Changing Fate! The White Song Who Surpassed Aponia!
Such diametrically opposed wills led Gray Serpent to abandon its plan to invite Bai Ge to join World Serpent.
"..."
Cocolia was stunned.
It seems she understands that Bai Ge wouldn't sacrifice the girls as a price for the so-called saving of humanity or defeating the Honkai, which is indeed the complete opposite of her.
In Bai Ge's eyes, family is more important than the world, while in Cocolia's eyes, although family is important, it cannot compare to her own ambition.
In this timeline, Bai Ge adopted Bronya, Seele, and others before she could, but even so Cocolia still established the so-called Cocolia Orphanage, adopting a group of children different from those in the original story.
For the sake of the so-called X-10 project, this woman has sacrificed all the children she adopted.
Does Cocolia regret it?
Of course she regretted it.
After realizing that the last child she had adopted had died because of her experiment, Cocolia deeply regretted her decision, but... in Gray Serpent's eyes, this regret seemed ridiculous, comical, and ugly.
Gray Serpent: (The so-called regret of this female fox is nothing more than an ugly feeling arising from not receiving a corresponding return for what she gave, just like a gambler who regrets his gambling behavior only after losing all his wealth.)
She didn't regret sending her child to his death, but rather regretted that her sacrifice hadn't been reciprocated.
The two are worlds apart.
They keep saying they love their children, but in the end they still send them to the testing ground. Rather than regretting it afterward, it would be better to protect them carefully from the beginning, just like Mr. Bai Ge did.
"As an apology for disturbing you and all the beautiful young ladies, please accept this as a token of our sincerity."
Gray Serpent handed over a blank check, but Bai Ge casually waved it away without taking it.
"No need, you can give it to Natasha."
"Well, it seems the Raven will be happy for a while."
Gray Serpent shrugged, but after hesitating for a moment, he crossed out the number before the million on the check before putting away the shards of steel and handing them to Raven.
(If he hadn't done that, given Raven's personality, he would have definitely filled in the number 9 for every unit on the check, and then promptly resigned from World Serpent to buy a villa island.)
Gray Serpent stated that as the girl's adoptive parent, trainer, superior, and colleague, he knew all too well about it.
But right now, their World Serpent is in the midst of a period of vigorous development, and they can't let this Island Exploding Raven, who can use the Third Divine Key, the Cleansing Thunder of Seven Sins, resign so soon.
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In the orphanage storyline, Cocolia cannot be killed yet; the problem can only be solved when the protagonist returns to the original timeline and the Third Honkai Eruption occurs.
Otherwise, the plot would really fall apart, and all the previous storylines about Mei would have been for nothing.
Don't worry, this female fox won't be around for long. We can deal with her before the St. Freya storyline begins.
Chapter 83, Changing Fate! Surpassing Aponia's Bai Ge! (Please subscribe automatically)
"Then we'll take our leave now. By the way, Mr. Bai Ge, please spend more time with Raven in the future if you have the time. That girl hasn't been in a good mood lately. I heard it's because one of her partners hasn't contacted her for more than two months."
Gray Serpent said in a teasing tone.
Although he had confirmed that they were not on the same path, he did hope to maintain a friendly relationship with Bai Ge.
After all, Gray Serpent knew very well that it was best not to antagonize powerful individuals unless absolutely necessary. Even if Bai Ge didn't join World Serpent, it would still be a win if they could become friendly allies.
Unlike a certain Coco Danzo, Gray Serpent is quite good at dealing with people... although this guy can't really be considered human.
In short, goodwill doesn't cost anything anyway.
Moreover, while every Gray Serpent is loyal to its mission, there are also many individuals among them who enjoy themselves.
Take this person, for example.
He actually quite wanted to bring Bai Ge and Raven together.
After all, from a certain perspective, Gray Serpent can be considered Raven's father figure, so it's quite normal for him to consider his daughter's marriage prospects. - (Just kidding)
"Ah... cough cough, I'll talk to Natasha about it when I have time. Hmm, this check should calm her down a third of the time. I'll accompany her on a few missions later."
