"Bronya understands. Big brother, you're a bit of a strange person."
"That really hurts. Alright, this is the place, right? What gift did you lose?"
As they spoke, the two arrived near an alley. Bai Ge released Bronya's small hand, and the emotionless loli quietly took a few steps back and whispered.
"It's nothing. Bronya didn't lose anything. Sorry, strange big brother."
She took out a small tranquilizer gun from her short skirt and pulled the trigger towards Bai Ge's back. Even though it was just a simple weapon, it was more than enough for an ordinary person.
"Bronya, mission co—what?"
"Okay, confiscated."
Bai Ge, who should have fallen to the ground, was completely unaffected. Instead, before Bronya could react, he snatched the tranquilizer gun from her hand.
"Mmm~ Let me play with this." Bai Ge casually pulled the trigger on Bronya in front of him.
But whether it was his poor aim or Bronya's agile movement, she had already reacted in such a short time. She dodged the tranquilizer while also creating distance from Bai Ge. The seriousness was evident on her expressionless little face.
"Combat unexpected. Target's strength exceeds expectations, but Bronya will not lose—Heavy Cannon Rabbit 19c, Fire!"
"So decisive."
A mecha appeared behind Bronya. Bai Ge's eyes lit up, and he praised her internally, calling her the 'Ural Silver Wolf' that Bronya was known as.
Judging that Bai Ge's strength exceeded expectations, she decisively used her trump card to ensure she could defeat him without any carelessness. She was undoubtedly an outstanding warrior.
If it were Kiana, she might have been captured, but Bai Ge wouldn't be easily defeated.
"Heavy Cannon Rabbit, incapacitate him without causing too much commotion. Use capture-type equipment."
Bronya ordered Heavy Cannon Rabbit. She hadn't forgotten the need to avoid attracting too much attention. Missiles, even in this empty alley, couldn't be used.
Therefore, she commanded Heavy Cannon Rabbit 19c to engage Bai Ge up close. With its massive mechanical claws, it could grab even lions and tigers like they were kittens or puppies.
However.
"Although you've been cautious, you still underestimated my strength. But is this Heavy Cannon Rabbit? It's so cool. Its strength is good, but its drawbacks are also obvious."
Even with the strength to crush her head-on, Bai Ge still preferred the most effortless method.
He used his incomplete Herrscher of the Void authority to open a small portal and shot at Bronya from an impossible angle. Facing this attack that defied imagination.
Bronya was momentarily stunned.
Heavy Cannon Rabbit also immediately abandoned its attack on Bai Ge and rushed back to protect its master.
"Your Heavy Cannon Rabbit is a gift from someone important, isn't it? It will protect you, prioritizing that over any other command. Therefore... this is a fatal weakness."
"Wh—What?"
Heavy Cannon Rabbit, which immediately returned to defend, blocked the tranquilizer for Bronya. However, it also exposed a flaw, and Bai Ge seized the opportunity to touch it directly.
The next second, his incomplete Herrscher of Thunder authority activated. At such close range, the powerful electric shock instantly overloaded Heavy Cannon Rabbit, causing it to smoke all over.
"Bang!"
While Bronya was completely stunned, Bai Ge fired another tranquilizer shot, completely knocking the emotionless loli unconscious.
Bai Ge proudly blew on the un-smoking barrel of the gun before crushing it and tossing it into a trash can.
"So, what should I do now?"
Looking at Bronya sleeping soundly on the ground, Bai Ge pondered his next move. But the next second, his gaze was drawn to the girl's legs.
They were exoskeleton armor, like knight's battle boots. They were made to help Bronya, who had lost the ability to walk due to a human experiment, move around.
"Sigh~ Human experiments, I really hate them. Let's try it, maybe it'll work. But... how do I take this off? Is there a switch?"
After carrying Bronya to a bench by the roadside, Bai Ge squatted down and began to examine the two duck legs.
Bronya/Bronya's legs, affectionately called 'duck legs'!
After trying for a while, Bai Ge finally managed to dismantle Bronya's exoskeleton legs. Then, a pair of fair but lifeless white legs were exposed to the air.
They had strange red patterns on them. Although they still looked like legs, their interiors were completely ruined.
These legs, completely damaged by the X10 Experiment, could not be healed by ordinary means.
But for Bai Ge, who was the past Herrscher of Death and still possessed some of its authority.
