Still Got Too Much Free Time / Green Knight Otto
Fighting the Honkai is her mission; she must not allow the Herrscher to be released and endanger Canghai City under any circumstances!
Kevin nodded in satisfaction, casually tossed the script aside, and before leaving, dragged the disgruntled K423 back into the house, leaving the rehearsal of their scene with Kiana and Kallen.
In comparison, K423 is indeed not as dramatic as Kiana, so entrusting the role of the Final Herrscher to this girl is within Kevin's permission.
Anyway, this kind of cheap labor can be satisfied with just one roasted chicken leg, so why not take advantage of it?
And do you really think playing the Final Herrscher is such a good job? Be careful, or someone might have their eye on you...
Kevin smiled slyly, his gaze shifting to his daughter Kallen, a touch of melancholy creeping into his heart.
All she needs to know is that she is fighting against the Honkai and protecting Canghai City.
Let Kevin, the father, do the dirty work of luring in the sycophants and then killing them.
This was also a way for a father to consider Kallen's feelings as much as possible, hoping that Ada wouldn't come after him after knowing that he had messed with his daughter. Kevin glanced at the heart-shaped rocket launcher on the balcony and muttered to himself.
Three days later, in the Dark Hall, Otto saw the images captured over Canghai City, and the wine glass in his hand fell to the ground and shattered.
Kallen... you're finally... back...
Is this God's will?
The pale-faced blond man stared at the figure on the screen, dressed in a nun's habit, with the Oath of Judas on her back, confronting the heavily injured Final Herrscher, and was so excited that he could not contain himself.
P. S.: Sorry, I miscalculated. I won't be able to finish writing the two chapters on the 9th.
To make up for it, I'll update three times on the 10th.
Chapter 662, Section 692: Still Too Idle
In a quaint teahouse in Guangzhou, a handsome young man wearing a beige scarf greeted the owner, took the room number, and went into a private room.
As the door opened, the table was filled with the enticing aroma of delicious food.
"Crab roe buns, crystal shrimp dumplings, water chestnut cake, sweet soup... these are all your favorites. Just let me know if you'd like anything else."
"Hehe, little Welt, I made a few bucks on the recent product design drafts, this time it's on me..."
Tesla, the former head of the Anti-Entropy science team, a red-haired, twin-tailed Tesla, generously tossed the menu over, patted her chest, and beamed with delight.
Einstein, a blue-haired, curly-haired girl who was elegantly resting her chin on her hand and quietly scrolling through her phone, raised her eyebrows and delivered a sarcastic remark to her overconfident friend.
"You'd better think about how you're going to pay next month's rent and utilities. Besides, prices aren't cheap in Shenzhou. If you're going to squander your salary, don't come to my place to freeload..."
"Besides, everything you spent last month was Welt's money..."
Tesla, his secret exposed, looked embarrassed and blushed. After glaring at Einstein, he couldn't help but complain about some of the culprits.
"It's all Cocolia's fault for restricting our cash flow, and Ryoma too! We left him most of Anti-Entropy's assets, and we still managed to lose! He's an absolute idiot!"
Then, Tesla remembered his years of financial hardship and became furious. He quietly approached Welt, his face full of seductive intent.
"Little Welt, think about it. How about you personally step in and oust that Vixen Cocolia? The Academy of Sciences and the Ministry of Commerce, along with a large number of senior officials, will always stand by your side!"
Tesla became more and more excited as he talked, and before he knew it, he was fantasizing about a wonderful future where he could withdraw huge sums of money, eat foie gras, truffles and caviar at every meal, and drink bottle after bottle of Cabernet Gernischet.
However, the little girl, who was usually good-natured and obedient to her elder, shook her head slightly, her expression somewhat solemn.
"From the moment we withdrew from the power struggle against Anti-Entropy and gained our freedom, we must abide by the rules of the game and never re-enter..."
"Don't forget, we all still owe that person a favor..."
"Moreover, he's a guy you don't want to mess with. If we break the rules, he'll have a reason to take action."
Einstein took a sip of tea, toying with the blue-and-white porcelain cup in his left hand, while sending an encrypted video to the phones of two old friends with his right.
"I just got something interesting from Schicksal's secret network; a battle took place in the neighboring Canghai City last night."
"A Valkyrie named Kallen encounters Herrscher suddenly intrudes, and is severely injured and captured..."
"Do you remember some of the data we intercepted in the Babylon Laboratory? The significance of the name Kallen to His Lord Bishop, isn't it?"
Welt watched the video to the end, he noticed the heterochromatic Herrscher's lip movements, and his gaze sharpened.