Bai Ge then realized that he had indeed neglected Raven recently, being so busy being affectionate with his girls and dealing with the organizations that were eyeing the Hearth Home that he had forgotten about her.
However, it's easy to appease a mere Island Exploding Raven. Just accompany her on a few missions and she'll calm down. At worst, you can just give her an extra 10% of the reward later.
"Hehe, then I'll take my leave now. Please rest assured, I promise I will not disturb your peaceful life again."
"Hmph, I wouldn't say I hate what you said, but as for that vixen over there, I can't guarantee I won't chop her in half the next time I see her."
"..."
Bai Ge glared at Cocolia, who immediately trembled, clearly genuinely frightened.
The woman left looking as pathetic as a mother fox whose fur had been torn off.
(That should solve the problem. Bronya and Seele's last danger has been eliminated. With me here, that vixen won't dare to have any bad intentions. The X-10 experiment and such won't happen to them anymore.)
Bai Ge breathed a sigh of relief as he thought this.
Finally, before the time travel period ended, the last troublesome matter was resolved, so Bronya and Seele should be able to embark on a different future.
Just as Bai Ge felt relieved.
Something unusual and incongruous suddenly occurred.
Firstly, the number of organizations targeting Seele's Stigmata, which should have been decreasing, has suddenly increased several times over in the past few days.
But these are not problems; no matter how many more shrimp soldiers and Bai Ge appears in the future, he can still easily handle them all.
Five days later, another five days passed.
The Honkai Beast surrounding the Hearth Home, which should have been completely cleared out by Bai Ge, suddenly gave birth to a high-level Honkai Beast, Vahapati! Vahapati even attacked Bronya happened to be taking a walk nearby at the time.
Fortunately, Bai Ge arrived in time and chopped the ice boar into thousands of pieces of minced meat. However, Bronya was accidentally Honkai Energy and showed signs of Honkai Disease.
But that's still not a problem.
The Holy Blood of Bai Ge, which can completely erase Honkai Energy, is further enhanced by the adjustments, modifications, and improvements made to the Holy Blood by the Herrscher of Death.
Ultimately, the combination of the two produced Honkai Energy comparable to Otto's meticulously crafted "God-Slaying Spear," and Bronya's Honkai Disease was completely cured that very day.
But five days later...
Seele also encountered an accident while out grocery shopping.
She had walked that road between the Hearth Home and the market hundreds of times before, but this time Seele somehow got lost, and... she ended up getting lost in Cocolia's research institute.
Fortunately, Bai Ge realized that Seele had taken too long, so he went to look for her and found her and brought her back.
But...
Bai Ge: "Something's not right. Something's really not right lately. Something's definitely not right."
It was late at night.
The girls in the Hearth Home were all asleep.
Bai Ge sat alone in front of the fireplace in the hall, staring intently at the flames inside, his pupils deep and unfathomable like an ancient well.
The bodies of several intruders lay sprawled on the ground.
The assassins' red blood stained the floor, like a layer of blood-red rose petals covering the floor of the Hearth Home.
"..."
There have been more and more 'accidents' lately.
For safety reasons, Bai Ge now keeps watch in the lobby every night, and no movement can escape his notice.
Although it was tiring and troublesome to be honest, it was the only way he could ensure that no intruder would escape.
At the same time, Bai Ge was also deep in thought and reminiscing.
What exactly is going on now?
Why are these unusual events, which were not in the original plot, happening one after another?
Bai Ge felt a chill run down her spine just thinking about it.
It seemed as if an unseen enemy sat before him, with a giant chessboard between them. Bronya, Seele, Cocolia, Gray Serpent, Raven, and others were all transformed into chess pieces and placed within the chessboard.
Meanwhile, the unseen enemy is trying to capture his pieces, while Bai Ge is constantly protecting his own pieces.
The two are evenly matched now, neither able to gain the upper hand, but... he doesn't have much time left.
Who is it?
Who exactly is it?
Bai Ge's mind was racing.
In any case, under this strange and incongruous situation, there was only one thing he was certain of: there really was an enemy he didn't know trying to harm someone important to him!
"System, are you there?"
[Host, I've always been here.]
"Tell me, who is my enemy?"
If you can't think of anything, just ask.