Kiana's azure eyes widened. Using the faint light, she saw exactly who the man sitting to her right was.
She opened her mouth, but fortunately, a hand covered it before she could cry out.
Otto lowered his hand and, somewhat disgustedly, wiped Kiana's saliva and a few popcorn crumbs onto her arm. Kiana closed her mouth and incredulously took out her phone to message Otto.
"You followed me!?"
"I had to see whether you'd made any bad friends. But she seems like a good girl.?"
"Hmph! Asakura is a good person!?"
"But simply accepting favors won't make a friendship last. She's your 'second' friend, after all."
"Ugh...(⊙Ｏ⊙)"
"I won't disturb you two. I'll leave after the movie ends. You're not allowed to stay out overnight today, okay???"
"Got it, got it, Housewife!"
Otto and Kiana put down their phones at the same time. Kiana looked at Asakura Miyuki beside her, held her bucket of popcorn out to her, and whispered in her ear.
"Want some?"
Hearing Kiana's voice, Asakura Miyuki was startled. In her eyes, the always-cool Kiana had actually taken the initiative to speak to her.
"Thank you."
Faced with Kiana's goodwill, Asakura took a few pieces of popcorn. After sharing something tasty with a friend, Kiana nodded in satisfaction.
Neither she nor Otto picked up their phones again. The two little girls sat quietly beside him.
Watching this scene, Otto smiled.
A bold and immature thought suddenly occurred to him.
His right hand held Mei's hand, while his left hand rose as well.
His left hand settled over Kiana's right hand.
Kiana neither turned her head nor pulled her hand away. She simply watched the movie screen as if she were completely absorbed in the film.
Only the slower pace at which she used her left hand to grab popcorn revealed her unrest.
Otto did not look at Kiana, nor did he look at Mei. He closed his eyes, as though he had fallen asleep.
Only his heart was pounding fiercely.
His brain trembled. He was practically high as hell!
In the dim theater, Kiana was on his left and Mei on his right.
It was as though they were his wings.
A pair of wings that would never get tangled.
High Immortal, Why Are You Using the Women's Restroom?
When the movie ended and everyone dispersed, Otto parted ways with Kiana at the cinema. He did not interfere too much in Kiana's affairs, as long as there was no second Mei.
And in the dark theater, despite sitting only one seat apart, Housewife and Bronya never noticed one another.
Their fates had been twisted by Otto, becoming two parallel lines that would never intersect.
Housewife would not have her neck choked by the Herrscher of the Void, and Bronya would not get brutally beaten by the Herrscher of Thunder.
Um... probably.
However, Otto would not keep them from meeting forever. Since they would both be serving beneath him, how could they never see each other?
It was just that by then, both the Herrscher of the Void and the Herrscher of Thunder would already be firmly under Otto's control.
Leaning against the wall with his arms crossed, Otto stared at the seams between the floor tiles. The young girls passing by all looked at him curiously.
It could not be helped. Otto was standing at the entrance to the women's restroom.
Fortunately, Otto was a top-tier handsome foreigner. If it had been some sleazy man instead, security would probably have arrived immediately.
Security might not be able to protect much, but they could call the police.
The reason Otto was standing there was simple. The theater's air conditioning had been a little cold, and Mei had drunk some soda, so after the screening ended, she went to the restroom.
Damn it, weren't pretty girls supposed to not need bathrooms!
Worried about Mei's safety, Otto did not go too far and waited here. The restroom was crowded, and girls had it more troublesome. There were no open stalls, so Mei still had not come out.
At that moment, a slender figure emerged from the women's restroom and stopped in front of Otto.
She was a beautiful gray-haired, green-eyed woman. Red-rimmed glasses rested on her pretty face, while her flat figure was wrapped in a pure white suit, with not even the slightest curve visible.
Her expression was slightly stern, her brows faintly knit. Without a trace of makeup, her delicate face was breathtakingly beautiful, carrying a crisp chill that refreshed the heart.
She was the Fusion Warrior of the Previous Era, the Immortal Vermillion Bird of Shenzhou in the Current Era, Schicksal's A-rank Valkyrie, and Otto's lackey—Fu Hua.
Over fifty thousand years old, she could raise the average age of Schicksal's Valkyries by herself.
Her blue-green eyes calmly regarded Otto.
Otto was not surprised by her appearance, because he was the one who had called Fu Hua to Changkong City. Fu Hua had already reported her arrival to him that morning.
The gentle aura around Otto vanished. Before Mei, he was a tender candidate for boyfriend, but before Fu Hua, he had to wear the mask of the Bishop of Schicksal.
Still, he had grown somewhat used to it.
"Yo, my old friend."
Otto mimicked Otto's own tone, then glanced at the women's restroom Fu Hua had emerged from. His mouth moved faster than his brain.
"Why are you using the women's restroom?"
The moment he finished speaking, Otto's heart skipped a beat.
