Changkong City's Demon in the Box

"To be precise, it's highly likely that it's been reopened." Mamiya gave Theresa this answer, "Historically, Kallen did seal the Demon in the Box, sealing her and Yae Sakura together."

This has indeed been the case historically.

However, this situation also presents Mamiya with something he can't explain: a bug has been discovered!

Yae Sakura and the Demon in the Box have indeed been sealed away.

The sealed land is in Changkong City.

In the game's chronicle, the Third Honkai Eruption led to the destruction of Changkong City, which also released the seal on Yae Sakura.

Since Yae Sakura can come out, the Demon in the Box can also come out.

That's why we have the subsequent Cherry Blossom Memories, Sakura Samsara, and Jizo Mitama.

But the current bug is...

Changkong City has remained standing to this day; the Honkai that would have destroyed Changkong City has never occurred.

That...

So where does this Sakura Samsara come from?

"Perhaps..." Mamiya said after careful consideration, "Someone has broken this seal."

"Grandpa Otto?!" Theresa jumped to her feet and exclaimed, "It must be him!"

"Impossible!" Mamiya shook his head and said, "Otto and Yae Sakura don't get along so easily! Otto would like to put ninety-nine seals on top of Yae Sakura's seal to ensure that Yae Sakura can't get out."

"He released Yae Sakura."

"That's unlikely."

"Then..." Theresa said, "What's going on here?"

"There's one possibility," Mamiya said, frowning slightly, "That someone has broken the seal!"

"How is that possible?!" Theresa exclaimed. "The seals on Yae Sakura and the Demon in the Box are Schicksal's secrets; almost no one knows about them!"

"No!" Mamiya shook his head and said, "Maybe..."

"I have a bad feeling."

"Some pedantic researchers are stirring up trouble."

"Impossible!" Theresa said, "I don't even know about the sealed land, how could an outsider know?"

"A game!" Mamiya said, "The game basically follows real history, and the ruins of Yae Village can still be found."

"Although it is not a complete reproduction, it does restore some aspects of the historical scene at that time."

"Including the sealed lands."

"Just relying on games?" Theresa shook her head and said, "Even if some parts are recreated, hundreds of years have passed."

"How could the landscape still be the same as it was hundreds of years ago?"

"How could you possibly find it through this?"

"That's hard to say," Mamiya said. "What if that meticulous researcher gets incredibly lucky and happens to dig it up?"

"Or perhaps some construction team just happened to dig it up?"

The sealed place is located within Changkong City; it's hard to say.

It's actually quite possible that it might just happen to be unearthed!

Chapter 239 Murphy's Law

There is a very strange law in this world.

This law is called 'Murphy's Law'.

Murphy's Law states that anything you think might happen is a bad thing.

It definitely happened!

So...

Otto's worst fears came true.

He only wanted to collect Kallen's soul fragments to fully revive Kallen; he didn't want Yae Sakura to also be revived in this era.

But things didn't go as he imagined.

Kallen has not fully recovered yet, and the first detection has not collected any soul fragments.

Yae Sakura is showing signs of revival.

According to Rita.

Yae Sakura seems to be revived using Theresa's body.

This kind of thing...

Otto really can't accept this!

"Could it be that the seal has been broken?" Otto's expression was now uncertain. He was a little unsure what was going on.

Yae Sakura is sealed away.

She's nothing like Kallen!

The sealed Yae Sakura cannot be reincarnated.

However, without a physical body, she can be resurrected by possessing another's body unless the seal is broken.

If it can be sealed, then this concept no longer applies.

Otto knew in his heart that there was no such thing as an unbreakable seal in the world, nor was there anything that was absolutely impossible to corrode.

Time is a cruel butcher's knife.

Nature is the most corrosive thing.

Given enough time.

Ten thousand seals will be gradually eroded and worn down by nature, eventually becoming ineffective.

Otto had already considered these issues when he sealed Yae Sakura and the Demon in the Box.

