After some explanation, everyone finally learned the whole story from Himeko, and the way they looked at Wendy changed.
To comfort Wendy, who had lost the ability to walk, Bronya even used her own experiences to encourage her.
"Wendy, do you see the armor on Bronya's legs?"
"In an experiment once, Bronya also lost the ability to walk and had to use a wheelchair for a long time. But in the end, Bronya regained the ability to walk with this exoskeleton armor."
"So don't worry, Wendy. You'll definitely be able to walk again someday!"
Bronya's comfort seemed to work, and everyone could clearly sense the change in Wendy's mood.
Online, Bronya's decision to comfort Wendy by tearing open her own wounds earned praise from countless viewers.
The viewers had never expected this expressionless, aloof girl to have such a delicate side.
Even Kiana in the real world had to admit that Bronya's actions moved her too.
Kiana suddenly recalled the time she had spent with Bronya.
Although Bronya always mocked her over her grades, whenever Kiana needed her, Bronya would always appear before her.
Thinking of this, Kiana subconsciously looked toward Bronya, who was sitting on the other side of the sofa.
But to Kiana's surprise, Bronya herself was not moved in the slightest. Instead, her face was grave.
"Bronya, what are you..."
Just as Kiana was about to ask, the video suddenly took a sharp turn.
Same old saying: when nothing was supposed to go wrong, something was bound to go wrong.
As everyone escorted Wendy to the agreed location and waited for the Hyperion to land, Himeko's anxious voice suddenly came through the communicator.
"Wait! Something's wrong! The detector has picked up a Honkai Energy reaction, and it's coming from the Gem of Desire inside Wendy! The intensity is still rising..."
"1500HW... 2000HW! What the hell is happening?!"
Just as everyone stood there in confusion, the seemingly frail Wendy said something that left everyone stunned.
"Hehe, 2000HW? Then that should be enough to destroy the Hyperion in one shot, right?"
"Miss Wendy... What... what are you saying?!"
Ignoring the shock in everyone's eyes, Wendy curled her lips into a vicious smile and actually rose straight out of her wheelchair.
"You bunch of hypocrites! I hate you! I want to kill every last one of you!!!!!"
Accompanied by a violent gale, Wendy, transformed into the Herrscher of Wind, launched an attack on everyone.
In the real world.
When they saw this, countless viewers began condemning the writers of Honkai Impact 3rd in the comments.
Who would have thought that one second it was sweet moments between girls, and the next they would be turning their weapons on each other?
I'm speechless! Did the writers of Honkai Impact 3rd have unhappy childhoods or something? You people can even twist this into something like that?
Honkai Impact 3rd writers, stick your heads out here. I'm giving you a BUFF!
To be fair, she really was worthy of being the ultimate weapon born from Honkai. This Fourth Herrscher was insanely strong! She could actually suppress four people by herself?
Didn't the earlier plot say that Kiana was the Second Herrscher and Mei was the Third Herrscher? Could the two of them together really not defeat Wendy, the Fourth Herrscher?
What surprised me most was that even Ye Li couldn't defeat the Fourth Herrscher? I thought we'd get to see Ye Tiandi slaughter everyone again!
Meanwhile, the fierce battle in the video continued.
Under the cover of Bronya's artillery fire, Ye Li and the others coordinated their attacks against Wendy.
The net-like barrage surged toward Wendy, yet she weaved nimbly between the attacks like a ghost. Despite their ferocious momentum, they could not even touch the hem of her clothes.
"This is bad. Wendy's power seems to be getting stronger and stronger with the Gem of Desire empowering her."
Kiana shouted between ragged breaths, her eyes filled with anxiety. "Ye Li, think of something!"
In response, Ye Li shook his head grimly, though an almost imperceptible hint of cunning flashed through his eyes.
"Hold on a little longer! Major Himeko's support will be here soon!"
The moment he finished speaking, the sky suddenly darkened, and a massive shadow blanketed the entire battlefield.
Everyone looked up to see several Anti-Entropy mechs descending from the sky. Their huge mechanical arms swung through the air, their thunderous roars echoing across the heavens.
"All tactical mechs, remove restrictions. Target: Fourth Herrscher!" A stern female voice rang out, and several mechs instantly charged toward Wendy.
"That voice... Could it really be Mother Cocolia?" Bronya looked utterly incredulous.
In a flash of sparks and lightning, the Herrscher-transformed Wendy was instantly subdued by Anti-Entropy's mechs.
This sudden turn of events left everyone frozen in place.
"The new tactical mechs are pretty powerful, aren't they~" Cocolia said smugly. "Oh~ right, I almost forgot there's another Herrscher here..."
"Bronya, my daughter. Highest-authority command: capture the Third Herrscher!"
Accompanied by the familiar red glow, Bronya once again transformed into that black-armored form from before.
Holy shit! That shocked me for a hundred years!
So this was why Bronya betrayed them. It turned out this woman was behind everything!
Did she call herself our Duck Duck's mother? Then why was she controlling Bronya like this?
Quit talking nonsense! Shouldn't the most important thing right now be that the protagonist team was at a disadvantage again?!
Just as the people in the real world were worrying about the protagonist team, the situation underwent another drastic change!
The Bronya who had supposedly betrayed them again turned her cannons toward the tactical mechs behind Kiana and the others.
Amid Cocolia's startled cry, Bronya made her choice.
"Heavy-duty Bunny, Fire!"
Boom!
Under the continuous bombardment of Void: Black Nucleus Erosion, Anti-Entropy's tactical mechs were caught completely off guard.
"Bronya, you! Why weren't you..."
Cocolia could not believe what she was seeing. How could the backdoor she had left in Bronya's biochip have failed?!
"When Bronya was little, Bronya's parents both died. In Bronya's heart, Cocolia was like a mother..."
"But then Bronya met everyone at St. Freya Academy. Through spending time with everyone, Bronya experienced the warmth of a family again."
"So this time, Bronya will not point her cannons at everyone again..."
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!" Cocolia shouted. "How could you break free from the backdoor I left in your biochip?!"
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