Operation Rescue Clumsy Goose

Otto's eyes gleamed viciously as he stared straight at that detestable pink-haired fox. A chill ran down Miko's back. Noticing his gaze, she provocatively wrapped her arms around Xing and planted a kiss on her cheek.

Xing: "!?"

Otto: "!!!"

"Ahhhhh!" An unprecedented thrill crashed into her heart, far surpassing what she had felt with Hiyokomaru before. (Well, obviously—how could a loli compare to an older sister?) The girl's face heated up at an alarming rate, her ears turning bright red as steam rose from her head. Perhaps due to Kallen's influence, Xing's pupils had even turned into hearts.

Otto clutched his chest, his heart aching unbearably. Although this Soul Steel body had no heart, he still felt miserable.

He kept telling himself, Calm down, calm down. She isn't Kallen. You know that perfectly well. She's merely someone who looks like her. There's no need to be sad. But... I'm so jealous!

He wanted to pin her against a wall, kiss her cheek, cuddle with her, and inspect her too... In short, he wanted to do all those things to her as well!

The Mimic Heavenly Fire Greatsword formed in his hand. Lord Bishop panted heavily. Today, he would definitely chop this damned fox to death. No one could stop him!

For the one I love—Kallen—I shall unleash a badass attack! Heavenly Fire, out...

Xing, who was still caught up in the flutter of her heart, suddenly felt a wave of dread. Snapping back to her senses, she noticed Otto holding the Heavenly Fire Greatsword and immediately stepped in front of Yae Sakura. "What are you trying to do?"

Otto froze, then swung the greatsword toward the sky. Scorching sword energy shot into the heavens, blossoming into dazzling fireworks. "Just setting off some fireworks for you. Pretty, isn't it?"

Her instincts told her that this old schemer had definitely been planning to chop up her Sakura just now. To be safe, Xing grabbed Sakura and jumped onto the Red Cross, preparing to take off—only to be stopped by someone else.

Rita's bloodshot eyes were fixed on the Black Abyss White Flower in Xing's hand. Her voice trembled as she asked, "Lady Durandal only lent you White Flower. Where did Black Abyss come from?"

Xing hesitated. "I'm not quite sure either. It suddenly flew over to me. I was worried something might have happened to Durandal, so I came to take a look."

The all-purpose Honkai Vision activated. There was a World Bubble within Durandal's body, and the energy fluctuations it emitted were easy to recognize. Thus, Xing saw it—the starlight shining atop the tower, as well as the blackness coiled beside it, devouring the void.

"She's at the top of that tower. I don't know why, but I can feel her aura slowly fading."

Upon hearing this, Rita picked up her scythe and headed toward the shelter with a resolute look in her eyes. "Lord Bishop, Miss K.K, and the unnamed Fox Lady, let's return and recover first. We need to carefully plan how to rescue Lady Durandal."

No one cared more about Durandal's safety than Rita, but she did not allow her emotions to overwhelm her reason. She knew very well that charging in recklessly in her current state would only be suicide.

A familiar warmth spread through her, and all the wounds on her body healed. "This is the power of Black Abyss White Flower?" Rita turned around in surprise. Green vegetation had spread from behind her all the way to Xing, who held Black Abyss White Flower.

Xing rested the lance on her shoulder. "It handles pretty well. I think it likes me." The maid helplessly glanced at the Black Abyss White Flower, which was completely obedient in Xing's hands. Did she have some sort of buff against Divine Keys? It wasn't just Judah—even you looked like you were about to defect?

Lord Bishop tried to close the distance between himself and Xing. The girl silently pulled Miko back. Please stay away from us, thank you.

Kiana's eyes widened. "That invincible Durandal was defeated?"

Xing quickly covered her mouth. "Keep it down. To avoid causing unnecessary panic, the Immortal Blades haven't been told about this. Don't go blabbing it everywhere."

Wendy looked puzzled. "Then why did Brother Xing tell us?"