Otto doesn't expect to solve the problems of the Demon in the Box and Yae Sakura once and for all.

He was certain that by the time the seal was broken, he would have a way to completely eliminate the special being within the Demon in the Box.

It seems things aren't going as smoothly as I'd imagined.

Theresa underwent a peculiar change, which could be described as a donkey... fox transformation.

There is only one possibility for this problem to occur.

The seal was lifted ahead of schedule.

But it doesn't feel exactly the same.

If those two sealed away were to reappear, it would inevitably cause a bloodbath, far more than it has been so quiet now. There would definitely be concentrated outbreaks of Honkai in certain areas.

However, there is no single place in the world where Honkai events have occurred in concentrated bursts.

"Lord Otto!"

Just then, Rita pushed open the door and walked in, holding a document in her hand, saying, "This is a mission request from Hyperion."

A mission request from the Hyperion?

Otto immediately accepted the mission request.

From the Hyperion, Applicant: Theresa Apocalypse. Mission objective: Investigate the Honkai leak incident. Mission location: Changkong City.

Yes, it's that simple.

It seems like they were just looking for a convenient excuse to go out.

But Otto immediately noticed.

This is no ordinary application.

Honkai, Changkong City!

"Is this Kallen's request?" Otto asked, putting away the mission application.

"It's Theresa," Rita explained. "But before Theresa applied, she had approached Kallen."

"It really is her." Otto was somewhat certain.

Sure enough, apart from Kallen, not many people knew where this sealed place was.

So Kallen must have noticed it too.

Right?!

Yes, it really is my favorite Kallen. She's just so smart, we're practically telepathic.

"This mission," Rita said quickly when she saw Otto seemed lost in thought. "Theresa said she's very enthusiastic about this mission. Hopefully, we can get it done as soon as possible."

"I understand." Otto waved and signed his name.

He couldn't possibly stop this from happening. Given Theresa's personality, even if he tried to stop her, there was a very high chance she would lead the team into battle on her own.

Kallen will definitely go with her.

Instead of stopping them, we should agree and let them go openly and honestly.

"Let the Blade of Unending enter Changkong City ahead of schedule!" Otto said. "Nominally, give them a holiday, but actually send them to secretly search for this seal."

It's been hundreds of years; if it had already been broken, then this thing might have already started to spread.

It's just that it hasn't been shown on the surface yet.

Searching the sealed land is pointless; we can only start searching the entire Changkong City.

"In name only?" Rita asked.

"Yes," Otto said firmly, "Sneak into the village, don't fire a shot!"

"If we run into Kallen and the others in Changkong City."

"Just say you're here for tourism."

'Ah... this!'

Rita felt like she had encountered a very, very tricky problem. If she told Durandal this, Durandal would be confused.

Our captain is a very straightforward guy.

The brain doesn't make many quick decisions.

I doubt they understand what it means to say you're here for tourism but actually to perform a mission.

'Ah, never mind, let's just treat it as a vacation,' Rita thought to herself. 'Hopefully the other Valkyrie will understand.'

The situation developed incredibly rapidly.

In fact, Theresa didn't linger after realizing the seriousness of the matter! Because it could be a matter of life and death for the people of an entire city.

This could even be a matter of life and death for people in a large area.

So even if there's only a 0.0001% chance, we must do everything we can to stop it!

"Because the mission is special."

In the operations room, Theresa stood on a bench and said, "So let Li Pu explain the specifics."

"Li Pu, please speak."

Li Pu stood up and said, "Yae Sakura and Hi-Fyūmaru."

"You may not be familiar with the name Hi-Fyūmaru," Li Pu said. "In your knowledge, she has an even more enigmatic name: 'The Demon in the Box'."

"Her real name is 'Ling', the 12th Herrscher of the previous era, the Herrscher of Erosion Value."

"This Herrscher doesn't have the same strong intuitive abilities as other Herrscher."

"She is a supervirus," Li Pu said. "It can infect humans, wild animals, and even electromechanical devices."