It might not be impossible to heal them completely.
"Heh heh, I wonder how surprised this girl will be when she wakes up and finds her legs are healed. Speaking of which, Duck Duck's little feet are also quite nice, comparable to Griseo's."
As expected of duck legs, they look appetizing. Slurp! (oo)
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Chapter Fifty-Eight, Bronya Wants to Save Seele (Seeking Support)
"Mmm, Bronya is?"
"Yo, finally awake?"
"!!!"
Hearing Bai Ge's voice, Bronya's consciousness instantly cleared. She abruptly turned her head to look beside her.
A was sitting beside her now, leisurely and calm, holding an ice cream and taking small licks.
The two sat together on a bench. Bronya found that she was not restricted in any way, nor had she suffered any injuries. She hadn't even been tied up with ropes.
If someone were to pass by them now, they would probably just mistake the two for siblings with unusually high attractiveness.
"You, what exactly do you want to do?"
Bronya clenched her small hands.
She didn't know how many weapons she had left, but since even the Heavy Cannon Rabbit couldn't do anything to Bai Ge, she felt that her remaining methods were probably useless.
Recalling Bai Ge's overwhelming strength, which far surpassed her own, Bronya felt like a pathetic little rabbit sitting next to a terrifying big lion.
"Heh heh, shouldn't I be the one saying that to you? Bronya, little sister, the assassin sent by Cocolia, do I still need to help you find a gift?"
"...You can't get any information about Mother Cocolia from Bronya. Since I've already been captured by you, you can do whatever you want with Bronya."
The emotionless loli clenched her small hands. While she appeared to be as calm as ever, it was actually because her emotional circuits had been damaged from participating in the X10 Experiment orchestrated by Cocolia in the past.
Because of this, Bronya couldn't feel joy and could no longer smile. This was why her adorable little face had become so expressionless.
Bai Ge mentally added another mark against Cocolia, thinking that he really should have eliminated that woman during the Second Honkai.
Look at the good deeds that woman had done.
"Tsk! You're just a child, don't say such things so easily. Dignity is often less important than life. You're not a soldier, you should ensure you stay alive at all costs right now."
Bai Ge chopped Bronya on the head with his hand.
"Oof!"
Although this was an attack from the enemy, Bronya really didn't know how to react. Being lectured by the target of her mission to cherish her own life?
Bronya hugged her head adorably.
She wanted to retort to Bai Ge that she had experience as a child soldier when she was very young, and her achievements were remarkable, having successfully assassinated over a dozen officers.
But she thought that being a child soldier wasn't something to brag about, so she kept quiet.
"Do you not have anyone important? Anyone you want to see? If you were to die, would there be no one to cry for you?" Bai Ge asked.
"..."
"If there is, then you should strive to live, even for their sake. This is my experience. Hope only exists when you are alive. The dead have no future."
"...Seele."
Bronya fell into thought at his words.
The image of her sister, lost in the Sea of Quantum, flashed in her mind. If she were to die here, she wouldn't be able to fulfill her promise to Seele.
They had promised to meet again.
And they had also promised to watch the sea together again!
(This person is right, Bronya can't die here, she must live to see Seele again!)
"What do you want to do?"
"Oh my, your eyes are much more positive now. It seems you've given up on that pointless persistence. Good, good."
"Bronya wants to know your purpose. Why are you stopping Mother Cocolia's plan? It's an important plan to help humanity defeat Honkai, and it's also to find Seele..."
Bronya stared directly into Bai Ge's eyes.
She really couldn't understand the young man in front of her. He was clearly an enemy, yet he had just advised her to cherish her life and hadn't harmed her in any way.
Rather, Bronya sensed goodwill from him.
This made her almost doubt if her usually accurate intuition was wrong. After all, if this young man was a good person, why would he be stopping the plan to defeat Honkai?
"It seems Cocolia really didn't tell you the truth. Tell me, how did that vixen deceive you?"
"Bronya doesn't understand what you're saying. Mother Cocolia deceived Bronya?"
Although her facial expression didn't change, Bai Ge could clearly sense the doubt in Bronya's words.
Realizing that Cocolia had only told Bronya part of the plan, claiming that activating Raiden Mei's power would be the way to defeat Honkai and save Seele Vollerei, who was trapped in the Sea of Quantum.
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