's guess was correct.

Cocolia used the chip implanted in Bronya's body to instruct Bronya to seize control. However, this command was quite vague.

It's just a matter of seizing control, but how to seize it is another matter.

That's a different matter.

Unable to resist the order, Bronya chose to use the fog to trap MEI, Mei, Kiana, and others, and then go to the console to get the control commands.

This plan might be the one that can accomplish the mission without causing conflict.

This fog is one-way transparent to Bronya.

After confirming that MEI and the others' actions were thwarted, they headed straight for the control panel. As for the Honkai Beast, they were also trapped in the fog and wandered aimlessly.

Bronya quickly went to the console.

But she didn't gain control!

"How is this possible?!"

Cocolia received Bronya's report and was shocked. "You can't crack it? You can't access the main control system and gain control? How is that possible!"

Cocolia never expected to get stuck in such a place.

We were just one step away from completion, so why can't we proceed from here?!

"It will take time," Bronya said. "Multiple layers of encryption will take a long time to break in and gain ultimate control."

Bronya really didn't need to lie about this.

But her words.

"Impossible!" Cocolia said in disbelief, "This piece of junk, wasn't the main control door easily cracked by that Doctor Mei?"

"Why can't we gain control yet?"

The PhD student cracked it so quickly, it was almost like he had special effects.

With a series of cracking sounds, the main control door, which Bronya had said would take a long time to crack, was easily broken down. Why did it fail at the final control system?

"Oh, right!" Cocolia suddenly remembered something and said, "That piece of junk that the professor just made."

Did you take it?

"No," Bronya answered truthfully.

"Go back and get it!" Cocolia said. "Maybe that thing can also be used to crack this."

Bronya didn't argue; she'd seen the Doctor throw it away like trash and hadn't bothered with it. She figured it was probably useless. Unfortunately, that wouldn't work on Cocolia.

Cocolia wouldn't listen to that.

Bronya floated back to retrieve the hacking device the Doctor had dropped, and then floated back again.

Then...

"Bronya won't use this," Bronya said. "And it seems to be disposable."

Bronya wasn't lying; this thing is indeed disposable. Just throw it away after use. MEI didn't assemble it as reusable!

Another issue is that Bronya genuinely doesn't understand how to use this thing.

Although there was something that seemed to be an interface, she really couldn't find the intervention point on the main control platform.

Or perhaps she simply had no idea where the wire could be connected.

"This..." Cocolia was still a little bit unwilling to give up!

"Is there really no other way?"

Time was just as important to Cocolia. Although she didn't care about the final announcement from the Chinese government regarding this ship, she at least wanted to possess it.

That way, we can't let this ship be sunk by the Celestial Empire!

Therefore, she must gain control.

In this way...

"Let that Mei!" Cocolia suddenly said, steeling her resolve. "Let her come!"

There may only be one person here who can gain control of this warship.

That MEI!

Having received Cocolia's order, Bronya dispelled the black mist. Of course, it wasn't completely dispelled; if it had, the Honkai Beast would have charged out.

She merely dispelled the black mist surrounding MEI.

"See?" MEI pushed up her glasses, looking quite smug. "What did I tell you?"

"In the end, won't you still come looking for me?"

It seems she guessed right; she was very confident.

Ultimately, this task still needs to be completed by her; otherwise, Otto wouldn't have specifically asked her to lead the team.

"Oh! Who is it?!" K423 pointed at Bronya and said, "Don't think I don't recognize you just because you've changed your clothes."

"By the way, when did you change your disguise?"

"This vest looks pretty good too."

"Yes, I don't mean to envy the new vest."

"Anyway! Are you really planning to betray us?" K423 shouted. "If not, then hurry up and come back to this family."

"We will still put aside past grievances."

"Ugh..." MEI sighed and said, "It's so noisy."

"Have you said everything you could possibly say?"

"Huh? Isn't that right?" K423 said, scratching her head. "I remember, the teacher said that if you can deal with a traitor, you should try to reason with her first and then use force. Try to persuade her to lay down her weapon and surrender."