"You mean, that Herrscher was going to use Kallen to lure out Otto? He really isn't dead."
"The goal is... the antidote? [God-Slaying Spear] really succeeded? Wait... could it be the Final Herrscher who escaped the encirclement in the South China Sea a few days ago?"
"We must unite with Anti-Entropy and St. Freya Academy to collectively reinforce Canghai City! This is a matter of life and death for humanity!"
Einstein flicked his finger and twirled the cup, then casually pressed the still hot-blooded Welt into a chair, before asking a completely unrelated question.
"Who do you think was the sender of the letter at the beginning of the Second Honkai?"
"This method of using video to cast a line with bait looks familiar, doesn't it? Don't forget who escaped the South China Sea with this Final Herrscher..."
Welt suddenly understood, but was also somewhat puzzled.
"You can see through this trap, do you really think Otto will fall for it?"
Einstein picked up a piece of water chestnut cake with his fork, held it up to his eyes to admire it, and smiled knowingly.
"Once you grasp someone's true weakness, even if they know it might be a trap, they'll still fall into it. That's the consequence of wishful thinking and arrogance..."
"Just like when we, Schrödinger, Edison suspected there was something strange about the Dead Sea Scrolls, we still couldn't resist the allure of exploring the technology of the previous generation..."
"The only lesson humanity learns from history is that humanity learns nothing from history."
"Otto always considered himself a chess player, and the name Kallen held great significance for him."
"So, whether it's true or not, he will definitely come to Canghai City..."
Upon hearing that he was about to face the "resurrected" Lord Bishop again, Tesla immediately shrank back, feeling lingering fear.
"Then what should we do? Let's just seize power! We'll deploy Titan Mecha and wipe Canghai City out seventeen or eighteen times. I refuse to believe he won't die!"
"Just for your embezzlement of public funds for brewing wine and your bunch of messy experiments, Cocolia has a hundred reasons to detain you..."
Einstein scoffed at his friend's unreliable strategy, while casting a critical glance at Welt was deep in thought.
Clearly, after ten years of patient preparation, Cocolia's influence within Anti-Entropy has become deeply entrenched.
Moreover, these elderly people have no desire for power or profit, yet they are still being targeted. If they were to actually wander into Yellowstone National Park, they might not only be killed on the spot, but also placed under house arrest or restrictions.
Furthermore, the Shenzhou has always been a forbidden zone for various forces, with established rules. Rather than breaking the rules by brute force, it would be better to find ways to utilize them.
Welt pondered for a moment, then slightly raised his head and smiled.
"Perhaps we should respect the host's opinion and let them handle the situation themselves..."
"Following the outbreak of the South China Sea incident, Beizhixing has dispatched the Ju Xia Hao to the scene to clear the battlefield and search for clues..."
"I think they must be very interested in the whereabouts of the two parties involved..."
"Anti-Entropy and Schicksal, due to the arrival of Honkai, are locked in a bloody battle..."
"By comparison, has General Duca been too idle these past few years?"
Einstein raised his glass in satisfaction, a faint smile playing on his lips.
"I think so too..."
Do what you can do, but don't force things or sacrifice yourself. An idiot who is lenient with others but strict with himself won't live long. Let go of what you should let go of. You've indeed grown up, Welt.
The blue-haired, curly-haired girl put a piece of water chestnut cake into her mouth, chewed it carefully, and the sweet taste filled her mouth.
Meanwhile, in Canghai City, a frail, blond foreign tourist picked up a black suitcase, walked out of the airport, hailed a taxi, handed the driver several photos from various angles, and gently asked for directions.
"Isn't this the Gothic-style castle at my daughter's classmate's house? They went there together during summer vacation, I know it well!"
The driver's cheerful and affirmative answer eased the passenger's brow. As the window rolled up, a sword-shaped streak of light flew out from the man's sleeve, and a slight cough masked the sound of the foreign object cutting through the air.
Then, the blond tourist looked out the window, his hand clasped around Golden Cross, and murmured to himself.
Kallen, wait for me...
Chapter 693, Section 663: Otto the Green Knight
Canghai City, East District, Ancient Castle.
A blurry figure stepped into the courtyard, and the sudden sense of stagnation caused Otto's view to change abruptly, finding himself in a corridor made up of silver-purple spatial modules.
With heterochromatic eyes of gold on the left and blue on the right, and asymmetrical wings on its back, the Final Herrscher floated down the stairs, her tone cold and hard.
"You filthy worm, where's the antidote?!"
"I need to see Kallen first..."