He had been talking too much trash lately and had accidentally spoken too bluntly.
I'm done for. My Soul Steel face is about to get flattened...
"The restroom was convenient for hiding."
However, Fu Hua did not realize that Otto was mocking her small chest. Otto breathed a sigh of relief. Fu Hua had been hiding in the restroom while Otto watched the movie and only came out after it ended.
Seeing that Fu Hua had no reaction, Otto sighed in relief inwardly.
But the High Immortal really was remarkably unremarkable.
"Still, Otto, are you playing house with children?"
Fu Hua then spoke bluntly. Otto had summoned her to Changkong City overnight, and she had thought something major had happened. She followed Otto early in the morning, only to see him holding hands with an unfamiliar girl.
Fu Hua was a little puzzled. What was Otto trying to do?
Was this over-five-hundred-year-old fossil trying to pick up a young girl?
Still, Fu Hua did not find it strange. It was a little outrageous, but when it happened to Otto, it somehow felt normal.
Besides, Schicksal's Valkyries fell for Otto's type.
Though she had never liked Otto, he did indeed have many Valkyrie fangirls in Schicksal.
However, Otto's next sentence changed Fu Hua's expression.
"She is the Third Herrscher."
Otto lowered his head and whispered into Fu Hua's ear.
The girls leaving the restroom looked at Otto and Fu Hua, dressed in matching couple outfits—a white suit and black pants. Some of their eyes lit up, because to them, this was a blond handsome man and a gray-haired handsome man intimately conversing.
Someone even took a picture of the scene.
Fu Hua did not push Otto away. Instead, she frowned and looked around. Otto had actually said something so important in a place like this—what if someone heard?
She was merely an emotionless employee.
Still, Fu Hua understood Otto's meaning and nodded.
"Understood. I'll kill her right away."
What the hell do you understand!
Seeing Fu Hua turn toward the restroom to take Mei out, Otto hurriedly grabbed her arm. Fu Hua looked at Otto's dirty hand, and Otto casually withdrew it.
He was genuinely worried about getting beaten up.
The Immortal Vermillion Bird really was a woman of few words and ruthless action.
"She isn't a Herrscher yet. She's only been implanted with the Conquest Gem."
Otto continued speaking, but he stepped a few paces away from the restroom and gestured for Fu Hua to follow.
He was truly afraid that Fu Hua would suddenly rush into the restroom and punch Mei's head apart. Otto did not want to see the mighty Housewife die in a women's restroom.
"But what if she suddenly awakens? This is Changkong City, and the civilians here have not been evacuated at all."
Fu Hua frowned as she asked. Upon learning that the girl was the Third Herrscher, she had thought Otto had previously been stalling her, waiting for her to arrive and smash the Herrscher's head apart.
She spoke without restraint. In all of Schicksal, only Fu Hua dared to speak to Otto in such a tone.
"This is the Far East, not Shenzhou."
"I have my own arrangements for the Third Herrscher."
Otto spoke softly, while Fu Hua frowned.
That was true. Her agreement with Otto was that she would work for him, while Schicksal protected Shenzhou.
Heh, using Shenzhou to pressure people. As expected, Otto's usual style.
"Then why did you call me here?"
"My old friend, I want to ask you..." Otto looked into Fu Hua's blue-green eyes. "Can you still use the Tai Xu Sword God?"
During the Second Honkai War, Fu Hua had burned her memories and directly knocked the Will of Honkai offline.
"That depends on the opponent's strength. But if it's a Herrscher-level enemy like the Third Herrscher, my current body and memories cannot support its use."
Fu Hua was merely stubborn, not stupid.
She knew Otto must have some scheme involving the Third Herrscher. If anything went wrong, she would be the one to step in.
This was not the first time Fu Hua had cleaned up Otto's mess.
"Then... what if I can restore your body to its peak condition?"
"Return you to the invincible you from more than five hundred years ago."
Otto spoke softly. The High Immortal at full power was absolutely a formidable force capable of competing with Kevin.
With such power by his side, his sense of security would soar through the roof.
And Otto did indeed possess that ability. After all, Schicksal's medical technology was unmatched in the world.
However, restoring all of the High Immortal's strength would mean the agreement between Otto and Fu Hua would collapse.
Fu Hua at her peak would not need Schicksal to protect Shenzhou at all.
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Murderer Kiana
Restoring her peak state...
Fu Hua's eyes flickered, but she said nothing.
Because in all of Schicksal, she had known Otto and spent the longest time with him.
Fu Hua understood Otto.
This man never acted without profit.
The fact that he asked this meant that he should be able to do it.
But Fu Hua knew he would not. Once she returned to her peak state, there would be no need for the agreement between her and Otto to exist.
Moreover, if Otto truly helped her recover, Fu Hua would be even more wary.
Because that would mean Otto had already begun plotting against her.
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