In Honkai, I Only Love Valkyries

Jackal frowned, but Gray Serpent sat there as if deep in thought. The familiar scarlet prosthetic eye now gave off an icy, terrifying feeling.

For a moment, Jackal no longer wanted to stay here.

Meanwhile, the instigator behind all of this was far away at an Anti-Entropy base.

Chen Tianwu looked at the closed communication channel, then turned toward the woman behind him.

"Did it work?"

"Of course. I'm very confident." The woman smiled, though her hood concealed her face, leaving no one able to see that confident smile.

However, she raised one hand, and without her cloak obscuring it, a right hand as white as jade was revealed.

Between her slender, scallion-like fingers, she lightly held a gemstone.

Her eyes beneath the hood stared at the gorgeous gem.

An old acquaintance.

"I never thought I'd have a day when I used this thing. But..." The woman withdrew her gaze and looked at Chen Tianwu. "World Serpent is ours now."

Because World Serpent's current soul, "Gray Serpent," already belonged to them.

And it was all thanks to the power of this gemstone.

What a terrifying yet fascinating power.

She put the gemstone back into her pocket. She still had to return it to its owner later, after all, since it did not belong to her.

"I'll go take a look at that Heavenly Father thing you made and improve it while I'm at it. After all, I have quite a bit of experience making weapons capable of unleashing power beyond their original limits."

"Mm."

Chen Tianwu nodded.

"Once we're ready, we can begin..."

"Capturing Kevin."

Back at the orphanage, although the place had changed, the familiar people had not.

Seele's return was warmly welcomed, but the girls immersed in their joy did not notice that Bronya was absent.

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