"But, going by intuition... if Welt did nothing and tried to take it head-on with his body, he'd probably be crippled."
"Isn't that obvious?! Other than huge, clumsy Honkai Beasts like this, who the hell would just stand there and take it head-on?!"
The two lay on the ground, speaking quietly.
They were already considering whether to bring these three back to Anti-Entropy and raise them.
Especially Lin Nai.
If that kid was properly raised, he would become an incredibly powerful fighter!
As for Bronya...
She was completely unable to get back up. Come to think of it, she had had no idea Lin Nai possessed that kind of strength.
Oh, now she knew.
"Dr. Tesla? Einstein? What... are you doing?"
A woman with violet eyes and waist-length golden curls appeared.
She was tall, dressed in a military uniform, with a white fur-lined red cape draped over her shoulders and violet gemstone earrings.
Hmm...
If she absolutely had to be described somehow, she was probably the biggest among all the women present.
Yes, specifically in the slime department.
"Ah, Cocolia?" Tesla struggled to raise her head and glance at Cocolia.
Then she flopped back down. "Nothing, I'm lying here for a while."
"Youth really is wonderful. You can fall asleep the moment your head hits the ground," Einstein remarked.
Tesla immediately snapped. "Bird's Nest Head! We're the same age!!"
"So I think I'm very young, and so is Dr. Tesla."
"You're obviously mocking me! You never stop!!"
"Ein doesn't do that. If Dr. Tesla continues falsely accusing me, I'll take Dr. Tesla to military court for slander."
Einstein put on a cute act with a completely expressionless face, trying to muddle through.
"Bird's Nest Head! You fucking—!!!"
Poor Dr. Tesla could never win an argument against her and could only be toyed with in Einstein's palm.
Tesla: I'm warning you, don't talk nonsense.
In the distance, two people watched from afar.
"Jackal, your experiment was rather mediocre. Not only did it fail, it even attracted Anti-Entropy."
Raven stood atop a tree, mocking the woman leaning against its trunk below. "I have to say, it takes talent to come up with a method like blowing up your own base."
Jackal did not argue. "It was merely an experiment. I have backups of everything. What I want to create is an activator that can significantly improve the human body's resistance to Honkai energy."
"In a sense, it succeeded. It simply failed to fully activate and reorganize the Stigma fragments hidden in human genes, allowing them to be completely expressed."
It activated a little.
Then it was devoured, and that person became a zombie.
Still, perhaps the power of the Stigma had been activated before death. That was probably why the person had suddenly become stronger.
Jackal looked at Lin Nai and licked her dry lips.
Having noticed something, Raven cast Jackal a glance. "...I advise you not to set your sights on Lin Nai."
"Of course, of course. I wouldn't dream of touching that one... Though when I saw that kind of power, I really couldn't help myself."
Under her mask, Jackal's face was filled with excitement. Unfortunately, Gray Snake had given a strict order: no touching him.
Otherwise, with her figure, wouldn't seducing a young boy be easy?
Lin Nai: Funny. I, Lin, have watched countless films, and I have Kiana and Bronya by my side... Oh, but you're bigger than them.
But that wasn't a problem. 8 > 50000, right, Fu Hua?
"Heh, Jackal, you wouldn't want Dr. Mobius coming after you later, would you?"
Raven spoke that name with an amused expression.
Jackal's body trembled. "Dr... Dr. Mobius..."
"That's right."
Back then, she had merely touched Lin Nai's head, and that woman had held it against her for nearly two months.
Even now, it still made her shudder in fear.
"Let's go. We're heading back." Raven jumped down from the branch and landed on the ground.
Jackal shoved one hand into her pocket, forcing herself to remain calm. Her only gain from this trip was the artificial chariot-type Honkai Beast.
After all, experiments always needed lab rats.
Hopefully Raven would not tattle to Mobius... Oh, Raven did not seem to like going to that place either.
Then it was fine.
Anti-Entropy, Child Kidnappers
After the commotion died down.
The people sprawled in the snow all climbed back to their feet.
"Hey, kid, do you want to come with us?" Tesla asked as soon as she stood up.
"First, my name isn't 'hey.'"
"Second, my name is Lin Nai."
"Third, Captain Dragonfly... no, there is no third."
"Oh, hey, kid Lin Nai, come with us?"
"Hey! You Lobster Doctor! Do you have to add the words 'kid'?"
Lin Nai could not help complaining.
Einstein suddenly covered her mouth. "Pfft... Lobster Doctor... Hehe..."
"Your sense of humor is really low, Bird's Nest Head." Lobster... Tesla wore a dark expression.
Einstein's gaze drifted away. "I have no idea what Lobster Doctor is talking about~"
"Damn you!"
Tesla raised her invincible iron fist and charged at Einstein.
Hmm?
Why did she not go after Lin Nai?
Because she could not beat him.
While those two bickered, Cocolia and Bronya stared at each other.
Cocolia looked at the child before her...
This thing is destined for me... No, this child is destined for me!
Possessed by some strange impulse, Cocolia said those words.
Then...
Bronya took a huge step back and ran behind Lin Nai. "Lin Nai, there is a strange woman."
"Huh?"
"Eh?"
Tesla, who had been fooling around with Einstein, and Lin Nai, who knew not what he was thinking, both looked over.
Cocolia stood there awkwardly with one hand extended.
"Um... I'm really not a strange woman..." Cocolia did not know how to explain herself for a moment.
Lin Nai curiously examined Cocolia as she was now.
In the story, she was a villain, one of the so-called radicals.
But Tesla and Einstein had said earlier that Cocolia had only just joined them.
Although her methods were somewhat radical, she seemed like a decent person?
Hmm...
So had Cocolia become radical because that experiment caused Seele to fall into the Sea of Quantum and left Bronya emotionally impaired?
It felt... unlikely.
Perhaps it was because Cocolia was not yet an Executor, so she was somewhat more restrained?
Lin Nai did not know.
He was not in a position to judge Cocolia as a person.
The only thing he really knew was her title: the god of civil wars.
Oh, and now there was another one: strange woman who abducted children.
Cocolia: ???
"Ahem, Cocolia, how are those children doing?" Tesla changed the subject.
Although she did not particularly like Cocolia's methods, Cocolia was still one of Anti-Entropy's people.
What would they do if word got out that everyone in Anti-Entropy liked kidnapping children?
"Those children have already been arranged for. I'll take them all to the orphanage later."
"Wait, the children you're talking about..." Lin Nai raised a hand to interrupt.
"Oh, there was a group of children who somehow appeared on the surface earlier... Wait, don't tell me those children were brought up by you?"
Tesla thought of something. These three children were different from that group.
"Yes."
"No wonder..."
Come to think of it, Kiana seemed to have started playing with snow and building a snowman.
Lin Nai looked toward Kiana, who was playing in the snow some distance away. Mainly because the conversation here was too boring, and she could not get a word in.
As for whether to go with them, Kiana did not care. She would only follow Lin Nai.
Hmm?
Siegfried?
Lin Nai had said he would help her find him, so she believed Lin Nai.
In fact, Lin Nai did remember that matter.
"Hmm, you can even build mechs. Your organization must be very impressive, right?"
"Of course!" Tesla looked immensely proud.
Einstein's eyes were filled with pride as well.
After all, Anti-Entropy was a child they had watched grow up. Even the Sovereign had been raised by their own hands!
"Anti-Entropy is a very powerful organization, and we fight against the Honkai too."
"So? So? Interested?!"
"No."
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