"Then we'll sort it out slowly."

"But Bronya is not a traitor," MEI said, adjusting his glasses. "To be precise."

"She's an undercover agent."

"Eh?!" X3.

"You know," Bronya asked casually.

"I know some," MEI said, not blaming Bronya. "Because of some special experiences, I probably know more than you think."

"Although not everything is fully understood."

"For example, I know this part of you," MEI said, pointing to the brain. "There's a Biological Chip here."

"And all the things you are doing now are not out of your own will."

"It's someone else," MEI said, arms crossed. "A woman named Cocolia."

"Oh... I also know that she made you call her 'Mom'."

"That's really ironic," MEI said mockingly. "I know that Rosaliya and Liliya came from the same orphanage as you."

They both call Cocolia "Mom".

"But what did this mother do?" MEI said mockingly, "She implanted Biological Chip in her woman's brain."

"He can forcibly control his daughter's body at any time."

There is not even a shred of the most basic trust between people.

Is he worried that his daughter might betray him at any moment?

"Furthermore," MEI added mockingly, "I don't think Rosaliya and Liliya just happened to find the Honkai Beast genes that should have been stored in the secret vault, nor do I think they just happened to know the use of these things."

"Of course, I don't think you were just helpless and sent them to the Jackal for treatment."

"Let me put it this way," MEI said sarcastically, "Cocolia, I know you can hear me."

"I had long anticipated that you would try to seize control of Bronya."

"I just didn't expect you to be so stupid as to expose yourself so quickly."

"Sigh... how should I put it?" MEI shook her head and said, "No wonder Rosaliya and Liliya never mention going back to your orphanage."

"You deserve it! You brought this whole mess upon yourself."

"Now that you've acted so quickly..."

"We still can't gain control."

"You want to ask me for a favor."

"Beg me!"

Chapter 185 Dare You?

Cocolia wants to swear, Cocolia allowed to swear?

Cannot!

Bear with it!

She never expected this! Doctor Mei had seen through everything! How exactly did Doctor Mei see through everything? Did those two huskies tip her off?

That's impossible!

Those two huskies don't have that kind of intelligence!

Those two huskies had such simple dreams and mindsets; they seemed like the kind of dogs that wouldn't grow up even after being brutally beaten by society. In contrast, Bronya's thoughts were much more complex.

Of course, his initial potential was also much stronger than those two.

At the same time, Bronya could not possibly reveal that he was an undercover agent and that he had a chip in his brain.

So how did she know?

"Hey, if she's a man... um, a real man... um, with a conscience..." MEI hesitated for a long time, but still felt it wasn't quite right. This Cocolia is definitely not a man, of course she wouldn't be a real man. And right now, her actions don't seem to have any conscience at all.

"Never mind." MEI shook her head and decided to just say it directly.

"Stop hiding behind Bronya," MEI said. "Let's talk face to face, otherwise I'll just end up saying all this."

"Isn't it just a waste?"

Having a middleman relay the message feels like having a middleman making a profit from the difference.

Something just doesn't taste right!

It seems Cocolia over there has already made her decision; all we see is Rabbit 19C tossing a disc onto the ground. Then, a floating screen appears in mid-air.

Cocolia's image appears here.

"Speak," Cocolia said, her demeanor elegant. "What do you want to talk about?"

"Oh, this is the first time I've seen a living person." MEI pushed up her glasses.

This is truly the first time I've ever seen Cocolia alive.

MEI...

Aren't you curious at all?

"Release Bronya," MEI stated his terms, "Of course, the Moon Throne will not be given to you either."

"Are you talking?" Cocolia said, seemingly mockingly. "Do you think I could agree to these conditions?"

If she weren't after the Moon Throne, why would she send Bronya out to seize control now? And why would she forcibly order Bronya to do so?

So how could Cocolia agree to this condition?

"Okay, then," MEI said again, "I'll take the Moon Throne, and you release Bronya."