"Uh, it was a little hard keeping it bottled up alone."

Kiana and the other three: "..."

A Valkyrie walked over to inform her, "Miss K.K, Lord Bishop has invited you to discuss some matters."

"Oh, okay. I'll be right there." Xing was about to head over when she remembered something and pulled Eiji along with her.

The Valkyrie immediately stopped her. "Um, Lord Bishop only invited you."

"Mr. Eiji is very capable. Bringing him along will definitely be helpful."

The other woman could only sigh helplessly. After all, she was merely delivering the message. "Then as you wish."

Xing explained to the bewildered Eiji, "Mr. Eiji, the Greeed are monsters from your world. You must know a great deal about them, so please explain them to us in detail."

Eiji scratched his head. "But I remember Miss K seemed to know quite a lot about them too. Why do you need me to explain?"

Xing was speechless. "If I explain, it might cause some trouble, so I'm counting on you, Mr. Eiji."

Eiji suddenly understood. "I see. Leave it to me."

When they arrived at the temporary meeting room, Otto and Rita had already been waiting inside for quite some time. Seeing that she had brought a man in, Otto's expression darkened again. Xing gave a light cough and said mysteriously:

"Bishop Otto, please allow me to introduce this warrior from another world—Kamen Rider OOO, Mr. Hino Eiji."

After Eiji's explanation, Otto looked at him with interest. "So those monsters came from Mr. Eiji's world?"

Eiji nodded. "That's right. That's why I chased them here. Please allow me to contribute what strength I can to your world."

"That would be wonderful. But before that, could you let me witness the strength of Kamen Rider OOO?"

Eiji took out his belt. Just as he was about to insert the TaToBa Combo, three purple medals flew out of his body and automatically entered the belt.

Xing hurriedly stopped him. "It won't be too late to demonstrate Mr. Eiji's power later. Let's organize the rescue plan first." She was joking—what if the Dinosaur Combo went berserk? Even she and Rita together might not be enough to handle it.

Otto looked at her thoughtfully, as though something had occurred to him. "First, we need to find a way to deal with the five creatures called Greeed guarding the tower..."

"Um," Xing interrupted, "a correction: there are four. Mr. Eiji and I already dealt with the bird-type Greeed that left the group."

Eiji asked in confusion, "But I remember Miss K wasn't..." Xing, realizing too late, frantically signaled at him with her eyes. Damn it, I forgot that I was in my normal state back then!

Fortunately, Eiji reacted in time and did not continue, but Otto took in every bit of it.

"Then let us discuss how to deal with the four Greeed. We cannot fight them head-on. We need to find a way to separate them and defeat them one by one. Miss K, do you have any good suggestions?" Otto's gaze fell on Xing.

Xing took the TaToBa Combo from Eiji. "I already have a plan. Core Medals are the most important things to those Greeed. That lone bird-type Greeed came after me to retrieve the Core Medals I took from it. We currently have the Core Medals of two other Greeed, so we can use the same method. After dealing with those two, we can join forces and defeat the remaining two in the tower."

Otto clapped his hands. "What a perfect battle plan. Miss K, are you interested in joining Schicksal?"

Xing hurriedly refused. "Sorry, I'm officially on staff. I belong to an organization."

Otto's interest was piqued. "Oh? Could you tell me which organization Miss K belongs to?"

"World Serpent." Raven had said she counted as official personnel, so this wasn't a lie.

Otto fell silent. If it was that organization, then it really was possible.

"Then we'll proceed according to this plan. After dealing with Greeed, we'll enter the top of the tower, rescue Durandal, and kill that King OOO. Miss K, I appoint you as the person in charge of this operation. During this time, Rita and the Immortal Blades will be under your command."

The maid gave her an elegant bow, but Xing only felt a headache coming on. She knew very well that both of them were full of bad intentions.

And so, Operation Rescue Clumsy Goose began.