A Person in Honkai, Found a Kiana

Just grow like this.

Afterward, Lin Nai and Siegfried chatted and drank.

As the morning sun slowly rose into the sky, casting a brilliant glow over everything.

Siegfried left Schicksal.

Lin Nai, however, grabbed a lounge chair and simply fell asleep on the rooftop.

Chapter 47: Tesla: It must have been Otto!

Lin Nai yawned, sitting in his chair.

He had been dragged down from the rooftop by Tesla early in the morning.

To ensure Lin Nai wouldn't be late for class, Tesla always found ways to wake him up.

Tesla: I am absolutely not taking out my personal grudges! I am definitely not getting revenge on Lin Nai for always arguing with me!

Lin Nai: You expect me to believe that?!

Einstein never woke me up early; she was always gentle, letting me sleep in a bit longer.

Seriously, Einstein is a good person QAQ!!

"Alright, don't look so glum. I'm not calling you now because of class."

"If it's not for class, why are you calling me?"

Lin Nai's gaze was complicated. He had only gone to sleep around six in the morning.

And now it was eight-thirty.

So, the question was, how long had he slept before being woken up by the Lobster Doctor?

"There's an urgent matter," Tesla said sheepishly.

She knew it wasn't good to disturb someone's sleep.

But this matter was quite important.

"What is it? Did you dismantle Heavenly Fire?" Lin Nai patted his face, forcing himself to wake up.

Tesla shook her head, and Einstein walked over with a report.

"What's this?"

"Do you remember when we met a week ago? You brought back a tube of purple liquid from that base."

"Huh?" Lin Nai blinked. "You're only testing it now?"

He had thought Schicksal would have finished testing it long ago.

It was just that recently, due to classes and homework, he hadn't had the time to pay attention to it.

So he hadn't asked.

But he really hadn't expected it, only testing it today?

"We couldn't help it. We didn't know the specific use of that thing, and it wasn't easy to test,"

Tesla said helplessly. "So we had to try to replicate the serum."

"And then?"

"We figured out a little bit, but not much," Einstein chimed in.

She placed the report in front of Lin Nai.

The various professional terms and a bunch of messy data made Lin Nai's head spin.

Still, he pretended to understand and looked it over.

Einstein chuckled softly, took the report from Lin Nai's hand, and said, "If you don't understand, just put it down."

"You gave it to me knowing I wouldn't understand?!"

"Ein forgot."

Einstein's smile vanished, and she stuck out her tongue expressionlessly before casually putting the report aside.

"So what exactly is that thing?" Lin Nai asked.

Tesla spoke up. "Well... it's an activator that can significantly enhance human resistance to Honkai energy, by activating and restructuring dormant Stigmata fragments within human genes to express themselves fully."

"Hmm... but why did that guy end up like that? It was obvious that activating it successfully gave him power at first, right?"

According to Bronya's description, after the injection, the person let out a foul scream and then displayed powerful combat abilities.

"That's because there's a problem with this serum."

Tesla's tone was serious. If her and Einstein's deductions were correct, the intended creation was an activator that significantly enhanced human resistance to Honkai energy.

However.

The process was extremely difficult, and those who couldn't withstand it would die, or even become mindless husks.

However, given the current situation, even if they could withstand it, they would only gain a few minutes of power.

"Even if this potion is successful, it only grants a portion of power before turning the user into a Maniac. There are no benefits whatsoever."

Tesla shook her head helplessly. This thing was a menace!

"Dr. Tesla, who do you think researched this?" Einstein inquired.

"It's Otto! It must be that old man Otto, heh heh heh!"

Tesla slammed her hands on the table, unhesitatingly pinning the blame on the blonde who was currently playing a game.

Otto: ???

However, Otto had already done plenty of bad things, so adding one more burden of blame shouldn't be a big issue.

Meanwhile, Lin Nai recalled something.

Back in Sky City, wasn't that guy named Jackal researching this kind of thing?

This means...

Was that base also the work of World Serpent?

And the person Bronya saw, referred to as the Doctor, could very well be Jackal?

Hmm...

Although Lin Nai rarely paid attention to the story while playing games, he had heard and remembered some things.

"If it really is Otto, then this matter is actually more complicated..." Einstein mused thoughtfully.

Lin Nai rested his head on the table, trying to recall something.

Jackal began large-scale experiments during the Sky City era with Kamidian Pharmaceuticals.

But Lin Nai suspected...

Before Sky City, that guy was likely already secretly causing trouble.

"Forget it, why think so much? We'll deal with whatever comes our way."

Lin Nai said nonchalantly, looking at the two doctors who were frowning.

After speaking, he yawned, "Also, if there's nothing else, I'm heading back now."

After all, he had only rested for two hours before being dragged down from the rooftop by that red-haired imp.

Einstein, who had been discussing with Tesla, stopped talking and turned towards Lin Nai.

"Lin Nai, are you interested in going to the Far East?"

"Huh? Go to the Far East? What for?"

Lin Nai, who had stood up from his chair and was preparing to leave, paused, a look of confusion on his face.

"We plan to take you guys out for a couple of days," Tesla added.

Lin Nai eyed Tesla suspiciously. Was it really that simple?

"Hey, Lin Nai, what's with that look? Why don't you trust me at all!"

The red-haired Dr. Tesla grumbled.

After she offered some good news, the kid immediately suspected her ulterior motives!

Lin Nai: Aren't you?

Ever since Tesla tried to lure children with candy...

This Lobster Doctor's credibility in Lin Nai's eyes had become Schrödinger-esque.

Big matters could be trusted.

Small matters were inevitably questionable.

Tesla: Couldn't you be a little more tactful? Don't you know that look is hurtful?!

Fortunately, Einstein stepped in to explain for the Lobster Doctor:

"We've developed some new components, and ME Corp. is located in Changkong City in the Far East, so we plan to take you there to take a look."

ME Corp. primarily manufactured mechs in bulk.

As researchers like Tesla and Einstein, they focused on studying mechs and developing upgrades.

Now that some components were ready, they could make a trip to finalize things.

After Lin Nai constructed Heavenly Fire Judgment, Tesla and Einstein had been planning this.

At the same time, Tesla also wanted to prevent Lin Nai from constantly thinking about dismantling her personal mech.

Originally, they could have sent Raiden Dragon or simply transmitted information remotely.

But because of Lin Nai.

Tesla decided to bring him to ME Corp., hoping this would deter Lin Nai from dismantling mechs.

Lin Nai: No, I just genuinely want to dismantle Lobster Doctor's mechs.

Tesla: You bastard!

Chapter 48: The Noisy Husky

In conclusion.

That's the reason.

So, Lin Nai, Kiana, and Bronya followed Tesla and Einstein to Far East Changkong City.

Kiana was slumped by the window, looking outside.

After the Siegfried incident, the child seemed more cheerful than before.

Mm...

Sunshine Happy Kiana?

But that's understandable.

After all, Kiana now knew that Siegfried hadn't left suddenly and abandoned her on purpose.

Instead, there were reasons for his departure, and he was carrying out a Schicksal mission (even though this mission didn't actually exist).

But it didn't stop everyone in Schicksal from saying so.

Einstein even added a document labeled "Top Secret Mission" to Schicksal's archives.

The kind that was completely sealed off.

Even if it were dug up someday, nothing would happen.

It contained a compilation of classical Chinese, Martian language, and a bunch of other random, non-mainstream texts provided by Lin Nai (the System).

Not a single person in Schicksal could understand it!