Before long, the entire St. Freya Academy sprang into action under Theresa's orders. Meanwhile, in the conference room, Fang Zheng, Theresa, and Muryotou Himeko were discussing—or rather, arguing over—the direction of their next move.
"Did I hear that right?"
Fang Zheng stared wide-eyed at Theresa in astonishment.
"You went to all this trouble to start a rebellion, and all you want is to break away from Schicksal?"
"Do you have a better idea?"
"Of course I do."
Fang Zheng slammed his hand onto the table.
"Just attack Schicksal Headquarters, chop that scumbag Otto to death, and then you become Archbishop. Problem solved, right? Why keep that piece of trash around for the holidays?"
"But he's the Archbishop of Schicksal."
Unable to hold back any longer, Muryotou Himeko spoke up.
"If you kill him, it will have unimaginable consequences for Schicksal! Schicksal is humanity's only hope against the Honkai. If it falls apart because of this, then..."
"Easy."
Faced with Muryotou Himeko's objection, Fang Zheng snorted.
"Isn't this simple? Taking down an entire organization is always difficult. If we attack Schicksal itself, of course it'll fight back. But if we focus everything on that idiot Otto, won't that solve the problem?"
"But he's the Archbishop, and he's always had a good reputation within Schicksal..."
"If his reputation is good, then ruin it completely."
As he spoke, Fang Zheng pulled out a document and tossed it toward Theresa and Muryotou Himeko. The two took it and opened it in confusion, then were immediately stunned.
"This is...!?"
"I had nothing better to do, so I took a stroll through your Schicksal servers."
Fang Zheng made hacking into their network sound like taking an afternoon walk after tea.
"And guess what I found? It was horrifying! Absolutely appalling!!"
With that, Fang Zheng abruptly slammed