Otto coughed softly, paused for a moment, opened his briefcase, took out a vial of pale blue medicine, and earnestly made his request.
"What right do you have to negotiate with me!"
The white-haired girl crossed her arms and scoffed disdainfully.
Otto looked around and found that the scene before him was exactly the same as the revelation given by [God].
It is probably because [God] has also witnessed the revelation that she went to her destination after her ally betrayed her, to capture Kallen for blackmail and to vent her anger.
Coupled with the Final Herrscher's fearless demeanor, Otto was immediately convinced and casually tossed the antidote to the Final Herrscher.
However, after examining it for a moment, the girl threw the antidote back into Otto's hand, her attitude suspicious.
"You inject half first..."
Otto frowned slightly, but under the watchful gaze of the Final Herrscher, he finally rolled up his sleeves and pushed half a tube of antidote into his body. His originally weak aura was swept away by the Honkai energy he emitted.
However, after the Lord Bishop repeatedly showed weakness and offered the remaining half-bottle of the antidote to the Final Herrscher, the white-haired girl looked Otto up and down with a strange expression and couldn't help but mutter to herself.
"[The God-Slaying Spear], there shouldn't be an antidote, right?"
Otto's gentle expression froze instantly, and Honkai energy erupted from his body, the green flames burning his large outer garments to ashes.
Layers of light and shadow were distributed in all directions, each seemingly real yet also appearing to be illusory. As they converged and advanced, the light and shadow tore through the spatial modules in their path, bombarding the white-haired girl.
Seeing this, the Final Herrscher tried to use Phase Shift to escape the focal point of the attack, but found herself locked in place by the interplay of light and shadow. Kiana, who lacked combat experience, turned pale and waved her hands repeatedly, weaving layers of spatial shields to completely cover herself.
However, the green flames also possessed the bizarre ability to melt through space, Kiana's shield crumbled in the blink of an eye.
"Old Yang, help!"
Upon seeing this, the white-haired girl revealed her true form, howling and crouching down to defend herself while covering her head.
In an instant, crimson flames pierced the sky, and the flaming giant sword swept across, shattering all the green flames. Otto, who was enveloped in layers of illusions, was blasted away by the shockwave, coughing up blood. He crashed into three statues before stopping his retreat.
This sword! Heavenly Fire Sacred Judgment! In the end, I still lost to you...
Otto struggled to his feet, his cold eyes flashing with anger and resentment. He had calculated the effects of the [God-Slaying Spear] in order to kill the Final Herrscher, whose strength had been greatly reduced, on the spot.
He had just launched a powerful attack using the illusion woven by Void Archive Rain of Heavenly Flowers, combined with the spatial cutting ability of the Fourth Generation Godslayer Armor Green Knight Moon Shadow, but it all came to naught.
Kevin slowly stepped forward, pulled the Skyfire Greatsword from the ground, and casually revealed the syringe containing the [God-Slaying Spear] potion. He then took the so-called "antidote" from Kiana's hand, observed it for a moment, and sincerely admired it.
"Activation factor? You actually replicated the previous generation product that Anti-Entropy discovered! You're a true genius!"
If Kevin hadn't been aware of the characteristics of the [God-Slaying Spear], he might have been fooled by Otto's brief Honkai energy activation.
Then, the man changed his tone, his voice turning cold and mocking.
"But for your current body, the activating factor is nothing short of poison, so how long can the Joker α's performance continue?"
Otto's expression shifted, and he suddenly realized that from the very beginning of the Second Honkai, he had been nothing more than a predator, a predator outmaneuvered by the hunters until his death.
No wonder those two letters revealed his past with Kallen and the secret of "Mrs. Green Lily".
It's likely that Kallen, who appeared in the video, was just a ploy to lure him out. Why believe something that's clearly hopeless?
The bishop gave his archenemy a deep look, a sense of loss filling his heart, and spoke in a somber tone.
"I truly regret not killing you sooner, lest I raise a tiger to cause me harm..."
Kevin lightly flicked the sword's edge with two fingers of his left hand, producing a melodious ringing sound, and the man tilted his head and sneered.
"Same here. Theresa was there last time, so it wasn't easy to make a move. Otherwise, would you still be alive today?"
"By the way, even when you had a perfect hand, you still couldn't beat me. What do you have to play against me now?"
Otto's expression was calm. The golden cube of the Key of God, Void Archive, appeared behind his head. At the same time, two rows of injection tubes stood diagonally on either side of his spine, which was adorned with lily patterns on his pale green Godslayer Armor, accompanied by the creaking of mechanical parts.
Those were none other than the activating factors of the same type as the previous antidote! A full twelve of them!